35 Anime in the Genre Comedy: List of the Best by Rating and Reviews

A distinctive feature of anime in the comedy genre is their heightened expressiveness. Characters shout, jump, swear, and behave like fidgety children, and yet Asian humor is usually kind, quite subtle and filled with irony, although sometimes brutal against the villains.

The best comedy anime series and movies are usually sitcoms based on embellished everyday life. This is a way to dive into childhood, with its irrepressible energy, good relationships, fresh positivity and a thirst for life that overcomes any difficulties. We have gathered for you a list of the best anime that will give you maximum fun.

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Spy X Family

Rating IMDB – 8.6
Genre: Anime, cartoon, action, comedy
Production: Japan / 2022
Directed by: Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Takahiro Harada, Takashi Katagiri
Cast: Takuya Eguchi, Saori Hayami, Atsumi Tanezaki, Hana Sato, Hiroki Goto, Emiko Takeuchi, Taisuke Nakano, Mirei Kumagai, Katsunori Okai, Masafumi Kobatake

There are two countries, Vestalis and Ostania, competing with each other in every field. And of course, the intelligence agencies on both sides are actively spying on each other. Loyd Forger, known in certain

circles as ‘Dusk’, is a super-agent from Vestalis. Loyd urgently needs a full family to complete another mission, so he will not arouse suspicion from Donovan Desmond, whom he has been assigned to spy on. Loyd gets an adopted daughter, Anya, and enters into a fictitious marriage with Yor Briar. But he doesn’t suspect the main thing. Anya can read another man’s mind, and Yor (aka ‘Sleeping Beauty’) is a professional assassin.

Teasing Master Takagi-san

Rating IMDB – 7.7
Genre: Anime, cartoon, romance, comedy
Production: Japan / 2018
Directed by: Hiroaki Akagi, Kotomi Deai, Shigeru Fukase
Cast: Yuki Kaji, Rie Takahashi, Konomi Kohara, Mao Itimichi, Yui Ogura, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Fukushi Ochiai, Hinata Tadokoro, Yuma Uchida, Kotori Koiwai

There is a girl named Takagi in Nishikata’s class. Cheerful, pretty, you can’t take your eyes off her. And she’s a miracle! She’s sitting at the next desk. Any boy in Nishikata’s shoes would piss his pants, but for the latter, Takagi is a punishment. It was him, poor, poor Nishikata that she chose as the object of her silly pranks.

Day after day, the boy tries to take his classmate to task for her shenanigans. But his every scheme cracks under the heel of the cunning Takagi, who repeatedly rubs the wicked vigilante’s nose in it. ‘Well, wait a minute, Takagi! You’ll see: I’ll play a trick on you someday,’ Nishikata thinks, clenching his fists with resentment and anger. He even tries to ignore her.

But it’s either weakness that prevents him or some other feelings, still vague and incomprehensible. After only a few minutes Nishikata gives in to the provocation again. Why is Takagi so stubborn? Doesn’t she have anyone else to make jokes about? Or maybe Nishikata just isn’t able to figure things out? And who knows, maybe teasing Takagi won’t seem so offensive anymore.

The series is based on Soichiro Yamamoto’s manga Takagi’s Master of Teasing.

The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting

Rating IMDB – 7.3
Genre: Anime, cartoon, comedy, drama, crime
Production: Japan / 2022
Directed by: Itsuro Kawasaki, Tetsuya Watanabe, Nao Miyoshi
Cast: Yoshimasa Hosoya, Misaki Watada, Kaito Ishikawa, Ryota Takeuchi, Kobayashi Misa, Hiroshi Kamiya, Mai Nakahara, Hatano Wataru, Jun Fukuyama, Ari Ozawa

Toru Kirishima is a thug nicknamed ‘Sakuragi the Demon’ and one of the most ruthless members of the yakuza clan. One day he seriously messes up, and his boss Kazuhiko decides to change his line of work for a while as an example. From now on, Toru has to take care of his boss’ seven-year-old daughter.

The bandit has only loyalty to his boss and worldly experience consisting of grim situations. This assignment will be for the hapless bandit the most difficult of his life.

