Amagami SS is a 2010 anime series based on the PS2 Dating sim Amagami. The series follows Junichi Tachibana, a second year high school student from Kibitou High who dislikes celebrating Christmas due to a past incident two years ago when his date stood him up on Christmas Eve which left him heartbroken. However, this Christmas will be different as his encounter with one of these six girls, Haruka Morishima, Kaoru Tanamachi, Sae Nakata, Ai Nanasaki, Rihoko Sakurai and Tsukasa Ayatsuji will finally open up his heart to love again. The anime adaptation is rather unusual as it is divided into several story arcs where each arc focuses on one of the main heroines who will become Junichi's love interest. Two extra episodes which features Risa Kamizaki and Miya Tachibana as the heroines was released on the 13th anime Blu-ray/DVD on April 29, 2011 along with two Short Side-Story OVAs for those who order the first 12 Blu-ray/DVDs. On August 13, 2011, a second season of Amagami SS was announced. The second season, titled Amagami SS+ plus, aired on January 5, 2012 to March 29, 2012.
The anime is produced by AIC and directed and series composition by Yoshimasa Hiraike, scripted by Noboru Kimura and Touko Machida, music by Toshiyuki Omori, character design by Hiroaki Gohda and art and sound direction by Maho Takahashi and Satoki Iida respectively. The anime is also licensed and released in North America by Sentai Filmworks.
Amagami SS uses several theme songs:
In Amagami SS+ plus, the opening theme song was "Check My Soul" by azusa while the ending theme song was "Kokuhaku" (告白?, "Confession") by azusa.
A shy girl named Risa Kamizaki confesses to Junichi, which he later accepts and agrees to become her boyfriend, but she wants to keep their relationship a secret. Junichi wants to go the Founder's Festival with Risa and introduce her to his friends, which Risa thinks about it. Unknown to him, Risa's unwillingness to come is because at the time when he was getting close with Haruka, Kaoru, Sae, Ai, Rihoko and Tsukasa, she was stalking him and prevented the girls from falling in love with him by showing them a doctored photo that Junichi already has a girlfriend. Later, while visiting the park where he was stood up two years ago, Junichi meets Makihara, the girl who stood him up. To his surprise, Makihara never stood him up because a classmate of hers told her that he was waiting for her at the cinema. On the day of the festival, Risa tells Junichi she wants to end their relationship as she reveals she was the one who lied to Makihara and was also responsible for his heartbreak. Although Risa reveals to Junichi that Makihara was going to dump him in front of her friends, and that Risa was also invited there to witness Junichi being humiliated. So with good intentions Risa told Makihara that the location had changed, to try and help Junichi. Not only that, she reveals that she also sabotaged his relationships with the other girls who were interested in him as well. Feeling guilty, Risa tells Junichi he deserves someone better than her, but he forgives her since he feels better now that he knows the truth as he still loves her. Risa is glad that Junichi has forgiven her and later apologizes to the girls that she lied to before spending the festival with Junichi.