Best tv shows like Ganbare Douki-chan
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Plot Summary:
Douki-chan is an office lady who is working with Douki-kun in an office. Unbeknownst to Douki-kun, Douki-chan secretly has feelings for him. As Douki-chan struggles to confess her feelings, her rivals, both the kouhai and senpai, continue to vie for his affection.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 329
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 6 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, humorous, captivating, ecchi
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My Tiny Senpai (2023)
Plot Summary:
When Shinozaki started his new job, he didn’t expect his superior to be so…cute!? He struggled to learn the ropes until Katase, his tiny and kind senpai, took him under her wing. But as they grow closer, he hopes her attention might mean something more.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, ecchi, 2d animation
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Goddess Cafe Terrace (2023)
Plot Summary:
After inheriting his late grandmother’s failing café, Hayato sees it as a bother and plans to sell it for a quick buck. Until he discovers five beautiful girls staying there! When they beg him to keep the café open, Hayato reluctantly gives in. Can he manage the seaside shop while learning to live with these unruly women?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: ecchi, anime
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Love Flops (2022)
Plot Summary:
Asahi Kashiwagi lives the typical life of an average high school student — until the day a TV fortune teller’s predictions come true one after another, culminating in a series of risqué encounters! Destiny seemingly draws five beautiful girls into Asahi’s path, and soon he finds himself fielding not one, not two, but five love confessions. Asahi will need to follow his heart to find the perfect love for him, or else his love fortunes may end in one epic flail and flop.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 409
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, ecchi
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A Couple of Cuckoos (2022)
Plot Summary:
16-year-old super-studier Nagi Umino, second-year student at the Megurogawa Academy high school, was switched at birth. On his way to a dinner to meet his birth parents, he accidentally meets the brash, outspoken, Erika Amano, who is determined to make Nagi her fake boyfriend as she never wants to actually marry. But once Nagi makes it to dinner, he finds his parents have decided to resolve the hospital switch by conveniently having him marry the daughter his birth parents raised...who turns out to be none other than Erika herself!.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, sincere, humorous, captivating, semi serious, romantic comedy, shounen, 2d animation
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TenPuru (2023)
Plot Summary:
"I know! I'll become a monk!" Akagami Akemitsu has spent his days and nights absorbed in studying and part-time work in an effort to distance himself from his family, which is notorious as a household of philanderers. One day, he falls in love at first sight with a girl named Aoba Yuzuki, and suddenly he's constantly drowning in worldly desires. Hoping to fight back against his genes and live a more stoic life, he enters a temple... only to find out that it's a convent filled with gorgeous girls! So begins a new rom-com about the temple life of three adorable triplets and two beautiful freeloaders!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, ecchi
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A Sister's All You Need (2017)
Plot Summary:
Itsuki Hashima is a light novelist obsessed with little sisters, strictly focusing on them when he writes his stories. Despite his personality, he's surrounded by a tight circle of friends, including a beautiful genius writer who loves him, a big-sisterly college classmate, a fellow male writer, a sadistic tax accountant, his editor, and Chihiro, his perfect younger step-brother who takes care of the housework and cooking. As the story progresses, the underlying conflicts of dreams and goals surface, as each character attempts to achieve their dreams, in their own way.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 333
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, light, sincere, romantic, feel good, humorous, sweet, captivating, entertaining
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Brothers Conflict (2013)
Plot Summary:
Imagine being the only child your whole life, and then suddenly finding yourself gaining 13 step-brothers! Ema Hinata's lonely life takes a new and exciting turn when her single father Rintarou Hinata, a famous adventurer, falls in love and marries Miwa Asahina, an apparel maker. In order to give the newly-wed couple space, Ema starts living with her new step-brothers in a mansion called Sunrise Residence and for the first time, experiences being part of a lively and big family. She finally feels safe and content. Each brother has his own unique personality, and Ema soon realizes that it is not only family love that grows between them, but romance as well. Which brother will be the one to steal her heart in the end?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 866
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, shoujo, romantic, funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Kodomo no Jikan (2007)
Plot Summary:
23-year-old school teacher Aoki Daisuke has a huge problem. One of his students, Kokonoe Rin, has proclaimed herself to be Daisuke-sensei's girlfriend and is now on the warpath to win him over or get him fired.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ecchi
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My Wife is the Student Council President (2015)
Plot Summary:
The story begins with Izumi Hayato running to be student body president. But when a beautiful girl swings in promising the liberalization of love while flinging condoms into the audience, he ends up losing to her and becoming the vice president. At the student council meeting, the newly-elected president invites herself over to Izumi's house, where she promptly announces she is to become Izumi's wife thanks to an agreement that their parents had made, a drunken promise decades ago that their children would one day become husband and wife. Naturally Hayato is against this, but Ui has the complete opposite reaction, and even wants to live with him! Will the upset Hayato and the overenthusiastic Ui be able to manage their school and marital life while keeping it a secret from the other students? Or will the two never come to understand each other's feelings?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 652
