Himeji Wakaba is a 5th year elementary school student, and she has the ability to see things that others can't. They are mostly frightening evil spirits, and they tend to do bad things to people who are close to her. As a result, Wakaba has no friends and rarely smiles. On a couple of occasions, she brings home stray animals, but her parents won't let her keep them. However, they're worried about their sad, creepy daughter, so one day they decide that whatever Wakaba brings home next, they'll let her keep.
The next thing she brings home is a pink monster called "Pupipo", but her parents stand by their decision and let her keep it. No one is quite sure what Pupipo is, but it protects Wakaba from the other things she sees. Pupipo also helps Wakaba make friends with an occult-obsessed transfer student and solve problems with bullying. Wakaba's life is a much better place with her pet pink monster!
Pupipo! has finished airing and it has 15 Episodes. It is also Known as: プピポー！, Pupipoo!
Genres: Present , Earth , Ghost , Japan , Plot Continuity , Asia , Elementary School , Contemporary Fantasy , Comedy , Slice of Life , School Life , Friendship
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Top 10 Anime Like Pupipo! [2024 List]
10. Re-Kan!
Amami Hibiki is a girl who can see ghosts and other supernatural phenomena in her surroundings. The stories follow her daily life with both her friends and the otherworldly.
RE-KAN! has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: レーカン！, Re-Kan!
9. Tonari no Seki-kun
He's a pest. A menace. And worst of all, he sits next to her in class. All Yokoi wants is to be able to pay attention to her teacher's lessons, but somehow her focus is always pulled away to what Seki is up to. Because he's always up to something, whether it's playing a game or building some mind-boggling creation on his desk. While their teacher is speaking! While Seki should be taking notes! And yet Yokoi is the only one who ever notices. She's the only one who sees disaster looming as Seki's nefarious plans slowly build to their evil fruition. And worst of all, while Seki always seems to get away with it, the constant distractions and paranoia that he's inducing in Yokoi keep getting HER into trouble! It's just not fair! But despite the consequences, Yokoi finds herself unable to look away. To ignore him. So with every class, the tension and torture begin again in TONARI NO SEKI-KUN!
Tonari no Seki-kun: The Master of Killing Time has finished airing and it has 21 Episodes. It is also Known as: となりの関くん, My Neighbor Seki
8. xxxHOLiC
Kimihiro Watanuki can see spirits and other assorted supernatural creatures, which is quite a bothersome ability he strongly dislikes. On the way home one day, while plagued by some spirits, he is inexplicably compelled to enter a strange house. There, he encounters Yuuko, a mysterious woman who claims to be able to rid him of the ability to see and attract the troublesome creatures—for a price. She demands that he work at her "store" that grants wishes to people, and thus begins Watanuki's adventures through weird and wonderful events.
xxxHOLiC has finished airing and it has 24 Episodes. It is also Known as: ×××ホリック, XXXHOLiC
7. High Score Girl
The "90s arcade romantic comedy" begins in 1991, during the heyday of the 2D fighting game boom. Sixth-grader Haruo spends practically his entire day at an arcade in the seedy part of town, oblivious to the world around him. However, one day at his usual arcade, he encounters Akira, his female classmate with good grades and money. She may look out of place at the arcade, but she is actually a top-class gamer. Akira completely outmatches Haruo in one Street Fighter II round after another, and their relationship develops from this unlikely encounter.
High Score Girl has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: ハイスコアガール, Hi Score Girl
6. Gugure! Kokkuri-san
Kohina Ichimatsu, the self-proclaimed doll, called out the fox ghost Kokkuri-san with a suspicious incantation! But it was a story of the past where Kokkuri-san was able to answer any question you had. Nowadays, it relies on a certain search engine, but is actually bad at anything digital. He was going to possess Kohina, but got worried about her living all alone and devotes himself to do chores as if he was her mother. On top of that, the dog ghost Inugami who is infatuated with Kohina and the old good-for-nothing supernatural raccoon dog Shigaraki decide to root themselves with her as well!
GUGURE! KOKKURI-SAN has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 繰繰れ！コックリさん, GuguKoku
5. Kimi ni Todoke
Kuronuma Sawako is completely misunderstood by her classmates. Her timid and sweet demeanor is often mistaken for malicious behavior. This is due to her resemblance to the ghost girl from "The Ring," which has led her peers to give her the nickname Sadako. Longing to make friends and live a normal life, she is naturally drawn to Kazehaya Shouta, the most popular guy in class, whose "100% refreshing" personality earns him great admiration from Sawako. So when Kazehaya starts talking to her, maybe there is hope for the friendships Sawako has always longed for. Maybe... there is even a little hope for some romance in her future.
Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You has finished airing and it has 25 Episodes. It is also Known as: 君に届け, Reaching You
4. Honto ni Atta! Reibai Sensei
The story revolves around Kibayashi, a teacher whose hobby is speaking with the dead and whose special talent is exorcism. She seems to know everything about the other world, yet nothing about our own.
Honto ni Atta! Reibai Sensei has finished airing and it has 22 Episodes. It is also Known as: ほんとにあった! 霊媒先生, Yuruani
3. Bannou Yasai Ninninman
This is a short story about a little girl who dislikes eating her vegetables.
Bannou Yasai Ninninman has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 万能野菜 ニンニンマン, Wakate Animator Ikusei Project, 2010 Young Animator Training Project, Anime Mirai 2010, Super Veggie Torracman, Project A
2. Mieruko-chan
All of a sudden, a girl is able to see grotesque monsters all around her; but no one else can. Rather than trying to run away or face them, she instead musters all of her courage and... ignores them.
Join her day-to-day life as she keeps up her best poker face despite the supernatural goings-on.
Mieruko-chan has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 見える子ちゃん, The Girl That Sees "Them"
1. Natsume Yuujinchou
While most fifteen-year-old boys, in one way or another, harbor secrets that are related to girls, Takashi Natsume has a peculiar and terrifying secret involving youkai: for as long as he can remember, he has been constantly chased by these spirits. Natsume soon discovers that his deceased grandmother Reiko had passed on to him the Yuujinchou, or "Book of Friends," which contains the names of the spirits whom she brought under her control. Now in Natsume's possession, the book gives Reiko's grandson this power as well, which is why these enraged beings now haunt him in hopes of somehow attaining their freedom.
Without parents and a loving home, and constantly being hunted by hostile, merciless youkai, Natsume is looking for solace—a place where he belongs. However, his only companion is a self-proclaimed bodyguard named Madara. Fondly referred to as Nyanko-sensei, Madara is a mysterious, pint-sized feline spirit who has his own reasons for sticking with the boy.
Based on the critically acclaimed manga by Yuki Midorikawa, Natsume Yuujinchou is an unconventional and supernatural slice-of-life series that follows Natsume as he, with his infamous protector Madara, endeavors to free the spirits bound by his grandmother's contract.
Natsume's Book of Friends has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: 夏目友人帳, Natsume Yujincho, Natsume Yujin-cho
