Anime like Aka-chan to Boku

Mama wa Shougaku 4 Nensei

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

Natsumi Mizuki is a 4th grader whose parents have gone to London. Her Aunt Izumi comes to live with her. Izumi is an aspiring manga writer who is trying to get her first big break, so she doesn't have time for a baby that appears out of thin air on Natsumi's first night alone. The baby's name is Mirai and her mother is Natsumi, but 15 years older. Somehow, Mirai had traveled back in time. Now the young Natsumi has to raise Mirai while trying to keep her 4th grade life from falling apart and keep Mirai-chan secret from everyone. She has the dubious help of Izumi and some baby-care gadgets from the future.



Tags: Family Life , Female Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Parenthood , Episodic , Kids , Primarily Child Cast , School , Heterosexual , Drawing

Aishiteruze Baby★★

Also known as Love You Baby.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Animax , Toei Video , Sunny Side Up
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Katakura Kippei is in every way a high school playboy. Spending his days flirting with any female he can see, responsibility is the last thing on his mind. Life takes an unexpected turn for him as one day he returns home to find himself with the fulltime task of caring for his 5 year old cousin. Kippei's aunt Miyako had disappeared, appearing to have abandoned his cousin, Yuzuyu. With Kippei's lack of responsibility and knowledge of childcare and Yuzuyu's injured heart with the disappearance of her mother, their time together is in for a bumpy ride. Based on the manga by Maki Youko.

Tags: Family Life , Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Adoption , School , Parenthood , Bullying , Heterosexual , Suicide

Daa! Daa! Daa!

Studio: J.C.STAFF
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi

Miyu is an 8th grade girl, whose parents have been hired by NASA. They take off to America leaving Miyu with Mr. Saionji. Later, Mr. Saionji decides to go on a 1 year long trip to India leaving Miyu alone with his son, Kanata. More complications rise when an Alien baby and his babysitter pet crashes/lands in their house. To make things worse, alien baby starts calling Miyu and Kanata Mom and Dad, also showing ESP power and floating around.



Tags: Family Life , Aliens , Shoujo , Parenthood , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , School , Chibi

Gakuen Babysitters

Also known as School Babysitters.

Studio: Brain's Base
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The manga centers on the brothers Ryuuichi and Kotarou Kashima. Ryuuichi is in high school and Kotarou is still a toddler. After their parents are killed in a plane crash, the two brothers find themselves living with the chairwoman of the Morinomiya Academy, who herself lost her son and daughter-in-law in the same accident. The chairwoman, however, has one stipulation for the brothers in order to live with her: Ryuuichi has to work at the academy's daycare center as a babysitter.



Tags: School Club , Iyashikei , Primarily Child Cast , School , Chibi , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Family Life , Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Parenthood , Twins , Tragedy , Tsundere

Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai

Studio: Studio Comet
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Tsuyoshi Ikawa lives at home with his popular and beautiful sisters. Despite their qualities, his sisters and his mother are horrible at household chores, including cooking, so all these duties are taken over by Tsuyoshi while his father is away due to being temporarily transferred to another city for work.

Tags: School , Shounen

Yuzuki-san Chi no Yon Kyoudai.

Also known as The Yuzuki Family’s Four Sons.

Studio: Shuka , Avex Pictures , Shogakukan , Studio Pierrot , BS11 , AT-X , Movic , U-NEXT , A-Sketch , TOKYO MX , Bit grooove promotion
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

The Yuzuki family consists of four brothers: Hayato, Mikoto, Minato, and Gakuto. The eldest son, Hayato, happily lives every day to the fullest. There are tears, laughter and excitement at home, at school, and in the neighborhood!

Tags: Family Life , Coming of Age , Orphan , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Shoujo , Iyashikei , Primarily Child Cast , School , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Mixed Media , Teacher , Shogi , Tomboy

Daisuki! BuBu ChaCha

Studio: Amino , Daume
Status: Finished
Genres:

The anime talks about a little boy, Randy, whose dog, Chacha, died in an accident and was reincarnated into a living toy car. Each episode is told like the chapter of a storybook, where Randy learns a valuable thing in life with his cartoonish and goofy friend Chacha. Randy meets several friends in his neighbourhood, such as Catherine, the tall blonde girl in red long socks who rides a bicycle, or Mary, a little hot-tempered brunette girl dressed as a maid and who carries around a mop.



Tags: Kids

Mikan Enikki

Studio: Nippon Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

A kitten, abandoned and left for dead along with his siblings, is taken in by Tomu Kusanagi, who nurtures him and discovers that the tangerine cat he so adores is actually a genius who can talk, walk, read, and has even acquired a taste for liquor!

Tags: Family Life , Anthropomorphism , Episodic , Slapstick , Animals , Shoujo , Male Protagonist

Kodomo no Omocha

Also known as Kodocha.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Studio Gallop , NAS , Pony Canyon , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Sana Kurata has a charmed life. Not only is her mother is a famous, award-winning writer, but she's the star of the hit TV comedy "Child's Toy" while still in the fifth grade. But Sana's biggest concern is Akito Hayama, a pint-sized hellion who's organized the boys in their grade-school class into a mass of unending noise and violence. With the help of Rei, her manager, chauffeur and "pimp," Sana is determined to win back control of the classroom from her new arch-enemy. But as her crusade continues, Sana moves further into Akito's life, and finds that he might not be entirely bad...or entirely safe.



Tags: Work , Primarily Child Cast , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Slapstick , Foreign , Adoption , Meta , Love Triangle , Coming of Age , Surreal Comedy , School , Acting , Rehabilitation , Bullying , Urban , Heterosexual , Age Gap , Tragedy

CLANNAD: After Story

Also known as Clannad: After Story.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Pony Canyon , TBS , Rakuonsha , Animation Do
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

A few months have passed since Tomoya declared his love to Nagisa, and his life keeps moving forward as he continues to meet a variety of new people, expanding his world in the process. While Tomoya's world continues to expand, his and Nagisa's relationship is entering a new phase, and neither of them is quite sure where it will take them. Through his relationship with Nagisa, Tomoya begins to understand the meaning and importance of family.

But as Tomoya and Nagisa begin a family of their own, they are faced with many hardships along the way in Clannad: After Story



Note: Includes 2 un-numbered 'extra' and 'summary' episodes that aired at the end of the series.

Tags: Family Life , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Parenthood , Urban Fantasy , Philosophy , Marriage , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Alternate Universe , Female Protagonist , Gangs , Time Skip , Primarily Adult Cast , Afterlife , Rehabilitation , Time Manipulation , Work , Pregnancy , Slapstick , Primarily Female Cast , School , School Club , Primarily Teen Cast , Trains , Fairy Tale , Baseball , Crossdressing