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Plot Summary:
Follows the humorous adventures of the little girl robot Arale Norimaki, her creator Senbei Norimaki, and the other residents of the bizarre Penguin Village.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 585
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, parody, road movie, black comedy, slapstick comedy, dark comedy, vintage
Best tv shows and movies like Dr. Slump (1981):
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Excel Saga (1999)
Plot Summary:
Excel works for Across: an organization bent on world domination to create a better society. She ain't exactly great at her job but she definitely tries hard. And with her new partner from outer space she ain't giving up. Meanwhile 3 roommates get a job with a weird government agency, a foreign construction worker is forced to be the love slave to the embodiment of the universe (a vortex with slender womanly arms) and a man with an afro gets into all sorts of weird messes that remain unexplained. And this is only the tip of the iceberg to this hilariously twisted series!.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 650 min
Plot tags: anime, parody, metafiction, offbeat, humorous, stylized, not serious, ecchi, spoof, black comedy
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Romantic Killer (2022)
Plot Summary:
Living her best single life, romance is the last thing on Anzu's mind — until a tiny match-making wizard suddenly turns her life into a clichéd romcom.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, romantic comedy, parody, slapstick comedy, slapstick, meta, shounen, tsundere, 2d animation, urban fantasy
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Mr. Nobunaga's Young Bride (2019)
Plot Summary:
> One day, a girl who loves me will suddenly appear before me. Middle school teacher Nobunaga has always been dreaming of such a gal game-like situation. However, the one who appeared before him was Kichou, a 14-year-old girl who proclaims herself as his wife. Appears to have arrived from the Sengoku era, she mistakes Nobunaga as Nobunaga Oda and urges him to conceive a child with her. Thus begins the age-difference love comedy between a gal game-loving teacher and a Sengoku era expert princess.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 7 min
Plot tags: anime, ecchi
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Flip Flappers (2016)
Plot Summary:
How does the world look in your eyes? Papika and Cocona, the heroines of the story, hold the keys to open the door. When the two girls meet, their adventures in a different time and different overlapping dimension called "Pure Illusion" begin. Many things in Pure Illusion will stand in the girls' way on their search for the mysterious crystal called the "Shard of Mimi," an item that is said to grant any wish. However, when the girls find themselves in danger, the Shard of Mimi shines, and they are able to transform.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 399
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, parody, yuri, super sentai
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Cutie Honey (1973)
Plot Summary:
One day, Honey Kisaragi's a trendy, class-cutting Catholic schoolgirl. The next, her father's been murdered by demonic divas from a dastardly organization called Panther Claw. When his dying message reveals that she's an android, Honey uses the transformative power of the Atmospheric Element Solidifier - the very thing Panther Claw wanted to steal - to seek revenge against the shadowy clan.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, ecchi, shounen, yuri
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To Love-Ru Darkness (2012)
Plot Summary:
As close encounters of the twisted kind between the residents of the planet Develuke (represented primarily by the female members of the royal family) and the inhabitants of Earth (represented mainly by one very exhausted Rito Yuki) continue to escalate, the situation spirals even further out of control. When junior princesses Nana and Momo transferred into Earth School where big sister LaLa can (theoretically) keep an eye on them, things SHOULD be smooth sailing. But when Momo decides she'd like to "supplement" Rito's relationship with LaLa with a little "sisterly love," you know LaLa's not going to waste any time splitting harems. Unfortunately, it's just about that point that Yami, the Golden Darkness, enters the scene with all the subtleness of a supernova, along with an army of possessed high school students! All of which is certain to make Rito's life suck more than a black hole at the family picnic.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, ecchi, humorous, captivating, tense, touching, manga, semi serious
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Hyper Police (1997)
Plot Summary:
Hyper Police is the name of a manga and anime series created by Minoru Tachikawa under the pseudonym MEE. It is a comic science fiction, set in a period in the far future, in which humanity is almost extinct and most of the population are monsters. It is mostly set in the offices of a private police company and focuses on the life of Natsuki Sasahara, a young catgirl, and her co-workers: Foxgirl Sakura Bokuseiinmonzeninari, werewolf Batanen Fujioka and his cousin Tomy Fujioka. For many years, the only western language to have official translations of the Hyper Police manga was Spanish. English translations have been completed by US company Tokyopop.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 123
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, futuristic, detective, 2d animation
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Good Luck Girl! (2012)
Plot Summary:
Ichiko unwittingly absorbs happiness energy from everyone around her. It’s up to the poverty god Momiji to end Ichiko’s positivity consumption and restore the world’s balance.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 483
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, parody, absurd, captivating, light, humorous, sitcom, shounen, ecchi
