Anime like PriPara 2nd Season

Princess-Session Orchestra

Studio: King Records , SILVER LINK.
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mahou Shoujo , Music

The anime takes place in Alicepia, which is a mysterious country that has existed since ancient times. The inhabitants of Alicepia, the Alicepians, are a fun-loving people, but one day mysterious monsters called Jamaock appeared to threaten the peace of Alicepia. The story follows a trio of "princesses" who never forget the song in their hearts, even when facing such danger and step up to save the day with the power of music.



Tags: Henshin , Idol , Kids , Super Power , Female Protagonist , Dancing , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Female Cast , Magic , Superhero , Fairy , Urban , Aromantic , Tokusatsu , Acting , Kaiju , Tomboy , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Martial Arts , Cosplay , Cosmic Horror , Isekai , Episodic , Swordplay , Tragedy , Amnesia , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Food , Crossdressing

Aikatsu! 2

Studio: Sunrise , TV Tokyo , Bandai Visual , Dentsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Music

Starlight Academy is facing a predicament thanks to the rise of the new rival idol training school, Dream Academy. The Dream Academy's "cool beauty" Seira Otoshiro is a major new idol with talent in rock music and perfect pitch, while Kii Saekusa is a genius who enrolls in the academy's producer course.
The two academies face off for the honor of training the top idol.



Tags: Idol , School , Dancing , Primarily Female Cast , Henshin , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Fashion , Kids , Female Protagonist , Boarding School , Augmented Reality , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , CGI , Acting , Work , Fitness , Card Battle

Kiratto Pri☆Chan

Also known as Kiratto Pri☆chan.

Studio: Tatsunoko Production , Dongwoo Animation , TV Tokyo
Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Slice of Life

First-year middle school girls Mirai Momoyama and Emo Moegi are two aspiring idols who decide to use the "Pri☆Chan System," a system used by famous people and companies to broadcast content. Like many girls starting their own channels and uploading content, the pair decide to become their own producers, starting their own channel in an attempt to become Pri☆Chan idols.



Tags: Idol , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Kids , Surreal Comedy , Fashion , Primarily Child Cast , Henshin , School , CGI , Virtual World , Educational , Baseball

Zombie Land Saga: Revenge

Also known as ZOMBIE LAND SAGA REVENGE.

Studio: MAPPA , Avex Pictures , dugout , AT-X
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Supernatural

From throughout the ages, a group of legendary girls have become zombie idols to save Saga Prefecture. It's the return of the cutting-edge zombie idol anime! One day, Minamoto Sakura lost her life in an unfortunate accident. Then, ten years later… After Sakura wakes up in a strange mansion, mysterious idol producer Tatsumi Kotaro tells her that she will be joining a group of legendary girls to form an idol unit. The seven girls are charged with a quest to save the fading Saga Prefecture and adopt the group name Franchouchou. After overcoming the difficulties stemming from their different ages and different periods of history, their undead zombie bodies allow them to defy expectations of what idols can be. During the final winter of the Heisei era they performed their first featured concert at Karatsu's Furusato Exhibition Hall, Arpino, taking another step towards becoming a legend. Now, in the modern Reiwa Era… The curtain rises on a new chapter in the story of Franchouchou, as they march towards a bright future full of hope.



Tags: Idol , Zombie , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Surreal Comedy , Body Image , Dancing , Historical , Parody , Work , Natural Disaster , Revenge , Monster Girl , Satire , CGI , Oiran , Ensemble Cast , Transgender , Episodic , Time Skip , Rural , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bar , Tragedy , Rakugo , Achronological Order , Swordplay , Aliens , Urban Fantasy

Ochikobore Fruit Tart

Also known as Dropout Idol Fruit Tart.

Studio: feel. , Studio Mausu
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Music , Slice of Life

Former showbiz stars Roko, Hayu, and Nina live together in a dormitory for dropout idol girls. As timing would have it, young dreamer Sakura happens to move in with the other girls just as an announcement is made to tear down the dorm due to a 100-million-yen debt!

This leads to the unexpected formation of a new idol group called Fruit Tart. Their sole mission: earn some yen and stop the demolition.



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Idol , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Seinen , Primarily Teen Cast , Yuri , Meta , Dancing , Yandere , Twins

Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer

Also known as Angelic Layer.

Studio: bones , TV Tokyo Music , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi , Sports

From the moment twelve-year-old Misaki Suzuhara first arrives in Tokyo to live with her aunt, she finds herself swept away by the amazing world of Angelic Layer – a fast-paced high-tech game where dolls called “Angels” are controlled by the thoughts of their operator, or “Deus”. Discovering that her new friends are as interested in Angelic Layer as she is, Misaki builds her own Angel, Hikaru, and begins competing in battles where will and determination count far more than size and strength. The competitions are going to be fierce and, with the national championships looming on the horizon, you can bet that not everyone Misaki meets will be on her side. Can Misaki handle the pressure of non-stop competition while struggling to adapt to life in an unfamiliar city?



Tags: Robots , Female Protagonist , Real Robot , Shounen , Primarily Female Cast , Proxy Battle , Primarily Child Cast , Disability , Heterosexual , Estranged Family , Love Triangle

Zombie Land Saga

Also known as ZOMBIE LAND SAGA.

Studio: MAPPA , Cygames , Avex Pictures , dugout , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Supernatural

A typical morning. The usual music. Their normal lives. The peace these seven girls experience will suddenly be destroyed. By the living dead... zombies. A reality that they never wanted a part of, an amazing and terrifying zombie world. They all share one wish: "We want to live." These girls will struggle through this saga, in order to achieve a miracle. MAPPA, Avex Pictures, and Cygames team up to bring you a juicy, 100% original anime. A timeless shocker for all audiences, a brand new style of zombie anime, will soon rise.



Tags: Zombie , Idol , Monster Girl , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Satire , Necromancy , Parody , Body Image , Ensemble Cast , Amnesia , Dancing , CGI , Transgender , Time Skip , Rural , LGBTQ+ Themes , Oiran , Episodic , Motorcycles , Gangs , Hip-hop Music

Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara

Also known as Food Wars! The Third Plate.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Lantis , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi

At the Moon Festival, Totsuki Academy’s annual gourmet jubilee, students wage fierce culinary war as they try to out-earn their peers by selling the most of their chosen cuisine. Souma Yukihira, however, has his sights set on a grander prize: challenging the Elite Ten, who rule over the academy with iron fists. But Souma might have to put his grand ambitions on hold for the time being, because an insidious scheme to upset the balance of Totsuki Academy has begun to emerge from the shadows…



Tags: Food , Shounen , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Educational , Nudity , Tsundere , Tanned Skin , CGI

Acro Trip

Also known as Acro Trip.

Studio: Voil , Happinet Phantom Studios , King Records , Yomiuri TV Enterprise , Shueisha , Fuji TV , BS Nittele , TOKYO MX , MBC Anime / TOKYOPOP , KLOCKWORX
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mahou Shoujo , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Chizuko is a normal otaku girl in Niigata Prefecture. She’s obsessed with Berry Blossom, a magical heroine who protects the city. But the battles with her inept nemesis, Chroma, have become so lackluster that they’re not even worth watching. Chizuko wants to see Berry’s full power, a desire that quickly leads this seemingly timid girl down a path of evil.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Slapstick , Magic , Parody , Shoujo , Urban , Otaku Culture , Henshin , Urban Fantasy , Animals , LGBTQ+ Themes , Ensemble Cast , Found Family , Iyashikei , Crossdressing , Super Power , Yuri

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