Anime like K-ON!!: Keikaku!

K-ON! Movie

Also known as K-ON!: The Movie.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Pony Canyon , Sentai Filmworks , Animation Do
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

With graduation right around the corner, every member of the Light Music Club except for Azusa will be leaving for good. But the girls aren’t going to let something as silly as graduation tear them apart! For their final hurrah, the girls are going on the ultimate vacation tour— all the way to London! Their overseas journey will lead them on a trip of discovery and friendship as they take the stage one last time for their final encore together.



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , Band , Foreign , Coming of Age , School Club , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Travel , Rock Music , Seinen , Tomboy , Language Barrier , Iyashikei , School , Ensemble Cast

Bocchi the Rock!

Also known as BOCCHI THE ROCK!.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex , Houbunsha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

Hitori Gotou, “Bocchi-chan,” is a girl who’s so introverted and shy around people that she’d always start her conversations with “Ah...”

During her middle school years, she started playing the guitar, wanting to join a band because she thought it could be an opportunity for even someone shy like her to also shine. But because she had no friends, she ended up practicing guitar for six hours every day all by herself. After becoming a skilled guitar player, she uploaded videos of herself playing the guitar to the internet under the name “Guitar Hero” and fantasized about performing at her school’s cultural festival concert. But not only could she not find any bandmates, before she knew it, she was in high school and still wasn’t able to make a single friend!

She was really close to becoming a shut-in, but one day, Nijika Ijichi, the drummer in Kessoku Band, reached out to her. And because of that, her everyday life started to change little by little...



Tags: Band , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Coming of Age , Hikikomori , Rock Music , Rehabilitation , Surreal Comedy , Meta , Slapstick , Work , School , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Rotoscoping , Chibi

Kobayashi-san Chi no Maidragon S: Mini Dra

Also known as Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S: Miniature Dragon.

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

Short animations streamed on Kyoto Animation's YouTube channel in the lead up to the July 7 premiere of the second season.



Note: This entry's total count includes episodes 1-13 + the 3 SP episodes that released during the second season's run.

Tags: Episodic , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Dragons , Maids , Monster Girl , Yuri , Chibi , Family Life , Urban , Urban Fantasy , Video Games , Magic , CGI , Cosplay , Office Lady , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Isekai , Ensemble Cast , Swimming

BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!

Also known as BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!.

Studio: SANZIGEN , Bushiroad , Ultra Super Pictures , Horipro , Good Smile Company , TOKYO MX
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Slice of Life

The best way to fit in at a new school? Start a band! Anon has just transferred to Haneoka Girls’ Academy where girl bands are all the rage. But she started school late, so there aren’t many girls left to recruit. Then she meets her first friend and Haneoka’s misfit, Tomori, who’s hesitant to join. Still, Anon is determined to persuade Tomori and experience the true power of friendship and music.



Tags: Band , Female Protagonist , Rock Music , Full CGI , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Disability , School , Found Family , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Yuri , Kuudere , POV , Ojou-sama

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 , Food , Primarily Teen Cast , Advertisement , CGI , Board Game

Yuru Camp△ SEASON 3

Also known as Laid-Back Camp Season 3.

Studio: 8-bit , FuRyu , Houbunsha , AT-X , BS11 , MAGES. , KLOCKWORX , Sony Music Solutions , enish , 8-bit , Sotsu , 81 Produce
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Within the narrow walls of the Outdoor Activities Club room, the few but lively members carry on the camping spirit as they have fun with DIY club experiments. Exciting experiences such as these have brought Nadeshiko Kagamihara deep into the world of camping, making her want to once again go on a solo trip. However, other plans come first, as Ayano Toki and Rin Shima invite Nadeshiko to camp near Ooi River. Eager to go on their first journey together, the girls set off to forge precious memories that will stick with their hearts for years to come.

Tags: Outdoor , Iyashikei , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Travel , School Club , Food , Seinen , Educational , Mopeds , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Motorcycles , CGI , Time Manipulation

Hibike! Euphonium 3

Also known as Sound! Euphonium 3.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Kyoto Animation , Pony Canyon , Bandai Namco Music Live , Rakuonsha , ABC Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Slice of Life

The third season of Hibike! Euphonium.

Kumiko's third year finally begins! With the concert band at Kitauji High School over 90 members, Kumiko is now the president and does her best with her final high school club activities to try to win her long-desired gold at nationals.



Tags: Female Protagonist , School Club , Band , Coming of Age , Classical Music , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Bisexual , Yuri , School , Time Skip , LGBTQ+ Themes

Sasayaku You ni Koi wo Utau

Also known as Whisper Me a Love Song.

Studio: CLOUDHEARTS , Yokohama Animation Lab , Ichijinsha , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance

After performing a song at her school’s opening ceremony, musician Yori Asanagi receives an apparent love confession from freshman Himari Kino. But just as Yori decides she wants to return Himari’s feelings, Himari reveals that she did not “love” her, but “admires” her! But you can’t unring a bell once struck, and Yori is determined to make Himari fall for her, not just her music. Will their hearts ever beat as one, or will their love fall out of tune?



Tags: Yuri , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Band , School , Love Triangle , School Club , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Coming of Age , Aromantic , CGI

Na-Nare Hana-Nare

Also known as Narenare -Cheer for you!-.

Studio: P.A. Works , DMM.com , TV Tokyo , NetEase Games , AmiAmi , P.A. Works
Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Misora Kanata is a first-year student on the Takanosaki High School cheerleading team. She won a national championship in middle school, but can’t jump after a mistake in a competition. She befriends Suzuha, Shion, Anna, Nodoka, and Megumi to form the PoMPoMs. Their new team goes beyond cheerleading to reach the hearts of the people they cheer on. They might just change the world!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Cheerleading , Primarily Teen Cast , Acrobatics , Rehabilitation , Disability , Parkour , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Iyashikei , CGI , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Lacrosse

Non Non Biyori: Okinawa e Ikukoto ni Natta

Studio: Media Factory , SILVER LINK.
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Suguru wins some tickets to Okinawa in a shopping mall lottery, so the whole gang plan to go on a trip there. To prepare for the trip, the girls practise being on an aeroplane and go to a convenience store to buy some travel things. Meanwhile, Renge is very thoughtful about how the trip may change her view on the world, spending the evening before the trip giving her farewells to the countryside. The next day, everyone sets off on their flight to Okinawa...

Note: An unaired episode bundled with the seventh volume of the manga.

Tags: Iyashikei , Rural , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Seinen , School , CGI , Kuudere