Anime like Saint☆Onii-san

Paripi Koumei

Also known as Ya Boy Kongming!.

Studio: P.A.WORKS , DMM pictures , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Avex Pictures , Kodansha , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Music , Supernatural

Fate and reincarnation deliver brilliant military strategist, Kongming, from warring, ancient China to Japan’s modern party hot spot in Shibuya City, Tokyo. After a lifetime of battles and military skirmishes, Kongming wished with his last breath to be reborn in a world of peace and prosperity. It’s nearly two millennia later and he’s finding his way in a very different world than that of his past life. When he meets Eiko, an amateur musician with big dreams, the unlikely duo strikes up an even unlikelier friendship. Eiko has street smarts to help Kongming navigate this strange new world, and Kongming will use his strategic mind to help Eiko achieve stardom!



An advanced online screening of the first episode was held on March 31, 2022, but the weekly TV release began on April 5, 2022.

Tags: Reincarnation , Urban , Band , Primarily Adult Cast , Idol , Anachronism , Hip-hop Music , Historical , Female Protagonist , Bar , Work , Ancient China , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Seinen , Rock Music , Dancing , Classic Literature , Fugitive

Thermae Romae

Also known as Thermae Romae.

Studio: GONZO , Dentsu , Fuji TV , Toho , DLE , Discotek , Sony Music Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Slice of Life

The story is a comedy about Lucius, an architect of public bath houses in ancient Rome, who time-travels to various modern-day baths in Japan. The author explores the two cultures in the world "that have loved baths the most: the Japanese and the Romans."



Tags: Time Manipulation , Historical , Language Barrier , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Work , Anachronism , Primarily Adult Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes

Gokushufudou

Also known as The Way of the Househusband.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Netflix
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

He was the fiercest member of the yakuza, a man who left countless underworld legends in his wake. They called him “the Immortal Dragon.” But one day he walked away from it all to travel another path—the path of the househusband! The curtain rises on this cozy yakuza comedy!



Tags: Slapstick , Yakuza , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Family Life , Parody , Gangs , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Urban , Flash , Food , Heterosexual , Educational , Mafia , Guns , Crime

Wan Sheng Jie

Also known as All Saints Street.

Studio: FENZ , Tencent Penguin Pictures , Tianwen Kadokawa , HMCH , Observatory Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The pure and cute little demon Nini lives in Unit 1031 of All Saints Street Apartment. His roommates are no ordinary people: The lazy and wacky vampire Ira who spends most of his time gaming or watching TV, the unlucky dancer werewolf Vladimir, the serious and old-fashioned angel landlord Lynn and his naive little sister Lily, and many more.

What none of them realize is that within Nini sleeps the power of the demon king. With evil forces in hot pursuit, can Nini and his friends head off disaster?



Tags: Demons , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Adult Cast , Magic , Vampire , Male Protagonist , Angels , Werewolf , Found Family , Urban , Kemonomimi , Shapeshifting , Episodic , Video Games , LGBTQ+ Themes

Kobayashi-san Chi no Maidragon

Also known as Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Lantis , Pony Canyon , ABC Animation , Futabasha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

What happens when a drunken promise leads to living with a dragon? That’s Miss Kobayashi’s new reality when Tohru appears in her life. With a maid-slash-dragon in her home, she’s experiencing a whole new level of domestic bliss! But the dragons don’t stop there. On a mission to find Tohru appears Kanna, a little dragon with a big attitude. Before she knows it, Kobayashi’s got a house full of dragons—one serving tail and the other serving serious moe! Together, they live side by side with only the occasional disaster…well, maybe. But nothing beats coming home to the warm welcome of a dragon maid!



Tags: Found Family , Dragons , Anthropomorphism , Monster Girl , Family Life , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Maids , Magic , Episodic , Urban , Reverse Isekai , Yuri , Urban Fantasy , Seinen , Iyashikei , Office Lady , Primarily Adult Cast , Otaku Culture , Cohabitation , Surreal Comedy , Kuudere , Software Development , Bisexual , Nudity

Hataraku Maou-sama!

Also known as The Devil is a Part-Timer!.

Studio: Funimation , Lantis , Pony Canyon , WHITE FOX
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

Devil King Sadao is only one step away from conquering the world when he is beaten by Hero Emilia and forced to drift to the other world: modern-day Tokyo. As "conquering the world" are the only skills the Devil King possesses—and are obviously unnecessary in his new situation—he must work as a freeter to pay for his living expenses!

Tags: Reverse Isekai , Demons , Work , Male Protagonist , Restaurant , Urban , Magic , Urban Fantasy , Anti-Hero , Fugitive , Tsundere , Primarily Adult Cast , Parody , Love Triangle , Mythology , Food , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Hikikomori , Language Barrier

Tokyo Godfathers

Also known as Tokyo Godfathers.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Sony Pictures Entertainment , Dentsu , Genco , Techno Sound
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama

In modern-day Tokyo, three homeless people’s lives are changed forever when they discover a baby girl at a garbage dump on Christmas Eve. As the New Year fast approaches, these three forgotten members of society band together to solve the mystery of the abandoned child and the fate of her parents. Along the way, encounters with seemingly unrelated events and people force them to confront their own haunted pasts, as they learn to face their future, together.



Note: The film received an early premiere at the Big Apple Anime Fest on August 30, 2003.

Tags: Found Family , Homeless , Estranged Family , Urban , Family Life , Snowscape , Primarily Adult Cast , Transgender , Class Struggle , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Surreal Comedy , Delinquents , Ensemble Cast , Rotoscoping , Female Protagonist , Suicide , Language Barrier , Tanned Skin , Nudity , Guns , Yakuza

Tezuka Osamu no Kyuuyaku Seisho Monogatari: In the Beginning

Also known as In The Beginning: Stories from the Bible.

Studio: Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

Through the Italian National Broadcasting Network, Tezuka Osamu received an ardent request from the Vatican to make the Bible into animated form. This request was probably made to see how the Bible would be depicted by the non-Christian Tezuka Osamu. Tezuka Osamu accepted the request and spent an entire two years to complete a pilot film. It was about the story of Noah's ark, with the enthusiastic Tezuka Osamu not only writing the scenario but also drawing pictures by himself. During production, however, he unfortunately passed away, so Director Dezaki took over the film and completed it.



Tags: Religion , Classic Literature , Historical , Foreign , Animals , Tragedy , Family Life , Gods , Royal Affairs , Kingdom Management , Slavery , Mythology , Episodic , Desert , Ships , Natural Disaster , Agriculture , Language Barrier

Taiyou no Hou - El Cantare e no Michi

Also known as The Laws of the Sun.

Studio: Group TAC
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

The first title in the series of anime films by the Happy Science cult.

Tags: Religion , Cult , Historical

Chinyuuki: Tarou to Yukai na Nakama-tachi

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

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