Anime like Back Street Girls: Gokudols

Gokushufudou

Also known as The Way of the Househusband.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Netflix
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

He was the fiercest member of the yakuza, a man who left countless underworld legends in his wake. They called him “the Immortal Dragon.” But one day he walked away from it all to travel another path—the path of the househusband! The curtain rises on this cozy yakuza comedy!



Tags: Slapstick , Yakuza , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Family Life , Parody , Gangs , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Urban , Flash , Food , Heterosexual , Educational , Mafia , Guns , Crime

Prison School

Also known as Prison School.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi

Hachimitsu Private Academy was a revered and elite all-girls' boarding school on the outskirts of Tokyo...once upon a time. But with the new school year comes a revision to school policy: Boys are to be admitted into the student body for the first time ever. But on his first day at Hachimitsu, Kiyoshi Fujino discovers that he's one of only five boys enrolled at the school. Their numbers overwhelmed by the thousand girls in the student body, is it heaven or hell that awaits these five (un)fortunates?!.



Tags: School , Surreal Comedy , Prison , Parody , Nudity , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Large Breasts , Slapstick , Ensemble Cast , Torture , Femdom , Seinen , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Yandere , Matriarchy , Love Triangle

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 , Time Skip , Bar , Episodic , School , Nudity , Isekai , Foreign

Detroit Metal City

Studio: Horipro , Sentai Filmworks , Sony Music Entertainment , Studio 4°C
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music

Led by phallus-waiving terrorist-from-hell Johannes Krauser II (guitar/vocals,) and given pulsing, throbbing life by indestructible drummer Camus and bassist Alexander Jagi, Detroit Metal City is the hottest ticket on the concert circuit! There's just one catch. That "hottest ticket" is just a meal ticket, and beneath the makeup, these ultimate head-bangers are hired doppelgangers who don't even LIKE what they do! Jaggi is actually Wada, who wants to play glam rock; Camus is Nishida, an anime fan with an appalling weakness for curry and NSFW videos; and Krauser is... oh the shame... street-singing Soichi Negishi, whose dreams of singing happy pop hits seem hopelessly doomed by the success of his rage-fueled alter ego! Worse, he can't even tell anyone who Krauser is. Not even the girl he likes, who HATES DMC! Will rage against the corporate machine consume Negishi's tortured soul? Is there life after death metal? What it's like to put your head in a jet engine and turn up the volume?



Tags: Band , Surreal Comedy , Parody , Metal Music , College , Urban , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Gender Bending , Rural , Drugs

Asobi Asobase

Also known as Asobi Asobase - workshop of fun -.

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

Olivia is a blonde-haired beauty who was born and raised in Japan, but can’t speak any English. Despite always acting serious and as an intellectual, Kasumi is a bespectacled girl with short hair, who also can’t speak English. Finally, there’s the pig-tailed Hanako, who’s cheerful but can’t seem to become a normie. The three middle schoolers end up making a “Players’ Club”?! The ultimately cute, ultimately fun and hilarious teenage girls’ comedy is about to begin!



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Slapstick , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , Episodic , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Parody , Seinen , LGBTQ+ Themes , Meta , Ojou-sama , Gyaru , Makeup

Grand Blue

Also known as Grand Blue Dreaming.

Studio: Zero-G , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Kodansha , Avex Entertainment , Q-Tec , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Sports

A new life begins for Kitahara Iori as he begins his college career near the ocean in Izu city, full of excitement for his new life. He will be moving into his Uncle's diving store "Grand Blue." There he finds the beautiful ocean, beautiful women, and men that love diving and alcohol. Will Iori be able to live his dream college life?

Tags: School Club , Slapstick , Coastal , College , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Male Protagonist , Scuba Diving , Ensemble Cast , Episodic , Outdoor Activities , Tsundere , Otaku Culture , Bisexual , Bar , Crossdressing , Educational , Yandere , Tennis , Nudity , Cosplay , Idol

Gokushufudou Part 2

Also known as The Way of the Househusband Part 2.

Studio: Netflix , J.C.STAFF
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The second part of Gokushufudou.

