少女たちは荒野を目指す

Girls Beyond the Wasteland

In the story, Buntarou is a student who wants to be something, but doesn't know what. One day his female classmate Sayuki announces she is working on a bishoujo game. Sayuki scouted him because he wrote a good script for drama club, but Buntarou doesn't know anything about bishoujo games. (Source: Anime News Network)

Names

Original	少女たちは荒野を目指す (japanese)
Romaji	Shoujotachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu
English	Girls Beyond the Wasteland
Chinese	少女们向荒野进发 (simplified · via bangumi)
Also known as	Girls beyond the youth KOYA · Shokomeza · le ragazze anelano alla landa selvaggia · Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu

Facts

Format	TV series · 12 ep · 24 min · 5h total
Aired	2016-01-07 → 2016-03-24 (Winter 2016)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	project No.9
Source	Visual novel
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Genres	Comedy Romance Slice of Life
Themes	School Software Development Male Protagonist Otaku Culture School Club Female Protagonist

Reception

Community score	5.98 / 10
Bayesian score	6.20 / 10
Composite	36.6
On lists	29,799
Favourited	196 (0.7%)
Completion	67.2%
Drop rate	16.1%
In backlog	36.3%
Score spread σ	1.79

Score distribution

118022313488484351,60162,41672,3508965937410252

Where it places

Cohort	Value	Tier	Rank
Studio	project No.9	D	33 of 42
Broadcast season	Winter 2016	E	83 of 92
Source material	Visual novel	E	233 of 266
Year	2016	E	377 of 418
Season (all years)	Winter	E	1,442 of 1,557
Genre	Slice of Life	E	1,508 of 1,578
Genre	Romance	E	1,601 of 1,687
Era	Late 2010s	E	1,676 of 1,863
Length	Single-cour	E	2,445 of 2,668
Format	TV series	E	3,103 of 3,322
Genre	Comedy	E	3,322 of 3,488
Origin	Japan	E	6,723 of 7,157

Key staff

Director	Takuya Satou, Kazuhiro Inoue
Series composition	Yuniko Ayana
Character design	Matsuryuu
Original creator	Romeo Tanaka, Matsuryuu

Relation	Year	Title
other	2016	Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu: Iubeki Monokashira

AniList id 21444 · MAL id 31914 · Bangumi 149993 · record updated 2026-08-27