Anime like Ichinichi ni Shite Narazu

Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii

Also known as Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Having slept through all four of her alarms, the energetic Narumi Momose finds herself running late for her first day of work at a new office. As she races to catch her train, she makes a promise to herself that none of her coworkers will find out about her dark secret: that she is an otaku and a fujoshi. Her plan goes instantly awry, though, when she runs into Hirotaka Nifuji, an old friend from middle school. Although she tries to keep her secret by inviting him out for drinks after work, her cover is blown when he casually asks her whether or not she will be attending the upcoming Summer Comiket. Luckily for her, the only witnesses—Hanako Koyanagi and Tarou Kabakura—are otaku as well.

Later that night, the pair go out for drinks so that they can catch up after all the years apart. After Narumi complains about her previous boyfriend breaking up with her because he refused to date a fujoshi, Hirotaka suggests that she try dating a fellow otaku, specifically himself. He makes a solemn promise to always be there for her, to support her, and to help her farm for rare drops in Monster Hunter. Blown away by the proposal, Narumi agrees immediately. Thus the two otaku start dating, and their adorably awkward romance begins.



Tags: Otaku Culture , Primarily Adult Cast , Josei , Office Lady , Female Protagonist , Video Games , Work , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Urban , Kuudere , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Cosplay , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tsundere , Office , Athletics , Tomboy , Bisexual , Classic Literature

Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou.

Also known as Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway.

Studio: project No.9
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

On his way home from drinking his sorrows away after being rejected by his crush, the 26 year old salaryman, Yoshida, finds a high school girl named Sayu sitting on the side of the road. Yoshida is completely drunk out of his mind and ends up letting Sayu stay at his place overnight. Not having the heart to put Sayu out on the streets since she ran away from home, Yoshida allows her to stay at his place... And so began the awkward, irritable, and slightly heartwarming relationship between a runaway high school girl and a salaryman living together.



Tags: Rehabilitation , Coming of Age , Age Gap , Bullying , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Konbini , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Female Harem , Suicide , Estranged Family , Office , Female Protagonist , Office Lady , Ensemble Cast , Adoption , Tsundere , Nudity , Gyaru , Time Skip

Shiguang Dailiren

Also known as Link Click.

Studio: Studio LAN
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

In a corner of a bustling city, there is a small shop called "Time Photo Studio" operating as usual. Although the entrance looks abandoned, it's actually run by two men with special abilities: Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang. In order to fulfil customers' requests, Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi work together and use their special abilities to enter photos. However, things don't go as planned...



Note: The final episode aired with a runtime of ~31 minutes.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Body Swapping , Super Power , Photography , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Crime , Episodic , Urban Fantasy , Memory Manipulation , Urban , Suicide , Family Life , Police , College , Office Lady , School , Basketball , Office

Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken 3rd Season

Also known as That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3.

Studio: 8-bit
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

The third season of Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken.

Rimuru has officially become a Demon Lord after defeating Clayman. Following Walpurgis, the Demon Lords' banquet, Rimuru's domain is expanded to include the entire Great Forest of Jura. Anticipating a flood of representatives from all races showing up to pay their respects, Rimuru decides to throw a festival to commemorate the opening of Tempest, using it as an opportunity to gain new citizens and present Demon Lord Rimuru to the world. Meanwhile, in the Holy Empire of Lubelius, home base of the monster-hating cult of Luminism, Holy Knight Captain Hinata receives a message from Rimuru. But the message is actually a fabricated declaration of war sent by some unknown party. Upon learning that Hinata is heading for Tempest, Rimuru makes a decision... Thus begins a new challenge for Rimuru, striving to distinguish friend from foe in his pursuit of the ideal nation where humans and monsters can prosper together.



Tags: Kingdom Management , Reincarnation , Isekai , Magic , Politics , Super Power , Office , Demons , Ensemble Cast , Dragons , War , Male Protagonist , Shapeshifting , Shounen , Vampire , Agender , Monster Boy , Goblin , Female Harem , Monster Girl , Slavery , Youkai

NEW GAME!

Also known as NEW GAME!.

