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Gokushufudou

Also known as The Way of the Househusband.

Studio: J.C.STAFF
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

He was the fiercest member of the yakuza, a man who left countless underworld legends in his wake. They called him “the Immortal Dragon.” But one day he walked away from it all to travel another path—the path of the househusband! The curtain rises on this cozy yakuza comedy!



Tags: Slapstick , Yakuza , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Family Life , Parody , Gangs , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Flash , Urban , Food , Heterosexual , Educational , Mafia , Guns , Crime

Aggressive Retsuko

Also known as Aggretsuko.

Studio: Fanworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

Some offices have stereotypical dynamics: the chauvinistic pig of a boss who never does any real work; the employees whose goal is to suck up to the boss; the ones whose lives seem perfect; and the individuals who have all the actual work pushed onto them. Retsuko the red panda is in the last group, as she stays late most nights to make up the work her coworkers are too lazy to do themselves.

Her relief from the stress of her everyday life comes in the form of singing death metal at a local karaoke club. Night after night, Retsuko channels her grief into a microphone and considers the place to be her own personal sanctuary. But as she moves further away from her comfort zone and the ideas people have of her, she discovers that letting others into her world of death metal may not be such a bad thing.

Tags: Work , Office Lady , Anthropomorphism , Metal Music , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Office , Animals , Chibi , Primarily Animal Cast , Unrequited Love , Flash , Rock Music

Gokushufudou Part 2

Also known as The Way of the Househusband Part 2.

Studio: J.C.STAFF
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The second part of Gokushufudou.

Tags: Seinen , Episodic , Yakuza , Parody , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Slapstick , Food , Gangs , Flash , Urban , Heterosexual , Volleyball , School , Educational , Family Life

Aggressive Retsuko Season 2

Also known as Aggretsuko: Season 2.

Studio: Fanworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

Red panda Retsuko continues to work at her cyclic office job, with the occasional stress-venting via death metal karaoke on the side. With the company of her newfound friends Gori and Washimi, life is more enjoyable than ever before. But some new shake-ups to her status quo threaten to add more stress to her life. At the office, new employee Anai seems like a fine addition to the company. Yet when Retsuko is placed in charge of his training, she finds that beneath his steadfast dedication, he may pose a threat to the stability of the workplace. Meanwhile, at home, Retsuko's mother pays an abrupt visit, fully intent on having her daughter finally settle down and find a man. With this in mind, she sets Retsuko up for various marriage appointments, much to her chagrin.

Now, Retsuko finds all the more reasons to head to the karaoke bar and unleash her furious diatribes. However, knowing that this will not truly solve her problems, she decides to make a more spontaneous choice to avoid her issues. And so, Retsuko finds herself set upon another self-reflecting journey, coming to learn more about herself and love, with the ever cathartic support of death metal karaoke.

Tags: Work , Anthropomorphism , Female Protagonist , Animals , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Office , Metal Music , Office Lady , Chibi , Coming of Age , Primarily Animal Cast , Love Triangle , Musical Theater , Unrequited Love , Heterosexual , Flash

Aggressive Retsuko Season 3

Also known as Aggretsuko: Season 3.

Studio: Fanworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

Retsuko’s rage rises another octave when she finds herself moonlighting with an underground idol group to pay off her debts.



Tags: Anthropomorphism , Female Protagonist , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Metal Music , Animals , Urban , Idol , Office Lady , Chibi , Primarily Animal Cast , Unrequited Love , Gyaru , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Flash

Aggressive Retsuko Season 4

Also known as Aggretsuko: Season 4.

Studio: Fanworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

The fourth season of Aggressive Retsuko.

Tags: Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Office Lady , Anthropomorphism , Female Protagonist , Urban , Animals , Chibi , Metal Music , Espionage , Primarily Animal Cast , Flash , Heterosexual , Unrequited Love , Konbini

Aggressive Retsuko

Studio: Fanworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

The show centers on Retsuko, a 25-year old red panda who works in her dream company's accounting department. But it turns out that she is forced to keep doing more and more impossible tasks by her superiors and co-workers. She doesn't talk back to them, but she still has to let off steam, so she ends up going to karaoke by herself and singing death metal.



