Anime like Heisei Inu Monogatari Bow

Anyamal Tantei Kiruminzoo

Studio: Hal Film Maker , Satelight , King Records , Aoni Production , JM animation , TV Tokyo , Sotsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

While searching for a run-away cat the twins Riko and Rimu Mikogami find a strange device that transforms them into "Kirumin". It also enables them to turn into real animals. Their older sister Nagisa soon joins them. Now the three have cute, funny and sometimes dangerous adventures.

Tags: Kemonomimi , Magic , Animals , Ojou-sama , Kids , Henshin , Environmental , Female Protagonist , Detective , Primarily Child Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Twins , Shapeshifting , Veterinarian , School , Drawing , Archery , Age Gap

Doraemon (1979)

Also known as Doraemon.

Studio: TV Asahi , Asatsu DK , Shin-Ei Animation , Oh! Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi

Nobi Nobita is a 4th-grade boy in Tokyo. One day, a round, blue cat-style robot (minus ears) pops up in his desk drawer. Nobita's great-great-grandson (or something) lives in the 22nd Century, but thanks to Nobita's mistakes, the entire family is living in poverty. To rectify this, Nobita's descendent is sent Doraemon back to the past, to help prevent Nobita from making mistakes. Of course this is a difficult task since Nobita is the weakest and least intelligent child in his class. Doraemon does, however, have a 4-dimensional pocket on his front, which contains cool gadgets from the future. With these toys, Doraemon will try to help Nobita. Unfortunately, Nobita also has the bad habit of misusing Doraemon's gadgets and landing himself in yet more trouble?



Tags: Episodic , Kids , Primarily Child Cast , Robots , Time Manipulation , Bullying , School , Baseball

Esper Mami

Studio: Shin-Ei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Supernatural

Sakura Mami had been a normal junior high school student, but she happened to acquire supernatural power. With her power and the help of Mr. Takahata who was the best friend of her, she would solve mysterious incidents. When she felt someone wanted help, she used the "Teleportation Gun" to teleport to the place. Then she would save the people in trouble using her supernatural powers, such as telekinesis and telepathy.



Tags: Super Power , School , Magic , Shounen

Chinpui

Also known as Chinpui.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

TV anime show based on the manga by F. Fujio Fujiko.

Tags: Aliens , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Kids

Sarutobi Ecchan

Also known as Sarutobi Ecchan.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mahou Shoujo

A strange girl transfers to Mitsuba Elementary School. At first glance, she is a normal student. However, she is a great athlete, and can talk to animals. According to her, she is the 33rd descendant of the great ninja, Sarutobi Sasuke. Futhermore, her dog, Puku, can talk. Because she doesn’t live in any house, she spends a night at Miko-chan’s room. She is turned out of the room once. However, because they thank her for extinguishing the fire, they let her stay at their house. After that, she makes a name at school.



Tags: Kids , Magic , Ninja , School

Hime-chan no Ribbon

Studio: Studio Gallop
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

Erika, the princess of the Magic Kingdom has come to Earth in order to find a human girl who looks just like her. That girl turns out to be Himeko Nonohara, a tomboy's tomboy. Erika must give Himeko a magical item she has created in order to prove her worth as a successor to the crown. Himeko must test this item, a hair ribbon that allows her to transform into any other person she sees, to see if it is worthy. The series follows Himeko's adventures and her budding romance with Daichi, the boy who discovers her secret.



Tags: Shoujo , Shapeshifting , Magic , Tomboy , Female Protagonist , School , Primarily Child Cast

Chibi Maruko-chan

Studio: Nippon Animation , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Momoko Sakura is an elementary school student who likes popular idol Momoe Yamaguchi and mangas. She is often called "Chibi Maruko-chan" due to her young age and small size. She lives together with her parents, her grandparents and her elder sister in a little town. In school, she has many friends with whom she studies and plays together everyday, including her close pal, Tama-chan; the student committee members, Maruo-kun and Migiwa-san; and the B-class trio: 'little master' Hanawa-kun, Hamaji-Bu Taro and Sekiguchi-kun. This is a fun-loving and enjoyable anime that portrays the simple things in life.



Tags: Family Life , Shoujo , Chibi , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Primarily Child Cast , Slapstick , Autobiographical , Historical

Kocchi Muite Miiko

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The Yamada family consists of Miiko, her brother Mamoru and her parents. Both of her parents have work, so they are usually busy during the day and are outside of the house most of the time. The troubles in Yamada family are usually caused by Miiko's lazy character and her clumsiness.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Shoujo

Animal Yokochou

Also known as Animal Lane.

Studio: Studio Gallop , Dongwoo Animation , TV Tokyo , Dentsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

On the first day her family moved to their new house, 5 year old Ami-chan made friends with three talking animals who came out of a door in her bedroom floor, which she finds out leads to Animal Yokocho, another world. The three are Issa, an overly innocent, soft-spoken panda, Kenta, a highly strung, red-scarf-loving bear who puts on an almost constant tough-guy act, and Iyo, a rabbit who usually holds her own well-being and enjoyment over the happiness (and safety) of her friends. Even at only 5 years old, Ami-chan is easily the most rational of the group, and she's a little wary at first, but she eventually comes around and starts spending her free time with them. A typical day involves Ami-chan and the three doing different things to pass the time, often playing a seemingly innocent game, but in AniYoko style. Unfortunately for Ami-chan, the AniYoko version usually turns out to be drastically different, much less logical, and usually more dangerous than the ordinary version.

5 year old kindergarten girl, Ami-chan, has a secret which cannot be revealed to anyone: that is, she spends her days with mysterious animals who come to her house. These animals include a rabbit by the name of Iyo, a bear named Kenta and a panda called Issa. They are actually from Anima Yokocho, the place that the secret door in Ami-chan's room leads to. And of course, other mysterious characters from Animal Yokocho will subsequently make their appearances as well...



Tags: Shoujo , Surreal Comedy , Animals

Kasumin 1st Series

Also known as Mistin.

Studio: OLM , NHK
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

Kasumi Haruno is a fourth grade student. She came to Kasumi Town to see off her zoologist parents on their trip to Africa to do research. In the center of the town, surrounded by forest, is the large mansion belonging to the Kasumi family where Kasumi will be staying from now on.

Kasumi passes through the mansion's gate right away, but a strange atmosphere emanates from somewhere in the Kasumi Forest. When he finally makes it to the mansion, there are talking appliances! It would seem that members of the Kasumi family were youkai called "Henamon". Kasumi never dreamed she would end up living with a family of Henamon. She is very busy doing the cooking, laundry, and cleaning in exchange for living there. Surrounded by mysterious companions, what will become of Kasumi's new life?



Tags: Female Protagonist , Henshin , Kids