Anime like Gokushufudou

Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan

Also known as The Disastrous Life of Saiki K..

Studio: J.C. Staff , EGG FIRM
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

To the average person, psychic abilities might seem a blessing; for Kusuo Saiki, however, this couldn't be further from the truth. Gifted with a wide assortment of supernatural abilities ranging from telepathy to x-ray vision, he finds this so-called blessing to be nothing but a curse. As all the inconveniences his powers cause constantly pile up, all Kusuo aims for is an ordinary, hassle-free life—a life where ignorance is bliss.

Unfortunately, the life of a psychic is far from quiet. Though Kusuo tries to stay out of the spotlight by keeping his powers a secret from his classmates, he ends up inadvertently attracting the attention of many odd characters, such as the empty-headed Riki Nendou and the delusional Shun Kaidou. Forced to deal with the craziness of the people around him, Kusuo comes to learn that the ordinary life he has been striving for is a lot more difficult to achieve than expected.

Note: Aired in 2 versions, a 120-episode 5-minute short series, and a combined 24-episode 24-minute TV series with the same content.

Tags: Super Power , Surreal Comedy , Satire , Episodic , Parody , School , Meta , Mythology , Asexual , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , Tsundere , Kuudere , Aromantic , Memory Manipulation , Urban , Chuunibyou , Ghost , Unrequited Love , Heterosexual , School Club , Gyaru , LGBTQ+ Themes , Incest , Video Games , Gangs

Kumichou Musume to Sewagakari

Also known as The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting.

Studio: feel. , Gaina , bilibili , Micro Magazine Sha , Docomo Anime Store , Pony Canyon , Bushiroad Move , TOKYO MX , Micro House
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Kirishima Tooru was accustomed to solving all problems through violence and was called “the Demon of Sakuragi.” One day, the boss of the Sakuragi family suddenly summons Kirishima and appoints him caretaker of his only daughter, Yaeka! A heartwarming comedy about a yakuza crime family’s right-hand man and the boss’ only daughter. The two of them are about to begin their new daily lives together!



Tags: Family Life , Yakuza , Josei , Female Protagonist , Parenthood , Male Protagonist , Found Family , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Anti-Hero , Iyashikei , Delinquents , Food , Guns , Tragedy , Suicide , Episodic , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Male Cast

Back Street Girls: Gokudols

Also known as Back Street Girls -GOKUDOLS-.

Studio: J.C. Staff , Toei Video , Kodansha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Music

A group of 3 yakuza failed their boss for the last time. After messing up an important job, the boss gave them 2 choices: Honorably committing suicide, or go to Thailand to get a sex reassignment surgery in order to become "female" idols. After a gruesome year long training to become idols, they successfully debut, with overwhelming popularity, much to their dismay. This is where their tragedy truly begins.

Tags: Idol , Primarily Adult Cast , Gender Bending , Yakuza , Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Male Cast , Otaku Culture , Transgender , Seinen , Primarily Female Cast , Crossdressing

Kotarou wa Hitorigurashi

Also known as Kotaro Lives Alone.

Studio: Netflix , LIDENFILMS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

A lonely little boy moves into a ramshackle apartment building all on his own and makes friends with the broke manga artist who lives next door.



Tags: Found Family , Family Life , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Iyashikei , School , Estranged Family , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Delinquents , Detective

Nichijou

Also known as Nichijou - My Ordinary Life.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Lantis , Kadokawa Shoten , Movic , Rakuonsha , Bandai Entertainment , Kadokawa Pictures Japan , KLOCKWORX , Animation Do
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Nichijou primarily focuses on the daily antics of a trio of childhood friends—high school girls Mio Naganohara, Yuuko Aioi and Mai Minakami—whose stories soon intertwine with the young genius Hakase Shinonome, her robot caretaker Nano, and their talking cat Sakamoto. With every passing day, the lives of these six, as well as of the many people around them, experience both the calms of normal life and the insanity of the absurd. Walking to school, being bitten by a talking crow, spending time with friends, and watching the principal suplex a deer: they are all in a day's work in the extraordinary everyday lives of those in Nichijou.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Episodic , Slapstick , School , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Achronological Order , Parody , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Robots , Philosophy , Shounen , Drawing , Tsundere , Guns , Football , Love Triangle

Dekiru Neko wa Kyou mo Yuuutsu

Also known as The Masterful Cat is Depressed Again Today.

