Anime like Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii OVA

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun

Also known as Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun.

Studio: Doga Kobo , Sentai Filmworks , Sony Music Communications , AT-X , TV Tokyo , Frontier Works , Media Factory
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

You know how the story goes: girl crushes on guy, girl confesses feelings to guy, guy mistakes confession for a job application. Okay, maybe that's not how it usually goes, but that's what happens when Chiyo Sakura finally gets up the nerve to tell her classroom crush Nozaki how she feels. Since she doesn't know that he's secretly a manga artist who publishes under a female pen name, and he doesn't know that she doesn't know, he misunderstands and offers her a chance to work as his assistant instead of a date! But while it's not flowers and dancing, it is a chance to get closer to him, so Chiyo gamely accepts. And when Nozaki realizes how useful Chiyo can be in figuring out what girls find romantic, he'll be spending even more time with her "researching" while remaining completely clueless. Could Chiyo's romantic frustration possibly get any more drawn out of proportion?



Tags: Parody , Slapstick , Drawing , Ensemble Cast , School , Unrequited Love , Otaku Culture , Female Protagonist , Work , Gender Bending , Heterosexual , Tomboy , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , Shounen , Tsundere , Educational , Crossdressing

Tonikaku Kawaii: SNS

Also known as TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You ~SNS~.

Studio: Seven Arcs , Warner Bros. Japan , Crunchyroll , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , Shogakukan , KLOCKWORX
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

When Nasa is suddenly called in for some work, Tsukasa spends her first night alone since their marriage began. As the loneliness pulls at her, she takes the smartphone that Nasa got her as a gift in hand and continues to wait. Messaging allows the two of them to stay connected, even while separated.



Tags: Family Life , Marriage , Heterosexual , Maids , Iyashikei , Age Gap , Shounen , Love Triangle

Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken

Also known as I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying.

Studio: Seven , Dream Creation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

The anime follows the daily life of an earnest, hardworking office lady named Kaoru and her otaku husband, who is totally immersed in a certain huge net bulletin board system.

Tags: Family Life , Seinen , Otaku Culture , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic , Marriage , Crossdressing , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Meta , Heterosexual , Nudity , Drawing , Office Lady , Golf

ReLIFE: Kanketsu-hen

Also known as ReLIFE: Final Arc.

Studio: TMS Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

After reliving the life of a high school student through the ReLIFE experiment, 27-year-old Arata Kaizaki cannot believe how quickly it has changed him. He has begun to see the world through a different perspective that he had completely forgotten as an adult. He has made friends and formed deep relationships with each one of them. However his support, Ryou Yoake, reminds him that the experiment is all an illusion; after his experiment ends, he will be forgotten by all of them.

The experiment of another ReLIFE subject is also coming to an end. After spending two years with ReLIFE, Chizuru Hishiro has developed into a more open, more thoughtful person than she could have ever imagined. She has met people who have changed her life, her perspective, and ultimately her. However, now that their ReLIFE is coming to an end, will they be able to let go of the memories they have made?



Tags: Rehabilitation , Age Regression , Memory Manipulation , School , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Chibi , Kuudere , Maids

Yamada-kun to Lv999 no Koi wo Suru

Also known as My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999.

Studio: Aniplex , MADHOUSE , Comic Smart , TOKYO MX , BS11 , Movic , KADOKAWA , EGG FIRM
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance

Akane Kinoshita, a female college student, faces the absolute worst situation when she ends up breaking up with her boyfriend after he has an affair with a woman he met playing an online game. While relieving her stress by rampaging through the open hunting grounds of an online game, Akane spills everything about her heartbreak to “Yamada”, a player she met by chance who happens to be in the same guild. “I don't care,” is his curt reply. But when Akane gets a makeover and joins an offline event to get back at her ex-boyfriend, she hears those dreadful words again. And that was Akane's fateful encounter with “Yamada”─！



Tags: Kuudere , Video Games , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Shoujo , Otaku Culture , Primarily Adult Cast , College , Love Triangle , Age Gap , E-Sports , Unrequited Love , Konbini , CGI

Shirokuma Cafe

Also known as Polar Bear's Café.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , TV Tokyo , Avex Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Shirokuma Cafe revolves around a Canadian white bear that quits his boring job and starts a cafeteria near a zoo. He loves telling tall tales and always brags about himself. According to him, he was picked up by a human couple who owns a diner while he was drifting around on an iceberg.

