Anime like Yuyushiki

Yuru Yuri

Also known as YuruYuri.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Daume , Doga Kobo , Pony Canyon , DAX Production , NIS America Inc. , Studio Gram , PRA , Jumondou
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Right after starting middle school, Akari Akaza joins the Amusement Club which is composed solely by her two childhood friends, Kyouko Toshinou and Yui Funami. Chinatsu Yoshikawa, Akaza's classmate, becomes a member after finding out about the dissolution of the Tea Club.

The Amusement Club, situated at the tea room facility since the Tea Club disbanded, has no clear purpose, being free for the girls to do whatever they want.



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , School Club , Meta , Surreal Comedy , Yuri , Love Triangle , School , Slapstick , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Tsundere , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Child Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Kuudere , Twins

Lucky☆Star

Also known as Lucky☆Star.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Lantis , Rakuonsha , Lucky Paradise , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

What’s the best way to eat dessert? Do twins really have a psychic connection? What kind of guys are into moe girls? These are the kinds of questions that float through the inquisitive mind of anime super-fan Konata Izumi. When she’s not lost in her favorite manga or logging hours in one of her online games, she’s debating the mysteries of the universe with the best friends a girl could ask for.



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Parody , Ensemble Cast , Otaku Culture , School , Meta , Episodic , Coming of Age , Twins , Video Games , Philosophy , Tsundere , Kuudere , Cheerleading , Shounen , Ojou-sama , Shrine Maiden , Baseball , Mixed Media

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 , Shounen , Drawing , Tsundere , Guns , Football , Love Triangle , Body Horror , Camping

Hidamari Sketch

Also known as Hidamari Sketch.

Studio: Aniplex , Shaft , Lantis , TBS , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

For years, Yuno has dreamed of attending Yamabuki Arts High School, but now that she's been accepted, it means the scary prospect of moving away from her home and family for the first time! Fortunately, Yuno quickly learns that if her new neighbors at the eclectic Hidamari (Sunshine) Apartments aren't technically family, at least the majority share the bond of being fellow art students. From second year students like Hiro and Sae, who try to behave like helpful older sisters (mostly successfully) to her hyperactive new neighbor, classmate and best friend Miyako (who has the scariest apartment ever) Yuno begins to build the support network she'll need for dealing with strange characters like her oddly masculine landlady, her cosplay obsessed home room teacher, her tooth-chattering principal and all of the other odd denizens who inhabit her chosen world of art.



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Iyashikei , Achronological Order , Chibi , Primarily Female Cast , School , Drawing , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Mixed Media , Primarily Teen Cast

Kill Me Baby

Also known as Kill Me Baby.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Pony Canyon , TBS , Magic Capsule , Sentai Filmworks , Pony Canyon Enterprise
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Kill Me Baby is the touching story of Yasuna, a normal (?) high school girl, and Sonya, her best friend who happens to be an assassin. Unfortunately, little Sonya's trained assassin instincts often work against her and others in her daily high school life, as Yasuna's often-broken wrist can attest to. She just wanted a hug, but she ended up with a broken neck. Isn't it sad? No, it's hilarious.

Not even Yasuna's intense ninja training can prepare her for the exciting adventures in this explosive 4-panel manga adaptation.

Tags: Assassins , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , School , Ninja , Chibi , Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Seinen

Kiniro Mosaic

Also known as KINMOZA!.

Studio: Media Factory , Sentai Filmworks , Studio Gokumi , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The story begins with Oomiya Shinobu, a 15-year-old, seemingly pure Japanese girl who actually did a homestay in Great Britain. Even after coming back to Japan, she still misses her time overseas. One day, an airmail letter arrives from Alice, the girl in Shinobu's host family in Great Britain. The letter reads: Shinobu, I'm coming to Japan! The Japanese/British girls' mixed comedy follows the lives of Shinobu, Alice, and other girls from both Japan and Great Britain.



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Tsundere , Language Barrier , Seinen , Tomboy , Foreign , Pirates , Baseball

Acchi Kocchi

Also known as Place to Place.

Studio: AIC , Pony Canyon , TBS , DAX Production , Sentai Filmworks , BS-TBS , Jumondou , Houbunsha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Everyone has a circle of friends they hang out with. But even within a small group there are smaller groups of friends, best friends and, here's where it gets complicated, boyfriends and girlfriends. Sometimes relationships just develop in a way where you're not exactly sure what you are to the other person. Which is the problem Tsumiki has when it comes to Io. Io's as tall and easygoing as Tsumiki is short in both temper and stature, but he also seems to be totally clueless about how she's starting to feel. Yet, at times, he's almost too affectionate. It's just confusing and irritating. And their prankster friends Mayoi and Sakaki aren't much help. Especially Mayoi, as it gives her one more thing to tease Tsumiki over. Hime, the fifth member of their usual gang of five isn't much better, because she's not really well connected to reality anyway. Which leaves Tsumiki stuck in a quandary. Are she and Io just best friends? And is it worth risking that for what Tsumiki wants?



Tags: Slapstick , School , Iyashikei , Nekomimi , Tsundere , Seinen , Kuudere , Heterosexual , Female Harem , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist

Azumanga Daiou THE ANIMATION

Also known as Azumanga Daioh.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Genco , Lantis , Imagica , TV Tokyo Music , Cosmic Ray , Sentai Filmworks , J.C.STAFF
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Ten year old child prodigy, Chiyo Mihama, is finding it tough fitting in at high school with the girls five years her elder: Osaka (dimwitted with a weird take on the world), Tomo (a powder keg that goes off at a moment’s notice), Kagura (the competitive athlete of the bunch), Yomi (the hothead), and Sakaki (timid and obsessed with a love of animals that isn’t reciprocated). Together with their teacher, they navigate the rough waters and fun times of high school.



Tags: Episodic , School , Primarily Female Cast , Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Teacher , Tomboy , Shounen , Kuudere , LGBTQ+ Themes

A-Channel

Also known as A-Channel.

Studio: Aniplex , Dentsu , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Sentai Filmworks , Studio Gokumi
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Tooru and Run have been best friends forever, so when Tooru learns that she's managed to get into the same high school as Run, she runs to tell her… only to find Run in a compromising position with yet another girl, Yuko. Needless to say, that makes things a bit awkward at school, with Tooru fending off those who might be interested in Run while Yuko and their other girlfriend, Nagi, have to deal with Run's own penchant for drama.



Tags: Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , School , Seinen , Chibi , Kuudere

Joshikousei no Mudazukai

Also known as Wasteful Days of High School Girls.

Studio: Passione , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Tanaka Nozomu isn’t exactly brilliant. But, given that her only goal for high school was to get a boyfriend, who else would fail to realize that attending an all-girls school was a bad idea? Well, there’s always the fallback plan of getting other girls to introduce her to boys they know.

Too bad that Tanaka’s “bright” idea of giving her classmates nicknames based on less attractive character traits has caused her un-flattered friends “Robo” (for her apparent lack of emotions) and “Wota” (a reference to a creepy otaku types), as well as not-friends like “Loli” (who’s hypersensitive about her petite size,) to “reward” Tanaka with the special nickname of “Baka” (“idiot”), which is quickly adopted by the entire student body. Well, maybe the second week of school will be better.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Female Cast , Slapstick , Ensemble Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Shounen , Chuunibyou , Kuudere , Otaku Culture , Twins , LGBTQ+ Themes , Video Games , Love Triangle