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Paniponi Dash!

Also known as Pani Poni Dash!.

Studio: Shaft , Square Enix , Starchild Records , Funimation , GANSIS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

The 11 year old Miyamoto Rebecca becomes the new teacher of a classroom which is full of weirdos. Despite her cute looks she's a little beast and can be pretty sarcastic and offensive. The school is not safe anymore now that she's in charge of a class and her students, Himeko, Ichijou, Rei and a white rabbit who took a liking to Rebecca help her to rough up the school and the neighbour-class with its teacher "ojii-chan".



Tags: School , Parody , Surreal Comedy , Teacher , Meta , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Aliens , Shounen , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Robots , Anachronism , Twins , Kuudere , Card Battle , Gods

Pon no Michi

Also known as Pon no Michi.

Studio: OLM , Kodansha , DMM.com , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Good Smile Company , Myrica Music , SUPA LOVE , OLM , SANKYO , Yostar , AQUA ARIS , Bit grooove promotion
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

The anime is set in Hiroshima Prefecture's Onomichi City, where a high school student Nashiko Jippensha was kicked out of her house. Without a place to play with her friends, she learns that the mahjong parlor that her father used to run is now vacant. She fixes the mahjong parlor and turns it into a place where she and her friends can have fun, cook, have tea, and sometimes play mahjong.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Mahjong , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Food , Advertisement , Board Game , CGI

Blue Period

Also known as Blue Period.

Studio: Seven Arcs , DMM music , Kodansha , DMM pictures , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Bit grooove promotion , Netflix
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The studious Yatora leaves a dry life of study and good manners behind for a new passion: painting. But untethering yourself from all your past expectations is dangerous as well as thrilling…



Note: The anime premiered on Netflix on Sep 25, 2021 in Japan. The TV broadcast started on Oct 2, 2021.

Tags: Drawing , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , School , Philosophy , Educational , Seinen , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , Transgender , Urban , Bisexual , Time Skip , LGBTQ+ Themes , Crossdressing , Femboy , Nudity

Paniponi Dash!: Danjite Okonaeba Kishin mo Kore wo Saku

Also known as Pani Poni Dash!: Danjite Okonaeba Kishin mo Kore wo Saku.

Studio: Shaft
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Paniponi Dash! special included in the DVD-Box.

Tags: Meta , Primarily Female Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School , Parody , Female Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Aliens , Twins , Kuudere

Lucky☆Star OVA

Also known as Lucky☆Star OVA.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Kadokawa Shoten , Movic , Bandai Entertainment , KLOCKWORX
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The OVA features six separate stories revolving around the cast, some of which border on the bizarre; one of which is an MMORPG environment being played by Konata, Kagami, Tsukasa, and Nanako Kuroi, and another in which Kagami has a "suggestive" dream about Konata.


Tags: Female Protagonist , Parody , Ensemble Cast , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Female Cast , Meta , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Otaku Culture , School , Virtual World , Magic , Volleyball , Video Games , Twins , Kuudere , Vocal Synth , Shounen