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Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1992)
Plot Summary:
An adolescent with the ability to control a looming war-golem becomes entangled in the Experts of Justice's fight against the infamous group Big Fire.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 481
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, futuristic
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DNA? (1994)
Plot Summary:
DNA² is a science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Katsura. It was serialized across Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine between 1993 and 1994, spanning a total of five tankōbon volumes. DNA² was adapted into a 12-episode anime television series which ran on Nippon Television from October 7, 1994 to December 23, 1994. This was followed by a three-episode anime original video animation in 1995. Produced by Madhouse and Studio Deen, the anime series was directed by Jun'ichi Sakata, whereas the character designer and animation director for the series was Kumiko Takahashi. DNA² has been broadcast in Japan by Animax, which has also aired the series across its respective networks worldwide, including its English-language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia. All 15 episodes were licensed in North America by Central Park Media until their closing in 2009. The five volumes and box set are out-of-print.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, ecchi, shounen
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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006)
Plot Summary:
On his first day of high school, Kyon meets an eccentric girl named Haruhi Suzumiya, who announces to the class that she is interested only in meeting aliens, time travelers, and espers. Discontent with the selection of afterschool clubs presented before her, she starts a new club called the SOS Brigade and enlists Kyon, a quiet bookworm named Yuki Nagato, a shy but beautiful junior named Mikuru Asahina, and a grinning and loyal transfer named Itsuki Koizumi. Each of them except Kyon is secretly part of one of the groups Haruhi desired to meet, and they all must keep close watch on her. If she ever grows dissatisfied with reality, she may unintentionally destroy the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, semi serious, humorous, captivating, feel good, entertaining, seinen, offbeat
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Astroboy (1980)
Plot Summary:
In 2030 AD, after being abandoned by his creator, a young boy robot is rescued by an Android Advocate, Dr Elefun, who adopts him as his own and guides him in the use of his special powers to aid and protect mankind and robot-kind.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 987
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime
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Astroboy (1963)
Plot Summary:
This show is about a robot boy who fights crime and other robots not mega man.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, adult anime, vintage
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Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun (2020)
Plot Summary:
At Kamome Academy, rumors abound about the school's Seven Mysteries, one of which is Hanako-san. Said to occupy the third stall of the third floor girls' bathroom in the old school building, Hanako-san grants any wish when summoned. Nene Yashiro, an occult-loving high school girl who dreams of romance, ventures into this haunted bathroom...but the Hanako-san she meets there is nothing like she imagined! Kamome Academy's Hanako-san...is a boy!.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, funny, entertaining, fairy tale
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The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya (2009)
Plot Summary:
A parody series featuring the entire cast of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya in a smaller form factor. Among the changes are: Yuki plays eroge, Haruhi is even more obnoxiuous and loud, Mikuru is even more emotional and Koizumi harbors a deep love for Kyon. Kyon, on the other hand, is generally the same as ever.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 446
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 3 min
Plot tags: anime, parody, absurd
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Petit Eva: Evangelion@School (2007)
Plot Summary:
The series is a parody of Neon Genesis Evangelion, in which the entire cast of the original series are now everyday students going to junior high school together at Tokyo-3. The series features three Rei sisters: one is a child younger than the rest based on Rei 1, the second is based on Rei 2 (the Rei seen for most of the normal series), and the third Rei is actually based on the hyperactive and klutzy Alternate Rei (seen in the alternate-reality dream sequence from the final episode of the original series). Further, Evangelion Unit 01 itself is one of their classmates, but this time as a human-sized robot who acts as something of a class bully. Even the Jet Alone robot is re-imagined as a character on the series.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, parody, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Cromartie High School (2003)
Plot Summary:
Folks, meet Takashi Kamiyama. Enrolled at Cromartie High, where everybody is a delinquent, Kamiyama is apparently the only non-delinquent in the school. Logically, therefore, he must be the toughest in his class—by the rather twisted logic that only a really tough rabbit would lie down with lions. Thus begins a story that parodies every cliché of tough-guy anime that you've ever heard of, and some you haven't. Oh, and Freddie Mercury is in it, too.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 876
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 12 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, surreal, not serious, sitcom, shounen, offbeat, parody, campy
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Azumanga Daioh (2002)
Plot Summary:
