Shows Like My Deer Friend Nokotan

If you liked My Deer Friend Nokotan (2024), a animation and comedy 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
School Rumble (2004)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and comedy
High school can be hard enough with just academics alone, but when love enters into the picture, it can unravel into a comedy of errors. Tenma has fallen for oblivious Karasama and class delinquent Harima has fallen…
2
Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts (2010)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and comedy
Advanced placement into a school of higher grade proof-reading is determined by the results of the Promotion Test strictly for class type. Ranging from A class with the best facilities anyone can offer all the way down…
3
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (2007)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and comedy
A teacher takes all aspects of life, word and culture in the most negative light possible.
4
The Dangers in My Heart (2023)
★ 8.6/10Also animation and comedy
Kyotaro Ichikawa, a boy barely clinging to the bottom rung of his school's social ladder, secretly believes he’s the tortured lead in some psychological thriller. He spends his days dreaming up ways to disrupt his…
5
Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie (2022)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and comedy
Shikimori seems like the perfect girlfriend: cute, fun to be around, sweet when she wants to be… but she has a cool dark side that comes out under the right circumstances. And her boyfriend Izumi loves to be around…
6
Witch Watch (2025)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and comedy
A diligent teen winds up living with his spunky childhood friend, a trainee witch, to protect her from a dire prophecy. But can they survive high school?
7
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian (2024)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and comedy
Alya is a transfer student enjoying popularity at her new high school, often sporting a cold shoulder while earning high marks in class. She ignores her nerdy classmate, Kuze Masachika, except for when she blurts out a…
8
The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan (2015)
★ 8/10Also animation and comedy
In an alternate universe, shy, awkward Yuki Nagato attempts to court her crush, Kyon, with the help of her best friend and neighbor, the perky and indomitable Ryoko Asakura. Together, the trio defends their high school…
9
When Will Ayumu Make His Move? (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and comedy
Ayumu just fell in love at first sight with Urushi and joined the illegitimate Shogi Club! But Ayumu has vowed not to confess his feelings until he can best Urushi, and he has a long way to go before he can stand up to…
10
Pseudo Harem (2024)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and comedy
Eiji Kitahama joins the drama club with dreams of having a harem like the ones from his favorite manga. Rin Nanakura, an underclassman, finds herself crushing hard on Eiji, and tries on different personas in his…
11
Daily Lives of High School Boys (2012)
★ 8/10Also animation and comedy
Join Tadakuni, Hidenori and Yoshitake as they undergo the trials and tribulations of life in high school. Each episode presents the boys and their classmates in unique situations that you may or may not have faced in…
12
Lovely★Complex (2007)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and comedy
Love is unusual for Koizumi Risa and Ootani Atsushi, who are both striving to find their ideal partner in high school—172 cm tall Koizumi is much taller than the average girl, and Ootani is much shorter than the…
13
Hana-Kimi (2026)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and comedy
Mizuki Ashiya is on a mission: disguise herself as a boy and enroll in a male boarding school to meet her idol, high jump star Izumi Sano. But after successfully infiltrating the school, she discovers he’s suddenly…
14
The Demon Girl Next Door (2019)
★ 8/10Also animation and comedy
Awakening her dormant abilities as a devil one day, Yuuko Yoshida aka Shadow Mistress Yuuko, is entrusted with the mission to defeat the Light clan's shrine maiden, a magical girl, by her ancestor Lilith. Yuuko meets…
15
Call of the Night (2022)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and comedy
Ko's new companion, Nazuna, could offer him dark gifts and a vampire's immortality. But there are conditions that Ko must meet before he can sink his teeth into vampirism, and he'll discover just how far he's willing…
16
Himouto! Umaru-chan (2015)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedy
People are not always who they appear to be, as is the case with Umaru Doma, the perfect high school girl—that is, until she gets home! Once the front door closes, the real fun begins. When she dons her hamster hoodie…
17
Wasteful Days of High School Girls (2019)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy and animation
One day out of boredom, Tanaka decided to give her classmates nicknames based on their quirks. Her friend Kikuchi became "Ota" for her nerdy interests, and her other friend Saginomiya became "Robo" because of her…
18
Yuyushiki (2013)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and comedy
The daily school life of three girls, Yuzuko, Yukari, and Yui, who join their high school's Data Processing Club. The odd friendship between the three make for wacky humor in even the most mundane of events.
19
Girls und Panzer (2012)
★ 7/10Also animation and comedy
In this world, Sensha-do (戦車道), the art of tank-combat, is a traditional Japanese martial art for girls. Miho, a girl who just transferred into the Ōrai Girls' Academy in Ibaraki Prefecture, has been ordered by the…
20
ONIMAI: I'm Now Your Sister! (2023)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and comedy
When lazy, erotic-game loving Mahiro Oyama is transformed into a girl by his younger scientist sister's experiments, he becomes determined to change back, only to recognize that with his new opportunity, he may want to…