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Hinamatsuri

Also known as HINAMATSURI.

Studio: feel. , Funimation , Media Factory , Magic Capsule , Nippon Columbia , AT-X , Kadokawa Media House
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The comedy manga centers around a super-powered girl named Hina and Nitta, a young member of the yakuza. Hina suddenly appears in Nitta's room and threatens him with her extraordinary powers. However, they end up living together.



Tags: Found Family , Family Life , Adoption , Ensemble Cast , Parenthood , Satire , Surreal Comedy , Seinen , Slapstick , Super Power , Kuudere , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Yakuza , Urban , Female Protagonist , Homeless , Primarily Female Cast , Coming of Age , Bar , Episodic , School , Isekai , Time Skip

Sasaki to Pii-chan

Also known as Sasaki and Peeps.

Studio: KADOKAWA , SILVER LINK. , GREE Entertainment , AT-X , Crunchyroll , Sammy , SILVER LINK. , Nippon Columbia
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

Sasaki is a middle-aged office worker living in Japan. Feeling drained by the vapid corporate world, he heads to the pet shop in search of a new companion. There he finds an adorable bird named Peeps and takes him home. But Sasaki quickly learns that Peeps isn’t your average bird…he’s a powerful mage from another world! Together, they embark on a magical adventure filled with swords and sorcery.



Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~48 minutes.

Tags: Isekai , Economics , Work , Magic , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Crossover , Animals , Super Power , Police , Reincarnation , Age Gap , Guns , Female Harem , Time Manipulation , Yandere , Food , Medieval

Kobayashi-san Chi no Maidragon

Also known as Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Lantis , Pony Canyon , ABC Animation , Futabasha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

What happens when a drunken promise leads to living with a dragon? That’s Miss Kobayashi’s new reality when Tohru appears in her life. With a maid-slash-dragon in her home, she’s experiencing a whole new level of domestic bliss! But the dragons don’t stop there. On a mission to find Tohru appears Kanna, a little dragon with a big attitude. Before she knows it, Kobayashi’s got a house full of dragons—one serving tail and the other serving serious moe! Together, they live side by side with only the occasional disaster…well, maybe. But nothing beats coming home to the warm welcome of a dragon maid!



Tags: Found Family , Dragons , Monster Girl , Family Life , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Maids , Magic , Episodic , Anthropomorphism , Urban , Yuri , Urban Fantasy , Seinen , Large Breasts , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Adult Cast , Office Lady , Otaku Culture , Surreal Comedy , Kuudere , Software Development , Bisexual , Nudity

Imouto sae Ireba Ii.

Also known as A Sister's All You Need..

Studio: SILVER LINK. , Bandai Visual , Lantis , BEEP , TAP , Triple A , BSP , Nexus , Totonyan , Real-T
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

The story follows the everyday life of Itsuki, a novelist and "modern day Pygmalion" who works day in and day out to create the ultimate younger sister. He's surrounded by various other characters: a beautiful genius writer who loves him, his big-sisterly classmate from college, a fellow male writer, a sadistic tax accountant, and his editor. They're all looked after by Itsuki's perfect younger step-brother, Chihiro, who has a serious secret.



Note: The first episode received an early screening at a special event held at Shinjuku Piccadilly, Tokyo on 06.09.2017.

Tags: Writing , Otaku Culture , Work , Ensemble Cast , Nudity , Heterosexual , Board Game , Coming of Age , Love Triangle , Crossdressing , Video Games , College , Bisexual , Gender Bending

Hataraku Maou-sama!

Also known as The Devil is a Part-Timer!.

Studio: Funimation , Lantis , Pony Canyon , WHITE FOX
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

Devil King Sadao is only one step away from conquering the world when he is beaten by Hero Emilia and forced to drift to the other world: modern-day Tokyo. As "conquering the world" are the only skills the Devil King possesses—and are obviously unnecessary in his new situation—he must work as a freeter to pay for his living expenses!

Tags: Demons , Isekai , Work , Male Protagonist , Urban , Magic , Urban Fantasy , Fugitive , Anti-Hero , Tsundere , Primarily Adult Cast , Mythology , Parody , Restaurant , Love Triangle , Ensemble Cast , Food , Heterosexual , Hikikomori , Language Barrier

Lv1 Maou to One Room Yuusha

Also known as Level 1 Demon Lord and One Room Hero.

