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Gabriel Dropout

Also known as Gabriel DropOut.

Studio: Doga Kobo , Kadokawa Media House , AT-X , Sony Music Communications , KADOKAWA
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

An angel at the top of an angel school has descended to the human world! However, she has already acclimated to the life of the human world so much that she ends up leading a self-indulgent life, skipping school all the time and being absorbed in online games. Gabriel soon forgets about her original goal to make human beings happy and has turned into a lazy and hopeless angel, or a “sloppy angel” in short. Amazingly, she swears to continue to fully enjoy the pleasure of various entertainments of the human world.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Urban , Angels , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Demons , Primarily Female Cast , Surreal Comedy , Slapstick , School , Gods , Primarily Teen Cast , Episodic , Hikikomori , Parody , Magic , Tsundere , Chuunibyou , Video Games , Shounen

Aiura

Also known as AIURA.

Studio: Pony Canyon , Tohokushinsha Film Corporation , LIDENFILMS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The story centers around Amaya, Iwasawa, and Uehara—three "annoying, spirited high school girls with zero motivation"—and their classmates. Their daily life is "what happens when there is nothing happening."



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School , Episodic , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Iyashikei , Shounen

Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki

Also known as Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki.

Studio: Saetta , Creators in Pack
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

After growing up in Tokyo, high school student Jin Kaito moves to Nagoya where he meets Yatogame Monaka, a fellow student who puts her Nagoya dialect on full display. With her cat-like appearance and unvarnished Nagoya dialect, Yatogame won't open up to him at all. This popular local comedy is increasing the status of Nagoya through observation of the adorable Yatogame-chan!



Tags: School Club , School , Shounen , Parody , Satire , Male Protagonist , Photography , Primarily Child Cast , Urban , Primarily Female Cast , Nekomimi , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Language Barrier , Episodic , Meta

Joshiraku

Also known as Joshiraku.

Studio: J.C. Staff , Starchild Records , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Kodansha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Marii, Kigurumi, Tetora, Gankyou, and Kukuru deserve a round of applause for keeping the art of Rakugo alive! What’s their secret? Witty, absurd banter of course! These five friends always have something to talk about, no matter how silly the topic.

Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Meta , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Female Cast , Satire , Parody , Slapstick , Acting , Rakugo , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Otaku Culture , Urban , Shounen , Nudity , Educational

Mitsuboshi Colors

Also known as Mitsuboshi Colors.

Studio: SILVER LINK. , Frontier Works , Kadokawa Shoten , AT-X , Movic
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Hark! The city is in peril! Who you gonna call? Colors!

Sacchan, Yui and Kotoha are here to protect the city, solving mysteries and battling enemies with help from their friends.
But their quest isn't an easy one as their arch-nemesis Saitou, the violent police officer of Ueno, meets them at every turn.

Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Child Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Episodic , Urban , Shounen , Outdoor , Female Protagonist , Rural , Ensemble Cast , Bullying , Police , Animals

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 , Parody , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Seinen , LGBTQ+ Themes , Meta , Ojou-sama , Gyaru , Makeup

Teppen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also known as TEPPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laughing 'til You Cry.

Studio: Drive , Bushiroad Creative , Bushiroad Move , CyberAgent , TOKYO MX , EPX
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Yayoi Sakamoto, a diehard fan of comedians and comedy acts, enrolls in the private Kazuki High School in Nanba (Osaka's entertainment district famous as the starting point for many comedians). She reunites with Yomogi Takahashi, a childhood friend who once formed the comedy duo "Konamonzu" with her when they were little. Before long, they find themselves putting together a routine at a park like they did before, in order to enter a local shopping area's contest. At that moment, a mysterious girl calls out to them.



Note: The airing of the show's second episode had originally been cancelled due to "various circumstances." It was later broadcast on September 10th.

Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Surreal Comedy , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Time Manipulation , Aliens , Episodic , Rakugo

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 , Primarily Female Cast , Crossdressing , Memory Manipulation , Shounen , School , Male Protagonist , Gender Bending , Time Manipulation , Urban , LGBTQ+ Themes , Swimming , Food , Urban Fantasy , Femboy

Hirogaru Sky! Precure

Also known as Soaring Sky! Precure.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

A major incident has occurred in the peaceful Sky Land!? The young Princess Eru has been kidnapped by the monsters of Underg Empire! A brave young girl, Sora, follows the princess through a mysterious hole. "TV"? "Cars"? Are those some kind of magic tools!?!?

But there's no time to be surprised! She has to get the princess back to the castle...! Flying between two worlds! The adventure with the Pretty Cure begins now!

It's hero time!

Tags: Henshin , Superhero , Magic , Found Family , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Isekai , Ensemble Cast , Urban Fantasy , Kids , Urban , Episodic , LGBTQ+ Themes , Monster Boy , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Animals , Shapeshifting , Memory Manipulation , Drawing , Anthropomorphism , Parkour , Martial Arts , Dragons , Teacher , Aviation , Male Protagonist , School , Baseball , Tokusatsu , Tomboy

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 , Ensemble Cast , Shounen , Parody , Episodic , Anti-Hero , Military , Ninja , Cosmic Horror , Ghost , Robots , Kuudere