Anime like Nekogami Yaoyorozu

Gingitsune

Also known as Gingitsune: Messenger Fox of the Gods.

Studio: diomedéa , Pony Canyon , AT-X , Movic , Glovision , KLOCKWORX , Lantis , MediaNet
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Supernatural

Gintaro is a fox spirit that has been protecting the small Inari temple since the Edo era. Saeki Makoto's family possesses the power to see the gods' agent, but the ability is limited to one living relative at a time. When Makoto's mother passed away while she was still young, Makoto inherited the ability as the sole remaining family member. With the help of fox spirit's power, Makoto and Gintaro help the people of their community, in spite of their many differences.



Tags: Seinen , Mythology , Youkai , Female Protagonist , Animals , Shrine Maiden , Rural , School , Episodic , Anthropomorphism

Bannou Bunka Neko-Musume (1998)

Also known as All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku TV.

Studio: Movic , Ashi Productions , Discotek , TV Tokyo , King Records
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Each episode centers on Nuku Nuku's adventures and mishaps in high school, and her relationship to students, the overall series plot centers on the evil Mishima Industries' scheme to dominate the world through its products. In opposition to this plan are the slightly nutty Kyuusaku Natsume and Nuku Nuku, the android who acts as a companion to his young son. Nuku Nuku's classmates are all eccentrics, Futaba, the class president, is a domineering control-freak, who cannot leave her authority in school. Chieko Shirakaba is the rich snob with the two yes-girls who always take her side. There is a bookworm, a mystic, a scientist, and a pop singer. All of these are true to their descriptions: the mystic is always foretelling doom via tarot cards, spirits, or some other occult technique. The pop singer never says anything except as a song. The bookworm always has her nose in a book. These eccentricities add to the series' humor.



Tags: Robots , Female Protagonist , Urban , Reincarnation , Episodic , Nekomimi , Slapstick , School , Ojou-sama , Idol , Musical Theater

Yume Tsukai

Studio: MADHOUSE , Pony Canyon , Happinet Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life , Supernatural

When people dream, they express their utmost desires and emotions within the confines of their mind; but when their strong emotions cross the border into reality, the dream can turn into an uncontrollable nightmare.

Touko and Rinko are sisters known as "yume tsukai" (dream users), and their job is to take care of these nightmares. Using toys as weapons, the girls must both destroy the nightmare and return the dream to its rightful owner before the nightmare does any sort of serious damage.

Have no fear, Touko and Rinko are here!



Tags: Shrine Maiden , Seinen , Magic , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Tragedy , Incest

Kamisama Hajimemashita

Also known as Kamisama Kiss.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Dentsu , TMS Entertainment , Funimation , Pony Canyon , Sotsu , DAX Production , Hakusensha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance , Supernatural

Nanami Momozono is alone and homeless after her dad skips town to evade his gambling debts and the debt collectors kick her out of her apartment. So when a man she's just saved from a dog offers her his home, she jumps at the opportunity. But it turns out that his place is a shrine, and Nanami has unwittingly taken over his job as a local deity!

Nanami has all kinda of new responsibilities she doesn't understand, dangers she's unaware of, and a cranky ex-familiar who's... actually pretty hot. What's a new-fledged godling to do?



Tags: Gods , Shoujo , Youkai , Female Protagonist , Kemonomimi , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Age Gap , Episodic , Time Manipulation , Demons , Male Harem , School , Monster Boy , Love Triangle , Meta , Tsundere , Bullying , Slavery , Anthropomorphism , Cohabitation

Gugure! Kokkuri-san

Also known as Gugure! Kokkuri-san.

Studio: TMS Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Supernatural

The original manga revolves around Kohina, a little girl who ends up summoning by a Kokkuri-san, a lower-ranking ghost in Japanese folklore. The Kokkuri-san she calls ends up being a white-haired handsome, young man. Although he had intended to merely haunt her at first, he becomes worried about her terrible eating habit of cup ramen for every meal, so he decides to haunt her in order to protect her.