Azumanga Daioh is a Japanese comedy manga by Kiyohiko Azuma. It was serialized by MediaWorks in the shōnen manga magazine Dengeki Daioh from 1999 to 2002 and collected in four bound volumes. In May 2009, in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of the manga, three additional chapters began serialization in Shogakukan's Monthly Shōnen Sunday under the title Azumanga Daioh: Supplementary Lessons. The manga is drawn in a series of vertical four-panel comic strips called yonkoma and depicts the lives of a group of girls during their three years as high-school classmates. The series has been praised for its humor driven by eccentric characters, and Kiyohiko Azuma acclaimed as a "master of the four-panel form," for both his art style and comic timing. It was adapted as an anime television series called Azumanga Daioh: the Animation by J.C.Staff, which aired from the week of April 8, 2002 until the week of September 30, 2002. It was broadcast on the TV Tokyo network and AT-X in five-minute segments every weekday, then rebroadcast as a 25-minute compilation that weekend, for a total of 130 five-minute segments collected in 26 episodes. The compilation episodes were released on DVD and Universal Media Discs by Starchild Records; the five-minute segments can be distinguished by their individual titles. Several soundtrack albums were released, as well as three Azumanga Daioh video games.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, semi serious, relaxing, shounen, biting, smart, clever, suspense
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Kanamemo (2009)
Plot Summary:
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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Video Girl Ai (1992)
Plot Summary:
High-school student Yota Moteuchi is so unpopular that his classmates have given him the nickname "Dateless." So it's no surprise when the love of his life, Moemi, is not interested in Yota but instead is in love with Yota's best friend, Takashi. Yota turns to a video rental shop for comfort, but little did he suspect that the shop was magical and that the cute girl on his rented tape would pop out of the television and try to fix his ruined love life!.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 723
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: anime, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, ecchi, crying, sexy
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Saki Episode of Side A (2012)
Plot Summary:
Nodoka Haramura's appearance on television playing in a high school mahjong tournament inspires her old Jr. high school friends to reform their schools club so they can meet and play her in the National High School Mahjong Tournament.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 36
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Nichijou: My Ordinary Life (2011)
Plot Summary:
Follow the adventures of three ordinary girls as they make life’s awkward moments a thousand times worse. Along with a colorful bunch of classmates, they learn their most important lessons the hard way. Meanwhile down the street, a pocket-sized professor makes life difficult for a robot who just wants to be normal. But normal is the last thing you can expect in a town where salmon falls from the sky. In fact, the only thing you can count on is your friends, but even they are totally weird.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, parody, shounen, tsundere
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Pani Poni Dash! (2005)
Plot Summary:
The girls of Class 1-C are starting their tenth-grade year with a new teacher: Becky Miyamoto, an 11-year-old MIT grad! She’s an intellectual titan—but can she handle the temperamental teens and idiotic aliens that await her instruction?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 212
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, semi serious, parody, shounen
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Please Tell Me! Galko-chan (2016)
Plot Summary:
Three high school girls with different perspectives discuss the kinds of secrets you can't tell boys.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 8 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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D-Frag! (2014)
Plot Summary:
Kazama Kenji likes to believe he is something of a delinquent. Moreover, others seem to like to agree that he is. Of course, Kenji's gang finds their way to a group of four not-so-normal girls—Chitose, Sakura, Minami and Roka—and all at once, whatever reputation he may have is nothing compared to the outrageous behavior of the girls. Shanghaied into joining their club, what will happen to his everyday life from that point on?.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 834
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, ecchi
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High School Girls (2019)
Plot Summary:
Who needs dialog when you're this cute? The beautiful (but unlucky) Momoko, the cool, collected Shibumi, and the refreshingly innocent Mayumi star in a "silent manga." No speeches, no dialog! Just pictures, sound effects, and three high school girls living their daily lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, ecchi
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Doraemon (1979)
Plot Summary:
Doraemon is an anime TV series created by Fujiko F. Fujio and based on the manga series of the same name. This anime is the much more successful successor of the 1973 anime.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, offbeat, semi serious, manga, crying, black comedy, dark comedy, 2d animation
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Chronicles of the Going Home Club (2013)
Plot Summary:
The story follows a group of high school girls who are in the 'Going-Home Club'. Instead of doing regular club activities, the 'Going-Home Club' is dedicated to having as much fun as possible, by doing such things as playing video games or even simply feeding pigeons in the park.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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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