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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 , Urban , Shounen , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Tomboy , Crossdressing , Tanned Skin , Femboy

Gintama

Also known as Gintama.

Studio: Sunrise , TV Tokyo , Aniplex , Dentsu , Trinity Sound , Audio Highs , Miracle Robo
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

Life isn't easy in feudal Japan... especially since the aliens landed and conquered everything! Oh sure, the new health care is great, but the public ban on the use of swords has left a lot of defeated samurai with a difficult decision to make concerning their future career paths! This is especially true if, as in the case of Gintoki Sakata, they're not particularly inclined towards holding a day job, which is why Gintoki's opted for the freelance route, taking any job that's offered to him as long as the financial remuneration sounds right. Unfortunately, in a brave new world filled with stray bug-eyed monsters, upwardly mobile Yakuza and overly ambitious E.T. entrepreneurs, those jobs usually don't pay as well as they should for the pain, suffering and indignities endured!



Tags: Parody , Ensemble Cast , Samurai , Found Family , Meta , Slapstick , Male Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Anachronism , Aliens , Episodic , Satire , Swordplay , Shounen , Police , Terrorism , Historical , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Anthropomorphism , Space , Ninja , Mopeds , Sadism , Crime , Masochism , LGBTQ+ Themes , Homeless , Robots , Oiran , Gore , Mafia , Crossdressing , Ghost , Philosophy , Nekomimi , Fishing , Boxing , Yakuza , Pirates , Educational , Dissociative Identities , CGI , Kuudere , Body Swapping , Unrequited Love , Death Game , Mixed Gender Harem , Female Harem

Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan

Also known as The Disastrous Life of Saiki K..

Studio: J.C.STAFF , EGG FIRM
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

To the average person, psychic abilities might seem a blessing; for Kusuo Saiki, however, this couldn't be further from the truth. Gifted with a wide assortment of supernatural abilities ranging from telepathy to x-ray vision, he finds this so-called blessing to be nothing but a curse. As all the inconveniences his powers cause constantly pile up, all Kusuo aims for is an ordinary, hassle-free life—a life where ignorance is bliss.

Unfortunately, the life of a psychic is far from quiet. Though Kusuo tries to stay out of the spotlight by keeping his powers a secret from his classmates, he ends up inadvertently attracting the attention of many odd characters, such as the empty-headed Riki Nendou and the delusional Shun Kaidou. Forced to deal with the craziness of the people around him, Kusuo comes to learn that the ordinary life he has been striving for is a lot more difficult to achieve than expected.

Note: Aired in 2 versions, a 120-episode 5-minute short series, and a combined 24-episode 24-minute TV series with the same content.

Tags: Super Power , Surreal Comedy , Satire , Episodic , Parody , Meta , School , Mythology , Urban , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Aromantic , Primarily Teen Cast , Asexual , Shounen , Kuudere , Tsundere , Memory Manipulation , Chuunibyou , Unrequited Love , Ghost , Heterosexual , School Club , Slapstick , Gyaru , Gangs , Incest , Video Games

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

Keroro Gunsou

Also known as Sgt. Frog.

Studio: Sunrise , TV Tokyo , Funimation , NAS , Rakuonsha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi

Keroro is a frog-like alien sent from his home planet on a mission to conquer Earth. But when his cover is blown, his battalion abandons him and he ends up in the home of the Hinata family. There, he's forced to do household chores and sleep in a dark basement that was once supposedly a prison cell haunted by the ghost of an innocent girl. He even spends his free time assembling Gundam model kits. During his stay, Keroro meets up with subordinates who were also stranded during their failed invasion.



Tags: Aliens , Otaku Culture , Meta , Space , Parody , Ensemble Cast , Episodic , Anti-Hero , Military , Shounen , Ninja , Cosmic Horror , Ghost , Robots , Kuudere , Butler

Ani ni Tsukeru Kusuri wa Nai!

Also known as Take My Brother Away!.

Studio: Fanworks , Imagineer , Tencent Penguin Pictures , China Wit Media
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Based on a Chinese web comedy manga.

Shi Miao simply cannot stand her lazy, stupid, and unreliable elder brother Shi Fen, who is one year above her at the same high school. Though the two siblings can only depend on each other, Shi Miao's violent tendencies combined with Shi Fen's knack for causing trouble cause them to fight constantly. And so, Shi Miao can only hope that someone might take her brother away—even though, when push comes to shove, Shi Fen always tries to do what he believes is best for his cute younger sister.

Note: Airing dates reflect the original airing and premiere dates in China, where it aired earlier than it did in Japan.

Tags: Family Life , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Slapstick , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Bisexual , Foreign , Primarily Male Cast

Nanbaka

Also known as NANBAKA.

Studio: Satelight , Tokuma Japan Communications , Nelke Planning , Sony Music Communications , DAX Production , NAS , NHN Comico , Crunchyroll , GP MEDIA JAPAN
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama

Four men are assigned to the prison: Juugo, a man who attempted to break out of prison and ended up extending his jail time; Uno, a man who likes to gamble with women; Rokku, a man who likes to get into fights; and Nico, a man who likes anime.



Tags: Slapstick , Delinquents , Prison , Crime , Episodic , Primarily Male Cast , Revenge , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Body Horror , Femboy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bisexual , Super Power , Anti-Hero , Meta , Tanned Skin , Male Protagonist , Ninja , Makeup , Unrequited Love , Disability , Crossdressing , Tsundere , Poker , Karuta

Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!

Also known as WataMote: No Matter How I Look At It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!.

Studio: Square Enix , SILVER LINK. , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

At the tender age of 15, Tomoko Kuroki has already dated hundreds of boys — or at least in dating games she has. The sad truth is that she gets tongue-tied just talking to people, which makes her entrance into the social pressure cooker of high school especially odious and riddled with anxiety. Can Tomoko overcome her crippling social anxiety and finally have the popular high school life she’s always dreamed of? Or will she merely get caught in the downward spiral that is her awkward life?



Tags: Hikikomori , Bisexual , Female Protagonist , School , Satire , Otaku Culture , Parody , Meta , Disability , Slapstick , Achronological Order , Psychosexual , Chuunibyou , Episodic , Shounen , Video Games , Rehabilitation , Yuri

Urusei Yatsura (2022)

Also known as Urusei Yatsura (2022) Seasons 1 & 2.

Studio: david production , Fuji TV , Aniplex , Shogakukan , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , Fuji Creative Corporation , Dentsu , david production , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

When an alien race known as the Oni invade Earth, the chronically unlucky and unapologetically lecherous Ataru Moroboshi is selected as humanity’s representative in a duel for the fate of the planet! His opponent is Lum, the Oni’s very pretty princess, and it’s only thanks to Ataru’s unscrupulous behavior that he’s able to scrape out a win in a treacherous game of tag against her. Ataru thinks he’s had his lucky break at last, but when Lum takes a shine to him off the battlefield, the conflict follows him home as Lum invades not only planet Earth, but also the womanizing Ataru’s love life!



Note: Sentai has labeled the 1st and 2nd cour of this season as "Seasons 1 & 2". They have labeled the 3rd and 4th cours of the 2nd season as “Seasons 3 & 4”

Tags: School , Tsundere , Surreal Comedy , Slapstick , Ensemble Cast , Episodic , Aliens , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Female Protagonist , Cohabitation , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Parody , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Tomboy , Family Life , Time Manipulation , Animals , Youkai , Shrine Maiden , Yandere , Crossdressing , Meta , Shapeshifting , Snowscape , Tennis , Gender Bending

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 , Parody , Meta , Satire , Female Protagonist , Mixed Media , Seinen , Musical Theater