Yuri Kuma Arashi

These two shows are crazy similar. I would question whether or not Yurikuma was written as a sequel. We have similarly painted backgrounds, fluffy, starry, love love accessories, and even crazy similar, over the top, and repeated sequences. And, of course, overreaching metaphors "hidden" in the light yet dark anime. It's bonkers.  

Same director, both Yuri, same sense of out of this world bizarreness and what-the-heck-did-I-just-see feelings. 

Basically, you can think of imagine YKA as every subtle element of PMMM (queerness, minimalism, surrealism) turned up to a blatant 11.  

Confusing plot about girls trying to save girls out of love and guilt in a surreal setting which switches from dream to reality. Bullying is the main theme in both. Also some magical girl-esque scenes 

Yuri anime with an emphasis on speculative sci-fi, social commentary, and serious weirdness. A surface layer of sexy character designs and suggestive scenes belies the thoughtful, introspective nature of both series. Common themes include violent conflict between societies, the political and social effects of organized religion, and a criticism of the idea that girls will have clandestine romantic feelings toward other girls but grow up to be heterosexual. Yuri Kuma is more aggressive on that last point; Simoun explores a broader range of themes. 

Both shows are highly symbolic, and show how the characters "see" the world around them in a very specific way. Both deal with trauma, family problems and same sex attraction and love. Flip Flappers are more light hearted and focus more on adolescence of the main character, while Yuri Kuma Arashi is more dark and focuses more about how society sees and deals with gay people. 

Also made by Ikuhara, basically the male version of YKA. Third in a sort of loose spiritual trio starting with Mawaru Penguindrum, which I like to call The Box Trilogy. 

Mysterious entities grant our cast of nonhuman main characters the ability to transform into humans so long that certain conditions are met. These seemingly lighthearted anime take place in a an environment full of mystery and fantasy. The stories revolve around factitious fairy tales which are referenced throughout the anime and are chock-full of symbolism.  

Picture one of the girls being a bear and is hated by all society.The other girl is supposed to hate her but is fond of her.And the sister is a huge wall on the planet that separates humans from bears. There isn't that much kissing in this show.But this show can get serious about subjects of homosexuality and the society's negative view on it. 

Although the stories and themes of these shows are largely different, in both, behind the story is the conflict between a society of humans, and a society of magical animals - while they can transform to look like humans, ultimately humanity is not their nature. In addition, fans of creative & unusual visuals should be pleased. 

Both have Yuri relationships between human girls and non-human girls 

The relationship between Kureha, Lulu and Ginko reminded me to the relationship between Karen, Hikari and Mahiru. Two girls fated to meet each other after a long time and a third one in the relationship that sadly has a tragic fate. Also there's a lot of GL undertones, although Revue Starlight is less explicit. 

They both feature a lost love of people that promised to meet each other in the future, also, these anime are both pretty tragic and emotional. 

While doing so in polar opposite styles and narrative techniques, both anime tell a very similar story. It involves lesbian coming out, exploring your true sexual identity, and reviving a forgotten first love as your true love. It's probably not coincidential that the director of Yurikuma, Kunihiko Ikuhara, also directed the OP of Aoi Hana. The story telling, however, could hardly be more different. Yurikuma uses the expressionist, symbolic and allegorical visual style which is Ikuhara's trademark. Aoi Hana uses a lot of subtle dialog and pastel, reduced visuals. Also, Yurikuma uses exuberant depcition of sexuality and nudity, while Aoi Hana doesn't show any of it visually. In a nutshell, the polar opposition of the approaches to a similar story could be summarized as: Yurikuma does show, but not tell (sexuality), while Aoi Hana does tell but now show. Yet, both anime send almost the same message. read more 

It is similar in its themes and social commentry, but yuri kuma is much more symbolic and complicated then there she is, so be prepared to be a little confused. But, if you come in with the mind set that its like this ONA, then the symbolisam may be easier to understand 

Yuri Kuma Arashi's visuals and animation is similar to Shaft's avant garde animation style with its finest usage is the anime Bakemonogatari. Not only animation is similar, both shows are extremely weird for a normal anime consumer.  

These series put an artistic spin on the exploration of character relationships through the use of symbolism. The use of aesthetically bright and eye-popping colors are prevalent throughout the shows.  

Two beautiful and colorful high school yuri stories. They present themselves in super unique ways and end with an amazing catharsis. Yes, Hanamonogatari is a sequel, but the shows it's a sequel to are worth watching and share YKA's non-standard presentation and unique style of fanservice. 

Both shows are about how the world views lesbians. Both also use also a very colorful and undirect way to portray things- one could think these are silly light shows, but they are not. Yuri Kuma Arashi is about murder, trauma, and homophobia in society. The key to understand YKA is to get that bears stand for ppl who put their desires over societies laws. Yuri Seijin Naoko San is about sexualisation of gay ppl, and generally problems related to sex in society; like sexualisation of young girls in media etc. The key to understanding YSNS is to get that the world in the show is a metaphor of how Misuzu views the world around her; and the reason why she sees the world like this is her sister.  read more 

One of the fundamental conventions of romantic fiction is the notion of love and compassion holding fast in the face of adversity, but what happens when the adversity that faces a love-struck couple is a widely-accepted social standard? Pride gets in the way, and the idea that people should conform to particular norms and values is in conflict with the core principles of romanticism. Yosuga no Sora and Yuri Kuma Arashi share remarkably similar ideals; they have very similar endings despite a distinct difference between their generic conventions and narrative style. At heart, both shows are about the underlying hypocrisy that taints the average romance, and they use an unusual narrative structure to explore that theme. read more 

Both animes are about Humanity building and creating walls to keep out a fear that is killing them. In Attack on Titan they decide to kill the Fear with blades and skill, while in Yuri Kuma Arashi, they use plot-twist and lesbians. 

Plot summary - "Animal girls (foxes in Konohana Kitan and bears in Yuri Kuma Arashi) who fall in love". As much as Yurikuma has cute and funny moments, mostly being dramatical and pretentiously psychological show, Konohana, being more of a cute and bright type of show, has its dramatical moments that can make you cry at times. Also there's some similar development in both of main couples: one of the girls is cold firstly, but later one, becomes nicer to another (even though in Yurikuma it happens for another reason). 

Both of the series have their unusual graphics; not a "typical anime" art style. Both of them are telling beautiful stories about love, friendship and power. They both feature more female leads. 

They have creatures that try to blend into the human society, but feast on human flesh. There's lots, and I mean lots of drama. They make you feel bad for them (the bears and ghouls). They also have that psychological aspect that makes you really think. The differences is that there's less war and action in Yuri Kuma Arashi, and no shoujo ai whatsoever in Tokyo Ghoul.