Top 16 Best Funny Anime on Netflix | 2025 Updated

Last updated on March 11th, 2025 at 10:53 am

Last updated on June 2nd, 2023 at 08:10 pm

Netflix has an extensive collection of funny anime that are sure to boost up your mood if you are having a bad day. Thus, we present to you a compilation of the top 16 best funny anime on Netflix that you can easily binge-watch. 

Readers are requested to note that we will be ranking these anime based on their ratings provided on MyAnimeList. We will also provide the availability of each of the series around the world.

Top 16 Best Funny Anime on Netflix

16) The Way of the Househusband

Tatsu used to be an infamous yakuza member, known as the “Immortal Dragon”. But after falling in love and marrying his wife Miku, he becomes a loving house husband for his working wife. 

Now a perfect homemaker, Tatsu does everything for his household. From cooking breakfast for his wife to raiding the supermarket for meat on sale, he’s got everything covered.

15) Aggretsuko

Aggretsuko is an unconventional and non-traditional web series. It is the story about a 25 year old Red Panda who also happens to be the protagonist of the series.

Retsuko, works as an accountant in an extremely stringent and punishing corporate job. Not being able to withstand the pressures and demands of the job which is topped with the incessant nagging and shouting of the bosses, unbearable coworkers and the obstacles of adulting, Retsuko finds a unique way.

To relieve stress, she sings death metal karaoke at night. As Retsuko  maneuvers through friendships, love and job conflicts, her comic and a 1000% relatable path captivates the very essence of modern work culture and makes this series a slightly eccentric and compassionate web series

14) Cells at Work!

Cells at Work! has done a brilliant job in conveying the actions that take place in our body through the form of anime.

The cells in our body are the main characters who fight against foreign substances and germs harmful to our bodies. It is shown in a hilarious and creative way how they are busy day and night to protect our immune system.

13) The Devil Is a Part-Timer!

This comedy anime is about the Demon Lord Satan who wishes to conquer the Ente Isla. However, his plans get foiled by Emilia and he has to retreat back.

Unfortunately, he ends up landing in the human world where he starts working at a fast-food restaurant. Thus, he decides to change his goal and rule the human world by climbing the corporate ladder.

12) Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun

This particular anime starts off as a romcom with Chiyo Sakura confessing her feelings for Umetarou Nozaki.

Chiyo is then surprised to find that Nozaki is a popular manga writer who has been creating manga for a long time under a pen name. Chiyo ultimately starts working as his assistant with the hope of making him notice her feelings.

11) Komi Can’t Communicate

Shoko Komi is a beautiful girl with a communication disorder. Though she’s always been popular, she’s never had a friend. Now, she enrolls in high school with the dream of making 100 friends.

There she meets Hitohito Tadano, an average but kind boy. Tadano understands her despite her silence, and becomes her first friend. He promises to help her achieve her dream of making 100 friends.

10) Maid Sama!

The first female student council president Misaki Ayuzawa’s life goes smoothly as she has managed to give justice to her role by making the boys behave in her school.

She also has a secret side of working as a maid in a maid café which gets exposed when Takumi Usui walks into that café. Instead of spilling her secret, he decides to use that in order to get closer to Misaki.

9) Toradora!

Toradora! is a light-hearted romcom involving Ryuuji Takasu and Taiga Aisaka. Their paths cross each other in a hilarious turn of events when they both come to know that they have a liking for each others’ best friends.

Now, as they try to help each other to get closer to their respective crushes, their bond also increases in the meantime.

8) Ouran High School Host Club

This specific anime involves a funny story involving Haruhi Fujioka. One day she accidentally finds herself in the room of the host club and ends up breaking a vase while making a quick getaway.

She is then recruited as a male host due to her boyish appearance as she gets involved in the shenanigans of the host club.

7) Dr. Stone

Dr. Stone has mixed science brilliantly with anime as our genius Senku Ishigami tries to revive human civilization. It all starts with the petrification of humanity as Senku becomes the first person to break out of it.

Thus, we get to witness how civilizations were formed in the first place as all the basic elements get discovered.

6) Kaguya Sama: Love Is War

It’s said that whoever falls in love first loses. But Shuchiin Academy student council president and vice-president, Miyuki Shirogane and Kaguya Shinomiya, have already lost on that front. Instead they are now trying to get the other to confess first.

This has turned the student council room into a psychological warzone, as the two play many psychological games to get their way.

5) The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

As the title suggests this comedy anime is about Saiki Kusuo who has psychic abilities. Naturally, he can’t lead a normal life as many unique characters are drawn towards him.

Although Saiki continuously aims to achieve a normal life, he soon learns that it is far from reality.

4) Mob Psycho 100

Shigeo Kageyama aka Mob is an introverted teenager without friends. But unknown to everyone, he’s a very powerful psychic whose tremendous powers are directly linked to his feelings.

Mob works for Reigen Arataka, a fraud man posing as a psychic to con his clients. He promises to help with Mob’s powers, but instead uses him to exorcize ghosts.

3) One Punch Man

Although One Punch Man typically comes under the classification of an action anime, it has got some hilarious moments owing to its protagonist Saitama.

Saitama wants to be a hero when he grows up and decides to train himself for it. However, he ends up becoming overpowered making his fights extremely boring. He then decides to join the Hero Association to look for a new adventure.

2) Spy x Family

When Westalis’ best spy Twilight is given a mission to stop Donovan Desmond from starting a war, he goes to Ostania and poses as Loid Forger, a psychiatrist. To get close to Donovan through his son, he adopts a daughter, Anya and marries Yor.

Unknown to him, Anya is a telepath and Yor is an assassin known as the Thorn Princess. Thus begin their journey as a fake family, but soon real feelings blossom.

1) Gintama

Gintama is arguably the most popular and best funny anime on Netflix. It’s based on a world where aliens have invaded Earth and live together side by side. Our protagonists, Gintoki, Kagura and Shinpachi work as the Odd Jobs or Yorozuya, doing any work for money.

The anime is a mixture of stomach-splitting comedy and high intensity action. Follow along the journey of Yorozuya as they get into many misadventures.

On that note, we conclude our list of the top 16 best funny anime on Netflix. Amidst all the action and thrills of an anime, the comedy elements can give much-needed relief to shift the overall mood. Until we come back with another top 10 article, check out the other ones on Otakus’ Notes.

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Anamika Das

Anamika loves words and stories and putting them to pages. She also loves anime, manga, books, movies and everything fantasy. She has been a fan of anime since childhood and her admiration for it only grew with years. Her passion for writing is even more elevated by writing about the things she loves.