Anime like Minami-ke

Ichigo Mashimaro

Also known as Strawberry Marshmallow.

Studio: Daume , TBS , Movic , Ashi Productions , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

"Cute girls doing cute things in cute ways."

Everyday things make up the fabric of life, whether it's making friends, going to school, trying to make money, or celebrating a holiday. Ichigo Mashimaro is a heartwarming series that follows the daily lives of Itou Chika, her sister Nobue, and her friends Miu, Matsuri, and Ana.

Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Female Protagonist , School , Surreal Comedy , Language Barrier , Shounen

Azumanga Daiou THE ANIMATION

Also known as Azumanga Daioh.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Genco , Lantis , Imagica , TV Tokyo Music , Cosmic Ray , Sentai Filmworks , J.C.STAFF
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Ten year old child prodigy, Chiyo Mihama, is finding it tough fitting in at high school with the girls five years her elder: Osaka (dimwitted with a weird take on the world), Tomo (a powder keg that goes off at a moment’s notice), Kagura (the competitive athlete of the bunch), Yomi (the hothead), and Sakaki (timid and obsessed with a love of animals that isn’t reciprocated). Together with their teacher, they navigate the rough waters and fun times of high school.



Tags: Episodic , School , Primarily Female Cast , Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Teacher , Tomboy , Shounen , Kuudere , LGBTQ+ Themes

Nichijou

Also known as Nichijou - My Ordinary Life.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Lantis , Kadokawa Shoten , Movic , Rakuonsha , Bandai Entertainment , Kadokawa Pictures Japan , KLOCKWORX , Animation Do
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Nichijou primarily focuses on the daily antics of a trio of childhood friends—high school girls Mio Naganohara, Yuuko Aioi and Mai Minakami—whose stories soon intertwine with the young genius Hakase Shinonome, her robot caretaker Nano, and their talking cat Sakamoto. With every passing day, the lives of these six, as well as of the many people around them, experience both the calms of normal life and the insanity of the absurd. Walking to school, being bitten by a talking crow, spending time with friends, and watching the principal suplex a deer: they are all in a day's work in the extraordinary everyday lives of those in Nichijou.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Episodic , Slapstick , School , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Achronological Order , Parody , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Robots , Shounen , Drawing , Tsundere , Guns , Football , Love Triangle , Body Horror , Camping

Joshikousei no Mudazukai

Also known as Wasteful Days of High School Girls.

Studio: Passione , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Tanaka Nozomu isn’t exactly brilliant. But, given that her only goal for high school was to get a boyfriend, who else would fail to realize that attending an all-girls school was a bad idea? Well, there’s always the fallback plan of getting other girls to introduce her to boys they know.

Too bad that Tanaka’s “bright” idea of giving her classmates nicknames based on less attractive character traits has caused her un-flattered friends “Robo” (for her apparent lack of emotions) and “Wota” (a reference to a creepy otaku types), as well as not-friends like “Loli” (who’s hypersensitive about her petite size,) to “reward” Tanaka with the special nickname of “Baka” (“idiot”), which is quickly adopted by the entire student body. Well, maybe the second week of school will be better.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Female Cast , Slapstick , Ensemble Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Shounen , Chuunibyou , Kuudere , Otaku Culture , Twins , LGBTQ+ Themes , Video Games , Love Triangle

Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou

Also known as Daily Lives of High School Boys.

Studio: Sunrise , TV Tokyo , Square Enix , NIS America Inc. , Trinity Sound
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Tadakuni, Hidenori, and Yoshitake are students at the all-boys academy, Sanada North High School. This is a tale about just that—their daily lives as students. Winning the basketball tournament? Finding true love? You won't find any of that here. Whether it's sparking random arguments while hanging out with friends, meeting that one weird co-worker at a part-time job, or even letting imaginations run wild on a windy afternoon, we've all experienced the show's ordinary but true-to-life themes at one point or another.



Tags: School , Episodic , Primarily Male Cast , Slapstick , Satire , Meta , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , Tomboy , Crossdressing , Tanned Skin

Mitsudomoe

Studio: Aniplex , Lantis , Bridge , Cospa , Studio Mausu
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The 11-year-old Marui triplets could not be any more different. The oldest one, Mitsuba, is sadistic and kind of mature for her age. The middle one, Futaba, is perverted and very athletic and has the strength of a full-grown man. The youngest one, Hitoha, is generally very quiet and gentle but when push comes to shove, she might just be the strongest, the most perverted and the most sadistic out of the three.

The three are all in the same class, led by the newly graduated teacher Yabe Satoshi. He usually gets pushed around by the girls and, on occasion, abused but the triplets also try to lead him and the new school nurse, the clumsy Kuriyama Aiko, together. However, Yabe had no intention of dating Aiko and the methods the triplets use to accomplish their goal are highly unorthodox...

Tags: Primarily Child Cast , School , Teacher , Bullying , Shounen , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Family Life , Meta , Kuudere

Yuru Yuri

Also known as YuruYuri.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Daume , Doga Kobo , Pony Canyon , DAX Production , NIS America Inc. , Studio Gram , PRA , Jumondou
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Right after starting middle school, Akari Akaza joins the Amusement Club which is composed solely by her two childhood friends, Kyouko Toshinou and Yui Funami. Chinatsu Yoshikawa, Akaza's classmate, becomes a member after finding out about the dissolution of the Tea Club.

The Amusement Club, situated at the tea room facility since the Tea Club disbanded, has no clear purpose, being free for the girls to do whatever they want.



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , School Club , Meta , Surreal Comedy , Love Triangle , Yuri , School , Slapstick , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Tsundere , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Child Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Kuudere , Twins

4-nin wa Sorezore Uso wo Tsuku

Also known as The Little Lies We All Tell.

Studio: Studio Flad , ABC Animation , Studio Pierrot , Bandai Namco Music Live , MediBang
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The school comedy story follows four friends at a girls' school. They may seem like ordinary second-year junior high school students at first glance, but they are a space pilot, a ninja without a clan, a girl with supernatural powers, and a boy in girls' clothes.



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Aliens , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Ninja , Super Power , Primarily Teen Cast , Episodic , Crossdressing , Primarily Female Cast , Memory Manipulation , Shounen , School , Male Protagonist , Gender Bending , Time Manipulation , Urban , LGBTQ+ Themes , Swimming , Food , Urban Fantasy , Femboy

Oomuro-ke: dear sisters

Studio: Passione , Studio Lings , Showgate
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

A spin-off of the Yuru Yuri series featuring Sakurako and her sisters. The first film of the Oomuro-ke duology.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , School , Family Life , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Yuri , Urban , Slapstick , Tsundere , Primarily Teen Cast , Episodic , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Child Cast

Asobi Asobase

Also known as Asobi Asobase - workshop of fun -.

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

Olivia is a blonde-haired beauty who was born and raised in Japan, but can’t speak any English. Despite always acting serious and as an intellectual, Kasumi is a bespectacled girl with short hair, who also can’t speak English. Finally, there’s the pig-tailed Hanako, who’s cheerful but can’t seem to become a normie. The three middle schoolers end up making a “Players’ Club”?! The ultimately cute, ultimately fun and hilarious teenage girls’ comedy is about to begin!



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Slapstick , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , Episodic , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Parody , Seinen , LGBTQ+ Themes , Meta , Ojou-sama , Gyaru , Makeup