Anime like Seto no Hanayome

Nagasarete Airantou

Also known as Nagasarete Airanto.

Studio: feel. , GANSIS , Starchild Records
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance

After a terrible argument with his father, Ikuto makes a hasty, fateful decision to run away from home. Going from runaway to stowaway, Ikuto’s luck lands him on a ship heading right into the path of a huge storm! When it rains, it pours — or in Ikuto’s case, it pours so badly that he washes overboard and wakes up on a deserted island. Well, an almost deserted island. The island is populated by nothing but beautiful girls, all of whom want Ikuto to choose them as his bride.



Tags: Female Harem , Primarily Female Cast , Rural , Shrine Maiden , Animals , Shounen , Kuudere

Jitsu wa Watashi wa

Also known as Actually, I Am.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Sotsu , 3xCube , TMS Music , TV Tokyo , DAX Production , Asmik Ace , AT-X , MediaNet , Akita Shoten , Pony Canyon
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

The romantic comedy centers around Asahi Kuromine, who has a crush on a cute girl named Yōko Shiragami. Shiragami just happens to be a vampire. Asahi cannot keep a secret, but he is determined to keep Shiragami's secret anyways.



Tags: School , Vampire , Heterosexual , Monster Girl , Urban Fantasy , Female Harem , Demons , Love Triangle , Aliens , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Time Manipulation

Haiyore! Nyaruko-san

Also known as Nyaruko: Crawling with Love!.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Xebec , KLOCKWORX , Cospa , SoftBank Creative Corp. , Studio Mausu , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Sci-Fi

"I'm Nyarlathotep, the creeping chaos always smiling beside you." But you can call her Nyaruko for short. One by one, the Great Ones from the Cthulhu mythos are coming to earth to target Nyaruko and her human friend Mahiro. He's utterly clueless about the true nature of his cosmic conflict and just wants to live in peace.



Tags: Parody , Surreal Comedy , Meta , Tsundere , Aliens , Love Triangle , Mythology , Monster Girl , Male Protagonist , Female Harem , Henshin , School , Primarily Female Cast , Family Life , Body Swapping , Nudity , Gender Bending , Alternate Universe , Heterosexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tokusatsu , Cosmic Horror

Zero no Tsukaima

Also known as The Familiar of Zero.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Genco , Funimation , Media Factory , Shouchiku , Bushiroad , Happinet Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance

Louise is a magician at the Tristein Academy, dubbed with the nickname "Zero Louise" due to her inability to effectively use her magic properly, resulting in zero successes. An upcoming test at her academy requires her to summon a familiar, a servant and partner to support her as a magician. Despite desiring a familiar that would be superior to her constantly mocking classmates, Louise ends up summoning Hiraga Saito, your average Japanese boy. Even with Louise and Saito both unwilling to accept each other, they have no choice. Louise cannot attempt another summoning and Saito cannot return to Japan, and so their life together begins. Based on the novel by Noboru Yamaguchi.

Tags: Isekai , Magic , Tsundere , Heterosexual , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Female Harem , Slapstick , Slavery , School , Female Protagonist , Ojou-sama , Bullying , War , Maids , Dragons , Aviation , Language Barrier , Kuudere , Tanned Skin

School Rumble

Also known as School Rumble.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Sotsu , Marvelous Entertainment , Starchild Records , Funimation , Media Factory , Studio Comet , DAX Production , Studio Jack
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Tsukamoto Tenma is an ordinary 2nd year high school student who has fallen in love with one of her classmates, Karasuma Ooji. However, currently she is unable to confess her feelings to him. To make things worse, she found out that Karasuma is transferring to another school in a year. On the other hand, Tenma's other classmate, Harima Kenji (who is a delinquent) is also in love with Tenma. Not being able to confess his feelings, Harima gets depressed day by day.



Tags: Ensemble Cast , Love Triangle , School , Delinquents , Parody , Tsundere , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Episodic , Kuudere , Shounen , Butler , Super Power

Tonikaku Kawaii

Also known as TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You.

Studio: Seven Arcs , Crunchyroll , Shogakukan , Warner Bros. Japan , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , KLOCKWORX
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

The story follows a protagonist whose name is written with the characters for "Hoshizora" ("Starry Sky" in Japanese), but whose name is pronounced as "Nasa". On the day of his high school entrance exams, Nasa encounters a beautiful girl named Tsukasa. For Nasa, it feels like destiny is finally calling out to him that he will have a girlfriend, but things take a turn for the worse when Nasa is hit by a car and unable to attend his entrance exams.

