Anime like Barakamon

Usagi Drop

Also known as Bunny Drop.

Studio: Production I.G , Fuji TV , NIS America Inc. , Sony Music Entertainment , Sakura Create , Fujipacific Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Going home from his grandfather's funeral, thirty-year-old Daikichi is floored to discover that the old man had an illegitimate child with a younger lover. The rest of his family is equally shocked and embarrassed by this surprise development, and not one of them wants anything to do with the silent little girl, Rin Kaga. In a fit of anger, Daikichi decides to take her in himself. As Daikichi nurtures Rin, he started to understand the struggle while at the same time the joy of parenting.

Tags: Iyashikei , Found Family , Family Life , Adoption , Orphan , Parenthood , Josei , Male Protagonist , Work

Where to watch?

Crunchyroll

OceanVeil

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

Where to watch?

Non Non Biyori

Also known as Non Non Biyori.

Studio: Media Factory , SILVER LINK. , Sentai Filmworks , AT-X , Lantis , Sony Music Communications , TV Tokyo , Kadokawa Shoten
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

When Hotaru moves from Tokyo to a tiny town in the rural countryside, she’s in for some serious culture shock: the nearest place that sells comics is 20 minutes away, the nearest video store is ten train stations down the line, and there are only three other girls and one boy in her entire school! Even though everything’s so different, there’s something about the laid-back atmosphere that makes her feel strangely comfortable. While she’ll certainly miss parts of her old life, there’s a whole lifetime of experiences waiting to be enjoyed with her new friends Renge, Komari, Natsumi, and Suguru!

Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Iyashikei , Rural , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , School , Agriculture , Achronological Order , Seinen , Tomboy , Kuudere , Wilderness

Where to watch?

HIDIVE

Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari

Also known as Poco's Udon World.

Studio: LIDENFILMS
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

Souta Tawara is a web designer working in Tokyo. When he visits his family's Udon place in his hometown Kagawa Prefecture, he discovers a young boy. Upon confronting the boy, Souta soon learns his secret and decides to quit his job in order to take care of the boy, Poko. The daily adventures of the two slowly enfold as Poco energetically navigates his way through Kagawa, the "Udon Kingdom," along with Souta.

Tags: Family Life , Seinen , Iyashikei , Kemonomimi , Male Protagonist , Rural , Shapeshifting , Found Family , Primarily Adult Cast , Food , Parenthood

Where to watch?

Deaimon

Also known as Deaimon: Recipe for Happiness.

Studio: Encourage Films , KADOKAWA , flying DOG , AT-X , KLOCKWORX , Kadokawa Media House , KBS Kyoto , diomedéa
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Nagomu Irino returns to his Kyoto home for the first time in ten years when his father is hospitalized. Nagomu is eager to take over Ryokushou, the family's Japanese sweet shop, but he's instead asked to be a father figure to Itsuka Yukihira, the girl everyone calls the successor.

Tags: Found Family , Food , Iyashikei , Family Life , Seinen , Work , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Tsundere , Primarily Adult Cast , Love Triangle , Crossdressing

Where to watch?

YouTube

Gin no Saji

Also known as Silver Spoon.

Studio: Aniplex , A-1 Pictures , Fuji TV , Aniplex of America , KYORAKU
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Yugo Hachiken dreams of life separated from his family, so he takes the initiative by enrolling in an agriculture school. He thinks, with his talent in studying, no problems will arise no matter what kind of school he attends. He is proven wrong very quickly. Raised as a city boy, he is forced to uncover the inconvenient truth about agricultural life. Enjoy the story of Hachiken, as he tries to keep up with his new friends, farmers' heirs, who are already accustomed to the harsh world of farming. With no clear goals or understanding of farming life, how will Hachiken survive this new, cruel reality? The story of a sweat, tear, and mud-stained youth begins!

Tags: Coming of Age , School , Rural , Agriculture , Food , Primarily Teen Cast , Educational , Animals , Philosophy , School Club , Male Protagonist , Environmental , Shounen , Baseball , Chibi , Rehabilitation , Twins

Where to watch?

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: Family Life , Found Family , Adoption , Ensemble Cast , Parenthood , Satire , Surreal Comedy , Seinen , Slapstick , Super Power , Kuudere , Yakuza , Urban , Female Protagonist , Homeless , Nudity , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Coming of Age , Time Skip , Bar , Episodic , School , Isekai , Foreign , Reverse Isekai

Where to watch?

Netflix

Kotarou wa Hitorigurashi

Also known as Kotaro Lives Alone.

Studio: Netflix , LIDENFILMS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

A lonely little boy moves into a ramshackle apartment building all on his own and makes friends with the broke manga artist who lives next door.

Tags: Found Family , Family Life , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Orphan , School , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Iyashikei , Estranged Family , Detective , Delinquents

Where to watch?

Netflix

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

Where to watch?

YouTube