Himouto! Umaru-chan

Gabriel DropOut addpermalink

It gives you the same feeling watching it, the soundtracks, the characters, the artwork.. they are so identical while having completely different story. But IMO Gabriel is way better than Himouto because Himouto doesn't have a plot, you will never feel as engaged as watching Gabriel, you watch it just for fun. 

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The main heroines are litelarly the same, they both have two sides, ideal girl for public and videogame otaku for home. Plus there are tons of good humour, cuteness and cool subcharacters. 

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Both girls, Gabriel and Umaru, seem polite and perfect, but the truth is that they love to play games and do nerdy things. They looks very similar as well. 

report Recommended by RJBScarletRain

- Girl MC who is lazy and addicted to videogames
- MCs are a group of 4 girls
- Both have lots of comedy on random situations of their everyday life. 

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Both Gabriel DropOut and Himouto involve girls that have an outside, perfect(?) persona, but in reality they act very differently at home. Also, the drawing style is similar, but not the same (the same studio produced them).
These two anime follow the hilarious events that ensue. 

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Identical! But Gabriel Dropout have twice the troll IMO lmao. In term of artwork, it is identical as well, character design, environment all aspects reminds me of Umaru. And so to say, if you like the troll, comedy of Himouto Umaru chan...you will be very happy to watch Gabriel Dropout as well. Btw, reminds me that the main character is a same NEET Blondie girl. 

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If you like light comedy about a lazy person who wants to do nothing but have fun, play games, watch anime and whatever else a typical Japanese geek does and if you, just like me, didn't get enough of Umaru's shenanigans, waiting for the next season, worry not, Gabriel and her friends can make your day better in a blink of an eye. 

report Recommended by Waffle_Empress

Socializing in reality could be much pain in the BUNSS
Instead just staying at home doing some weird stuff when you're alone
Both 100% more than Otaku 

report Recommended by HikiNEET021

Umaru, but more goddesses  

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both are filled with jokes and the same sort of anime 

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Say hello to Umaru-chan's lesser little angel looalike, Gab-chan!!
Seriously, these two are similar in so many ways. Lazy, game addicted, natural genius, a shut in and they even look alike!
Gabriel dropout may not be as popular and interesting as Himouto but the actual story itself is quite enjoyable. You get to watch as the 4 characters live their daily lives, goofing around, pranking, and just trying to live out their lives as humans. The characters are likeable, the story is funny,  and the music is lovable. If you like Himouto style comedy, gabriel dropout shouldn't be far behind in your preference. Give it a try! :) read more 

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Anime: Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!

Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui! addpermalink

If you found Watamote to be too cringey and just wanted the laughs derived from a good-for-nothing sister pissing off her brother by being a lazy otaku, then look no more: Himouto is the cute-chibi spazzy answer to Watamote's black comedy despair.  

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Popular confident girl desperately tries to live life as an otaku vs anxiety crippled girl who thinks her otaku skills should make her popular. 

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Both shows feature a girl that mostly plays games and uses the internet in her free time. A Hikki-NEET-Otaku kind of character. 

report Recommended by WeeziMonkey

- A otaku girl  dependent on your tastes. With fear of showing as it really is. 

report Recommended by OtakuNote87

Both feature main female leads who love gaming and anime. Both characters also act completely different in school and public compared to their behavior at home. Also they both have fairly rough sibling relationships (though for different reasons).  

report Recommended by Doc_Smoothy

Both are comedy and slice of life centered on the main character's curious behavior in public/at home, although Umaru-Chan is more light hearted and cheerful and Watamote is somewhat dark humor. Both enjoyable! 

report Recommended by ircnod

-Both protagonists are gamers girls
-The two protagonists has a brother who seems to always be more "Normal" 

report Recommended by AaronUnder777

Both are slice of life anime about girl-otaku protagonists with brothers that don't want to put up with their bullshit. Both characters are very relatable that it is almost creepy. There are a few differences though. Umaru is usually always cheerful, cute, is good at school, very popular, etc. Tomoko though is basically depressed, not cute, not good at school, not popular, etc. They are basically similar only in the sense that they share an appreciation for being a lazy fucking bumb that likes games, anime, and manga. Both have alter-egos when in public too! 

report Recommended by godhimself

These shows are connected buy just how opposite they are. The protagonist of Himouto is a girl who doesn't really care about popularity, despite being the most popular, and she is seemingly flawless, not to mention the fact that everything goes her way. While Tomoko is a girl who cares about being popular, despite not being it, she is basically nothing but flaws, and not to mention that nothing goes her way.  

report Recommended by Soda-Stroyed

This series is very alike, thinking about the fact that the protagonists both are otakus, shut-ins, love games and anime, have a best friend with huge boobs (sorry I just had to say it), live with an older brother, Short stories with no plot,Little to no charcter development but I have to warn you, The protagonist of Himouto! Umaru-chan is actually the exact opposite of Tomoko. Umaru is the cliche protgonist who is always charismatic, attractive and lucky. Umaru looks like a model, has so many friends,admired anywhere she goes (both her looks and personality), confident, sociable (when not being lazy) with perfect grades no matter how little she tries. Long story short, I recommend this series for those who would've liked watamote if tomoko (and her story) were more cheerful and who cannot relate to watamote because they have more or less of a social life. read more 

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Anime: Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai

Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai addpermalink

Both series has a Brother and sister setting. Both main heroine are Prodigy of their school (Doma Umaru and Kousaka Kirino) but inside they are actually an Otaku, and the only person who knows is their brother (Doma Taihei and Kousaka Kyousuke).

I don't really like Kirino's personality toward his brother, but its a great series which I can compare to Himouto! Umaru-chan. Recommended for Comedy fans! 

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Both female protagonists are popular, beautiful, and charming high school girls. But are actually closet otakus, devoting their lifestyle to it. Both have tsundere tendencies towards their older brother, while at the same time bonding over activities such a video games. Both also have diverse groups of friends who have to struggle maintaining their home and school life with. 

report Recommended by Jerkhov

Basically about a perfect imouto on the outside but is in reality a shut-in. It follows the daily lives of them trying to hide their identity. OreImo however does have a side plot, with a much wider cast. Both of them has a storyline and connection, yes, even Umaru-chan has it. Also the imoutos are  annoying in both series. Finally, there's a sub genre of romance although again, in OreImo it completely takes over.

OreImo has better storyline but Umaru-Chan has better comedy and SoL elements. 

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If you are sister-con, you will enjoy Oreimo and Umaru-chan, as both series have a younger sister and an elder brother as main characters. 
Kirino and Umaru, the heroines of two series, are both perfect top students at school but actually otakus at home, while only their brothers, Kyosuke and Taihei, know their true sides. If you are an otaku like Kirino and Umaru, you may have the same feeling as them and enjoy the comedies about their daily life with their friends. 

report Recommended by lee960707

The anime are both slice of life comedies focused around the relationship between the main character and his younger sister. Both of the sisters act like perfect girls at school but are secretly otakus at home. OreImo is more plot heavy and has romance in it while Umaru-chan is mostly slice of life. If you like lighthearted comedies and anime focusing on little sisters you'll probably like both of them. 

report Recommended by Sande

Both have to do with an older brother taking care of a younger one, just one doesn't have sibling romance.
Umaru is a bit more animated in terms of expressions of the characters. Storylines are not very similar at all, but if you like sibling anime, then you'll probably like this one. 

report Recommended by ViolentTurtle1

little sister being a jerk and plain big bro helping her for no reason 

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Lucky☆Star addpermalink

The main heroines of both series are appalling otakus (the target audience) cleverly disguised as little girls, and the humour is based mostly on anime & video games references. If you liked Lucky Star you'll going to love Himouto, as it's story does not revolve around mundane events like eating chocolate coronets and sometimes even manages to be funny in a way thai is not related to references and overused tropes.  

