Anime like Stella no Mahou

NEW GAME!

Also known as NEW GAME!.

Studio: Doga Kobo , MAGES. , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Fresh out of high school, 18-year-old Aoba Suzukaze is bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, and ready for her first day of work at her dream job. She’s joining the character design team at Eagle Jump, the company that makes her favorite video games! But the real world of office culture can be a challenge for a total noob. From her awkward first day to her first game’s debut, she’s got a lot of skills to master. Luckily, her charming determination wins over even her quirkiest of coworkers, and before she knows it, Aoba has joined the party!



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Work , Primarily Female Cast , Software Development , Video Games , Office Lady , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Ensemble Cast , Office , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Drawing , Episodic , Tomboy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Politics , Airsoft , Tanned Skin , Tsundere , College , Cosplay

Comic Girls

Also known as Comic Girls.

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

The manga's story centers on the 15-year-old high school student and manga creator Kaoruko Moeta, who uses the pen name Chaos. After ranking at the bottom of a reader survey, Kaoruko's editor recommends that she enter an all-female dormitory for manga creators. Kaoruko's roommates are shoujo manga creator Koyume Koizuka, teen romance manga creator Ruki Irokawa, and shounen manga creator Tsubasa Katsuki. The girls support each other as they work to become better manga creators.



Tags: Drawing , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Writing , Tomboy , Coming of Age , Yuri , Work , Chuunibyou , Otaku Culture , Meta , LGBTQ+ Themes , Seinen , School

Houkago Saikoro Club

Also known as After School Dice Club.

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

During a beautiful spring day in Kyoto, Aya and Miki follow the student council president Midori to a board game shop. The three students end up discovering a German board game that causes them to realize their shared passion for games. In the coming days, many more board games will be found and played!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Board Game , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Iyashikei , Educational , Card Battle , School , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , Bullying , Software Development , Shounen , Work , Poker , Otaku Culture , Chibi , Shogi , Gambling , Delinquents , Maids , Foreign , Bar , Mahjong

K-ON!

Also known as K-ON!.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Pony Canyon , TBS , Movic , Rakuonsha , Animation Do , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

Hirasawa Yui, a young, carefree girl entering high school, has her imagination instantly captured when she sees a poster advertising the ‘Light Music Club’. Being the carefree girl that she is, she quickly signs up. However, Yui has a problem, she is unable to play an instrument.

When Yui goes to the clubroom to explain, she's greeted by the other members: Ritsu, Mio and Tsumugi. Although disheartened at Yui’s lack of musical know-how, they still try to convince her to stay to prevent the club’s disbandment. After playing Yui a short piece which re-ignites her imagination, they succeed in keeping their new member and guitarist.

Along with the tasks of school and homework, Yui begins to learn the guitar with the help of the other band members, experiencing many mishaps along the way. However, with the school-festival drawing near and Yui getting stuck with her practice, will the Light Music Club be ready in time for their debut?



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School Club , Band , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Rock Music , Episodic , Iyashikei , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Seinen , Slapstick , Food , Tomboy , Tsundere , Yuri

Hanayamata

Also known as HaNaYaMaTa.

Studio: MADHOUSE , DIVE II Entertainment , Sentai Filmworks , Madman Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Normal appearance, normal intelligence, normal in arts and sports... just normal. This is the entirely normal 14-year-old, Naru Sekiya. While she admires "Heroines" she continues to live a normal life until one moonlit night she meets a fairy. This foreign girl then guides her into the extraordinary world of the yosakoi dance.


Tags: Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Dancing , School Club , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast , School , Iyashikei , Band , Seinen , Tsundere , Idol

Houkago Teibou Nisshi

Also known as Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater.

Studio: Doga Kobo
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Sports

Introverted Hina Tsurugi is trying to adjust to her new school since moving from the countryside. And in spite of her unease around sea life, classmate Yuuki Kuroiwa somehow convinces her to join the Breakwater Fishing Club. She wants to be open to these new friends and experiences, but some of them are as strange as the fish they’re supposed to hook. Is she biting off more than she can chew?



Tags: Fishing , School Club , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Outdoor Activities , Primarily Teen Cast , Iyashikei , Food , Coastal , Educational , Rural , Seinen , Environmental , Cycling , Kuudere

Koisuru Asteroid

Also known as Asteroid in Love.

Studio: Doga Kobo , GRANTdesign , KADOKAWA , Kadokawa Media House , Ray , Houbunsha , AT-X , flying DOG
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

When she was little, Konohata Mira promises a boy she meets at a campsite that they can find an asteroid together. When she enters high school, she joins the astronomy club. But that year, the astronomy club happened to combine with the geology club, making it the astrogeo club?!

Won't you find all kinds of sparkles with the astrogeo girls?



Tags: Astronomy , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School Club , Primarily Female Cast , School , Educational , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Outdoor Activities , Primarily Teen Cast , Iyashikei , Seinen , Tsundere , LGBTQ+ Themes , Slapstick

Slow Loop

Also known as Slow Loop.

Studio: CONNECT , KADOKAWA , Houbunsha , flying DOG , Kadokawa Media House , eStream , AT-X
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Sports

Nervous to meet her new stepdad, Hiyori heads to the place she always feels at home—the ocean. When a curious girl named Koharu shows up, Hiyori decides to teach her how to fish, just like her father did before he died. But after Koharu reveals she’s also meeting her new family that night, the girls come to a startling realization. Their friendship is about to reach a whole new level!



Tags: Fishing , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Iyashikei , Family Life , Outdoor Activities , Primarily Female Cast , Found Family , Food , Educational , Seinen , Episodic , School , Twins , Chibi , Tanned Skin , Tragedy

Long Riders!

Studio: Actas
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Sports

The manga follows Ami Kurata, a first year college student with no special qualities. One day she happens to notice someone riding a folding bike, immediately falls in love with it, and uses all her savings to buy one. She eventually gets introduced to the world of long-distance bicycling and road racer bikes, and she forms a cycling team called Fortuna with four other female college students from the same school. Their goal is to ride in a "brevet" or long-distance event called "Fresh."



Tags: Cycling , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Outdoor Activities , College , Fitness , Food , CGI , Work , Shounen , School Club

Yuru Camp△

Also known as Laid-Back Camp.

Studio: C-Station , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Rin likes to go camping by herself along the lakes that provide a scenic view of Mt. Fuji. Nadeshiko loves to take cycling trips by herself to places where she can see Mt. Fuji. After they meet, Rin and Nadeshiko take camping trips, eat cup ramen together, and enjoy the scenery.



Tags: Outdoor Activities , Camping , Iyashikei , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Rural , Primarily Teen Cast , Food , Educational , Travel , Seinen , School Club , Kuudere , Episodic , Mopeds , Animals , Cycling , Yuri