Taishou, a cat, is the sole owner and operator of a small ramen shop in Tokyo. He sometimes hires part-time helpers, but they usually turn out to be not so helpful after all. Taishou tries various schemes to bring in more business such as expanding the store into a franchise; renting out half the store to a fortune teller; and impressing a restaurant critic by serving him ramen made with gourmet food. However, these schemes always manage to backfire anyways!
The battle between good and evil wages on in the town of Kawasaki! Sunred, a sarcastic, cranky hero often battles the forces of Florsheim, an evil organization out to achieve world domination! But for General Vamp and the rest of the Florsheim gang, attaining such a goal won’t be easy. Between helping Sunred move, deciding how to throw out a used frying pan, disputing over stolen ramen and recruiting new members, there’s never a quiet moment in Kawasaki!
Neko Rahmen and Tentai Senshi Sunred take unexpected and inhuman characters (be it a cat, superheroes, or monsters) and put them in everyday situations. None of the other characters find this odd, and life continues as normal. Both are short enough so that the main "joke" doesn't have time to get old. If you like finding humor in the mundane, you will probably enjoy both of these series.
Both Neko Rahmen and Tentai Senshi Sunred place characters in unexpected situations to humourous effect. If you enjoyed the wacky comedy and general tone of one then you may want to check out the other.
What do you do when the Emperor of Japan has been replaced with... an alien from Planet Octopus?! From intense motorcycle races to crazy machine inventors from Holland, from sea voyages to battles about emo trading cards, there's never a dull moment in the life of the bizarre. Join an eclectic cast as they are visited by a Ramen Fairy, are reincarnated over and over, solve cases like detective pros, and overall have a laughably ridiculous time!
If you liked the fast-paced and wacky nature of the comedy in either Gag Manga Biyori or Neko Rahmen then you may want to try the other. Both have a similar feel to them, and since both series are short, they are easy to slot in whenever you have a spare few minutes.
A lot can happen in a minute. Aliens can begin their invasion of Earth, only to be thwarted at the first step; cats can plot their revenge on their careless owners; and children can frolic in the fields with a giant robot. Ever wondered what the average day in the life of an animator is like? Or can a small pellet-spitting alien distract a young boy while he reads manga, in order to escape from his room? And will the machine that a small boy and his pet built allow him to steal a kiss from a girl? From following a group of young women recovering from heartbreak, to the owner of a music store who views his customers as little more than cash on legs, still “the clock ticks on and on in 60-second cycles.”
Ani*Kuri15 and Neko Rahmen have similar purposes: each episode is animated by a different animator with a different vision/artistic style. These animators had to work around tight restrictions (a pre-determined concept in Neko Rahmen and a criminally short time limit in Ani*Kuri15), but the results are fascinating, nonetheless.
Both are really short, and easily finished whenever you have a tiny bit of free time.