Studio: Doga Kobo
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Fresh out of high school, 18-year-old Aoba Suzukaze is bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, and ready for her first day of work at her dream job. She’s joining the character design team at Eagle Jump, the company that makes her favorite video games! But the real world of office culture can be a challenge for a total noob. From her awkward first day to her first game’s debut, she’s got a lot of skills to master. Luckily, her charming determination wins over even her quirkiest of coworkers, and before she knows it, Aoba has joined the party!



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Work , Primarily Female Cast , Software Development , Video Games , Office Lady , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Ensemble Cast , Office , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Drawing , LGBTQ+ Themes , Episodic , Tomboy , Tanned Skin , Politics , Tsundere , College , Cosplay

SHIROBAKO

Also known as SHIROBAKO.

Studio: P.A. Works
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

Once upon a time, five girls made an animated film and it was so much fun that they pledged to get jobs in animation so that someday they could make another film together. Now, two years later, Aoi, Shizuka, Ema, Misa and Midori have learned the truth about the anime industry: it's not always fun, it's anything but easy, and having talent isn't always enough to open the right doors.

Which is why Aoi's overwhelmed by her job as a production assistant, Shizuka's waiting on tables between auditions, Midori's currently scriptless, Misa's switched to C.G., and Ema's working long hours as a key animator. Is it what they imagined? No. But are they ready to give up? Not just yet! Sometimes, when things happen in animation, they can happen in the most wonderful ways!



Tags: Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Drawing , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Meta , Otaku Culture , Educational , Office Lady , Primarily Female Cast , Coming of Age , Office , Acting , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Cars , Kuudere , Primarily Teen Cast

Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi

Also known as My Senpai is Annoying.

Studio: Doga Kobo
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Being seen as a full-fledged business woman isn’t easy for Futaba Igarashi when her senpai, Harumi, treats her like a kid. Days for her are never typical, at work or outside of it, with all the antics going on in her life. As mishaps ensue, she’ll find herself growing closer with her loudmouth senpai. Maybe Futaba feels more than she lets on, but one thing’s for sure: she’s still annoyed!



Tags: Office Lady , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Work , Office , Tsundere , Heterosexual , Josei , Tomboy , Age Gap , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Tanned Skin , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Basketball , Video Games , Cosplay

Yesterday wo Utatte

Also known as SING "YESTERDAY" FOR ME.

Studio: Doga Kobo
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

A story of love and humanity, following four boys and girls trying to live their best lives through hardship and turmoil, in a small town on a private rail line just outside of Shinjuku. Minor misunderstandings lead to big complications, and their various feelings become entangled.

A story of daily life lived 49% looking back, 51% looking forward.



Tags: Love Triangle , Coming of Age , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Konbini , Seinen , Unrequited Love , Male Protagonist , Urban , Age Gap , Work , Rehabilitation , Female Protagonist , Teacher , Photography , Office , Tsundere , College , School , Drawing

Koori Zokusei Danshi to Cool na Douryou Joshi

Also known as The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague.

Studio: Zero-G , Liber
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The setting is a workplace where a snowy-white romance blows in like a blizzard.

Himuro is a descendant of yuki-onnas living in modern times and a newbie office worker. When he gets emotionally overwhelmed, he ends up causing blizzards or starts building snowmen and igloos. Whenever his secret romantic feelings for his unique yet kind coworker Fuyutsuki intensify, he sometimes ends up freezing those around him. Then, there's Fuyutsuki. Everyone always sees her as the cool type, but Fuyutsuki is actually also pretty curious about her mysterious coworker, Himuro.

Their relationship continues to gradually evolve daily through work and work events. Eventually, they start to spend time with each other outside of work, but they're both a bit awkward when it comes to love, so they just can't seem to get closer... 

A heartwarming workplace fantasy romcom starring a seemingly cool couple is about to begin!



Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Office Lady , Heterosexual , Iyashikei , Work , Youkai , Kuudere , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Josei , Kemonomimi , Office , Episodic , Tsundere , Age Regression , Shrine Maiden

NEW GAME!!

Also known as NEW GAME!!.

Studio: Doga Kobo
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The second season of New Game!.

