Anime like Mangaka-san to Assistant-san to THE ANIMATION

Aho-Girl

Also known as AHO-GIRL.

Studio: diomedéa , King Records
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Yoshiko Hanabatake is an idiot beyond all belief. Somehow managing to consistently score zeroes on all of her tests and consumed by an absurd obsession with bananas, her senseless acts have caused even her own mother to lose all hope. Only one person is up to the task of keeping her insanity in check: childhood friend Akuru "A-kun" Akutsu.

Though he bemoans the ridiculous behavior he has to endure, the studious but terrifying A-kun is always ready to put an end to any stupidity Yoshiko gets up to, with no qualms about using physical force. Unfortunately, no matter how many times he attempts to knock some sense into her, the girl bounces right back to her usual shenanigans, even dragging in some other eccentrics along for the ride. Try as he might to rein in her nonsense, every moment is unpredictable with Yoshiko and her profound idiocy on the loose.



Tags: Slapstick , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , School , Shounen , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle , Animals , Delinquents , Female Harem , Gyaru

Kanojo mo Kanojo

Also known as Girlfriend, Girlfriend.

Studio: Tezuka Productions , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Kodansha , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Forecast Communications , Nikkatsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

The protagonist, Naoya, is a first-year in high school. He asks out Saki, a girl he has been in love with, and she agrees to be his girlfriend. He's currently on cloud nine. But then, a beautiful girl named Nagisa comes up to Naoya one day and tells him that she wants to go out with him. Naoya feels himself wavering because Nagisa is such a good girl, and he comes to a decision! A new kind of romcom from a rather unexpected decision is about to begin!



Tags: Female Harem , Polyamorous , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Parody , Satire , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Tsundere , Shounen , School , Yandere , Nudity , Bisexual , Cosplay , Video Games , Crossdressing

Eromanga Sensei

Also known as Eromanga Sensei.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Aniplex , KADOKAWA , ASCII Media Works , Kinoshita Group , Movic , BS11
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

The "new sibling romantic comedy" revolves around Masamune Izumi, a light novel author in high school. Masamune's little sister is Sagiri, a shut-in girl who hasn't left her room for an entire year. She even forces her brother to make and bring her meals when she stomps the floor. Masamune wants his sister to leave her room, because the two of them are each other's only family.

Masamune's novel illustrator, penname “Ero Manga Sensei,” draws extremely perverted drawings, and is very reliable. Masamune had never met his illustrator, and figured he was just a disgusting, perverted otaku. However, the truth is revealed … that his “Ero Manga Sensei” is his own younger sister! To add to the chaos that erupts between the siblings, a beautiful, female, best-selling shoujo manga creator becomes their rival!



Tags: Inseki , Writing , Primarily Child Cast , Drawing , Hikikomori , Tsundere , Otaku Culture , Heterosexual , Female Harem , Assassins , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Philosophy , Work , Nudity , Feet , Meta , Parody , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Video Games , Crossover , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Airsoft

Bakuman.

Also known as Bakuman..

Studio: J.C. Staff , NHK , Media Blasters , NHK Enterprises , NYAV Post
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Moritaka Mashiro and Akito Takagi are pretty much foils of each other. Mashiro, an average 9th grade student but talented artist, and Takagi, an overall advanced 9th grader and aspiring writer. After great convincing, Takagi convinces Mashiro to join him in becoming the greatest mangakas Japan has ever seen. Takagi, with his gift of writing, hopes to become a successful mangaka, and Mashiro, with his gift of art, hopes to marry the girl of his dreams, Azuki Miho.



Tags: Work , Writing , Drawing , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Meta , Shounen , School , Primarily Teen Cast

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun

Also known as Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun.

Studio: Doga Kobo , Sentai Filmworks , Sony Music Communications , AT-X , TV Tokyo , Frontier Works , Media Factory
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

You know how the story goes: girl crushes on guy, girl confesses feelings to guy, guy mistakes confession for a job application. Okay, maybe that's not how it usually goes, but that's what happens when Chiyo Sakura finally gets up the nerve to tell her classroom crush Nozaki how she feels. Since she doesn't know that he's secretly a manga artist who publishes under a female pen name, and he doesn't know that she doesn't know, he misunderstands and offers her a chance to work as his assistant instead of a date! But while it's not flowers and dancing, it is a chance to get closer to him, so Chiyo gamely accepts. And when Nozaki realizes how useful Chiyo can be in figuring out what girls find romantic, he'll be spending even more time with her "researching" while remaining completely clueless. Could Chiyo's romantic frustration possibly get any more drawn out of proportion?



