Anime like Konohana Kitan

Urara Meirochou

Also known as Urara Meirocho.

Studio: J.C. Staff , TBS , Magic Capsule , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

The story is set in Meiro-chou, a town where all-female diviners (uranaishi) live and where girls from all over the country yearn to become the top diviner — "Urara." Today, a solitary girl named Chiya enters the town's gates. However, she has another purpose coming here, besides becoming the Urara. Chiya's days as an apprentice diviner begin as she meets three friends — the earnest Kon, Koume who is a fan of Western culture, and the shy Nono.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , Gods , Witch , Magic , Mythology , Youkai , Historical , Seinen , Kemonomimi

Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san

Also known as The Helpful Fox Senko-san.

Studio: Doga Kobo , Madman Entertainment , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Sometimes the cure to a hard day’s work is the tender love and care of…a fox girl?! Salaryman Nakano’s stressful life is suddenly intruded upon by the fox, Senko-san, who is eager to help him heal his exhaustion. Whether she’s cooking, cleaning, or finding other ways to care for Nakano, she’s there to take away his stress!



Tags: Kemonomimi , Youkai , Iyashikei , Gods , Male Protagonist , Maids , Urban , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Food , Software Development , Monster Girl , Video Games

Hanasaku Iroha

Also known as Hanasaku Iroha ~Blossoms for Tomorrow~.

Studio: Bandai Visual , Yomiuri TV , Lantis , P.A. Works , Pony Canyon , NIS America Inc. , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

After her single mother decides to run off with a boyfriend to dodge debt collectors, the young and energetic Ohana is sent to live with her grandmother. However, her grandmother is the strict owner of a hot springs inn and requires her to work at the inn to pay for her living expenses. Although Ohana is unhappy about this situation at first, she decides to make the best of her situation and work hard. Ohana's life is suddenly filled with fun, mischief, and drama!

Tags: Work , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Rural , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Family Life , Primarily Female Cast , Inn , School , Love Triangle , Writing , Trains , Crossdressing

Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka?

Also known as Is the Order a Rabbit?.

Studio: White Fox , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Ray , Sotsu , Houbunsha , Frontier Works , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Coming to a new town to start high school can be intimidating, and that's especially true for Cocoa, who can't find the place she's supposed to be staying when she arrives. When she stops at a cafe to ask for directions, however, it turns out that she's already where she needs to be! You see, the Rabbit House is both a restaurant and a boarding house, and Cocoa will be working there along with the owner's granddaughter, Chino and the strangely military-obsessed Rize. It's a great place to work, business is hopping, and Cocoa's fits right in with her new coworkers, as well as the girls from two other rival cafes. Still, there is something just a little odd about the Rabbit House. Besides the fact that Rize usually carries a Glock and a knife hidden on her, there's also a mystery involving the shop's pet rabbit, Tippy. And then there are those girls who sometimes seem to be able to communicate without talking…



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Work , Maids , Foreign , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Tsundere , Kuudere , Episodic

ARIA The ANIMATION

Also known as ARIA The ANIMATION.

Studio: Hal Film Maker , The Right Stuf International
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Drift peacefully into Neo Venezia, a city on the planet Aqua (formerly known as Mars). By the 24th century, humans have found a way to colonize the previously uninhabitable planet. As futuristic as that sounds, Neo Venezia is still teeming with rustic beauty; gondolas on wide canals and waterways are the main mode of transportation. The city itself is a faithful replication of Manhome's (the planet formerly known as Earth) Venice.

To make sure that residents and tourists alike get the most from Neo Venezia's many wonders, companies offering guided tours via gondola were formed, one of which is named Aria Company.

This is the workplace of Akari Mizunashi, a free spirited teenager from Manhome who is now a novice Undine (the title given to tour guides). Join Akari as she becomes intimately acquainted with other Undine, tourists, Neo Venezia's residents, and even the city itself, learning many valuable life lessons along the way, such as the wonderful truth that there are such things as manmade miracles.