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 8 min
Plot tags: anime, ecchi, funny, captivating, humorous, romantic, entertaining, light, shounen
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Wave, Listen to Me! (2020)
Plot Summary:
The stage is Sapporo, Hokkaido. One night, our heroine, Minare Koda, spills her heartbroken woes to a radio station worker she meets while out drinking one night. The next day, she hears a recording of her pitiful grumbling being played live over the air. Minare storms into the station in a rage, only to then be duped by the station director into doing an impromptu talk show explaining her harsh dialogue. With just one recording, the many eccentric facets of Minare's life begin to pull every which direction as she falls ever deeper into the world of radio.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 279
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, humorous, captivating, entertaining, seinen
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My Sister, My Writer (2018)
Plot Summary:
Suzuka Nagami is a beautiful third-year middle school student who has excellent grades and is the student council president. She wrote a novel about a little sister who dotes on her older brother, and the novel wins a light novel award. After they discuss the matter, Yuu is the one who debuts as a proxy light novel author instead of Suzuka, under the pen name Chikai Towano.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, light, romantic, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ecchi
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It's Too Sick to Call this Love, Koikimo (2021)
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One rainy day, salaryman Amakusa Ryo is saved by a high school girl he doesn't know at the station. He later finds out that the girl is Arima Ichika. Ryo is somewhat of a womanizer and to repay her for saving him, he suggests giving her a kiss or going out on a date with her, in which Ichika tells him he's creepy. This, however, opens a new door for Ryo and he falls madly in love with her. Ever since then, Ryo tries to overly express his feelings to Ichika. Ichika just keeps insulting him and says he's being creepy, but he just seems to take it as her way of showing affection towards him.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 910
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, romantic, funny, humorous, captivating, light, entertaining
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Servant x Service (2013)
Plot Summary:
Imagine if three people suddenly found themselves as civil servants of the city Mitsuba. What sort of personalities and drives would they have to push them to seek out such careers? Lucy Yamagami, a serious young woman assigned to the Welfare Administrative Section, intends to use the job as a means of settling a vendetta against another civil servant. Yutaka Hasebe, a flirtatious young man assigned to the First Section of the Welfare Department, intends to slack off whenever he can and have a good time. And Saya Miyoshi, a college graduate assigned to the Second Section of the Welfare Department, intends to simply get through the first job she's had in her life as best she can. Servant x Service follows these three newcomers starting their jobs as government employees under their supervisor, Taishi Ichimiya, who is utterly clueless about how to direct them—despite having worked there for the last eight years. Nevertheless, he welcomes them as fellow civil servants and encourages them to work themselves like dogs for the sake of the citizens. We follow their day-to-day lives as they experience the rigors of government employment, including dealing with regulations, office romances, paperwork, and being the nearest punching bags when citizens need something to complain about.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, parody, seinen
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Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro (2021)
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"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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Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou (2018)
Plot Summary:
Shiina Aki is constantly being treated like a girl due to his feminine looks so he decides to move to Tokyo to attend middle school in an attempt to change himself. However what awaits him in his new home, Sunohara-sou, is the kind-hearted caretaker, Sunohara Ayaka. Along with the three female members of Aki's new middle school's student council, Yukimoto Yuzu, Yamanashi Sumire & Kazami Yuri. And so begins Aki's new life in Tokyo living with 4 girls.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, sincere, captivating, disturbing, ecchi
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Teasing Master Takagi-san (2018)
Plot Summary:
"If you blush, you lose." Living by this principle, the middle schooler Nishikata gets constantly made fun of by his seat neighbor Takagi-san. With his pride shattered to pieces, he vows to turn the tables and get back at her some day. And so, he attempts to tease her day after day, only to find himself victim to Takagi-san's ridicule again sooner than later. Will he be able to make Takagi-san blush from embarrassment even once in the end?.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, romantic, humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, sweet, shoujo
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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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A Town Where You Live (2012)
Plot Summary:
