Shows Like Umamusume: Pretty Derby

If you liked Umamusume: Pretty Derby (2018), 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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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…
2
Ai Yori Aoshi (2002)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and comedy
Kaoru is a college boy with everything going for him. He lives in a mansion with his beautiful fiancé, Aoi, all his roommates are babes, and they all have the hots for him. There’s just one hitch: due to family…
3
Iwa Kakeru! Sport Climbing Girls (2020)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and comedy
Sport climbing is a sport that makes use of both the body and the brain to climb walls. Kasahara Konomi, a master at puzzles, just happens to discover her school’s climbing wall, and it looks almost like a colorful…
4
Hungry Heart: Wild Striker (2002)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and comedy
Kyosuke Kano has lived under the shadow of his successful brother Seisuke all his life who is a professional soccer player.
5
Kageki Shojo!! (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and drama
The curtain rises on Sarasa Watanabe, a starry-eyed 5'10" student who hopes to perform as a male lead role in the all-female Kouka Acting Troupe. She forms a friendship with her new roommate, a former idol. Together…
6
Seton Academy: Join the Pack! (2020)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and comedy
Seton Academy, a school where animals of all species gather to live and learn together. A sacred garden of learning, where students hone their primal instincts and the laws are of the jungle. Where species pit against…
7
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…
8
A Centaur's Life (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and comedy
Kimihara Himeno, also known as "Hime," goes about her life, love, and studies just like any ordinary high school girl. The only difference is that she's a centaur. She enjoys her school life along with classmates of…
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Fighting Spirit (2000)
★ 8.7/10Also animation and comedy
Makunouchi Ippo is an ordinary high school student in Japan. Since he spends most of his time away from school helping his mother run the family business, he doesn't get to enjoy his younger years like most teenagers…
10
Rent-a-Girlfriend (2020)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and comedy
Kinoshita Kazuya is a 20-year-old failure of a college student. He managed to kiss his girlfriend once, but was dumped after a month. Completely spiteful, Kazuya uses a certain method to date a girl. He goes to their…
11
In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also animation and comedy
The isolationist Akane Clan, composed of an all-girls body mainly consisting of young kunoichi in training, has a code to which they all must adhere: "As men are dangerous beings, interacting with them is forbidden."…
12
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…
13
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…
14
Tawawa on Monday (2016)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and comedy
The anime follows a salaryman who has a chance meeting with a girl named Ai on the train. They begin to meet every Monday on the train, with the man serving as her bodyguard on the crowded commute while they chat.
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The Gymnastics Samurai (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also animation and drama
In the year 2002, the formerly powerful Japanese men's gymnastics team member Jotaro Aragaki is no longer able to compete. Even though he trained strenuously daily, he is asked about retiring by his coach Amakusa…
16
THE iDOLM@STER (2011)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and drama
THE IDOLM@STER follows 13 girls from the 765 Production Studio, whose sole goals is to become the top idols in the Japanese entertainment industry. Along with the laughs, struggles and tears that are inherently part of…
17
MEGALOBOX (2018)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and drama
A desolate land stretches out from the city of poverty. A motorcycle speeds recklessly, blowing clouds of sand and dust. The rider is the protagonist of this story – he has neither a name nor a past. All he has is his…
18
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…
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Outbreak Company (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and animation
What starts out as a simple job soon becomes an adventure in an alternate world when otaku-expert Shinichi Kanou is unknowingly sent as an otaku-culture ambassador to the land of the Holy Eldant Empire.
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NARUTO Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals (2012)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and comedy
Welcome to the Hidden Leaf Village. The village where Uzumaki Naruto, star of the TV show "Naruto" makes his home. Every day, countless powerful ninjas carry out missions and train to hone their skills. Our main…