Anime like Midori no Makibao

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby

Also known as Umamusume: Pretty Derby.

Studio: P.A.WORKS , Lantis , Cygames , CygamesPictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life , Sports

In a world very much like our own, great race horses of the past have a chance to be reborn as "horse girls"—girls with the ears and tails of horses as well as their speed and endurance. The best of these horse girls go to train at Tokyo's Tracen Academy, hopefully moving on to fame and fortune as both racers and idols.

Special Week, a high school horse girl from the countryside, has just transferred to Tracen, and she's determined to fulfill her promise to her mother to become the best horse girl in Japan. On her way to school, she takes a pit stop at the race track and instantly falls in love with Silence Suzuka's style, becoming determined to race on the same team as her.



Tags: Athletics , Kemonomimi , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Rehabilitation , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Boarding School , Gambling , Ensemble Cast , Time Skip , Kuudere , Idol , School , Animals , LGBTQ+ Themes , Food , Body Image , CGI , Language Barrier

NINKU

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Fuji TV , Yomiuri Advertising
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

In the war, a group of warriors called Ninku fought against the Imperial Army and almost annihilated it. But in the end, the Ninku lost and got shattered. After the war, the imperial army established themselves as the defender of the people with the help of propaganda. They also managed to get the people to think the Ninku were the villains and had started the war. Fusuke looks like a child but he is the former captain of the first Ninku division. His mother was taken during the war and after the Ninku were defeated, he goes on a journey to find her. On his journey he meets Aicho and Touji, both also former Ninku captains, and together they fight against the imperial army that tries to kill the last remaining Ninkus.

The ninku is a clan of extinct ninjas who command esoteric and powerful techniques, hence a lot of other groups are constantly trying to steal their techniques to take over the country. Their primary target is Fusuke, a weird looking kid but one of the most powerful Ninku ninja. Fusuke, together with other Ninku ninja with different specialties must fight those threat that caused the downfall of the Ninku clan.



Tags: Super Power , Martial Arts , Shounen , Military , Ninja , War

Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray Part 2

Also known as Umamusume: Cinderella Gray 2nd Cour.

Studio: CygamesPictures , Cygames , TBS , Happinet Media Marketing , Universal Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

The second half of Umamusume: Cinderella Gray.

Hailing from the humble countryside, Oguri Cap has turned the racing world on its head. Her rampage through the national race scene seemed unstoppable... until it wasn't. Tamamo Cross, the current peak of racing, has bested the Beast and declared Oguri Cap her rival.

But Oguri Cap can't afford to keep her attention on Tamamo Cross alone. One by one, racers from all over the world arrive in Japan, ready to demonstrate their own prowess. Up against the best the world has to offer, our ashen racer will need to reach beyond her limits if she wants to stand a chance… Keep those eyes peeled—a Cinderella story full of twists and turns lies ahead!



Tags: Athletics , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Kemonomimi , Primarily Female Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Historical , Fitness , Yuri , Dancing , Super Power , Animals , Idol , Language Barrier , Parenthood , Basketball

Hanada Shounen-shi

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Young Ichiro Hanada lives with his parents and grandfather in a quiet rural town. He is a little brat who constantly teases his sister, insults his mother, fights with everybody, and eats a lot.

Ichiro has a near-death experience when he is hit by a truck, and when he wakes up he can see and talk to spirits. The spirits of people who have just died but who cannot pass on yet seek him out. They have some unresolved issue in their lives that is holding them back, and Ichiro must help them out.

Tags: Ghost , Afterlife , Episodic , Seinen , Rural , Family Life , Coming of Age , Primarily Child Cast , Male Protagonist , Police , Nudity

Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin

Studio: Toei Animation , TV Asahi
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

Born in the bitter cold of the Ouu Mountains as the son of Riki, the mightiest bear-hunting dog, is the magnificent tiger-striped puppy, Gin!

To defeat the murderous Akakabuto—who seeks to build a stronghold deep in the mountains of Ou after defeating his grandfather and father—Gin joins the Ouu Army, his youthful blood boiling with determination!! With only three months left until the final showdown with Akakabuto, his eyes are set on finding true “men” who will fight alongside his comrades to the bitter end against Akakabuto, as he races across the entire land of Japan!!



Tags: Animals , Revenge , Shounen , Primarily Animal Cast , Male Protagonist , Disability , Archery , Ensemble Cast , Snowscape , Guns , Anthropomorphism , Suicide , Torture , War , Gore , Rural , Coming of Age , Amnesia , Cannibalism , Primarily Male Cast , Ninja , Pregnancy

Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray

Also known as Umamusume: Cinderella Gray.

Studio: CygamesPictures , Cygames , TBS , Happinet Media Marketing , Universal Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

Unbeknownst to those around her in the destitute countryside of Kasamatsu, the staggering potential of this ashen-haired "Beast” will soon rock Japan with her feet and catapult her to the national stage—down the path of a legend.

Follow Oguri Cap and her insatiable appetite as the starting gates open on this Umamusume's hot-blooded Cinderella story!



Tags: Athletics , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Kemonomimi , Seinen , Historical , Fitness , Yuri , Idol , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Animals , LGBTQ+ Themes , Disability , Dancing , Food , Bullying