Haruto Kirishima lived a calm life out in the countryside, away from the fast-paced life of the city. Then Yuzuki Eba appeared in his life out of nowhere, having come from Tokyo to briefly live with her family. Their time together left him enamored with the memories of that short period before she just as abruptly disappeared from his life, and left him full of questions.Kimi no Iru Machi begins some time later, after Haruto moves to Tokyo to live with his sister, in order to pursue a career as a cook. In reality though he wishes to be with Yuzuki. Things don't start good though. When he arrives he is mistaken for a burglar and attacked by his sister's neighbour Mishima Asuka. After the misunderstand is cleared his feelings begin to waver though. Is Eba, who keeps avoiding him for seemingly no reason, the one for him or is it Asuka?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, ecchi
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Oreshura (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young boy called Eita enters high school aiming for the National University School of Medicine. Because of his parents' divorce and his goal, he shuns anything to do with romance or love. One day Masuzu, the school beauty with the silver hair, who's just returned to the country, enters his life in a most unexpected way. Chiwa, his childhood friend since elementary school, will not let this go without a fight.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 864
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Rainy Cocoa (2015)
Plot Summary:
Aoi’s soaked by a sudden rainstorm and takes shelter at Rainy Color, a cozy café where the warmth of the staff compliments the sweet hot cocoa he’s served. When he falls into a job at the café he feels like things are finally looking up— until Keiichi Iwase, the man he couldn’t help but stare at on the train, shows up.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 2 min
Plot tags: anime, sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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This Art Club Has a Problem! (2016)
Plot Summary:
An art club in a certain middle school, and its members: Subaru Uchimaki, who is a genius at drawing faces, but only wants to draw the perfect 2D wife; Colette, a rich troublemaker who never stops making mischief; and the club president, who sleeps through sessions and collects sleeping aids. Mizuki Usami is the only person in the club who wants to do art club-like activities, and constantly struggles to do so.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 426
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, super sentai
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Girlfriend, Girlfriend (2021)
Plot Summary:
Mukai Naoya has loved Saki Saki since grade school, and when she finally accepts his feelings, he's at his happiest. But one day, a cute girl named Minase Nagisa confesses to him! Not wishing to choose only one over another, Naoya chooses to go out with both of them!! What will be of this love triangle that challenges morality itself?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, entertaining, captivating, romantic comedy, shounen, humorous, tsundere, 2d animation
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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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Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (2018)
Plot Summary:
After discovering that they work at the same company, a gaming crazed otaku and a fujoshi reunite for the first time since middle school. After some post-work drinking sessions they begin dating, but will it be a perfect relationship for the two?.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, sweet, captivating, romantic, light, entertaining, josei
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My Senpai Is Annoying (2021)
Plot Summary:
Futuba Igarashi's new job would be great if her senpai, Harumi Takeda, wasn't so incredibly annoying! Futuba hates his laugh, she hates how big he is, and she really hates that he treats her like a little kid. Just because Futuba is short and looks young doesn't make her a kid, and just because she spends so much time with Takeda doesn't mean she sees him as anything but an annoying senpai...or does she?!.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan (2021)
Plot Summary:
Being an adult is hard, and for Uramichi Omota, that truth weighs on him. While on TV, he’s the upbeat exercise instructor for a children’s show, but he and his coworkers keep revealing the plight of adulthood on air. At least they’re working through it.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 743
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, humorous, captivating, entertaining, josei
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Ojisan and Marshmallow (2016)
Plot Summary:
Kusaka is an older man who loves marshmallows, and Wakabayashi is an OL (office lady) who loves Kusaka. Their relationship unfolds at their office.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 4 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Africa Salaryman (2019)
Plot Summary:
The comedy follows a lion, toucan, and lizard as they live the lives of office workers in a capitalist society in Japan, while also dealing with their unique situations as animals living beyond the savanna and the food chain.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Chocotto Sister (2006)
Plot Summary:
Haruma Kawagoe is an only child. A long time ago, around Christmas, his mother miscarried the child that would have been his baby sister. That night, young Haruma knelt down and offered up an earnest prayer: "Please make my mother well again, and please give me a little sister." Years have passed, and Haruma has nearly forgotten about his prayer. But Santa did not... so one Christmas, when Haruma is least expecting it, he receives an unusual present — a sister named Choko.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, light, romantic, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ecchi
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Cute Executive Officer (2021)
Plot Summary:
She’s not a genius. She’s not a prodigy. Heck, she’s not even old enough to vote! But somehow Najimu Mujina scored a totally above-average job as the president and “CEO” of the Mujina Company, where she navigates the world of adults with infectious, bright-eyed charm and enthusiasm. Whether it’s golfing with colleagues, negotiating contracts or pestering her executive assistant, Yuki, her hilarious antics are sure to captivate audiences of all ages.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, funny, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious