Anime like Maji de Otaku na English! Ribbon-chan: Eigo de Tatakau Mahou Shoujo

Moetan

Studio: Actas , Lantis
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Mahou Shoujo

Ink Nijihara is a girl in high school. Unfortunately her crush Nao Tezuka barely recognizes her. To make matters worse, she is very short. Now Ink meets a duck and becomes a "mahou shoujo" and teaches Nao english in disguise.



Tags: School , Magic , Otaku Culture , Educational , Parody , Henshin , Female Protagonist , Meta , Nudity , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Shrine Maiden , Ghost , Idol

Mahou Shoujo Ore

Also known as Magical Girl Ore.

Studio: Studio Signpost , AT-X , KLOCKWORX , Crunchyroll , Bandai Namco Arts , My Theater D.D. , Genco
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

This story is about a 15-year-old girl who is a newbie idol in love with her best friend's brother who is also a popular idol. But she runs into a scary yakuza guy and finds out that her mother was an ex-magical girl, and the yakuza was her mascot. Her love interest gets kidnapped by demons that look like burly men with cute squirrel heads. So she contracts the yakuza to become a magical girl, which in this story means she turns into a handsome guy in a magical girl outfit. On top of that, her love interest shows an attraction toward her magical guy form. Her best friend turns out to be in love with her and also becomes a magical cross-dressing guy to save her life.
Thus, their manager, who is a magical girl geek, then decides to turn them into an idol unit.


Tags: Parody , Magic , Gender Bending , Slapstick , Henshin , Meta , Female Protagonist , Boys' Love , Crossdressing , Urban Fantasy , Idol , Fairy , Gore , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yakuza , Demons , Kaiju , Super Power

Poputepipikku

Also known as Pop Team Epic.

Studio: Kamikaze Douga , King Records , Glovision , Sentai Filmworks , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Poputepipikku turns absurdist comedy up to eleven with its pop culture references and surreal hilarity. With two bonafide high school girl protagonists—the short and exceptionally quick to anger Popuko, and the tall and unshakably calm Pipimi—they throw genres against the wall and don't wait to see what sticks. Parody is interlaced with drama, action, crudeness, and the show's overarching goal—to become a real anime.


Tags: Surreal Comedy , Episodic , Satire , Meta , Parody , Mixed Media , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Musical Theater

Majokko Tsukune-chan

Studio: Xebec , Starchild Records
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mahou Shoujo

In this surreal comedy, the witch Tsukune-chan travels the countryside doling out just deserts, be they good or bad.

Tags: Magic , Witch , Surreal Comedy , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Meta , Parody , Rural , Mixed Media , Food , Idol