Tags: Episodic , Work , Animals , Office Lady , Primarily Adult Cast , Chibi , Female Protagonist , Metal Music , Urban , Primarily Animal Cast , Office , Satire , Anthropomorphism , Flash

Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan (ONA)

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Supernatural

Anime adaptation of the Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan manga by Asou Shuichi, telling the story about a male high school student named Kasuo Saiki. He possesses supernatural powers that cause unfortunate events in his everyday life.



Note: This short series was released exclusively through the Jump LIVE (ジャンプLIVE) mobile app.

Tags: Super Power , Episodic , School , Shounen , Parody , Flash , Chuunibyou

Panty & Stocking in Sanitarybox

Studio: Gainax
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Supernatural

A special short included with the 5th DVD/BD release.

Tags: Parody , Chibi , Gore , Female Protagonist , Zombie , Nudity , Flash

Overlord: Ple Ple Pleiades 2

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

Super deformed parody shorts of Overlord II streamed on Kadokawa's official YouTube channel.

Tags: Chibi , Isekai , Primarily Female Cast , Magic , Flash , Vampire , Artificial Intelligence , CGI , Virtual World , Twins , Alternate Universe

K-ON!!: Ura-On!!

Also known as K-ON! Season 2 Shorts.

Studio: Kyoto Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Extra short anime Ura-On!! included in the limited edition of the K-ON!! Blu-ray.

Tags: Chibi , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Flash , Tragedy , Band , Kuudere

Aggressive Retsuko Season 5

Also known as Aggretsuko: Season 5.

Studio: Fanworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Music , Slice of Life

The fifth and final season of Aggressive Retsuko.

Tags: Anthropomorphism , Female Protagonist , Chibi , Urban , Metal Music , Animals , Primarily Adult Cast , Office Lady , Politics , Flash , Homeless , Primarily Animal Cast , Idol , Video Games , Disability

Zero no Tsukaima: Princesses no Rondo Picture Drama

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance

Picture Drama episodes included in each DVD volumes of Zero no Tsukaima: Princesses no Rondo.

Episode Titles:
vol.1 「Maid's Afternoon: Whip of Love」(メイドの午後　愛のムチ編)
vol.2 「Maid's Afternoon: Afternoon for Two」(メイドの午後　二人きりの昼下がり編)
vol.3 「Maid's Afternoon: The Last Night」 (メイドの午後　最後の夜編)
vol.4 「Countess Butterfly's Graceful Day」 Prologue (バタフライ伯爵夫人の優雅な一日 序章)
vol.5 「Countess Butterfly's Graceful Day」 Chapter 1 (バタフライ伯爵夫人の優雅な一日 第1章)
vol.6 「Countess Butterfly's Graceful Day」 Chapter 2 (バタフライ伯爵夫人の優雅な一日 第2章)
vol.7 「Countess Butterfly's Graceful Day」 The Last Chapter (バタフライ伯爵夫人の優雅な一日 最終章)

Tags: Kuudere , Isekai , Flash

Haiyoru! Nyaruani

Also known as Haiyoru! Nyaruani.

Studio: DLE
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi

Animated Flash shorts based on the light novel series "Haiyore! Nyaruko-san." In these shorts, Nyarlko, an anthropomorphized female version of Nyarlathotep from the Cthulhu Mythos, is constantly being told off by Mahiro, a normal human boy, for all the crazy or stupid things she does.

In one of the shorts, Nyarlko is drawing a cover design for a body pillow. It turns out that the pillow's subject is a half-dressed Mahiro in what appears to be a hot and heavy scene with Nyarlko. Naturally, Mahiro proceeds to stab Nyarlko in the hand with a fork and threatens to kill her if she releases the pillow design.

Other shorts revolve around various gags and occasionally feature Cthuko, an anthropomorphized female version of Cthugha, who's madly in love with Nyarlko.

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Parody , Mythology , Flash , Chibi , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Cosmic Horror , Kuudere

Ani*Kuri15

Studio: Studio 4°C
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy

15 one-minute shorts created by various people from Japan's animation industry. The title of the collection, Ani*Kuri15, is abbreviated from the words "anime" and "creators".

