Anime like Dokonjou Gaeru

Urusei Yatsura

Also known as Urusei Yatsura.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Studio DEEN , Kitty Film , Discotek , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Urusei Yatsura concerns the tempestuous relationship between two focal characters: Ataru Moroboshi who is possibly the most unfaithful, unlucky and lecherous idiot to have ever been born, and there's Lum, a tigerskin-bikini clad alien package of sex appeal, jealousy and electricity who's fallen for him. The series chronicles the misadventures of these two stubborn teenagers along with a veritable entourage of weird characters. Among these characters is the richest boy on the planet, a superhuman schoolgirl, a fire-breathing baby, a powerful priestess/school nurse, a cute and psychotic alien vixen with a split personality, a gender-bending martial artist, an alien biker chick, an ice queen of Neptune, a deranged monk, a giant ghost cat and hundreds of other lunatic personalities; aliens, humans and inhumans alike interract in endless hysteria in a town named Tomobiki.

Tags: Episodic , Aliens , Shounen , Urban Fantasy , Slapstick , Heterosexual , Parody , Surreal Comedy , Male Protagonist , Tomboy , School , Super Power , Female Protagonist , Mythology , Youkai , Monster Girl , Love Triangle , Family Life , Nudity , Shrine Maiden , Tsundere , Animals , Tanks , Female Harem , Crossdressing , Ojou-sama , Magic , Time Manipulation , Military , Dinosaurs , Amnesia , Shapeshifting , Goblin

Hanada Shounen-shi

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Young Ichirou Hanada lives with his parents and grandfather in a quiet rural town. He is a little brat who constantly teases his sister, insults his mother, fights with everybody, and eats a lot.

Ichirou has a near-death experience when he is hit by a truck, and when he wakes up he can see and talk to spirits. The spirits of people who have just died but who cannot pass on yet seek him out. They have some unresolved issue in their lives that is holding them back, and Ichiro must help them out.

Tags: Ghost , Afterlife , Episodic , Rural , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Coming of Age , Family Life , Police , Nudity

Gu-Gu Ganmo

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

One morning in the Tsukuda household, Hanpeita's sister, Tsukune, lets his pet bird escape out of spite. On the way home from school, she finds a strange egg from another planet and brings it home to give her brother, in order to make up for her earlier mistake. However, he isn't too pleased with it.

Not too long after, the egg swells up, cracks its shell, and out comes a pink, strange chicken-like alien creature named Ganmo! He speaks like a human being and comes to live with the Tsukudas. Not wanting to be a mere freeloader, Ganmo takes the initiative to run errands, clean the house, and do other menial chores, yet he blunders at everything he does. Everytime Ganmo tries to clear his reputation his efforts end up causing even more confusion.

A charming young, purple-haired girl named Ayumi Ichigaya moves next door to the Tsukudas. She has a strange pet myna bird named Déjà Vu. It's foppish with a poisonous tongue and always teases Ganmo for being so odd-looking.

And so begin the messed up daily lives of young Hanpeita and his new pet.



Tags: Slapstick , Episodic , Animals , School , Nudity

Ganso Tensai Bakabon

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

A comedy about a former genius who has now become very eccentric and senile. His family deals with all the crazy problems he and his old friends cause around the neighborhood.

Tags: Surreal Comedy

Samurai Giants

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Studio Junio , Doga Kobo , YTV , TMS Entertainment , Asahi Production , MADHOUSE , Tokyo Animation Film , Tokyo Movie
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

Ban Banjou is an insolent wild boy who was raised on the rough sea in Tosa, southern Japan. He joined the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants in Japanese pro baseball league such a baseball pitcher noted for the blazing fastball and the worst control. He fights hard battles against his rival batters, developing his incredible pitching magics.

Tags: Shounen , Baseball , Male Protagonist , Delinquents , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Samurai , Suicide

Kyojin no Hoshi

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Yomiuri TV , Tokyo Movie , Studio Jack , YTV , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

The story is about Hyuma Hoshi, a promising young baseball pitcher who dreams of becoming a top star like his father Ittetsu Hoshi in the professional Japanese league. His father was once a 3rd baseman until he was injured in World War II and was forced to retire. The boy would join the ever popular Giants team, and soon he realized the difficulty of managing the high expectations. From the grueling training to battling the rival Mitsuru Hanagata on the Hanshin Tigers, he would have to take out his best pitching magic to step up to the challenge.



Tags: Shounen , Male Protagonist , Baseball , Primarily Male Cast , Tragedy

Ore wa Teppei

Studio: Nippon Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

Teppei, brought up by his father in the mountains, is an energetic boy who is as tough as weeds and acts as free as a bird. His life changes completely when he enrolls in high school, the first school he has ever attended. Despite his eccentric behavior and being a constant source of troubles, he is soon recognized for his talent in sports-especially in Kendo (the Japanese swordplay art) - and becomes the school’s hero.

Tags: Shounen , Historical , Male Protagonist , Swordplay

Omakase Scrappers

Studio: ACC Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi

The age of space, where humans create androids called "Workbots" to support their daily lives and live in harmony. A child named Chusuke Uta founds his own jack-of-all trades service with old workbots, where they help with anything from moving to idol protection. Only society and their greed for progress by newer workbots are the only competition that stands in Chusuke and his robot co-workers' way.

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Hajime Ningen Gyatoruz

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

A comedy about the wacky adventures of Giatrus and his tribe of the first human beings on the planet.



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