Top 10 Best Gender Bender Anime Series [Recommendations]

Gender bender anime are really fun to watch as it gives a glimpse of what it is like to be the other gender. For guys, it would be great to abuse the powers of the girls. As for girls, they get to see what it is like to be a guy. Either way, it is a win win situation. Below is a list of some of the best gender bender anime that I have come across.

Ouran High School Host Club

Haruhi Fujioka is a student at the elite Ouran High School. One day, she stumbles across a club of boys who entertain the girls of the school for profit. She, then accidentally breaks an expensive vase worth $80,000. Now, she is supposed to serve under them until her debt is paid.There, she is frequently mistaken as a cute boy and female clients often request for her. So, she has to dress and behave like a boy to main her female clientele, in order to pay her debts more quickly.

Maria†Holic

Kanako Miyamae is secretly a lesbian. That is why, she attends an all girls school to find the perfect girl of her dreams. But it is not that easy.Mariya, her roommate is the most beautiful girl she has ever seen. But, she is actually a mean boy in drag. He threatens to tell everyone her secret if she tells anyone his secret.Will Kanoko find her true love amidst all this confusion?

Ranma ½

Ranma Saotome is a boy who is cursed to turn into a girl whenever he is hit by cold water. Yes! She actually completely transforms physically into a girl, while mentally he remains the same. He turns back to being a boy when he is hit by warm water. He is also a martial art student.This anime show is extremely funny with the perfect amount of romance and action.

Aoharu x Machinegun

Hotaru Tachibana is masculine girl, who is somehow talked into joining Toy Guns, an Airsoft team. Toy Guns are competing in the surviving games and she is a part of the team. But, she is mistaken as a guy by the other team members.And before she could correct them, they told her why don’t have any girls on the team and why they’ll never have any girl in the team. Survival games mean so much to her that she tries to blends in perfectly as a tough guy.

Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru

Mizohu Miyanokouji is a male student, who cross dresses to attend Seio Girls’ Academy, which his ancestors founded and to which his mother attended. He did this after his grandfather’s death, who is his will expressed his desire for his grandson to be transferred to Seio Girls’ Academy.He gains fast popularity there and is nominated for Elder Elections against his will.

Tetsuwan Birdy Decode

Tsutomu Senkawa was walking to his home when he was accidentally killed by Birdy Cephon Altera, a space police agent who was in pursuit of a criminal. The Space Police Force compensates for Birdy’s mistake and punishes her by regenerating Tsutou’s body, but Birdy and Tsutomu have to share a single body. Tsutomu agrees to this.Now, when Birdy is in control, it shows her body and when Tsutomu is in control, it shows his body. Therefore, he has to hide this secret from his friends and family and alongside help Birdy to investigate the evils on Earth.

Princess Princess

Toru Kouno has just been transferred to the most elite all boys school in the city. He received a warm welcome at first, but is then nominated for the campus princess. The princesses are supposed to be properly dressed as gothic princess in all the school events, in order to lighten the mood of all masculine atmosphere. There already are two princesses in the school. Toru was initially very skeptical about all this, but soon realizes the benefits of being a princess.

Kokoro Connect

Taichi Yaegashi, Himeko Inaba, Iori Nagase, Yosofumi Aoki and Yuri Kiriyama are high school students and members of the school’s cultural research club. One day, a strange phenomena occurred and the bodies of Aoki and Yui are switched suddenly. Eventually, the same thing began to happen with all of them. Their bodies are now randomly swapped with each other.This is all happening at the whims of Heartseed, an evil mystical figure, who puts their friendship to the ultimate test.

Cheeky Angel

Megumi Agatsuka has always been an aggressive and fighting boy. When he was nine, he saved a strange man from a group of other kids. The strange man gave him a magical book, in return. Pierrot, a genie appears from the book to grant him one wish after his blood has touched the book. Megumi wished to be a strong man’s man, but Pierrot tricked him and turned him into a girl.She then throws the book away in the river. She is now on a crusade to search for the book to turn her again.

The Minami Family

Chiaki, Kana and Haruka are the three sisters of the Minami family. They are dependent on each other for everything. Haruka is the oldest sister, Kana is the middle sister and the crazy one, and Chiaki is the youngest but the smartest sister. Makoto is Chiaki’s elementary school classmate. He has a huge crush on Haruka and he often comes over to meet her. Kana, being the crazy one, tries to hide him from Chiaki using make up and girl clothing. Makoto now blends in perfectly with only Kana, Uchida and Toma know his secret.

References: MyAnimeList, Wiki