Anime like Tonkatsu DJ Agetarou

Ongaku

Also known as ON-GAKU: OUR SOUND.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

When you’re a bored teenager looking for thrills, sometimes the only thing you can turn to is rock ‘n roll. Having no skill, money, or even a full set of drums, a feared trio of high school delinquents nevertheless decide they are destined for musical glory in a quest to impress their only friend Aya, avoid a rival gang, and – most importantly – jam out. Animated almost entirely by director Kenji Iwaisawa, and featuring a lead performance by Japanese alt-rock legend Shintaro Sakamoto, ON-GAKU: OUR SOUND brings its own sound and vision to the Hiroyuki Oohashi manga from which it was adapted. With pitch-perfect deadpan humor, the film presents a highly original take on the beloved slacker comedy: a lo-fi buddy film with a blaring musical finale that will leave you wanting an immediate encore.



Tags: Band , Delinquents , Rotoscoping , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Rock Music , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , School

BECK

Also known as Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Marvelous Entertainment , Starchild Records , Funimation , Asatsu DK , Kodansha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Music , Slice of Life

Tanaka Yukio, better known by his nickname Koyuki is a 14 year old who feels disconnected from life in general. Through the act of saving a mismatched dog, he meets guitarist Minami Ryuusuke, and becomes involved in Ryuusuke's new band BECK. Koyuki's life starts to change as the band struggles towards fame.


Tags: Band , Coming of Age , Urban , Rock Music , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Language Barrier , Primarily Male Cast , School , Bullying , Hip-hop Music , Shounen , Baseball , Gyaru , Love Triangle , Female Protagonist , Swimming

Detroit Metal City

Studio: Horipro , Sentai Filmworks , Sony Music Entertainment , Studio 4°C
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music

Led by phallus-waiving terrorist-from-hell Johannes Krauser II (guitar/vocals,) and given pulsing, throbbing life by indestructible drummer Camus and bassist Alexander Jagi, Detroit Metal City is the hottest ticket on the concert circuit! There's just one catch. That "hottest ticket" is just a meal ticket, and beneath the makeup, these ultimate head-bangers are hired doppelgangers who don't even LIKE what they do! Jaggi is actually Wada, who wants to play glam rock; Camus is Nishida, an anime fan with an appalling weakness for curry and NSFW videos; and Krauser is... oh the shame... street-singing Soichi Negishi, whose dreams of singing happy pop hits seem hopelessly doomed by the success of his rage-fueled alter ego! Worse, he can't even tell anyone who Krauser is. Not even the girl he likes, who HATES DMC! Will rage against the corporate machine consume Negishi's tortured soul? Is there life after death metal? What it's like to put your head in a jet engine and turn up the volume?



Tags: Band , Surreal Comedy , Parody , Metal Music , College , Urban , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Gender Bending , Rural , Drugs

Gaikotsu Shotenin Honda-san

Also known as Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san.

Studio: DLE
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Honda-san is at war - with business, with out-of-print books, and with people who love manga! Who knew there were so many laughs to be found at the manga counter of a bookstore?! These are the day-to-day happenings that take place at a certain bookstore where the love of manga is abundant.



Tags: Work , Otaku Culture , Slapstick , Skeleton , Autobiographical , Urban , Episodic , Primarily Adult Cast , Surreal Comedy , Educational , Male Protagonist , Language Barrier , Shoujo

Paripi Koumei

Also known as Ya Boy Kongming!.

Studio: P.A.WORKS , DMM pictures , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Avex Pictures , Kodansha , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Music , Supernatural

Fate and reincarnation deliver brilliant military strategist, Kongming, from warring, ancient China to Japan’s modern party hot spot in Shibuya City, Tokyo. After a lifetime of battles and military skirmishes, Kongming wished with his last breath to be reborn in a world of peace and prosperity. It’s nearly two millennia later and he’s finding his way in a very different world than that of his past life. When he meets Eiko, an amateur musician with big dreams, the unlikely duo strikes up an even unlikelier friendship. Eiko has street smarts to help Kongming navigate this strange new world, and Kongming will use his strategic mind to help Eiko achieve stardom!



An advanced online screening of the first episode was held on March 31, 2022, but the weekly TV release began on April 5, 2022.

Tags: Reincarnation , Urban , Band , Primarily Adult Cast , Idol , Anachronism , Hip-hop Music , Historical , Female Protagonist , Bar , Work , Ancient China , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Rock Music , Dancing , Classic Literature , Fugitive , Nudity

Gokushufudou

Also known as The Way of the Househusband.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Netflix
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

He was the fiercest member of the yakuza, a man who left countless underworld legends in his wake. They called him “the Immortal Dragon.” But one day he walked away from it all to travel another path—the path of the househusband! The curtain rises on this cozy yakuza comedy!



Tags: Slapstick , Yakuza , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Family Life , Parody , Gangs , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Flash , Urban , Food , Heterosexual , Educational , Mafia , Guns , Crime

PaRappa The Rapper

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Production I.G , Aniplex , Fuji TV , SME Visual Works , J.C.STAFF , Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Chronicles the misadventures of a rapping dog named Parappa and his very odd friends, which include a blue cat, a talking flower, and a bear DJ.



Tags: Anthropomorphism , Animals , Urban , Male Protagonist , Primarily Animal Cast , Kids , Episodic , Heterosexual

D4DJ First Mix

Also known as D4DJ First Mix.

Studio: SANZIGEN , Bushiroad
Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Slice of Life

Having moved back to Japan from abroad, Rinku Aimoto transfers to Yoba Academy where DJing is popular. She is deeply moved by a DJ concert she sees there, and decides to form a unit of her own with Maho Akashi, Muni Ohnaruto, and Rei Togetsu.

While interacting with the other DJ units like Peaky P-key and Photon Maiden, Rinku and her friends aim for the high stage!



Note: The first episode was released early on the official D4DJ and Funimation YouTube channels on October 23, 2020. The regular TV broadcast started on October 30, 2020.

Tags: Full CGI , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Idol , School , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Primarily Teen Cast , Dancing , Otaku Culture , Tanned Skin , Tsundere , Tomboy , Drawing

♪D4DJ Petit Mix

Also known as D4DJ Petit Mix.

Studio: DMM.futureworks , W-Toon Studio , Bushiroad
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

Chibi-style mini animation for the D4DJ media franchise.

Tags: Idol , Episodic , Primarily Female Cast , Chibi , Ensemble Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Ghost , Age Regression

D4DJ All Mix

Also known as D4DJ All Mix.

Studio: SANZIGEN , Bushiroad , DONUTS , BS Nittele , Dentsu , TOKYO MX , Bushiroad Creative , Bushiroad Music , Bushiroad Move
Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Slice of Life

The second season to D4DJ First Mix.

The beats are back with Lyrical Lily! After learning the awesome news they’ll be performing at their town revitalization event, they start to panic when they learn it’s a yearlong event. To keep it fresh and exciting, they’ll enlist some of the most popular DJ units around. A new stage is set, and Lyrical Lily is ready to shine!



Note: The series is releasing early on DMM and Funimation/Crunchyroll starting January 8, 2023. The regular TV broadcast started on January 13, 2023.

Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , Idol , Full CGI , Primarily Female Cast , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Work , School , Language Barrier , Surreal Comedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Religion , Dancing , Ojou-sama , Camping , Tanned Skin , Zombie