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Urusei Yatsura (2022)

Also known as Urusei Yatsura (2022).

Studio: David Production , Fuji TV , Aniplex , Shogakukan , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , Fuji Creative Corporation , Dentsu , David Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

When an alien race known as the Oni invade Earth, the chronically unlucky and unapologetically lecherous Ataru Moroboshi is selected as humanity’s representative in a duel for the fate of the planet! His opponent is Lum, the Oni’s very pretty princess, and it’s only thanks to Ataru’s unscrupulous behavior that he’s able to scrape out a win in a treacherous game of tag against her. Ataru thinks he’s had his lucky break at last, but when Lum takes a shine to him off the battlefield, the conflict follows him home as Lum invades not only planet Earth, but also the womanizing Ataru’s love life!



Tags: School , Surreal Comedy , Slapstick , Episodic , Aliens , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Cohabitation , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Tsundere , Male Protagonist , Parody , Shounen , Super Power , Family Life , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Youkai , Tomboy , Shrine Maiden , Yandere , Meta , Gender Bending , Crossdressing , Time Manipulation , Animals , Shapeshifting , Snowscape , Tennis

Shinryaku! Ika Musume

Also known as Squid Girl.

Studio: TV Tokyo , diomedéa , Lantis , Pony Canyon , Media Blasters , TYO Animations , Studio Jack
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Foolish land-born air breathers! Behold the terror from the depths, the tentacled conqueror of humanity: Squid Girl! With your pollution and stuff you really deserve it, so prepare for menacing, inky doom!

Squid Girl has come from the depths of the sea to conquer humanity for its pollution of the ocean. Within moments of arriving on the surface world, our easily distracted, little invertebrate is promptly bullied into working for the Aizawa sisters as a waitress, supplying their restaurant with squid ink. If poor Squid Girl can't handle two pushy Japanese girls, how will she ever subjugate the human race?



Tags: Monster Girl , Episodic , Slapstick , Female Protagonist , Coastal , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Chuunibyou , Work , Found Family , LGBTQ+ Themes , Urban Fantasy , Chibi , Primarily Female Cast , Shounen , Tomboy , Tanned Skin

Urusei Yatsura

Also known as Urusei Yatsura.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Studio DEEN , Kitty Film , Discotek , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Urusei Yatsura concerns the tempestuous relationship between two focal characters: Ataru Moroboshi who is possibly the most unfaithful, unlucky and lecherous idiot to have ever been born, and there's Lum, a tigerskin-bikini clad alien package of sex appeal, jealousy and electricity who's fallen for him. The series chronicles the misadventures of these two stubborn teenagers along with a veritable entourage of weird characters. Among these characters is the richest boy on the planet, a superhuman schoolgirl, a fire-breathing baby, a powerful priestess/school nurse, a cute and psychotic alien vixen with a split personality, a gender-bending martial artist, an alien biker chick, an ice queen of Neptune, a deranged monk, a giant ghost cat and hundreds of other lunatic personalities; aliens, humans and inhumans alike interract in endless hysteria in a town named Tomobiki.

Tags: Episodic , Aliens , Shounen , Urban Fantasy , Slapstick , Heterosexual , Parody , Surreal Comedy , Male Protagonist , Tomboy , Super Power , School , Female Protagonist , Mythology , Youkai , Monster Girl , Love Triangle , Family Life , Shrine Maiden , Nudity , Tsundere , Animals , Tanks , Female Harem , Crossdressing , Ojou-sama , Magic , Time Manipulation , Military , Dinosaurs , Shapeshifting , Amnesia , Gender Bending , Goblin

Azumanga Daiou THE ANIMATION

Also known as Azumanga Daioh.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Genco , Lantis , Imagica , TV Tokyo Music , Cosmic Ray , Sentai Filmworks , J.C.STAFF
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Ten year old child prodigy, Chiyo Mihama, is finding it tough fitting in at high school with the girls five years her elder: Osaka (dimwitted with a weird take on the world), Tomo (a powder keg that goes off at a moment’s notice), Kagura (the competitive athlete of the bunch), Yomi (the hothead), and Sakaki (timid and obsessed with a love of animals that isn’t reciprocated). Together with their teacher, they navigate the rough waters and fun times of high school.



Tags: Episodic , School , Primarily Female Cast , Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Teacher , Tomboy , Shounen , Kuudere , LGBTQ+ Themes

Hime-sama, "Goumon" no Jikan desu

Also known as 'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess.

