Akira Hiramoto's Prison School is an ecchi-comedy anime that examines a group of male students who enrolled in an all-female boarding school due to policy changes. However, because of their actions, the boys are imprisoned in the school's jail.

Despite the anime's abrupt cancellation, Prison School is arguably one of the best comedy anime to have aired in the last five years, according to some critics. With its raunchy, adult-like humor, there's no doubt that Prison School is a memorable series. For those who want more entertainment in a similar vein, anime has plenty of series to offer.

Updated on March 2, 2024 by Alan A. Mehanna: This anime list has been updated to adhere to CBR's most recent standards for formatting.

15 Seitokai Yakuindomo Introduces A Group Of Boys To An All-Girls Academy

Just like Prison School, Seitokai Yakuindomo is set at an all-girls school recently gone co-ed. Unlike Prison School though, it's merely a regular school instead of a boarding school. Moreover, the focus is on just one guy: Takatoshi Tsuda, who is forcibly added to the school's student council. Tsuda is made into the spokesperson for the school's growing male population.

Anyone who enjoyed Prison School's risqué sense of humor will find themselves enjoying Seitokai Yakuindomo instantly. While Tsuda himself plays the straight man, the girls that make up Ousai Private Academy's student council are the opposite. All of them enjoy cracking lewd jokes, and constantly subjecting Tsuda to as many ribs as he can tolerate.

14 Baka & Test Challenges Magical Students To Climb Up The School Rankings

Baka and Test introduces viewers to a magic school where all students are divided into classes based on their performance. For students to climb up, they have to be willing to use special avatars known as Summoned Beings to wage war against higher-ranked classes. For the series, viewers follow the lowest ranked Class F and their attempt to upset the balance of power at Fumizuki Academy.

Baka and Test is exactly as ridiculous as it sounds. It's full of sight gags and physical humor, just like Prison School. It isn't quite as ecchi, but it doesn't shy away from fanservice and ecchi scenes either. People who'd like to see a bit more fantastical elements would find something like Baka and Test enjoyable.

13 Cromartie High School Parodies Classic Delinquent Manga

Cromartie High School might not have the same bawdy taste in comedy as Prison School, but it can be just as ridiculous. The series focuses on Tokyo Metropolitan's Cromartie High School, a place full of tough guy delinquents. Everything begins when Takashi Kamiyama joins, a seemingly normal student who gains a dangerous reputation just for choosing to go there.

Cromartie High School stands out by employing absurdist humor. Where else can people go to see a high school where one of the main characters is a gorilla, or someone who looks identical to Queen front man Freddie Mercury?

12 Asobi Asobase Focuses on the Pastimes of a Trio of Middle Schoolers

In contrast to Prison School, Asobi Asobase focuses on a group of girls rather than just the guys. At an all-girls middle school, a trio of middle schoolers become friends and form an unofficial club known as the Pasttime Club. While there, the girls just find ways to waste time--they come up with strange, nonsensical goals that in the end matter less than getting to spend time together.

Asobi Asobase feels more wholesome than Prison School. However, the actual absurdist humor is going to hit many of the same notes. The show tosses realism out the window for the sake of a good joke, with some top-tier voice acting to really put over the humor.

11 Daily Lives of High-School Boys Enjoys Placing Its Characters in Hilarious, Nonsensical Situations

Like Prison School, Daily Lives Of High School Boys focuses on a group of young boys spending time together. However, while Prison School features the boys constantly getting wrapped up in ecchi scenarios, Daily Lives just focuses on their silly everyday adventures. It feels similar to Ed, Edd, and Eddy with teenage protagonists, as there's always some new scheme the group is getting involved in.

It should be obvious what sort of series Daily Lives is aiming to be when the anime admits they cut out the straight man from many of the episodes. While there are slice-of-life elements for people looking for that, most of the time the goal is putting likable characters in as many comedic situations as possible.

10 Grand Blue Provides Hilarious College Student Antics

Grand Blue is about a man named Iori Kitahara who lives above his uncle's scuba-diving shop in the coastal town of the Izu Peninsula. However, when he meets members of the diving club who love to party hard, Iori becomes infatuated with their antics, leading to many people shunning him in the process. Now, Iori must come to terms with himself and find out what his real college dream is.

Like Prison School, Grand Blue features male characters who are heavily infatuated with females and take-part in adult-like activities. Unlike Prison School, which focuses on a boarding-school-like setting, Grand Blue leans more-toward college life.

9 Kakegurui Takes Professional Gambling to a New Level

Kakegurui is about a girl named Jabami Yumeko who enrolls into a school where gambling is the norm, but unknown to the student body, she's a professional gambler. The anime focuses on Yumeko's journey to take-down the school's student-council president Kirari.

