Best tv shows like Listen to Me, Girls. I'm Your Father!
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Plot Summary:
Segawa Yuta is a freshman of a university. He lost his parents when he was small and was raised by his sister Yuri. Yuta has been living alone since Yuri got married to a middle aged man when Yuta was a junior high student. One day, Yuri visited Yuta's apartment and asked him to take care of her three daughters while Yuri and her husband were on a trip. He unwillingly accepted the job but the plane Yuri took went missing. In order to prevent the daughters from being adopted separately by relatives, Yuta decided to take in all three girls. A life of a strange family in a tiny apartment begins.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, touching, sincere, captivating, funny, light, feel good, entertaining, super sentai
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Usagi Drop (2011)
Plot Summary:
By force of circumstances, a 30-year-old single man with a full-time job suddenly starts raising a 6-year-old girl. While running each other ragged, the two of them gradually grow into a "family".
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, sincere, touching, semi serious, light, relaxing, humorous, manga, iyashikei, josei
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The Helpful Fox Senko-san (2019)
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Nakano is an employee of an exploitative "black" company, who meets a divine fox spirit named Senko. While she looks like a young girl, Senko is in fact 800 years old. She offers to spoil Nakano as much as possible, and begins looking after him.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 863
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, sincere, light, entertaining, humorous, shoujo, iyashikei
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Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs (2018)
Plot Summary:
Kogarashi has the ability to see supernatural, and has been possessed by ghosts since he was a kid but now he has learned to fight back against them! Unfortunately, he's now also very poor, homeless, and hoping for a happier, more normal, high school life. In his search for housing, he's introduced to a very cheap boarding house called Yuragi Manor, which was formerly a hot springs inn. It's so cheap because the house is haunted by the spirit of a high school student whose corpse was found there. Kogarashi doesn't think this is going to be a problem for him. Soon he finds that Yuragi Manor's ghost is a 16-year-old girl named Yuna, who lives in his room. Kogarashi has no desire to hurt a ghost girl, and instead he ends up agreeing to help her to figure out her unfinished business so that she can move onto the afterlife before turning evil. Once it is clear that he is fine with Yuna, the other tenants reveal their own secrets—his life in Yuragi Manor is going to be far from ordinary!.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 683
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, ecchi, captivating, sincere, feel good, light, entertaining, shounen, humorous, hentai
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Boarding School Juliet (2018)
Plot Summary:
Grigio Academy Boarding School. Students who attend this school in two countries and reside in their own dormitories. Inazuka and Persia are rival dormitory leaders, but in secret they love each other. Now, they have to keep their relationship a secret from their dorm mates, or ruined things will happen to them.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 898
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, sentimental, entertaining, light, touching, captivating, sincere, romantic comedy, shounen, humorous
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Akasaka (2008)
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Junichi Nagase was a real delinquent in middle school, one nasty enough that he earned the nickame "Geno Killer," and it's by this less than flattering epithet that Yuuhi Katagiri first comes to know him when he rescues her from two thugs one evening. Needless to say, both are stunned when not only does Yuuhi find herself transferred into the same high school class as "the Killer," but that shock grows into outright stupefaction when Yuuhi shows up at Junichi's house with the mind-blowing announcement that she's supposed to move in with him! It seems that they're engaged, and since this is the first that Junichi and his younger sister Minato have first heard of the arranged marriage set up by their parents, it's an idea that's going to take a little getting used to. Get ready for ties that bind and gag as bad boy and good girl collide cohabitationally while the entire school gets to watch!.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, light, feel good, captivating, humorous, entertaining, sexy, offbeat, serious, realistic
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The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (2016)
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Gifted with a wide assortment of supernatural abilities ranging from telepathy to x-ray vision, Kusuo Saiki finds this so-called blessing to be nothing but a curse. As all the inconveniences his powers cause constantly pile up, all Kusuo aims for is an ordinary, hassle-free life—a life where ignorance is bliss.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, exciting, light, entertaining, captivating, humorous, absurd, shounen, parody
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Gourmet Girl Graffiti (2015)
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After her grandmother passed away, high school student Ryō Machiko began living by herself. Although she recreated her grandmother's recipes perfectly, she felt that something was missing. However, when a girl named Kirin begins visiting her home, she realizes that company makes any meal taste better. Together with their friend Shiina, they enjoy many different kinds of delicious foods together.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, contemplative
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Kanamemo (2009)
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The story centers on Kana Nakamichi, a middle-school girl who had already lost her parents and just recently lost her only remaining relative, her grandmother. As a result, she ends up living and working at a newspaper delivery office. Everyone else living at the office are all charming, self-assertive bishōjo. The show follows Kana’s daily life in the fast-paced yet joyous environment.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, yuri, yaoi, funny, light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Engaged to the Unidentified (2014)
Plot Summary:
