Anime like Yani Neko

Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!

Also known as WataMote: No Matter How I Look At It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!.

Studio: Square Enix , SILVER LINK. , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

At the tender age of 15, Tomoko Kuroki has already dated hundreds of boys — or at least in dating games she has. The sad truth is that she gets tongue-tied just talking to people, which makes her entrance into the social pressure cooker of high school especially odious and riddled with anxiety. Can Tomoko overcome her crippling social anxiety and finally have the popular high school life she’s always dreamed of? Or will she merely get caught in the downward spiral that is her awkward life?



Tags: Hikikomori , Female Protagonist , Bisexual , School , Otaku Culture , Satire , Parody , Meta , Disability , Slapstick , Achronological Order , Psychosexual , Chuunibyou , Episodic , Shounen , Video Games , Rehabilitation , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri

NHK ni Youkoso!

Also known as Welcome to the N-H-K.

Studio: GONZO , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life

Satou’s life – or what’s left of it – is a paranoid mess of conspiracy theories and social anxieties. He’s terrified of the outside world; his apartment is overflowing with the remnants of cheap take-out food; and his retinas have been permanently scarred by a steady diet of internet porn. But maybe it’s not all his fault. After all, the nefarious N-H-K is out there, and they’re determined to turn society’s fringe-dwellers into a brainwashed lot of jobless, hopeless, futureless recluses.

Enter Misaki – a mysterious girl-next-door type who is Satou’s last chance to beat down his inner demons and venture out into the light of day. She’s ready to help him overcome his crippling phobias, but Satou would rather cower in his existential foxhole and pretend to work on the demo for his virtual sex game.

He’s afraid to face the world. She’s strangely desperate to fix a total stranger. Maybe together they can be normal.



Tags: Hikikomori , Rehabilitation , Otaku Culture , Male Protagonist , Denpa , Conspiracy , Philosophy , Suicide , Primarily Adult Cast , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Psychosexual , Satire , Video Games , Heterosexual , Software Development , Female Protagonist , Disability , Nudity , Trains , Drugs , Politics , Primarily Male Cast , Youkai

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt

Also known as Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt.

Studio: Gainax , Funimation , Kadokawa Shoten , Half H.P Studio , AT-X , Kadokawa Pictures Japan , KLOCKWORX , flying DOG , Kadokawa Contents Gate , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Supernatural

Panty and Stocking – the Anarchy Sisters – are two nasty-ass angels who got booted from the pearly gates for being foul-mouthed bitches! Now they spend their nights blowing up ghosts in the seedy abyss between Heaven and Earth. Panty likes sex, Stocking likes sweets, their afro-sporting main man Garter Belt has a fetish we can't mention. Together, they're turning the mean streets of Daten City into a buffet of bodily fluids. Ghosts don't stand a chance against their lingerie of mass destruction, and if this debaucherous duo can collect enough Heaven Coins, they just might get their halos back. It's a slim chance in hell, but anything can happen when you're rolling commando, especially with Panty and Stocking!



Tags: Parody , Female Protagonist , Satire , Episodic , Angels , Anti-Hero , Psychosexual , Mixed Media , Gyaru , Henshin , Demons , Surreal Comedy , Nudity , Ghost , Twins , Urban Fantasy , Guns , Gods , Monster Girl , Unrequited Love , Swordplay , Heterosexual , Aromantic , Chibi , Urban , Tokusatsu , CGI , School , Robots , Tanned Skin , Zombie , Bullying , Military

GOLDEN BOY: Sasurai no Obenkyou Yarou

Also known as GOLDEN BOY.

Studio: KSS , APPP , Discotek , Selecta Visión
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi

Kintarou Oe doesn't look like it, but he is a genius who completed all his university courses and then quit before graduating. He becomes a wandering student, going from place to place on his bicycle, seeking to learn what he can about life, the world, and women. He is willing and able to do any job he has to prove himself. His travels take him to a variety of locations and a variety of women, each who learns to love the hardworking guy, but not before he can run off.



Tags: Episodic , Work , Seinen , Satire , Male Protagonist , Travel , Cycling , Female Harem , Heterosexual , Nudity , Meta , Primarily Adult Cast , Tanned Skin , Motorcycles , Office Lady , Software Development , Swimming , Yakuza

Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan

Also known as My Deer Friend Nokotan.