Aoba Suzukaze starts another year designing characters at Eagle Jump, and she can’t wait to meet the newbie recruits…if any are hired. But before she can even unlock her senpai status, she finds herself in a lead designer position for the company’s newest game! Following in her manager’s footsteps, Aoba’s gotta get good if she wants her skills to compete with Ko Yagami’s. Working hard alongside some interesting new coworkers, only time will tell if Aoba gets her best ending.



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Work , Video Games , Software Development , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Office , Office Lady , Seinen , LGBTQ+ Themes , Drawing , Otaku Culture , Tomboy , Airsoft , Episodic , Cosplay , Tanned Skin , College

Aggressive Retsuko

Also known as Aggretsuko.

Studio: Fanworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

Some offices have stereotypical dynamics: the chauvinistic pig of a boss who never does any real work; the employees whose goal is to suck up to the boss; the ones whose lives seem perfect; and the individuals who have all the actual work pushed onto them. Retsuko the red panda is in the last group, as she stays late most nights to make up the work her coworkers are too lazy to do themselves.

Her relief from the stress of her everyday life comes in the form of singing death metal at a local karaoke club. Night after night, Retsuko channels her grief into a microphone and considers the place to be her own personal sanctuary. But as she moves further away from her comfort zone and the ideas people have of her, she discovers that letting others into her world of death metal may not be such a bad thing.

Tags: Work , Office Lady , Anthropomorphism , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Female Protagonist , Animals , Metal Music , Chibi , Office , Primarily Animal Cast , Unrequited Love , Flash , Rock Music

Servant x Service

Also known as Servant x Service.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Frustrating, insufficient, and irritating is how most citizens would describe civil servants. However, three new employees are about to discover what really happens behind the scenes. Lucy Yamagami, bent on revenge against the civil servant who allowed her comically long name to be put on her birth certificate; Yutaka Hasebe, an easygoing guy always on the lookout for a place to slack off; and Saya Miyoshi, a nervous first-time worker, are about to experience the underwhelming satisfaction of being government employees.

They are supposed to be trained by Taishi Ichimiya, but he has no idea how to do so, even though he has worked there for eight years. With an incompetent senior colleague and unfavorable confrontations with clients, the trio starts to lose faith in their chosen occupation but encourage each other to do their best.

Tags: Seinen , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Office Lady , Slapstick , Ensemble Cast , Tsundere , Kuudere , Age Gap , Office

Uchi no Kaisha no Chiisai Senpai no Hanashi

Also known as My Tiny Senpai.

Studio: project No.9
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

When Shinozaki started his new job, he never expected his superior to be so…cute!? He was struggling to learn the ropes until Katase, his adorably tiny and kind senpai, took him under her wing. She goes above and beyond to ensure Shinozaki feels comfortable—even rubbing his shoulders when he’s tense. But as they grow closer, Shinozaki hopes her devoted attention might mean something more.



Tags: Work , Heterosexual , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Office Lady , Male Protagonist , Iyashikei , Nekomimi , Chibi , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Cosplay , Drawing , Office

Fune wo Amu

Also known as The Great Passage.

Studio: ZEXCS
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

The series follows the employees at the Genbu Shobou publishing company. Araki, who is a veteran editor for the dictionary department, is looking for a successor now that he's approaching retirement age. After Majime Mitsuya — a salesman who's a poor talker — meets Masashi Nishioka — Araki's coworker who is sociable and frivolous — Araki overhears their conversation and decides to recruit Majime into the department. The story follows "the awkward humans" Majime and Masashi as they work together to compile a medium-sized Japanese dictionary titled "The Great Passage" (Daitokai).



Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Writing , Male Protagonist , Time Skip , Philosophy , Coming of Age , Educational , Office Lady , Heterosexual , Office , Marriage , Meta

Aggressive Retsuko Season 2

Also known as Aggretsuko: Season 2.

Studio: Fanworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

Red panda Retsuko continues to work at her cyclic office job, with the occasional stress-venting via death metal karaoke on the side. With the company of her newfound friends Gori and Washimi, life is more enjoyable than ever before. But some new shake-ups to her status quo threaten to add more stress to her life. At the office, new employee Anai seems like a fine addition to the company. Yet when Retsuko is placed in charge of his training, she finds that beneath his steadfast dedication, he may pose a threat to the stability of the workplace. Meanwhile, at home, Retsuko's mother pays an abrupt visit, fully intent on having her daughter finally settle down and find a man. With this in mind, she sets Retsuko up for various marriage appointments, much to her chagrin.

