Anime like Gakuen Handsome

Marudase Kintarou

Also known as Marudase Kintaro.

Studio: Seven
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi

Makoto, a student and chairman at Onodera Academy has been targeted by the whole academy because of the will left by the previous principal: “The one man who is able to seduce Makoto with his superb sexual techniques will be given the right to take over as Onodera Academy's new principal!” But thanks to Kintaro, his bodyguard and boyfriend, Makoto has regained his peaceful life.

One day, enemies are sent from the Onodera Academy Kawakara Branch School that's filled with troublesome teachers and students! Humiliation to Makoto, seduction to Kintaro, and many other terrible traps… Can Makoto and Kintaro overcome all these difficulties!? And what is the enemy truly after?!



Tags: Slapstick , Nudity , School , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Male Harem , Surreal Comedy , Bondage , Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes

Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan

Also known as The Disastrous Life of Saiki K..

Studio: J.C. Staff , EGG FIRM
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

To the average person, psychic abilities might seem a blessing; for Kusuo Saiki, however, this couldn't be further from the truth. Gifted with a wide assortment of supernatural abilities ranging from telepathy to x-ray vision, he finds this so-called blessing to be nothing but a curse. As all the inconveniences his powers cause constantly pile up, all Kusuo aims for is an ordinary, hassle-free life—a life where ignorance is bliss.

Unfortunately, the life of a psychic is far from quiet. Though Kusuo tries to stay out of the spotlight by keeping his powers a secret from his classmates, he ends up inadvertently attracting the attention of many odd characters, such as the empty-headed Riki Nendou and the delusional Shun Kaidou. Forced to deal with the craziness of the people around him, Kusuo comes to learn that the ordinary life he has been striving for is a lot more difficult to achieve than expected.

Note: Aired in 2 versions, a 120-episode 5-minute short series, and a combined 24-episode 24-minute TV series with the same content.

Tags: Super Power , Surreal Comedy , Satire , Episodic , Parody , School , Meta , Mythology , Asexual , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , Tsundere , Kuudere , Aromantic , Memory Manipulation , Urban , Chuunibyou , Ghost , Unrequited Love , Heterosexual , School Club , Gyaru , LGBTQ+ Themes , Incest , Video Games , Gangs

Pugyuru

Studio: Kids Station , Movic , Creators Dot Com
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

One day, an ordinal high school girl, Ma$%^&* (her name is left to your imagination), met Cheko, who was a maid came from a village of maids. She could melt, fly, and pull her head off... Anyway, strange people began to come, for example, a snow fairy who disliked cold, a large squid that could speak, scary persons, and the like. Pugyuru is a world of absurdity drawn by a hope of comedy.



Tags: Maids , Surreal Comedy , School , Parody , Delinquents , Body Horror

Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoiyo!! Masaru-san

Studio: MADHOUSE , Bandai Visual , Magic Bus
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Okometsubu Fujiyama has recently transferred over to a new school, Wakame High School. His goal is to make 100 friends--until he meets the extremely wierd Masaru Hananakajima. Masaru is a martial artist whose specialty is the "Sexy Commando" form of martial art. Masaru forms a club based on this art, including Fujiyama, who he nicknames Fuumin, in the club. The club becomes full of strange, yet wacky people. Aliens, moustaches, and cute fuzzy animals are encountered as the club moves along and gets steadily more popular.



Tags: Surreal Comedy , School Club , School , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Parody , Primarily Male Cast , Aliens , Martial Arts

Gakuen Heaven

Also known as Heaven Academy.

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Tokyo Kids , Media Blasters , AT-X , Frontier Works
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Itou Keita, an average guy, is shocked when he's invited to attend the elite institution, "Bell Liberty Academy". Unnerved by the mystery, he's further distracted by the school's social dynamics. In a sea of amazing young men, Keita struggles to find out what makes him unique, and how he can possibly deserve to be treated as an equal by the boys of BL. Lacking any particular ability, just why has Itou been welcomed into the privileged world of the talented and the beautiful?

Along the way, he develops intense relationships with the almost everyone at school but he is terribly drawn to the friendly, overcaring but very mysterious classmate, Kazuki Endou.

Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Male Harem , School , Age Gap , Twins

Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan: Kanketsu-hen

Also known as The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Season 3.

Studio: J.C. Staff , EGG FIRM
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Special episode that adapts the final chapters of the Saiki Kusuo no Ψ Nan manga.

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Super Power , School , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Time Manipulation , Primarily Teen Cast , Chuunibyou , Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes , Gyaru , Kuudere , Asexual

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 , Seinen , Musical Theater

REDLINE

Also known as Redline.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Anchor Bay Films
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Romance , Sci-Fi , Sports

Redline is about the biggest and most deadly racing tournament in the universe. Only held once every five years, everyone wants to stake their claim to fame, including JP, a reckless dare-devil driver oblivious to speed limits with his ultra-customized car - all the while, organized crime and militaristic governments want to leverage the race to their own ends. Amongst the other elite rival drivers in the tournament, JP falls for the alluring Sonoshee - but will she prove his undoing, or can a high speed romance survive a mass destruction race?



Tags: Cars , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Cyborg , Space , Cyberpunk , Aliens , Female Protagonist , Crime , Heterosexual , Robots , Military , Gambling , Anthropomorphism , Politics , Nudity , Primarily Male Cast

Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan 2

Also known as The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. Season 2.

Studio: J.C. Staff , EGG FIRM
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The disastrous life of the gifted psychic Kusuo Saiki continues, despite his utmost effort to live an ordinary life. Although he has certainly grown accustomed to dealing with his troublesome friends—who are his biggest hurdle to achieving a peaceful life—he still has a long way to go. Also joining the usual oddballs are a few new faces whose shenanigans add to Saiki's misery, making his dreams of a hassle-free life a distant fantasy.

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Super Power , Parody , Meta , School , Satire , Male Protagonist , Asexual , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Kuudere , Primarily Teen Cast , Unrequited Love , Urban , Shounen , Chuunibyou , Time Manipulation , Ghost , Gyaru , LGBTQ+ Themes , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Gender Bending , Post-Apocalyptic , Memory Manipulation , School Club , Superhero , Bisexual , Love Triangle , Otaku Culture , Transgender

Fudanshi Koukou Seikatsu

Also known as The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi.

Studio: EMT Squared , Dream Creation , DAX Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The comedy depicts the daily life of Sakaguchi, a high school boy and also a "fudanshi" who loves boys-love stories. Fudanshi is a wordplay on fujoshi (literally, "rotten girls") — the slang for women who love boys-love/yaoi stories.



Tags: Otaku Culture , School , Josei , Male Protagonist , Boys' Love , Crossdressing