NHK ni Youkoso!

Series Similar to NHK ni Youkoso!

If you enjoyed NHK ni Youkoso!, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Toradora!

   2008 · Drama, Comedy, Anime, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Anime / Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Despite Ryuji Takasu's gentle personality, his eyes make him look like an intimidating delinquent so he is utterly hopeless about his chances of getting a girlfriend anytime soon, and does not have many close friends either. After being greeted by his hungover mother in the morning, Ryuji goes to school and is happy to find that he gets to be in the same class as his best friend Yusaku Kitamura and crush Minori Kushieda. However, it is then that he unexpectedly knocks into "the school's most dangerous animal of the highest risk level" — Taiga Aisaka — who just happens to also be in his class, and is a good friend of Minori.

2. Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta?

   2016 · Comedy, Anime, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Anime / Romance profile, also on AT-X.

   Our naïve protagonist proposes to a female character in an online game, only to find out that the player is actually a guy. Traumatized by that, he decides to never trust a girl online, but now, two years later, a female player is proposing to him. What will happen?

3. Magikano

   2006 · Comedy, Anime, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Anime / Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Ayumi Mamiya is a witch cursed to lose her powers and only one boy can break the spell. Haruo Yoshikawa thinks he is a normal boy but unknown to him his three sisters have magical powers and keep him protected and ignorant about the exsistence of magic. Now Ayumi must wake up Haruo's latent powers to save herself but his sisters will have none of that.

4. Lovely★Complex

   2007 · Comedy, Anime, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Anime / Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Koizumi Risa has always been taller than most girls, and her longtime friend, Atsushi Ootani, has always been shorter than most boys. The two of them have found a strong bond of friendship through their differences, and after a series of events lands them both in summer camp, they decide to help one another find the perfect love interest. However, when Koizumi realizes that she is in love with Atsushi, she must struggle with her own desires, as she doesn't want to risk ruining her seemingly perfect friendship.

5. Nisekoi

   2014 · Comedy, Anime, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Anime / Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Raku Ichijo is an average high school student. He also happens to be the sole heir to the head of a Yakuza Family called the Shuei-gumi. 10 years ago, Raku made a promise… a secret promise with a girl he met. They promised one another that they will "get married when they reunite". Since then, Raku never let go of the pendant the girl gave him.

6. Bakuman

   2010 · Drama, Comedy, Anime · ended

   Recommended for similar Anime profile, hidden gem.

   Bakuman follows the story of high school student Mashiro Moritaka a talented artist who does not know what he wants to do with his future. One day he draws a picture of Azuki Miho, a girl he is secretly fond of, during class and forgets the notebook at school. He comes back to find that his classmate Tagaki Akito is waiting for him with his notebook. Takagi tries to convince Mashiro to become a mangaka, a manga artist, with him, only leading to Mashiro's disagreement. Mashiro goes home and thinks about his mangaka uncle, who had only one successful series before he died in obscurity. Mashiro is interrupted by a phone call from Takagi, who says that he is going to tell Azuki that Mashiro likes her. Mashiro runs down to Azuki's house to find Takagi waiting for him. Once Azuki comes out to meet them, Takagi tells her that he and Mashiro are aiming to be mangaka. Mashiro then learns that she wants to be a seiyuu, a voice actor, and has shown promise in the field. Mashiro, once again thinking about his uncle, accidentally proposes to Azuki who accepts. However, she will only marry him after they achieve their dreams.

7. Fruits Basket

   2019 · Drama, Comedy, Anime, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Anime / Romance profile.

   Hundreds of years ago, the Chinese Zodiac spirits and their gods swore to stay together eternally. United by this promise, the possessed members of the Souma shall always return to each other under any circumstances. Yet, when these bonds shackle them from their freedom, it becomes an undesirable burden - a curse. As head of the clan, Akito is convinced that he shares a special connection with the other Soumas. While he desperately clings to this fantasy, the rest of the family remains isolated and suppressed by the fear of punishment. Tooru Honda, who as grown attached to the Soumas, is determined to break the chains that bind them. The companionship with her family and her friends encourages her to move forward with lifting the curse. However, due to confounding revelations, she struggles to find the tenacity to continue with her endeavours. With time slowly withering away, Tooru contends with an uncertain furture in hopes of reaching tranquility that may lie beyond all this commotion.There is also Fruits Basket: Prologue, a theatrical release movie that provides a prologue story and an epilogue after the TV anime.

8. Ore Monogatari!!

   2015 · Comedy, Anime, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Anime / Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Takeo Goda is a giant guy with a giant heart. Too bad the girls don't want him! (They always go for his good-looking best friend, Sunakawa.) Used to being on the sidelines, Takeo simply stands tall and accepts his fate. But one day when he saves a girl named Yamato from a harasser on the train, his (love!) life suddenly takes an incredible turn! Takeo can hardly believe it when he crosses paths with Yamato again, and he finds himself falling in love with her… But with handsome Sunakawa around, does Takeo even stand a chance?

9. Mangaka-san to Assistant-san to The Animation

   2014 · Drama, Comedy, Anime · ended

   Recommended for similar Anime profile, hidden gem.

   The story depicts the work-life of a perverted mangaka, Aito Yuuki, and his assistant, Ashisu Sahoto. Constantly pressured by his editor and lacking experience with girls, Aito asks Ashisu to act as a reference.(Source: AniDB)

10. Kamisama Kiss

    2012 · Comedy, Anime, Fantasy, Romance · ended

    Recommended for similar Anime / Romance profile, hidden gem.

    Nanami Momozono is alone and homeless after her dad skips town to evade his gambling debts and the debt collectors kick her out of her apartment. So when a man she's just saved from a dog offers her his home, she jumps at the opportunity. But it turns out that his place is a shrine, and Nanami has unwittingly taken over his job as a local deity!Nanami has all kinds of new responsibilities she doesn't understand, dangers she's unaware of, and a cranky ex-familiar who's... actually pretty hot. What's a new-fledged godling to do?(Source: VIZ media)