Now, Retsuko finds all the more reasons to head to the karaoke bar and unleash her furious diatribes. However, knowing that this will not truly solve her problems, she decides to make a more spontaneous choice to avoid her issues. And so, Retsuko finds herself set upon another self-reflecting journey, coming to learn more about herself and love, with the ever cathartic support of death metal karaoke.

Tags: Work , Female Protagonist , Anthropomorphism , Animals , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Metal Music , Chibi , Office Lady , Office , Coming of Age , Musical Theater , Love Triangle , Primarily Animal Cast , Unrequited Love , Heterosexual , Flash

Ryman's Club

Also known as Salaryman's Club.

Studio: LIDENFILMS
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

The story centers on Mikoto Shiratori, a childhood prodigy at badminton, but who never recovered from a major loss during a high school competition. Now, he works in the sales department of the Sunlight Beverage company, playing badminton on the side.



Tags: Badminton , Work , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Disability , Office

30-sai made Doutei da to Mahou Tsukai ni Nareru Rashii

Also known as Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!.

Studio: Satelight
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Adachi's 30th birthday as a virgin came with the oddest gift—the ability to read the mind of anyone he touches. Pondering what to do with this mysterious power, he gets a lead when he accidentally reads his colleague Kurosawa's mind. Turns out the handsome hotshot of the sales team has got a thing for him! How will Adachi respond to overhearing these affectionate thoughts?



Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Work , LGBTQ+ Themes , Office , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Josei , Bisexual , Magic , Fitness , Urban , Urban Fantasy , Age Gap , Chibi , Travel , Unrequited Love , Dancing , Marriage , Writing , Office Lady , Motorcycles

Atarashii Joushi wa Dotennen

Also known as My New Boss is Goofy.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

After his power-tripping boss broke his spirit and his health, Momose leaves his job for a new job in sales at an advertising agency. However, on the very first day of his new job, Momose is unable to move due to a stomachache caused by his past traumas. "What should I do if my new boss also abuses his power?"

That's when his new boss, Shirosaki, takes him out to see clients. Just what exactly is Shirosaki going to do...?!



Tags: Iyashikei , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Work , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Slapstick , Shoujo , Office , Bisexual , Boys' Love , Chibi

Aggressive Retsuko

Studio: Fanworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

The show centers on Retsuko, a 25-year old red panda who works in her dream company's accounting department. But it turns out that she is forced to keep doing more and more impossible tasks by her superiors and co-workers. She doesn't talk back to them, but she still has to let off steam, so she ends up going to karaoke by herself and singing death metal.



Tags: Episodic , Work , Office Lady , Primarily Adult Cast , Animals , Chibi , Female Protagonist , Metal Music , Satire , Anthropomorphism , Primarily Animal Cast , Office , Flash

Chuukan Kanriroku Tonegawa

Also known as Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues.

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Psychological

Teiai Group is one of Japan's largest firms. Yukio Tonegawa, a man with a larger-than-life presence and sharp intellect, works as the right-hand man of Chairman Kazutaka Hyodo. One day, the chairman commands Tonegawa to spearhead "Game of Death," an evil project that employs debtors. He rallies his direct reports and scrambles to form Team Tonegawa, only to encounter a barrage of challenges from the erratic chairman and his disloyal employees, ultimately leading to his demotion.

Team Tonegawa is bombarded with an onslaught of wide-ranging problems! "Mr. Tonegawa - Middle Management Blues -" is a spinoff of "Kaiji," the hit manga series that boasts a total circulation of over 20 million printed copies.



Note: Episode 14-15, parts of 18, and parts of 20-23 of this entry adapts the Kaiji spin-off manga Ichinichi Gaishutsuroku Hanchou.

Tags: Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Parody , Seinen , Office , Food , Episodic , Bowling , Slavery , Mahjong , Card Battle , Pandemic