Komi Can’t Communicate

Rating IMDB – 7.8
Genre: Anime, cartoon, romance, comedy
Production: Japan / 2021
Directed by: Kazuki Kawagoe, Ayumu Watanabe, Taiei Ando
Cast: Aoi Koga, Gakuto Kajiwara, Rie Murakawa, Rina Hidaka, Noriko Hidaka, Yukiyo Fujii, Hitomi Nabatame, Kensho Ono, Mari Uchiyama, Norihito Hase

This Series is based on the manga by Tomohito Oda. Shoko Komi is the most beautiful girl at Ethan’s elite private school. She is like a magnet attracting attention to herself, but at the same time, she keeps to herself, preferring solitude to socializing with her peers and suffering from a serious communication disorder.

She is not at all arrogant and would be happy to have friends. Her complexes are discovered by her classmate Hitohito Tadano decides to help her get over herself and make at least a hundreds of her friends.

Laid-Back Camp

Rating IMDB – 8.1
Genre: Anime, cartoon, comedy, adventure
Production: Japan / 2018
Directed by: Yoshiaki Kyogoku, Shingo Kaneko, Taro Iwasaki
Cast: Nao Toyama, Yumiri Hanamori, Sayuri Hara, Aki Toyosaki, Akio Otsuka, Rie Takahashi, Shizuka Ito, Marina Inoue, Risae Matsuda, Kaori Mizuhashi

This series is an adaptation of the manga of the same name published in Manga Time magazine Kirara Forward. Rina Shin is not the most social girl. She likes to spend time alone at the foot of Mount Fuji. There she pitches a tent, builds a fire, admires the nature around her, and enjoys peace.

One day Nadeshiko, a cheerful and restless girl who happened to be nearby, unceremoniously invades her cozy little world. She gets acquainted with Rin, and soon a real girl’s camp gathers at the foot of the mountain.

Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid

Rating IMDB – 7.7
Genre: Anime, cartoon, comedy, fantasy
Production: Japan / 2017
Directed by: Yasuhiro Takemoto, Tatsuya Ishihara, Noriyuki Kitanohara
Cast: Mutsumi Tamura, Yuki Kuwahara, Mariya Naganawa, Daisuke Ono, Minami Takahashi, Yuichi Nakamura, Emiri Kato, Kaori Ishihara, Yuki Takada, Shinya Takahashi

Kobayashi is a single girl working in an office in a rank-and-file position. One evening, celebrating the end of her working day at a small café, she meets Tora, a wounded dragon maid. Out of the goodness of her heart, Kobayashi takes her to her apartment, she can’t just abandon a creature in need of help and lets her stay with her for a while.

Toru quickly recovered and decided to thank her savior by becoming her assistant in the household. Her the closest kin soon followed. Kobayashi’s life was no longer boring and monotonous.

Non Non Biyori

Rating IMDB – 7.8
Genre: Anime, cartoon, comedy
Production: Japan / 2013
Directed by: Masaya Kawamo, Jun Fukuda, Koji Sawai
Cast: Kotori Koiwai, Rie Murakawa, Ayane Sakura, Asumi Kana, Kaori Nazuka, Rina Sato, Akiko Hiramatsu, Misato Fukuen, Yuko Nagashima, Ryoko Shintani

A big, bustling metropolis and a small village are two completely different worlds, and that is what Hotaru Ichijo, an 11-year-old girl, had to learn when her parents moved from Tokyo to live in the real backwoods. Here, no doors are locked, the nearest bookstore is an hour away, and the local school has only four students, all in different classes according to their age, but all in the same room.

Renge is a fidgety first-grader, Natsumi is in seventh grade, her sister Komari is in the eighth, and their older brother Suguru is in ninth. These four welcome Hotaru into their close-knit group, talking about life in the village and listening to her tales of the big city.

Bungo Stray Dogs Wan: Joke Stories

IMDB rating – 7.6
Genre: Anime, cartoon, comedy, drama, fantasy
Production: Japan / 2021
Directed by: Toshihiro Kikuchi
Starring: Yuto Uemura, Mamoru Miyano

A new member of the Yokohama Detective Agency, Atsushi Nakajima, has an unusual ability, which, incidentally, made his life very difficult until recently, when he tried to use it’s to rob passersby. But now his powers have been put to good use.

He is actively involved in investigations, applying his unusual talents for the benefit of society and getting into numerous amusing entanglements.

Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan

Rating IMDB – 7.3
Genre: Anime, cartoon, comedy
Production: Japan / 2021
Directed by: Nobuyoshi Nagayama
Cast: Hiroshi Kamiya, Kenyu Horiuchi, Mamoru Miyano, Nana Mizuki, Yuichi Nakamura, Tomokazu Sugita

Uramichi Omota, 31, a former a successful athlete works as a ‘big brother’ in the children’s the program ‘Together with Mama,’ where he helps kids get accustomed to sports. However, he is severely depressed and emotionally unstable, which now and then breaks through the carefully worn mask of ‘big brother’.

In addition, the work, which from the outside seems easy and fun, in fact, much more exhausting to the man. Sometimes he falls into the utmost despondency and tells the children about the difficulties of adult life.

My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, as I Expected

Rating IMDB – 8.0
Genre: Anime, cartoon, comedy, melodrama
Production: Japan / 2013
Director: Ai Yoshimura, Kei Oikawa, Hideya Takahashi
Cast: Takuya Eguchi, Saori Hayami, Nao Toyama, Takashi Kondo, Ryoka Yuzuki, Megu Sakuragawa, Aoi Yuki, Marina Inoue, Chado Horii, Mikako Komatsu

Hachiman Hikigaya is a high school senior and a creepy sourpuss. He judges everything he sees. The fun games of his peers annoy him, girls seem like creepy creatures, and romantic relationships elicit a contemptuous sneer.

Oppressed by Hachiman’s growing sociopathy, his teacher forces him to join a school club led by the school’s first beauty, Yukino Yukinoshita. The girl explains that her club helps people and announces that the boy is in dire need of her, Yukino, help. Now the protagonist cannot turn away from doing himself well by the most unorthodox means.

One-Punch Man

Rating IMDB – 8.7
Genre: Anime, cartoon, action, comedy, fantasy
Production: Japan / 2015
Directed by: Shingo Natsume, Yosuke Hatta, Nobuhiro Muto
Cast: Makoto Furukawa, Kaito Ishikawa, Yoji Ueda, Shinya Hamazoe, Yoshiaki Hasegawa, Shota Yamamoto, Hiroki Goto, Kanami Sato, Kaede Yuasa, Hiromichi Tezuka

‘One-punch man’ is a hit of our time, a crazy action-comedy from a movie studio with a talking name Madhouse. The main character is a skinny, lazy and bald kid named Saitama. Those who encounter him which are mostly assorted villains, because he’s looking to meet them himself, make fun of the ridiculous wimp. What they don’t know is that one blows from him can annihilate everything from a car to a monstrous golem.

Saitama constantly tries to find a worthy adversary, but after the first blow, he ceases to exist. This is very depressing for the hero, as is his baldness: a direct consequence of gaining superpowers.

Hinamatsuri

Rating IMDB – 7.4
Genre: Anime, cartoon, comedy, crime, fantasy
Production: Japan / 2018
Directed by: Kei Oikawa, Kei Matsubara, Takafumi Fujii
Cast: Yoshiki Nakajima, Takako Tanaka, Rie Murakawa, Kaede Hondo, Yoko Hikasa, Kengo Kawanishi, Kenji Nojima, Tahiti Ichikawa, Tsuyoshi Koyama, Yuya Chikagi

Yoshifumi Nitta is a grim bandit from the notorious yakuza clan. One day a box with a little girl inside falls on him. The little girl’s name is Hina, and she has amazing magical powers. After some thought, the dejected bandit keeps the little girl, exclusively using her abilities. While he’s figuring out how to do this, Nitta faces a host of childcare problems and suddenly becomes more and more attached to the baby.

And then another problem is uncovered: if Hina does not expend her powers, she will turn into a mad monster.

Grand Blue

Rating IMDB – 7.9
Genre: Anime, cartoon, comedy
Production: Japan / 2018
Directed by: Shinji Takamatsu, Yoshihisa Matsumoto, Atsuko Tonomizu
Cast: Yuma Uchida, Ryohei Kimura, Hiroki Yasumoto, Katsuyuki Konishi, Chika Anzai, Maaya Uchida, Toa Yukinari, Asumi Kana, Takuya Eguchi, Junya Enoki

Endless gentle summer, the ocean, and energetic diving are all part of the Unbounded Ocean series, one of the best anime of the summer season of 2014. The vast ocean is the story of a guy named Lori who goes to a prestigious college located in a seaside town. That’s where a new chapter of his life begins for the protagonist, as he rents a room from a famous Kotegawa family specializing in selling diving equipment. Lori himself does not like water and is afraid to dive into the depths, so he avoids communication with the guys from the Kotegawa family.

