Anime like Alma-chan wa Kazoku ni Naritai

SPY×FAMILY

Also known as SPY x FAMILY.

Studio: CloverWorks , WIT STUDIO , Toho , Shueisha , TV Tokyo , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Everyone has a part of themselves they cannot show to anyone else.

At a time when all nations of the world were involved in a fierce war of information happening behind closed doors, Ostania and Westalis had been in a state of cold war against one another for decades. The Westalis Intelligence Services' Eastern-Focused Division (WISE) sends their most talented spy, "Twilight," on a top-secret mission to investigate the movements of Donovan Desmond, the chairman of Ostania's National Unity Party, who is threatening peace efforts between the two nations.

This mission is known as "Operation Strix." It consists of "putting together a family in one week in order to infiltrate social gatherings organized by the elite school that Desmond's son attends."

"Twilight" takes on the identity of psychiatrist Loid Forger and starts looking for family members. But Anya, the daughter he adopts, turns out to have the ability to read people's minds, while his wife, Yor, is an assassin! With it being in each of their own interests to keep these facts hidden, they start living together while concealing their true identities from one another.
World peace is now in the hands of this brand-new family as they embark on an adventure full of surprises.



Tags: Espionage , Family Life , Found Family , Fake Relationship , Assassins , Conspiracy , Shounen , Adoption , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Crime , Foreign , Urban , Slapstick , Super Power , Parenthood , School , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Surreal Comedy , Parody , Episodic , Politics , Cohabitation , Guns , Urban Fantasy , Orphan , Martial Arts , Bullying , Tsundere , Unrequited Love

Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita. r=1-sinθ (Heart)

Also known as Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It r=1-sinθ.

Studio: Zero-G , bilibili , Mirai Koujou , AMG Entertainment , Global Solutions , Kanetsuu Investment , Starry Cube , Sony Music Entertainment , Hokkaidou Bunka Housou , BS Fuji , Office Nobu , Yomiuri TV Enterprise , Flex Comics , SUPA LOVE , Touyou Recording , BloomZ , Holoimua , Annel
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

The second season of Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita.

Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , College , Educational , Heterosexual , Teacher , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Meta , Philosophy , Love Triangle , Idol , Drawing , Shounen

ATRI: My Dear Moments

Also known as ATRI -My Dear Moments-.

Studio: TROYCA , Aniplex , bilibili
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi

In the near future, a sudden and unexplained sea rise has left much of human civilization underwater. Ikaruga Natsuki, a boy who lost his mother and one of his legs in an accident some years earlier, returns disillusioned from a harsh life in the big city to find his old countryside home half-swallowed by the sea. Left without a family, all he has to his name is the ship and submarine left to him by his oceanologist grandmother, and her debts. His only hope to restore the dreams for the future that he has lost is to take up an opportunity presented to him by the suspicious debt collector Catherine. They set sail to search the sunken ruins of his grandmother's laboratory in order to find a treasure rumor says she left there. But what they find is not riches or jewels; it is a strange girl lying asleep in a coffin at the bottom of the sea, Atri. Atri is a robot, but her appearance and her wealth of emotions would fool anyone into thinking she's a living, breathing human being. In gratitude for being salvaged, she makes a declaration to Natsuki.



Tags: Heterosexual , Robots , Environmental , Disability , Dystopian , Post-Apocalyptic , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Artificial Intelligence , Lost Civilization , CGI , Cyberpunk , Time Skip

Buddy Daddies

Also known as Buddy Daddies.

Studio: P.A.WORKS , Aniplex , ABC Animation , Nagoya Broadcasting Network , Nitroplus , TOKYO MX , BS11 , Movic
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

Assassins Kazuki Kurusu and Rei Suwa meet Miri, a girl looking for her father on Christmas Day. Kazuki, Rei, and Miri unexpectedly end up living together.

Follows Kazuki Kurusu, a criminal contractor/coordinator who lives with his best friend, Rei Suwa, a professional assassin who has been raised from childhood to be a contract killer. Kazuki is outgoing and loves gambling and women, while Rei is a man of few words who spends his off time playing video games. One day, the two buddies end up caring for Miri Unasaka, a four year old girl whose father is a mafia boss, after Miri accidentally wanders into a firefight in a hotel while looking for her father.

Tags: Family Life , Found Family , Adoption , Assassins , Crime , Parenthood , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Work , Guns , Urban , Espionage , Kuudere , Primarily Adult Cast , Mafia , School , Heterosexual , Gore , Time Skip , Video Games , LGBTQ+ Themes

Amaama to Inazuma

Also known as Sweetness & Lightning.

