It turns out there are some great anime set in the countryside, but which are really worth your time? This list ranks the best anime set in the countryside, including older titles, as well as new countryside anime that you may not know about.
One example of a great anime that takes place in the countryside is Natsume Yuujinchou Shi. The story follows Takashi Natsume, an introspective student who has the ability to see yōkai or spirits, ghosts, apparitions, just like his grandmother. He has a self-proclaimed bodyguard in Nyanko-Sensei. Another good example of countryside anime is Barakamon, a story about a young calligrapher, Seishū Handa, who moves to the remote Gotō Islands to gain some perspective.
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9814Barakamon
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6112- 3489
Natsume Yuujinchou
- 4354
My Neighbor Totoro
- 5354
Natsume Yuujinchou: Nyanko-sensei to Hajimete no Otsukai
- 6263
Natsume Yuujinchou: Itsuka Yuki no Hi ni
- 7264
Natsume Yuujinchou Go Specials
- 8308
Wolf Children
- 9201
Natsume Yuujinchou Go
- 10202
Natsume Yuujinchou Roku
- 11204
Natsume Yuujinchou Shi
- 12183
Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou
- 13218
Poco's Udon World
Slice of Life, Fantasy - 14185
Non Non Biyori Repeat OVA
- 15187
Natsume Yuujinchou San
- 1650
- 17177
Hana-Saku Iroha
- 18167
Non Non Biyori Repeat
- 1952
Kemono no Souja Erin
- 2042
Dororo
- 2121
- 22134
Mushishi: Hihamukage
- 2311
Seirei no Moribito
- 2414
- 2592