But one day, he decides to get acquainted with them and then everything changes. After all, the main character discovers a boundless world where there are only two things: fun, and the opportunity to learn something new. He has a lot of fun with his friends, and he finds himself on the edge of a world where he can learn something new. Except, the girls and guys, instead of doing business, prefer to just hang out, drink, and enjoy being young. Lori suddenly falls under their influence and can now change his life. What will happen to him next?

Gintama

Rating IMDB – 8.7
Genre: Anime, cartoon, fantasy, action, comedy, fantasy
Production: Japan / 2005
Directed by: Chizuru Miyawaki, Shinji Takamatsu, Naoki Hisikawa
Cast: Tomokazu Sugita, Rie Kugimiya, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Kazuya Nakai, Susumu Chiba, Kenichi Suzumura, Satsuki Yukino, Akira Ishida, Tetsuharu Ota Fumihiko Tachiki

Absurdist sci-fi-samurai parody comedy about freelance adventures in pseudo-medieval Edo. Having invaded Earth, the Amanto aliens have banned the carrying of swords, the only one who still has the true Japanese spirit alive in him is the self-righteous sweet-talking Gintoki Sakata. The awkward bespectacled Shimpati is hired as his apprentice.

The third in their team is the lovely Kagura of the strongest family in the universe, Yatuzoku, and with her pet dog Sadaharu, a hippo-sized dog with a funny habit of chewing the heads off anyone in sight. They call themselves ‘jack-of-all-trades’ and fulfil any orders, as long as they get paid. They set up an agency to run any errands, as long as they have enough money to pay for food and rent.

One of the rebels is Gintoki Sakata, who calls himself the last samurai. He takes in the underdog Simpati Shimura as an apprentice, and he also has Kagura, a member of a powerful race from somewhere in the depths of the universe. In addition to aliens with ears, bandits with scars, samurai with bokenas, ninja girls with nattos and strange creatures, Gintama also features Shinsengumi, which consists of dorky young men dressed in European clothes.

A lot of clichés are mocked and parodies of Blich, Cowboy Bebop and many other famous TV series. The humor ranges from ‘toilet humor’ to ‘subtle irony’, on the whole, it is a very chiseled comedy, devoid of any boundaries and restrictions.

The Disastrous Life of Saiki Kusuo

Rating IMDB – 8.4
Genre: Anime, cartoon, fantasy, comedy, drama
Production: Japan / 2016
Directed by: Hiroaki Sakurai
Cast: Hiroshi Kamiya, Daisuke Ono, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Ai Kayano, Satoshi Hino, Mitsuo Iwata, Rikako Aikawa, Yukari Tamura, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Natsuki Hanae

Saiki Kusuo is an unusual child. He started walking when he was two months old and later surprised his relatives when he started flying. When he is 16 this boy is the most powerful psychic on the planet, endowed with all kinds of psychic gifts. Except that Saika’s life doesn’t work out. Ordinary people think that it is wonderful to be able to predict the future, read other people’s thoughts and the like.

But everything goes wrong for our protagonist. Saiki is looking to be as unremarkable as the people around him. He is confident that he will eventually achieve the long-awaited harmony and the longing in his soul will finally disappear. He doesn’t want power, money or might, he wants a simple life and banal teenage hobbies! The boy wants to achieve harmony in his soul, which is not easy with his abilities.

The Eccentric Family

Rating IMDB – 7.6
Genre: Anime, cartoon, fantasy, comedy, drama
Production: Japan / 2013
Directed by: Masayuki Yoshihara, Fumihiko Suganuma, Hideaki Kurakawa
Cast: Takahiro Sakurai, Junichi Suwabe, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Mai Nakahara, Hideyuki Umezu, Mamiko Noto

An exotic family of raccoon werewolves Tanuki, capable of transforming into anything and anyone, live in an alternative version of modern Kyoto. Their father died a strange death, leaving three sons. Yasaburo Shimogamo is a scatterbrained kid and sometimes transforms into a high school girl.

He has three brothers. Yajiro loves to crouch in a corner, assume the image of a frog and ponder the eternal, Yaichiro dreams of a political career, and Yashiro loves to hooliganism by creating lightning bolts. Yasaburo has only two friends: a Tengu who can’t fly and a human girl. One day he gets a chance to solve the mystery of his father’s death.

