Shows Like Bakuman
If you liked Bakuman (2010), 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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Kotaro Lives Alone (2022)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and dramaA lonely little boy moves into a ramshackle apartment building all on his own and makes friends with the broke manga artist who lives next door.
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His and Her Circumstances (1998)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and dramaIn His and Her Circumstances, like a drug, Yukino Miyazawa was addicted to admiration and praise from those around her. She worked hard to become the perfect student, the perfect girl. But that was before… him…
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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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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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Real Girl (2018)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and comedyTsutsui Hikari (a.k.a "Tsuttsun") is a high school student who is content with his virtual life of anime and video games. One day, he gets stuck cleaning the pool with Iroha, a real live girl who is stylish, sassy and…
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My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU (2013)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedySo exactly what’s going to happen when Hachiman Hikigaya, an isolated high school student with no friends, no interest in making any and a belief that everyone else’s supposedly great high school experiences are either…
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The Dangers in My Heart (2023)
★ 8.6/10Also animation and comedyKyotaro 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…
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Toradora! (2008)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedyMenacing in appearance but gentle at heart, second year high school student Ryuuji forms an unlikely friendship with classmate Taiga, a tiny girl with a sharp tongue and a tough attitude.
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Hana-Kimi (2026)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and comedyMizuki 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…
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WATAMOTE ~No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys Fault I'm Not Popular!~ (2013)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and comedyFifteen year old Kuroki Tomoko has dated dozens of boys and is easily the most popular girl around-- inside her dating games. In reality, she gets tongue tied just talking to people, and throughout middle school she's…
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SHIROBAKO (2014)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and comedyIn a school in northeastern Japan, five friends in the animation club, Aoi, Ema, Shizuka, Misa, and Midori swear to complete a new anime called "Shinbutsu Konkou SHICHIFUKUJIN" with some donuts. Since then, day after…
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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…
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The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten (2023)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and comedyAmane lives alone in an apartment, and the most beautiful girl in school, Mahiru, lives just next door. They've almost never spoken—until the day he sees her in distress on a rainy day and lends her his umbrella. To…
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Call of the Night (2022)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and comedyKo'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…
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Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk (2026)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and comedyNew university life, new dormmates…and a whole new world of drinks! Botan Kamiina takes her first sip of alcohol after spotting the quiet dorm leader, Ibuki Tonami, enjoying a highball alone. From shochu to whisky…
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The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and comedyKazunari Usa finally has a place of his own at the Kawai housing complex. Unfortunately, his roommate is a total weirdo and a massive pervert! But life at the Kawai Complex isn’t all that bad with his dream-girl Ritsu…
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Blue Spring Ride (2014)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and comedyAt the end of her first year of high school, Futaba Yoshioka suddenly has a chance encounter with her first love, Kou Tanaka. Three years ago, he transferred schools before she was able to say how she felt about him…
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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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Kanon (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and comedyYuichi hasn’t seen his cousin Nayuki in years. Now that he’s back, all knowledge of ever visiting has vanished. He tries to adjust to the vaguely familiar surroundings, but the gaps in his memory haunt him as time…
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Kokoro Connect (2012)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and comedyFive members of the school culture club—Taichi Yaegashi, Iori Nagase, Himeko Inaba, Yui Kiriyama, and Yoshifumi Aoki—encounter a bizarre phenomenon one day when Aoki and Yui switch personalities without warning. The…