Studio: PINE JAM , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , AbemaTV , Universal Music , BANDAI SPIRITS , Bushiroad , JR Higashi Nihon Kikaku , TOKYO MX , Kansai TV , BS11 , PINE JAM
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

As the war between the Imperial Army and Hellhorde rages on, the Princess, despite being armed with her mythical sword Excalibur, is captured and imprisoned. What kind of torture does she face at the hands of the chief demon interrogator? Fluffy fresh-baked toast! Hot, steaming ramen! Oh, the humanity! Can the Princess withstand these tormenting treats and keep her kingdom’s secrets safe?



Tags: Female Protagonist , Episodic , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Iyashikei , Demons , Surreal Comedy , Food , Torture , Primarily Female Cast , Slapstick , Monster Girl , Prison , Parody , Animals , Tsundere , Vampire , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tanned Skin , Gyaru , Ice Skating , Basketball , Age Regression , Shounen , Isekai

Slime Taoshite 300-nen, Shiranai Uchi ni Level MAX ni Nattemashita

Also known as I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level.

Studio: REVOROOT , Nippon Columbia , Studio Mausu , BS11 , AT-X , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Medicos Entertainment , Movic , Bushiroad , KLOCKWORX , Square Enix , SB Creative , DMM.com
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

An at-home comedy about a powerful girl who doesn’t work too hard!(⋈◍ ˃ᴗ˂ ◍)。✧♡

After dying of overwork in the real world, I’m reincarnated as an immortal witch, and I spend 300 years enjoying a relaxing life. At some point, though, I end up at level 99! All those years spent killing slimes to make the money to pay the bills gave me a ton of experience points… Rumors of the level 99 witch spread, and soon I’m up to my ears in curious adventurers, duelist dragons, and even a monster girl calling me her mom! “This isn’t a dojo, so don’t come here to fight me…!”

I’ve never been on an adventure, but I’m the strongest in the world… What’s going to happen to my relaxing life?!



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Found Family , Family Life , Witch , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Iyashikei , Rural , Reincarnation , Isekai , Parenthood , Dragons , Elf , Episodic , Monster Girl , Demons , Magic , Time Skip , Slapstick , Medicine , Ghost , Tanned Skin , Work , Age Regression , LGBTQ+ Themes , Medieval

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 , Female Protagonist , School Club , Meta , School , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Satire , Primarily Female Cast , Parody , Urban Fantasy , Tsundere , CGI , Delinquents , Horticulture , Monster Girl , Shounen , Chibi , Gods , Agriculture , Yandere , Anthropomorphism , Time Loop , Guns , Unrequited Love , LGBTQ+ Themes

Jahy-sama wa Kujikenai!

Also known as The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!.

Studio: SILVER LINK. , ABC Animation , Square Enix
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The Great Jahy, the Dark Realm’s second-in-command, cuts a frightening figure, feared and revered by all. But when a run-in with a magical girl results in the destruction of the precious mana crystal, the Dark Realm falls, transporting the newly puny and powerless Jahy to the human world! Unfortunately, plotting the revival of the Dark Realm from a cramped, crumbling one-room apartment is no easy feat when you have rent to pay and a job to keep!



Tags: Slapstick , Female Protagonist , Demons , Primarily Female Cast , Urban Fantasy , Henshin , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Magic , Super Power , Isekai , Tanned Skin , Work , Episodic , Surreal Comedy , Masochism , Shounen , Monster Girl , Nudity , Wrestling

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.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

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

Mairimashita! Iruma-kun

Also known as Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun.

Studio: Bandai Namco Pictures , NHK Enterprises , NHK
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

Suzuki Iruma has just been abandoned and sold to a demon by his irresponsible parents! Surprisingly, the next thing he knows he's living with the demon who has adopted him as his new grandson, and has been transferred into a school in the demon world where his new "demon" grandfather works as the principal. Thus begins the cowardly Iruma-kun's extraordinary school life among the otherworldly as he faces his true self, takes on challenges, and rises to become someone great...

Tags: Demons , School , Male Protagonist , Magic , Isekai , Found Family , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , Adoption , Coming of Age , Kemonomimi , Monster Girl , Monster Boy , Nekomimi , School Club , Heterosexual , Tomboy , Love Triangle , Idol , Butler , Musical Theater , Crossdressing , Succubus , Estranged Family