Anime like Egumi Legacy

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

Heybot!

Studio: Bandai Namco Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi

The anime takes place on the screw-shaped island country of Screw Island and follows the "Vocabot" Heybot and his partner, Prince Nejiru as they collect different "Vocab Screws". When the Vocabots wear the Vocab Screws on their heads, they're able to compete in "Vocab Battles," battles for who can think up and tell the best jokes.



Tags: Robots , Time Manipulation , Proxy Battle , Meta , Surreal Comedy , Kids , Body Horror , Shapeshifting , Memory Manipulation , Anti-Hero , Gods , Tragedy , Pandemic

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 , Unrequited Love , Delinquents , Monster Girl , Horticulture , Shounen , Chibi , Gods , Agriculture , Yandere , Anthropomorphism , Time Loop , Guns , LGBTQ+ Themes

Sekkou Boys

Also known as Sekko Boys.

Studio: LIDENFILMS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music

Sekkou Boys is a unit of four stone figures — the military saint and group leader Saint Giorgio, history's original celebrity Medici, the strikingly handsome and multi-talented Hermes, and the god of war Mars who is earnest about love — who become idiosyncratic idols. The story depicts their efforts to make it in the entertainment world with their female manager Miki Ishimoto, who just graduated from college.



Tags: Idol , Parody , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Work , Surreal Comedy , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Mythology , Gods

PUI PUI Molcar

Also known as PUI PUI MOLCAR.

Studio: Shin-Ei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

The stage is set in a world where guinea pig became car. The car that makes you relax "Molcar". Having big round eyes, curvy butt and speedy limbs, they always explore the world with their innocent faces. Even during a traffic jam, you can be eased just by looking at the butt of that Molcar in front of you. Even when they cause troubles, their furry cuteness will somehow make you forgive them!? Surrounded by situations only met by cars, it's a Mol-animation filled with cure, friendship, adventure and furry actions!



Note: A compilation movie titled "Tobidase! Narase! Pui Pui Molcar" was released in theaters on July 22, 2021 in MX4D and 3D.

Tags: Cars , Animals , Episodic , Stop Motion , Surreal Comedy , No Dialogue , Kids , Urban , Parody , Iyashikei , Time Manipulation , Zombie , Henshin

Bananya: Around the World

Also known as Bananya Around the World.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Lesprit
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Bananya returns! The mysterious cat who lives inside a banana is back for a new adventure when a ball of light appears. After the ball flashes, a new cat named Baby Sweet emerges. The two quickly become friends and set off on a grand adventure to discover new and exciting places around the world. Join the new friends on their journey!



Tags: Animals , Episodic , Primarily Animal Cast , Aliens , Chibi , Travel , Kids , Magic , Parody , Superhero , Snowscape , Trains

SANDA

Also known as SANDA.

Studio: Science SARU , Dentsu , Science SARU , Akita Shoten
Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Mystery

The story starts with Sanda, a second year middle school student, getting attacked with a kitchen knife by his classmate Fuyumura. While Sanda couldn't make sense of the situation at first, he gradually came to believe that Fuyumura's actions were just mean acts stemming off from the latter having a peculiar puberty phase.

But that is all a misunderstanding. Fuyumura actually suspects that Sanda is the descendant of a certain lineage...

Tags: Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Dystopian , Body Image , Shounen , Shapeshifting , Henshin , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban Fantasy , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Snowscape , Mythology , Bisexual , Magic , Super Power , Fairy Tale , Swordplay

Gal to Kyouryuu

Also known as Gal & Dino.

Studio: Space Neko Company , Kamikaze Douga , King Records , Kodansha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

After a night of drinking, Kaede wakes up realizing that in her drunken daze she had brought an unexpected guest home—a dinosaur! Kaede just goes with the flow and accepts her new living situation. Now she navigates her daily life while eating, watching TV, and shopping with her prehistoric roommate. Together, the duo enjoys each other’s company as they take on whatever the day brings.



Tags: Dinosaurs , Surreal Comedy , Gyaru , Language Barrier , Stop Motion , Mixed Media , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Episodic , Fashion , Animals , Time Manipulation , Super Power , Pandemic

Bessatsu Olympia Kyklos

Also known as Extra Olympia Kyklos.

Studio: Dentsu , Gosay Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life , Sports

Demetrios was a young man in Ancient Greece who was a potter's apprentice, but also a rather timid otaku. Despite pursuing the arts, he was blessed with natural athletic talent. One day, he gets dragged into a village conflict. Demetrios contemplates how helpless he is, but then is struck by lightning! When he comes to, he is no longer in Greece, but a strange land where he can't understand the language and people look rather different. Yes, he somehow ended up 1964 Tokyo! Of course, Demetrios has no idea what Japan even is. What will become of him?!



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Mixed Media , Stop Motion , Athletics , Historical , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Nudity , Time Skip , Time Manipulation , Educational , Seinen , Gods , Isekai , Wrestling , Swimming , Meta , Drawing , War

Paprika

Also known as Paprika.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Sony Pictures Entertainment , Techno Sound , Chaos Union , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

Prepare to enter the realm of fantasy and imagination where reality and dreams collide in a kaleidoscopic mindscape of sheer visual genius. The magical tale centers on a revolutionary machine that allows scientists to enter and record a subject's dream. After being stolen, a fearless detective and brilliant therapist join forces to recover the device before it falls into the hands of a dream terrorist.



Note: The film received an early premiere at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 2006.

Tags: Dissociative Identities , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Body Horror , Denpa , Philosophy , Conspiracy , Crime , Meta , Mythology , Detective , Software Development , Terrorism , Heterosexual , Cyberpunk , Circus , Police , Nudity , Unrequited Love , Primarily Male Cast , 4-koma