Shows Like Great Teacher Onizuka

If you liked Great Teacher Onizuka (1999), 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
Ultimate Otaku Teacher (2015)
★ 8/10Also animation and comedy
Kagami Junichirou was known as a physics genius when he was a teenager, and he was even published in "Nature." However, after college, he suddenly lost all interest in science. As a NEET, he's devoted himself to his…
2
More than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers (2022)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and comedy
The story centers on third-year high school student Jiro Yakuin, who gets saddled with his gyaru classmate Akari Watanabe for the class's "marriage training" project about practicing to be a married couple. Jiro is the…
3
Tsuredure Children (2017)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and comedy
A series depicting various scenarios of young love. These stories range from a boy, crippled by his absolute lack of confidence in himself, cannot even accept the fact that the girl of his dreams actually asked him out…
4
Aharen-san wa Hakarenai (2022)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and comedy
Socially awkward Aharen-san has personal boundary issues, either getting too close or too far from her classmates. When fellow student Raido picks up an eraser she drops, Aharen-san decides they’re now best friends…
5
DON'T TOY WITH ME, MISS NAGATORO (2021)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedy
"A girl in a lower grade just made me cry!" One day, Senpai visits the library after school and becomes the target of a super sadistic junior! The name of the girl who teases, torments, and tantalizes Senpai is…
6
Anne Happy♪ (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and comedy
The story centers around class 1-7 of Tennomifune Academy, where all the students with "bad karma" or misfortune seem to have been gathered. Hibari, a student in this class, meets the unlucky Hanako and the perennially…
7
Rainbow Days (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and comedy
Nijiiro Days follows the colorful lives and romantic relationships of four high school boys—Natsuki Hashiba, a dreamer with delusions of love; Tomoya Matsunaga, a narcissistic playboy who has multiple girlfriends…
8
My Clueless First Friend (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and comedy
One lonely, gloomy fifth-grade girl is the target of her classmates' relentless bullying and teasing—that is, until a new kid arrives on the scene. Friendly Takada is as clueless as he is well-meaning, but somehow he…
9
Skip and Loafer (2023)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and drama
Iwakura Mitsumi, a tenacious country girl, prepares for high school in the big city. She meets the handsome Shima Sousuke, whose easygoing ways help her adapt in the real world.
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Seitokai Yakuindomo (2010)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and comedy
Ousai Academy is a former all-girls private high school which has recently been integrated for both genders. Takatoshi Tsuda is pushed into becoming the vice-president of the student council, where he is the lone male…
11
Mieruko-chan (2021)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and comedy
She can see dead people…she just chooses to ignore them. That’s Miko’s plan, anyway, with horrifying (and sometimes hilarious) results.
12
YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily (2011)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and comedy
On her first day attending the all-girls Nanamori Middle School in Takaoka, Toyama Akaza Akari oversleeps, to be awakened by her one-year-senior childhood friends: the level-headed Funami Yui and the often…
13
Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and comedy
Tomozaki is one of the best gamers in Japan, and in his opinion, the game of real life is one of the worst. No clear-cut rules for success, horribly balanced, and nothing makes sense. But then he meets a gamer who’s…
14
Minami-ke (2007)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and comedy
There are three of the Minami sisters: Haruka, Kana and Chiaki, who have an average life. The girls only have each other to depend on and help each other get through everything from love confessions to cooking.
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WATATEN!: an Angel Flew Down to Me (2019)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedy
Miyako is a shy college student who is also an otaku. One day she happens to meet some angelic grade school kids! When Miyako sees her little sister's new friend Hana-chan, Miyako's heart won't stop racing! Miyako…
16
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life (2011)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and comedy
Follow the adventures of three ordinary girls as they make life’s awkward moments a thousand times worse. Along with a colorful bunch of classmates, they learn their most important lessons the hard way. Meanwhile down…
17
Horimiya (2021)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and comedy
A secret life is the one thing they have in common. At school, Hori is a prim and perfect social butterfly, but the truth is she's a brash homebody. Meanwhile, under a gloomy facade, Miyamura hides a gentle heart…
18
Beelzebub (2011)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedy
Violent delinquent Oga encounters a baby one day, which crawls onto his back and immediately forms an attachment to him. Though he doesn't know it yet, this baby is named Kaiser de Emperana Beelzebub IV, or "Baby Beel"…
19
Why the Hell Are You Here, Teacher!? (2019)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and comedy
Ichiro Sato is about as average as a student can get... except for his above-average ability to land himself in totally awkward, intensely risqué situations with his no-nonsense teacher, Kana Kojima! Ichiro has his…
20
Heroines Run the Show (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and comedy
What would you do to pursue your passion? For Hiyori Suzumi, it’s leaving her simple rural hometown for the bustling city of Tokyo to join Sakuragaoka High School’s track team. Between being a manager-in-training for…