Anime like Denpa Kyoushi

Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai

Also known as The World God Only Knows.

Studio: TV Tokyo , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Manglobe , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Supernatural

Keima is a dating sim champion. Cute girls are rendered powerless by his irresistible game playing techniques. Too bad things aren't that way in the real world. That is, until his tempting game playing causes a real live—and very bubbly-cute—demon hunter named Elsie to materialize! Now Elsie wants Keima to help her free hot girls from sneaky demons who secretly possess them.



Tags: Video Games , Episodic , Meta , Otaku Culture , Male Protagonist , Parody , Kuudere , Shounen , School , Ojou-sama , Female Harem , Idol , Ensemble Cast , Amnesia , Hikikomori , Tsundere , Slapstick , Anti-Hero , Memory Manipulation , Demons , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Female Cast , Gods , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Athletics , Butler , Surreal Comedy , Nudity , Teacher

Ansatsu Kyoushitsu

Also known as Assassination Classroom.

Studio: Lerche , Funimation , Kansai TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Supernatural

The students of class 3-E have a mission: kill their teacher before graduation. He has already destroyed the moon, and has promised to destroy the Earth if he can not be killed within a year. But how can this class of misfits kill a tentacled monster, capable of reaching Mach 20 speed, who may be the best teacher any of them have ever had?

Tags: Assassins , School , Teacher , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Tentacles , Aliens , Anti-Hero , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Guns , Crime , Bullying , Found Family , Femboy , Artificial Intelligence , Baseball , School Club , Suicide , Tragedy

Renai Boukun

Also known as Love Tyrant.

Studio: EMT Squared
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Supernatural

A Kiss Note is a powerful notebook that makes anyone who has their name written together will instantly fall in love if they kiss each other regardless of any circumstances. This magical and very familiar item belongs to an angel named Guri whose job as cupid is to create couples. However, she accidentally writes down Aino Seiji, a regular high school student, and unless he kisses someone, Guri will die. She convinces Seiji to go kiss his crush, Hiyama Akane, the school's popular girl who turns out has even stronger feelings for him, bordering on obsessive and psychotic. Eventually Akane and Seiji come together but not before Guri decides that she likes Seiji as well. What seems awesome to most guys becomes hell for Seiji who just wants a normal relationship with girls.



Tags: Love Triangle , Parody , Female Harem , Surreal Comedy , Male Protagonist , Cohabitation , Polyamorous , Bisexual , Urban Fantasy , Yandere , School , Tsundere , Angels , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Shounen , Henshin , Swordplay , Sadism , Gods , Villainess , Samurai , Unrequited Love , Age Gap , Boys' Love

Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records

Also known as Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor.

Studio: LIDENFILMS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

In the "action fantasy" story, Glenn is a part-time teacher at a magic school who is inclined to write "self-study" on the blackboard and then take a nap. One of his students, Sistine, gets angry and challenges him to a duel and he is easily defeated. However, when a terrible incident threatens the school, Glenn shows intense dedication to protecting his students.



Tags: Magic , School , Teacher , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Tsundere , Anti-Hero , Kuudere , Gore , Female Harem

GTO

Also known as GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Discotek , Aniplex
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

Onizuka is a reformed biker gang leader who has his sights set on an honorable new ambition: to become the world's greatest teacher... for the purpose of meeting sexy high school girls. Okay, so he's mostly reformed.

However, strict administrators and a class of ruthless delinquents stand between Onizuka and his goal and they will use any means, however illegal or low, to drive the new teacher away. Perfect, because Onizuka's methods won't be found in any teaching manual; he cares about the difference between legal and illegal activities about as much as he cares for the age difference between himself and a high school girl.

So get ready for math that doesn't add up, language you'd be slapped for using, and biology that would make a grown man blush... unless of course, you're the Great Teacher Onizuka.

Note: Episode 1 has an airtime of 48 minutes.

Tags: Teacher , School , Work , Delinquents , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Educational , Kuudere , Satire , Bullying , Age Gap , Suicide , Gangs , Crime , Acting , Fugitive , Episodic , Revenge , Heterosexual , Parody , Nudity , Guns , Conspiracy , Police , Agriculture , Slapstick , Martial Arts , Crossdressing , Astronomy , Tragedy , Motorcycles

3-nen Z-gumi Ginpachi-sensei

Also known as GINTAMA - Mr. Ginpachi's Zany Class.

Studio: Bandai Namco Pictures , Bandai Namco Pictures , Aniplex , TV Tokyo , Dentsu , Shueisha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

An anime adaptation of the Gintama light novel spin-off.

Sakata Ginpachi is a high-school teacher with his trademark silver, curly hair, dead-fish eyes, and sloppily worn lab coat. He's in charge of Gintama High School's Class 3-Z: home to a ragtag group of frequent troublemakers including idol otaku, hurloines, stalkers, mayo guzzlers, sadists, delinquents, and many more.

