Shows Like Salaryman's Club
If you liked Salaryman's Club (2022), 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.
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HANEBADO! (2018)
★ 7/10Also animation and dramaAyano Hanesaki, a first-year student at Kanagawa Prefectural Kitakomachi High School, has a badminton ability able to surpass others effortlessly yet avoids playing the sport. She meets Nagisa Aragaki, a third-year…
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Ahiru no Sora (2019)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and dramaSora joins the high school basketball club, but his unmotivated teammates don't care about the game. To get anywhere, he has to change their minds.
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Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway (2021)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and dramaOn his way home from drinking his sorrows away after being rejected by his crush, 26 year old salaryman Yoshida finds a high school girl named Sayu sitting on the side of the road and ends up letting her stay at his…
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Run with the Wind (2018)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and dramaKakeru, a former elite runner at high school, is chased for stealing food. He is saved by Kansei University student Haiji, who is also a runner. Haiji persuades Kakeru to live in the old apartment "Chikuseisou" where…
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Ping Pong the Animation (2014)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and dramaMakoto 'Smile' Tsukimoto and his friend Yutaka 'Peco' Hoshino have been playing table tennis together since they were kids, but as they enter high school, they find that the game, and how they see it, has changed…
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BLUE LOCK (2022)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and dramaHigh school soccer players from across Japan gather for a controversial project designed to create the best — and most egoistic — striker in the world.
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Ace of the Diamond (2013)
★ 7.8/10Also animationScouted for his potential, brash left-handed pitcher Eijun Sawamura joins baseball powerhouse Seido High to become the undisputed ace of the team.
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X (2001)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and dramaIt's the year of destiny and 15 year old Kamui Shirō, a powerful psychic, has returned to Toyko after a 6 year absence. He returns to protect his childhood friends, Fūma, and Fūma's younger sister, Kotori. But destiny…
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Chihayafuru (2011)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and dramaChihaya Ayase has spent most of her life supporting her sister’s model career. When she meets a boy named Arata Wataya, he thinks Chihaya has potential to become a great karuta player. As Chihaya dreams of becoming…
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THE iDOLM@STER (2011)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and dramaTHE IDOLM@STER follows 13 girls from the 765 Production Studio, whose sole goals is to become the top idols in the Japanese entertainment industry. Along with the laughs, struggles and tears that are inherently part of…
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MEGALOBOX (2018)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and dramaA desolate land stretches out from the city of poverty. A motorcycle speeds recklessly, blowing clouds of sand and dust. The rider is the protagonist of this story – he has neither a name nor a past. All he has is his…
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White Album 2 (2013)
★ 7/10Also animation and dramaOne evening in fall, with one month left before the school festival, the last member of the ruined light music club, Haruki Kitahara, looks out the window and plays his guitar in the direction of the festival stage set…
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HIGH CARD (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and dramaFourland Kingdom is an island nation in the North Atlantic. In this country, there are 52 X-Playing Cards, considered the origin of playing cards. A card with a unique supernatural ability can gift its abilities to a…
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The Piano Forest (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and dramaA tranquil tale about two boys from very different upbringings. On one hand you have Kai, born as the son of a prostitute, who's been playing the abandoned piano in the forest near his home ever since he was young. And…
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Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life (2019)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and dramaSince the graduation of the senior members of the club, Takezou ends up being the sole member of the "Koto" (traditional Japanese string instrument) club. Now that the new school year has begun, Takezou will have to…
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LIAR GAME (2026)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and dramaWhen Nao Kanzaki receives a strange letter and a suitcase containing 100 million yen, she learns that she has been selected to participate in the LIAR GAME. In this high-stakes psychological battle, lies, deception…
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Baki the Grappler (2001)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and dramaBaki Hanma is a young fighter who yearns to follow in the footsteps of his father, Yujiro, and become the strongest fighter in the world. Through that he trains tirelessly and fights constantly to hone his skills and…
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KOWLOON GENERIC ROMANCE (2025)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and dramaReal estate agents Reiko Kujirai and Hajime Kudo work in the nostalgic Kowloon Walled City. As they spend more time together, Reiko’s feelings for Hajime grow. But when she finds a photo of him and his former fiancée…
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A Sign of Affection (2024)
★ 8/10Also animation and dramaYuki Itose is just a typical student dealing with the pressures of college. She is struggling one day on the train when an upperclassman named Itsuomi Nagi helps her out. As he gradually opens a new world to her, Yuki…
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Plastic Memories (2015)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and dramaAfter failing his college entrance exams, 18 year-old Tsukasa Mizugaki is offered a position at the renowned SAI Corporation, known for its production and management of Giftia, androids that possess human emotions…