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Heppoko Jikken Animation Excel Saga

Also known as Excel Saga.

Studio: J.C. Staff , Victor Entertainment , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi

Excel Saga is a one-of-a kind work of art that can only be described as the ultimate parody of anime. From the opening credits - a rather odd spoof of Japanese pop videos - to the ending song featuring Menchi the dog singing/barking a plaintive ballad while a human interpreter translates for viewers, nothing is sacred in the world of Excel Saga.



Tags: Parody , Meta , Surreal Comedy , Slapstick , Female Protagonist , Kuudere , Tokusatsu , Robots , Henshin , Animals , Guns , Assassins , Shounen , Amnesia , Musical Theater

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 , Philosophy , Shounen , Drawing , Tsundere , Guns , Football , Love Triangle

Nangoku Shounen Papuwa-kun

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy

Papuwa-kun is a young boy living a quiet life with his dog, Chappy, on a small island located somewhere in South Pacific, when Shintaro, who is being pursued by gangsters, invades their happy existence.
Chappi takes Shintaro's precious Jewel, thereby making the two main characters lifelong rivals. Together they experience a series of bizarre adventures and situations.

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Tags: Foreign

Dai Mahou Touge

Also known as Magical Witch Punie-Chan.

Studio: diomedéa , Media Blasters
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mahou Shoujo , Supernatural

Punie is next in line to become queen of Magical Land. However, she must spend a year on Earth before she can inherit the throne, so she transfers into a school in Japan. She's usually a sweet and gentle girl... that is unless someone does something to displease her, then she'll drop the act. She won't hesitate to whip out her magic stick and cheerfully rain bloody destruction down on the hapless fool, or barring that, simply use wrestling moves she calls "Submission" to punish them. Accompanied by her animal mascot Paya-tan, who makes regular attempts on her life (still bitter about being defeated and then forcibly recruited from Waku Waku Mascot Village), and forced to fend off random attacks by various people from her Kingdom who all have different reasons for wanting her dead, she must complete this year of training on Earth without fail.

Tags: Parody , Anti-Hero , Primarily Female Cast , Surreal Comedy , Martial Arts , Anthropomorphism , Slapstick , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Torture , Magic , Delinquents , Urban , Super Power , Military , School , Guns , Athletics , Alternate Universe , CGI , Witch

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

Arakawa Under the Bridge

Also known as Arakawa Under the Bridge.

Studio: Shaft , Square Enix , Starchild Records , Rakuonsha , NIS America Inc.
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Ko Ichinomiya's family motto is "Never be indebted to anyone," but after losing his pants and falling into the Arakawa River, he quickly finds himself in debt to his savior, the cutely insane Nino (who happens to live under the bridge). To repay her, he vows to help her with her desire to "experience love." Along the way he'll meet the river's other residents, including a hot-blooded kappa, a Sister in drag, and a literal rock star. Sorry, Ko—when you fell into that river, I guess you really got in over your head!



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Seinen , Ensemble Cast , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Outdoor , Nun , Homeless , Episodic , Kuudere , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Samurai

Papuwa

Also known as Papuwa.

Studio: ADV Films
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy

In this sequel series, events continue four years after they left off in the first series. Papuwa-kun is a mysterious boy who lives on a new tropical island full of the same crazy creatures. Along with his maid, Liquid, and his new amnestic friend, "Rotarou", they lead nonsensical adventures as they try to evade and confuse the Ganma Army, Special Corps, and even the Shinsengumi from discovering Rotarou's real secret and taking him away.



Tags: Shounen , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Male Cast

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo

Also known as Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo.

Studio: Toei Animation , Avex Entertainment , Dentsu , TV Asahi , Viz Media , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi

Bo Bobo is a man with the incredible power of hearing the voices of hair and using his own to fight. He uses his power to fight off the Margarita Empire and all of Emperor Tsuru Tsuruiina's minions who are stealing the hair off of anyone they find to power up their emperor.



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Parody , Meta , Super Power , Shounen , Dissociative Identities , Martial Arts , Aliens , Crossdressing , Male Protagonist

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt

Also known as Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt.

Studio: Gainax , Funimation , Kadokawa Shoten , Half H.P Studio , AT-X , Kadokawa Pictures Japan , KLOCKWORX , flying DOG , Kadokawa Contents Gate , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Supernatural

Panty and Stocking – the Anarchy Sisters – are two nasty-ass angels who got booted from the pearly gates for being foul-mouthed bitches! Now they spend their nights blowing up ghosts in the seedy abyss between Heaven and Earth. Panty likes sex, Stocking likes sweets, their afro-sporting main man Garter Belt has a fetish we can't mention. Together, they're turning the mean streets of Daten City into a buffet of bodily fluids. Ghosts don't stand a chance against their lingerie of mass destruction, and if this debaucherous duo can collect enough Heaven Coins, they just might get their halos back. It's a slim chance in hell, but anything can happen when you're rolling commando, especially with Panty and Stocking!



Tags: Parody , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Satire , Anti-Hero , Angels , Swordplay , Guns , Henshin , Nudity , Ghost , Surreal Comedy , Demons , Monster Girl , Chibi , Unrequited Love , Tanned Skin , Psychosexual , Heterosexual , Tokusatsu , CGI , Zombie , School , Aromantic

Azumanga Daiou THE ANIMATION

Also known as Azumanga Daioh.

Studio: J.C. Staff , Genco , Lantis , Imagica , TV Tokyo Music , Cosmic Ray , Sentai Filmworks , J.C. Staff
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Ten year old child prodigy, Chiyo Mihama, is finding it tough fitting in at high school with the girls five years her elder: Osaka (dimwitted with a weird take on the world), Tomo (a powder keg that goes off at a moment’s notice), Kagura (the competitive athlete of the bunch), Yomi (the hothead), and Sakaki (timid and obsessed with a love of animals that isn’t reciprocated). Together with their teacher, they navigate the rough waters and fun times of high school.



Tags: Episodic , School , Primarily Female Cast , Surreal Comedy , Slapstick , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Teacher , Iyashikei , Tomboy , Shounen , LGBTQ+ Themes , Kuudere