Manga like Sazae-San

Chibi Maruko-chan

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The title character, Maruko, is a nine-year-old third-grade student. She is lazy, disorganized and usually late for school, in strong contrast with her neat and tidy older sister who must share her room with her. Maruko, like many kids, tries to avoid homework and chores, takes advantage of her doting grandfather and squabbles with her sister. Nevertheless, she is a well-meaning child who tries to do good.

Notes: Won the 13th Kodansha Manga Award for shoujo in 1989. After Sakura-sensei's passing in 2018, the production was taken over by her former assistants at Sakura Production, with irregular serialization continuing in Ribon Magazine.

Tags: Episodic , Urban , School , Slapstick , Female Protagonist , Family Life , Shoujo , Autobiographical , Chibi , Satire , Historical

Crayon Shin-chan

Also known as Crayon Shinchan.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi

Shinnosuke Nohara might look like an innocent little kid, but anyone whose dealt with kids know they're anything but innocent. Relentlessly sassing the adults around him, pulling perverted pranks, and driving people to tears with embarrassment, Crayon Shinchan's the "kindergartener from hell," a five-year-old boy whose bodily functions, offensive comments, and outrageous behavior consistently annoy everyone around him. A national phenomenon in Japan, this shocking and hilarious comic celebrates the terrible power of destruction and indecency wielded by toddlers everywhere!



Tags: Male Protagonist , Episodic , Family Life , School , Slapstick , Seinen

Maa-chan no Nikkichou

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

This is a 4-strip cartoon that appeared in a newspaper, featuring the pre-school boy Ma-chan. Cheerful and naughty Ma-chan and his friend Ton-chan are always arguing.

This work strongly reflects the situation immediately after the war: Ma-chan wants to learn A-B-Cs from the stationed American soldiers, rather than the phonetic a-i-u-e-o from his father.



Tags: Shounen , 4-koma

Doraemon

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi

Doraemon, a cat shaped robot which came from the 22nd century in the future, goes back in time in order to help Nobita, a below average lazy kid, to make his life less miserable and improve his descendent's life. With many of Doreamon's gadgets from the future, Nobita's life will never be as the same.

Tags: Kids , Episodic , Robots , School , Primarily Child Cast , Male Protagonist , Shounen

Tetsuwan Atom

Also known as Astro Boy.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In the distant year 2003, Japan is a technological utopia, and robots are everywhere. One such robot, Tobio, was built by the brilliant Dr. Tenma to replace his dead son. But when it soon becomes apparent that Tobio is an imperfect copy of his departed child, Dr. Tenma throws him out. He is rescued from the scrap heap by the benevolent Professor Ochanomizu, a crusader for robot civil rights. Now the little robot, renamed Astro Boy, is given a mission to defend Japan and the world from all manner of sinister threats. Using his seven super-abilities and 100,000 horsepower worth of strength to battle evil, Astro hopes to set an example to the world of the good which all robots are capable of.

Tags: Robots , Episodic , Shounen , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Space , Aliens , Politics , Time Manipulation

Kobo-chan

Also known as Kobo, the Li'l Rascal.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Kobo-chan is a 4-koma humor comic surrounding Kobo Tabata and his family.

Note: this entry includes chapters of "Kobo-chan" published until 2003/7. Later releases are included in the <a= href "https://anilist.co/manga/61979/">Shin Kobo-chan entry because of a change of tankoubon publisher, even if the series still continue to be released under its original name in the Asahi Shinbun

Tags: 4-koma , Family Life

Jarinko Chie

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The manga is about ten-year-old Chie, "the most unfortunate girl in Japan," who manages her family diner while her unemployed yakuza father and her mother are separated.

Note: Jarinko Chie won the 26th Shogakukan Manga Award for best general manga in 1981.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Seinen

Kochira Katsushikaku Kameari Kouenmae Hashutsujo

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The typical Kochikame plot involves Ryo-san coming up with a money-making scheme by inventing a new gadget or capitalizing on a fad, achieving great success, calling on Nakagawa's help as things turn sour, and finally losing it all as the fad runs out of steam or out of control. While the plots are gag-driven, much of the humor comes from the juxtaposition of mundane characters with the bizarrely incongruous (Nakagawa's wealth, Maria's appeal, everyone's lack of actual police work), most of which is never explained or rationalized in the slightest.



Notes:
-Volume 201 got published on October 4, 2021.
-Included one-shot: Robot Santapei.

Tags: Police , Shounen , Surreal Comedy , Slapstick , Urban , Male Protagonist