Tags: Episodic , Chibi , Youkai , Meta , Female Protagonist , Kemonomimi , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Ghost , Nekomimi , Gender Bending , Ensemble Cast , Amnesia , Iyashikei , Aliens , Guns , Tsundere , Kuudere , Age Regression , Crossdressing

Tensui no Sakuna-hime

Also known as Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin.

Studio: P.A.WORKS , Toho , TV Tokyo , Qrout
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

Two realms exist in the ancient land of Yanato: the Lofty Realm, where gods reside, and the Lowly Realm, where humans reside. Princess Sakuna was the daughter of the god of war and goddess of harvest, but she led a lazy life. One day, she is banished to Hinoe Island, the Isle of Demons. Stranded in a barren land, Sakuna sets out to slay demons and farm rice. Her new adventure begins!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Gods , Agriculture , Horticulture , Coming of Age , Mythology , Rural , Historical , Religion , Survival , Kingdom Management , Magic , Demons , Anthropomorphism , CGI , Time Manipulation , Episodic

Yoshinaga-sanchi no Gargoyle

Also known as Gargoyle of Yoshinaga House.

Studio: Studio Hibari , Sentai Filmworks , Trinet Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

Based on the novel by Taguchi Sennendou.

Winning the lottery can completely change a person’s life, as Futaba soon discovers. Instead of amassing an instant fortune, however, she obtains a stone gargoyle who proclaims itself the gatekeeper of the Yoshinaga household.



Tags: Family Life , Magic , Ensemble Cast

Kannagi

Also known as Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens.

Studio: Aniplex , A-1 Pictures , Bandai Entertainment , Ordet , Sony Music Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Supernatural

Based on a shounen manga by Takenashi Eri, serialised in Comic REX.

Our unlucky protagonist, Jin, uses the trunk of a sacred tree to carve a statue for a school project. When he takes it outside, to his surprise it begins absorbing the surrounding earth and transforms into, hold your breath on this one, a girl! So like all similar setups this guardian deity is pretty pissed that her tree was cut down and lives with Jin while she takes out her anger on squashing bugs....er, cleaning the "Impurities".

Tags: Gods , Male Protagonist , School , Shrine Maiden , Otaku Culture , Parody , Love Triangle , Memory Manipulation , Dissociative Identities , Shounen , Meta , Idol , School Club , Nudity

Kuma Miko

Also known as Kumamiko -Girl Meets Bear.

Studio: Kinema Citrus , EMT Squared , Sony Music Communications , AT-X
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

What does a bear know about life in the big city? For Machi Amayadori’s sake, hopefully a lot! The young shrine maiden has spent her whole life in the rural mountains with Natsu, her talking guardian bear. Now, at fourteen, she wants to take a chance and attend high school in the big city. Can Natsu really prepare her for city life? Or will his wacky trials be too much for even Machi to bear?



Tags: Rural , Shrine Maiden , Bullying , Seinen , Animals , Disability , Female Protagonist , Anthropomorphism , Idol

Enmusubi no Youko-chan

Also known as Fox Spirit Matchmaker.

Studio: Haoliners Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Supernatural

In a world where Spirits and Humans coexist and can fall in love with each other, the Spirits's life expectancy being far superior to the Human's one can only see their loved one dying before them. Even when that human is reborn, the previous memories of his past life is erased from his memory. However, it is said among Spirits that a certain “service” is spreading. This “service” is provided by the “Fox Spirit Matchmakers” who can revive the lost memories of their former lover. When the Spirits lose their lover, they can purchase the “service” of the “Fox Spirit Matchmakers” so that they could attempt to regain their former lover memories and start over a new love story. This story follows a young Fox Spirit Matchmaker who tries her best to restore lost memories and spread love.



Tags: Mythology , Foreign , Kemonomimi , Reincarnation , Age Gap , Matchmaking