Anime like Baja no Studio

Look Back

Also known as LOOK BACK.

Studio: Studio Durian , Avex Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Ayumu Fujino is a fourth grader who draws a manga strip for the school newspaper. Her art makes her the star of the class, but one day she's told that Kyomoto, a student who refuses to come to school, would also like to submit a manga for the paper...



Tags: Drawing , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Philosophy , Primarily Female Cast , Meta , Otaku Culture , Hikikomori , Work , Time Manipulation , Rotoscoping , Autobiographical , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Shounen , Rural

POKÉTOON

Also known as POKÉTOON.

Studio: Dandelion Animation Studio , Pancake , Studio Colorido , Team Yamahitsuji
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Short episodes released on the Pokémon Kids TV YouTube Channel.

Episodes:
1: Scraggy & Mimikyu / Zuruggu to Mimikkyu (ズルッグとミミッキュ), released June 4, 2020.
2: The Pancham Who Wants to Be a Hero / Hero ni Naritai Yancham (ヒーローになりたいヤンチャム), released May 5, 2021.
3: Blossom's Dream / Yume no Tsubomi (ユメノツボミ), released June 4, 2021.
4: Wait for Me, Magikarp / Mattete ne! Koiking (まっててね！コイキング), released July 2, 2021.
5: The Slugma-Powered Home / Poka Poka Magumaggu House (ぽかぽかマグマッグハウス), released August 5, 2021.
6: Help! I've Turned into a Gengar / Gengar ni Nacchatta!? (ゲンガーになっちゃった!?), released September 10, 2021.
7: Snorunt's Summmer Vacation / Fubuki no Natsu Yasumi (ふぶきのなつやみ), released October 8, 2021.
8: Jigglypuff's Song / Purin no Uta (プリンのうた), released December 28, 2021.


Tags: Episodic , Animals , Urban Fantasy , Rural , Anthology , Female Protagonist , Kids , Slapstick , Ghost , School , CGI , No Dialogue , Parody , Meta , Trains

Poretto no Isu

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

noitaminA's 10th anniversary commemoration short special.

Tags: Coming of Age , No Dialogue , School , Rural , Primarily Child Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist

Okoshiyasu, Chitose-chan

Also known as Welcome, Chitose.

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

The "soothing short" manga follows Chitose, a fluffy Emperor penguin chick living in Kyoto. The stories depict such familiar Kyoto locales as Togetsu-kyo bridge, Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, Fushimi Inari-taisha shrine, and Kiyomizu-dera temple from a penguin's perspective, as well as Kyoto cuisine.



Tags: Episodic , Animals , Josei , Anthropomorphism , Female Protagonist

Hinata no Aoshigure

Studio: Studio Colorido
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Romance

Hinata is very good at drawing and falls in love with his classmate, Shigure; however, Hinata is not good at talking to people, so he keeps his feelings in his imagination and drawings. Then, Shigure's family decides to move to another town. On the day of their move, Hinata says to himself, "I must tell her my feelings!" and starts to chase after the train which is taking Shigure away.

Tags: Slapstick , School , Primarily Child Cast , Trains , Surreal Comedy , Animals , Heterosexual , Drawing , Time Skip

Omoi no Kakera

Studio: Gaina
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Hina Satou is a 13-year-old who loves figure skating and lives in a port town in Miyagi Prefecture. After losing her mother in the 2011 earthquake, she and her father are currently living in temporary housing. With sad memories of the earthquake and memories of a gentle mother, the cheerful Hina continues to move toward her dreams.



Tags: Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Ice Skating , School , Tragedy , Family Life , School Club , Photography , CGI

Anime Kapibara-san

Also known as Anime KAPIBARASAN.

Studio: Shin-Ei Animation , Lesprit
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Slice of Life

The series follows the daily adventures of Kapibara-san and his animal friends as they chill out among the Midorino Grasslands.



Tags: Animals , Kids , Family Life , Stop Motion

MUNTO

Also known as Munto.

Studio: Kyoto Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

Akuto, the main source of energy is running low and the Heavens, a world of islands, hidden beyond time, floating above ours, has united against the Magical Kingdom whom uses the most energy. To save both the Magical Kingdom and the Heavens and restore the flow of akuto, the Magical King Munto must follow a vision and find the girl Yumemi in the lower world. Yumemi herself is just a normal girl except that she is the only one who can see the islands of the Heavens floating above. When Munto appears before her she starts thinking about hers and others responsibility to the world.



Tags: Magic , Alternate Universe , Female Protagonist , Isekai