Studio: Twin Engine , WIT STUDIO , Dentsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Koshi Torako has everyone fooled. Her classmates see her as the perfect honor student, unaware of her secret delinquent past. But her new picturesque school life is thrown into chaos when she bumps into Shikanoko Noko, a girl with antlers! Mayhem seems to follow this strange doe-eyed girl. Who, or what, is she?



Note: Each episode streamed 4 days early on some streaming services. The original TV broadcast started on June 7th, 2024.

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Animals , Slapstick , School Club , Female Protagonist , Meta , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Satire , Primarily Female Cast , Parody , Episodic , Urban Fantasy , Tsundere , CGI , Unrequited Love , Delinquents , Monster Girl , Shounen , Anthropomorphism , Super Power , Chibi , Horticulture , Yandere , Gods , Agriculture , Guns , Yuri , Time Loop

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

Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan

Also known as Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan.

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Hal Film Maker , Nomad , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Supernatural

In the future, a junior high student, Kusakabe Sakura, will offend God by inventing immortality so that women will stop aging after they turn twelve. Dokuro-chan is an angel from the future sent to kill him. However, Dokuro-chan thinks that Sakura can be spared, so her idea is to constantly occupy Sakura so that he will never be able to invent the technology. Sometimes the angel will go crazy and kill him with her bat, Excalibolg, but she can revive him easily. "Pi-piru-piru-piru-pi-piru-pi!"

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Gore , Parody , Slapstick , Assassins , Angels , Magic , Bullying , Urban Fantasy , Anti-Hero , Kuudere , School , Primarily Female Cast , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Denpa

FLCL

Also known as FLCL.

Studio: Gainax , Production I.G , Starchild Records , Funimation , GANSIS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Naota is a detached sixth grader afflicted by the pangs of puberty. He's fooling around with his brother's ex-girlfriend when a crazed girl on a motor scooter runs him over, brains him with a bass guitar, and moves into his house. This pink-haired girl, Haruko - who claims she's an alien - hurls Naota into the middle of a mega-corporation's secret agenda. Oh, and now giant battling robots shoot from his skull. Mix in mind-bending animation and tunes that echo through your cerebellum to top off the trip that will have you falling hard for FLCL.



Tags: Coming of Age , Surreal Comedy , Psychosexual , Male Protagonist , Age Gap , Meta , Female Protagonist , Philosophy , Robots , Primarily Teen Cast , Slapstick , Denpa , Love Triangle , Aliens , Parody , Mopeds , Heterosexual , Amnesia , Guns , Kaiju , Urban , Gods , Super Robot , Real Robot , Nudity , Body Horror , Episodic , Baseball , CGI , Mixed Media , Motorcycles

NieA Under 7

Also known as NieA_7.

Studio: Genco , Triangle Staff , Kadokawa Shoten , SynergySP , Pioneer LDC , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

In the 21st century, aliens have arrived on Earth and live among humans. In sleepy Enohana, the dirt-poor student Chigasaki Mayuko finds herself living together with NieA, a low-caste ("Under Seven") alien. While Mayuko struggles diligently to make ends meet, NieA seems to be totally unconcerned with the consequences of her actions. As the odd couple throws off the expected sparks, the wrecked alien mothership looms in the background...



Tags: Slapstick , Aliens , Female Protagonist , Family Life , Found Family , Primarily Adult Cast , Surreal Comedy , Work , Rural , Iyashikei , Denpa , Restaurant , Terrorism

Poputepipikku

Also known as Pop Team Epic.

Studio: Kamikaze Douga , King Records , Glovision , Sentai Filmworks , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Poputepipikku turns absurdist comedy up to eleven with its pop culture references and surreal hilarity. With two bonafide high school girl protagonists—the short and exceptionally quick to anger Popuko, and the tall and unshakably calm Pipimi—they throw genres against the wall and don't wait to see what sticks. Parody is interlaced with drama, action, crudeness, and the show's overarching goal—to become a real anime.


Tags: Surreal Comedy , Episodic , Parody , Meta , Satire , Female Protagonist , Mixed Media , Seinen , Musical Theater