Tags: Seinen , Episodic , Yakuza , Parody , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Slapstick , Food , Gangs , Flash , Urban , Heterosexual , Volleyball , School , Educational , Family Life

Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan

Also known as The Disastrous Life of Saiki K..

Studio: J.C.STAFF , EGG FIRM
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

To the average person, psychic abilities might seem a blessing; for Kusuo Saiki, however, this couldn't be further from the truth. Gifted with a wide assortment of supernatural abilities ranging from telepathy to x-ray vision, he finds this so-called blessing to be nothing but a curse. As all the inconveniences his powers cause constantly pile up, all Kusuo aims for is an ordinary, hassle-free life—a life where ignorance is bliss.

Unfortunately, the life of a psychic is far from quiet. Though Kusuo tries to stay out of the spotlight by keeping his powers a secret from his classmates, he ends up inadvertently attracting the attention of many odd characters, such as the empty-headed Riki Nendou and the delusional Shun Kaidou. Forced to deal with the craziness of the people around him, Kusuo comes to learn that the ordinary life he has been striving for is a lot more difficult to achieve than expected.

Note: Aired in 2 versions, a 120-episode 5-minute short series, and a combined 24-episode 24-minute TV series with the same content.

Tags: Super Power , Surreal Comedy , Satire , Episodic , Parody , Meta , School , Mythology , Asexual , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Aromantic , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , Kuudere , Tsundere , Memory Manipulation , Urban , Chuunibyou , Unrequited Love , Ghost , Heterosexual , School Club , Gyaru , Gangs , Incest , LGBTQ+ Themes , Video Games

Akiba Meido Sensou

Also known as Akiba Maid War.

Studio: P.A.WORKS , Cygames , Tencent , Happinet Media Marketing , Movic , TOKYO MX , Shouchiku , Fields
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama

Akihabara is the center of the universe for the coolest hobbies and quirkiest amusements. In the spring of 1999, bright-eyed Nagomi Wahira moves there with dreams of joining a maid café. She quickly dons an apron at café Ton Tokoton, AKA the Pig Hut. But adjusting to life in bustling Akihabara isn’t as easy as serving tea and delighting customers. Paired with the dour Ranko who never seems to smile, Nagomi must do her best to elevate the Pig Hut over all other maid cafés vying for top ranking. Along the way she’ll slice out a place for herself amid the frills and thrills of life at the Pig Hut. Just when Nagomi’s dreams are within her grasp, she discovers not everything is as it seems amid the maid cafés of Akihabara.



Tags: Yakuza , Maids , Primarily Female Cast , Crime , Female Protagonist , Gangs , Work , Guns , Parody , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Surreal Comedy , Restaurant , Revenge , Tragedy , Otaku Culture , Found Family , Gore , Kemonomimi , Anachronism , Gyaru , War , Ensemble Cast , Anti-Hero , Kuudere , Slapstick , Conspiracy , Coming of Age , Time Skip , Gambling , Boxing , Homeless , Orphan , Food , Ninja , Baseball , Disability , Poker , Fishing

Kaminaki Sekai no Kamisama Katsudou

Also known as KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World.

Studio: Studio Palette , KADOKAWA , MAGNET , Bandai Namco Music Live , BS Nittele , HERO'S , Kansai TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Ecchi , Fantasy

As heir to a cult leader, Yukito centers his life around the mysterious goddess Mitama. But everything changes after he’s killed during a ritual gone wrong. To his surprise, Yukito is reborn into a world with no concept of god! And in this world, life and death are decided by the Imperial State. As Yukito fights to protect his new village, someone from his past life lends a helping hand.



Tags: Gods , Cult , Religion , Parody , Lost Civilization , Satire , Anachronism , Male Protagonist , Isekai , Conspiracy , Super Power , Artificial Intelligence , Anti-Hero , Mythology , Time Skip , Seinen , Time Manipulation , Rural , CGI , Primarily Female Cast , Gender Bending , Nudity , Agriculture , Bondage , Bisexual , Kaiju , Handjob , Band , Gore , Cyborg , Feet , Gyaru , Tanned Skin , Masochism