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Thermae Romae

Also known as Thermae Romae.

Studio: GONZO , Dentsu , Fuji TV , Toho , DLE , Discotek , Sony Music Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Slice of Life

The story is a comedy about Lucius, an architect of public bath houses in ancient Rome, who time-travels to various modern-day baths in Japan. The author explores the two cultures in the world "that have loved baths the most: the Japanese and the Romans."



Tags: Time Manipulation , Historical , Language Barrier , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Work , Anachronism , Primarily Adult Cast , 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

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 , Mixed Media , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Musical Theater

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

Thermae Romae Novae

Also known as Thermae Romae Novae.

Studio: NAZ , Netflix
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Lucius, a bath designer in the Roman Empire, accidentally slips back in time to present day Japan and learns about Japanese bath culture in this comedy.



Tags: Time Manipulation , Male Protagonist , Anachronism , Foreign , Seinen , Historical , Language Barrier , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes

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 , Achronological Order , Parody , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Robots , Shounen , Drawing , Tsundere , Guns , Football , Love Triangle , Body Horror , Camping

Toutotsu ni Egypt Shin

Also known as Oh, Suddenly Egyptian God.

Studio: TYPHOON GRAPHICS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Welcome to the world of the Egyptian gods.

This is where the famous gods of Ancient Egypt, from Anubis to Thoth, live their lives freely.

How freely, you ask? Bastet appears out of nowhere, singing and dancing. Medjed is always stone-faced. Horus works a part-time job. Set is devoted to pulling pranks. Ra's off traveling and rarely comes home... All the Gods basically just do whatever they want!



Tags: Gods , Chibi , Mythology , Foreign , Surreal Comedy , Historical , Slapstick , Desert

Gal to Kyouryuu

Also known as Gal & Dino.

Studio: Space Neko Company , Kamikaze Douga
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

Hashire Melos (Movie)

Studio: Toei Video , Visual 80 , Rise Spirit , Dentsu , TV Asahi , Asahi Shimbun
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

Melos is a good boy from Messina and has come to Syracuse, the magnificent city of temples, to buy a ritual sword for his sister's marriage ceremony. He meets a very talented sculptor and they become friends.

Later, the King's guards arrest Melos while he was having a walk in the castle's gardens and Syracuse's King, obsessed by the idea of assassins out to kill him, sentences him to death. Melos is desperate, but most of all he wants to be present at his sister's marriage, so he asks the King for three days to go to Messina for the celebration and then return to Syracuse where he will accept the death penalty. The King does not trust Melos, but, trying to demonstrate that nobody could trust him, asks him to find a volunteer substitute in case he breaks his promise. The sculptor accepts to be Melos' substitute in this case...



Tags: Foreign , Classic Literature , Historical , Primarily Adult Cast , Politics , Male Protagonist , Swordplay , Gore , Tragedy , Nudity

Saint☆Onii-san

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha, the founders of Christianity and Buddhism, are living together as roommates in a Tokyo apartment while taking a vacation on Earth. The comedy often involves jokes about Christianity, Buddhism, and all things related, as well as the main characters' attempts to hide their identities and understand modern society in Japan.

Tags: Gods , Parody , Male Protagonist , Religion , Primarily Adult Cast , Angels , Urban , Seinen