Tags: Iyashikei , Ships , Work , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Foreign , Urban Fantasy , Episodic , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Urban , Space , Time Manipulation , Animals , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , Kuudere , Chibi , Tanned Skin

Kemono Friends

Also known as Kemono Friends.

Studio: Yaoyorozu , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

The anime's story takes place in Japari Park, a "gigantic integrated zoo." In the zoo, due to the mysterious "sand star" substance, the animals start turning into human-shaped creatures called Animal Girls. Japari Park is a place where many people visit and have fun at, but one day a lost child wanders into the park. The lost child starts a journey to return, but because so many Animal Girls join in on the quest it becomes an unexpected grand adventure.



Tags: Kemonomimi , Full CGI , Post-Apocalyptic , Primarily Female Cast , Animals , Iyashikei , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Educational , CGI , Female Protagonist , Kids , Desert , Idol , Lost Civilization , Travel

Hakumei to Mikochi

Also known as Hakumei and Mikochi.

Studio: Lerche
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

Nine centimeters (3.5 inches) tall, the tiny girls Hakumei and Mikochi live in the forest. Living in a tiny house in a tree, riding insects and birds, and making umbrellas out of leaves, these tiny girls live a tiny life. Follow their tiny but lovely lives as they live their day to day in a fantastic world of tiny people and gods.



Tags: Iyashikei , Chibi , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Work , Primarily Female Cast , Episodic , Outdoor , Food , Animals , Seinen , Elf , Anthropomorphism , Skeleton

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou

Also known as Yokohama Shopping Log.

Studio: Aniplex , Ajiado , Sony Music Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

This is not so much a story as it is a slice of life. Or rather, it is a look into portions of the life of a girl named Alpha, together with the people around her. Alpha runs a little cafe on the outskirts of Yokohama. There are almost no customers, but Alpha does not mind at all since she has the occasional company of the old man who runs the gasoline stand down the road, as well as that of his grandson Takahiro. This is a Yokohama of the future, when the sea covers most of the land and roads have disappeared under sand or water. Alpha is in fact a robot, looking after the cafe during her owner's indefinite leave of absence.



Tags: Iyashikei , Rural , Robots , Post-Apocalyptic , Female Protagonist , Photography , Lost Civilization , Coastal , Mopeds , Philosophy , Seinen , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes

Prima Doll

Also known as Prima Doll.

Studio: Bibury Animation Studios , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Visual Arts , JR Higashi Nihon Kikaku , MAGNET , Pia , BS Asahi , TOKYO MX , AQUA ARIS
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Café “Kuronekotei” boasts an unusual roster of employees. A group of automata, or autonomous mechanical dolls, serve their patrons with a smile, but they weren’t always so suited to domestic life. Just a few years prior, automata served as weapons in the great war, fulfilling the bloody purpose for which they were created. Now that the war has ended, these machines with human hearts search for their place in an unfamiliar, peaceful world — and their search begins at the Kuronekotei café.



Note: Prima Doll was streamed 5 days in advance of the TV broadcast on ABEMA beginning July 3, 2022. Regular broadcasting began on July 9, 2022.

Tags: Tragedy , Robots , Female Protagonist , Amnesia , Artificial Intelligence , Primarily Female Cast , Work , War , Found Family , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Musical Theater , Memory Manipulation , Military , Steampunk , CGI , Time Skip

Flying Witch

Also known as Flying Witch.

Studio: J.C. Staff , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Supernatural

Traditionally, when a witch turns 15, she's supposed to go out into the world alone to study magic. Makoto's parents, however, believe that their directionally-challenged daughter should get a high school degree. Instead of being sent out on her own, Makoto and her cat Chito find themselves traveling from the bustling city of Yokohama to Aomori Prefecture, where they'll stay with relatives until Makoto finishes school. It's going to be a big adjustment, and it only gets more complicated since "normal" people aren't supposed to know that witches exist… something that she tends to forget.



Tags: Iyashikei , Witch , Rural , Female Protagonist , Magic , Family Life , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Female Cast , Agriculture , Primarily Teen Cast , Tanned Skin , Ghost , Shounen