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Nichijou

Also known as Nichijou - My Ordinary Life.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Lantis , Kadokawa Shoten , Movic , Rakuonsha , Bandai Entertainment , Kadokawa Pictures Japan , KLOCKWORX , Animation Do
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Nichijou primarily focuses on the daily antics of a trio of childhood friends—high school girls Mio Naganohara, Yuuko Aioi and Mai Minakami—whose stories soon intertwine with the young genius Hakase Shinonome, her robot caretaker Nano, and their talking cat Sakamoto. With every passing day, the lives of these six, as well as of the many people around them, experience both the calms of normal life and the insanity of the absurd. Walking to school, being bitten by a talking crow, spending time with friends, and watching the principal suplex a deer: they are all in a day's work in the extraordinary everyday lives of those in Nichijou.



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Episodic , Slapstick , School , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Parody , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Achronological Order , Robots , Camping , Shounen , Body Horror , Drawing , Tsundere , Love Triangle , Football , Guns

Gal to Kyouryuu

Also known as Gal & Dino.

Studio: Space Neko Company , Kamikaze Douga , King Records , Kodansha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

After a night of drinking, Kaede wakes up realizing that in her drunken daze she had brought an unexpected guest home—a dinosaur! Kaede just goes with the flow and accepts her new living situation. Now she navigates her daily life while eating, watching TV, and shopping with her prehistoric roommate. Together, the duo enjoys each other’s company as they take on whatever the day brings.



Tags: Dinosaurs , Surreal Comedy , Gyaru , Language Barrier , Stop Motion , Mixed Media , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Episodic , Fashion , Animals , Time Manipulation , Super Power , Pandemic

Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan

Also known as My Deer Friend Nokotan.

Studio: Twin Engine , WIT STUDIO , Dentsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Koshi Torako has everyone fooled. Her classmates see her as the perfect honor student, unaware of her secret delinquent past. But her new picturesque school life is thrown into chaos when she bumps into Shikanoko Noko, a girl with antlers! Mayhem seems to follow this strange doe-eyed girl. Who, or what, is she?



Note: Each episode streamed 4 days early on some streaming services. The original TV broadcast started on June 7th, 2024.

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Animals , Slapstick , School Club , Female Protagonist , Meta , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Satire , Primarily Female Cast , Parody , Episodic , Yuri , Urban Fantasy , Tsundere , CGI , Unrequited Love , Delinquents , Monster Girl , Shounen , Anthropomorphism , Super Power , Chibi , Horticulture , Yandere , Gods , Agriculture , Guns , LGBTQ+ Themes , Time Loop

Teekyuu

Also known as Teekyuu.

Studio: MAPPA , Earth Star Entertainment , DAX Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Sports

Teekyuu is based on a sports comedy manga of the same name featuring four high school girls who belong to a tennis club.

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Episodic , Meta , School Club , Parody , Primarily Female Cast , Tennis , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School , Female Protagonist , Shounen

Megami "Isekai Tensei Nani ni Naritai Desu ka" Ore "Yuusha no Rokkotsu de"

Also known as My Ribdiculous Reincarnation.

Studio: Qzil.la , S.o.K , Nippon Television Network , BS Nittele , Docomo Anime Store , Movic
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

My reincarnation destination is... “the rib of a harem-loving, happy-ending, overpowered hero”!? An isekai reincarnation anime that defies animation conventions is born!

Beyond traditional animation, this series delivers an exhilarating isekai reincarnation tale through unconventional techniques like stop-motion, puppet theater, and live-action—featuring the aloof “Goddess” in charge of isekai reincarnations and the protagonist “Me,” who endures one absurd reincarnation after another!



Tags: Mixed Media , Reincarnation , Surreal Comedy , Isekai , Afterlife , Male Protagonist , Gods , Parody , Episodic , Anthropomorphism , Anti-Hero , Alternate Universe , Stop Motion , Demons , Artificial Intelligence , Boys' Love , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Meta

Bessatsu Olympia Kyklos

Also known as Extra Olympia Kyklos.

Studio: Dentsu , Gosay Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life , Sports

Demetrios was a young man in Ancient Greece who was a potter's apprentice, but also a rather timid otaku. Despite pursuing the arts, he was blessed with natural athletic talent. One day, he gets dragged into a village conflict. Demetrios contemplates how helpless he is, but then is struck by lightning! When he comes to, he is no longer in Greece, but a strange land where he can't understand the language and people look rather different. Yes, he somehow ended up 1964 Tokyo! Of course, Demetrios has no idea what Japan even is. What will become of him?!



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Mixed Media , Stop Motion , Athletics , Historical , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Nudity , Time Skip , Time Manipulation , Educational , Seinen , Gods , Isekai , Wrestling , Swimming , Meta , Drawing , War

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt

Also known as Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt.

Studio: Gainax , Funimation , Kadokawa Shoten , Half H.P Studio , AT-X , Kadokawa Pictures Japan , KLOCKWORX , flying DOG , Kadokawa Contents Gate , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Supernatural

Panty and Stocking – the Anarchy Sisters – are two nasty-ass angels who got booted from the pearly gates for being foul-mouthed bitches! Now they spend their nights blowing up ghosts in the seedy abyss between Heaven and Earth. Panty likes sex, Stocking likes sweets, their afro-sporting main man Garter Belt has a fetish we can't mention. Together, they're turning the mean streets of Daten City into a buffet of bodily fluids. Ghosts don't stand a chance against their lingerie of mass destruction, and if this debaucherous duo can collect enough Heaven Coins, they just might get their halos back. It's a slim chance in hell, but anything can happen when you're rolling commando, especially with Panty and Stocking!



Tags: Parody , Female Protagonist , Satire , Episodic , Angels , Anti-Hero , Mixed Media , Gyaru , Surreal Comedy , Nudity , Henshin , Demons , Ghost , Urban Fantasy , Guns , Psychosexual , Twins , Gods , Swordplay , Monster Girl , Unrequited Love , Heterosexual , Aromantic , Urban , Tokusatsu , Chibi , CGI , Tanned Skin , Robots , School , Zombie , Military , Bullying

Plastic Nee-san

Also known as Plastic Elder Sister.

Studio: TYO Animations
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi

Based on Kurii Cha's gag comedy manga, Plastic Nee-san is a very short anime that follows a third-year high school girl who likes building plastic models and the wacky conversations she has with her fellow club members.

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Slapstick , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School Club , Seinen

Atasha Kawashiri Kodama da yo: Dangerous Lifehacker no Tadareta Seikatsu

Also known as I'M KODAMA KAWASHIRI.

Studio: Lapin Track
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

The story depicts the lazy, unhealthy daily life of Kawashiri, who loves alcohol and anything greasy, salty, or sweet.

Tags: Airsoft , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Primarily Adult Cast , Philosophy , Educational , Surreal Comedy

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo

Also known as Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo.

Studio: Toei Animation , Avex Entertainment , Dentsu , TV Asahi , Viz Media , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi

Bo Bobo is a man with the incredible power of hearing the voices of hair and using his own to fight. He uses his power to fight off the Margarita Empire and all of Emperor Tsuru Tsuruiina's minions who are stealing the hair off of anyone they find to power up their emperor.



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Parody , Meta , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Shounen , Dissociative Identities , Martial Arts , Crossdressing , Male Protagonist , Aliens , Guns