Shows Like Catch Me at the Ballpark!
If you liked Catch Me at the Ballpark! (2025), 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.
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My New Boss Is Goofy (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and comedyForced to change jobs after being bullied by his boss, office worker Momose worries his new boss will be the same. But Shirosaki is totally easygoing!
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Is the Order a Rabbit? (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and comedyCocoa Hoto is a positive and energetic girl who becomes friends with anyone in just three seconds. After moving in with the Kafuu family in order to attend high school away from home, she immediately befriends the shy…
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BLEND-S (2017)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedyHigh school girl Maika Sakuranomiya has trouble finding a part-time job because of how scary she looks when smiling. However, she is scouted one day by Dino, the manager of the café Stile where its waitresses play…
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Teasing Master Takagi-san (2018)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedy"If you blush, you lose." Living by this principle, the middle schooler Nishikata gets constantly made fun of by his seat neighbor Takagi-san. With his pride shattered to pieces, he vows to turn the tables and get back…
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Aggretsuko (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and comedyFrustrated with her thankless office job, Retsuko the Red Panda copes with her daily struggles by belting out death metal karaoke after work.
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Maison Ikkoku (1986)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and comedyGodai is a ronin (someone who has failed university entrance exams) living in a run down apartment house called Maison Ikkoku. Among the other residents are the nosy Ichinose, the sexy Akemi Roppongi, and the…
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Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You (2026)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and comedySasaki is an overworked salaryman drifting through the corporate grind, sustained by cigarettes and the cheerful service and smile of Yamada, the clerk at his favorite supermarket. But one night after a grueling shift…
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The Comic Artist and His Assistants (2014)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and comedyThe life of an artist can be hard: Long, arduous hours working with only your thoughts and assistants to keep you company. In the case of overworked mangaka Aito, his attempts to merge the two are so far unsuccessful…
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Genshiken (2004)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and comedySasahara Kanji is a college freshman who decides to join a student society to share his hidden thoughts on manga, anime and gaming. As he participates in club activities such as visiting dojin shops and anime festivals…
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Aggressive Retsuko (2016)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and comedySeries of 100 one-minute anime shorts that centers on Retsuko, a 25-year old red panda who works in her dream company's accounting department. But it turns out that she is forced to keep doing more and more impossible…
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Yakitate!! Japan (2004)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and comedyAzuma Kazuma isn't terribly clever, but he's got a good heart and great skill - at baking. Since childhood, he's been on a quest to create the perfect bread to represent Japan internationally. Now, he seeks to enter…
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Major (2004)
★ 8.2/10Also animationHonda Goro the son of a famous baseball player loves nothing more than baseball itself. His biggest dream is to show his father that he can become the best pitcher in the world despite all the hardships he had to…
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Dagashi Kashi (2016)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and comedyShikada Kokonotsu's father owns a rural sweets shop, and his plan is for Kokonotsu to take it over one day. However, Kokonotsu wants to be a manga author instead! One day in summer, the cute but weird girl Shidare…
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365 Days to the Wedding (2024)
★ 7/10Also animation and comedyTakuya and Rika work at the same travel agency in Tokyo and are both happily introverted and single. But their company is opening a new branch in Alaska next year, and employees without a spouse will be recruited to…
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School Rumble (2004)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and comedyHigh 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…
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Pseudo Harem (2024)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and comedyEiji 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…
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Tamako Market (2013)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and comedyTamako is just a normal young girl whose family has been making mochi for generations. As her birthday approaches, she happens to meet a talking bird who claims to be a royal court attendant looking for a bride for his…
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Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and comedyHigh school student Chiyo Sakura has a crush on schoolmate Umetarō Nozaki, but when she confesses her love to him, he mistakes her for a fan and gives her an autograph. When she says that she always wants to be with…
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You and I Are Polar Opposites (2026)
★ 8.6/10Also animation and comedySuzuki's a high school girl in love, but the guy she's fallen for is nothing like her! While she's cheerful, outgoing, and always trying to fit in, her classmate Yusuke Tani is stoic, quiet, and doesn't seem to care…
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Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie (2022)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and comedyShikimori 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…