Anime Favorite Slice of Life Anime

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If you're a fan of slice of life anime, which ones would you say are your favorites?

For those that aren't sure what a slice of life anime is, then it's basically characters living their lives with not much action/drama going on, much like the few anime that I listed below.

I probably have a lot to list, but I'll just share a few: Hidamari Sketch, Sketchbook: Full Colors, Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater, Non Non Biyori, A-Channel, Binbou Shimai Monogatari, Gourmet Girl Graffiti and Slow Loop.

 

[Gorse]

I’m not a huge slice-of-life guy — I watched a few series in my early teenhood, but grew out of them pretty quickly. That said, I really do like My Little Monster (Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun), and consider it a high point in the genre. It’s a very cute, silly series about a brusque, standoffish girl and an airheaded, lackadaisical boy who fall in love with each other, and the zany day-to-day adventures they get into with their friends.

In addition to having an extremely strong, funny cast, the artwork is just gorgeous — everything, from the characters to the backgrounds and little details here and there, has this peppy, colourful look to it that really embodies the upbeat positivity of early-2010s Japan. (A tone that seems to have faded in the second half of the decade, which is when I stopped watching new anime.) Plots are lighthearted and goofy, with the slightest, tiniest bit of romantic drama here and there just to keep things fresh, and both the cast and episode count are small, keeping everything focused and neat. The music is really great, too — check out the theme song I posted in the OP/ED thread for a general idea of what the series is like.

I first watched My Little Monster as a high-school freshman — slightly younger than the main characters — and really fell in love with it. Highly recommended if you like cuddly, happy comedies with plenty of humor and heart. ALSO, WERID THING I JUST LEARNED: the author of this series is an unknown person! Nobody knows who he or she is — they communicated with the anime team anonymously, and they’ve never done anything other manga work of note. I choose to believe that the series just appeared one day to bring a tiny bit of joy into a weary world. Plus, there’s a chicken in it! Pre-cious for you! ?

 

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I’m not a huge slice-of-life guy — I watched a few series in my early teenhood, but grew out of them pretty quickly. That said, I really do like My Little Monster (Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun), and consider it a high point in the genre. It’s a very cute, silly series about a brusque, standoffish girl and an airhead, lackadaisical who fall in love with each other, and the zany day-to-day adventures they get into with their friends.

In addition to having an extremely strong, funny cast, the artwork is just gorgeous — everything, from the characters to the backgrounds and little details here and there, has this peppy, colourful look to it that really embodies the upbeat positivity of early-2010s Japan. (A tone that seems to have faded in the second half of the decade, which is when I stopped watching new anime.) Plots are lighthearted and goofy, with the slightest, tiniest bit of romantic drama here and there just to keep things fresh, and both the cast and episode count are small, keeping everything focused and neat. The music is really great, too — check out the theme song I posted in the OP/ED thread for a general idea of what the series is like.

I first watched My Little Monster as a high-school freshman — slightly younger than the main characters — and really fell in love with it. Highly recommended if you like cuddly, happy comedies with plenty of humor and heart. ALSO, WERID THING I JUST LEARNED: the author of this series is an unknown person! Nobody knows who he or she is — they communicated with the anime team anonymously, and they’ve never done anything other manga work of note. I choose to believe that the series just appeared one day to bring a tiny bit of joy into a weary world. Plus, there’s a chicken in it! Pre-cious for you! ?

I'm also a romance anime fan, though I haven't watched the My Little Monster anime..

 

[It's Thinking 2]

My Neighbor Seki Kun

 

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My Neighbor Seki Kun

I thought that one was pretty good, with Seki doing random things each episode and Rumi was distracted by what he was doing in their class.

 

[GVSE]

is Nana a slice of life? i'm rewatching it now and i deeply love those characters. Everything about the show, actually. Their design, music, even the english dub!!! It mixes an overdramatic direction with a light heartwarming humor with an enormously well developed plot.

 

[Kyyo]

I'm not a SoL guy but my all-time favorite is certainly K-On!

 

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is Nana a slice of life? i'm rewatching it now and i deeply love those characters. Everything about the show, actually. Their design, music, even the english dub!!! It mixes an overdramatic direction with a light heartwarming humor with an enormously well developed plot.

No, it's a drama and romance, with themes being adult cast, love polygon and music. I know of it but haven't watched it before.

I'm not a SoL guy but my all-time favorite is certainly K-On!

Right on! It's one of my faves too. Who's your favorite character if you have one from K-On! ?

 

[Kyyo]

Who's your favorite character if you have one from K-On! ?

Mugi Mugi!!

 

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Mugi Mugi!!

I like her as well.

 

[GVSE]

No, it's a drama and romance, with themes being adult cast, love polygon and music. I know of it but haven't watched it before.

b-but...... it's a slice of their lives..... !!! ?

 

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b-but...... it's a slice of their lives..... !!! ?

Maybe so, (as I haven't watched it before), but it doesn't have the "slice of life" tag on the anime sites I looked it up. It'd have to have the "slice of life" tag to be one of those types of anime.

 

[myncy]

Lucky Star was my first non-Shonen anime when I was a teenager and it will always have a place in my heart. Earlier this year I finally watched Bocci the Rock which is even better than I had heard and is easily one of my favorite shows.

 

[Guinea]

Hamtaro and Kotaro Lives Alone are great. Spice and Wolf is ok.

 

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Lucky Star was my first non-Shonen anime when I was a teenager and it will always have a place in my heart. Earlier this year I finally watched Bocci the Rock which is even better than I had heard and is easily one of my favorite shows.

I've watched both of those, though I'd say Lucky Star's my favorite of the two.

Hamtaro and Kotaro Lives Alone are great. Spice and Wolf is ok.

I've seen some episodes of Hamtaro years ago but not the other two. I do know about Kotaro Lives Alone and Spice and Wolf.

 

[It's Thinking 2]

I've watched both of those, though I'd say Lucky Star's my favorite of the two.

I've seen some episodes of Hamtaro years ago but not the other two. I do know about Kotaro Lives Alone and Spice and Wolf.

Saw Spice and Wolf as well as Hamtaro back in high school, I only know Lucky Star from the old memes. Wasn't expecting to learn so much about economics. lol But it was good.

 

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Saw Spice and Wolf as well as Hamtaro back in high school, I only know Lucky Star from the old memes. Wasn't expecting to learn so much about economics. lol But it was good.

I knew about Lucky Star since I seen people on a few anime sites with it in their favorites or as their profiles pictures.

 

[Clippy]

I'm not much of a slice of life kinda guy and I've seen Lucky Star mentioned already... Do Genshiken or Welcome to the NHK count as sol? If so, then those two would be my picks I suppose.

Or School Days if I felt like trolling you guys with a trainwreck of an anime.

 

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I'm not much of a slice of life kinda guy and I've seen Lucky Star mentioned already... Do Genshiken or Welcome to the NHK count as sol? If so, then those two would be my picks I suppose.

Or School Days if I felt like trolling you guys with a trainwreck of an anime.

I would say no to both Genshiken and Welcome to the NHK, but I've never watched them. Those would have to be tagged as slice of life on sites where you can track what animes you've watched.

 

[Shigeru_Miyamoto]

This shit be straight bussin, no cap.

 

[kamille]

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i love this series aswell!

 

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Non Non Biyori is one of my favorites as well & I did finish reading the manga in October this year.

@kamille That's pretty cool.

 

[chrismas]

Not anime, but I really enjoy Yotsuba&!

 

[DanCalibur]

Furi Kuri. Absolute cinema

 

[Zeph]

Kaguya-sama Love is War, Grand Blue, ReLife, Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou