Shows Like Sweetness & Lightning
If you liked Sweetness & Lightning (2016), 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 Three Sons (1960)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and familyA widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and later the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join…
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Himouto! Umaru-chan (2015)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedyPeople are not always who they appear to be, as is the case with Umaru Doma, the perfect high school girl—that is, until she gets home! Once the front door closes, the real fun begins. When she dons her hamster hoodie…
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Hakumei and Mikochi (2018)
★ 8/10Also animation and comedyIn a world inhabited by people only a few inches tall, young women Hakumei and Mikochi live together in a house built into a tree. Hakumei is an energetic and tomboyish carpenter, while Mikochi is a feminine and calm…
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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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Today's Menu for the Emiya Family (2018)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and comedyFate and food meet in a delicious and gentle world. It's nothing but ordinary meal scenes... Delicious meals are served at the Emiya's dinner table every day, through spring, summer, fall and winter. -- Let's see…
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Duckman (1994)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and comedyTogether with Cornfed, his portly, porcine partner in crime solving, this defective detective amazingly manages to solve crimes and be a single parent to his hilariously dysfunctional sons at the same time.
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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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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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King of the Hill (1997)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and comedySet in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives with his overly confident substitute Spanish teacher wife Peggy, wannabe comedian son Bobby, and naive niece Luanne. Hank has…
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Laid-Back Camp (2018)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedyNadeshiko, a high school student who had moved from Shizuoka to Yamanashi, decides to see the famous, 1000 yen-bill-featured Mount Fuji. Even though she manages to bike all the way to Motosu, she's forced to turn back…
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The Way of the Househusband (2021)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and comedyAfter disappearing from the underworld, the legendary yakuza known as the "Immortal Dragon" resurfaces — as a fiercely devoted stay-at-home husband.
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WORKING!! (2010)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and comedySet in a family restaurant in Hokkaido, the northern prefecture of Japan, 16-year-old high school student Sōta Takanashi works part-time along with his strange co-workers: Popura Taneshima, a high school girl…
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Non Non Biyori (2013)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and comedyElementary school student Hotaru Ichijou has moved with her parents from Tokyo to the middle of the country. Now she must adapt to her new school, where there are a total of 5 students in the same class who range…
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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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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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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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Silver Spoon (2013)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and comedyYuugo Hachiken enrolled in Ooezo Agricultural High School for the reason that he could live in a dorm there. In some ways he chose Ooezo in an effort to escape the highly competitive prep schools he had attended…
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The Great North (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and comedyFollow the Alaskan adventures of the Tobin family as a single dad does his best to keep his weird bunch of kids close, especially as the artistic dreams of his only daughter lead her away from the family fishing boat…
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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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WWW.WAGNARIA!! (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and comedyDaisuke Higashida gets a job at a restaurant because of family financial difficulties, but no one who works there is normal.