20 anime like Benkei and Ushiwakamaru, ranked by the community. These aren't random picks — they're the shows people watch next when they want more comedy.
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Gintoki, Shinpachi, and Kagura return as the fun-loving but broke members of the Yorozuya team! Living in an alternate-reality Edo, where swords are prohibited and alien overlords have conquered Japan, they try to thrive on doing whatever work they can get their hands on....
Fuu Kasumi is a young and clumsy waitress who spends her days peacefully working in a small teahouse. That is, until she accidentally spills a drink all over one of her customers! With a group of samurai now incessantly harassing her, Fuu desperately calls upon another samurai...
After the heavenly lightning, although Ne Zha and Ao Bing survived by becoming Spirits, they would soon dissipate completely. Taiyi plans to rebuild Ne Zha and Ao Bing's mortal bodies with the Seven-colored Precious Lotus. However, during the process of reconstruction, numerous...
In the final years of the Bakumatsu era lived a legendary assassin known as Hitokiri Battousai. Feared as a merciless killer, he was unmatched throughout the country, but mysteriously disappeared at the peak of the Japanese Revolution. It has been ten peaceful years since then,...
After Bai Xiaochun merged the four downstream sects to form the Reverse River Sect, he successfully challenged the three midstream sects and established a firm foothold. He was then chosen by the Celestial Being of the Starry Sky Dao Sect in the upstream to be a hostage, thus...
Yu Wanyin is teleported into a novel about palace struggles. The female protagonist of the novel is also teleported into it. To reverse her fate as a villain, Yu Wanyin chooses to join forces with a tyrant, who also turns out to be a modern man teleported in. Yu Wanyin hopes for...
After a curse turned him into a pig, World War I ace Marco Pagot becomes Porco Rosso, a mysterious bounty hunter who takes down sky pirates in the Adriatic Sea. He whiles away his days on a secluded island, rarely leaving other than to collect bounties or to visit the beautiful...
At the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, Toyohisa Shimazu is the rearguard for his retreating troops, and is critically wounded when he suddenly finds himself in a modern, gleaming white hallway. Faced with only a stoic man named Murasaki and hundreds of doors on both sides,...
Second season of Liang Bu Yi.
Self-styled pessimist Tamahiko Shima lives alone in the mountains of Chiba after losing the use of his right hand in the same car accident that took his mother's life. Deemed incapable by his father and other wealthy relatives, he has been forced into exile; he experiences idle...
Tokiyuki Houjou, a carefree eight-year-old noble, is content with the serene life in Kamakura and shows little regard for the serious responsibilities that come with his eventually succeeding his father as the next shogun. Instead of dedicating himself to rigorous training in...
In the twelfth year of the Tianbao era, the resurrection of the Heavenly Demon was imminent. The Demon King Xieyu intended to use the Heavenly Demon to rule the demon race, overthrow the human world, and turn it into a demon's domain. The Exorcism Bureau of the human world...
Shen Yuan has read enough xianxia novels to know that the protagonist will somehow cultivate the demonic path, take revenge on his scumbag master, and gain a massive harem along the way. So when he unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of Proud Immortal Demon Way, he knows...
Daddy Long Legs is based on the novel of the same name by Jean Webster. It chronicles the adventures of Judy Abbott, an orphan in New York. During a meeting for the superintendent, with other important and rich people in attendance, a scholarship is offered to Judy by a...
Eighth season of Yao Shen Ji.
A compilation film of the Courtesan of the Nation Arc, episodes 5–9 in the third season, featuring additional footage. The movie is a part of the "Gintama 20th Anniversary Project."
Third season of Huyao Xiao Hongniang.
Ninth season of Yao Shen Ji.
Third season of Meng Qi Shi Shen.
Part two of Cang Lan Jue.
Fans who liked Benkei and Ushiwakamaru tend to recommend Gintama Season 4, Samurai Champloo, Ne Zha 2 the most. If you're into Comedy and Historical, any of these are a solid pick.
Benkei and Ushiwakamaru has a 5.89 on MAL from 402 ratings. Scores are mixed, but plenty of fans swear by it. Worth trying if the premise sounds interesting.
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