What is this genre all about? A caricature style often seen in anime when the character shows extreme emotions, like fear, anger, happiness, surprise, or shame. Seen as cute, as part of humorous comedy. The character's face suddenly turns into a simplified version, the body will usually also deform into that of a small child (oversized head, short limbs, extra-large tears).
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Top 20 Super Deformed anime you should watch right now. [2026 List]
- 20. Ouran High School Host Club
- 19. Attack on Titan Season 3 Specials
- 18. Lovely★Complex
- 17. Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
- 16. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Kyuukei Jikan (Break Time) 4th Season
- 15. Isekai Quartet 3
- 14. Himouto! Umaru-chan
- 13. Haiyore! Nyaruko-san
- 12. Shiguang Xiao Juchang
- 11. Sousou no Frieren: Marumaru no Mahou
- 10. Heaven's Lost Property
- 9. Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu
- 8. Acchi Kocchi (TV)
- 7. D-Frag!
- 6. Umayon: Shinsaku Short Anime
- 5. Shin Shinka no Mi Gekijou: Tokubetsu-hen
- 4. Top wo Nerae! Kagaku Kouza
- 3. Pop Team Epic
- 2. Heppoko Jikken Animation Excel♥Saga
- 1. Yamato Nadeshiko Shichihenge♥
20. Ouran High School Host Club
Haruhi Fujioka is a bright scholarship candidate with no rank or title to speak of—a rare species at Ouran High School, an elite academy for students of high pedigree. When she opens the door to Music Room #3 hoping to find a quiet place to study, Haruhi unexpectedly stumbles upon the Host Club. Led by the princely Tamaki, the club—whose other members include the "Shadow King" Kyouya, the mischievous Hitachiin twins, and the childlike Haninozuka "Honey" and his strong protector Mori—is where handsome boys with too much time on their hands entertain the girls in the academy.
In a frantic attempt to remove herself from the hosts, Haruhi ends up breaking a vase worth eight million yen and is forced into becoming the eccentric group's general errand boy to repay her enormous debt. However, thanks to her convincingly masculine appearance, her naturally genial disposition toward girls, and fascinating commoner status, she is soon promoted to full-time male host and plunged headlong into a glitzy whirlwind of elaborate cosplays, rich food, and exciting shenanigans that only the immensely wealthy Ouran Host Club can pull off.
Ouran High School Host Club has finished airing and it has 26 Episodes. It is also Known as: Ouran Koukou Host Club, 桜蘭高校ホスト部, Ohran Koko Host Club, Ouran Koukou Hosutobu, Ouran Koukou Host Bu, OHSHC
19. Attack on Titan Season 3 Specials
Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 DVD/BD specials. They are chibi parody shorts; one video was included on each of the DVD/BDs for a total of four. Each video contained three stories (essentially chibi parody short episode 38–49) which continued the chibi parody story from the previous chibi parody specials included on the DVD/BDs of the previous seasons.
Attack on Titan Season 3 Specials has finished airing and it has 7 Episodes. It is also Known as: Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Specials, ｢進撃の巨人｣ちみキャラ劇場”とんでけ！新生リヴァイ班”, Shingeki no Kyojin: Chimi Chara Gekijou "Tondeke! Shinsei Levi Han"
18. Lovely★Complex
Love is unusual for Koizumi Risa and Ootani Atsushi, who are both striving to find their ideal partner in high school—172 cm tall Koizumi is much taller than the average girl, and Ootani is much shorter than the average guy at 156 cm. To add to their plights, their crushes fall in love with each other, leaving Koizumi and Ootani comically flustered and heartbroken. To make matters worse, they're even labeled as a comedy duo by their homeroom teacher due to their personalities and the stark difference in their heights, and their classmates even think of their arguments as sketches.
Lovely★Complex follows Koizumi and Ootani as they encourage each other in finding love and become close friends. Apart from their ridiculous antics, they soon find out an unexpected similarity in their music and fashion tastes. Maybe they possess a chemistry yet unknown, but could love ever bloom between the mismatched pair?
Lovely Complex has finished airing and it has 24 Episodes. It is also Known as: ラブ★コン, Love★Com, Love Com
17. Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
The "Anarchy Sisters," Panty and Stocking, have been kicked out of Heaven for, to put it mildly, misbehaving. Led by a priest named Garterbelt, these angels must buy their way back by exterminating ghosts in Daten City. But this task requires unconventional weapons for these unorthodox angels—they transform their lingerie into weapons to dispatch the spirits. Unfortunately, neither of them take their duties seriously, as they rather spend their time in pursuit of other "hobbies": Panty prefers to sleep with anything that walks, and Stocking favors stuffing her face with sweets than hunting ghosts.
Follow these two unruly angels as they battle ghosts, an overflow of bodily fluids, and their own tendency to get side-tracked in Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt.
