Slice of Life Anime

This anime was running almost 20 years and has over 1800 episodes.

Based on Sans Famille by Hector Malot. This is a faithful if compressed adaptation, telling the story of Remi who is sold off to Vitalis the travelling musician and his band of performing animals. It has musical numbers typical this era of Toei films, some awkward slapstic, plenty of scenes tailored to pull on the heartstrings, and very smooth animation. Overall a pleasant film that's interesting to watch for the technical aspects; but the story leaves much to be desired, being on the melodramatic-maudlin side. The later Dezaki/Sugino version is very different, with 52 episodes for the story to breathe in and far more compelling storytelling. (Source: AniDB)

More adventures for Chuck and his friends. (Source: AniDB)

A music video from NHK's Minna no Uta featuring a song by Angela Aki and art by Fruits Basket's mangaka. Based around 3 people as young children they sit down and write to their future self. They wish for the best and tell themselves to never give up faith or hope to always believe and stay strong even if everyone else puts them down. They just need to believe in thyself and they will be fine. I won't give away much more then that, but at the end they thank their younger self's and how they gave the advice proudly accepting what happened and glad they wrote it. They just hope for their future self to be happy more than anything no matter what happens.

Bubu Chacha is about a dog who died due to a fateful accident and was resurrected as a toy car. Together, he and Randy learn many new things about the world and about friendship that never dies.

The story centers on a crocodile living a normal life, unaware that he is due to die in 100 days. The crocodile spends ordinary days with his animal companions. (Source: ANN)

In 20XX C.E., a mysterious alien race named Firow suddenly appears on Earth. The Firow's dreadful attacks force humanity to engage in a difficult battle. But humanity's last hope, the X Maiden who wear weapons built to destroy the Firow, are about to set out. (Source: ANN)

Animated trailer for Chronicle's song Cosmos.

An original anime DVD bundled with a limited edition of saxyun's 4th Yurumates manga volume. The bundled DVD contained the opening animation sequence for the television anime series and its first episode, as well as two unaired episodes. The limited edition also included an exclusive booklet. (Source: ANN)

A short animation created to celebrate Kyoto Animation reaching 50,000 Twitter followers.

The year is 1917, and under Japanese occupation, Taiwan suffers from terrible drought and famine. Residents of the Chianan Plain live in squalor, their lives defined by the daily struggle of carting water home. When Yoichi Hatta, a Japanese civil engineer, arrives with a plan to reshape the area's irrigation dramatically, the local residents are quick to call him a liar. Xu Yingzhe, the son of a poor farmer, takes issue with the outright rejection of Hatta's plan and tries to reason and grasp the situation. Hatta's scheme may seem crazy, but it could be the very thing that improves the strenuous lives of the Taiwanese people. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Special ending animation sequence for the "Anime Seijin: Tokimeki Recipe" cooking and talk show. The "nonsensical romantic fantasy" of the anime centres around a kitten named Loup and a puppy named Noix — both of whom believe that they are actually human girls. (Source: ANN)

Thousands of Genki-kun—1:100 scale paper people—move about within a bustling train station during the commuter rush. An x-ray effect reveals just how packed the train interiors are with passengers! [Written by MAL Rewrite]

The adventures of Little Lulu and her friends. The series is based on the famous character from comic strips and comic books. (Source: AniDB)

It will be about the daily life of a big family of mushrooms living together.

(No synopsis yet.)

Music video for the song Shinkiro by Houshou Marine and Gawr Gura.

The music film is a part of TOHO animation's 10th anniversary project.

Genki-kun figures use mechanized transplanters to sow eighty thousand rice seedlings in an idyllic field close to where the mountains meet the plains. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

The West Japan Railway Company (JR West) began streaming a 15-second commercial for its "Natsu ga Zoku Zoku! Natsu Kazoku! Summer Train!" (Summer is Thrilling! Summer Family! Summer Train!) campaign on Tuesday. The commercial shows a family taking a JR West bullet train line for their summer vacation. (Source: ANN)

Fujyoko is a 24 year old office worker. She admires her fashionable senpai Takayo, but one day she meets her at a doujinshi event.

