Completed Anime
Final Approach

“Orphaned Ryo is forced to marry eager Shizuka under a state marriage scheme, upending his quiet life.”

Final Approach

6.56
7,867 rank · 37,743 viewers · 50 favorites
Comedy Drama Romance
13 episodes · 14 min per ep min · Fall 2004 · Trinet Entertainment · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
For you

Add Final Approach to your library

Add to library
Episodes · 13 13/13 aired
EP 01 EP 13

Would You Love or Hate This?

AI-powered analysis tailored to your taste

Based on your preference for character-driven stories with layered emotional arcs, this title's exploration of identity and belonging would deeply resonate. The pacing mirrors series you've rated highly, and its thematic depth aligns with your appreciation for nuanced storytelling...

However, the slow initial episodes might test your patience given your history of dropping shows that don't hook you early. The art style shift in the middle arc could also be a concern...

Sign up to unlock
Personalized to you
Honest pros & cons
Based on your library
Get Your Personal Analysis

Synopsis

Orphaned Ryo is forced to marry eager Shizuka under a state marriage scheme, upending his quiet life.

Ever since their parents died a few years ago, Ryo and his sister Akane have been living alone together. Despite their difficult situation, they are still living reasonably happy and normal lives. However, everything is about to be flipped upside-down due to a secret government project. Due to increasingly low birth rates in Japan, the Japanese government is testing a program in which two young people are forced to marry. Ryo wants no part of it, but he is given little choice in the matter; his new fiancée, Shizuka, comes to his home late one night with several dozen government issued bodyguards, who are there to ensure the success of the new couple. Unlike Ryo, Shizuka couldn’t be more willing to go along with this new program, and eagerly goes about her wifely duties, despite his objections. With meddling friends, pushy bodyguards, and an overenthusiastic new fiancée, Ryo’s life has taken a turn in a direction the young man certainly didn’t expect. (Source: ANN)

What people say

Community consensus

Derived from 12 sampled reviews

7.0 /10

What 12 viewers settled on.

91% recommend
Score distribution
median 7 mode 7 σ 1.83
1510
Agreement

Polarized

σ 1.83 · split reception

split
The polarity gap

5.7 pts

Recommenders 7.7 · others 2.0

Yes
No
Score over time

↓ 2.00

Running avg · Apr 2008 → Mar 2026

Watch Order & Related

Explore the Final Approach universe

Trailers & videos

See all →

If you stay for this, you'll stay for these

See all →

The community pairs this with

See all →

Production slate

A Tv Production · Fall 2004

Trinet Entertainment.
  • Format 13 × 14′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 3h 02m all episodes
  • Aired Oct 2004 – Dec 2004 Fall 2004
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-0099 catalog

In the news

See all →