Shows Like Carnival Phantasm

If you liked Carnival Phantasm (2011), 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
Kinnikuman (1983)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and comedy
Kinnikuman (real name Suguru Kinniku), is a clumsy, foolish, comical superhero who discovers that he is the missing prince of the planet Kinniku (known for producing the greatest superheroes in the universe). Since he…
2
Genshiken (2004)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and comedy
Sasahara 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…
3
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (2005)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and comedy
Based on the manga by Yoshio Sawai, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo is one of the weirdest, yet funny animes using puns, cross-dressing, and lots of visual gags. Taking place in the year 300X, an evil organization knows as the Bald…
4
Go! Go! Loser Ranger! (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
With their old hideout and bosses wiped out, the surviving Dusters make a secret agreement with the Ranger Force to engage in the weekly Sunday Showdown - one where they will always be defeated. Tired of this charade…
5
RWBY Chibi (2016)
★ 7/10Also animation and comedy
Join the cast of RWBY in cute comedy shorts with infinite possibilities! It's playing tag! It's baking cookies! It's posing as police officers! It's... really quite absurd. It's RWBY CHIBI!
6
3x3 Eyes (1991)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
The story of a young man named Yakumo Fuuji, who through a strange series of events becomes the immortal slave of the last of a race of 3 Eyed immortals. The immortal absorbs his soul to save his life, making him…
7
Yakitate!! Japan (2004)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and comedy
Azuma 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…
8
The Cuphead Show! (2022)
★ 8/10Also animation and comedy
Follow the misadventures of the impulsive Cuphead and his cautious but persuadable brother Mugman in this animated series based on the hit video game.
9
Dr. Slump (1981)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and comedy
Senbei Norimaki, known by his nickname Dr. Slump, a genius yet under-respected inventor and roboticist, creates an android by the name of Arale, and poses her as his little sister. What starts as an experiment in…
10
Strange Planet (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and comedy
Welcome to a distant planet not unlike our own, with hilarious yet poignant observations on life, love, and friendship—told in the most peculiar way.
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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.
12
Crayon Shin-chan (1992)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and comedy
Shin-chan, the boy next door, is a walking disaster, creating chaos wherever he goes. With the body of a child and the mind of an adult, Shinchan is wreaking more havoc than any child before. Shin-chan is carefree…
13
Always a Catch! (2026)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and comedy
Born into a legendary ducal family, martial prodigy Maria “Mimi” Annovazzi loses her claim as heir and is suddenly ordered to marry into prestige. With no options left in her homeland, she transfers to a neighboring…
14
NieA_7 (2000)
★ 7/10Also animation and comedy
Mayuko Chigasaki is an ordinary girl from the countryside, who now is attending university in big city Tokyo. She struggles each day to make ends meet while studying for her exams, barely scraping up the yen to afford…
15
From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated! (2025)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and comedy
After being struck by a car, 52-year-old civil servant Kenzaburou Tondabayashi finds himself reincarnated as the villainess of his daughter’s favorite video game! Committed to his role as the haughty and arrogant Grace…
16
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (2016)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and comedy
High school sophomore Kusuo Saiki swore as a child that he would keep his psychic talents hidden, but his abilities still make his life difficult.
17
Futurama (1999)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and comedy
The adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary…
18
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…
19
MAD (2010)
★ 8/10Also animation and comedy
Mad is an American animated sketch comedy series created by Kevin Shinick and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Based upon the magazine of the same name, each episode is a collection of short animated parodies of…
20
Excel Saga (1999)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and comedy
Hyperactive Excel does anything and everything to try to please her lord, Il Palazzo, who wants to take over the planet. Excel’s misadventures takes her and her partner, the ever-dying Hyatt, all over the world…