Mao Otoha, who is now a second year high school student at Seirei Private High School, is now performing as the top idol Hana in Aikatsu Planet! A few months after the Planet Princess Grand Prix, her schedule is packed everyday. The reason why Mao can be an active idol is because of the bond she has with her fans, in which she has changed and felt touched, and now would like to deliver her gratitude to those important around her by launching the "Aikatsu Planet! Gratitude Festival". (source: eiga.com, translated)

A thousand Genki-kun figures scramble across the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo—the busiest street intersection in the world. Despite it being so crowded, everyone manages to safely make it across! [Written by MAL Rewrite]

A special episode released with the first DVD volume of Mini Vanguard.

TV anime based on San-X's new series of mascot characters "Chickip Dancers." The main characters in the anime will be the apprehensive but curious bone-in chicken Hone Chicken, and the dancing instructor frog Skip Gaeru, who travels by dancing. (Source: ANN)

Short specials uploded to the official Twitter in which Latina gives little comments about her life and the people around her.

The story follows the daily life of a group of birds, including a duck, an old nihilistic great grey owl, and a gluttonous Caique parrot. (Source: ANN)

In the near future, technology has made a few leaps and bounds, and videophones and constant wireless internet access are available to everyone. However, it would seen that the government has been careless and a skilled hacker was able to break into the national information archive. Using the data held there he creates the Platonic Chain website for people to discover information about themselves and their friends. Words start to spread quickly that there is a site that enables you to look up anything. Coincidentally, three young girls, Hitomi, Rika, and Kanae, are able to access the site. (Source: AniDB) This is a 15 minutes special to the TV series, Platonic Chain.

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When six international students descend on Shimizu for a homestay, an Italian boy takes an unusual liking to Maruko, who isn't too impressed by the situation. Can she put aside her annoyance in order to help him connect to the memory of one of his closest family members? Join the expansive cast of Chibi Maruko-chan as they embark on their first cinematic adventure in 23 years! (Source: MaruChanSubs)

Black rain, which contained plenty of radioactivity, poured into Hiroshima just after the bombing. The effects of the death ash extend to the second and third generations and still cast the shadow of death behind the living witnesses. (Source: Official Site)

Sequel of Shin Obake no Q-tarou.

Music video for the single Mizuiro no One-Piece by Japanese singer-songwriter Yasuha that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. The video features a blend of live-action scenery and animation by Kouji Nanke.

This was an anthology program containing several different anime each week along with some non-animated segments. Several of the animated films were short series including: Nazo no Rouba [謎の老婆] (tvss), Meibugyou Bun-san [名奉行・文さん], Jo Keibu Jinguuji Youko [女警部・神宮寺葉子], Remon Suzumori's Soudanjo [鈴森なんでも相談所]. (Source: animated-divots.net)

Kobo Tabata lives in a typical Japanese family. His father is a normal salary-man, his mother's a typical housewife, his grandparents (from his mother's side) help to take care of the family and it's pets, and his uncle's a slightly obese high school teacher. Still, they manage to find odd situations that sometimes arise due to Kobo's growing up process or simply because of their own habits and misunderstandings. (Source: ANN)

A televised Japanese McDonald's commercial for their upgraded Gracoro Burgers. Gracoro is short for [potato] gratin and croquette/korokke. The patty is a gratin croquette filled with macaroni and seafood. This year the Gracoro Burgers are now thicker (with more filling) and a beef demi-glace cheese topped version is also available for this winter only.

This is the story of a young couple who struggle with their children. Miki is the mother of two kids, Hyoga and Jura. Hyoga is a 4-year-old boy and Jura is a 2-year-old girl. Miki writes children's books at home. Miki wants to be a gentle and kind mother, but it is difficult to be patient with the kids. Her husband Gendai tries to be as cooperative as he can and helps her to attend to the kids. But sometimes he only makes her even angrier. (Source: animenfo)

The main character of this show is a little red bean who dreams of being eaten.

The story revolves around an ordinary Shanghai family. Feifei Han, who has devoted herself to the advertising industry, encountered a career crisis in her first year. At the same time, her parents are increasingly pressuring her to get married. Under the double attack, Feifei's life fell into a mess. Whenever Feifei fell into confusion, his father Dongliang Han would show up to encourage his daughter. In the intertwined memories, Feifei realizes the love and teachings from her father Dongliang. In the end, with the encouragement of family and friends, Feifei gets rid of her confusion and continues on with new vigor. (Source: bilibili, translated)

Unaired episodes of Cinderella Girls Gekijou: Climax Season included in the DVD and Blu-ray release.

