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Japanese Comedy Shows

46 Japanese comedy shows. Includes Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Legal High, and GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka.

Common vibes here: Anime · Romantic Comedy · High School

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Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
85

Kaguya-sama: Love Is War

2019 · 3 Seasons

Romantic ComedyAnimeHigh School

Considered a genius due to having the highest grades in the country, Miyuki Shirogane leads the prestigious Shuchiin Academy's student council as…

Legal High
84

Legal High

2012 · 2 Seasons

Legal DramaLegalDrama

A lawyer with a big personality works with an straightlaced recent law graduate on various law cases in Japan.

GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka
84
Netflix

GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka

1998 · 1 Season

Coming-of-AgeComing of AgeDrama

Eikichi Onizuka, former gang leader, becomes a teacher of a class of students who torment their teachers and fellow students.

Operation Love
83

Operation Love

2007 · 1 Season

Time-Travel Sci-FiRomantic ComedyComing-of-Age

A missed confession of love haunts a young man on his best girl friend's wedding day.

Asobi Asobase - workshop of fun -
81

Asobi Asobase - workshop of fun -

2018 · 1 Season

AnimeAnimation

During recess, Olivia, a foreign transfer student who doesn't know English, plays a game of "look-the-other-way" with Hanako Honda, a loud-mouthed…

BOYS OVER FLOWERS
80

BOYS OVER FLOWERS

2005 · 2 Seasons

Romantic ComedyHigh SchoolDrama

Set at a famous high school for the super-wealthy, this is a puppy love story centered on Tsukushi Makino, a poor girl, and the F4 gang of rich…

Baccano!
80

Baccano!

2007 · 1 Season

Dark ComedyPsychological ThrillerMob / Mafia

Alchemists, swindlers, thieves, and gangsters cross paths on The Flying Pussyfoot, a 1930s American transcontinental train, as it embarks on a…

Hi Score Girl
80
Netflix

Hi Score Girl

2018 · 2 Seasons

Romantic ComedyAnimeAnimation

The year is 1991 and 6th grader Yaguchi Haruo only has video games to live for.

The Hot Spot
80
Netflix

The Hot Spot

2025 · 1 Season

Alien InvasionAliensScience Fiction

Kiyomi Endo is a single mother working at a business hotel near Mount Fuji whose life takes an unexpected twist after an encounter with an alien.

Captain Tsubasa
79

Captain Tsubasa

1983 · 5 Seasons

AnimeDramaAnimation

Tsubasa Ozora loves playing football since he was a little child.

Samurai Gourmet
79
Netflix

Samurai Gourmet

2017 · 1 Season

Recent retiree Takeshi rediscovers his passion for food and life by getting in touch with his inner warrior and eating what he truly desires.

The Full-Time Wife Escapist
78
Netflix

The Full-Time Wife Escapist

2016 · 1 Season

Romantic ComedyDrama

A series of events leads single, 25-year-old Mikuri Moriyama and 36-year-old Hiramasa Tsuzaki to marry as a cover.

Saving My Stupid Youth
78
Netflix

Saving My Stupid Youth

2014 · 1 Season

Drama

Heisuke teaches at his alma mater, an all-boy’s Buddhist high school and leads a very ordinary life, except for the fact that he is still tortured…

What Did You Eat Yesterday?
78

What Did You Eat Yesterday?

2019 · 2 Seasons

Romantic ComedyLegal

Lawyer Shiro pours his heart into home-cooked meals for his partner, hairstylist Kenji, as they navigate life as a middle-aged gay couple in Tokyo.

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
77

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

2006 · 1 Season

Time-Travel Sci-FiAlien InvasionUrban Fantasy

I thought that when I entered high school, my days of believing in aliens, time travelers and ESPers were going to be over.

From Today, It's My Turn!!
77

From Today, It's My Turn!!

2018 · 1 Season

Coming-of-AgeFriendshipHigh School

Two transfer students, Takashi Mitsuhashi and Shinji Itō, tired of their boring normal life and unpopularity, decide to take their arrival at a…

Trick
77

Trick

2000 · 3 Seasons

DramaMystery

Although 23 year old Yamada Naoko is a "super" magician, she is continously fired and constantly hounded by her landlady for the rent being late.

Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo
76
Prime

Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo

2013 · 2 Seasons

Romantic ComedyComing-of-AgeHigh School

At a high school entrance ceremony, high school student Kotoko Aihara, who isn't that smart, notices pretty boy Naoki Irie.

Police in a Pod
76

Police in a Pod

2021 · 1 Season

Drama

20-year-old rookie police officer Kawai Mai works hard at a police box and feels both physically and mentally drained.

The Naked Director
75
Netflix

The Naked Director

2019 · 2 Seasons

Based on a True StoryDrama

Follows the rise of Tooru Muranishi, one of Japan's most notorious directors of adult video.

Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku
75

Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku

2018 · 1 Season

Romantic ComedyAnimeAnimation

When Narumi, an office lady who hides the fact that she is a yaoi fangirl, changes jobs, she is reunited with Hirotaka, her childhood friend who…

Yowamushi Pedal
75

Yowamushi Pedal

2013 · 5 Seasons

Buddy ComedyComing-of-AgeSports Drama

A timid, anime-loving teen gets drawn into a school cycling club, where his new friends help him face tough challenges to develop his racing talent.

Happy Kanako's Killer Life
75

Happy Kanako's Killer Life

2025 · 2 Seasons

ActionAdventureDrama

When Kanako accidentally applies to work at an assassination agency, the timid office worker discovers that she has a knack for bumping people off.

Patlabor: The TV Series
75

Patlabor: The TV Series

1989 · 1 Season

AnimeAI & RobotsAnimation

Patlabor: The TV Series is an anime television series, created by Headgear, animated by Sunrise, and based on the Patlabor anime franchise.

Good Morning Call
74
Netflix

Good Morning Call

2016 · 2 Seasons

Romantic ComedyComing-of-AgeHigh School

A high school girl finally gets her own apartment, but she has to share it with the most popular boy in school.

Interviews with Monster Girls
73

Interviews with Monster Girls

2017 · 1 Season

Coming-of-AgeEpic FantasyUrban Fantasy

The story takes place in an age where "Ajin" (demi-human), more casually known as "Demi," have slowly started to become accepted into human society.

Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice but to Kiss!
73
Prime

Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice but to Kiss!

2022 · 1 Season

Tensions sizzle when a student with horrible luck joins forces with another boy with chronic good luck in this charming romance based on a hit manga

Ossan's Love
73
Tubi

Ossan's Love

2018 · 1 Season

Drama

First his boss shocks him with a confession of love, then his roommate.

A Man Who Defies the World of BL
70

A Man Who Defies the World of BL

2021 · 4 Seasons

Drama

Mob tries to avoid being the main character in a BL world, but as love finds him, he must choose between staying in the background or embracing…

AHO-GIRL
69

AHO-GIRL

2017 · 1 Season

Romantic ComedyAnimeAnimation

She is Yoshiko Hanabatake, and she's an idiot through and through.

Isekai Quartet
69

Isekai Quartet

2019 · 3 Seasons

AnimeMilitaryAnimation

A mysterious switch appeared one day.

Space Patrol Luluco
69

Space Patrol Luluco

2016 · 1 Season

Space OperaAnimeSpace

The show takes place in Ogikubo, which is the name of the specially designated area in space in the Milky Way where Earthlings and aliens can live…

My Bride is a Mermaid
69

My Bride is a Mermaid

2007 · 1 Season

Romantic ComedyAnimeAnimation

Nagasumi's in hot water after a beautiful, young mermaid named Sun saves him from drowning.

Ronja, the Robber's Daughter
69
Prime

Ronja, the Robber's Daughter

2014 · 1 Season

AnimationFamilyAction

Ronja is the only daughter of Mattis, a bandit leader who lives in a castle in the middle of a large forest.

Please Tell Me! Galko-chan
69

Please Tell Me! Galko-chan

2016 · 1 Season

AnimeAnimation

Three high school girls with different perspectives discuss the kinds of secrets you can't tell boys.

GeGeGe no Kitaro
69
Tubi

GeGeGe no Kitaro

2018 · 1 Season

Urban FantasyDark FantasyAnime

Nearly twenty years into the 21st century, people have forgotten the existence of Yokai.

Drop Kick on My Devil!!
68

Drop Kick on My Devil!!

2018 · 3 Seasons

AnimeSupernaturalAnimation

Jashin-chan, a devil from Hell was abruptly summoned to the human world by Yurine Hanazono, a stoic college student who lives in a run-down…

The Troubled Life of Miss Kotoura
68

The Troubled Life of Miss Kotoura

2013 · 1 Season

AnimeHigh SchoolDrama

Haruka, a girl who suffers during her childhood due to her ability to read people's mind, is starting her high-school life in a new school.

Super Pig
68

Super Pig

1994 · 1 Season

AnimeActionAdventure

One fateful day, Karin, a junior-high student, found what she thought was an injured piglet.

Sakura Trick
67

Sakura Trick

2014 · 1 Season

AnimeAnimation

Haruka Takayama and Yū Sonoda were inseparable during middle school, but upon entering high school, they end up being seated on opposite sides of…

Magical Girl Ore
60

Magical Girl Ore

2018 · 1 Season

AnimeAnimation

"Love makes a girl stronger." Saki Uno is working hard as part of the new idol unit, Magical Twin.

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