20 [Similar Anime] Like Fruits Basket 1st Season

Both good romance anime with comedy and fantasy elements, I honesty love them both so so much.
-sweet main character, finds herself living in a place with characters who have some mystery and supernatural elements, comedy and romance ensues. Also both have to guys who argue to comedic affect, and the girl is the one who holds things together and helps both their hearts.

Although 3-gatsu is much more pensive and a tad more dark, both shows specialize on having characters deal and interact with their internal problems; making use of visual metaphors and graceful dialogue to describe exactly how the characters are feeling. Neither show drowns you in sadness or pity, however. Both makes use of more wholesome and comedic moments which feel less like just trying to make the viewer smile or laugh, but more to remind them that life—no matter how bleak, is never always a bad thing.

Both shows are adaptations of classic shoujo manga, which focus on the sole female in one way or another ending up accompanying the rest of the male cast. They both also have a variety of enjoyable characters

Both main characters are good-natured, kind-hearted, likeable girls with a little bit of a ditzy side. Love interests are a bit detached but grow as people once they meet the main character. Interesting plots with a supernatural side to it.

There's a similar "love" story line along with character tropes and traits. They both have emotional or funny moments that compliment each-other well.

Haha , both anime is fun to watch , and some characters have sad background storied despite how they look , basically i like this anime ANd KaGuYa SaMa/. so give it a try.

Slice of life, lessons on morality and solving personal issues with others.

Both give you new angle to look at life and also gives us a lot of life lesson the reason I love these both is because of they depict how your life can change because entry of even 1 person

I feel like sawako and Tohru are alike in personalities and I think both animes have a way of warming your heart in a special way.

In both the anime:
1. Slice of life and comedy is quite similar.
2. Protagonists are high schoolers.
3. Female protagonists are strong characters.
4. Female protagonists are concerned about their mothers.
5. Male protagonists are shy and can't express love easily.
6. Male protagonists are loved by their friends and saved by female protagonists.
7. Friendship scenes are worth watching in both the series.

TBH these are like one of the very few shojo anime I enjoy

-Both of them are heartwarming animes that can be sad at times
- Both Mc's are selfless & kind people
- Both are slice of life drama's that deal with somewhat supernatural things (one being yokai and the other being zodiac signs)
- Soundtracks are similar

Both have similar animation styles and soundtracks. They are centered around high school students and the circumstances are mostly normal but with a slight supernatural edge.

Both shows deal with the idea of how everyone has some sort of troubled past no matter how normal they seem on the inside. In both cases, it also follows a protagonist whose influence acts as support and strength to help the rest of the cast get through their problems

It gives you the same beautiful and relaxing feeling after watching it.
It goes deep into a sad story background.
And the type of music are quite of similar

Same concept with the Chinese Zodiac signs + the cat humanized, but the protagonist is a male and the Zodiac animals are all females. Etotama is more comedy focused though and has 3D chibi sequences which might be disliked by some viewers. Both shows are focused on the cat and the rat.

Optimistic main character -check
two knuckle head friends who are always fighting/arguing -check
calm level headed character who is a voice of reason -check
character who has cat's around them/has cat like qualities -check
Slice of life, school, drama, comedy with super natural/fantasy elements -check
characters with sad backstories that the main protagonist helps solve -check

Both were animated by TMS Entertainment and 8PAN.
Differences:
These two anime are entirely different in some ways but do have some similar qualities. They are similar because they both have very nice main characters and express a heartfelt story throughout the anime. However fruits basket has a lot less action, highly developed plot, and tension to it. So it all depends of what you liked in D.Gray-man.

Both anime are similar in the way that they focus less on romance and more on the slice of life aspect; also both female leads play the hero in their respective anime rather than the male lead.

Is 'wholesome harem' a genre? Anyways, where 'Bunny Girl Senpai' teases titillation, 'Fruits Baskets instead teases romance, but both are actually much more about the main character helping people dealing with their problems than they are about those particular elements. The key difference that makes them a nice complement to each other is the way that the protagonists are characterized; Rascal is an aloof and seemingly apathetic guy who springs into action the moment someone he cares about needs help, and in contrast, Tohru affects change in others through her endless energy and positivity. The problems in Fruits Baskets tend to be more literal and direct than the metaphorical Puberty Syndrome symptoms, but there still is the supernatural draw here and there, and ultimately the core appeal is remarkably similar between each show, despite superficially being aimed at different demographics.