Studio: KADOKAWA , SILVER LINK. , BLADE , Houbunsha , Nippon Columbia , AT-X , Movic , Bit Grooove Promotion
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy

After his embarrassing defeat at the hands of a brave hero, the Demon Lord is back and ready for revenge… but after ten years apart, the hero, Max, isn’t the dashing do-gooder the Demon Lord remembers. In fact, Max has turned into a shut-in slob with no interest in an epic rematch. Can the Demon Lord whip his former nemesis back into shape, or will he be defeated by the hero-turned-couch-potato once again and join him in his lazy life?



Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Demons , Politics , Urban Fantasy , Reincarnation , Age Regression , Gender Bending , Seinen , Crossdressing , LGBTQ+ Themes , Nudity

Nihon e Youkoso Elf-san.

Also known as Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!.

Studio: Zero-G , Toei Video , Hobby Japan , Mainichi Broadcasting System , MAGNET , Bandai Namco Music Live , BS11 , AT-X , qooop , KLOCKWORX
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

Ms. Elf is intrigued by Japanese culture?!

Working adult Kitase Kazuhiro’s hobby is sleeping. Ever since he was a child, he’s had exciting adventures in the mysterious other world he dreams about. One day, while exploring ancient ruins with an elf girl he befriended, he is unfortunately burned by the breath of a magic dragon he encounters.

When he awakens from his dream, an elf girl who shouldn’t be in his room is sleeping next to him…



Tags: Iyashikei , Elf , Heterosexual , Isekai , Age Gap , Male Protagonist , Food , Magic , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Dungeon , Kemonomimi , Monster Girl , Travel , Language Barrier , Dragons , Nudity , Desert

Mattaku Saikin no Tantei to Kitara

Also known as Detectives These Days Are Crazy!.

Studio: KADOKAWA , LIDENFILMS , Ultra Super Pictures , BS11 , AT-X , Culture Entertainment
Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Mystery

Nagumo Keiichirou was a genius high-school detective. No case was complex enough for him. But what happens to genius detectives when they get older?

Now 35, with bad hips, running a failing detective agency with no cases to solve and struggling to pay the rent, he's at a dead end.

In comes a high school girl in his office who says she wants to work with him. With her help, will the out-of-touch, old-fashioned Nagumo get back the fire of his youth?


Tags: Surreal Comedy , Slapstick , Detective , Crime , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Seinen , Police , Primarily Adult Cast , Gyaru

Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai

Also known as Haganai.

Studio: Funimation , Media Factory , TBS , AIC Build , Bushiroad
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

Hasegawa Kodaka has transferred schools, and he's having a hard time making friends. It doesn't help that his blond hair tends to make people think he's a delinquent. One day, he runs into his bad-tempered solitary classmate Yozora while she's talking animatedly to her imaginary friend Tomo. Realizing that neither of them have any actual friends, they decide that the best way to alter this situation is to form a club and start recruiting.

That is how "Rinjinbu", The Neighbours' Club, was formed, a club specifically designed for people who don't have very many friends. As other lonely classmates slowly join their little club, they'll try to learn how to build friendships through cooking together, playing games, and other group activities. But will this group of relationship-challenged misfits really be able to get along?

Tags: School , School Club , Male Protagonist , Female Harem , Primarily Female Cast , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Nudity , Video Games , Crossdressing , Chuunibyou , Nun , Bullying , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Gender Bending

Edomae Elf

Also known as Otaku Elf.

Studio: C2C , Nikkatsu , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Kodansha , NetEase Games
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Takamimi Shrine has an unusual resident – Elda, an ancient elf who’s obsessed with video games! The shrine’s teenage attendant, Koito Koganei, keeps this reclusive otaku well supplied with energy drinks and junk food. Even though she loves 100%-ing her games, Elda has duties to attend to, and Koganei is bound and determined to make this otaku elf fulfill them! It’ll just take an offering or two to bribe—um, we mean convince Elda to put down her new game…



Tags: Otaku Culture , Elf , Hikikomori , Primarily Female Cast , Shrine Maiden , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Iyashikei , Historical , Religion , Educational , Rehabilitation , Slapstick , Food , Isekai , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Work , Shounen , Archery , Fashion , School , Tanned Skin , Kuudere , Urban Fantasy