Softenni - Recommendations

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Teekyuu

Teekyuu

Kanae, Marimo, Nasuno and Yuri are four friends who make up a tennis club at school. Whether they're going to a bakery to eat cakes, wrestling Yuri's panties from Marimo's mouth or actually playing tennis for once, the girls always manage to have a fun time in the process.

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chii chii says...

Both shows seem to revolve around school girls that are interested in tennis but hardly any tennis gets played "properly" anyway. Teekyuu is basically what you'd get if you shortened Softenni's episodes down to 3 minutes of comedy fun. I'm sure you'll enjoy one if you liked the other.

Lestalkaboutthis Lestalkaboutthis says...

They're so similar, that they used softenni characters for a teekyuu dvd cover. Though teekyuu is less about tennis than the other.

Needless

Needless

In the year 200X, World War III began. Special bombs destroyed parts of cities such as Tokyo, leaving decimation in their wake. Decades later, ground zero in Tokyo – an isolated section known as the Black Spot – remains an enigma. Its residents known as Needless possess strange powers such as the ability to control fire or telekinesis, and are constantly hunted down by Simeon, a large pharmaceutical company with sinister motives and Needless of their own to do their bidding. Young Cruz is part of a resistance to fight against Simeon and its Needless figurehead leader, Adam Arclight; but after the resistance is brutally killed by Simeon’s minions, he finds himself saved by a motley crew: Professor Gido, scantily-clad Eve and badass Blade. Together, the gang fends off Simeon’s attacks and tries to discover the truth behind the corporation’s actions. What is Simeon really after, and why do they desperately want to find Fragments?

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Takeya Takeya says...

Maybe this recommendation is kinda strane (fighting and superpower vs soft tennis sport anime), but both series are quite similar.

First - You can never predict, what will happen next, because gagsare totally unpredictable.

Second - Big ammount of fanservice.

Third - Characters in both series sometimes are acting cool, but it's only their fake side. Most of them are unbelievably dumb and they often are making themselves idiots...

I've enjoyed Needless, now I'm watching Softenni and, hell, I LIKE IT!

Saki

Saki

Winning a game of Mahjong is hard; getting the same score every time is practically impossible. So imagine the surprise of the school Mahjong club when Saki Miyanaga walks in and does just that. Despite her dislike for the game, her talent is obvious and it's up to the club members - the top-heavy Nodoka, the energetic Yuuki, the cunning Mako and the permanently in control club president Hisa - to persuade her to join the club and help them reach the Nationals. But even then, will their combined skills be enough to overturn some of the toughest high school players the country has to offer?

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jypsel jypsel says...

Saki and Softenni are both sport animes without falling too much into the genre.  In Saki, we learn about Mahjong and in Softenni, we learn about soft tennis.  However, they also rely heavily on the characters to keep up the stories pace and on sporadic humor.

Astarotte's Toy

Astarotte's Toy

Lotte, the princess of Ygvarland, hates men - a fact that ordinarily wouldn't be a problem given she's just a child. There's just one issue: the girl is a succubus that must suck the life seed from the male species or die! Now approaching adulthood, Lotte must learn to tolerate the opposite sex, but her royal highness won't have any of it. That is, until Judith, the girl's lady-in-waiting, brings Lotte a human boy to the demon world. This unfortunate young man, Naoya, must now open the princess's heart to his gender, but as caring and considerate as he may be, he'll certainly have his work cut out for him!

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jypsel jypsel says...

Both Astarotte's Toy and Softenni have a very childish appeal with their overly animated styles.  Not only are the artistic works similar, their feel as the anime progresses are very similar as well - they are both lighthearted, child-like comedies.

Nichijou: My Ordinary Life

Nichijou: My Ordinary Life

Yuuko, Mio and Mai are regular high school girls who lead a normal everyday life. However, with bizarre explosions causing random objects to rain down on their heads, lunch turning into an epic battle between girl and wiener, and students riding to school on goats, their lives are anything but ordinary. Meanwhile android Nano spends her days wishing she were a normal human, but keeping house for her creator, the playful and immature child genius Hakase, dealing with talking cat Sakamoto, and trying to keep a hold of her multitude of easily-detachable body parts, her dream is far from a reality...

