Anime like Baka and Test?
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Hey everyone,
I've been craving an anime like Baka and Test (Baka to Tesuto to ShÅkanjÅ«), I really like the absurd humor, energetic and absurd animation. I liked how it was easy to binge watch too, sitcommy to an extent you know?
I'm wondering if anyone knows of other anime comedies that have those qualities.
The only other anime comedies I have experience with are BoBoBo (awesome but sometimes to absurd for its own good, like Tim and Eric), and Heaven's Lost Property (First few episodes were great, but as it's getting more plot heavy my interest is waning).
Thanks!
I've been craving an anime like Baka and Test (Baka to Tesuto to ShÅkanjÅ«), I really like the absurd humor, energetic and absurd animation. I liked how it was easy to binge watch too, sitcommy to an extent you know?
I'm wondering if anyone knows of other anime comedies that have those qualities.
The only other anime comedies I have experience with are BoBoBo (awesome but sometimes to absurd for its own good, like Tim and Eric), and Heaven's Lost Property (First few episodes were great, but as it's getting more plot heavy my interest is waning).
Thanks!
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Comedy wise try...
Seto no Hanayome (My Bride is a Mermaid): Closes you'll get to Baka to Test in all the genre's.
Sumomomo Momomomo: Second closes you'll get too...
Nichijou (My Ordinary Life): Romantic elements lighter, but comedy elements our gold painted golden. You might consider it a sorta half way between BtT and Bobobo.
If you like Nichijou, there's also Azumanga Daioh. Both quite similar, and if you like both of them, there is also Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei.
Love Hina: The manga, I don't know what others see in the anime, but to me, it shat on the story and development of the manga, but some people like it anyways. Romantic comedy with a more mature tone and a definitive end (with the manga).
If you like Love Hina, though I haven't watched the anime but read the manga, there's also a series called Genshiken, a bit more mature with a focus on Otaku culture but similar age group, and college settings, with, while more serious, romantic and comedic elements.
Full Metal Panic: All of them are good, but FMP: Fumofu focuses on romance more but removing the action from FMP and retelling the story. There's also a manga by the name of FMP: Overload, another "retelling" in which they bring out the comedy more. More action than Fumofu but as much or a bit less than the original in romance.
FMP - more serious
FMP:F - more romantic
FMP:O - more comedy (pretty close to Bobobo but not as random)
If you like Full Metal Panic, I feel I should trow in Trigun, probably the lightest in romance from all the series I am trowing in, but ridiculously funny and really great story.
Wagnaria! (Working): Quite funny, and an interesting watch. Romantic comedic elements.
If you like Working, another series by that creator that goes by the name of Servant X Service, really good. A romantic comedy focusing on adults.
B Gata H Kei (Yamada's First Time): Is another awkward romantic comedy between two students stepping into adulthood. Very, VERY, funny, I very much like this show.
If you like B Gata H Kei, you should also like Golden Time, same tone but focused on a different age group and own series of difficulties in forming and maintaining a relationship, I quite like it (I still have to finish it). Also, I'll trow Toradora in here too, about the struggles of youth trying to find romance in unrequited love, romantic comedy.
Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari (Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar): The best I've seen from Masaki Kajishima, the best Tenchi series yet. Very good show. Romantic (as far as any of his harem series have ever gone in romance), comedic, (well done) action series.
If you like Isekai no Seikishi You might also like Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure, both school action based romantic comedy. I'll also trow the Mahou Sensei Negima Manga in too. A really amazing evolution, from Ken Akumatsu, with his characters throughout his time working on the series. What it seems like starting is nothing like what it is 10 volumes in.
Ouran High School Host Club: Ridiculously funny and entertaining, RomCom. If you watch the anime, you should go to the manga after you finish, the manga cuts off around 1/3 through the story of the manga.
If you like Ouran High School Host Club you should also like Princess Jellyfish. Another very interesting shoujo series with similar elements using an older age group, very entertaining and very funny. (Ending though...) I should also trow in Fruits Basket as another comedic romantic shoujo series. Also the manga of Skip Beat.
Rosario Vampire: One of the few harem series I can get behind in saying "I loved". Romantic Comedy with comedic action. If you read the manga though, it's a lot more gloomier with a lot more rape innuendo, similar concept but different stories. It's not bad though, just, very different feeling from the anime that exhibits a lot more positivity.
If you like Rosario Vampire you should also like Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai. Another harem series I will acknowledge.
Inukami: Ridiculously funny.... I mean crazy "laugh your ass off your chair" funny. Romantic action comedy, high recommend it.
There is no order to the list.
Unless I mention the manga, I am talking about the anime by default.
This is a list based on my personal opinion of "what series I believe could stand on the same level as Baka to Test in the same respective genre's of Romance and Comedy". There were other series of the same nature as BtT, but I didn't include them because I didn't feel they were the same quality, so there is more out there.
And I feel I may be missing a few series I just can't bring to the top of my head, if I feel they were important, I'll post another comment with them in it. That or PM.