A short animation by Arawi Keiichi to celebrate the New Year.

Second season of the Lovely Muco series.

The franchise centers on two friends: a naive weasel who likes cute and round things, and a dormouse who plays innocent. Together, they spend their days playing and having fun in short stories set in Nagano Prefecture. (Source: ANN)

It is Taku Furukawa's 70th birthday! The animator is hard at work, but he decides to take a much-deserved coffee break to celebrate. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

The story is about a boy and his dream of making the best violin.

Short animation by Tekken.

The Oishinbo gang takes time off from the normal culinary wars to get involved with a political dispute about American rice imports. The economic conflict between a pushy US Senator from California and a nationalistic Japanese politician is further complicated by concerns about the cumulative effect of pesticide use in both American and Japanese agriculture.

Satoko Kusagakure, a female ninja who left her village with her comrades, finds herself living with Konoha, a high school girl working as an assassin in the city. Satoko possesses the ability to transform objects using ninjutsu, which catches Konoha's attention. They strike a deal: Konoha provides Satoko with a place to live in exchange for Satoko's help in cleaning up after her assassination jobs. As they face off against assassins sent by Satoko's village, indulge in delicious meals using money earned from assassination jobs, and navigate the chaos of their unusual living situation, the story captures the heartwarming yet chaotic lives of these two unlikely roommates. (Source: MAL News)

Mikio Osawa, an average 5th grade school boy, lives in the suburbs of Osaka. Mikio likes Haruko Tezuka, a cute little girl in his class. However, Mikio is too shy and withdrawn to tell Haruko that he likes her. One day, Mikio's close friend Megane brings news that Haruko is about to move away to another town... Kaede Newtown is a romantic comedy animation created by Naoto Iwakiri, an Osaka-born illustrator. With cute little characters and music created by Japanese band Aprils and singer-songwriter TOMOVSKY, Kaede Newtown takes you back to the good ol' town you lived in during the good ol' days of your childhood. (Source: crunchyroll.com)

A compilation OVA of 5 stories portraying the life of Ozaki Yutaka, a famous Japanese musician in the 80s and early 90s who died young.

Kataribe Shoujo Honoka is an original animation to promote the city of Tono in Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

A 3DCG short screened alongside Kirakira☆Precure A La Mode Movie: Paritto! Omoide no Mille-Feuille!.

Ultimate Menu and Supreme Menu square off in a cooking battle about dishes that promote longevity. For Supreme's Kaibara Yuzan and Ultimate's Yamaoka Shirou (who are father and son), this confrontation is more than strictly business: it's personal. (Source: BakaBT)

The anime follows a coffee food truck shop, where the barista makes an individual cup for each customer. The coffee brewed conscientiously, sincerely, and wholeheartedly helps customers unwind. (Source: ANN)

Another iteration in the Peeping Life franchise, this time featuring scenes from older times.

Special episode of Rebirth.

"I can help you laugh, but I can't take away the tears you've shed." In Mametsubu-cho, a town somewhere in the ancient Japanese city of Kamakura, Ochibi-san lives a relaxed, easy life. With his friend Nazeni the dog, Jack the naughty kitten, and Pankui the hungry dog, Ochibi-san's year in Mametsubu-cho is filled with encounters and new discoveries! Flower-viewing in spring, swimming in summer, collecting leaves in fall, and eating yummy food in winter. (Source: Crunchyroll)

An anime series based on the Gunma Prefecture mascot character, Gunma-chan. (Source: Anilist)

The girls formed a hula club but the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has halted further club activity. It will outline various preventative measures against the virus. (Source: AniDB)

A small collection of various clips from throughout the series, separted by 3 second segments with titles like "Kokoro's Cute" coupled with a quick clip of some mech anime. (Source: ANN)

A collaboration campaign between Kraft Parmesan Cheese and World Masterpiece Theater. Eight web shorts were made using seven of the World Masterpiece Theater stories (Flanders no Inu had two episodes); they act as mini side-stories within their respective shows, though Haha wo Tazunete Sanzenri occurs after the show. An apprentice fairy called Palme connects all the stories together as she uses her magic (aka sprinkling parmesan) to make "happy pasta."