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Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon addpermalink

Same enjoyable experience
They're both comedy 
Both have a super cute character 
Both have otaku characters
Also... Even openings have same experience
 

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Gugure! Kokkuri-san addpermalink

The first thing I noticed was that Himuouti! Umaru-chan and Gugure! Kokkuri san is that have a similar title, but that's obviously not the reason I recommend watching them

- They're both light hearted comedies, so don't expect any serious drama or depressing scenes in either of them
- The female protagonists have a chibi like form
- The male protagonists are responsible for taking care of the female protagonist
- The female protagonists are a bit extraordinary when it comes to their ways of living 

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Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou addpermalink

Both have conceited main character's who are completely different people at home and inside school. At home they have their selfish side while at school they are Mrs. Popularity. 

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Osake wa Fuufu ni Natte kara addpermalink

Both mc's are normal... until they drink/get home. In Osake, the mc gets extremely drunk when having even a bit of alcohol and doesn't want anyone to know. In Umaru-chan, the mc becomes a complete 100% otaku when she takes a step indoors and relies on her brother to do everything for her. 

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Poputepipikku addpermalink

- chibi girl(s) doing some random things
- filled with references to j-franchises (PTE - Pokémon, Totoro, ... and Umaru - One Piece, Hatsune Miku, ...)
- could be seen as funny and comedic 

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Shinryaku! Ika Musume addpermalink

Both are fun comedies with rather unique characters. Each episode is structured like multiple misadventures following humorous events. If you enjoyed the randomness of daily life of Ika Musume, you'll like the adorably cute Umaru-chan. 

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Acchi Kocchi (TV) addpermalink

-Both are funny
-Both has lots of friend together
-Both main are small people
 

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Denpa Kyoushi addpermalink

Both have school themes
Both about otaku
Both have cute girls
Both have (basically) no plot
(except for the last 3 episodes of denpa kyoushi) 

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Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge addpermalink

Similarities
-Both involve with lazy characters 
-Both have pretty decent comedy
 

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Imouto sae Ireba Ii. addpermalink

not entirely similar but what gives, there's imouto but different then any other imouto...what makes her different..watch Himouto! Umaru-chan to find out.. 

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NHK ni Youkoso! addpermalink

Both have similar tones, both MC's are lazy, useless otakus. Both are also delusional and blame all their problems on something else. Both also have creepy friends that are only in it for their bodies. 

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Blend S addpermalink

Has good characters and the plot focuses mainly on only one place. 

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Hinako Note addpermalink

They have similar-ish art styles and are both very adorable. Umaru-chan focuses more on family than friendship but they do both have very good friendship themes. The same length, and cute intro and ending themes. Humor in both as well, although more so in Umaru-chan. Both very lighthearted overall. 

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Slow Start addpermalink

They both are very relaxing, and you don't have to be stressed about the characters and the plots setting. 

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Gamers! addpermalink

Both are about a blonde popular school girl that is a secret otaku
And both have complicated relationships with the characters (for example Kirie doesn't know that umaru in cape is the same umaru as umaru without cape. And in gamers keita doesn't know that chiaki is Mono.
 

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Hanamaru Youchien addpermalink

Both have a very cute and simple story with adorable main characters with a very bubbly personality.
There both very enjoyable and relaxed and require very little attention.
Honestly if like Hanamaru Youchien i personally think you'll like Himouto Umaru-chan 

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Nyanko Days addpermalink

Both were fun to watch and had chibi girls in them. 

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Hataraku Maou-sama! addpermalink

Both are really good comedy. Both are totally fun to watch. Both have a ridiculous premise and both have a good cast of fun characters 

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Inuyashiki addpermalink

- some hard-working man gets annoyed by some anime/manga-loving kid
- man doesn't hate the annoying kid, because of his very friendly attitude
- while Himouto! Umaru-chan is a comedy-focussed slice of life, Inuyashiki is a gory action-sci-fi anime 

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Servant x Service addpermalink

Both have similar art style, humor, and an extraordinary comfortable and happy feeling to it. Will make you forget all your problems! 

