Anime like Kyouran Kazoku Nikki

What is Kyouran Kazoku Nikki about?

Studio: Nomad
Status: Finished

Midarezaki Ouka is used to having strange things happen to him -after all, he is the head of the Great Japanese Empire Paranormal Phenomena Bureau of Measures. But when he catches a small cat girl in the shopping district stealing apples, his whole life rearranges to fit a new operation...

OPERATION COZY FAMILY.

Thousands of years ago, Enka the God of Destruction, was killed. However, with a dying breath it claimed that its child would appear and destroy humanity. Now in futuristic Japan, all of the potential children of Enka have been found and placed into a haphazard family.

Teika the lion, Gekka the jellyfish, Yuuka the oni, Ginka the cross-dressing mafia son, and Hyouka the bioweapon--along with their parents Ouka and Kyouka (the ruler of a demon underworld)--all live under one roof in a family frenzy.

Tags: Found Family , Family Life , Animals , Nekomimi , Yakuza , Bullying , Shapeshifting , Anthropomorphism , Aliens , Crossdressing

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Sekai Seifuku: Bouryaku no Zvezda

Also known as World Conquest Zvezda Plot.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Aniplex , Ichijinsha , Movic , Dentsu , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Notes
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

What does it take to conquer the world?! Every leader of the past has thought of it... but all they have done was to merely dream of its greatness. World domination... nobody has been able to achieve it. Until one little girl by the name of Kate Hoshimiya came along. Kate Hoshimiya will shock the world! How was she able to carry out such a magnificent stunt? So frightful! So glorious! Could this be... the Zvezda Plot?! Let the light of our great Zvezda shine upon this land far and wide!

Tags: Tokusatsu , Surreal Comedy , Swordplay , Super Power , Parody , Homeless , Heterosexual , Robots , Chuunibyou , School , Lost Civilization , Kaiju , Post-Apocalyptic

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Macademi WAsshoi!

Studio: Media Factory , ZEXCS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance , Supernatural

Magician's Academy revolves around Takuto Hasegawa, who attends a magic academy that is not marked on any map. During a summoning spell exam, he accidentally creates a girl named Tanarot, who happens to hold enough magical power to destroy his country, but fortunately Tanarot professes undying loyalty to her "creator."

Tags: Magic , Female Harem , Male Protagonist , Nudity , School , Kemonomimi , Demons , Time Manipulation , Meta , Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes

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Yoshinaga-sanchi no Gargoyle

Also known as Gargoyle of Yoshinaga House.

Studio: Studio Hibari , Sentai Filmworks , Trinet Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

Based on the novel by Taguchi Sennendou.

Winning the lottery can completely change a person’s life, as Futaba soon discovers. Instead of amassing an instant fortune, however, she obtains a stone gargoyle who proclaims itself the gatekeeper of the Yoshinaga household.

Tags: Family Life , Magic , Ensemble Cast

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HIDIVE

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Hayate no Gotoku!

Also known as Hayate the Combat Butler.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , SynergySP , Studio Tulip , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Romance

Hayate Ayasaki's life wasn't great, but when he loses the job he used to support his good-for-nothing family, and his deadbeat parents sell him to the Yakuza for cash, it really hits rock bottom! Faced with having to pay off the huge debt before he's converted into black market organ parts, a desperate Hayate decides to kidnap oddball heiress Nagi Sanzenin for ransom... but when even that goes wrong and he accidentally ends up rescuing Nagi from other kidnappers, it turns out that Hayate is the bodyguard that Nagi has been looking for! So now he's the Sanzenin family's butler, and… maybe… it might be the start of a potential romantic relationship… assuming Hayate can survive the on-the-job training, of course.

Tags: Parody , Meta , Butler , Shounen , Otaku Culture , Male Protagonist , Female Harem , Maids , Crossdressing , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Orphan , Kuudere , Tomboy , Tsundere , Age Gap , Memory Manipulation

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Seto no Hanayome

Also known as My Bride is a Mermaid.

Studio: GONZO , AIC , Square Enix , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Michishio Nagasumi's life couldn't be any more normal. In an odd twist of events, during his summer vacation he ends up almost drowning in the sea. Luckily, the cute mermaid Seto San appears to save him. However, San is from a yakuza mermaid family and according to their law, if a human is to catch sight of a mermaid, either he or the mermaid must die. The only other way is for Nagasumi to be taken in as a family member, marrying San. In attempts to save both of their lives, Nagasumi asks for San's hand in marriage. Nagasumi's summer vacation reaped more then what he would expect, as he must now protect San from others finding her secret out.

Tags: Parody , Mermaid , Male Protagonist , School , Gangs , Yakuza , Heterosexual , Chibi , Slapstick , Idol , Female Harem , Shounen , Ensemble Cast

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Hulu

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Chikyuu Bouei Kazoku

Also known as The Daichis - Earth's Defense Family.

Studio: Bandai Visual , Group TAC
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sci-Fi

The Daichis are a family in danger of tearing itself apart. Dissatisfied and money obsessed mom Seiko has served wimpy and otaku dad Mamoru with divorce papers. Daughter Nozomi who has always been saddled with all the housework, feels pained that everyone is using her. The youngest albeit most foul mouthed, Dai is forced to watch all this as everything is going to pieces. However when the Galaxy Federation recruits the Daichis to combat alien threats to the wellbeing of the Earth, it will be a chance for the family to save the world and maybe themselves.

Tags: Superhero , Aliens , Family Life , Ensemble Cast , Henshin , Super Robot , Tokusatsu

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Tubi TV

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Kaminaki Sekai no Kamisama Katsudou

Also known as KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World.

Studio: Studio Palette , KADOKAWA , MAGNET , Bandai Namco Music Live , BS Nittele , HERO'S , Kansai TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Ecchi , Fantasy

As heir to a cult leader, Yukito centers his life around the mysterious goddess Mitama. But everything changes after he’s killed during a ritual gone wrong. To his surprise, Yukito is reborn into a world with no concept of god! And in this world, life and death are decided by the Imperial State. As Yukito fights to protect his new village, someone from his past life lends a helping hand.

Tags: Gods , Cult , Religion , Parody , Lost Civilization , Male Protagonist , Satire , Anachronism , Isekai , Conspiracy , Super Power , Artificial Intelligence , Anti-Hero , Mythology , Time Skip , Seinen , Time Manipulation , Rural , CGI , Primarily Female Cast , Nudity , Gender Bending , Bondage , Agriculture , Bisexual , Kaiju , Handjob , Gore , Band , Cyborg , Feet , Gyaru , Tanned Skin , Masochism

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