Shows Like Ben-To

If you liked Ben-To (2011), a comedy and action & adventure 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
Toriko (2011)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
In a world where gastronomy reigns, Gourmet Hunter Toriko hunts rare ingredients and animals to create his ultimate full-course meal.
2
Samurai Girls (2010)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and comedy
The story takes place in Japan in the early 21st century, in an alternate reality where the Tokugawa Shogunate has remained in power. In this reality, student councils are tasked with oppressing schools. Yagyuu…
3
Maken-Ki! Battling Venus (2011)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and comedy
This romantic comedy is about Takeru Ohyama, a typical perverted teenage boy. His new school doesn't require entrance exams, and it just turned co-ed! Unfortunately, his dreams of a happy high school life are dashed…
4
Absolute Duo (2015)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and comedy
This is the story of Tooru Kokonoe who has enrolled at Kouryou Academy, a school which trains students in wielding Blaze, soul powered weapons to prepare them for the Dorn Agency's special peacekeeping corps. When…
5
Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends (2011)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and comedy
Kodaka Hasegawa has just transferred to St. Chronica's Academy and he's having a hard time making friends. With his naturally blond hair and fierce looking eyes, people constantly mistake him for a delinquent. One day…
6
Angel's 3Piece! (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and comedy
A shut-in ever since he had a traumatic experience, Nukui Hibiki's biggest hobby has been using vocalization software to create and uploading songs online. One day, he receives an email from some fifth-grader girls…
7
Sekirei (2008)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and comedy
Struggling yet brilliant, 19-year-old Minato Sahashi has failed his college entrance exams for the second time, resulting in him being regarded as worthless by those around him. However, the course of his seemingly…
8
REBORN! (2006)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedy
Tsuna, a timid junior high student, is a failure at school, sports, and social life. But everything around Tsuna has been completely changed when a baby called Reborn, who claims to be an Italian hit man from Vongola…
9
Lucky Star (2007)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and comedy
Having fun in school, doing homework together, cooking and eating, playing video games, watching anime. All those little things make up the daily life of the anime-and chocolate-loving-Izumi Konata and her friends.
10
Aqua Teen Hunger Force (2000)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and comedy
The surreal adventures of three anthropomorphic fast food items: Master Shake, Frylock and Meatwad, and their human nextdoor neighbor, Carl Brutananadilewski.
11
Myriad Colors Phantom World (2016)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and comedy
In the near future, in a world born of human imagination, what humans would call ghosts or monsters appear, and they come to be called "phantoms." Haruhiko Ichijō, is a first year at Hosea Academy along with his…
12
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! (2020)
★ 8/10Also animation and action & adventure
First-year high schooler Midori Asakusa loves anime so much, she insists that "concept is everything" in animation. While she spends her time doodling endless ideas and settings in her sketchbook, she hasn't taken the…
13
Kill la Kill (2013)
★ 8.2/10Also action & adventure and animation
Honnouji Academy is forcefully ruled by the iron-fisted control of its student council and its president, Satsuki Kiryuin. Transfer student, Ryuko Matoi, arrives on campus carrying a giant sword, that is actually half…
14
Ladies versus Butlers! (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and comedy
Raised by his uncle after his parents’ deaths, Akiharu enrolls at a mostly female academy that specializes in training maids and butlers for high society placements.
15
MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES (2023)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and comedy
This is a world of magic where magic is used for everything. But deep in the forest exists a young man who spends his time training and bulking up. He can't use magic, but he enjoys a peaceful life with his father. But…
16
2.5 Dimensional Seduction (2024)
★ 8/10Also animation and comedy
When cosplayer Ririsa joins Okumura's manga club, the line between 2D and 3D blurs when she asks him to be her photographer.
17
Baki Hanma (2021)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and action & adventure
To gain the skills he needs to surpass his powerful father, Baki enters Arizona State Prison to take on the notorious inmate known as Mr. Unchained.
18
The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses (2023)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and comedy
After inheriting his late grandmother’s failing café, Hayato sees it as a bother and plans to sell it for a quick buck. Until he discovers five beautiful girls staying there! When they beg him to keep the café open…
19
Hybrid x Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia (2016)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and action & adventure
One day, humanity was invaded by another world. Having experienced that battle, known as Other World War I, humanity moved to marine floats, built for emergency evacuation purposes, as soon as Other World War II began…
20
Armed Girl's Machiavellism (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and comedy
The Private Aichi Symbiosis Academy was originally a high school for high-class girls. When it became co-ed, the girls, out of fear, asked to be permitted to bring weapons to school. When that was enforced, a…