2014
85 eps
MBS / Crunchyroll
Sports Comedy Drama
Shoyo Hinata is short, athletic, and obsessed with volleyball. Tobio Kageyama is a genius setter whose perfectionism drove away every teammate he's ever had. Th…
Both navigate the same emotional territory: perseverance and teamwork. Same funny and inspiring energy throughout.
2023
12 eps
P.A. Works / Crunchyroll
Romance Comedy Slice Of Life
Mitsumi Iwakura moves from rural Ishikawa to Tokyo for high school, armed with a five-year plan, an overachiever's work ethic, and almost no social skills. Sous…
If you loved Racket Boys's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Skip and Loafer delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — growing up — is the same. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.
2022
37 eps
TV Tokyo / Crunchyroll
Comedy Action Family
A spy who needs a fake family for a mission. An assassin who needs a husband. A telepath child who needs parents. None of them know the others' secrets. All of …
If you loved Racket Boys's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Spy x Family delivers exactly that. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.
2022
12 eps
CloverWorks / Crunchyroll
Comedy Music Slice Of Life
Hitori Gotoh (self-named 'Bocchi') is a guitar prodigy with crippling social anxiety. She taught herself to shred in her bedroom closet, dreaming of forming a b…
If you loved Racket Boys's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Bocchi the Rock! delivers exactly that. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.
2021
24 eps
TBS / Netflix
Romance Comedy Slice Of Life
Shouko Komi is transcendently beautiful, quietly brilliant, and practically deified at her new high school. She's also completely unable to communicate — not fr…
Both navigate the same emotional territory: belonging and growing up. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.