Anime like Level E

Arakawa Under the Bridge

Also known as Arakawa Under the Bridge.

Studio: Shaft , Square Enix , Starchild Records , Rakuonsha , NIS America Inc.
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Ko Ichinomiya's family motto is "Never be indebted to anyone," but after losing his pants and falling into the Arakawa River, he quickly finds himself in debt to his savior, the cutely insane Nino (who happens to live under the bridge). To repay her, he vows to help her with her desire to "experience love." Along the way he'll meet the river's other residents, including a hot-blooded kappa, a Sister in drag, and a literal rock star. Sorry, Ko—when you fell into that river, I guess you really got in over your head!



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Seinen , Ensemble Cast , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Outdoor Activities , Nun , Homeless , Episodic , Kuudere , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Samurai

NieA Under 7

Also known as NieA_7.

Studio: Genco , Triangle Staff , Kadokawa Shoten , SynergySP , Pioneer LDC , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

In the 21st century, aliens have arrived on Earth and live among humans. In sleepy Enohana, the dirt-poor student Chigasaki Mayuko finds herself living together with NieA, a low-caste ("Under Seven") alien. While Mayuko struggles diligently to make ends meet, NieA seems to be totally unconcerned with the consequences of her actions. As the odd couple throws off the expected sparks, the wrecked alien mothership looms in the background...



Tags: Slapstick , Aliens , Female Protagonist , Family Life , Found Family , Primarily Adult Cast , Surreal Comedy , Work , Rural , Restaurant , Denpa , Terrorism

Alien 9

Also known as Alien Nine.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Genco , MediaNet , Central Park Media , Nippon Columbia , AT-X , Bandai Visual , Hanabee Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Yuri Ootani, a girl who has been afraid of aliens, has been chosen to be on the alien party with the class president Kumi Kawamura, whose only intention to join the alien party is to get out of presidential duties, as well as Kasumi Tomine who is perfect at everything she does, including fighting all the aliens that come in their way. But can they defeat a massive alien who has already abducted Kasumi?

Tags: Aliens , Coming of Age , Body Horror , Denpa , Cosmic Horror , Primarily Child Cast , School , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , School Club , Tragedy , Philosophy , Seinen , Gore , Dullahan , Nudity , Vore , Post-Apocalyptic

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Diamond wa Kudakenai

Also known as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable.

Studio: David Production , Warner Bros. Japan , ONE MUSIC
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Diamond wa Kudakenai adapts the fourth part of the JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken manga series.

It's the year 1999, 11 years after Jotaro Kujo's desperate fight against DIO in Egypt. Jotaro meets with Josuke Higashikata, the illegitimate son of his grandfather Joseph Joestar. He discovers that Josuke also has the same "Stand" power and that a new threat is surfacing in Morioh City.



Tags: Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Time Loop , Urban , Feet , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Delinquents , Time Manipulation , Body Horror , Gore , Surreal Comedy , Tragedy , Ghost , Afterlife , Memory Manipulation , Body Swapping , School , Achronological Order , Yandere , Revenge , Aliens

Boku no Chikyuu wo Mamotte

Also known as Please Save My Earth.

Studio: Production I.G , Victor Entertainment , Hakusensha , Viz Media
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi

Could a strange recurring dream of being part of a team of alien scientists on the moon truly be real? Sensitive Japanese high school student Alice Sakaguchi doesn’t really believe that, of course... until, one night, when she dreams the same dream! Now, even her eight-year-old neighbor is acting strange. Is history really doomed to repeat itself, even when that history carries over from a previous life...?



Tags: Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Shoujo , Ensemble Cast , Age Gap , Reincarnation , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Alternate Universe , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Gender Bending , Aliens , Urban , Boys' Love , Super Power , Philosophy , Achronological Order , Space , Amnesia , Environmental , War , Delinquents , Dissociative Identities , Age Regression , Horticulture , Love Triangle , School , Suicide

Dandadan

Also known as DAN DA DAN.

Studio: Science SARU , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Science SARU , Shueisha , Dentsu , Aniplex , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

This is a story about Momo, a high school girl who comes from a family of spirit mediums, and her classmate Okarun, an occult fanatic. After Momo rescues Okarun from being bullied, they begin talking. However, an argument ensues between them since Momo believes in ghosts but denies aliens exist, and Okarun believes in aliens but denies ghosts exist.

To prove to each other what they believe in is real, Momo goes to an abandoned hospital where a UFO has been spotted and Okarun goes to a tunnel rumored to be haunted. To their surprise, they each encounter overwhelming paranormal activities that transcend comprehension. Amid these predicaments, Momo awakens her hidden power and Okarun gains the power of a curse to overcome these new dangers! Their fateful love begins as well!?

The story of the occult battle and adolescence starts!



Notes:
Worldwide premiere of Episode 1 before the Japanese television premiere occurred at Anime Expo July 6, 2024.
Episodes 1-3 titled as DAN DA DAN: FIRST ENCOUNTER was pre-screened in advance in theaters on August 31, 2024 in Asia, September 7, 2024 in Europe and September 13, 2024 in North America. The regular TV broadcast began October 4, 2024.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Ghost , Youkai , Aliens , Super Power , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , Henshin , Heterosexual , Exorcism , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , School , Cult , Gyaru , Demons , Love Triangle , CGI , Zombie , Tokusatsu , Achromatic , Male Harem

Gintama

Also known as Gintama.