Studio: Frontier Works , GoHands , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , DMM.com , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Kodansha , Movic
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

When Saku took in a stray black cat, she never expected that he would become the equivalent of a housekeeping life partner. But Yukichi, a giant cat who towers over Saku, is not your ordinary feline. He takes great pride in his culinary skills, and a good sale at the supermarket always gets his whiskers twitching. Saku may not have her act together yet, but at least she has Yukichi!



Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Animals , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Anthropomorphism , Iyashikei , Office Lady , Shounen , Food , Surreal Comedy , CGI , Male Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Tsundere , Slapstick , LGBTQ+ Themes

Hinamatsuri

Also known as HINAMATSURI.

Studio: feel. , Funimation , Media Factory , Magic Capsule , Nippon Columbia , AT-X , Kadokawa Media House
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The comedy manga centers around a super-powered girl named Hina and Nitta, a young member of the yakuza. Hina suddenly appears in Nitta's room and threatens him with her extraordinary powers. However, they end up living together.



Tags: Found Family , Family Life , Adoption , Ensemble Cast , Parenthood , Satire , Surreal Comedy , Seinen , Slapstick , Super Power , Kuudere , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Yakuza , Urban , Female Protagonist , Homeless , Primarily Female Cast , Coming of Age , Bar , Episodic , School , Isekai

The Fable

Studio: Tezuka Productions , Kodansha , Nippon Television Network , VAP
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Romance , Thriller

When you're the infamous prodigy hitman known only as “Fable,” many things come easy. Being a normal person, however, isn't one of them. In fact, being told that he can't kill anyone for a while may just be the hardest job Fable’s ever taken...



Tags: Yakuza , Seinen , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Assassins , Urban , Guns , Surreal Comedy , Crime , Anti-Hero , Martial Arts , Heterosexual , Revenge , Found Family , Acrobatics , Bar , Disability , Nudity , Outdoor

Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san

Also known as Mr. Villain's Day Off.

Studio: Shin-Ei Animation , SynergySP , Nikkatsu , TV Tokyo , VAP , MAGNET , Square Enix , Shin-Ei Animation , SCISSORS BLITZ , KLOCKWORX , TV Osaka
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The man known as General within a villainous organization that plans to take over the world is usually fighting to the death against the Rangers who protect the Earth...

But today is his day off.

To heal his tired soul from working so hard every day, he goes to the zoo to see pandas and to the convenience store to get some ice cream.

We get to see how a certain villain gets to completely enjoy his days off to the fullest in this comedy that will heal your soul.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Iyashikei , Primarily Adult Cast , Monster Boy , Urban , Aliens , Animals , Shoujo , Tokusatsu , Konbini , Henshin , Found Family , Twins , Work , Orphan

SPY×FAMILY

Also known as SPY x FAMILY.

Studio: CloverWorks , Wit Studio , Toho , Shueisha , TV Tokyo , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Everyone has a part of themselves they cannot show to anyone else.

At a time when all nations of the world were involved in a fierce war of information happening behind closed doors, Ostania and Westalis had been in a state of cold war against one another for decades. The Westalis Intelligence Services' Eastern-Focused Division (WISE) sends their most talented spy, "Twilight," on a top-secret mission to investigate the movements of Donovan Desmond, the chairman of Ostania's National Unity Party, who is threatening peace efforts between the two nations.

This mission is known as "Operation Strix." It consists of "putting together a family in one week in order to infiltrate social gatherings organized by the elite school that Desmond's son attends."

"Twilight" takes on the identity of psychiatrist Loid Forger and starts looking for family members. But Anya, the daughter he adopts, turns out to have the ability to read people's minds, while his wife, Yor, is an assassin! With it being in each of their own interests to keep these facts hidden, they start living together while concealing their true identities from one another.
World peace is now in the hands of this brand-new family as they embark on an adventure full of surprises.



Tags: Espionage , Family Life , Found Family , Shounen , Assassins , Conspiracy , Fake Relationship , Adoption , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Crime , Foreign , Slapstick , Urban , Super Power , School , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Surreal Comedy , Parenthood , Parody , Episodic , Guns , Politics , Martial Arts , Orphan , Urban Fantasy , Bullying , Tsundere