If you thought this roller-coaster life would have Ginpachi holding his head in his hands, you thought wrong, as he nonchalantly resolves any trouble that comes his way. And if you thought this unique group of students would overcome adversity and come together as one, you thought wrong again, as they continue to raise hell!

"Oh, come on! Can 3-Z get any more ungovernable?!"

You can never tell what this atypical teacher is thinking and he never seems up for the task, but he always comes through when it counts. He and his students star in this school-life comedy full of laughs, tears, and the whole kitchen sink! Forget nerds, forget jocks, and come enjoy the kind of youthful days that only Gintama could ever deliver!



Note: Announced at the the "Gintama Ato no Matsuri 2023" event.

Tags: School , Surreal Comedy , Parody , Aliens , Educational , Shounen

Oushitsu Kyoushi Heine

Also known as The Royal Tutor.

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

Accepting the post of Royal Tutor at the court of the king of Grannzreich, Heine Wittgenstein is a little professor with a big job ahead! Each of the kingdom's four princes has a rather distinct personality. Does their diminutive new instructor have what it takes to lay down some learning? It's a comedy of educational proportions!



Tags: Teacher , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Historical , Royal Affairs , Tsundere , Chibi , Shounen

Dandelion

Also known as Dandelion.

Studio: NAZ
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Supernatural

Dandelion follows Tetsuo Tanba and Misaki Kurogane, members of the Japanese Angel Federation’s Send-Off Department. Their job? Tracking down restless earthbound spirits and gently guiding them to the afterlife.

While other angels rush to close their cases, the 21st Division’s Dandelion Clan takes a different approach. Dandelion members Tetsuo Tanba and his leader, Misaki Kurogane, listen to each spirit’s regrets and help them resolve what’s holding them back. They even help a spirit who’s an elderly man running at full speed, desperate to escape.

The angels themselves are full of surprises. Tanba’s permanent scowl and sharp tongue mask a deeply compassionate nature, while Kurogane is a formidable force — despite her girlish appearance. She’s rumored to have laid to rest the legendary soul of Musashi Miyamoto.



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Urban Fantasy , Mythology , Seinen , Slapstick , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Angels , Urban , Ghost , Episodic , Meta , Office , Guns , Afterlife , Artificial Intelligence , Shapeshifting , Philosophy , Work , Boxing , Robots

Mahou Shoujo Magical Destroyers

Also known as Magical Destroyers.

Studio: Bibury Animation Studios , Mainichi Broadcasting System , King Records , Bit grooove promotion , SANKYO
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Mahou Shoujo

Freedom of expression is threatened when a mysterious group, the SSC, destroy Japan’s otaku culture. However, a young revolutionary, Otaku Hero—who loves the culture more than anything—rises up. With the help of three rambunctious magical girls—Anarchy, Blue, and Pink—they’ll team up to create a world free of this oppressive rule. Be part of the rebellion to bring back fandom!



Tags: Otaku Culture , Henshin , Dystopian , Urban , Meta , Magic , Surreal Comedy , Heterosexual , War , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Slapstick , Primarily Female Cast , Parody , Religion , Urban Fantasy , Female Harem , Swimming , Outdoor Activities , Video Games , Tragedy , Denpa , Drugs , Philosophy , Idol , Survival , Crossdressing , Gods , Cars , Guns , Military , Body Horror , Gore , Amnesia

NHK ni Youkoso!

Also known as Welcome to the N-H-K.

Studio: GONZO , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life

Satou’s life – or what’s left of it – is a paranoid mess of conspiracy theories and social anxieties. He’s terrified of the outside world; his apartment is overflowing with the remnants of cheap take-out food; and his retinas have been permanently scarred by a steady diet of internet porn. But maybe it’s not all his fault. After all, the nefarious N-H-K is out there, and they’re determined to turn society’s fringe-dwellers into a brainwashed lot of jobless, hopeless, futureless recluses.

Enter Misaki – a mysterious girl-next-door type who is Satou’s last chance to beat down his inner demons and venture out into the light of day. She’s ready to help him overcome his crippling phobias, but Satou would rather cower in his existential foxhole and pretend to work on the demo for his virtual sex game.

He’s afraid to face the world. She’s strangely desperate to fix a total stranger. Maybe together they can be normal.



Tags: Hikikomori , Rehabilitation , Male Protagonist , Otaku Culture , Denpa , Conspiracy , Philosophy , Suicide , Primarily Adult Cast , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Psychosexual , Satire , Disability , Video Games , Female Protagonist , Software Development , Heterosexual , Nudity , Drugs , Politics , Trains , Youkai , Primarily Male Cast