God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World!

Rating IMDB – 7.8
Genre: Anime, cartoon, comedy, fantasy, adventure
Production: Japan / 2016
Directed by: Takaomi Kanasaki, Shunji Yoshida, Taro Kubo
Cast: Jun Fukushima, Sora Amamiya, Rie Takahashi, Ai Kayano, Tetsu Inada, Sayuri Hara, Shoto Kashii, Yoshiki Nakajima, Hitomi Nabatame, Miki Hase

This series and its derivatives are also called ‘KonoSuba’ and are based on the Natsume Akatsuki series of comedy novels. A little parody, a little fantasy and a lot of good humor: that’s what sets this anime apart from many others. It would seem that after the accident, Kazuma Sato’s short and worthless life has come to an end. However, when he wakes up, he sees a beautiful girl. She introduces herself as a goddess named Aqua and offers him to take one thing for rebirth in the other world.

Kaezuma decides to take the goddess herself, after which they are transported to an adventure-filled fantasy world threatened by a lord of darkness. Kazuma wishes only for a quiet life, but Aqua wants to return to the divine throne, which requires defeating the lord of darkness. Thus begins their incredible adventures.

The Night is Short, Walk on, Girl!

Rating IMDB – 7.5
Genre: Anime, cartoon, comedy, romance, fantasy
Production: Japan / 2017
Worldwide gross: $3,878,208
Directed by: Masaaki Yuasa
Cast: Kana Hanazawa, Gen Hoshino, Hiroshi Kamiya, Ryuji Akiyama, Kazuya Nakai, Yuko Kaida, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Seiko Niizuma, Junichi Suwabe, Aoi Yuuki

A young girl finds herself at her friends’ engagement party. While at the merry festivity, she doesn’t refuse any hot drinks. Through this behavior, she wants to appear to those around her, as a grown-up girl, while trying to stay sober. After the event, the young lady decides to continue the holiday.

A couple of familiar faces, were in any way trying to surprise the girl. However, the lady’s inner state is incomprehensible to her. It seems that she lacks something. The lady goes for a walk through the night streets of Kyoto, to diversify her leisure time. This way, the cutie finds herself in various establishments with different themes and contingencies, not noticing how someone is watching her closely.

A young guy, in love up to his ears with Seipai, but cannot ask her out and confess his feelings. Relying on chance, the young man stalks his beloved, hoping to cross paths with her unexpectedly. Seipai quietly follows her, waiting for an opportunity to meet her. He fails to do so, and mysterious events begin to unfold around the girl with the appearance of various folkloric characters.

Haven’t you heard? I’m Sakamoto!

Rating IMDB – 7.1
Genre: Anime, cartoon, comedy
Production: Japan / 2016
Directed by: Shinji Takamatsu, Tomoe Makino, Hiroaki Akagi
Cast: Hikaru Midorikawa, Tomokazu Sugita, Akira Ishida, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Tomoaki Maeno, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Shotaro Morikubo, Joji Nakata, Tetsu Inada, Mitsuo Iwata

Sakamoto is the best student of the Gakubun school. He is handsome, well-mannered, reserved, and has not only a sharp mind but also some supernatural abilities. The boy tries to help those around him, but he has almost no friends. And how to be friends with a self-sufficient ideal?

Sakamoto is constantly bullied by rival boys and girls are often crazy about elegant boys. He has a bit of a short temper with Sakamoto, but he is also very short-tempered and short-tempered at first, causing him to fall into various kinds of trouble later on.

The manga of the same name, on which the series was based, was number one on the ‘List of Best Comics’ of 2013.

Mob Psycho 100

Rating IMDB – 8.6
Genre: Anime, cartoon, action, comedy, fantasy
Production: Japan / 2016
Directed by: Yuzuru Tachikawa, Takefumi Anzai, Katsuya Shigehara
Cast: Setsuo Ito, Takahiro Sakurai, Akio Otsuka, Miyu Irino, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Ryunosuke Watanuki, Seiichiro Yamashita, Kohei Amasaki, Daiki Hamano

Shigeo Kageyama at first glance is an ordinary Japanese schoolboy, with his usual hobbies and problems, the most important of which is to attract the attention of his charming classmate Tsubomi. To do this, he is willing to do almost anything, except use his power.

