Anime like Nyaight of the Living Cat

Ame to Kimi to

Also known as With You and the Rain.

Studio: Lesprit , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , BS Asahi , TV Asahi
Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

On a rainy day, Fuji meets a cute critter posing as a dog and offering an umbrella and a cue card that says, “Please take me home” and she can’t resist. With this dog-poster’s quirky charm and mysterious ways, life together becomes a heartwarming adventure of friendship and shared seasons.



Tags: Seinen , Iyashikei , Animals , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban

Kawaisugi Crisis

Also known as TOO CUTE CRISIS.

Studio: SynergySP , Pony Canyon , Sotsu , Kansai TV , BS Asahi , CHOCOLATE
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Invading alien Liza Luna wants nothing more than to destroy planet Earth... after she gets in a little sightseeing, first. But her travels soon take her into a cat café, where the furry felines inside invade her heart just as surely as Liza invaded Earth! Destroying the world won’t be so easy now that she’s discovered the joys of kitty cats...



Tags: Female Protagonist , Animals , Aliens , Iyashikei , Shounen , Slapstick , Educational , Primarily Adult Cast , Nekomimi , Primarily Female Cast

Gakuen Mokushiroku: HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD

Also known as High School of the Dead.

Studio: MADHOUSE , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , AT-X , Sentai Filmworks , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Ecchi , Horror , Romance , Supernatural

The lockers are splattered with blood, the student bodies are piling up and that's not mystery meat they're eating in the cafeteria… it's the faculty! And that's just the start of the worst day of school ever when a nightmarish virus is unleashed, turning humans into flesh eating zombies and converting Fujimi High School into a literal hell on Earth. Now it's a crash course in survival, and the only test or skill that matters is the ability to keep moving, breathing and fighting. Because if nerds, jocks and the surviving staff can't find a way to work together to escape this carnal house of education, they're all going to end up on the menu. And that's assuming there's anyplace safe left to escape to.



Tags: Zombie , Survival , Pandemic , Gore , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Ensemble Cast , Body Horror , Nudity , Guns , Female Harem , Primarily Teen Cast , Large Breasts , Love Triangle , Swordplay , Ojou-sama , Politics , Tsundere , Heterosexual , School , Military , Shounen , Assassins , Unrequited Love , Police , Suicide , Animals , Female Protagonist

Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru Made ni Shitai 100 no Koto

Also known as Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead.

Studio: Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , BUG FILMS , Shaft
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Horror , Supernatural

Surviving a zombie apocalypse beats being a wage slave any day! After spending years slaving away for a soul-crushing company, Akira's life has lost its luster. He lives in a trash-filled apartment, his pay is abysmal, and he can't even muster up the nerve to confess his love to his beautiful co-worker. But when a zombie apocalypse ravages his town, it gives him the push he needs to live for himself. Now Akira's on a mission to complete all 100 items on his bucket list before he...well, kicks the bucket.



Tags: Zombie , Post-Apocalyptic , Surreal Comedy , Travel , Survival , Rural , Male Protagonist , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Rehabilitation , Slapstick , Tsundere , Seinen , Work , Gore , Body Horror , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Nudity , Motorcycles , Rugby , Office , Achromatic , Cultivation , Suicide

Gakkou Gurashi!

Also known as SCHOOL-LIVE!.

Studio: Lerche , Nitroplus , Sotsu , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Why would anyone form a School Living Club? Could four girls, their advisor, and a puppy really love their school so much that they’d want to live in it? Or is there another reason, something that lurks behind the façade of their comfortable existence? Something that waits outside their school’s doors. Something that has already robbed one girl of her sanity? While the others try to come to grips with a dark new reality, the rest of the world falls to ruin at the hands of a ravenous force, and insanity may be the last hope for survival. Shocks, heartbreak and stunning revelations await as the twisted tale unfolds.



Tags: Survival , School , Post-Apocalyptic , School Club , Tragedy , Zombie , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Memory Manipulation , Achronological Order , Ensemble Cast , Seinen , Gore , Teacher , Animals , CGI , Nudity

Shiki

Also known as Shiki.

Studio: Aniplex , Daume , Dentsu , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

During a fiercely hot summer in Sotoba, a peaceful and quiet village with a population of 1300 people, a series of bizarre deaths begin to occur. At the same time, a strange family moves into a long abandoned mansion in the region. After supposedly visiting this strange family, the fashionable Shimizu Megumi goes missing and the entire village goes out in search for her.

Tags: Vampire , Survival , Tragedy , Rural , Anti-Hero , Ensemble Cast , Zombie , Philosophy , Denpa , Gore , Pandemic , Urban Fantasy , Medicine , Male Protagonist , Revenge , Religion , Achronological Order , Yandere , Writing , Guns , Primarily Teen Cast , Werewolf

Apocalypse Hotel

Also known as Apocalypse Hotel.

Studio: CygamesPictures , CyberAgent , Nippon Television Network , Takeshobo , Sammy , arma bianca
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Following the collapse of civilization, one storied hotel stands among the ruins of Tokyo’s Ginza district. Overrun by nature, this lone hotel continues to defy humanity’s collapse. Current guests: zero. Check-ins scheduled today: zero. Yesterday’s website traffic: zero. Enter with caution in this story of survival and mystery in a world where the memory of humanity begins to fade.



Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Robots , Work , Female Protagonist , Aliens , Artificial Intelligence , Anthropomorphism , Inn , Urban , Surreal Comedy , Time Skip , Iyashikei , Parody , Space , Shapeshifting , Episodic , Pandemic , Language Barrier

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

Kinokoinu

Also known as Kinokoinu Mushroom Pup.

Studio: C-Station , FuRyu , ABC Animation , 81 Produce , Universal Music , BS11 , AT-X , KLOCKWORX , Tokuma Shoten
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Picture book author Hotaru Yuuyami lost his beloved dog, Hanako. He was in the depths of a dark and deep sadness, regretting his inability to do anything about it. One day, he notices a pink mushroom growing under the snow willow tree in his garden. As he gazed at it idly, it suddenly began to move, wagging its tail and coming closer to him. “A mushroom...dog?”

Despite his doubts, he decides to live with this mysterious creature, “Kinokoinu" (Mushroom Dog). Then he started drawing where he wasn't supposed to draw, ate all the melon bread and takoyaki, and made all sorts of messes, but his playful attitude is hard to hate.

The days spent with Kinokoinu, involving his childhood friend Komako-chan, the editor, and Yara-kun of the Mushroom Research Institute, gradually changes Hotaru's expression. This is a slightly mysterious and heartwarming animation that depicts the funny days of Hotaru and everyone together with Kinokoinu, who is too mysterious in many ways.



Tags: Iyashikei , Primarily Adult Cast , Rehabilitation , Drawing , Writing , Anthropomorphism , Male Protagonist , Orphan , Work , Animals , Seinen , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bisexual

Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko: Everything Flows

Also known as She and Her Cat -Everything Flows-.

Studio: LIDENFILMS , Lantis , CoMix Wave
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

For the longest time, it's just been the two of them. "Kanojo" and her cat Daru are inseparable, having grown up together. Now a junior in college, Tomoka—her roommate of a year and a half—moves out of their shared apartment, and in order to keep her living space, Kanojo must find a job. Day by day, Daru watches her continued efforts from a cat's-eye view, eagerly awaiting his owner's return. When she gets back, once again, it's just she and her cat.

Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko: Everything Flows is a charming short series about the bond between a pet and his owner.

Tags: Animals , Tragedy , Reincarnation , Female Protagonist , Time Skip , Iyashikei , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic