Anime like Detroit Metal City

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Studio: Studio 4°C
Status: Finished

Led by phallus-waiving terrorist-from-hell Johannes Krauser II (guitar/vocals,) and given pulsing, throbbing life by indestructible drummer Camus and bassist Alexander Jagi, Detroit Metal City is the hottest ticket on the concert circuit! There's just one catch. That "hottest ticket" is just a meal ticket, and beneath the makeup, these ultimate head-bangers are hired doppelgangers who don't even LIKE what they do! Jaggi is actually Wada, who wants to play glam rock; Camus is Nishida, an anime fan with an appalling weakness for curry and NSFW videos; and Krauser is... oh the shame... street-singing Soichi Negishi, whose dreams of singing happy pop hits seem hopelessly doomed by the success of his rage-fueled alter ego! Worse, he can't even tell anyone who Krauser is. Not even the girl he likes, who HATES DMC! Will rage against the corporate machine consume Negishi's tortured soul? Is there life after death metal? What it's like to put your head in a jet engine and turn up the volume?

Tags: Band , Surreal Comedy , Parody , Metal Music , College , Urban , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Gender Bending , Rural , Drugs

Where to watch?

Hulu

Aggressive Retsuko

Also known as Aggretsuko.

Studio: Fanworks , Sanrio , Netflix
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

Some offices have stereotypical dynamics: the chauvinistic pig of a boss who never does any real work; the employees whose goal is to suck up to the boss; the ones whose lives seem perfect; and the individuals who have all the actual work pushed onto them. Retsuko the red panda is in the last group, as she stays late most nights to make up the work her coworkers are too lazy to do themselves.

Her relief from the stress of her everyday life comes in the form of singing death metal at a local karaoke club. Night after night, Retsuko channels her grief into a microphone and considers the place to be her own personal sanctuary. But as she moves further away from her comfort zone and the ideas people have of her, she discovers that letting others into her world of death metal may not be such a bad thing.

Tags: Work , Office Lady , Anthropomorphism , Metal Music , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Office , Animals , Chibi , Primarily Animal Cast , Unrequited Love , Flash , Rock Music

Where to watch?

Netflix

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Back Street Girls: Gokudols

Also known as Back Street Girls -GOKUDOLS-.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Toei Video , Kodansha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Music

A group of 3 yakuza failed their boss for the last time. After messing up an important job, the boss gave them 2 choices: Honorably committing suicide, or go to Thailand to get a sex reassignment surgery in order to become "female" idols. After a gruesome year long training to become idols, they successfully debut, with overwhelming popularity, much to their dismay. This is where their tragedy truly begins.

Tags: Idol , Primarily Adult Cast , Gender Bending , Yakuza , Urban , Body Horror , Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Male Cast , Otaku Culture , Transgender , Seinen , Primarily Female Cast , Crossdressing

Where to watch?

Netflix

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Kachou Ouji

Also known as The Legend of Black Heaven.

Studio: AIC , Pioneer LDC , APPP
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Music , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Ouji Tanaka has a wife, a child and a mundane job as a salary man in Tokyo's modern society. But life wasn't dull for him to begin with; 15 years ago, he was known as "Gabriel", leader of a short-lived heavy metal band called Black Heaven. Ouji's life gets a sudden change in direction when he is invited by a mysterious blonde woman named Layla to pick up his Gibson Flying V and once again display his "legendary" guitar skills, not knowing that his music generates power for a massive weapon in an intergalactic war.

Tags: Band , Family Life , Rock Music , Space , Male Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , War , Metal Music , Netorare , Aliens , Rotoscoping , CGI , Nudity

Where to watch?

Crunchyroll

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BECK

Also known as Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Marvelous Entertainment , Starchild Records , Funimation , Asatsu DK , Kodansha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Music , Slice of Life

Tanaka Yukio, better known by his nickname Koyuki is a 14 year old who feels disconnected from life in general. Through the act of saving a mismatched dog, he meets guitarist Minami Ryuusuke, and becomes involved in Ryuusuke's new band BECK. Koyuki's life starts to change as the band struggles towards fame.