After Tsukasa helps the injured Nasa, he confesses his feelings to her, and she agrees to go out with him, but only if Nasa agrees to marry her first. A year later Nasa aces the entrance exams, but he decides to work a part time job and live by himself instead of going to school. After Nasa turns 18, Tsukasa re-appears, and their happy, romantic, and mysterious married life together begins.



Tags: Marriage , Family Life , Heterosexual , Iyashikei , Coming of Age , Shounen , Primarily Adult Cast , Meta , Male Protagonist , Kuudere , Cohabitation , Maids , Love Triangle

To LOVE-Ru

Also known as To Love Ru.

Studio: Xebec , TBS , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Sci-Fi

Rito Yuuki is unlucky when it comes to love — no matter how hard he tries to confess to his crush, his efforts end in failure. After another day’s confession goes down the drain, Rito spends his night sulking in his bathtub. But when a naked girl with a pointed tail teleports into the tub with him, it seems like Rito’s luck is finally looking up! His fortune doesn’t last long when he finds himself accidentally engaged to the buxom beauty who is none other than the princess of the planet Deviluke!



Tags: Female Harem , Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Aliens , School , Nudity , Primarily Female Cast , Parody , Heterosexual , Psychosexual , Episodic , Meta , Male Protagonist , Tsundere , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Large Breasts , Shounen , Monster Girl , Kuudere , Ghost , Gender Bending

Akiba Meido Sensou

Also known as Akiba Maid War.

Studio: P.A.WORKS , Cygames , Tencent , Happinet Media Marketing , Movic , TOKYO MX , Shouchiku , Fields
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama

Akihabara is the center of the universe for the coolest hobbies and quirkiest amusements. In the spring of 1999, bright-eyed Nagomi Wahira moves there with dreams of joining a maid café. She quickly dons an apron at café Ton Tokoton, AKA the Pig Hut. But adjusting to life in bustling Akihabara isn’t as easy as serving tea and delighting customers. Paired with the dour Ranko who never seems to smile, Nagomi must do her best to elevate the Pig Hut over all other maid cafés vying for top ranking. Along the way she’ll slice out a place for herself amid the frills and thrills of life at the Pig Hut. Just when Nagomi’s dreams are within her grasp, she discovers not everything is as it seems amid the maid cafés of Akihabara.



Tags: Yakuza , Maids , Primarily Female Cast , Crime , Gangs , Female Protagonist , Work , Parody , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Surreal Comedy , Guns , Restaurant , Tragedy , Otaku Culture , Gore , Found Family , Revenge , Kemonomimi , Anti-Hero , Anachronism , Slapstick , War , Gyaru , Ensemble Cast , Orphan , Coming of Age , Kuudere , Homeless , Conspiracy , Time Skip , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Gambling , Tanned Skin , Disability , Boxing , Food , Ninja , Nudity , Baseball , Poker , Fishing

Urusei Yatsura (2022)

Also known as Urusei Yatsura (2022).

Studio: David Production , Fuji TV , Aniplex , Shogakukan , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , Fuji Creative Corporation , Dentsu , David Production
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!



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

Nisekoi

Also known as Nisekoi.

Studio: Aniplex , Shaft , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

As a child, Raku Ichijo made a secret promise with his childhood sweetheart, keeping a pendant as a memento while his love took the key. He dreams of one day meeting his past love, but years later, reality smashes his hopes when Chitoge Kirisaki accidentally knees him in the face...

Though Raku's a normal high schooler, his family heads the notorious yakuza gang the Shuei-Gumi faction! And he's dragged into family affairs when he's forced into a relationship with Chitoge, the daughter of a rival gang's boss!

Despite their constant spats, the two somehow fool everyone with their false relationship. Raku then discovers that Chitoge has a mysterious key from her past, which she can't remember... Plus, two other girls appear with keys as well—Kosaki Onodera and Marika Tachibana!

Caught in the midst of this love maelstrom, even more complications arise for Raku when his class decides on Romeo and Juliet as the class's play for the school festival. Can the two false lovebirds pull off the impossible and make the play a success?



Tags: Love Triangle , Female Harem , Primarily Female Cast , Male Protagonist , Tsundere , School , Slapstick , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Yakuza , Mafia , Kuudere , Coming of Age , Fake Relationship , Shounen , Arranged Marriage , Tomboy , Gangs , Crossdressing