Continuation of Dokonjougaeru series.

A short directed by Yasuo Muroi.

The life of a chimney sweep in a song. This is the Japanese version of the 1964 Academy Award song Chim Chim Cher-ee that was originally sung by Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews in the movie 'Mary Poppins". Given the anime treatment by graphic artist and animator Tadanori Yokoo and shown in the Minna no Uta segment of NHK programming.

Second season of Q Transformers.

Takahashi is transferred to a main anchor of a news program, which is known for being a little...weird. This is a comedy about somewhat ridiculous happenings occurring at a broadcasting station. (Source: YouTube)

A sequel to Peeping Life comedy anthology, The Perfect Emotion features 10 new animated versions of improvised comedy sketches.

Hamazaki Densuke (Hama-chan) is an unavaricious white-collar worker who does not have any interest in success and self-protection. Even though he incurs the wrath of his superior and stir ill feelings from his wife, Hama-chan prefers to take things at his own stride and goes fishing. He feels that there are more important things in life than work and enjoys the simple things in life such as fishing. (Source: ANN)

DVD Specials of Catman.

New misadventures of the dimwitted ghost Q-Tarou. (Source: AniDB)

Xiaozao is a girl who always brings misfortune to others. She has to move into a temple named God of Mountains Temple where lives a real god of mountains. Xiaozao met the god when she was a young girl and it seems it’s the god who cursed her. But, later on, they fall in love with each other! And their love story began much earlier than they thought? (Source: Mangatoon, edited)

Third season of Shounen Ashibe: Go! Go! Goma-chan.

TV anime adaptation of Hisaichi Ishii's comedy manga "Ojamanga Yamada-kun".

A collection of high school love stories, each chapter featuring a different student. For example, Hiro has a crush on a cute upperclassman girl, but she has rejected his advances 15 times! Will Hiro be able to find a way into her heart? His friend Akechi keeps a notebook of information on all the girls at school, but when he goes after the secrets of an incredibly quiet and shy girl, will his interest become more than professional curiosity? (Source: MangaHelpers)

The anime is based on the 4-panel comic strip drawn by Morishita Hiromi and published in Young Jump. The story describes the daily life of Ashibe (an elementary school boy) and his family and friends, including a pet white sea lion.

An omnibus work portraying the lives of youth who have just started to work. (Source: Rockwell Eyes)

Short Ninja Hattori-kun movie. Screened as a triple feature with Doraemon: Nobita no Daimakyou and Kaibutsu-kun: Demon no Ken.

Based on the same name yonkoma manga by Ueda Masashi, serialized in Weekly Manga Action. From putting his head of department to embarrasment by announcing to everyone that he has haemmorrhoids through the PA system in a public park to making a whole district dissapointed by putting a notice that there will be a fireworks display, and apparently the only "display" is him holding one small fireworks, Kariage-kun tells the amusing everyday life of, well, Kariage-kun. His typical victim is his head of department, although anyone (or anything) can become a prey to his irony or sarcasm. The story began and ended with no special beginning or endings, but it is arranged chronologically (in the sense that it follows seasonal changes). (Source: ANN)

A country girl, Akane was new to a prestigious school. She is full of vitality and everyone likes her. Hidemaro, the rich and arrogant boy likes her too. With everyone's help, she solves problems that come their way. (Source: Toei Animation)

The daily life of the Motsumoto family. The three sisters, Fuu, Suu, and Chii, follow what happens on a daily basis. Mother and Father have to deal with them sometimes, but they're used to it.

Short Korean movie by Korea National University of Arts & Animation.

A collection of animated ASMR videos released on the Pokemon Kids TV Japan and Pokemon Official YouTube channels.

Commander, Essex and Enterprise have prepared some chocolate for you~ Have a bite of chocolate, it melts softly like a tender kiss~ Happy Valentine's Day! (Source: YouTube)

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Commercial for Laneige's product.

Based on the shoujo manga by Yukimuro Shun'ichi and Takanashi Shizue serialised in Nakayoshi. (Source: AniDB)