Though he has lost all contact with his Canadian family, he has discovered a new home in serving the diners' clientele, thanks to the kind couple. His café is an embodiment of his personality. The place is always packed with many regulars, animals and humans, who are drawn by his charismatic magnetism.



Tags: Episodic , Animals , Work , Male Protagonist , Josei , Iyashikei , Anthropomorphism , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Primarily Animal Cast , Heterosexual

Uchi no Kaisha no Chiisai Senpai no Hanashi

Also known as My Tiny Senpai.

Studio: project No.9 , DMM.com , REMOW , Takeshobo , Good Smile Company , TV Asahi , Universal Music , Bit Grooove Promotion , Vobile Japan , Kadokawa Media House , TV Asahi Music , Nagoya Broadcasting Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

When Shinozaki started his new job, he never expected his superior to be so…cute!? He was struggling to learn the ropes until Katase, his adorably tiny and kind senpai, took him under her wing. She goes above and beyond to ensure Shinozaki feels comfortable—even rubbing his shoulders when he’s tense. But as they grow closer, Shinozaki hopes her devoted attention might mean something more.



Tags: Work , Heterosexual , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Office Lady , Male Protagonist , Iyashikei , Nekomimi , Chibi , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Cosplay , Drawing , Office

Romantic Killer

Also known as Romantic Killer.

Studio: domerica , Netflix
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Anzu Hoshino is a "non-heroine type" high school girl who pays no attention to fashion or romance and spends every day playing video games. When the wizard Riri suddenly appears, Anzu is forced to participate in the Magical World's project to stop population decline. This romantic comedy depicts what happens when Anzu goes from living a life immersed in her three favorite things — video games, chocolate, and cats — to being surrounded by handsome guys. Anzu is steadfast in her claim that she never wanted to live in a dating simulation game. She meets a handsome guy who is so popular it hurts, a clean-cut and athletic childhood friend, and a beautiful rich young guy who is naive about the outside world. By meeting Anzu, they all begin to change gradually.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Parody , Male Harem , Slapstick , Primarily Teen Cast , Love Triangle , Aromantic , Meta , Urban Fantasy , Magic , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Video Games , Yandere , School , Shounen , Disability , Baseball , Work , CGI , Shapeshifting , Memory Manipulation

Honey Lemon Soda

Also known as Honey Lemon Soda.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , TMS Entertainment , Crunchyroll , Fuji TV , J.C.STAFF , Studio Pierrot , BS Fuji
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance

In middle school, Uka Ishimori was nicknamed “Stone.”

In order to change herself, she enrolled in Hachimitsu High School, known for its culture of student liberty. Seated in at the desk next to her in the same class is Kai Miura, a coolly freewheeling boy with lemon-colored hair. In truth, Uka met Kai once in middle school, and decided to attend Hachimitsu based on a single word he said to her.To Uka, the popular Kai is a distant presence.

Yet somehow, Kai starts to look after Uka. With Kai encouraging her, Uka gradually begins to fit in with her classmates…

But...Uka’s world is gradually changing with Kai’s presence. —

Now, I am in the center of the endlessly spreading light.



Tags: Rehabilitation , Shoujo , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Bullying , School , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , Kuudere , Delinquents , Gyaru , Love Triangle

Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san Movie

Also known as Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie.

Studio: Shin-Ei Animation , Toho
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Takagi and Nishikata’s final summer in junior high is about to begin, and it’s already off to a heartwarming start! When the pair find an abandoned kitten, they decide to work together and take care of Hana, their adorable new companion until they can locate its missing mother. What follows is the true beginning of this moving story of young love, complete with the delightful teasing and hilarious antics fans have come to expect from this beloved series and its cast of fan-favorite characters.



Tags: Heterosexual , Primarily Child Cast , School , Animals , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Rural , Shounen , Time Skip