15 Underrated Comedy Anime, Ranked By Fans

Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan is painfully funny - and we mean painful. If you like dark humor, this show is a great choice. 

Uramichi is a depressed adult who works for a kids show. He has to balance his own gloomy outlook with the cheerful attitude he has to put on for the kids. Sometimes, it seeps through in creepy but still funny ways. His coworkers may not be living in the same existential nightmare that he is, but they aren't exactly as happy as their personas imply.

After being kidnapped by the Demon King, Princess Aurora Suya Rhys Kaymin is a lot less anxious than one might expect. Instead, all she cares about is getting a decent night's sleep. She's willing to do anything, no matter how absurd, to get it.

The story sounds simple, and it is, but that's part of what makes it such a delight. 

Hozuki's Coolheadedness is proof that hell is a great time - at least if you're one of the demons or other beings that work there and you have a sense of humor. Hozuki, the assistant of King Enma, does not have a sense of humor. He's perpetually annoyed by his boss' shortcomings.

His acerbic personality combined with all the wild things that happen in Japanese hell make for an extremely funny series. While the comedy is top-notch, it's also educational - you'll learn a lot about Japanese culture and religion. 

Don't skip out on Aggretsuko because of the cutesy Sanrio design - it's both hilarious and thoughtful. While the series is filled with funny moments that will be relatable to any working person, it also does deep character work and has a lot to say about the realities of modern life. 

Retsuko is an office employee who is thoroughly sick of her mundane job and of how poorly her boss treats her. She secretly gets her frustrations out by singing heavy metal karaoke. 

If your favorite thing about Komi Can't Communicate is the fact that a protagonist with an obvious mental health issue is not just accepted in spite of it but adored because of it, you might also like Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun.

Aoyama is a soccer player who needs everything to be flawlessly clean - think Levi from Attack on Titan but more intense. Despite his teacher acknowledging it as a mental health issue, his classmates think it's awesome. Most of the jokes center around the contrast between his obsession with cleanliness and the very unclean nature of soccer - either that or his classmates' over-the-top love for him. 

You may have already heard of Barakamon, a slice-of-life comedy about a young calligrapher named Seishuu Handa who punches an appraiser in the face and gets sent to a remote island to cool his head. If you haven't seen it already, check it out - it's fantastic.

But that's not what we're recommending today. Instead, we're focusing on Handa-kun, its lesser-known prequel. This series focuses on Handa's childhood. Young Handa believes that everyone hates him, while actually being worshipped by his class. Just like Barakamon, it's a series that's both heartwarming and hilarious.