Anime like Shirokuma Cafe

Rokuhoudou Yotsuiro Biyori

Also known as Yotsuiro Biyori.

Studio: ZEXCS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Four men—Gure, Sui, Tokitaka, and Tsubaki—each help run a Japanese tea shop together called Rokuhoudou. When one visits the shop, they are greeted warmly, is served tea, and are often helped with any problems they may have.



Tags: Food , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Episodic , Iyashikei , Primarily Male Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Twins , Animals

Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san

Also known as Mr. Villain's Day Off.

Studio: Shin-Ei Animation , SynergySP , Nikkatsu , TV Tokyo , VAP , MAGNET , Square Enix , Shin-Ei Animation , SCISSORS BLITZ , KLOCKWORX , TV Osaka
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The man known as General within a villainous organization that plans to take over the world is usually fighting to the death against the Rangers who protect the Earth...

But today is his day off.

To heal his tired soul from working so hard every day, he goes to the zoo to see pandas and to the convenience store to get some ice cream.

We get to see how a certain villain gets to completely enjoy his days off to the fullest in this comedy that will heal your soul.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Iyashikei , Primarily Adult Cast , Monster Boy , Urban , Aliens , Animals , Shoujo , Tokusatsu , Konbini , Henshin , Found Family , Twins , Work , Orphan

Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii OVA

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Lapin Track , Aniplex , Fuji TV , Ichijinsha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

The first OVA titled Sore wa, ikinari otozureta=koi was released on March 29, 2019.
The second OVA titled Tomodachi no Kyori was released on February 26, 2021.
The third OVA titled Shain Ryokou to Negaigoto was released on October 14, 2021.

Note: Unaired episodes bundled with the special edition of the 7th, 10th and 11th manga volumes.

Tags: Otaku Culture , Primarily Adult Cast , Josei , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Work , Episodic , Volleyball , School , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Tomboy , Athletics , Chibi , Virtual World , Gender Bending

Tenchi Souzou Design-bu

Also known as Heaven’s Design Team.

Studio: Asahi Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

I made the light, the water, and the earth below. Now it's time to make the life that dwells upon it. Actually... that sounds like a giant headache, so I'll contract it out! Heaven's Design Team is an agency that creates made-to-order life forms for their client, God. Why does this life form look like that? Why does this life form live this way? Watch the trials and successes of the designers and engineers forced to breathe life into God's absurd requests!



Tags: Educational , Animals , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Work , Satire , Seinen , Gods , Chibi , Drawing , Transgender , Angels , Dinosaurs

Africa no Salaryman (TV)

Also known as Africa Salaryman.

Studio: Hot Zipang , Funimation , KADOKAWA
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Imagine your co-workers–a lion, toucan, and lizard! Hey it can happen right? Africa Salaryman is a comedic take on office life of three African jungle animals who could be your potential co-workers in corporate America. It’s full of ridiculous office place antics and hilarious scenarios, that keeps things quite entertaining, while the animals cope with their working environment.



Tags: Animals , Work , Urban , Anthropomorphism , CGI , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Office , Primarily Animal Cast , Shoujo

Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi

Also known as Kakuriyo -Bed & Breakfast for Spirits-.

Studio: GONZO , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

The series centers on a female college student named Aoi, who inherited the ability to see spirits from her late grandfather. Aoi prides herself on her cooking, and one day she's feeding some agricultural spirits when suddenly a god and the master of the "Tenshinya" (Heavenly Inn) appears and takes Aoi away. He says that due to her grandfather's debts, she must become his bride. Aoi hates this idea and instead declares that she will pay back her grandfather's debt by working at the Tenshinya.



Tags: Shoujo , Youkai , Food , Female Protagonist , Isekai , Heterosexual , Inn , Arranged Marriage , Monster Boy , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Harem , Love Triangle , Twins

Okoshiyasu, Chitose-chan

Also known as Welcome, Chitose.

Studio: Gathering
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The "soothing short" manga follows Chitose, a fluffy Emperor penguin chick living in Kyoto. The stories depict such familiar Kyoto locales as Togetsu-kyo bridge, Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, Fushimi Inari-taisha shrine, and Kiyomizu-dera temple from a penguin's perspective, as well as Kyoto cuisine.



Tags: Episodic , Animals , Josei , Anthropomorphism , Female Protagonist

Non Non Biyori

Also known as Non Non Biyori.

Studio: Media Factory , SILVER LINK. , Sentai Filmworks , AT-X , Lantis , Sony Music Communications , TV Tokyo , Kadokawa Shoten
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

When Hotaru moves from Tokyo to a tiny town in the rural countryside, she’s in for some serious culture shock: the nearest place that sells comics is 20 minutes away, the nearest video store is ten train stations down the line, and there are only three other girls and one boy in her entire school! Even though everything’s so different, there’s something about the laid-back atmosphere that makes her feel strangely comfortable. While she’ll certainly miss parts of her old life, there’s a whole lifetime of experiences waiting to be enjoyed with her new friends Renge, Komari, Natsumi, and Suguru!



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Iyashikei , Rural , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , School , Agriculture , Seinen , Achronological Order , Tomboy , Kuudere

Mikan Enikki

Studio: Nippon Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

A kitten, abandoned and left for dead along with his siblings, is taken in by Tomu Kusanagi, who nurtures him and discovers that the tangerine cat he so adores is actually a genius who can talk, walk, read, and has even acquired a taste for liquor!

Tags: Animals , Shoujo

Niehime to Kemono no Ou

Also known as Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts.

Studio: J.C. Staff , Pony Canyon , Crunchyroll , WOWMAX , Hakusensha , BS11 , Contents Seed
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

The King of the Beasts and Demons regularly receives female human sacrifices to eat in order to assert the dominance of his people over the human race. However, for the 99th sacrifice, the human girl brought to the capital, Sariphi, intrigues the Beast King. In fact she isn't afraid of him or any other beast and even accepts her death without begging or crying as she has neither home nor family to return to if she were released. The King finds her intriguing and let her stay at his side as his consort despite being human. This is the story of how Sariphi will become the queen of the demons and beasts.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Politics , Monster Boy , Shoujo , Anthropomorphism , Animals , Magic , War , Rehabilitation , Coming of Age , Bullying , Demons , Revenge , Historical , Swordplay , Heterosexual , Fairy Tale , Love Triangle , Age Gap , Time Skip , Estranged Family , Kingdom Management , Primarily Animal Cast , Gore