Comedy drama anime and manga
The guide lists 111 titles tagged comedy drama. The genre peaked in the 2000s (45 titles). Studios with the most comedy drama titles: Sunrise (5), Madhouse (5) and Toei Animation (4). It often comes paired with adventure, fantasy and comedy.
Best-known comedy drama anime
- Digimon Frontier 2002
- Digimon Adventure 02 2000
- Digimon Adventure 1999
- Digimon Tamers 2001
- Bakuman 2010
- Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ 1986
- Pokémon 1997
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 2000
- Sonic X 2003
- Cowboy Bebop 1998
- Gurren Lagann 2007
- Kaleido Star 2003
- Fruits Basket 2019
- Love Hina 2000
- Angel Beats! 2010
- My-HiME 2004
- Fruits Basket 2001
- My-Otome 2005
- Shirobako 2014
- GetBackers 2002
- Charlotte 2015
- Ouran High School Host Club 2006
- Yu Yu Hakusho 1992
- Angelic Layer 2001
- Superbook 1981
- Ghost Stories 2000
- Michiko & Hatchin 2008
- This Ugly yet Beautiful World 2004
- Rave Master 2001
- NieA_7 2000
Best-known comedy drama anime films
- Pom Poko 1994
- Tokyo Godfathers 2003
- Goodbye, Don Glees! 2022
- Trigun: Badlands Rumble 2010
- Roujin Z 1991
Best-known comedy drama manga
- One Piece 1997
- Case Closed 1994
- Kuroko's Basketball 2008
- Fairy Tail 2006
- Doraemon 1969
- Inuyasha 1996
- Bakuman 2008
- Dragon Ball 1984
- Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest 2018
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 2016
- Hunter × Hunter 1998
- Hajime no Ippo 1989
- Love Hina 1998
- Haikyu!! 2012
- Afro Samurai
- Ouran High School Host Club 2002
- Mahoromatic 1998
- D.Gray-man 2004
- GetBackers 1999
- Magic Kaito 1987
- GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka 1997
- Angelic Layer 1999
- Eyeshield 21 2002
- Black Cat 2000
- Rave Master 1999
- Kare Kano 1996
- Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
- Edens Zero 2021
- Patlabor
- Skip Beat! 2002