Anime Like Draw This, Then Die!(2026)

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Bakuman. Season 3

Bakuman. Season 3

8.51TV25 eps2012J.C.Staff

Onto their third serialization, manga duo Moritaka Mashiro and Akito Takagi—also known by their pen name, Muto Ashirogi—are ever closer to their dream of an anime adaption. However, the real challenge is only just beginning: if they are unable to compete with the artist Eiji...

ComedyDramaRomanceOtaku Culture
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Saekano the Movie: Finale

Saekano the Movie: Finale

8.42Movie1 epsCloverWorks

With the second Winter Comiket just around the corner, Blessing Software has been vigorously producing its new game, "How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend." Despite Utaha Kasumigaoka and Eriri Spencer Sawamura leaving the circle, Megumi Katou and Tomoya Aki are hopeful that, by...

ComedyRomanceHaremOtaku Culture
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Shirobako

Shirobako

8.26TV24 eps2014P.A. Works

It all started in Kaminoyama High School, when five best friends—Aoi Miyamori, Ema Yasuhara, Midori Imai, Shizuka Sakaki, and Misa Toudou—discovered their collective love for all things anime and formed the animation club. After making their first amateur anime together and...

Award WinningComedyDramaAdult Cast
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Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

8.13TV12 eps2020Science SARU

Midori Asakusa sees the world a bit differently. Always having her nose in a sketchbook, Asakusa draws detailed landscapes and backgrounds of both the world around her and the one within her boundless imagination. Even the simple act of doodling on a wall evolves into an...

AdventureAward WinningComedyOtaku Culture
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The World God Only Knows: Goddesses

The World God Only Knows: Goddesses

7.98TV12 eps2013Manglobe

Having freed a myriad of women from the runaway spirits possessing their hearts, the "God of Conquest" Keima Katsuragi is confronted with a new task: find the Jupiter Sisters, the goddesses that sealed Old Hell in the past. Diana, the goddess that resides inside his childhood...

ComedyRomanceSupernaturalHarem
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Kakushigoto

Kakushigoto

7.96TV12 eps2020Ajia-do

Kakushi Gotou is a somewhat popular manga artist whose works are known for inappropriate content. Because of this raunchiness, when his daughter Hime was born, he vowed to keep his profession hidden from her, believing that she will be disillusioned if she finds out. This...

ComedyChildcareGag HumorOtaku Culture
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Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku

Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku

7.91TV11 eps2018A-1 Pictures

Having slept through all four of her alarms, the energetic Narumi Momose finds herself running late for her first day of work at a new office. As she races to catch her train, she makes a promise to herself that none of her coworkers will find out about her dark secret: that she...

ComedyRomanceAdult CastOtaku Culture
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Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun

Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun

7.81TV12 eps2014Doga Kobo

Chiyo Sakura is a cheerful high school girl who has fallen head over heels for the oblivious Umetarou Nozaki. Much to Chiyo's confusion, when she confesses to her beloved Nozaki, he hands her an unfamiliar autograph. As it turns out, the stoic teenage boy is actually a respected...

ComedyRomanceOtaku CultureSchool
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Lucky☆Star

Lucky☆Star

7.76TV24 eps2007Kyoto Animation

Lucky☆Star follows the daily lives of four cute high school girls—Konata Izumi, the lazy otaku; the Hiiragi twins, Tsukasa and Kagami (sugar and spice, respectively); and the smart and well-mannered Miyuki Takara. As they go about their lives at school and beyond, they develop...

ComedyCGDCTGag HumorOtaku Culture
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Genshiken 2

Genshiken 2

7.75TV12 eps2007Arms

The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, otherwise known as Genshiken, is now under the charge of a more confident Sasahara. Things have changed in between semesters, and the otaku club now has a new otaku-hating member named Ogiue. Sasahara's initial goal of starting...

ComedyAdult CastOtaku CultureParody
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Murai in Love

Murai in Love

7.51ONA12 epsJ.C.Staff

Murai is a second-year student at Takebe Gakuen High School enrolled in the college preparatory course. His homeroom teacher, Tanaka, summons him to her office after he declares that his post-high school plans are to marry her. Tanaka rejects Murai, telling him that she would...

ComedyRomanceGag HumorOtaku Culture
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A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace

A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace

7.45TV13 eps2025Voil

New shoujo manga artist Nana Futami works hard every day while being supported by Kaede Satou, her female editor who is older than her, and Mizuki Hazama, her assistant. According to the girl herself, she sometimes drums up intense daydream delusions of occupational illness! A...

ComedyAdult CastOtaku Culture
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Genshiken Second Season

Genshiken Second Season

7.43TV13 eps2013Production I.G

Another college semester begins and the returning members of Genshiken attempt to recruit new club members. Three new members join the club, attracted by Ogiue's BL drawings. She welcomes the new members but fears the club will become a "fujoshi" haven for yaoi fans and is...

ComedyAdult CastOtaku CultureParody
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If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die

If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die

7.42TV12 eps20208bit

After receiving a flyer from Maina Ichii—a member of the idol group ChamJam—and seeing her perform at a local concert, Eripiyo falls in love with Maina and decides to devote her life to supporting the shy and reserved rising star. Eripiyo's charismatic presence and iconic red...

ComedyIdols (Female)MusicOtaku Culture
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2.5 Dimensional Seduction

2.5 Dimensional Seduction

7.41TV24 eps2024J.C.Staff

After a disastrous romantic confession, Masamune Okumura finds solace in the fictional world of anime and manga. Now a second-year high school student and the president of the Manga Research Club, Masamune spends a peaceful existence watching the adventures of the angel Liliel,...

ComedyEcchiHaremOtaku Culture
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Love Stage!! OVA

Love Stage!! OVA

7.33OVA1 epsJ.C.Staff

Bundled with volume four of the manga series Love Stage!! written by Eiki Eiki. This OVA takes place right after the final episode of Love Stage!! the anime series, which is based on the manga volumes 1-3.

Boys LoveComedyAdult CastOtaku Culture
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Haruka Nogizaka's Secret Finale

Haruka Nogizaka's Secret Finale

7.33OVA4 epsDiomedéa

Yuuto and Haruka are looking forward to spending time together on a school trip. However, Shina finally works up the nerve to tell Yuuto she has feelings for him. This event drives a wedge between Haruka and Yuuto and forces them to confront how they feel. (Source: ANN)

ComedyRomanceOtaku CultureSchool
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Himouto! Umaru-chan R

Himouto! Umaru-chan R

7.32TV12 eps2017Doga Kobo

Umaru Doma is a model student who has a hidden side: when she gets home each day, she puts on her hamster hoodie and turns into a sluggish otaku fond of junk food. As Umaru continues these daily antics, the friendship between her and her classmates—Nana Ebina, Kirie Motoba, and...

ComedyOtaku CultureSchoolSeinen
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OreImo Specials

OreImo Specials

7.31ONA4 epsAIC Build

The true end arc of Ore no Imouto. These four episodes branch out after the 11th episode of the main TV series and present an alternative version to the end of the TV series. These episodes contrast with the good end arc of the TV series, which was an original ending written for...

ComedyRomanceOtaku Culture
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I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying: 2nd Thread

I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying: 2nd Thread

7.30TV13 eps2015Seven

The Tsunashi couple is as lively and offbeat as ever. Hardcore otaku shut-in Hajime and workaholic office lady Kaoru still get themselves into hilarious situations thanks to both their own eccentric natures and the bizarre group of friends surrounding them. After learning about...

ComedyRomanceAdult CastOtaku Culture

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