Tags: Parody , Slapstick , Drawing , Ensemble Cast , School , Otaku Culture , Unrequited Love , Female Protagonist , Work , Gender Bending , Heterosexual , Tomboy , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , Shounen , Tsundere , Educational , Crossdressing

Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata

Also known as Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Kansai TV , KYORAKU
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

The life of Tomoyo Aki, a highschool otaku working part time to support his BD hoarding. With remarkable luck, he bumps head-first into Megumi Kato, the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. Naturally, the meeting twists his life into a complicated torrent of relationships. Eriri Spencer Sawamura, his half-foreigner childhood friend who’s always valued her relationship with MC. Kasumigaoka Utaha, a cold, composed renowned literary genius who shoves everyone aside from our protagonist. What is this? An eroge introduction?

The tale of a small not quite doujin circle, but not quite indie studio’s journey through the tough territory of comiket and beyond.

Note: Includes episode 0.

Tags: Otaku Culture , Female Harem , Heterosexual , Software Development , Male Protagonist , Meta , Primarily Female Cast , School Club , Writing , Video Games , Kuudere , Love Triangle , Tsundere , Ensemble Cast , School , Drawing , Nudity

Otonari ni Ginga

Also known as A Galaxy Next Door.

Studio: Asahi Production , King Records , Kodansha , Crunchyroll , KLOCKWORX
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Ever since their father died, Ichirou Kuga has struggled to support his two younger siblings on nothing but a small inheritance and his passion for drawing manga. But it’s becoming harder to keep up with his growing responsibilities and deadlines, especially after his last two assistants quit to follow their dreams.

Just as he’s nearing his breaking point, the beautiful and scarily competent Shiori Goshiki applies to become his new assistant. But there’s something almost otherworldly about Goshiki, and soon Kuga finds his reality turned upside down when she suddenly declares them engaged to marry!



Tags: Family Life , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Iyashikei , Drawing , Marriage , Seinen , Aliens , Estranged Family

Imouto sae Ireba Ii.

Also known as A Sister's All You Need..

Studio: SILVER LINK. , Bandai Visual , Lantis , BEEP , TAP , Triple A , BSP , Nexus , Totonyan , Real-T
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

The story follows the everyday life of Itsuki, a novelist and "modern day Pygmalion" who works day in and day out to create the ultimate younger sister. He's surrounded by various other characters: a beautiful genius writer who loves him, his big-sisterly classmate from college, a fellow male writer, a sadistic tax accountant, and his editor. They're all looked after by Itsuki's perfect younger step-brother, Chihiro, who has a serious secret.



Note: The first episode received an early screening at a special event held at Shinjuku Piccadilly, Tokyo on 06.09.2017.

Tags: Writing , Otaku Culture , Work , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Nudity , Heterosexual , Board Game , Love Triangle , Crossdressing , Video Games , College , Gender Bending

Doujin Work

Also known as Dojin Work.

Studio: m.o.e. , Remic , Media Factory , Media Blasters
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Doujin Work follows the life of a young girl named Najimi Osana and her exposure into the doujin world. She was first tempted into becoming a doujin artist after seeing how much one of her friends can make at a convention. Najimi loves to draw, though soon learns contrary to what she expected that this new world is anything but easy. As she attends more conventions and meets more people, Najimi eventually manages to find a group of very interesting friends. These friends already have some experience in the field and help her out along the way so that she can someday make a name for herself creating doujinshi.



Tags: Drawing , Female Protagonist , Meta , Otaku Culture , Kuudere , 4-koma

Seitokai no Ichizon

Also known as Student Council's Discretion.

Studio: Studio DEEN , AMG MUSIC
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

The members of the student council of Hekiyou Gakuen are chosen by a popularity vote. As a result, all the members are cute girls except for Sugisaki Ken, who studied hard to enter the council. The story features the endless chattering of the members full of parodies of "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya", "Dragon Ball", "Death Note", etc.

Tags: Parody , School , Female Harem , Otaku Culture , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , School Club , Meta , Bullying , Ojou-sama , Age Gap