Anime like Sasaki to Miyano: Koi ni Kizuku Mae no Chottoshita Hanashi.

Gakuen Babysitters

Also known as School Babysitters.

Studio: Brain's Base
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The manga centers on the brothers Ryuuichi and Kotarou Kashima. Ryuuichi is in high school and Kotarou is still a toddler. After their parents are killed in a plane crash, the two brothers find themselves living with the chairwoman of the Morinomiya Academy, who herself lost her son and daughter-in-law in the same accident. The chairwoman, however, has one stipulation for the brothers in order to live with her: Ryuuichi has to work at the academy's daycare center as a babysitter.



Tags: School Club , Primarily Child Cast , Iyashikei , Chibi , School , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Family Life , Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Twins , Tragedy , Tsundere , Parenthood

30-sai made Doutei da to Mahou Tsukai ni Nareru Rashii

Also known as Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!.

Studio: Satelight , TV Tokyo , Square Enix , Sotsu , Avex Pictures , BS TV Tokyo , MAGNET , TV Osaka , TV Aichi
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Adachi's 30th birthday as a virgin came with the oddest gift—the ability to read the mind of anyone he touches. Pondering what to do with this mysterious power, he gets a lead when he accidentally reads his colleague Kurosawa's mind. Turns out the handsome hotshot of the sales team has got a thing for him! How will Adachi respond to overhearing these affectionate thoughts?



Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Work , LGBTQ+ Themes , Office , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Bisexual , Magic , Urban , Urban Fantasy , Marriage , Dancing , Age Gap , Travel , Chibi , Fitness , Writing , Tsundere , Cohabitation , Unrequited Love , Office Lady , Delinquents , Motorcycles , Shoujo

Bishounen Tanteidan

Also known as Pretty Boy Detective Club.

Studio: Shaft , Kodansha , Aniplex , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery , Sci-Fi

Mayumi Doujima is a young girl who has been searching for a star that she saw only once ten years ago. She visits the headquarters of the Pretty Boy Detective Club where she meets five boys who are each unique in their own way. Her encounter marks the beginning of an extraordinary search for a lost star. A beautiful and dazzling mystery-adventure story starts now!



Tags: Detective , Female Protagonist , School Club , Philosophy , Primarily Male Cast , Conspiracy , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Coming of Age , School , Crossdressing , Primarily Child Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Meta , Femboy , Male Harem , Gender Bending , Astronomy , Gambling , Military , Agender , Chibi

Sanrio Danshi

Also known as SANRIO BOYS.

Studio: Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

The project's premise follows Kouta Hasegawa, a high school boy that loves the yellow Pom Pom Purin dog. By mere coincidence, he ends up attending the same school as Yuu Mizuno, a boy who likes the bunny My Melody. Yuu tells Kouta that there's nothing to be ashamed of for liking Sanrio's cute characters. Together, Kouta, Yuu, Shunsuke Yoshino, Ryou Nishimiya, and Seiichiro Minamoto learn to accept their love of the characters instead of feeling embarrassed.



Tags: Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Primarily Male Cast , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Shoujo , Bullying , Gyaru , Educational , Femboy

Hirano to Kagiura

Studio: Studio DEEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Hirano to Kagiura is being adapted as an accompanying animated short with the Sasaki to Miyano: Sotsugyou-hen movie.

Hirano, a second-year in high school, lives in a dormitory on his campus and has recently become roommates with Kagiura, a first-year. Kagiura is a hard-working student on the basketball team, though he does have difficulty getting up in the morning, leaving Hirano to be his support system in that regard. They get along great, and Hirano is very fond of his earnest, straight-forward roommate. What he doesn’t know? Kagiura is pretty much head over heels in love with him.

Note: This special played before the Sasaki to Miyano: Sotsugyou-hen movie in theaters and as streaming on Crunchyroll.

Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Shoujo , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast

Mask Danshi wa Koishitakunai no ni

Studio: Studio Fusion , BLUE LYNX
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

An OVA included with the special edition version of the fourth manga volume.

Sayama is a pessimistic guy who always wears a face mask to school. When the most popular boy in class, Saikawa, rips off the mask out of curiosity, Sayama flips out. Despite his harsh words, he's somehow captured Saikawa's interest, who offers to tutor him with a bizarre condition: to let him do as he pleases with what's under Sayama's mask. Sayama hates it when people touch his bare face, lips, and mouth, but he can't resist Saikawa's attention...



Tags: Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Iyashikei

Uchitama?! Uchi no Tama Shirimasenka?

Also known as Uchitama?! Have you seen my Tama?.

Studio: MAPPA , Lapin Track
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Spin-off of "Tama and Friends" that reimagines the cast of the franchise as humans.

“Tama & Friends: Have you seen my Tama?” debuted in 1983 as a popular character on stationery and accessories. Tama, the beloved neighborhood cat who is known for the patch on his forehead and yellow ears, has now taken on a human form! Featuring Tama and his quirky friends, Uchitama is a brand-new type of heartwarming anime that might even be the new definition of kawaii!?

In a city somewhere in Japan, there's a flyer often seen on Third Street with a picture of a cat with a kinked tail, bearing the words: “Have you seen Tama?” A young boy gazes at the flyer, but he has fluffy ears on his head…!? Watch the dogs and cats from Third Street take on a human form and get up to some mischief.

Take a peek into the wonderful lives of Tama and his friends.



Tags: Animals , Nekomimi , Episodic , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Kemonomimi , Iyashikei , Ensemble Cast

Sasaki to Miyano: Sotsugyou-hen

Also known as Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation.

Studio: KADOKAWA , Studio DEEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Theatrical follow-up to Sasaki to Miyano, adapting the "Graduation Arc" of the manga.

Miyano’s world of Boys’ Love manga turns to reality when chance leads him to Sasaki. Now, Sasaki wants to spend every opportunity with him.



Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Boys' Love , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Shoujo , Otaku Culture , School , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Coming of Age , Bisexual , Meta