Seto no Hanayome (My Bride is a Mermaid): Closes you'll get to Baka to Test in all the genre's.
Sumomomo Momomomo: Second closes you'll get too...
Nichijou (My Ordinary Life): Romantic elements lighter, but comedy elements our gold painted golden. You might consider it a sorta half way between BtT and Bobobo.
If you like Nichijou, there's also Azumanga Daioh. Both quite similar, and if you like both of them, there is also Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei.
Love Hina: The manga, I don't know what others see in the anime, but to me, it shat on the story and development of the manga, but some people like it anyways. Romantic comedy with a more mature tone and a definitive end (with the manga).
If you like Love Hina, though I haven't watched the anime but read the manga, there's also a series called Genshiken, a bit more mature with a focus on Otaku culture but similar age group, and college settings, with, while more serious, romantic and comedic elements.
Full Metal Panic: All of them are good, but FMP: Fumofu focuses on romance more but removing the action from FMP and retelling the story. There's also a manga by the name of FMP: Overload, another "retelling" in which they bring out the comedy more. More action than Fumofu but as much or a bit less than the original in romance.
FMP - more serious
FMP:F - more romantic
FMP:O - more comedy (pretty close to Bobobo but not as random)
If you like Full Metal Panic, I feel I should trow in Trigun, probably the lightest in romance from all the series I am trowing in, but ridiculously funny and really great story.
Wagnaria! (Working): Quite funny, and an interesting watch. Romantic comedic elements.
If you like Working, another series by that creator that goes by the name of Servant X Service, really good. A romantic comedy focusing on adults.
B Gata H Kei (Yamada's First Time): Is another awkward romantic comedy between two students stepping into adulthood. Very, VERY, funny, I very much like this show.
If you like B Gata H Kei, you should also like Golden Time, same tone but focused on a different age group and own series of difficulties in forming and maintaining a relationship, I quite like it (I still have to finish it). Also, I'll trow Toradora in here too, about the struggles of youth trying to find romance in unrequited love, romantic comedy.
Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari (Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar): The best I've seen from Masaki Kajishima, the best Tenchi series yet. Very good show. Romantic (as far as any of his harem series have ever gone in romance), comedic, (well done) action series.
If you like Isekai no Seikishi You might also like Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure, both school action based romantic comedy. I'll also trow the Mahou Sensei Negima Manga in too. A really amazing evolution, from Ken Akumatsu, with his characters throughout his time working on the series. What it seems like starting is nothing like what it is 10 volumes in.
Ouran High School Host Club: Ridiculously funny and entertaining, RomCom. If you watch the anime, you should go to the manga after you finish, the manga cuts off around 1/3 through the story of the manga.
If you like Ouran High School Host Club you should also like Princess Jellyfish. Another very interesting shoujo series with similar elements using an older age group, very entertaining and very funny. (Ending though...) I should also trow in Fruits Basket as another comedic romantic shoujo series. Also the manga of Skip Beat.
Rosario Vampire: One of the few harem series I can get behind in saying "I loved". Romantic Comedy with comedic action. If you read the manga though, it's a lot more gloomier with a lot more rape innuendo, similar concept but different stories. It's not bad though, just, very different feeling from the anime that exhibits a lot more positivity.
If you like Rosario Vampire you should also like Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai. Another harem series I will acknowledge.
Inukami: Ridiculously funny.... I mean crazy "laugh your ass off your chair" funny. Romantic action comedy, high recommend it.
There is no order to the list.
Unless I mention the manga, I am talking about the anime by default.
This is a list based on my personal opinion of "what series I believe could stand on the same level as Baka to Test in the same respective genre's of Romance and Comedy". There were other series of the same nature as BtT, but I didn't include them because I didn't feel they were the same quality, so there is more out there.
And I feel I may be missing a few series I just can't bring to the top of my head, if I feel they were important, I'll post another comment with them in it. That or PM.
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MrTickTock
Vanguard of NTR
bakapink wrote...
Comedy wise try...Seto no Hanayome (My Bride is a Mermaid): Closes you'll get to Baka to Test in all the genre's.
Sumomomo Momomomo: Second closes you'll get too...
Nichijou (My Ordinary Life): Romantic elements lighter, but comedy elements our gold painted golden. You might consider it a sorta half way between BtT and Bobobo.
If you like Nichijou, there's also Azumanga Daioh. Both quite similar, and if you like both of them, there is also Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei.
Love Hina: The manga, I don't know what others see in the anime, but to me, it shat on the story and development of the manga, but some people like it anyways. Romantic comedy with a more mature tone and a definitive end (with the manga).
If you like Love Hina, though I haven't watched the anime but read the manga, there's also a series called Genshiken, a bit more mature with a focus on Otaku culture but similar age group, and college settings, with, while more serious, romantic and comedic elements.
