anime about wide age gap romances between adults?

[Stelok]

I am looking Romance Anime about wide age gap relationships between 2 adults.

I am not talking about wide age gap relationships between one adult and one minor. The wide age gap partners I'm talking about have to be both adults.
The partners have to be at least 5 years apart and each adult partner has to be at least over 18 years old.


Do you know of any romance anime in which a wide age gap couple is both adults over 18 years old? The age gap must be 5 years wide.

The only one I know is REC. In REC anime, Aka Onda is 20 years old and Fumihiko Matsumaru is 26 years old.

[Ironfrost]

It depends what you mean by romance. In pretty much any harem anime, Player has an 'older woman' archetype chasing him, but she's usually not the female lead. I can think of quite a few shows where the female lead *is* significantly older than Player, but all of them are kind-of cheating by using supernatural / SF themes (Tenchi Muyo, Tsukihime, Please Teacher...).

[Levon]

What if a character is 17? Its only a year early. Whatever, I'm gonna say the romance anyway.

Hyper Police. Main character Natsuki is 17. She has a romance with Batanen who is 30. I like the scene where Natsuki is in heat(shes a catgirl);)


[edit]-

Theres also Kenshin. Kaoru starts out at age 17 when the show starts while Kenshin is 28!

[John]

City Hunter comes to mind, but I'm not certain exactly how old Kaori and Ryo are supposed to be, I know that Ryo should be several years older than Kaori.

[Stelok]

Thanks anyway, guys. It seems fair that 17 is the minimum age for an adult, even if it's just a fledgling adult.

As for Tsukihime, I've believed Shiki is 16, so he must be underage and not an adult.

[Starchild]

Keiichi from AMG is 22 or 23, and volume 21 implied Bell was far older...

[Dan]

Honey and Clover. Not only is it a great series, but it has just what you're looking for. One character begins around 21ish and goes up to about 24, while the woman he has a complex relationship is in her late 30s. Aside from that its a beautiful relationship, and you're in luck that the recent episodes have major advancements in their affair.

Honestly makes me wish I had an older woman to fall for.

[Stelok]

Oh, thank you both very much. Although I had completely forgotten about Honey and Clover and Ah My Goddess. I haven't seen Ah My Goddess in a long time and it was only an OAV but I have never watched the TV series but maybe I will give it a try and watch it. Besides Belldandy looks cute. I haven't watched Honey and Clover lately after the first four episodes, because I was busy watching other anime. But I enjoyed the episode

[ZeroRyoko1974]

Whats the age difference between Kasumi and Dr Ono in Ranma 1/2?

[Dan]

Whats the age difference between Kasumi and Dr Ono in Ranma 1/2?

Do you mean Dr. Tendo? (Unless there is something I havent seen). Kasumi is 19, I think he is about late 20s, but nothing ever happens between them.

[Ken-Ohki]

Shia is a demoness and apparently immortal, she marries a human. I only indicate this since he's around 90 at the end of the manga and she's still basically a child.

I don't know of any others but the legal marriage age in Japan for girls is 16 so if you lower your age limit I could add a few.

And Zeroryoko's right it's Dr Tofu Ono, he mostly goes by Tofu though.

[sailornyanko]

From Gunsmith Cats, Minnie-Mae Hopkins (I believe she's about 20 years old) and Ken who is over 40 years old. Both are obviously adults and neither has supernatural powers. However, Minnie-Mae met Ken when she was underage yet they still stick together as a strong couple. May likes to brag all of the time in the manga how the sex is like. She gets pretty damn descriptive for my taste.

Another pair where the female is far older than the guy and both are adults would be Celcia (about 900 years old) and Junpei (about 18) from Those who hunt elves. However it looks like a serious relationship won't be easy since they don't want to express their feelings for eachother and rather insult eachother. But love is in te air indeed. Though not sure if this couple can count because Celcia is an elf, hence her age. Though it never became a real couple, Junpei was obsessed with Airi who's like 6 years older than he is.

Folken and Naria and Eriya from Escaflowne. Folken is like 15 years older than both these girls are. They are like 4 years old (though since we don't know their true age I guess they can count) though they look like they are 18.

