Anime like Aggressive Retsuko

Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii

Also known as Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Aniplex , Fuji TV , Kanetsuu Investment , Christmas Holly , Dentsu , Ichijinsha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Having slept through all four of her alarms, the energetic Narumi Momose finds herself running late for her first day of work at a new office. As she races to catch her train, she makes a promise to herself that none of her coworkers will find out about her dark secret: that she is an otaku and a fujoshi. Her plan goes instantly awry, though, when she runs into Hirotaka Nifuji, an old friend from middle school. Although she tries to keep her secret by inviting him out for drinks after work, her cover is blown when he casually asks her whether or not she will be attending the upcoming Summer Comiket. Luckily for her, the only witnesses—Hanako Koyanagi and Tarou Kabakura—are otaku as well.

Later that night, the pair go out for drinks so that they can catch up after all the years apart. After Narumi complains about her previous boyfriend breaking up with her because he refused to date a fujoshi, Hirotaka suggests that she try dating a fellow otaku, specifically himself. He makes a solemn promise to always be there for her, to support her, and to help her farm for rare drops in Monster Hunter. Blown away by the proposal, Narumi agrees immediately. Thus the two otaku start dating, and their adorably awkward romance begins.



Tags: Otaku Culture , Primarily Adult Cast , Josei , Office Lady , Female Protagonist , Video Games , Work , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Urban , Kuudere , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Cosplay , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tsundere , Office , Bisexual , Athletics , Tomboy , Classic Literature

Gaikotsu Shotenin Honda-san

Also known as Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san.

Studio: DLE
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Honda-san is at war - with business, with out-of-print books, and with people who love manga! Who knew there were so many laughs to be found at the manga counter of a bookstore?! These are the day-to-day happenings that take place at a certain bookstore where the love of manga is abundant.



Tags: Work , Otaku Culture , Slapstick , Skeleton , Urban , Episodic , Autobiographical , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Educational , Male Protagonist , Language Barrier , Shoujo

Chuukan Kanriroku Tonegawa

Also known as Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues.

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , Sentai Filmworks , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Psychological

Teiai Group is one of Japan's largest firms. Yukio Tonegawa, a man with a larger-than-life presence and sharp intellect, works as the right-hand man of Chairman Kazutaka Hyodo. One day, the chairman commands Tonegawa to spearhead "Game of Death," an evil project that employs debtors. He rallies his direct reports and scrambles to form Team Tonegawa, only to encounter a barrage of challenges from the erratic chairman and his disloyal employees, ultimately leading to his demotion.

Team Tonegawa is bombarded with an onslaught of wide-ranging problems! "Mr. Tonegawa - Middle Management Blues -" is a spinoff of "Kaiji," the hit manga series that boasts a total circulation of over 20 million printed copies.



Note: Episode 14-15, parts of 18, and parts of 20-23 of this entry adapts the Kaiji spin-off manga Ichinichi Gaishutsuroku Hanchou.

Tags: Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Parody , Seinen , Office , Food , Card Battle , Episodic , Bowling , Slavery , Mahjong , Pandemic , Acting , Camping , Memory Manipulation

Africa no Salaryman (TV)

Also known as Africa Salaryman.

Studio: Hot Zipang , Funimation , KADOKAWA
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Imagine your co-workers–a lion, toucan, and lizard! Hey it can happen right? Africa Salaryman is a comedic take on office life of three African jungle animals who could be your potential co-workers in corporate America. It’s full of ridiculous office place antics and hilarious scenarios, that keeps things quite entertaining, while the animals cope with their working environment.



Tags: Animals , Work , Urban , Anthropomorphism , CGI , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Office , Primarily Animal Cast , Shoujo

Servant x Service

Also known as Servant x Service.

Studio: Aniplex , A-1 Pictures , Half H.P Studio , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Frustrating, insufficient, and irritating is how most citizens would describe civil servants. However, three new employees are about to discover what really happens behind the scenes. Lucy Yamagami, bent on revenge against the civil servant who allowed her comically long name to be put on her birth certificate; Yutaka Hasebe, an easygoing guy always on the lookout for a place to slack off; and Saya Miyoshi, a nervous first-time worker, are about to experience the underwhelming satisfaction of being government employees.

They are supposed to be trained by Taishi Ichimiya, but he has no idea how to do so, even though he has worked there for eight years. With an incompetent senior colleague and unfavorable confrontations with clients, the trio starts to lose faith in their chosen occupation but encourage each other to do their best.

Tags: Seinen , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Office Lady , Slapstick , Ensemble Cast , Tsundere , Kuudere , Age Gap , Office

OTMGirls no YOKIYOKI Channel

Studio: Fanworks , Sanrio
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

Weekly episodes released on the official OTMGirls YouTube channel following Manaka, Miggy and Hidarin as they struggle every day to aim for a global expansion.

Tags: Idol , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Animal Cast

Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi

Also known as My Senpai is Annoying.

Studio: Doga Kobo , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Being seen as a full-fledged business woman isn’t easy for Futaba Igarashi when her senpai, Harumi, treats her like a kid. Days for her are never typical, at work or outside of it, with all the antics going on in her life. As mishaps ensue, she’ll find herself growing closer with her loudmouth senpai. Maybe Futaba feels more than she lets on, but one thing’s for sure: she’s still annoyed!



Tags: Office Lady , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Work , Office , Tsundere , Heterosexual , Josei , Age Gap , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Tomboy , Male Protagonist , Tanned Skin , Video Games , Cosplay , Coming of Age , Basketball

Itazura Guma no Gloomy

Also known as GLOOMY THE NAUGHTY GRIZZLY.

Studio: NAZ , Sonilude
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Slice of Life

GLOOMY is Pity’s pet bear. He’s a little over 6 feet and weighs as much as 2000 pomegranates. He’s well trained for the most part, but he can never remember that he’s not supposed to attack humans. Still, a pet owner must take ultimate responsibility for his pets. Recalling warm memories of GLOOMY as a cute bear cub, Pity tries to lead a life of peaceful co-existence with his pet bear.



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Animals , Gore , Episodic , Anthropomorphism

Hataraku Onii-san!

Also known as Working Buddies!.

Studio: Tomovies , Lantis , Good Smile Company
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The story centers around the cheerful calico Tapio Chatorazawa and the pessimistic Russian blue Kuehiko Roshihara. The two study in the same college, and also work together on various odd jobs.



Tags: Primarily Animal Cast , Work , Animals , Iyashikei , Ensemble Cast , Episodic , Primarily Adult Cast , Anthropomorphism , Video Games

Rilakkuma to Kaoru-san

Also known as Rilakkuma and Kaoru.

Studio: dwarf
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

A short stop-motion anime celebrating the San-X character's 15th anniversary.

The character's story begins when the titular Rilakkuma suddenly appears in the apartment of office worker Kaoru and begins living there, spending every day idling around. He has a zipper on his back, but the contents remain unknown. He likes food like pancakes, omelette rice, pudding, and dango. He lives together with the little white cub Korilakkuma and Kaoru's pet Kiiroitori ("yellow bird").



Tags: Iyashikei , Animals , Stop Motion , Female Protagonist , Office Lady , Episodic , Work , Kids , Ghost , Aliens