Full Metal Panic: All of them are good, but FMP: Fumofu focuses on romance more but removing the action from FMP and retelling the story. There's also a manga by the name of FMP: Overload, another "retelling" in which they bring out the comedy more. More action than Fumofu but as much or a bit less than the original in romance.
FMP - more serious
FMP:F - more romantic
FMP:O - more comedy (pretty close to Bobobo but not as random)
If you like Full Metal Panic, I feel I should trow in Trigun, probably the lightest in romance from all the series I am trowing in, but ridiculously funny and really great story.
Wagnaria! (Working): Quite funny, and an interesting watch. Romantic comedic elements.
If you like Working, another series by that creator that goes by the name of Servant X Service, really good. A romantic comedy focusing on adults.
B Gata H Kei (Yamada's First Time): Is another awkward romantic comedy between two students stepping into adulthood. Very, VERY, funny, I very much like this show.
If you like B Gata H Kei, you should also like Golden Time, same tone but focused on a different age group and own series of difficulties in forming and maintaining a relationship, I quite like it (I still have to finish it). Also, I'll trow Toradora in here too, about the struggles of youth trying to find romance in unrequited love, romantic comedy.
Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari (Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar): The best I've seen from Masaki Kajishima, the best Tenchi series yet. Very good show. Romantic (as far as any of his harem series have ever gone in romance), comedic, (well done) action series.
If you like Isekai no Seikishi You might also like Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure, both school action based romantic comedy. I'll also trow the Mahou Sensei Negima Manga in too. A really amazing evolution, from Ken Akumatsu, with his characters throughout his time working on the series. What it seems like starting is nothing like what it is 10 volumes in.
Ouran High School Host Club: Ridiculously funny and entertaining, RomCom. If you watch the anime, you should go to the manga after you finish, the manga cuts off around 1/3 through the story of the manga.
If you like Ouran High School Host Club you should also like Princess Jellyfish. Another very interesting shoujo series with similar elements using an older age group, very entertaining and very funny. (Ending though...) I should also trow in Fruits Basket as another comedic romantic shoujo series. Also the manga of Skip Beat.
Rosario Vampire: One of the few harem series I can get behind in saying "I loved". Romantic Comedy with comedic action. If you read the manga though, it's a lot more gloomier with a lot more rape innuendo, similar concept but different stories. It's not bad though, just, very different feeling from the anime that exhibits a lot more positivity.
If you like Rosario Vampire you should also like Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai. Another harem series I will acknowledge.
Inukami: Ridiculously funny.... I mean crazy "laugh your ass off your chair" funny. Romantic action comedy, high recommend it.
There is no order to the list.
Unless I mention the manga, I am talking about the anime by default.
This is a list based on my personal opinion of "what series I believe could stand on the same level as Baka to Test in the same respective genre's of Romance and Comedy". There were other series of the same nature as BtT, but I didn't include them because I didn't feel they were the same quality, so there is more out there.
And I feel I may be missing a few series I just can't bring to the top of my head, if I feel they were important, I'll post another comment with them in it. That or PM.
well i was going to post some ideas, but i think this guy covered pretty much everything.
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A couple more..
Arakawa Under the Bridge Creates a strong and close bridge between Baka to Test and Bobobo.
Kemeko DX A romance series with comedy elements similar to Bobobo.
Macademi Wasshoi! Hard to call it romance, but has whacky perverted comedy elements that lean in the direction of Bobobo humor.
Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san. The second season got a bit... for me, but the series is quite similar to Bobobo in the wackiness. No romantic elements.
Hitman Reborn Your stereotypical "heavily shounen series romantic interest level". But the comedy may be considered comparable with Bobobo.
I've been trying to stay away from heavy shounen series though, since I don't get very far in the series. But if I can use heavily shounen series whose scope I've barely scratched as recommendations, Gintama and Beelzebub are 2 more.
Same disclaimer as before, though replace/add Bobobo where Baka to Test is read.
Arakawa Under the Bridge Creates a strong and close bridge between Baka to Test and Bobobo.
Kemeko DX A romance series with comedy elements similar to Bobobo.
Macademi Wasshoi! Hard to call it romance, but has whacky perverted comedy elements that lean in the direction of Bobobo humor.
Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san. The second season got a bit... for me, but the series is quite similar to Bobobo in the wackiness. No romantic elements.
Hitman Reborn Your stereotypical "heavily shounen series romantic interest level". But the comedy may be considered comparable with Bobobo.
I've been trying to stay away from heavy shounen series though, since I don't get very far in the series. But if I can use heavily shounen series whose scope I've barely scratched as recommendations, Gintama and Beelzebub are 2 more.
Same disclaimer as before, though replace/add Bobobo where Baka to Test is read.
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bakapink wrote...
EVERYTHINGAll these are the closest you're gonna get to something like Baka Test. This guy hit the nail right in the head.
Especially Seto no Hanayome!
The only one I'm going to add for crazy comedy is The Wallflower, or 'Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge'. Get past the art style and embrace the comedy, and you'll be laughing for hours. I know I did.