Just an ordinary teenager, Kobeni Yonomori receives quite the surprise on her 16th birthday—a fiancé and a sister-in-law she never even knew she had. As a result of an arrangement that her late grandfather made, Hakuya Mitsumine and his younger sister Mashiro have moved from their countryside home to the Yonomori household in order to deepen their relationship with their new family members. This story follows Kobeni's "love life" with Hakuya as she tries her best to adjust to the abrupt changes forced upon her. However, as some extraordinary secrets regarding the siblings come to light, Kobeni will find her life changed forever.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 509
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, romantic comedy, super sentai
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Blend S (2017)
Plot Summary:
High school girl Maika Sakuranomiya has trouble finding a part-time job because of how scary she looks when smiling. However, she is scouted one day by an Italian man who is also the manager of Stile, a café where its waitresses are given unique traits such as tsundere and younger sister. Maika is given a sadist trait because of her looks and has to adopt a dominant and cruel persona when servicing customers, particularly masochist ones.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, humorous, captivating, entertaining, unusual plot structure, fun
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Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro (2021)
Plot Summary:
"A girl in a lower grade just made me cry!" One day, Senpai visits the library after school and becomes the target of a super sadistic junior! The name of the girl who teases, torments, and tantalizes Senpai is "Nagatoro!" She's annoying yet adorable. It's painful, but you still want to be by her side. This is a story about an extremely sadistic and temperamental girl and you'll feel something awaken inside of you.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, humorous, light, entertaining, manga, romantic comedy, feel good, slapstick, ecchi
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Minami-ke (2007)
Plot Summary:
There are three of the Minami sisters: Haruka, Kana and Chiaki, who have an average life. The girls only have each other to depend on and help each other get through everything from love confessions to cooking.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 315
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, light, entertaining, semi serious
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Lovely Complex (2007)
Plot Summary:
Risa and Otani are always being laughed at as the comedy duo. Risa, a girl, is taller than the average girl, and Otani, a boy, is shorter than the average boy. However, Risa have a feeling for Otani that make him shock.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: shoujo, anime, sincere, captivating, sweet, humorous, light, romantic comedy
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Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun (2014)
Plot Summary:
High school student Chiyo Sakura has a crush on schoolmate Umetarō Nozaki, but when she confesses her love to him, he mistakes her for a fan and gives her an autograph. When she says that she always wants to be with him, he invites her to his house and has her help on some drawings. Chiyo discovers that Nozaki is actually a renowned shōjo manga artist named Sakiko Yumeno. She then agrees to be his assistant in order to get closer to him. As they work on his manga Let's Fall in Love (恋しよっ), they encounter other schoolmates who assist them or serve as inspirations for characters in the stories.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, manga, captivating, touching, shoujo, sincere, light, adult anime, romantic comedy, feel good
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We Never Learn (2019)
Plot Summary:
Nariyuki Yuiga is in his last and most painful year of high school. In order to gain the “special VIP recommendation” which would grant him a full scholarship to college, he must now tutor his classmates as they struggle to prepare for entrance exams. Among his pupils are “the sleeping beauty of the literary forest,” Fumino Furuhashi, and “the Thumbelina supercomputer,” Rizu Ogata–two of the most beautiful super-geniuses at the school! While these two were thought to be academically flawless, it turns out that they’re completely clueless outside of their pet subjects…!? As Nariyuki’s life is turned upside down by these quirky girls who just never learn, he must do everything he can to get them accepted into college! The stage is set for this romantic comedy featuring prodigies who never learn when it comes to studying and love!.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, light, romantic, absurd, funny, captivating, entertaining, romantic comedy, shounen
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Rent-a-Girlfriend (2020)
Plot Summary:
In today’s Japan, "rental" services can deliver an afternoon with a "friend," a "parent," even a fake girlfriend! Kinoshita Kazuya is a 20-year-old failure of a college student. He managed to kiss his girlfriend once, but was dumped after a month. Completely spiteful, Kazuya gets just desperate enough to give it a try. But he quickly discovers how complicated it can be to "rent" an emotional connection… and his new "girlfriend," Mizuhara Chizuru, who’s trying to keep her side hustle secret, will panic when she finds out her real life and Kazuya’s are intertwined in surprising ways! A reckless rom-com filled with love and excitement is about to begin!.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, ecchi, touching, humorous, feel good, light, captivating, entertaining, adult anime, shounen
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Place to Place (2012)
Plot Summary:
Tsumiki Miniwa, a small girl who packs a punch, is in love with her best friend, tall and easygoing Io Otonashi. The only problem is that she can't bring herself to come out and say it. And, despite the fact that he can otherwise read her like a book, Io doesn't seem to be able to pick up the obvious clues—even with all of their friends teasing that there's no one better suited for each other. Acchi Kocchi follows Tsumiki and her circle of friends as they go through their day-to-day lives. Between Mayoi the electronics nerd, Sakaki the good-natured prankster, and the nosebleed-prone Hime, Tsumiki's friends will never let her live down her crush. But only time will tell if Tsumiki will gain the courage to finally say how she truly feels.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 318
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, realistic, tsundere, iyashikei, semi serious, slapstick, humorous, cute, super sentai
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Wolf Girl & Black Prince (2014)
Plot Summary:
