Anime like Mattaku Saikin no Tantei to Kitara

Gintama

Also known as Gintama.

Studio: Sunrise , TV Tokyo , Aniplex , Dentsu , Trinity Sound , Audio Highs , Miracle Robo
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

Life isn't easy in feudal Japan... especially since the aliens landed and conquered everything! Oh sure, the new health care is great, but the public ban on the use of swords has left a lot of defeated samurai with a difficult decision to make concerning their future career paths! This is especially true if, as in the case of Gintoki Sakata, they're not particularly inclined towards holding a day job, which is why Gintoki's opted for the freelance route, taking any job that's offered to him as long as the financial remuneration sounds right. Unfortunately, in a brave new world filled with stray bug-eyed monsters, upwardly mobile Yakuza and overly ambitious E.T. entrepreneurs, those jobs usually don't pay as well as they should for the pain, suffering and indignities endured!



Tags: Parody , Ensemble Cast , Samurai , Meta , Slapstick , Found Family , Male Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Anachronism , Aliens , Episodic , Swordplay , Shounen , Police , Terrorism , Satire , Historical , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Anthropomorphism , Space , Ninja , Mopeds , Sadism , Crime , Masochism , Homeless , LGBTQ+ Themes , Gore , Robots , Oiran , Mafia , Crossdressing , Ghost , Nekomimi , Boxing , Fishing , Yakuza , Pirates , Educational , Dissociative Identities , CGI , Kuudere , Body Swapping , Female Harem , Unrequited Love , Philosophy , Death Game

Henjin no Salad Bowl

Also known as A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics.

Studio: SynergySP , Studio Comet , TBS , Studio Pierrot , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , BS11 , Universal Music , SynergySP , KLOCKWORX , CBC TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Sousuke Kaburaya, an impoverished detective, met Sara, a princess from another world with magical powers.

Sara began living with Sousuke, and she quickly adjusted to life in modern Japan.
Meanwhile, Livia, a female knight who came from the same world as Sara, found herself lost and homeless, but surprisingly enjoyed her days here.

These two people, who live a positive life despite their situation, began to have an impact on Sousuke and the other oddballs in the neighborhood, including a devilish lawyer, a divorce agent, and a cult leader.



Tags: Ensemble Cast , Adoption , Homeless , Otaku Culture , Found Family , Detective , Alternate Universe , Female Protagonist , Isekai , Male Protagonist , Magic , Cult , Episodic , Urban Fantasy , Band , Crime , Nudity , Gambling , Idol

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

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 , Female Protagonist , School Club , Meta , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Satire , Primarily Female Cast , Parody , Episodic , Urban Fantasy , Tsundere , CGI , Delinquents , Horticulture , Monster Girl , Shounen , Chibi , Gods , Agriculture , Yandere , Anthropomorphism , Time Loop , Guns , Unrequited Love , LGBTQ+ Themes

Kyuuketsuki Sugu Shinu

Also known as The Vampire Dies in No Time.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Pony Canyon , APDREAM , BS11 , Frontier Works , Akita Shoten , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Marvelous , Studio Mausu , Kadokawa Media House
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Supernatural

Legendary vampire hunter Ronaldo finds an unlikely (and unwilling) ally in Draluc, the world’s weakest vampire who turns to dust at the slightest attack. Together they’re in for more hilarious misadventures than you can shake a stake at, including enemy vampires, axe-wielding editors, and other pains in the neck.



Tags: Episodic , Vampire , Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban Fantasy , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Urban , Animals , Police , Parody , Shounen , Video Games , Nun

Nichijou

Also known as Nichijou - My Ordinary Life.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Lantis , Kadokawa Shoten , Movic , Rakuonsha , Bandai Entertainment , Kadokawa Pictures Japan , KLOCKWORX , Animation Do
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Nichijou primarily focuses on the daily antics of a trio of childhood friends—high school girls Mio Naganohara, Yuuko Aioi and Mai Minakami—whose stories soon intertwine with the young genius Hakase Shinonome, her robot caretaker Nano, and their talking cat Sakamoto. With every passing day, the lives of these six, as well as of the many people around them, experience both the calms of normal life and the insanity of the absurd. Walking to school, being bitten by a talking crow, spending time with friends, and watching the principal suplex a deer: they are all in a day's work in the extraordinary everyday lives of those in Nichijou.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Episodic , Slapstick , School , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Parody , Achronological Order , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Robots , Shounen , Drawing , Tsundere , Football , Guns , Love Triangle , Body Horror , Camping

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 , Bisexual , Otaku Culture , Crossdressing , Educational , Tennis , Yandere , Bar , Cosplay , Idol

Tantei wa mou, Shindeiru.

Also known as The Detective Is Already Dead.

Studio: ENGI , AT-X , Kadokawa Media House , KADOKAWA , INCS toenter , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

Thwarting a hijacking with the beautiful, silver-haired detective, Siesta, transforms Kimihiko’s young life. Their success kicks off years of crime-solving and confronting syndicates around the world—until Siesta dies. Left with questions, Kimihiko moves on. But now, a new case may open healed wounds as it connects to an assassin, a world conspiracy, and his dead partner!



Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~46 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

Tags: Detective , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Achronological Order , Heterosexual , Body Swapping , Terrorism , Crime , Dissociative Identities , Female Protagonist , Super Power , Artificial Intelligence , Female Harem , Amnesia , Aliens , Urban Fantasy , Guns , Love Triangle , Prison , Police , VTuber , Idol , Super Robot , Age Gap , Robots

Bungou Stray Dogs

Also known as Bungo Stray Dogs.

Studio: bones , Glovision , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mystery , Supernatural

Stalked by a beastly white tiger, Atsushi Nakajima has no idea that the menace lives inside him—a power that catches the attention of the Armed Detective Agency. Using inhuman abilities to combat crime, this team takes Atsushi under the wing of their most eccentric member, Dazai. Together, they tear through mafia-muddled mysteries while enemies keep an eye on the tiger’s lofty bounty.



Tags: Super Power , Crime , Detective , Mafia , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Classic Literature , Yakuza , Urban , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Work , Orphan , Gangs , Suicide , Slapstick , Guns , Terrorism , Gore , Kuudere , Shapeshifting , Anti-Hero , Assassins , Episodic , Tragedy , Bar , Homeless , Found Family

SKET DANCE

Also known as SKET Dance.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Avex Entertainment , Dentsu , Tatsunoko Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

At Kaimei High School, the Living Assistance Club (aka the Sket Brigade) was organized to help students with problems big or small. Most of the time, though, they hang out in their club room, bored, with only a few trivial problems floating in every once in a while. In spite of this, they still throw all their energy into solving these worries.



Tags: School Club , School , Meta , Slapstick , Male Protagonist , Video Games , Episodic , Coming of Age , Shounen , Twins , Parody , Delinquents , Primarily Teen Cast , Otaku Culture , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Kuudere , Love Triangle , Age Regression , Tsundere , Body Swapping , Band , Nekomimi , Dissociative Identities , Ninja