Marlene and Allen from Escaflowne. She was probably in her early 20's and Allen was 14 when they were a pair. I guess Allen could be considered to be too young, but again, Marlene was wedded to a man that physically looks like he's 20 years older than her.

Mikage and Tokiko from Utena. He was like 17 years old when he met Tokiko who was probably in her mid 20's at the time. However she has aged and she's probably in her mid 30's whereas Mikage hasn't aged a day.

Faust and Tiger from Saber Marionette J. He's probably about 22-24 years old whereas she's about 10 years younger than him (though being a robot, she physically looks like an adult).

[Dan]

And Zeroryoko's right it's Dr Tofu Ono, he mostly goes by Tofu though.

Goodness, thats embarassing. HER name is Tendo, I havent watched Ranma in a long time. Thanks for clearing that up but still, nothing happens with them, right?

[LostCause]

I am awfully sorry for going off topic here, but I just had to ask: is 5 years really considered a wide gap? If so where? US, Japan? Because, in my country 5 years gap is assepted as complitely appropriate and may be even desirable, of course its the guys that get to be older. <_< Wide gap would probably apply to a difference of 8 and more years. I guess age difference matters more in some parts of the world, than others.

[Leader Desslock]

I am awfully sorry for going off topic here, but I just had to ask: is 5 years really considered a wide gap? If so where? US, Japan?
It kinda depends where that 5 years falls. If you're talking 16->21, then it's a bit wider than it is at age 40->45. It's still not THAT wide a gap, however.

Keiichi from AMG is 22 or 23, and volume 21 implied Bell was far older...
Most likely, the Norns are on the order of several thousand years old, despite their apparent ages. Look at Hild: 1/1000 of her form looks like a little girl, but she's almost as old as Kami-sama...

[LostCause]

It kinda depends where that 5 years falls. If you're talking 16->21, then it's a bit wider than it is at age 40->45. It's still not THAT wide a gap, however.


I was talking in the context of the original post i.e. 18 and over.

Just thought of something on topic. Would VHD "Bloodlust" count? Its obvious vampire (Meier Link) would be much older than Sharlotte.

[Dan]

I was talking in the context of the original post i.e. 18 and over.

Just thought of something on topic. Would VHD "Bloodlust" count? Its obvious vampire (Meier Link) would be much older than Sharlotte.

Relationships like that really dont seem to be too focused on the age difference (as in a normal person and an immortal or something like that), so I dont think that is terribly important.

Hell, here's another one- Makoto and Ifurita in El-Hazard, shes hundreds of years older. But like I said, the point in "age gap relationships" is obviously the age gap, which is only really relevant in its realism. No one wonders what it would be like to have a relationship with a 900 year old man/woman simply because its impossible.

As for your original question, I would say by 18 it depends on the person, but someone only about 5 years older than them is noticable. Not in anyway "obviously" different or wrong, but noticable. But most people dont get married at 18 and 23, so by the time they do its usually negligible. I have a friend who's wife is several years older than he is, but it doesnt seem weird to me, and he's in his late 30s.

[LostCause]

I understand about immortal beings, thats why I asked if it counts.

Why would romantic relationship with an age difference, even significant, be any different from romantic relationship without one? After all its person's emotional maturity , among host of other things, that really counts. Not what it says on your driver's licence.

Unless we are simply making a list of such anime, then disregard my question.

[Dan]

I understand about immortal beings, thats why I asked if it counts.

Why would romantic relationship with an age difference, even significant, be any different from romantic relationship without one? After all its person's emotional maturity , among host of other things, that really counts. Not what it says on your driver's licence.

Unless we are simply making a list of such anime, then disregard my question.

First, yes, we are simply listing them.

Second, you're preaching to the choir, but "emotional maturity" is not set in stone and people tend to display different qualities when reaching certain ages. As mature as a 20 year old may think they are, they are still only 20 years old. Likewise, that 50 year old guy who dresses up like Peter Pan is still 50 years old. The advantage of experience, if even by a few years can be more of an unspoken trait if two people connect.

Idealism is all well and good, but when it boils down to it, age differences do have important effects on a relationship.