The fact is that this boy, nicknamed The Mob, is a true psychic capable of moving objects. But he obeys his mentor, who forbids the demonstration of telekinesis in public. Mob just has to find out that his mentor is a greedy scoundrel who wants to use the boy for his purposes.

This series is one of the top 250 anime of all time.

Barakamon

Rating IMDB – 8.2
Genre: Anime, cartoon, comedy
Production: Japan / 2014
Directed by: Masaki Tachibana
Cast: Kaji, Daisuke Ono, Suwabe

Seishu Handa is an aspiring calligrapher, an elegant and intelligent city dweller with a complex character and innate arrogance. But his explosive temper fails him, and one day he beats up another of his critics. For this, his father sends Seishu into exile on a remote rural island, where the ‘city’ brat will have to get used to the eccentric neighbors, the tractor races and the simple the beauty of rural life.

This series is recognized as one of the best comedies of 2014.

Tamako Love Story

Rating IMDB – 7.0
Genre: Anime, cartoon, romance, comedy
Production: Japan / 2014
Directed by: Naoko Yamada
Cast: Aya Suzaki, Atsushi Tamaru, Yuki Kaneko, Juri Nagatsuma, Yurie Yamashita, Rina Hidaka, Keiji Fujiwara, Yoko Hikasa, Tomomichi Nishimura, Fumihiko Tachiki

A touching story before you, the sequel to the series Tomako’s Little Shop is a story of growing up and first love. Childhood friends Tomoko and Mochizo has their days passing quietly and sweetly, over mochi cooking and the usual teenage fun. But school is coming to an end, and all the boys need to think about the future.

Mochizo suddenly realizes that he has been in love with Tomoko all his life. And not surprisingly, the girl reciprocates his feelings. But how to tell his beloved that he is going to go to study in distant Tokyo for several years?

The Pet Girl of Sakurasou

Rating IMDB – 7.7
Genre: Anime, cartoon, comedy, drama
Production: Japan / 2012
Directed by: Atsuko Ishizuka, Takashi Ikehata, Daisuke Takashima
Cast: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Ai Kayano, Mariko Nakatsu, Natsumi Takamori, Takahiro Sakurai, Yui Horie, Megumi Toyoguchi, Ayako Kawasumi, Taishi Murata, Shintaro Asanuma

‘The Pet Girl of Sakurasou” is a romcom anime that was a hit in the fall of 2012. The story centers on Sorato Kando, who lives in Sakuraso, a dormitory for troubled teens and has long been used to the madness around him, trying not to take part in the riotous entertainment of the residents.

But when the talented and bright Mashiro Shina shows up at Sakuraso, Sorato decides he should keep the girl safe from the crazy personalities of the dorm, and it looks like he messed up a bit. Mashiro’s domestic skills are at the level of a helpless ‘I’ve got paws’ kitty.

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!!

Rating IMDB – 7.4
Genre: Anime, cartoon, romance, comedy
Production: Japan / 2012
Directed by: Tatsuya Ishihara, Eisaku Kawanami, Noriyuki Kitanohara
Cast: Jun Fukuyama, Maaya Uchida, Chinatsu Akasaki, Azumi Asakura, Sumire Uesaka, Kanae Oki, Soichiro Hoshi, Eri Sendai, Kaori Fukuhara, Kikuko Inoue

In high school, Yuta Togashi amused himself by pulling out a plastic sword, donning a cape, and imagining himself as a mighty warrior enslaving the world, escaping into illusions from boring reality. But in high school, the boy decided to get smart, hid his toys and behave like the most ordinary teenager.

He is constantly visited by his new acquaintance, Rita Tanakashi, who considers herself a powerful witch and asserts that ‘dark people’: she and Uta must stick together.

The Devil is a Part-Timer

Rating IMDB – 7.6
Genre: Anime, cartoon, comedy, fantasy
Production: Japan / 2013
Directed by: Naoto Hosoda, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Koji Kobayashi
Cast: Ryota Osaka, Yuki Ono, Yoko Hikasa, Nao Toyama, Hiro Shimono, Itō Kanae, Asuka Nishi, Azumi Asakura, Yuichi Iguchi, Katsuhisa Hoki

After being overthrown, the devil finds himself in modern-day Tokyo, having lost all his power, and becomes a most ordinary young Japanese man. He chooses the name Sadao Mao, which means ‘noble husband, lord of darkness’. He must find any job he can to survive in the human world.

