Chihayafuru

While several card-based anime debuted in the 2000s, Chihayafuru, which aired from 2011 to 2012, is more contemporary. Chihaya Ayase, a tomboy in the novel, is introduced to the card game karuta by transfer student Arata Wataya. They all join the game along with Arata's pal Taichi Mashima.

Despite the fact that the three separate, Chihaya meets Taichi again in high school. Chihaya aspires to be the greatest karuta player and yearns to see Arata once more. Karuta is a game that was modeled after the Hundred Poets style of Japanese poetry and can only be won by matching the first line of the poem with its corresponding second line. This anime is distinctive and instructive because it combines trading cards and literature.

74 episodes

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