[LostCause]

Idealism is all well and good, but when it boils down to it, age differences do have important effects on a relationship.

Like what? Sorry I am not trying to argue, just any scenario I can think of (death, poor health etc.) are also possible in a relationship without the age gap.

[Dan]

Like what? Sorry I am not trying to argue, just any scenario I can think of (death, poor health etc.) are also possible in a relationship without the age gap.

I'm not talking about "scenerios" or anything like that, but someone was born in 1950 and lived in the age of the Vietnam war would undeniably have different experiences and outlooks as compared to someone born in 1980. Plus, they have simply lived more years, and that has an impact on how you view your years spent and years remaining. Like I said before, you can act however you want to, but these factors come into play if even only subconciously.

[LostCause]

I'm not talking about "scenerios" or anything like that, but someone was born in 1950 and lived in the age of the Vietnam war would undeniably have different experiences and outlooks as compared to someone born in 1980. Plus, they have simply lived more years, and that has an impact on how you view your years spent and years remaining. Like I said before, you can act however you want to, but these factors come into play if even only subconciously.

Well of course, but it doesn't have to be the age gap that brings out the differences. Culture,religion,personal experiences, even place of birth would do the same thing. I suppose you do gain perspective with years, but it is also possible to interpet this perspective quite differently. Loads of factors come into play, age is just one of them, no? It is because of this I don't see age difference as of much significance.

[Dan]

Well of course, but it doesn't have to be the age gap that brings out the differences. Culture,religion,personal experiences, even place of birth would do the same thing. I suppose you do gain perspective with years, but it is also possible to interpet this perspective quite differently. Loads of factors come into play, age is just one of them, no? It is because of this I don't see age difference as of much significance.

We're talking about age difference.

[LostCause]

We're talking about age difference.

My bad.
I was wondering why people thought age difference is significant.

I'll stop hijacking the thread now.

[Dan]

My bad.
I was wondering why people thought age difference is significant.

I'll stop hijacking the thread now.

There's no problem with that, what I mean is that you're answering your own question, but also expanding it for some reason. Just look at what you've even said and think about it specific to age difference. There you go.

[Stelok]

sailornyanko, i see. thanks for your input.

[Levon]

Theres Daimaru & Sena from You're Under Arrest. There not the main focus though but there a few episodes. Even an episode where they get married. Very large age gap. Daimaru I think is in his 50's, Sena is 20 years old. Its funny because Daimaru's son Kenny(who is a main character) is older than his new mother-_-;

[Shiroiyuki]

As mature as a 20 year old may think they are, they are still only 20 years old. Likewise, that 50 year old guy who dresses up like Peter Pan is still 50 years old. The advantage of experience, if even by a few years can be more of an unspoken trait if two people connect.

Idealism is all well and good, but when it boils down to it, age differences do have important effects on a relationship.

Well, age shouldn't matter in the case of love. If two people (two consenting adults...I'm not talking children) have a connection and can be mature adults about the situation, then it really shouldn't matter if they were one year apart or ten +; they would just be 'blind' to such a difference and instead care about more important matters. After all, age really doesn't matter. Not to me at least.

Experience is acquired with age, but maturity definitely isn't. Seriously, I've met some older men (mainly my father and his friends, who are mid-50's, early 60's...) that were still the most immature boys you'd ever want to meet. Age does not equal maturity. Anyone who says otherwise needs to come up to Michigan and hang out with my dad and his 'hunting buddies'...<_<. That will open up your eyes a little...ugh.

That said, a 20 year old could be just as mature (or even more so) than a 50 year old....just depends on their mind-setting and sense of responsibility.

You also have to remember that in a relationship between a younger person and an older one....the younger of the two is still growing. They are going to change, and thus, their likes/dislikes that they may have at the beginning of the relationship might change drastically over the next few years. That may cause a riff or two, so in the case of a couple with a larger age gap between the two of them--both parties should be expecting to have to deal with possible problems that may arise, and be willing to compromise and/or adapt as time goes on.

As for the original question, if I know of any anime with large age gaps between couples....um....besides Ah! Megami-Sama, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, and...um....most harem shows with alien women (like Tenchi Muyo for instance), no. Sorry--I really don't. *shrugs*