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: パンティ＆ストッキングwithガーターベルト, PanSto, PSG
16. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Kyuukei Jikan (Break Time) 4th Season
The fourth season of Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Kyuukei Jikan (Break Time).
Re:ZERO ~Starting Break Time From Zero~ Season 4 is currently airing and will have Episodes. It is also Known as: Re:ゼロから始める休憩時間(ブレイクタイム) 4th Season, Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Kyuukei Jikan (Break Time) 4th Season
15. Isekai Quartet 3
The third season of Isekai Quartet.
The button appeared out of nowhere. Was it a trap or the start of something new? The crews of Re:ZERO, Overlord, KONOSUBA, and Saga of Tanya the Evil got stuck in another world’s class! Now, more new characters join the series, including Alpha and Shadow from The Eminence in Shadow. See what adorable chaos they’ll get up to in this collection of shorts!
Isekai Quartet 3 has finished airing and it has 11 Episodes. It is also Known as: 異世界かるてっと3, Isekai Quartet 3
14. Himouto! Umaru-chan
People are not always who they appear to be, as is the case with Umaru Doma, the perfect high school girl—that is, until she gets home! Once the front door closes, the real fun begins. When she dons her hamster hoodie, she transforms from a refined, over-achieving student into a lazy, junk food-eating otaku, leaving all the housework to her responsible older brother Taihei. Whether she's hanging out with her friends Nana Ebina and Kirie Motoba, or competing with her self-proclaimed "rival" Sylphinford Tachibana, Umaru knows how to kick back and have some fun!Himouto! Umaru-chan is a cute story that follows the daily adventures of Umaru and Taihei, as they take care of—and put up with—each other the best they can, as well as the unbreakable bonds between friends and siblings.
Himouto! Umaru-chan has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 干物妹！うまるちゃん, My Two-Faced Little Sister
13. Haiyore! Nyaruko-san
Mahiro Yasaka is just an ordinary high school student, until one day he is suddenly attacked by a dangerous monster. Just when everything seems to be lost, he is saved by a silver-haired girl named Nyaruko, who claims to be the shape-shifting deity Nyarlathotep from horror author H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, sent by the Space Defense Agency to Earth. She explains to Mahiro that the creature chasing him was an alien called Nightgaunt, who had planned on abducting and selling him as a slave.
After rescuing him from the alien, the Lovecraftian deity falls madly in love with Mahiro and forces herself into his household, much to his chagrin. Moreover, they are soon joined by two others from the fictional universe: Cthuko, a girl obsessed with Nyaruko, and Hasuta, a young boy easily mistaken for a beautiful female. Together, the three eccentric aliens protect Mahiro from the various extraterrestrial dangers that threaten both his and Earth's well-being, all the while making his life a living hell.
Nyaruko: Crawling With Love! has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 這いよれ！ニャル子さん, Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos, Haiyoru! Nyaruko-san
12. Shiguang Xiao Juchang
Time Photo Studio has returned to its peaceful and warm daily routine... But what are they doing in faraway Yingdu after "that accident"?
Mini Link Click is currently airing and will have Episodes. It is also Known as: 时光代理人小剧场2, Shiguang Dailiren Xiao Juchang 2, Link Click Mini Theater 2, Link Click SP2
11. Sousou no Frieren: Marumaru no Mahou
Frieren loves collecting peculiar spells, and her ever-growing arsenal of magic contains the perfect spells for many occasions. Whether it be by stealthily removing alcohol from Heiter's drinks or by remedying her own sleep issues, Frieren is sure to brighten her companions' days with her magic.
Sousou no Frieren: Marumaru no Mahou is currently airing and will have Episodes. It is also Known as: 葬送のフリーレン ～●●の魔法～, Sousou no Frieren End Mini Anime, Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Mini Anime, 葬送のフリーレン ミニアニメ
10. Heaven's Lost Property
Ever since he was a child, Tomoki Sakurai has always woke up with tears after a dream of an angel. His childhood friend Sohara Mitsuki worries about this and decides to seek the help of Eishirou Sugata, an eccentric sky maniac. He concludes that Tomoki's dream is undoubtedly connected to what is known as the New World, a floating anomaly that scientists have failed to understand.
Recruiting the New World Discovery Club's first members, Eishirou schedules a time to meet up in order to observe the mystery in the sky. That day, Tomoki's peaceful life is changed forever when a strange girl falls from the sky and begins to call him master. Sora no Otoshimono follows the daily activities of the New World Discovery Club as they begin to learn more about the Angeloids that have arrived on Earth.
Heaven's Lost Property has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: Sora no Otoshimono, そらのおとしもの, Lost Property of the Sky, Misplaced by Heaven
9. Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu
The story centers around Akihisa Yoshii, the "baka" of the title. His academy rigidly divides up the student body into classes based on the results of tests. The prodigies are in the A class with reclining seats complete with air conditioning, but Akihisa is in F class, the lowest rung of the school ladder which is furnished only with low, decrepit tables and worn-out straw tatami mats. A girl named Mizuki Himeji is actually one of the smartest girls in Akihisa's sophomore year, but she had a fever on test day and was pigeonholed into the F class. Besides Mizuki (who Akihisa secretly adores), the F class also has Yuuji Sakamoto, the class president who has been Akihisa's friend and partner-in-crime since the freshman year.