He also has to rethink his actions, befriend the hero who once defeated him, and fight his brother Lucifer, who still dreams of destroying humanity.

Saint Oniisan

Rating IMDB – 6.8
Genre: Anime, cartoon, comedy, fantasy
Production: Japan / 2012
Directed by: Noriko Takao
Starring: Gen Hoshino, Mirai Moriyama

Bored in paradise, Jesus and Buddha decide to spend a vacation together on Earth. After a difficult choice, they decide to go to Tokyo. And the first difficult task of the two deities is to find an inexpensive apartment…

The anime comedy ‘Blessed Spirits’ is a humorous sketch of ordinary situations, with which the main characters cope, using their wisdom and abilities.

Daily Lives of High-School Boys

Rating IMDB – 7.8
Genre: Anime, cartoon, comedy
Production: Japan / 2012
Directed by: Shinji Takamatsu
Cast: Miyu Irino, Tomokazu Sugita, Kenichi Suzumura

Hidenori Yoshitake and Tadakuni are three friends from North High School for Boys. They have enough adventures in life, but they are acutely aware of the lack of female attention.

And since girls are very mysterious creatures, the friends decide to solve their mysteries by a purely scientific method, studying the opposite sex as a separate biological species. Developing theories, the guys go to test them on the students of the Eastern School for Girls. This is where the fun begins!

This Series is based on the comedy manga by Yasunobu Yamauchi.

Working

Rating IMDB – 7.3
Genre: Anime, cartoon, comedy
Production: Japan / 2011
Directed by: Yumi Kamakura, Kiyotaka Ohata, Yoshimasa Hiraike
Cast: Jun Fukuyama, Asumi Kana, Saki Fujita, Daisuke Ono, Eri Kitamura, Kumiko Watanabe, Hiroshi Kamiya, Ryo Hirohashi, Momoko Saito, Shizuka Ito

Sota Takanashi is a 16-year-old teenager, a very balanced guy, unless, of course, he sees something cute and small. Mahiru Inami can smack any boy, not because he doesn’t like woman, but because he’s afraid of him. Poplar Taneshima is complexed because of her childish appearance.

Aoi Yamada lives right in the restaurant and dreams of being adopted by the director. They are all employees of the family restaurant Wagnaria and constantly find themselves in funny situations as they try to work well and cope with their daily problems.

My Ordinary Life

Rating IMDB – 8.3
Genre: Anime, cartoon, comedy
Production: Japan / 2011
Directed by: Tatsuya Ishihara, Tahiti Ishidate, Noriyuki Kitanohara
Cast: Shizuka Furuya, Hiromi Konno, Mariko Honda, Minoru Shiraishi, Aizawa Mai, Yuko Minaguchi, Misuzu Togashi, Hiroshi Karasuda, Mami Kosuge, Kaoru Mizuhara

A mild, enjoyable and fresh series, The Trivia of Life is filled with touches of sci-fi, high school adventures and a friendly sitcom. The plot centers on a small company of girls and the people and creatures around them. The minutiae of these characters live to elicit a lot of laughs. How about the girl who pins her hair with a thing, that is an absolute weapon?

How about the prim aristocrat who comes to school on a goat? How about the robot who’s embarrassed that he’s not human? And how about the talking cat? Girlfriends Mai, Yuko, and Mio are sure to charm you, as will their wonderful world with its little things.

K-On

Rating IMDB – 7.8
Genre: Anime, cartoon, comedy, music
Production: Japan / 2009
Directed by: Naoko Yamada, Tahiti Ishidate, Noriyuki Kitanohara
Cast: Aki Toyosaki, Yoko Hikasa, Satomi Sato, Minako Kotobuki, Asami Sanada, Madoka Yonezawa, Ayana Taketatsu, Chika Fujito, Yoriko Nagata, Tomoko Nakamura

‘K-On’ is one of the best in the list of musical anime comedies. The plot revolves around several high school girls, members of the ‘Light Music Club.’ Yui Hirasawa sees a poster of the ‘Club’ on her first day of high school and goes there with absolutely no idea about music.

But the girls of the club Tsumugi, Ritsu and Mio, enthusiastically accept the newcomer into their group, so her appearance means that their favorite ‘Light Music’ will not be disbanded. Soon the girls will have a serious performance at a major arena in Tokyo.

