Anime like Nagasarete Airantou

Seto no Hanayome

Also known as My Bride is a Mermaid.

Studio: GONZO , AIC , Square Enix , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Michishio Nagasumi's life couldn't be any more normal. In an odd twist of events, during his summer vacation he ends up almost drowning in the sea. Luckily, the cute mermaid Seto San appears to save him. However, San is from a yakuza mermaid family and according to their law, if a human is to catch sight of a mermaid, either he or the mermaid must die. The only other way is for Nagasumi to be taken in as a family member, marrying San. In attempts to save both of their lives, Nagasumi asks for San's hand in marriage. Nagasumi's summer vacation reaped more then what he would expect, as he must now protect San from others finding her secret out.

Tags: Parody , Mermaid , Male Protagonist , School , Gangs , Heterosexual , Yakuza , Chibi , Slapstick , Idol , Female Harem , Shounen , Ensemble Cast

Love Hina

Also known as Love Hina.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Xebec , Funimation , Yomiko Advertising
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

Keitaro Urashima promised a girl when he was young that they would meet up again at Tokyo University in the future. Sadly, in the National Practice Exam, Keitaro ranked 27th from the bottom. Knowing his grandmother owned a hotel, Keitaro intended to stay there while continuing his studies for Tokyo U, only to find out the hotel had long been transformed into an all-girls dormitory. Through an odd twist of fate, Keitaro eventually became the manager of the dorm, beginning his life of living with 5 other girls.

Tags: Female Harem , Heterosexual , Cohabitation , Love Triangle , College , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Tsundere , Primarily Female Cast , Slapstick , Swordplay , Henshin , Shrine Maiden , Idol , Crossdressing , Tokusatsu , Martial Arts , Ghost

Kunoichi Tsubaki no Mune no Uchi

Also known as In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex , Chuugai Kougyou , Good Smile Company , Shogakukan , BS11 , ADK Marketing Solutions
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Supernatural

Deep in the mountains in the middle of nowhere lives a group of kunoichi called Akane Class. These kunoichi work hard together to improve their own skills, and they all live by an unbreakable rule: “Contact with men is strictly forbidden.” But everything takes an unexpected turn when Tsubaki, leader of one of the groups, starts experiencing strange feelings whenever the subject of men comes up.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Ninja , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Ensemble Cast , Tsundere , Tanned Skin , Heterosexual , Episodic , Rural , Twins , Shounen , Gyaru , Slapstick , Magic

Maburaho

Also known as Maburaho.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Happinet Pictures , Sony PCL , Kadokawa Shoten , KLOCKWORX , ADV Films
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Ecchi , Romance

His name is Kazuki Shikimori, 17 years old. He attends Aoi Academy, a school for elite magicians. Each magician has a set limit of spells, and performing more spells than the limit allows will cause the user to turn into dust. In this case, the number of magic Kazuki can use is far below the average in his school. Then one day, all of a sudden, three girls: Yuuna Miyama, Kuriko Kazetsubaki and Rin Kamishiro, appear before him. But of all the things that they are after, it is his genes. And for Kazuki, the girls' appearances may also spell his doom, as he soon realizes that his magic count is decreasing ever steadily due to the fact that he can't resist using magic to help them.



Tags: Female Harem , Magic , School , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Love Triangle , Nudity

Inukami!

Also known as Inukami!.

Studio: Seven Arcs , Starchild Records , Yomiuri Advertising , ASCII Media Works
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Supernatural

Kawahira Keita is a descendant of a historic Inukami tamer family. However, because he lacked in its ability, he was forsaken by the family. One day, an Inukami named Youko came. She looked graceful, obedient, above all, beautiful. Soon he contracted with her, and she paid homage to him. However, she was a problematic Inukami that no one had been able to control.

This is a slap stick comedy of an Inukami Tamer, Keita and an Inukami, Youko. Keita is a man of worldly passions, and he likes money and girls very much. On the other hand, Youko likes to destroy things and is very jealous.



Tags: Youkai , Slapstick , Male Protagonist , Magic , Otaku Culture , Super Power , Female Harem , Mythology , Shapeshifting , Crossdressing

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

GIRLS Bravo: first season

Also known as Girls Bravo.

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , AIC Spirits , Funimation , Lantis , Kadokawa Shoten , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

Small for his age, Yukinari has been bullied and abused by girls all his life. Now in high school, he has developed a rare condition: whenever girls touch him, or even come close, he breaks out in hives. Imagine his surprise, when he is suddenly transported to the city of Seiren on a mystic world invisibly orbiting the Earth, and populated with vast numbers of women and very few men. Fortunately, he has a new friend, Miharu-chan, whose touch inexplicably doesn't affect him.



Tags: Female Harem , Nudity , Primarily Female Cast , Tsundere , Aliens , School , Male Protagonist , Isekai , Bullying , Shounen

Tsugumomo

Also known as Tsugumomo.

Studio: Zero-G , Hakuhodo , Futabasha , Toei Video , Pony Canyon , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Animax , My Theater D.D. , Kakao Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Supernatural

One day Kagami Kazuya, an ordinary boy, encounters Kiriha, a beautiful girl in a kimono. It turns out Kiriha is a tsukumogami, a spirit, whose true identity is the precious obi Kazuya carries around as a memory of his late mother. All kinds of bizarre things unfold in this supernatural action comedy!



Tags: Coming of Age , Youkai , Nudity , Gods , Primarily Child Cast , Female Harem , School , Bisexual , Seinen , Henshin , Age Regression , Primarily Female Cast , Super Power

Go-toubun no Hanayome

Also known as The Quintessential Quintuplets.

Studio: Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Uesugi Fuutarou, a high school second-year from a poor family, receives a highly appealing offer to work part-time as a tutor... but his students turn out to be girls from his own class! What's more, they're quintuplets... and all five are beautiful, but happen to be problem students who have borderline grades and hate studying! Looks like his first assignment will be to win all the sisters' trust?! Every day is a wild party in this rom-com centering around the quintuplet sisters of the Nakano household!



Tags: Twins , Female Harem , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Primarily Female Cast , Teacher , Ensemble Cast , Tsundere , Coming of Age , Shounen , Kuudere , School Club , Ojou-sama , Work , Acting , Time Skip , Cohabitation

Temple

Also known as TenPuru.

Studio: Gekkou , King Records , Kodansha , Crunchyroll , KLOCKWORX
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

"I know! I'll become a monk!" Akagami Akemitsu has spent his days and nights absorbed in studying and part-time work in an effort to distance himself from his family, which is notorious as a household of philanderers. One day, he falls in love at first sight with a girl named Aoba Yuzuki, and suddenly he's constantly drowning in worldly desires. Hoping to fight back against his genes and live a more stoic life, he enters a temple... only to find out that it's a convent filled with gorgeous girls! So begins a new rom-com about the temple life of three adorable triplets and two beautiful freeloaders!



Tags: Heterosexual , Female Harem , Large Breasts , Male Protagonist , Nudity , Slapstick , Tsundere , Primarily Female Cast , Surreal Comedy , Religion , Seinen , Philosophy , Archery , Arranged Marriage