Anime like Kurage no Shokudou

Deji Meets Girl

Also known as Deiji Meets Girl.

Studio: LIDENFILMS , Studio Mausu , Avex Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Supernatural

Maise is stuck spending the summer after her first-year of high school helping out at her family’s hotel in the sleepy seaside town, but things become a little less sleepy once Ichirou, a mysterious young man, checks into the hotel. It seems as if only Maise and Ichirou can see the strange, sudden apparitions: the hotel lobby and the room transforming into an aquarium, a giant tree erupting from the floor or the rowdy monsters laying claim to the hotel restaurant. Maise vows to figure out not just what’s causing these odd occurrences but why Ichirou has come to this remote town in the first place.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Rural , Iyashikei , Heterosexual , Inn , Urban Fantasy , Coastal

Colorful

Also known as Colorful ~ The Motion Picture.

Studio: Sunrise , Aniplex , Sentai Filmworks , Ascension , Sony Music Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life , Supernatural

"I" died and was kicked out of the cycle of reincarnation because of the sin "I" committed. An angel told me that "I" won a lottery and he gave me a chance to remember the sin. My spirit possessed the body of the 14-year-old boy Makoto, who committed suicide and "I" tried to recollect my memory. "I" felt distressed by the terrible circumstances of Makoto and the fact that "I" was borrowing his body. "I" have started to realize that people are hurting each other because the world is too colorful to distinguish the true color of themselves from others.

Based on an award-winning first person narrative novel by Mori Eto. The movie won several awards in Japan.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Suicide , Philosophy , Reincarnation , Rehabilitation , Family Life , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , School , Afterlife , Bullying , Drawing

3-gatsu no Lion

Also known as March comes in like a lion.

Studio: Shaft , Aniplex
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Rei Kiriyama is a 17 year old boy who recently started living alone, financed by his salary as a professional Shogi player. Despite his independence, however, he's yet to mature emotionally, and his problems continue to haunt him in his daily life. His relationship with his adoptive family is strained, and he has difficulties interacting with his fellow high school students.

Meanwhile, his professional career in Shogi has entered a slump. Burdened with the heavy expectations placed upon him, his wins and losses are fluctuating as his record and progression into the ranks begin to stagnate.

Acquainted with Rei are the three Kawamoto sisters: Akari, Hinata, and Momo. Unlike Rei, they live happily in their modest home, which they warmly welcome Rei into as if he were one of their own. He frequently visits the family, interacting with them and receiving the kind of care and affection he never quite had while under his foster home.
This is the story of Rei's triumphs and failures, relationships new and old, and his growth as a person.



Tags: Coming of Age , Rehabilitation , Shogi , Seinen , Found Family , Family Life , Board Game , Estranged Family , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Tragedy , Bullying , Primarily Adult Cast , Food , Trains

NegaPosi Angler

Also known as Negative Positive Angler.

Studio: NUT , KADOKAWA , bilibili , Tencent , AT-X
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life , Sports

The anime's story centers on Tsunehiro Sasaki, a university student with a large debt and is told by his doctor that he only has two years left to live. Living the rest of his days in depression, Tsunehiro one day gets chased by a debt collector and falls into the sea. He is rescued by Hana, a girl who loves fishing, and her fishing friends including Takaaki.
Hana urges Tsunehiro to experience fishing for the first time in his life and he starts to develop friendship with other fishing enthusiasts. Things start looking up for Tsunehiro as he starts working at the convenience store where Hana and Takaaki work, and he slowly gets hooked into fishing.



Tags: Fishing , Rehabilitation , Found Family , Konbini , Outdoor Activities , Male Protagonist , Iyashikei , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Hikikomori , Work , Estranged Family , Educational , Food , Gambling , Ships , Homeless , Bisexual , Suicide , Chibi , Fugitive , Primarily Male Cast , Natural Disaster , Economics , Yuri , Cosplay , College

Golden Time

Also known as Golden Time.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Genco , Starchild Records , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Due to a tragic accident, Banri Tada is struck with amnesia, dissolving the memories of his hometown and past. However, after befriending Mitsuo Yanagisawa, he decides to move on and begin a new life at law school in Tokyo. But just as he is beginning to adjust to his college life, the beautiful Kouko Kaga dramatically barges into Banri's life, and their chance meeting marks the beginning of an unforgettable year.

After having a glimpse of college life, Banri learns that he is in a new place and a new world—a place where he can be reborn, to have new friends, fall in love, makes mistakes and grow. And as he begins to discover who he was, the path he has chosen leads him towards a blindingly bright life that he will never want to forget.

Tags: Amnesia , Memory Manipulation , College , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Ghost , Female Protagonist , Yandere , Dissociative Identities , School Club , Cult

WAVE!! Surfing Yappe!! (TV)

Also known as WAVE!! -Let's go surfing!!- (TV).

Studio: Asahi Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Sports

Set in the city of Ooarai in Ibaraki prefecture, and centers on Masaki Hinaoka, who befriends transfer student Shou Akitsuki before the summer break, and ends up getting hooked on surfing. Through the sport, Masaki will get to know new friends, and will also drift apart from them in his journey to adulthood.



Tags: Surfing , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Tragedy , CGI , Tanned Skin , Coming of Age , School , Foreign , Coastal , Otaku Culture , Family Life , Time Skip , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things

Melody

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

A short in which a young anthropomorphic rabbit tries to overcome the loss of his mother.

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