Anime like Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE!

Fairy Ranmaru: Anata no Kokoro Otasuke Shimasu

Also known as Fairy Ranmaru.

Studio: Pony Canyon , Studio Comet
Status: Finished
Genres: Ecchi , Mahou Shoujo , Slice of Life

This world is all about do or die. There ain't no paradise. You go down once and you're out. This world is filled with people who suffer believing that. Hey, you there. Are you really going to pretend not to notice? We, however, cannot do that. Let us wipe away your tears. We'll put that smile back on your face. But it's not going to be for free. Please come by Bar F. Have no fear. We don't need any money. There's only one thing that we want... "We'll take your heart!!"



Tags: Primarily Male Cast , Henshin , Magic , Parody , Fairy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Boys' Love , Elf , Idol , Suicide , Bar , School

Orenchi no Furo Jijou

Also known as Orenchi no Furo Jijo.

Studio: Asahi Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Tatsumi is a high school boy who lives by himself. One day, a devastatingly handsome merman named Wakasa moves into the bathtub in Tatsumi's home. Wakasa is a bit self-centered but cute, while Tatsumi is cool but a busybody.



Tags: Mermaid , Episodic , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Primarily Male Cast , Shoujo , Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Chibi , Incest , Cohabitation

Mahou Shoujo Ore

Also known as Magical Girl Ore.

Studio: Studio Signpost , AT-X , KLOCKWORX , Crunchyroll , Bandai Namco Arts , My Theater D.D. , Genco
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

This story is about a 15-year-old girl who is a newbie idol in love with her best friend's brother who is also a popular idol. But she runs into a scary yakuza guy and finds out that her mother was an ex-magical girl, and the yakuza was her mascot. Her love interest gets kidnapped by demons that look like burly men with cute squirrel heads. So she contracts the yakuza to become a magical girl, which in this story means she turns into a handsome guy in a magical girl outfit. On top of that, her love interest shows an attraction toward her magical guy form. Her best friend turns out to be in love with her and also becomes a magical cross-dressing guy to save her life.
Thus, their manager, who is a magical girl geek, then decides to turn them into an idol unit.


Tags: Parody , Magic , Gender Bending , Slapstick , Henshin , Meta , Female Protagonist , Boys' Love , Crossdressing , Urban Fantasy , Idol , Fairy , Gore , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yakuza , Demons , Kaiju , Super Power

Sanrio Danshi

Also known as SANRIO BOYS.

Studio: Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The project's premise follows Kouta Hasegawa, a high school boy that loves the yellow Pom Pom Purin dog. By mere coincidence, he ends up attending the same school as Yuu Mizuno, a boy who likes the bunny My Melody. Yuu tells Kouta that there's nothing to be ashamed of for liking Sanrio's cute characters. Together, Kouta, Yuu, Shunsuke Yoshino, Ryou Nishimiya, and Seiichiro Minamoto learn to accept their love of the characters instead of feeling embarrassed.



Tags: Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Primarily Male Cast , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Shoujo , Bullying , Gyaru , Educational , Femboy

RobiHachi

Also known as RobiHachi.

Studio: Studio Comet
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

The anime's story is set in Neo Tokyo in the year G.C. (Galaxy Century) 0051, which marks a half century since first contact was made. Humans have obtained super light-speed navigation technology and formed a commonwealth of planets with aliens. A streak of bad luck is continuing for self-proclaimed freelance reportage writer Robby Yarge, who is around 30 years old. He fails at work, so his contract is cut. His girlfriend leaves him, he nearly dies in a traffic accident, and debt collectors come after him.

One day, a bag snatcher steals Robby's bag, and a young man helps him. Hatchi Kita, an 18-year-old part-time worker, catches the criminal and returns Robby's bag. Robby offers him his gratitude and a meal in return. The pair discover they are complete opposites and soon part ways.

However, Hatchi turns up again in Robby's life as a debt collector. Hatchi explains that it's his part-time job working for the loan shark Yan. A cat-and-mouse chase begins, and Yan's Finance president Yan takes his subordinates Aro and Gra along for the ride. Robby manages to elude Hatchi and escape to space while shaking off Yan's group. Robby thinks of escaping to Isekandar, a distant and legendary planet in the Milky Way that is said to bring happiness to those who go there. Though Robby thought he had escaped to space alone, he discovers Hatchi inside his spaceship. The two decide to travel across the galaxy together in search of Isekandar.