Like Prison School, Kakegurui contains self-aware humor and some bizarre animated sequences. To some degree, Kakegurui's anime adaptation suffered from not having its source material fully adapted. Nonetheless, for those who enjoyed Prison School's raunchy humor and weird scenery, Kakegurui shouldn't disappoint.

8 Highschool of the Dead Even Makes a Zombie World Humorous

Highschool of the Dead is about a boy named Takashi Kimuro who must survive in a post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies. Although he'll recruit friends along the way, Takashi vows to save those close to him and discover what caused this outbreak to occur.

Like Prison School, Highschool of the Dead features immense humorous dialogue that'll prevent any anime fan from feeling bored with each episode. Highschool of the Dead's take on the post-apocalypse is so intriguing that many argue it's a must-watch single-season series that deserves a comeback.

7 Shimoneta Is A Raunchy Comedy Set In A Dystopian World

Shimoneta is about a boy named Tanukichi Okuma who has entered a notorious high school to get close to his childhood crush, the yandere Anna Nishikinomiya, and help the student council uphold Japan's laws against foul play. However, things take a different turn when Okuma gets dragged into the alleged lewd criminal Blue Snow's organization SOX because she values his unconventional background.

As Shimoneta's plot thickens, Tanukichi must help SOX attack the person he holds dear to him. Like Prison School, Shimoneta features a female character who can fight for themselves and a male protagonist who must do provocative actions toward many. Shimoneta also has the same amount of ecchi humor within a school-like environment.

6 Detroit Metal City Focuses On A Rockstar Who Just Wants A Peaceful Life

Detroit Metal City is about a man named Souichi Negishi who lives a rockstar life that he'd trade for a peaceful one but must comply with to make money. Furthermore, this anime follows Negishi's struggles with balancing his popularity and average college life.

Like Prison School, Detroit Metal City contains adult-like humor and vulgar imagery that may not be suitable for young audiences. Both anime also feature protagonists who desire a peaceful life with a woman who leans more heavily on the average spectrum than the reckless one.

5 Golden Boy Contain Ecchi Shenanigans From The Life Of A Man Traveling The World

Golden Boy is about a man named Kintarou Ooe who wants to find a perfect employment position. With his love for women and education pushing him, Kintarou hopes he'll one day live a life of wonders. Similar to Prison School, Golden Boy relies on provocative humor and makes sure that the female characters included in their series have intriguing personalities and notable appearances.

Both Prison School and Golden Boy also highlight the naivety of the male characters' understanding of women while showcasing their growth in each new episode. Golden Boy is such a relic that many argue it's one of 90s many underrated anime.

4 Great Teacher Onizuka Focuses On An Unorthodox Teacher Working With Delinquent Teenagers

Great Teacher Onizuka is about a man named Eikichi Onizuka who dreams of becoming Japan's best high school teacher. However, when he meets his new students, Onizuka realizes he's in for a challenge he didn't expect. Unbeknownst to these troubled students, they'll soon realize that Onizuka isn't an average Joe teacher worth torturing.

Like Prison School, Great Teacher Onizuka features perverted characters surrounded in a school setting. Fans of comedy anime may enjoy the provocative jokes that come with Great Teacher Onizuka. Its jokes aside, some argue it only needed one season to tell its intriguing narrative.

3 Punch Line Is A World Where Women's Underwear Can End The World

Punch Line is about a boy named Yuuta Iridatsu whose soul is stolen from him by a mystical cat called Chiranosuke. That's not all Yuuta discovers, as he would later attain immense power after taking a look at a woman's underwear.

Punch Line details Yuuta and his friends' quest to stop a world-ending organization. Along the way they must also prevent Yuuta from seeing more underwear, since it can lead to their world's end. Like Prison School, Punch Line contains sexual humor that may give some anime fans a chuckle.

2 Kill La Kill Is Studio Trigger At Its Best

Kill La Kill is about a girl named Ryuko Matoi who ends up obtaining a powerful wearable weapon called Senketsu after being defeated by Honnoji Academy's leader, Satsuki Kiryuin. Ryuko embarks on a quest to locate her father's killer and defeat Satsuki.

Like Prison School, Kill La Kill features sexual humor and imagery within a school setting. Both anime also have wonderfully animated scenes and include a memorable cast of characters many fans will enjoy.

1 Gintama Is A Humorous Samurai Parody

Gintama is about a man named Gintoki Sakata who has no shame in showcasing his love for samurai in a world where samurai are treated with little to no attention and swords are prohibited. While working as a yorozuya, Gintoki will eventually meet new people who wish to accompany him on his many adventures.

Gintoki and his friends' embark on many hilarious quests which are often ruined by many independents, assassins, and law enforcement. Like Prison School, Gintama has an intriguing plot-line that also contains mature comedy, done in an unorthodox fashion.