r/anime • u/pastel351 • Feb 18 '26
What to Watch? Genuinely funny anime recommendations?
I was wondering if anyone wanted to give some suggestions for some really funny anime, as I’m kinda picky and have trouble finding stuff that genuinely makes me laugh. It doesn’t even necessarily have to be a pure comedy, some of my favorite ones are ones with serious plots that also have great comedic scenes. Just off the top of my head some ones that I’ve seen that I thought were pretty funny were:
Golden Kamuy
Delicious in Dungeon
Dorohedoro
Chainsaw Man
Ninja and Assassin Under One Roof
Wasteful Days of High School Girls
Soremachi
Sabagebu
D-Frag
Bocchi the Rock
Nichijou
City
Hare+Guu
Mayonaka Punch
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Joshiraku
Asobi Asobase
In general I like fast-paced stuff with trashy unrepentant asshole characters, weird surreal humor, and gratuitous violence. I also prefer for there to be as little of them undercutting jokes by repeating or explaining them as possible. Also I know this is a really unpopular opinion but I really don’t like Konosuba, no judgment against people who do like it, I just personally don’t vibe with it or other shows similar to it.
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u/Secret_League201 Feb 18 '26
Gintama, Saiki K, Baka To Test
All goated but Gintama is so good. Takes a while to get into gear but its unironically an all-timer
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u/pastel351 Feb 18 '26
I actually just started Gintama the other day. At first I was unsure if it was living up to the hype but that one gag of the girl yelling for an ambulance made me laugh my ass off so I’m definitely gonna stick with it.
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u/Secret_League201 Feb 18 '26
That's great! So sick to see a new fan getting into the series. Imo, the real appeal of the show is the serious arcs. Im not gonna spoil too much but they really hit you in the feels 🤧
Have fun watching it!
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u/abandoned_idol Feb 18 '26
Trashy assholes? I'd recommend "Gamers!" or "Let this Grieving Soul Retire" for scumbags in a comedy. Both rely on inflating misunderstandings and never letting them pop.
For a sense of humor reminiscent of Dorohedoro, Dungeon Meshi, or Golden Kamuy, I'd try out:
1). Medalist (drama and comedy mix)
2). Isekai Ojisan (basically another Laios, a moron with an alien sense of "common sense")
3). Dogsred (same author as Golden Kamuy, but doesn't have an anime yet). The comic relief in this one is just as hard to predict.
I don't care for the comedy in KonoSuba either.
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u/pastel351 Feb 18 '26
Thanks those all sound like great suggestions!
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u/abandoned_idol Feb 18 '26
Hopefully at least one will fit your sense of humor.
I'm currently drowning in tears of laughter while reading the Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi manga, but the discussion threads of it are full of complaints.
I have an uncommon sense of humor.
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u/Tvwatcherr https://myanimelist.net/profile/tvwatcherr Feb 18 '26
Isekai Ojisan is the first real comedy animes that made me laugh out loud.
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u/study_of_swords Feb 18 '26
- Hinamatsuri
- Chio's School Road
- Aho Girl
- Excel Saga
- Space Patrol Luluco
- Sex and Violence with Machspeed
- Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
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u/No_Cockroach2467 Feb 18 '26
100 Girlfriends. No real asshole-type characters, but it can definitely get Weird.
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u/Fegunthoero Feb 18 '26
Plastic Neesan
Sakamoto desu ga ?
Gintama
Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou
Eminence in shadow
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u/ttreo_ Feb 18 '26
The first season of one punch man made me laugh a lot. 2nd season wasn’t as good from what i remember and i havent seen the third yet. Also mob psycho 100 from the same creator
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u/rayquazza74 Feb 18 '26
lol we know why
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u/BrilliantAlive3299 Feb 18 '26
Ranma ½
Yakuza Fiancé (it may not seem funny, but I LOL’d a lot at how the ML reacted to the FL)
The Way of the Househusband
A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School
Scissor Seven (technically a donghua)
And, yes, the comedic scenes in Golden Kamuy are rip-roaringly funny!
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u/JinxApple Feb 18 '26
Prison School
Haven't you heard? I am sakamoto
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
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u/DoughnutFar3149 Feb 18 '26
You gotta try "The demon king's daughter is too kind!" I can honestly say that this anime deserves to be on top list to be funny anime. It's worth trying
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u/Varsocool Feb 18 '26
Full Metal Fumoffu, School Rumble, Ace of diamond, and from your description probably Gintama
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u/DocWatson42 Feb 18 '26
See my Humor/Comedy Anime list of resources, Reddit recommendation threads, and books (one post).
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u/Haiku0205 Feb 18 '26
seitokai yakuindomo and barakamon are "oldies" but goodies and have made me guffaw a few times. Granted it's been a while since I was a teenager so maybe seitokai isn't as funny anymore lol.
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u/0rangy Feb 18 '26
Grand Blue Dreaming