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Paradise Kiss

2005, TV, 12 eps, 78%, MADHOUSE

Recommended by 57 Smile Down the Runway fans on AniList. Both have Modeling, Fashion, Coming of Age.

Hayasaka Yukari is a typical high-school student who listens to her parents and attends school every day. As she starts to question her way of life, she encounters a group of fashion design students who have a clothing label known as "Paradise Kiss." The group needs to find a…

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    2021, TV, 13 eps, 76%

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  2. Cover of Bakuman.
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    2010, TV, 25 eps, 79%

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  4. Cover of Medalist
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  5. Cover of Skip Beat!
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    2008, TV, 25 eps, 78%

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  6. Cover of Chihayafuru
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    2011, TV, 25 eps, 80%

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    2014, TV, 25 eps, 83%

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  8. Cover of My Dress-Up Darling
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  9. Cover of Welcome to the Ballroom
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  10. Cover of Blue Period
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    2021, ONA, 12 eps, 77%

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  11. Cover of Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life
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    2019, TV, 13 eps, 78%

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  12. Cover of Run with the Wind
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    2018, TV, 23 eps, 83%

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  13. Cover of NANA
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  15. Cover of Love Through A Prism
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  16. Cover of Revolutionary Girl Utena
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  17. Cover of Wave, Listen to Me!
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Manga for fans of Smile Down the Runway

Blue Period2017, Manga, ongoing, 86% Bless2022, Manga, ongoing, 79% Welcome to the Ballroom2011, Manga, ongoing, 83% My Dress-Up Darling2018, Manga, 119 ch, 79% Kono Oto Tomare!2012, Manga, 158 ch, ongoing, 88% The Credits Roll into the Sea2020, Manga, 42 ch, 81% New Game!2013, Manga, 181 ch, 80% Medalist2020, Manga, ongoing, 88%

About Smile Down the Runway

2020, TV, 12 eps, 73%, Ezo’la

Chiyuki Fujito has a dream: to become a Paris Collection model. The problem is, she's too short to be a model, and everyone around her tells her so! But no matter what they say, she won't give up. Her classmate, a poor student named Ikuto Tsumura, also has a dream: to become a fashion designer. One day Chiyuki tells him that it's "probably impossible" for him, causing him to consider giving it up...?! This is the story of two individuals wholeheartedly chasing after their dreams in spite of all the negativity that comes after them!

(Source: Kodansha USA)

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