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Shirokuma Cafe addpermalink

-Both of the main characters (Umaru/Panda) have similarity on hobby/traits such as lazing around, eating a most favorite food and especially appearance of cuteness! 

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Eromanga-sensei addpermalink

-Both are comedies, though Eromanga has some implied romance
-Umaru and Sagiri are both similar in personality, hobbies (both are otaku) and attitude (especially when it comes to the older brother) 

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Binbou Shimai Monogatari addpermalink

Both Slice of Life and involve older siblings who work to take care of their younger siblings, although Himouto! Umaru-chan is way more on the comedy side, they both still share the same kind of relaxing feeling you get while watching them and also the same loving relationship between siblings. 

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Flying Witch addpermalink

Both are slow-paced, slice of life with adorable, warm characters. Himouto! Umaru-chan is more of a comedy than flying witch. Both involves the theme of growing up and has a good sibling relationships. 

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Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu addpermalink

Both animes are about beautiful girls who hide the fact that they are fans of anime.

Haruka and Umaru are very similar when they are at school.

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Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku addpermalink

Experience the life of an otaku up close! Both are comedy series and contain some parody's about anime and manga. 

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High School! Kimengumi addpermalink

People turning to chibis in Fun Mode. Yes! With full comical situations.
 

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Barakamon addpermalink

Both titles include light hearted comedic leads that well embody the annoying younger sister (Umaru and Naru) and responsible older brother (Taihei and Seishuu) archetype to put up with their constant harassment. 

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Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun addpermalink

Both are light hearted funny shows with likable characters. I'd say comedy is better in Nozaki-kun. Both have two main characters, a mail and female, and have side characters that stand out and are pretty amusing to watch. 
They're also animated by the same stuidio. 

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Mitsudomoe addpermalink

Both are comedy-based slice of life shows that repeatedly play off of social plights and abnormalities in a lighthearted way. While Umaru-chan focuses on making references and being relatable, Mitsudomoe revolves around social dynamics and innuendos. Both will make you laugh! 

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Mikakunin de Shinkoukei addpermalink

Both have a case when the MC's sister has a completely different personality at home. In Himouto! Umaru-chan the MC has a sister that he has to take care of, but she's a lazy beggar. She wants everything and usually begs her brother for them. But when she goes outside, she's one of the most respectful girls and excels in everything. In Mikakunin de Shinkoukei, the MC (The protagonist is a girl) has a sister who usually playfully harasses a future-little-sister-in-law. When she's at school, she's apparently part of the student council and is also one of the most respectful girls who treats everyone in a good manner.

While both of these Anime don't share the same theme, they still share that Comedy, School and Slice of Life genre. They were also made from the same studio—Doga Kobo. read more 

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Binbougami ga! addpermalink

- They are both comedies
- They both have a myriad of otaku references
- They both have flawed characters 
- Both main protagonists are seen as "perfect" from an average perspective, and there's a lot more to them than meets the eye  

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Azumanga Daioh addpermalink

Both slice of life, have school setting time to time, and fun to watch 

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Yuru Yuri addpermalink

Himouto! Umaru-chan and Yuru Yuri showcases their strong points with the large serving of 'genki girl'; as Umaru-chan and Toshinou Kyouko does have their 'genki' similarities on being otakus, filled with events that fills each episode with silly nonsense, comedy and antics.

If you're a fan of otaku-ness and daily dose of CGDCT moeness, these two shows are for you. 

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Denki-gai no Honya-san addpermalink

Slice-of-Life anime which share very similar types of artstyles, otaku humor and references are prevalent in both. The focus of workplace humor and relationships is also in Umaru-chan during the scenes which focus on Taihei.  

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Amagi Brilliant Park addpermalink

both have very annoying yet lovable main protagonist's and a very colorlful and cheerful artstyle.
both have some Ok cute girls that seem to be part of the meat in the show since the plot can be a bit boring at times.
 

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