Anime like Shinryaku! Ika Musume

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

Machikado Mazoku

Also known as The Demon Girl Next Door.

Studio: J.C. Staff , TBS , Pony Canyon , Houbunsha , Medicos Entertainment , Nichion , Ray
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Slice of Life

When Yuuko Yoshida wakes up one morning to discover that she’s sprouted horns and a tail, she learns something that her mother has been meaning to tell her. You know that battle between the Light and Dark that’s been going on since the dawn of time? Well, Yuuko’s family are the bad guys.

So now, Yuuko has to defeat a local magical girl to win back some of her family’s vanquished power so they can afford to go to the all-you-can-eat pancake restaurant. And, of course, it turns out that the Magical Girl goes to Yuuko’s school, but Momo’s really nice and keeps rescuing Yuuko, which is pretty embarrassing and leaves Yuuko rather conflicted… but… all you can eat pancakes?



Tags: Slapstick , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Demons , Magic , Parody , Urban Fantasy , Meta , Kuudere , Primarily Teen Cast , Henshin , Surreal Comedy , Super Power , Seinen , Urban , Tsundere , Iyashikei , Monster Girl , School , Family Life , Food , Coming of Age

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 , Surreal Comedy , Slapstick , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Teacher , Tomboy , Shounen , Kuudere , 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 , Monster Girl , Family Life , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Maids , Magic , Episodic , Urban , Yuri , Urban Fantasy , Seinen , Large Breasts , Primarily Adult Cast , Office Lady , LGBTQ+ Themes , Otaku Culture , Kuudere , Software Development , Bisexual , Surreal Comedy , Nudity

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

Puniru wa Kawaii Slime

Also known as Puniru is a Kawaii Slime.

Studio: TOHO animation STUDIO , Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

The slime created by the boy Kotarou can transform into a super beautiful girl! Kotarou is constantly getting pushed around by Puniru's freewheeling antics. It's a joyful and exciting life every day!

Tags: Monster Girl , Shapeshifting , Henshin , Agender , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , School , Cosplay , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Urban Fantasy , Ojou-sama , Kids , Robots , Maids , Chibi

Keroro Gunsou

Also known as Sgt. Frog.

Studio: Sunrise , TV Tokyo , Funimation , NAS , Rakuonsha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi

Keroro is a frog-like alien sent from his home planet on a mission to conquer Earth. But when his cover is blown, his battalion abandons him and he ends up in the home of the Hinata family. There, he's forced to do household chores and sleep in a dark basement that was once supposedly a prison cell haunted by the ghost of an innocent girl. He even spends his free time assembling Gundam model kits. During his stay, Keroro meets up with subordinates who were also stranded during their failed invasion.



Tags: Aliens , Otaku Culture , Meta , Space , Parody , Ensemble Cast , Shounen , Episodic , Anti-Hero , Military , Ninja , Cosmic Horror , Ghost , Robots , Kuudere

Jashin-chan Dropkick X

Also known as Dropkick on My Devil!!! X.

Studio: Nomad , Mirai Koujou , Office Nobu , Hokkaidou Bunka Housou , ibis Capital Partners , SUPA LOVE , Gyokkoudou , BS Fuji , BS Nippon , TV Nagasaki , BloomZ , Cloud , Energy and System Planning
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The third season of Jashin-chan Dropkick.

Tags: Monster Girl , Angels , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Satire , Gore , Demons , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Meta , Parody , Vocal synth , Seinen , Slapstick , Educational , Youkai , Isekai

Namiuchigiwa no Muromi-san

Also known as Muromi-san.

Studio: Starchild Records , Tatsunoko Production , Studio Tulip , Half H.P Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Slice of Life

One day, Mukoujima Takurou, a boy in high school who loves fishing, catches a pig tailed mermaid called Muromi-san who speaks in the Hakata dialect. She comes to visit Takurou often, along with her fellow mermaids Sumida-san, Fuji-san, Levia-san, Hii-chan, and even some other fantastical creatures such as Yeti and Harpy!



Tags: Mermaid , Slapstick , Monster Girl , Fishing , Female Harem , Surreal Comedy , Drugs , Coastal , Tanned Skin , Mythology , Episodic , Age Gap , Shapeshifting , Aliens , Kemonomimi , Robots , Animals , Large Breasts , Primarily Female Cast , Male Protagonist

Himouto! Umaru-chan

Studio: Doga Kobo , Madman Entertainment , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The sibling gag comedy manga centers around Umaru, Taihei's little sister who boasts beautiful looks as well as prowess in both school and sports. However, "Himouto" (beautiful little sister) has a certain secret.



Tags: Otaku Culture , Chibi , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Family Life , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Parody , School , Food , Seinen , Disability