Anime like Yumeiro Pâtissière

Shugo Chara!

Also known as Shugo Chara!.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Satelight , Pony Canyon
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

Amu Hinamori is a 5th grade transfer student who is fashionably cool, tough and independent. Despite this, she is also a girl who seems unapproachable, both at home and at school. In reality, the "Cool and Spicy" role she plays is just a facade that she unconsciously plays. With her guardian characters, she fights the Easter Company who is extracting people's eggs to create X Eggs & X Characters in search of a special egg called the Embryo.



Tags: Primarily Child Cast , Magic , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Henshin , School , Chibi , Fairy , Coming of Age , Tsundere , Anti-Hero , Rehabilitation , Philosophy , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Kuudere , School Club , Dissociative Identities , Nekomimi , Male Harem , Heterosexual , Crossdressing , Fashion , Fairy Tale , Estranged Family , Family Life , Astronomy , Slapstick , Tomboy , Teacher , Snowscape , Idol , Age Gap , Incest , Ojou-sama

Delicious Party♡Precure

Also known as Delicious Party Precure.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

The mysterious, delicious world of CooKingdom, which rules over all the cuisine in this world. CooKingdom has closely guarded the Recipe-Bon, in which it's written how to prepare any dish. But, oh no! One day, it gets stolen by the Bundoru Gang! The Bundoru Gang plans to monopolize everything for themselves, and their next target is the Cuisine Fairy Recipeppi... The Energy Fairies have come to Oishi-Na Town in the human world in search of the Recipe-Bon. With their help, an unexpected turn of events leads to three ordinary girls transforming into Pretty Cures!


Tags: Food , Henshin , Magic , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Episodic , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Kids , Urban , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban Fantasy , Superhero , Tokusatsu , School , Robots , Philosophy , Isekai , Football , Time Manipulation , Baseball

Sugar Apple Fairy Tale

Also known as Sugar Apple Fairy Tale.

Studio: J.C. Staff , KADOKAWA , Crunchyroll , flying DOG , BS Asahi , AT-X
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Romance

In a world where fairies are bought and sold to the highest bidder, humans aren’t exactly on friendly terms with the fae folk. But friendship is exactly what Anne Halford seeks with Challe, her new fairy bodyguard, though he’s not so keen on the idea. As his new master, Anne tasks him with escorting her through a particularly dangerous area, but with a reluctant bodyguard eager to escape a life of servitude, she’ll have to deal with a lot more than she bargained for...



Tags: Fairy , Female Protagonist , Food , Heterosexual , Primarily Male Cast , Slavery , Magic , Travel , Orphan , Swordplay , Age Gap , Male Protagonist , Bullying , Tragedy , Love Triangle , Revenge , Politics , Time Skip

Bonjour♪ Koiaji Pâtisserie

Also known as Bonjour♪Sweet Love Patisserie.

Studio: CONNECT , SILVER LINK.
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

An adaptation of the game with the same name has been announced. The original story follows Sayuri Haruno, a girl who attends an elite confectionery school Fleurir on a scholarship to follow her dream to open a pastry shop. There she meets several charming young men.

Tags: Food , Female Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Male Harem , School , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Age Gap

Kirakira☆Precure a la Mode

Also known as KIRA KIRA☆PRECURE A LA MODE.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Slice of Life

Ichika Usami is a second-year middle school student who loves sweets, but struggles to bake. One day, she encounters a fairy named Pekorin, who is able to detect "Kirakiraru", an element residing in sweets. However, an evil fairy starts to steal the Kirakiraru for themselves, leaving the sweets black and lifeless. Determined to protect the sweets, Ichika gains the power of the Legendary Patisserie and transforms into the Pretty Cure, Cure Whip, to protect the Kirakiraru.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Kemonomimi , Kids , Food , Female Protagonist , Magic , Henshin , Educational , Episodic , Coming of Age , Urban , Urban Fantasy , Super Power , School , Nekomimi , Animals , Restaurant , Ensemble Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Tomboy , Primarily Child Cast , Band , Superhero , Tokusatsu , LGBTQ+ Themes , Time Manipulation , Shapeshifting , Work , Yuri

Gakuen Alice

Studio: Aniplex , Group TAC , Sogo Vision , The Right Stuf International
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

Sakura Mikan and Imai Hotaru are best friends, and Mikan is shocked to find that Hotaru is transferring to a school in Tokyo for gifted students like her - Alice Academy. Mikan hears rumors that the students are like prisoners there, and worried what would happen to Hotaru, she runs away to head to the school herself. She finds out all the wonderful things about this school. And she heads into a great adventure!!

Tags: Super Power , Shoujo , School , Female Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Love Triangle , Magic , Kuudere , Class Struggle

Sugar Apple Fairy Tale Part 2

Also known as Sugar Apple Fairy Tale Season 2.

Studio: KADOKAWA , J.C. Staff , Crunchyroll , flying DOG , BS Asahi , AT-X
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Romance

The second cour of Sugar Apple Fairy Tale.

After winning Silver Sugar Master, Anne faces Shall’s sudden departure. Anne’s next journey begins as she is determined to have Shall back by her side.



Tags: Fairy , Age Gap , Slavery , Food , Magic , Female Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Travel , Swordplay , Torture , Philosophy , Revenge

Cookin' Idol Ai! Mai! Main!

Studio: Studio DEEN , NHK , NAS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Cooking Idol teaches children how to cook through instruction of the main character, MAIN. The show itself is divided into an animated segment featuring MAIN, and a live-action segment featuring the voice actor of MAIN, Fukuhara Haruka, as she practices the cooking herself.

Tags: Kids , Idol , Food , Educational , Female Protagonist

Cardcaptor Sakura

Also known as Cardcaptor Sakura.

Studio: MADHOUSE , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , NHK , Kodansha , Sogo Vision , YTV , NHK Enterprises , NIS America Inc.
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

One day, Kinomoto Sakura, a 4th grader stumbles upon the mysterious book of Clow. Upon opening it and reading the name of The Windy aloud, Sakura scatters the cards to the winds. Sakura is elected and appointed by Keroberos, Guardian of the Cards to capture the remaining cards. With her friend Tomoyo and rival Syaoran, Sakura begins an adventure that will forever change her.

Tags: Magic , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Child Cast , Coming of Age , Episodic , Family Life , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Henshin , School , Dissociative Identities , Reincarnation , LGBTQ+ Themes , Love Triangle , Fashion , Heterosexual , Bisexual , Age Gap , Tsundere , Agender , Martial Arts , Boys' Love , Unrequited Love , Fairy , Kaiju , Amnesia , Time Manipulation , Time Skip , Transgender

Fruits Basket

Also known as Fruits Basket.

Studio: Studio DEEN , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Tohru Honda is 16 year old orphaned girl who gets invited to live in the house of her classmate, the handsome boy Sohma Yuki, and his cousins, 16 year old Kyo and 27 year old Shigure. However, these young men and parts of the rest of their family (both close and distant) hold a curse; if they are hugged by the opposite gender, they transform into animals of the Chinese Zodiac. Everyday is an adventure for sweet Tohru, as she gets to know everyone in the large family better (especially Yuki and Kyo), in both common and bizarre situations. But, the Sohma Family curse is certainly no laughing matter... it also holds horrible cruelty and heartbreak.

Tags: Family Life , Mythology , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Male Harem , Animals , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , School , Found Family , Tragedy , Badminton , Primarily Teen Cast , Reincarnation , Urban Fantasy , Philosophy , Kuudere , Curses