Tags: Band , Coming of Age , Urban , Rock Music , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Bullying , School , Female Protagonist , Gyaru , Shounen , Hip-hop Music , Language Barrier , Love Triangle , Baseball , Swimming

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No streaming links available

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Inferno Cop

Studio: CoMix Wave , TRIGGER
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy

The story deals with those in this world who dwell in the dark, invisible to the naked eye. From time to time, these figures bare their fangs and attack people. Inferno Cop is a messenger of justice who came from the depths of hell to protect people from them.

Tags: Parody , Police , Surreal Comedy , Skeleton , Primarily Male Cast , Time Manipulation , Cars , Foreign , Tokusatsu , Vampire , Zombie , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist

Where to watch?

YouTube

Crunchyroll

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Ongaku

Also known as ON-GAKU: OUR SOUND.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

When you’re a bored teenager looking for thrills, sometimes the only thing you can turn to is rock ‘n roll. Having no skill, money, or even a full set of drums, a feared trio of high school delinquents nevertheless decide they are destined for musical glory in a quest to impress their only friend Aya, avoid a rival gang, and – most importantly – jam out. Animated almost entirely by director Kenji Iwaisawa, and featuring a lead performance by Japanese alt-rock legend Shintaro Sakamoto, ON-GAKU: OUR SOUND brings its own sound and vision to the Hiroyuki Oohashi manga from which it was adapted. With pitch-perfect deadpan humor, the film presents a highly original take on the beloved slacker comedy: a lo-fi buddy film with a blaring musical finale that will leave you wanting an immediate encore.

Tags: Band , Delinquents , Rotoscoping , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Rock Music , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , School

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No streaming links available

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

Where to watch?

Crunchyroll

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Tonkatsu DJ Agetarou

Also known as Tonkatsu DJ Agetaro.

Studio: Studio DEEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music

The 3rd generation owner of a pork cutlet store Agetarou Katsumata discovers a similarity between pork cutlet stores and DJs in clubs. Discovering the similarity of the completely different two, he aims to become the master of both a DJ and a pork cutlet store!

Tags: Shounen , Dancing , Restaurant , Urban , Work , Food , Male Protagonist , Educational

Where to watch?

Crunchyroll

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Sakigake!! Cromartie Koukou

Also known as Cromartie High School.

Studio: Production I.G , Sentai Filmworks , TV Tokyo Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

The only thing for certain is that for Kamiyama, Cromartie High School is his reality. And what a surreal reality it is.

Because this is where the toughest, meanest (and often dumbest) students are sent to do time. At Cromartie, purple-mohawked bruisers and pencil-chomping street thugs are just part of every day life. And so is a 400-pound gorilla. And a macho brute named Freddie who travels with his own theme music. And, of course, Mechazawa, the student voted most likely to need an oil change. So pack your bags, put on your best tough-guy swagger, and get a lesson in insanity from the hilarious losers at Cromartie High. This is one class you won't ever want to cut.

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Delinquents , School , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Meta , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Parody , Shounen , Animals , Primarily Teen Cast , Robots

Where to watch?

Crunchyroll

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Gokushufudou

Also known as The Way of the Househusband.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Netflix
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

He was the fiercest member of the yakuza, a man who left countless underworld legends in his wake. They called him “the Immortal Dragon.” But one day he walked away from it all to travel another path—the path of the househusband! The curtain rises on this cozy yakuza comedy!

Tags: Male Protagonist , Episodic , Slapstick , Yakuza , Family Life , Primarily Adult Cast , Parody , Gangs , Seinen , Urban , Flash , Food , Heterosexual , Educational , Mafia , Crime , Guns

Where to watch?

Netflix

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