Anime like Kami no Shizuku

Bartender

Also known as Bartender.

Studio: Fuji TV , Palm Studio , Sony Music Entertainment , Fujipacific Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Genius bartender, Sasakura Ryuu makes the most incredible cocktails anyone has ever tasted. Seeking his "Glass of God", individuals from all different walks of life visit his bar. With both a compassionate ear and a godly drink, Ryuu helps people with their problems.




Tags: Bar , Work , Episodic , Seinen , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Food , Educational , Male Protagonist , Office Lady , CGI

Bartender: Kami no Glass

Also known as BARTENDER Glass of God.

Studio: Liber , Toho , NetEase Games , Crunchyroll , TV Tokyo
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

At Eden Hall, each glass has a story. A quiet bar lies tucked away in the streets of Tokyo, and it seems only the most desperate souls burdened by their own troubles manage to find its doors. But after a glass of God poured by the brilliant bartender Ryuu, they leave renewed. Ryuu has a gift—he knows how to soothe the soul with the perfect drink. Who will he meet next?



Tags: Work , Bar , Iyashikei , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Food , Educational , Suicide , Office Lady

Oishinbo

Studio: Shin-Ei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Oishinbo is a drama about newspaper reporters. The main character is a cynical food critic named Yamaoka. Oishinbo is a popular mainstream comic for adults in Japan. It is even mentioned in an episode of "Iron Chef".



Tags: Food , Educational , Episodic , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Politics , Female Protagonist , Office , Office Lady , Class Struggle , Heterosexual

Gallery Fake

Studio: Tokyo Movie , Tokyo Kids , Aniplex , TV Tokyo , Trinity Sound
Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery

Fujita Reiji is the owner of an art gallery, Gallery Fake. He deals with fake items, and is also familiar with the black market. However, he has a special talent for art, and used to work for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York as a curator.



Tags: Seinen , Work , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Tanned Skin , Urban , Prison , Historical , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things

Ballroom e Youkoso

Also known as Welcome to the Ballroom.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sports

Fujita has drifted through middle school aimlessly, unable to find friends or anything that can hold his attention. Then, one day, he's attacked by a gang and saved by a mysterious man. But this isn't a karate master; it's a ballroom dance instructor! Reluctantly, Fujita takes a few beginner's classes, only to find his inspiration... an entrancing, teenage dance prodigy named Shizuku.
It's Fujita's first step into the high-octane world of competitive dance!



Tags: Dancing , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tomboy , CGI , Bullying , Rehabilitation

Ristorante Paradiso

Also known as Ristorante Paradiso.

Studio: The Right Stuf International , david production , Fujipacific Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

When Nicoletta was a little girl, her mother, Olga, abandoned her and ran off to Rome to remarry. Now, 15 years later and a young woman, she travels to Rome with the intention of ruining her mother's life. She tracks Olga down to a restaurant called Casetta dell'Orso, but the second Nicoletta steps through its door, everything changes. It's a peculiar place staffed entirely by mature gentlemen wearing spectacles, and like their clientele, she is helpless against their wise smiles and warm voices. Before Nicoletta realizes it, her plans for vengeance start to fade, and she's swept up in the sweet romance of everyday Italian life.



Tags: Josei , Foreign , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Age Gap , Restaurant , Food , CGI , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age ,

Deaimon

Also known as Deaimon: Recipe for Happiness.

Studio: Encourage Films , KADOKAWA , flying DOG , AT-X , KLOCKWORX , Kadokawa Media House , KBS Kyoto , diomedéa
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Nagomu Irino returns to his Kyoto home for the first time in ten years when his father is hospitalized. Nagomu is eager to take over Ryokushou, the family's Japanese sweet shop, but he's instead asked to be a father figure to Itsuka Yukihira, the girl everyone calls the successor.

Tags: Found Family , Food , Iyashikei , Family Life , Seinen , Work , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Tsundere , Primarily Adult Cast , Love Triangle , Crossdressing

Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle

Also known as Phi Brain: Puzzle of God.

Studio: Sunrise , NHK Enterprises , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery

Kaito Daimon would be a completely average high school student except for one thing: he's a 'demon' at solving puzzles. Kaito is so brilliant, in fact, that when he's asked to take some 'special' tests of his unique ability, he immediately suspects that the test itself is a test. Kaito suddenly finds himself caught up in a lethal Philosopher's Puzzle made by the sinister group POG, a murderous maze of trap upon trap, where failing to solve the secret correctly will result in death! Fortunately, Kaito's skills prove up to the first test, both for himself and his childhood friend Nanoha, who is also caught up in the deadly scheme. But now that he has been designated as a Solver, he is pulled into a new life where he must travel the world with other Solvers, attempting to solve the latest deadly riddles left by POG. There's a new conundrum around every corner and each deception could lead to death, but once a riddle has been posed, you can count on Kaito to unfold, unravel and unlock it!



Tags: Male Protagonist , Super Power , Orphan , Death Game , Card Battle , Acting , Memory Manipulation , Dissociative Identities , Episodic , Shounen , Adoption , Urban , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Conspiracy , Tomboy , Travel , Foreign , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , School , Crossdressing , Idol , Motorcycles , Achromatic , Femboy

Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-san

Also known as Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , NHK , NHK Enterprises
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Kiyo and Sumire came to Kyoto from Aomori Prefecture, dreaming of becoming maiko. But after an unexpected turn of events, Kiyo starts working as the live-in cook at the Maiko House. Their story unfolds in Kagai, the Geiko and maiko district in Kyoto, alongside their housemate maikos. Kiyo nourishes them daily with her homecooked meals, and Sumire strives toward her promising future as the once-in-a-century maiko.



Note: Each episode was released on the fourth Thursday of each month. One episode usually features three chapters.

Tags: Food , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Iyashikei , Educational , Full CGI , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Work , Makeup , Shounen , Coming of Age

Dungeon Meshi

Also known as Delicious in Dungeon.

Studio: TRIGGER , KADOKAWA , Ultra Super Pictures , Good Smile Company , Tencent
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

When young adventurer Laios and his company are attacked and soundly thrashed by a dragon deep in a dungeon, the party loses all its money and provisions...and a member! They're eager to go back and save her, but there is just one problem: If they set out with no food or coin to speak of, they're sure to starve on the way! But Laios comes up with a brilliant idea: "Let's eat the monsters!" Slimes, basilisks, and even dragons...none are safe from the appetites of these dungeon-crawling gourmands!



Note: A world premiere screening of Episode 1 was shown in the Studio TRIGGER panel at Anime Expo on July 1, 2023.

Tags: Dungeon , Food , Magic , Primarily Adult Cast , Ensemble Cast , Elf , Medieval , Environmental , Monster Girl , Dragons , Necromancy , Body Horror , Lost Civilization , Female Protagonist , Chimera , Male Protagonist , Found Family , Nekomimi , Tragedy , Curses , Anthropomorphism , Episodic , Kemonomimi , Shapeshifting , Politics , Ghost , Ninja , Nudity , Super Power , Asexual , Cannibalism , Zombie