Studio: TMS Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Having lost his wife, math teacher Kouhei Inuzuka is doing his best to raise his young daughter Tsumugi as a single father. He's pretty bad at cooking and doesn't have a huge appetite to begin with, but chance brings his little family and one of his students, Kotori Iida, together for homemade adventures. With those three cooks in the kitchen, it's no wonder this dinner table drama is so delicious.



Tags: Family Life , Food , Iyashikei , Found Family , Restaurant , Educational , Teacher , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Parenthood , Orphan , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Coming of Age , School , Chibi

Alice to Zouroku

Also known as Alice & Zoroku.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Lantis , Bandai Visual , Tokuma Shoten , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , TOKYO MX , Sony PCL
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Mystery , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

The fantasy story begins with a group of young girls who hold a power named "Alice's Dream," which allows them to make their imaginations come true. These girls have been locked up and treated as research subjects. Sana, one of these girls whose specific power includes the ability ignore the laws of physics and physically manifest anything she can imagine, has escaped. Afterwards, she meets an old man named Zouroku, who dislikes disruptions in his everyday life.



Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~44 minutes as opposed to the standard 25 minute long episode.

Tags: Super Power , Fugitive , Found Family , Primarily Female Cast , Urban Fantasy , Rehabilitation , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Twins , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Family Life

Somali to Mori no Kamisama

Also known as Somali and the Forest Spirit.

Studio: Satelight , HORNETS , Mixer , North Stars Pictures , JY Animation , Crunchyroll , CA-Cygames Anime Fund , Movic
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Slice of Life

The world is ruled by a diversity of inhuman beings, who persecuted humans and drove them to near-extinction. One day, the forest guardian Golem meets a human girl. This is a chronicle of a journey that would bind a member of the dying "human" clan to the forest guardian Golem, as father and daughter.



The first episode received an advance web distribution on January 3. The regular TV broadcast started on January 10.

Tags: Adoption , Found Family , Female Protagonist , Family Life , Travel , Iyashikei , Lost Civilization , Parenthood , Elderly Protagonist , Survival , Male Protagonist , Demons , Youkai , Seinen , Orphan , Witch , CGI , Elf , Disability , Slavery , Body Horror

Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita.

Also known as Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It.

Studio: Zero-G
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Yukimura Shinya, and Himuro Ayame are two scientists that want to find out if love can be solved by a scientific theory. These two scientists also have feelings for each other and want to be able to solve their true feelings through similar theoretical facts. With this perfect opportunity, these scientists will attempt to solve the theory of the love they express for each other.

Note: All episodes premiered on Amazon on January 11, 2020 but aired weekly on TV.

Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , College , Heterosexual , Educational , Male Protagonist , School Club , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Otaku Culture , Video Games , Shounen

Miss Monochrome - The Animation

Also known as Miss Monochrome - The Animation.

Studio: LIDENFILMS , SANZIGEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Slice of Life

"Miss Monochrome" is an original character design from seiyuu Horie Yui. In March 2012, she first used the "Miss Monochrome" character as a 3D virtual singer to sing her songs at her concert "Horie Yui wo Meguru Bouken III ~Secret Mission Tour~". Later, the character appeared in a range of merchandise as well as in the social network game "Girlfriend (Beta)".

According to the setting, Miss Monochrome loves only the monochrome style, dislikes all kinds of color, and always dreams about changing the world into her favorite monochrome color.

Tags: Robots , Surreal Comedy , Idol , Work , Vocal Synth , Konbini , Female Protagonist , Aliens , Parody , Musical Theater , Primarily Female Cast , Kuudere , Henshin , Cars

Chichi wa Eiyuu, Haha wa Seirei, Musume no Watashi wa Tenseisha.

Also known as Dad is a Hero, Mom is a Spirit, I'm a Reincarnator.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , bilibili , Nippon Columbia , VAP , KLOCKWORX
Status: Releasing
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

Ellen, an 8-year-old girl and half-spirit, once lived as a scientist in modern-day Japan. Now she’s been reincarnated into a new family: Rovel, her father and the kingdom’s legendary hero, and Origin, her mother and the queen of spirits. On top of that, Ellen herself has the power to manipulate chemical elements! But are Ellen’s powers enough to protect their family’s happiness?



Tags: Female Protagonist , Reincarnation , Magic , Isekai , Royal Affairs