Season One
1) Shinji Kimura - Attack of Higashimachi Ni Chome/Attack of Higashimachi 2nd Burough
2) Akemi Hayashi - Namida no Mukou/From the Other Side of the Tears
3) Yasufumi Soejima - Hyotoko/Blaze Man
4) Osamu Kobayashi - Sancha Blues/The Aromatic Tea Blues
5) Shinjiro Nishimi - Uchujin Raikou Hiroshi no Baai/Invasion from Space - Hiroshi's Case

Season Two
6) Mamoru Oshii - Project Mermaid
7) Kazuto Nakazawa - "yurururu" ~Nichijou Hen~
8) Range Murata and Tatsuya Yabuta - Gyrosopter
9) Tobira Oda and Yasuyuki Shimizu - Sport Captain Episode No.18: Assassin Descended from the Mountain Hunt!!
10) Atsushi Takeuchi - Wandaba Kiss

Season Three
11) Makoto Shinkai - Neko no Shuukai/A Gathering of Cats
12) Mahiro Maeda - Onmitsu Hime
13) Michael Arias - Okkakekko
14) Shouji Kawamori - Project Omega
15) Satoshi Kon - Ohayou/Good Morning

Tags: Anthology , Robots , CGI , Henshin , Meta , Flash , Historical , Nudity , Slapstick , Animals , Drawing , Work , Aliens , Episodic , Stop Motion , Kids

Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Love(craft-sensei)

Also known as Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Mr. Lovecraft.

Studio: DLE
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi

The story centers around Nyarlko, a formless Cthulhu deity who can take on the shape of anyone it wishes, but particularly the shape of a seemingly ordinary silver-haired girl. Mahiro Yasaka is a normal high school student who is chased by aliens one night, until "Nyarlko" saves him.



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Flash , Meta , Chibi , Parody , Mythology , Primarily Female Cast , Aliens , Kuudere

Another: Misaki Mei - Shizuka ni

Also known as Another Special.

Studio: P.A.WORKS
Status: Finished
Genres:

An extended music video with minimalistic flash animation, featuring a chibi version of Mei. Bundled with the Complete Collection Blu-ray Box.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Chibi , Flash , Kuudere

Kizu darake Seijo yori Houfuku wo Komete

Also known as With Vengeance, Sincerely, Your Broken Saintess.

Studio: Imageworks Studio , Imagica Infos
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

Lua is a saintess candidate who possesses the power of healing. But her ability had one flaw: she could only heal others by transferring their wounds onto herself. Because of this, others bullied her, calling her the "Fallen Saintess." But it didn't bother Lua because her best friend Arianne always stood up for her.

One day, Lua's crush, Commander Garrett, was on the brink of death from a beast attack. Lua healed him, which left her on the verge of death. When she woke up, she learned that all the credit was given to Arianne, and she finally saw her best friend's true color. Devastated, Lua is lost and helpless when the second prince appears in front of her with a tempting offer. What would happen to Lua as she begins her new life as a villainess?



Tags: Villainess , Revenge , Royal Affairs , CGI , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Flash

Potion, Wagami wo Tasukeru

Also known as I Saved Myself with a Potion!: Life in Another World.

Studio: Imagica Infos , Imageworks Studio
Status: Releasing
Genres: Fantasy

Kaede, an ordinary high school girl, suddenly wakes up in an unfamiliar alleyway—only to realize she's been transported to a mysterious world inhabited by beastmen, elves, and dragons. Among her belongings, she discovers a strange book that wasn't there before. To her surprise, it allows her to create potions simply by chanting the word "create." Relying on these potions to survive, Kaede navigates the challenges of this fantastical world while clinging to the hope of one day returning to Japan. Her journey of struggle and discovery in this otherworldly realm is just beginning...

Tags: Isekai , Medieval , Iyashikei , Flash

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2 FLASH Flash - Kaette Kita BABA Gekijou

Also known as Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2: Flash Specials.

Status: Finished
Genres:

9 flash anime specials included in the Code Geass R2 DVDs and BDs.

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Parody , Meta , Flash , Kuudere , American Football , Disability