Tags: Space , Fugitive , Aliens , Primarily Male Cast , Episodic , Primarily Adult Cast , Super Robot , Boys' Love

Meganebu!

Also known as MEGANEBU!.

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

The story revolves around a group of 5 glasses-wearing high school boys and their passionate relationship with glasses.

Tags: Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , School Club , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , School , Boys' Love

Gekkan Mousou Kagaku

Also known as Delusional Monthly Magazine.

Studio: OLM , Pony Canyon , Crunchyroll , MediaNet , Sotsu , BS Asahi , OLM
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Supernatural

The story takes place in the town of Most City in a certain country. On the second floor of an old building is a publishing company that puts out a periodical called Delusional Monthly Magazine, a science magazine featuring articles about shocking, bizarre events and inexplicable phenomena that make even scientists throw up their hands in defeat. Its staff consists only of a beautiful editor-in-chief and her one editor, Tarou J. Suzuki, who are joined by grade-school-aged assistant Jirou Tanaka and his dog, Saburou. The editorial department is always empty, and Tarou, Jirou, and Saburou are usually hanging out in Rock, a coffee shop on the first floor. One day, the scientist Gorou Satou visits them for a consultation, and therein lies the beginning of an outlandish new story...



Tags: Shapeshifting , Lost Civilization , Anthropomorphism , Henshin , Surreal Comedy , Femboy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Boys' Love

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon

Also known as Sailor Moon.

Studio: Toei Animation , TV Asahi , Madman Entertainment , Viz Media
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

Usagi Tsukino is an average student and crybaby klutz who constantly scores low on her tests. Unexpectedly, her humdrum life is turned upside down when she saves a cat with a crescent moon on its head from danger. The cat, named Luna, later reveals that their meeting was not an accident: Usagi is destined to become Sailor Moon, a planetary guardian with the power to protect the Earth. Given a special brooch that allows her to transform, she must use her new powers to save the city from evil energy-stealing monsters sent by the malevolent Queen Beryl of the Dark Kingdom.

But getting accustomed to her powers and fighting villains are not the only things she has to worry about. She must find the lost princess of the Moon Kingdom, the other Sailor Guardians, and the Legendary Silver Crystal in order to save the planet from destruction.



Tags: Magic , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Primarily Female Cast , Urban Fantasy , Superhero , Slapstick , Super Power , Demons , Found Family , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Reincarnation , Coming of Age , Amnesia , Animals , Fairy Tale , School , Space , Primarily Teen Cast , Tragedy , Episodic , War , Dissociative Identities , Urban , Revenge , Aliens , Tokusatsu , Age Gap , LGBTQ+ Themes , Mythology , Shrine Maiden , Unrequited Love , Time Manipulation , Body Horror , Suicide , Makeup , Boys' Love

Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima

Also known as HYPNOSISMIC -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Half H.P Studio , Aniplex , Dazed
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Music , Sci-Fi

After the war, women have taken over ruling politics in the Chuo ward and have banned and destroyed weapons. This has caused men to fight through rap battles using Hypnosis Mics, which can be used to affect people's sympathetic nerves and influence their thought process. However, the legendary rap group, The Dirty Dawg, has split up into four groups, each representing a division of Tokyo, Japan and are engaging in territorial battles using words and the HypMics.



Tags: Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Band , Super Power , Urban , Gangs , Delinquents , Episodic , War , Matriarchy , Primarily Adult Cast , Idol , Henshin , Hip-hop Music , CGI , Parody , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Slapstick , Medicine , Clone , Politics

Acro Trip

Also known as Acro Trip.

Studio: Voil , Happinet Phantom Studios , King Records , Yomiuri TV Enterprise , Shueisha , Fuji TV , BS Nittele , TOKYO MX , MBC Anime / TOKYOPOP , KLOCKWORX
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

Chizuko is a normal otaku girl in Niigata Prefecture. She’s obsessed with Berry Blossom, a magical heroine who protects the city. But the battles with her inept nemesis, Chroma, have become so lackluster that they’re not even worth watching. Chizuko wants to see Berry’s full power, a desire that quickly leads this seemingly timid girl down a path of evil.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Slapstick , Magic , Parody , Shoujo , Urban , Otaku Culture , Henshin , LGBTQ+ Themes , Animals , Urban Fantasy , Found Family , Ensemble Cast , Iyashikei , Heterosexual