Anime like Hidamari Sketch x SP

What is Hidamari Sketch x SP about?

Studio: Shaft
Status: Finished

Even though studying at a prestigious art school like Yamabuki is hard work, the girls who live at the Hidamari Apartments always manage to squeeze in time for a little fun and exploration. And when they actually get a day off? Watch out world! Yuno, Sae, Hiro, Miyako and new students Nori and Nazuna return to create another masterpiece of life as art, with all new adventures that include swimming, pajama parties, trips to the art museum and even an all-you-can-eat diner courtesy of the landlady! Of course, there’s always a little housework that has to be squeezed in, but with a pinch of resourcefulness and a dash of creativity, even the most onerous of chores can be turned into something magical.

Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Iyashikei , Seinen , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Drawing , School , Swimming

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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

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YouTube

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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 , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Educational , Seinen , Philosophy , School Club , Urban , Transgender , Time Skip , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Crossdressing , Femboy , Nudity

Where to watch?

Netflix

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Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan

Also known as My Deer Friend Nokotan.

Studio: Twin Engine , WIT STUDIO , Dentsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Koshi Torako has everyone fooled. Her classmates see her as the perfect honor student, unaware of her secret delinquent past. But her new picturesque school life is thrown into chaos when she bumps into Shikanoko Noko, a girl with antlers! Mayhem seems to follow this strange doe-eyed girl. Who, or what, is she?

Note: Each episode streamed 4 days early on some streaming services. The original TV broadcast started on June 7th, 2024.

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Animals , Slapstick , Meta , Female Protagonist , School Club , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School , Satire , Primarily Female Cast , Parody , Episodic , Urban Fantasy , Tsundere , Unrequited Love , CGI , Delinquents , Monster Girl , Horticulture , Shounen , Chibi , Agriculture , Gods , Yandere , Anthropomorphism , Time Loop , Guns , LGBTQ+ Themes

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