The school happens to have developed experiments to summon fantasy creatures, and Akihisa decides to rally F class to take on the higher-tiered classes and seize their perks. The F class uses the summoned creatures in an all-out battle for school supremacy.
Baka & Test - Summon the Beasts has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: バカとテストと召喚獣, The Idiot, the Tests, and the Summoned Creatures, Baka to Test to Shokanju, BakaTest, The Idiot, the Tests, and the Summoned Creatures
8. Acchi Kocchi (TV)
Tsumiki Miniwa, a small girl who packs a punch, is in love with her best friend, tall and easygoing Io Otonashi. The only problem is that she can't bring herself to come out and say it. And, despite the fact that he can otherwise read her like a book, Io doesn't seem to be able to pick up the obvious clues—even with all of their friends teasing that there's no one better suited for each other.Acchi Kocchi follows Tsumiki and her circle of friends as they go through their day-to-day lives. Between Mayoi the electronics nerd, Sakaki the good-natured prankster, and the nosebleed-prone Hime, Tsumiki's friends will never let her live down her crush. But only time will tell if Tsumiki will gain the courage to finally say how she truly feels.
Place to Place has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: あっちこっち, Acchi Kocchi
7. D-Frag!
Kazama Kenji likes to believe he is something of a delinquent. Moreover, others seem to like to agree that he is. Of course, Kenji's gang finds their way to a group of four not-so-normal girls—Chitose, Sakura, Minami and Roka—and all at once, whatever reputation he may have is nothing compared to the outrageous behavior of the girls. Shanghaied into joining their club, what will happen to his everyday life from that point on?
D-Frag! has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: ディーふらぐ！, D-Frag!
6. Umayon: Shinsaku Short Anime
Twelve additional short anime episodes included with the Umayon Blu-ray Box.
Umayon: Shinsaku Short Anime has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: うまよん 新作ショートアニメ, Umayon: New Short Anime, Umayon Specials, Umayon Episodes 13-24
5. Shin Shinka no Mi Gekijou: Tokubetsu-hen
A special episode of Shin Shinka no Mi Gekijou included with the BD/DVD release of the series.
Shin Shinka no Mi Gekijou: Tokubetsu-hen has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 真・進化の実劇場 特別編, Shin Shinka no Mi Gekijou Special, Shin Shinka no Mi Mini Anime Special, The Fruit of Evolution 2 Theater Special, The Fruit of Evolution 2 Mini Anime Special
4. Top wo Nerae! Kagaku Kouza
The science lessons are short "omake" bonus features originally present on the first two volumes. Each short lasts around two minutes, and stars super deformed versions of Noriko, Kazumi and the Coach explaining the various scientific aspects of the series.
Top wo Nerae! Kagaku Kouza has finished airing and it has 6 Episodes. It is also Known as: トップをねらえ！科学講座, Aim for the Top! Science Lesson, Gunbuster! Science Course, Top o Nerae! Kagakukouza,Top wo Nerae! Gunbuster! Science Lesson, Top o Nerae! Kagakukouza, Top wo Nerae! Gunbuster! Science Lesson
3. Pop Team Epic
Popuko and Pipimi are a pair of foul-mouthed girls ready to take on every pop culture reference ever made. Pop Team Epic follows the pair through a series of surreal skits and short stories full of internet, movie, video game, and self-referential based comedy.
Pop Team Epic has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: ポプテピピック, Poputepipikku
2. Heppoko Jikken Animation Excel♥Saga
Hyperactive Excel does anything and everything to try to please her lord, Il Palazzo, who wants to take over the planet. Excel's misadventures takes her and her partner, the ever-dying Hyatt, all over the world, meeting several strange people as they go. Everything is bizarre and goofy, as any kind of anime or entertainment genre gets mocked and spoofed.
Excel Saga has finished airing and it has 26 Episodes. It is also Known as: へっぽこ実験アニメーション エクセル♥サーガ, Heppoko Jikken Animation Excel♥Saga
1. Yamato Nadeshiko Shichihenge♥
After years of sponging off a wealthy older woman, four beautiful boys are confronted with a horrifying challenge: transform their benefactor's awkward niece into a beautiful lady or start paying rent! This isn't just any ugly duckling they're facing: she's a paranoid goth chick who’s obsessed with horror movies and totally clueless when it comes to all things feminine!
The Wallflower has finished airing and it has 25 Episodes. It is also Known as: ヤマトナデシコ七変化♥, Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge, Perfect Girl Evolution, The Seven Metamorphoses of Yamato Nadeshiko, The Wallflower
