Anime like Dagashi Kashi

Yofukashi no Uta

Also known as Call of the Night.

Studio: LIDENFILMS , Fuji TV , Aniplex , Shogakukan , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , Ultra Super Pictures , Tohan , Animax Broadcast Japan , Dentsu , Fuji Creative Corporation , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Wracked by insomnia and wanderlust, Kou Yamori is driven onto the moonlit streets every night in an aimless search for something he can’t seem to name. His nightly ritual is marked by purposeless introspection — until he meets Nazuna, who might just be a vampire! Kou’s new companion could offer him dark gifts and a vampire’s immortality. But there are conditions that must be met before Kou can sink his teeth into vampirism, and he’ll have to discover just how far he’s willing to go to satisfy his desires before he can heed the Call of the Night!



Tags: Vampire , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Aromantic , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Age Gap , Shounen , Primarily Teen Cast , Tomboy , Hikikomori , Primarily Female Cast , Psychosexual , Detective , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tragedy , Restaurant , Maids , Amnesia , Nudity , Femboy , Video Games , Crossdressing , Gyaru , Female Harem

Tejina Senpai

Also known as Magical Sempai.

Studio: LIDENFILMS , Q-Tec , Avex Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Slice of Life

Our MC finds out that his school requires him to join a club and during his reluctant search he stumbles upon Tejina Senpai attempting magic tricks in her clubroom. Tejina Senpai has massive stage fright however and so now that she has an audience her attempts are simply comedic.

Tags: School Club , Slapstick , Magic , Episodic , School , Nudity , Meta , Satire , Seinen , Bondage , Gyaru , Sweat , Yandere

Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai!

Also known as Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!.

Studio: ENGI , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

Sakurai Shinichi’s one wish is for a little peace and quiet. But Uzaki Hana–his boisterous, well-endowed underclassman–has other plans. All she wants is to hang out and poke fun at him. With the help of her chipper charm and peppy persistence, this might just be the start of a beautiful relationship!



Tags: Slapstick , Large Breasts , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Tomboy , College , Urban , Episodic , Seinen , Suicide , Video Games , Bullying , Meta

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 , Male Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Scuba Diving , Ensemble Cast , Episodic , Outdoor Activities , Tsundere , Otaku Culture , Bisexual , Crossdressing , Educational , Bar , Yandere , Tennis , Cosplay , Idol

Ben-To

Also known as Ben-To.

Studio: AT-X , David Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi

Sato Yo is a high school boy who likes SEGA games. One day, he enters a grocery store to buy some food for dinner. When he tries to take a bento box, he loses consciousness. He comes around to find all the bento sold out. He notices there is a war game going on at grocery stores and players called "Wolves" compete for the half-priced bento. Yarizui Sen, the leader of the Half-Pricer Club, forces Yo to join the club and he enters the bento war.

Tags: Battle Royale , Food , Male Protagonist , Twins , Primarily Teen Cast , Slapstick , Philosophy , Bullying , LGBTQ+ Themes , Nudity , Martial Arts , School Club , School , Video Games , Parody , Achromatic

Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu

Also known as The Dangers in My Heart.

Studio: Shin-Ei Animation , TV Asahi , Avex Pictures , Akita Shoten , TV Asahi Music , Movic , Dentsu , BS Asahi , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Fascinated by murder and all things macabre, Kyoutarou daydreams of acting out his twisted fantasies on his unsuspecting classmates — but an encounter with Anna Yamada, the gorgeous class idol, lights a spark in the darkness of his heart. It’s a classic tale of an antisocial boy falling for a popular girl, but neither are who they appear to be at first glance. Will Kyoutarou and Anna defy their expectations of each other — and of themselves?



Tags: Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , School , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Chuunibyou , Urban , Tsundere , Slapstick , Food , Shounen , Otaku Culture , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things

Yofukashi no Uta Season 2

Also known as Call of the Night Season 2.

Studio: LIDENFILMS , Fuji TV , Aniplex , Shogakukan , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , Ultra Super Pictures , Tohan , Animax Broadcast Japan , Dentsu , Fuji Creative Corporation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The second season of Yofukashi no Uta.

Ko overcomes his confusion about becoming a vampire and decides to "like" Nazuna, while Nazuna resolves to make Ko "fall in love" with her. Without understanding what "love" even is, the two of them spend their nights together in a frenzy. Meanwhile, Detective Uguisu Anko is closing in with her plot to kill vampires, not just Nazuna. A vampire's weakness is "anything they were attached to when they were human" and so they all try to get rid of this weakness before it's too late. But, Nazuna has no memory of her human life. What is Nazuna's hidden past? Why did Anko start killing vampires? And what is the "secret" that Nazuna and Anko share? For Ko, Nazuna, Anko, a fun "late night" doesn't end here... a new "night" begins!



Tags: Vampire , Urban Fantasy , Aromantic , Urban , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Shounen , Age Gap , Hikikomori , Detective , Ensemble Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Suicide , Yuri , Gyaru , Bisexual , Femboy

Barakamon

Also known as Barakamon.

Studio: Kinema Citrus , VAP , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Seishuu Handa is an up-and-coming calligrapher: young, handsome, talented, and unfortunately, a narcissist to boot. When a veteran labels his award-winning piece as "unoriginal," Seishuu quickly loses his cool with severe repercussions.

As punishment, and also in order to aid him in self-reflection, Seishuu's father exiles him to the Goto Islands, far from the comfortable Tokyo lifestyle the temperamental artist is used to. Now thrown into a rural setting, Seishuu must attempt to find new inspiration and develop his own unique art style—that is, if boisterous children (headed by the frisky Naru Kotoishi), fujoshi middle schoolers, and energetic old men stop barging into his house! The newest addition to the intimate and quirky Goto community only wants to get some work done, but the islands are far from the peaceful countryside he signed up for. Thanks to his wacky neighbors who are entirely incapable of minding their own business, the arrogant calligrapher learns so much more than he ever hoped to.



Tags: Rural , Calligraphy , Found Family , Iyashikei , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Seinen , Slapstick , Family Life , Philosophy , Coming of Age , Coastal , Teacher , Tsundere , Fishing

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

Nourin

Also known as No-Rin.

Studio: Frontier Works , SILVER LINK. , Square Enix
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

When the national idol Kusakabe Yuka suddenly retired from the entertainment business, it shocked the world and it devastated teenager Hata Kosaku. Kosaku was Yuka's biggest fan and her departure left him depressed. His classmates at the Tamo Agriculture School finally are able to get him to leave his room and attend his class, but to everyone's amazement, Kusakabe Yuka (her stage name) comes into the class under the name Kinoshita Ringo as a transfer student. Kosaku realizes he has the once in a lifetime opportunity to get to personally know his dream girl and, together with his group of friends, try to find out why she is here and become closer than just classmates.



Tags: Rural , Agriculture , School , Idol , Parody , Love Triangle , Work , Food , Male Protagonist , Meta , Kuudere , Educational , Cultivation , Heterosexual , Nudity , Philosophy