Maid-Sama

Rating IMDB – 8.0
Genre: Anime, cartoon, romance, comedy
Production: Japan / 2010
Directed by: Hiroaki Sakurai, Yoshinobu Tokumoto, Masato Jinbo
Cast: Ayumi Fujimura, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Mitsuhiro Ichiki, Takuma Terashima, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Aki Toyosaki, Asumi Kana, Kazuyoshi Shiibashi, Kana Hanazawa, Yu Kobayashi

Seika is a boys-only school known throughout the area for the hooliganism of its students. To save the school’s reputation, they introduce co-education. But it makes little difference. The female students are simply intimidated.

But everything changes when Misaki Ayuzawa, an athlete and a straight-A student, becomes the chairman of the school board. She already has the plan to make the school a model of decency and discipline, and she doesn’t intend to back down because of some mischievous boys.

The Tatami Galaxy

Rating IMDB – 8.4
Genre: Anime, cartoon, drama, comedy
Production: Japan / 2010
Directed by: Masaaki Yuasa, Akitoshi Yokoyama, Choi Eun-young
Cast: Shintaro Asanuma, Keiji Fujiwara, Yuki Kaida, Rin Mizuhara, Maaya Sakamoto, Junichi Suwabe, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Nobuyuki Hiyama

This is a comedic and surreal anime series from the art house director Yuasa Masaaki. The main character is a nameless the student who at the beginning of each series chooses some club or community, joins it and spends two years there, during which his student life unfolds with an adjustment to that club.

And in the next series, he ends up at the starting point and joins a different community. Kind of a fun and hilarious ‘Groundhog Day’ set against the backdrop of a fun college season.

Nana

Rating IMDB – 8.5
Genre: Anime, cartoon, comedy, drama, melodrama, music
Production: Japan / 2006
Directed by: Morio Asaka, Ryosuke Nakamura
Cast: Romi Pak, Midori Kavanagh, Brian Drummond, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Andrew Francis, Eric Weil, Ashley Ball, Sam Vincent, David Kaye, Richard Ian Cox

In this story, two Nanas meet on a train rushing to Tokyo. Nana Komatsu is a lovable, naive and carefree girl who travels from the provinces to the capital to be closer to her lover. Nana Osaki is a flamboyant rebel who dreams of making her punk band the Black Stones world-famous.

These 20-year-old girls share an apartment and experience many adventures together, with their youthful delights, sorrows and mistakes.

Great Teacher Onizuka

Rating IMDB – 8.5
Genre: Anime, cartoon, comedy, melodrama
Production: Japan / 1999
Directed by: Noriyuki Abe, Hanyu Naoyasu, Date Hayato
Cast: Wataru Takagi, Fumiko Orikasa, Cho, Junichi Suwabe, Tomokazu Seki, Megumi Ogata, Toru Furuya, Kotono Mitsuishi, Kosuke Okano, Tessho Genda

Eikichi Onizuka is a former gangster, biker, karate kid and bully. He decides to become a teacher at a school because there are a lot of pretty girls there, but suddenly he gets sucked into the process. He is, it must be said, a pretty clueless teacher.

He does not know his subjects and does not know how to interest the student. But for his charges, he becomes a true friend and protector, who will come to the rescue in any difficult situation.

One Piece

Rating IMDB – 8.9
Genre: Anime, cartoon, fantasy, action, drama, romance, comedy, adventure
Production: Japan / 1999
Budget: ¥ 10,000,000
Directed by: Munehisa Sakai, Konosuke Uda, Hiroaki Miyamoto
Cast: Mayumi Tanaka, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi, Kazuya Nakai, Hiroaki Hirata, Ikue Otani, Mahito Ohba, Yuriko Yamaguchi, Chikao Otsuka, Kazuki Yao

One Piece is a big franchise that has spawned quite a few more TV series, movies, games and more. And it all started with a little 1999 one-season adventure shone. 17-year-old Monkey D. Luffy, imitating his idol, the pirate king, sets out to find the treasure of ‘One Piece’ which he had hidden somewhere in the world before his capture.

Luffy has gained an incredible ability since childhood by eating the devil fruit, but his team is fearless and will make sure they get to the world’s greatest treasure!

The One Piece manga by Eiichiro Oda, on which the series and subsequent films are based, is the best-selling manga in the world and is still in production today.