Anime like Kuruneko

Chi's Sweet Home

Studio: MADHOUSE , TV Tokyo , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

A grey and white kitten with black stripes wanders away from her mother and siblings one day while enjoying a walk outside. Lost in her surroundings, the kitten struggles to find her family and instead is found by a young boy, Youhei, and his mother. They take the kitten home, but pets are not allowed in their housing complex, so they try to find a new home for the kitten. This proves to be difficult, and the family eventually decides to keep the kitten, naming her "Chi".



Tags: Iyashikei , Animals , Family Life , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Primarily Animal Cast

Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki

Also known as Poyopoyo.

Studio: Studio DEEN , DAX Production , Dream Creation , Möbius Tone
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Moe Sato is a young lady who finds a cat and starts taking care of him. Named Poyo due to his round shape, he quickly becomes a dear member of the Sato family.



Tags: Chibi , Surreal Comedy , Animals , Episodic , Family Life , Rural , Seinen

Neko nanka Yondemo Konai.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

The series focuses on a professional boxer who chooses to become a manga artist after sustaining an injury. The man takes in two cats: Kuro, who is very timid, and her younger sister Chin.



Tags: Animals , Family Life , Seinen , Male Protagonist

Ore, Tsushima

Also known as I, Tsushima.

Studio: Fanworks , Space Neko Company , Asmik Ace
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The story centers on a woman who is getting on in years, but all her cats think she's a man so they call her Ojii-chan. One day a brazen cat named Tsushima appears in Ojii-chan's yard.

Tags: Animals , Surreal Comedy , Elderly Protagonist , CGI , Urban , Family Life , Female Protagonist

Ore, Tsushima (ONA)

Also known as I, Tsushima (ONA).

Studio: Asmik Ace , AQUA ARIS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Web anime of Ore, Tsuhima that is concurrently released during the TV shorts' broadcast, streamed on the Asmik Ace YouTube Channel.

One day, “Ojiichan(woman)” who likes cats meets a talking(?) cat on the street!
The name of the brazen cat who was originally a stray cat is “Tsushima.” “Zun,” Ojiichan’s house cat, “Chaa,” who’s spoiled and cowardly, and “Osamu,” a self-centered gangster cat have already been living in Ojiichan’s house, and Tsushima now lives together with them in peace. Wanna take a look at the wild life of Tsushima and Ojiichan that’s filled with love for cats?



Tags: Animals , Chibi , Surreal Comedy , Urban , Family Life , Female Protagonist , Elderly Protagonist

Yoru wa Neko to Issho

Also known as Nights with a Cat.

Studio: Studio PuYUKAI , KADOKAWA
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

When Fuuta comes home tired at night, all he wants to do is spend time with his new cat. All the mysterious habits and mannerisms of house cats are carefully reproduced in this relaxed and cute comedy about living with an adorable furball!



Tags: Iyashikei , Episodic , Animals , Family Life , Male Protagonist

Inu to Neko Docchi mo Katteru to Mainichi Tanoshii

Also known as With a Dog AND a Cat, Every Day is Fun.

Studio: Team Till Dawn
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

A hard-working way-too-cute dog and a scary-faced but lovable cat. Living with them makes every day fun. Their owner's days are filled with laughter and sentiment. Are you a cat-lover? A dog-lover? Or both? This anime is a present for the people out there who love both dogs and cats so much they can't choose.



Tags: Animals , Family Life , Female Protagonist , Tsundere , Iyashikei , Shoujo

Psycho Nyanya

Studio: LICO
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Nyanya is a psychotic orange cat with only one thing in mind: escape! Determined to keep his owner Young-Sook from getting him neutered, he concocts one crazy scheme after another in hopes of liberating himself from her apartment and finding a cute female cat to be his girlfriend. Willing to do anything to save his nads, the big-headed cat terrorizes Young-Sook night and day. But no matter how much annoyance, abuse, and property damage she's forced to endure, Nyanya will always be her beloved pet - for better or worse!

Tags: Animals

Nyanbo!

Also known as Nyanbo!.

Studio: Shirogumi
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The "Nyanbo" are creatures with square bodies with ears and tails that came to Earth from outer space. There's Tora, who dreams of repairing their broken UFO and returning to space, as well as his sister Kotora, the precocious Shiro, the mischievous Mike, the mysterious Kuro, and many more. All of these Nyanbos are now happily living much like cats, free-spirited and sometimes getting into trouble, in places that humans don't know about.



Tags: Kids , Full CGI , Animals , Love Triangle , Mixed Media , Primarily Animal Cast , Anthropomorphism

Mameneko

Studio: Charaction
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

The daily life of a household that has two cats: Azuki and Daizu. Azuki and Daizu belong to an office worker in her 30s who loves cats. The owner lives with her father, mother, grandfather, and older brother, the latter of whom the cats call "Megane" (Glasses). Megane adopted a Shiba Inu dog named Mamenosuke after Mamenosuke's owner died. Mamenosuke grew up around cats so he actually thinks of himself as a cat.



Tags: Family Life , Animals