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jypsel jypsel says...

Be prepared for bouts of randomness and hilarity in both Softenni and Nichijou TV.  They both have a fun art style that make them interesting to watch and they both rely on their spontaneous and rather obscure humor to see them through.

Azumanga Daioh

Azumanga Daioh

Ten-year-old genius Chiyo, animal-loving Sakaki, loudmouth Tomo, athletic Kagura, weight-conscious Yomi and dim-witted Osaka are six friends who share laughs, good times, and a high school homeroom. With scary (and sometimes perverted) teachers, school festivals, penguin suits and general hilarity abounding, you can be sure that there's never a dull day in the life of one of these students!

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jypsel jypsel says...

Softenni and Azumanga Daioh both consist of a nearly all female cast.  They take place in a (mostly) school setting and are both cartoon-y and child-like animes, relying on random slap humor.

K-On!

K-On!

It's the first day of high school, and plenty of school clubs are doing their best to recruit new members, but for ditzy Yui, none of them seem to fit the bill. However, when she accidentally signs up to join the light music club, Yui begins a hilarious adventure to become a world class guitarist! There's just one problem: she's never played the guitar before in her life! Joined by bassist Mio, drummer Ritsu and keyboardist Tsumugi, Yui and the gang will juggle their studies with buying instruments, learning how to read music and even performing in the school festival, all in the hopes of someday becoming a successful band!

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Kisaragi Kisaragi says...

Both series are slice-of life comedies, having a similar group of girls as the main cast. Both focus on club activities (K-On! has music, Softenni has soft-tennis). Both are moe-heavy. Softenni has more fanservice, though.

Check out one if you like the other.

Umisho

Umisho

Kaname Okimura wants to learn how to swim, but has been afraid to due to a childhood accident. So how does he approach his fear of water? By joining Umisho's swimming club... but as the manager. Things are easy and slow going for Okimura, until an eccentric family moves into town, literally floating their home to the shore! Okimura watches as the hyper and childish Amuro Ninagawa and her father make their entrance, only to find out that Ninagawa is as agile as a fish in the sea she lives on. Her swimming style may be unorthodox, but she's quickly recruited into Umisho's swimming club, spicing up school life and making things interesting and complicated for Okimura...

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Htieks Htieks says...

Sports, nonsense and fanservice. Even if the activities the characters practice are completely different, the way they interact with each others and their weird antics, combined with a lot of fanservice shots and idiotic events that feel very out of place but will probably make you crack a smile, make for a good suggestion for those who enjoyed one of these series.

Umisho is heavier on the fanservice side, while Softenni is more about defying common sense for comedic results. Anyway, I'm sure fans of this kind of anime won't be disappointed.

Upotte!!

Upotte!!

Funko, Shigu, Eru and Ichiroku seem to be typical school girls on the surface, but they're actually powerful, dangerous guns that must be treated with care and respect! Together, they attend Seishou Academy, a special place where not only are all of the students guns, the teachers are as well. That is, except for one new educator who arrives, unaware of the crazy, dangerous times that lie ahead!

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InstantReplay InstantReplay says...

Both are ecchi focused around a group of girls. Plus the characters have very similar personalities: an aggressive girl who has a bit of an ego, a perverted girl who as a thing for her teacher, and a ditzy girl with larg breasts.

Ro-Kyu-Bu: Fast Break!

Ro-Kyu-Bu: Fast Break!

When his high school's basketball team is suspended for the season, Subaru Hasegawa is offered the coaching position of an elementary school girls’ club. Can a superstar wannabe find true satisfaction while playing sixth man to a team of five girls?

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Rastamepas Rastamepas says...

Softenni and Ro-Kyu-Bu have some things in common. The biggest of them being both sports anime (If you can call Softenni that) with younger girls that have a male as their coach.

Softenni tends to be more fanservice and comedy, while Ro Kyu Bu tends to be a little more action oriented and has more time pent on actua sports. Both have fanservice moment ( Softenni having moreso)

Chances are you like one you'll enjoy the other