Shows Like Sonny Boy

If you liked Sonny Boy (2021), a animation and drama series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Sagrada Reset (2017)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and drama
Nearly half the population of Sakurada, a small town near the Pacific Ocean, has some sort of unique power. These powers range from being able to enter the mind of a cat, to resetting the world back to a certain point…
2
Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun (2020)
★ 8.6/10Also animation and mystery
To be united with her crush, a hopeless romantic summons the ghost in the girls' bathroom at her school. But she's shocked when the ghost is a boy!
3
The Irregular at Magic High School (2014)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Siblings Tatsuya and Miyuki enroll at Magic High School, where Miyuki's honors status comes between her and her underachieving older brother.
4
Orange (2016)
★ 8/10Also animation and drama
One day, Naho Takamiya receives a letter written to herself from ten years in the future. As Naho reads on, the letter recites the exact events of the day, including the transfer of a new student into her class named…
5
High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even in Another World! (2019)
★ 6/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Seven high school students are involved in an airplane crash. When they woke up, they found themselves in a parallel world where magic and beastmen exist. Of course, they panicked at their sudden unexpected…
6
Wonder Egg Priority (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and drama
Ai, a young girl with shut-in tendencies, who tries not to interact with others. She keeps one of her eyes hidden behind her hair. One day, she happens to stop by a deserted arcade, where she meets "Aka." Spinning the…
7
Tengoku Daimakyo (2023)
★ 8/10Also animation and mystery
In the year 2024, the world has collapsed. Grotesque monsters lurk amongst the ruins of Japan, while remaining people scrape together what they can to survive. Kiruko, an odd-job girl in Nakano, accepts a mysterious…
8
Gachiakuta (2025)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and drama
Accused of murder and thrown into the Pit, a young orphan joins a group of monster fighters with special powers to uncover the truth and seek vengeance.
9
I'm Standing on a Million Lives (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Ninth grader Yotsuya Yuusuke is practical, friendless, and not active in any clubs. Then one day, he and two female classmates are suddenly sent to another world where they must work together to battle for their lives…
10
Takopi's Original Sin (2025)
★ 8.8/10Also animation and drama
A Happy alien, Takopi, lands on Earth with one mission: to spread happiness! When he meets Shizuka, a lonely fourth grader, he vows to bring back her smile using his magical Happy Gadgets. But as he uncovers the pain…
11
Tsukigakirei (2017)
★ 8/10Also animation and drama
Kotarou Azumi and Akane Mizuno became third year students at junior high school and are classmates for the first time. These two, along with fellow classmates, Chinatsu Nishio and Takumi Hira, relate to their peers…
12
Fruits Basket (2019)
★ 8/10Also animation and drama
After a family tragedy turns her life upside down, 16-year-old high school student Tohru Honda takes matters into her own hands and moves out… into a tent! Unfortunately for her, she pitches her new home on private…
13
D_Cide Traumerei the Animation (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and mystery
The story takes place in Shibuya. Ryuhei had always looked up to his older brother as a child. Even after witnessing his mysterious death, Ryuhei grows up to be a cheerful high school student. One day after his daily…
14
Space Brothers (2012)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and drama
When they were young, the brothers Mutta and Hibito promised each other they would become astronauts. Now, in 2025, Hibito has followed his dream to become the first Japanese on the moon, but Mutta has just been fired…
15
Seraph of the End (2015)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
After a mysterious virus wipes out ninety percent of humanity, vampires emerge from the recesses of the earth to enslave mankind, treating them like livestock. After growing tired of donating blood in exchange for…
16
Robotics;Notes (2012)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and drama
In 2019, Kaito Yashio and Akiho Senomiya are the sole members of the Robotics Club at Central Tanegashima High School in Kyushu, Japan. Kaito is a laid back student and a skilled gamer who is just trying to help Akiho…
17
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
A. S. (Ad Stella) 122 ― An era when a multitude of corporations have entered space and built a huge economic system. Suletta Mercury, a lone girl from the remote planet Mercury, transfers to the Asticassia School of…
18
Natsume's Book of Friends (2008)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Natsume Takashi has the ability to see spirits, which he has long kept secret. However, once he inherits a strange book that belonged to his deceased grandmother, Reiko, he discovers the reason why spirits surround him.
19
7SEEDS (2019)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and drama
Shy Natsu awakens as part of a group chosen to ensure the survival of humanity. Together, they have to survive on a changed Earth.
20
T・P BON (2024)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and drama
After Bon accidentally intervenes in a Time Patrol case, he must join Agent Ream in saving innocent lives from the past — while watching history unfold.