Erika Shinohara has taken to lying about her romantic exploits to earn the respect of her new friends. So when they ask for a picture of her "boyfriend," she hastily snaps a photo of a handsome stranger, whom her friends recognize as the popular and kind-hearted Kyouya Sata. Trapped in her own web of lies and desperately trying to avoid humiliation, Erika explains her predicament to Kyouya, hoping he will pretend to be her boyfriend. But Kyouya is not the angel he appears to be: he is actually a mean-spirited sadist who forces Erika to become his "dog" in exchange for keeping her secret. Begrudgingly accepting his deal, Erika soon begins to see glimpses of the real Kyouya beneath the multiple layers of his outer persona. As she finds herself falling for him, she can't help but question if he will ever feel the same way about her. Will Kyouya finally make an honest woman out of Erika, or is she destined to be a "wolf girl" forever?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: shoujo, anime, touching, captivating, light, feel good, sincere, romantic comedy, super sentai
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Kiss x sis (2010)
Plot Summary:
The story begins with Keita Suminoe, a male third-year junior-high school student studying for his high school entrance exams. He is living in a home with his older twin stepsisters, Ako and Riko, who share no blood relation to him, and they help him prepare for his exams. Even though he initially dislikes himself for it, he begins to become attracted to his two step-sisters, and his two parents encourage him to eventually get married to one of them.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, sweet, romantic, ecchi, light, feel good, entertaining, manga, humorous, sex comedy
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Why the Hell are You Here, Teacher!? (2019)
Plot Summary:
Ichiro Sato is about as average as a student can get… except for his above-average ability to land himself in totally awkward, intensely risqué situations with his no-nonsense teacher, Kana Kojima! Ichiro has his hands full dealing with these steamy shenanigans and unexpected encounters in the most unlikely places. At least it can’t get any worse, right?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Short, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 12 min
Plot tags: ecchi, anime, sex comedy, feel good, humorous, light, unusual plot structure, captivating, entertaining, seinen
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Hidamari Sketch (2007)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, yuri, realistic, super sentai
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The World God Only Knows (2010)
Plot Summary:
Keima is a dating sim champion. Cute girls are rendered powerless by his irresistible game playing techniques. Too bad things aren't that way in the real world. That is, until his tempting game playing causes a real live—and very bubbly-cute—demon hunter named Elsie to materialize! Now Elsie wants Keima to help her free hot girls from sneaky demons who secretly possess them.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, light, feel good, captivating, shounen, offbeat
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Himouto! Umaru-chan (2015)
Plot Summary:
Umaru is a renowned beautiful 16-year-old girl in town, living with her elder brother Taihei. She acts a perfect sister with a kind heart, intelligence and popularity, who everybody admires. So who would believe how true Umaru is at home? Sleeping, gaming, watching TV, eating junk food, drinking cola… that's almost all she does at home, leaving all the housework to her brother.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, funny, light, seinen, absurd, cute, super sentai, romantic, sweet
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Little Busters (2012)
Plot Summary:
Anime film about a group of friends including a kid whose parents were killed.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 370
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, humorous, light, captivating, touching, feel good, realistic, semi serious, super sentai
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Kimikiss: Pure Rouge (2007)
Plot Summary:
Kouichi Sanada and Kazuki Aihara's childhood friend Mao Mizusawa has returned after living in France for a couple of years. Kouichi is surprised to learn that, since her parents are remaining overseas for the time being, his mother has agreed to let Mao stay with them. The three friends help each other deal with the ups and downs of high school romance.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, captivating, anime, realistic
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Sister Princess (2001)
Plot Summary:
Wataru Minakami was at the top of his class in middle school and had a pretty comfy life. But, when he unexpectedly fails his only high school entrance exam because of a computer glitch, his life is suddenly thrown into utter chaos! Jeeves, Wataru's trusted butler, sends him off to attend school on a mysterious island. Upon his arrival, Wataru. encounters many friendly, cute girls. This isn't a problem until he finds out they are all his sisters! For most kids, adjusting to life at a new school in a different town is tough enough. But for Wataru Minakami, high school will be the easy part!.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi (2016)
Plot Summary:
Sakaguchi is a high school boy and also a "fudanshi" who loves boys-love stories. He hangs out with his friends, a fujoshi named Rumi, his gay friend Yūjirō, fellow fundashi Daigo, and his "normal" friend Nakamura.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, shoujo
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My Little Monster (2012)
Plot Summary:
Mizutani Shizuku finds peace in her studies. Working hard to stay at the top of the class, alone but focused. When she is tasked with delivering class materials to Yoshida Haru, her world starts to rapidly expand. With some new friends and feelings, will she be able to stay focused on her studies?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, shoujo, feel good, humorous, light, sincere, captivating, romantic comedy, manga
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Tanaka-kun is Always Listless (2016)
Plot Summary:
This unconventional, surrealist comedy follows an exhausted high school boy who, despite multiple attempts from his friends, still manages to spectacularly... sleep. Much to the chagrin of the energetic (at times bossy) Oota, Tanaka is often found in a blissful state of lethargy, possessing the ability to doze off in any situation, especially in mid-sentence!.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, feel good, light, visually appealing, humorous, sincere, super sentai, iyashikei
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Mr. Osomatsu (2015)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of young Osomatsu Matsuno and his five sextuplet brothers.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 436
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, humorous, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, parody, sketch comedy