Studio: Sunrise , TV Tokyo , Aniplex , Dentsu , Trinity Sound , Audio Highs , Miracle Robo
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

Life isn't easy in feudal Japan... especially since the aliens landed and conquered everything! Oh sure, the new health care is great, but the public ban on the use of swords has left a lot of defeated samurai with a difficult decision to make concerning their future career paths! This is especially true if, as in the case of Gintoki Sakata, they're not particularly inclined towards holding a day job, which is why Gintoki's opted for the freelance route, taking any job that's offered to him as long as the financial remuneration sounds right. Unfortunately, in a brave new world filled with stray bug-eyed monsters, upwardly mobile Yakuza and overly ambitious E.T. entrepreneurs, those jobs usually don't pay as well as they should for the pain, suffering and indignities endured!



Tags: Parody , Ensemble Cast , Samurai , Meta , Slapstick , Male Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Found Family , Anachronism , Aliens , Episodic , Swordplay , Shounen , Police , Terrorism , Satire , Historical , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Space , Mopeds , Ninja , Sadism , Crime , Masochism , Oiran , LGBTQ+ Themes , Robots , Homeless , Crossdressing , Mafia , Ghost , Nekomimi , Boxing , Pirates , Educational , Fishing , Yakuza , CGI , Dissociative Identities , Kuudere , Body Swapping , Anthropomorphism , Female Harem

Patalliro!

Studio: Magic Bus , Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Romance

Patarillo! is set in a society much like ours in most ways, with one decided twist. The manga on which it is based is one of the much-read works produced for adolescent Japanese girls that features a healthy proportion of gay men and beautiful teenagers aka bishounen (beautiful boys). Most of the action takes place in Marinera, the land of eternal spring, located somewhere in the South Seas. The country is a major producer of diamonds; they provide much of the basis of conflict in the anime series. They come from one of the most prolific mines in the world, owned by the king of Marinera, the vertically challenged but horizontally endowed boy-king Patarillo himself. The International Diamond Syndicate - a huge semi- criminal organization/ secret society dedicated to taking over the worlds entire diamond supply- wants that mine and will stop at nothing to get it. In the early episodes they send off a number of bishounen assassins to do in Patarillo, which necessitates his having a bodyguard, the English MI6 agent, Major Jack (Bishounen-Killer) Bancoran. Bancorans nickname doesnt mean he shoots bishounen in cold blood. The soubriquet comes from the fact that no male under the age of 17 can resist his sexual fascination. This, to Bancorans eternal disgust, includes Patarillo himself. The action switches often from Marinera to MI6 headquarters in London (London seems to be an easy two hours flight from the South Seas) or Bancorans palatial condo in the suburbs of same. (MI6, be it noted, looks a lot like Fritz Langs Metropolis, while Jacks apartment bears a passing resemblance to Randolph Hearst`s spread.) The action also goes into the past and future and out into space. Patarillo evidently gets around.



Tags: Parody , Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Episodic , Primarily Male Cast , Satire , Surreal Comedy , Male Protagonist , Shoujo , Politics , Assassins , Slapstick , Detective , Guns , Crossdressing , Robots , Time Manipulation

Tsuritama

Also known as Tsuritama.

Studio: Aniplex , Dentsu , A-1 Pictures , Fuji TV , Sentai Filmworks , tsuritama partners , Sakura Create
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life , Sports

You can't catch fish if you don't go fishing, and you can't make friends if you don't at least try.

Which is how relationship-challenged student Yuki finds himself on a fishing trip to a tiny island with three other boys he barely knows. Well, two other boys and Haru, who claims that he's an alien. Not that constantly stewing Natsuki or mysterious Akira are any more likely as prospects for good companionship.

But there's something about fishing that makes it unlike any other pastime, and maybe that quiet sense of companionship and hopeful expectation is just what Yuki needs to start charting the unfamiliar waters of personal connections. Or maybe it will turn out that Haru's right and they're going to have to save the entire planet.

There are lots of different kinds of fish stories, from the "ones that got away" to the "best catches ever," but whichever way the currents of life take them, for four young men, this trip may turn out to be the biggest whopper ever!



Tags: Fishing , Coming of Age , Aliens , Male Protagonist , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Tanned Skin , Primarily Teen Cast , Family Life , Coastal , Shapeshifting , Memory Manipulation , Primarily Male Cast , Fugitive , Outdoor Activities , Dancing , School

Hinamatsuri

Also known as HINAMATSURI.

Studio: feel. , Funimation , Media Factory , Magic Capsule , Nippon Columbia , AT-X , Kadokawa Media House
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The comedy manga centers around a super-powered girl named Hina and Nitta, a young member of the yakuza. Hina suddenly appears in Nitta's room and threatens him with her extraordinary powers. However, they end up living together.



Tags: Found Family , Family Life , Adoption , Ensemble Cast , Parenthood , Satire , Surreal Comedy , Seinen , Slapstick , Super Power , Kuudere , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Yakuza , Urban , Female Protagonist , Homeless , Primarily Female Cast , Coming of Age , Bar , Episodic , School , Isekai