Anime like Mikan Enikki

Chi's Sweet Home

Studio: MADHOUSE , TV Tokyo , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

A grey and white kitten with black stripes wanders away from her mother and siblings one day while enjoying a walk outside. Lost in her surroundings, the kitten struggles to find her family and instead is found by a young boy, Youhei, and his mother. They take the kitten home, but pets are not allowed in their housing complex, so they try to find a new home for the kitten. This proves to be difficult, and the family eventually decides to keep the kitten, naming her "Chi".



Tags: Iyashikei , Animals , Family Life , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Primarily Animal Cast

Tottoko Hamtarou

Also known as Hamtaro.

Studio: Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , TMS Entertainment , Viz Media
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Slice of Life

5th-grader Hiroko Haruna owns a hamster, and his name is Hamtarou. After moving into a new town, Hamtarou finds that he's in the company of lots of different hamsters, making up a group of hamster friends that go on crazy adventures through the city. Before they save Hiroko and other humans from nasty predicaments, however, they have to learn how to save themselves.



Tags: Kids , Animals , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle , Ensemble Cast , Anthropomorphism , Episodic , Twins , Primarily Animal Cast

Doukyonin wa Hiza, Tokidoki, Atama no Ue.

Also known as My Roommate is a Cat.

Studio: Zero-G , AT-X , TOKYO MX , Avex Pictures , ABC Animation , Q-Tec , BS11 , GYAO! , BookLive , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Mystery writer Mikazuki Subaru, who isn't good at dealing with people, finds them to be a disturbance when it comes to building his imaginary world. One day, he chances upon a stray cat and feels inspiration strike, so he brings the cat home as his muse.

Can watching the inexplicable behaviors of a cat form material for a novel?

Tags: Animals , Iyashikei , Hikikomori , Family Life , Male Protagonist , Writing , Primarily Adult Cast , Rehabilitation , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Tsundere , Tragedy , Primarily Male Cast , Found Family

Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki

Also known as Poyopoyo.

Studio: Studio DEEN , DAX Production , Dream Creation , Möbius Tone
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Moe Sato is a young lady who finds a cat and starts taking care of him. Named Poyo due to his round shape, he quickly becomes a dear member of the Sato family.



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Animals , Episodic , Chibi , Family Life , Rural , Seinen

Wata no Kuni Hoshi

Also known as The Star of Cottonland.

Studio: Mushi Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

After two-month-old kitten Chibi-neko is abandoned by her former owners, she is found by 18-year-old Tokio. Although his mother is allergic to cats and has a great fear of them, she agrees to let him keep the kitten because she fears he is becoming too withdrawn after failing his university entrance exams. Chibi-neko soon falls in love with Tokio.

In her own mind, Chibi-neko is a small human who speaks in human words, although people only ever seem to hear her meow, and she believes that all humans were once kittens like her. A stray cat tells Chibi-neko of a paradise called Cottonland, where dreams can come true.



Tags: Nekomimi , Shoujo , Kemonomimi , Female Protagonist , Family Life , Philosophy , Urban , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Homeless

Shirokuma Cafe

Also known as Polar Bear's Café.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , TV Tokyo , Avex Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Shirokuma Cafe revolves around a Canadian white bear that quits his boring job and starts a cafeteria near a zoo. He loves telling tall tales and always brags about himself. According to him, he was picked up by a human couple who owns a diner while he was drifting around on an iceberg.

Though he has lost all contact with his Canadian family, he has discovered a new home in serving the diners' clientele, thanks to the kind couple. His café is an embodiment of his personality. The place is always packed with many regulars, animals and humans, who are drawn by his charismatic magnetism.



Tags: Episodic , Animals , Work , Male Protagonist , Josei , Iyashikei , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Anthropomorphism , Primarily Animal Cast , Ensemble Cast , Mixed Media , Heterosexual

Massugu ni Ikou

Also known as Go Forward.

Studio: Yumeta Company
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Slice of Life

A talking dog is a beautiful story that you should have dreamt of as a child. But if you have forgotten about it, this is a reminder of that fable story. This is the story of a dog that talks, but ordinary people cannot hear his voice.

The main character, Mametaro, is an adventurous crossbreed dog. He loves his owner, Iku-chan and his girlfriend Hanako-chan very much. However, he just cannot stand Iku-chan's friend, Akiyoshi.
During this story, which will be told from Mametaro's point of view, the warm days of spring are finally here. The school and the riverbank, which is actually just an ordinary neighborhood for people, seems like a mysterious world that extends infinitely to little Mametaro and his friends.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Animals , Heterosexual , Shoujo , Anthropomorphism , Chibi , Female Protagonist , Urban , School , Educational , Primarily Adult Cast

Aka-chan to Boku

Also known as Baby and Me.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Youmex , Yomiuri Advertising
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

Two months ago, Takuya Enoki's mother passed away in an accident leaving him to take care of his baby brother, Minoru, while their father works the long hours of a Japanese "salaryman". Takuya must sacrifice playtime and childhood to take care of his brother and do the responsibilities an adult would have: cooking, sewing, and scolding while trying to find it in his heart to love the brother who is causing him so much grief.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Family Life , Shoujo , Episodic , Primarily Child Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Primarily Male Cast , Parenthood , School