Spy x Family

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Japanese: SPY×FAMILY


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Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 9, 2022 to Jun 25, 2022
Premiered: Spring 2022
Broadcast: Saturdays at 23:00 (JST)
Licensors: Funimation
Source: Manga
Genres: ActionAction, Award WinningAward Winning, ComedyComedy
Themes: ChildcareChildcare, Super PowerSuper Power
Demographic: ShounenShounen
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 8.481 (scored by 10274901,027,490 users)
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Ranked: #1482
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Popularity: #62
Members: 1,676,003
Favorites: 39,875

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The basic concepts are definitely similar. Both shows feature an unconventional family dynamic made up of two adults in dangerous fields of work (spies and assassins) who end up adopting daughters and the comedy elements revolve around these dangerous people trying to navigate parenthood. I feel like Spy x Family is more suited to those who prefer more ridiculous comedic elements and Buddy Daddies is more suited to people who prefer comedy that's a little more grounded. Buddy Daddies is a grittier show with considerably darker moments and themes at times but both are brilliantly funny and surprisingly wholesome. If you want a sweet family story with a  read more 
report Recommended by Harlock_Phantom
Similar premise - young naive girl is put under care of an older character with a shady occupation. However, Hinamatsuri generally outshines Spy x Family by having more enjoyable and characterized characters and a visually more intriguing art style and animation. The comedic hijinks in Hinamatsuri are enhanced by a plot that simply doesn't take itself super seriously and avoids having to suspend your disbelief for episodes at a time. And simply, it's more fun. 
report Recommended by immosha
Very similar vibe. Plot progression, but a lot of filler slice of life episodes. Very cozy atmosphere and wholesome content 
report Recommended by Thelvern
Even the overpowered scary male leads have things they're not experts in. Child-raising. That said, when they do -- it's wholesome and comedic -- and they're usually the best at it. Anya and Yaeka are the cutest children with great voice actors who get across their youthful energy. If you're looking for clearer skin and a light easy anime that has beautiful art - this is the one for you.  
report Recommended by Kaguyachinchin
Both are Victorian era spy thrillers set in European countries with mind games and deception. The main casts try to blend in with the civilian population by being students 
report Recommended by FireX
Characters with extraordinary abilities trying to keep their cover in series combining slice-of-life, thriller and action. FMP is set in a timeline where the cold war didn't end. It follows mercenary and former child soldier Sousuke in his mission to guard telepathic schoolgirl Kaname. Military-minded Sousuke often struggles with blending into normal school life, interacting with characters in a very soldier-like manner. Spy x Family has a cold war-inspired setting. It follows top spy Loid who has been given his toughest mission yet; pretend to raise a family in order to infiltrate a school. Along with his psychic daughter Yor and assassin wife Yor, all three often  read more 
report Recommended by Fortress_Maximus
Same family feels  
report Recommended by su0lubafmai
Both involves certain individuals who found themselves drafted into service by a suave guy.  
report Recommended by JiangHaoyi1979
Maybe it's only me but i think these shows have some similitaries and both of them make us want to know more about the background of the characters and also the finality of the story  
report Recommended by Dess555
A single man who gets stuck with an adolescent child and has to learn how to be a father. Both shows have a similar mother figure who comes in to help raise the child as well as a theme around school. I assume they end the same. 
report Recommended by drip
Comedies that feature killer assassins moving in to a new family and get used to their new lifestyle. Main difference is that one is just an assassin whereas the other has an assassin, a spy, and mind-reading child living together. Assassins in both shows are very good with assassination-related tasks but are abysmal at chores but one is more energetic whereas the other is very much silent and cold, tho they both have their outbursts of joy in certain moments. 
report Recommended by BonBonToro
Kakushigoto is a comedy about a single father who is very awkward that raising his only child. While, there are many differences, I highly recommend both series.  
report Recommended by Koumazoku
This is mostly a recommendation from me because Saiki has psychic powers like Anya, while this really isn't a family show Saiki's parents are really lovable people too. 
report Recommended by kiroban
Both series are comedies with a certain sense of the absurd, focusing on characters who are trying their best to hide their secret identities. Spy x Family includes family drama and spy fiction elements into its psuedo-historical setting, while 4-Nin is a school-based comedy and leans more into the absurd than Spyfa does. 
report Recommended by RiverSorcerer
These two animated shows differ a lot, however they have many common elements. Both present hardships of properly raising a child that had to spend some time in the orphanage by people who were not ready for such task (whether they were the kid's relatives or complete strangers), but had to switch into parents replacement because of certain things happening in their lives. 
report Recommended by Adnash
Despite a slight difference in genres with the element of childcare mixed in, Both centre around Spies and Assassins set in a European Setting where secret missions involve facing the underground in order to maintain a status quo between organisations. Unlikely bonds between Spies and Assassins are formed in order achieve a mutual goal of a grand scheme set by the higher authorities. Noir is more serious in nature whereas SpyFam is more lighthearted. 
report Recommended by IchiroEX
Both Protagonists are orphans who, through different scenarios, join a loving spy family. Both have many comedic and wholesome moments.  
report Recommended by Mustang_47
Even though Spy x Family have less of a cultural influence and take a more slice of life aproach compared to Cowboy Bebop, both are about characters you grow to love over the course of the series, characters with their own personal issues brought together by the circunstances and who forge strong bonds with each other while living their everyday lives together. If you like that aspect in one of the series, there is a chance that you may like the other too. 
report Recommended by FagnerLSantos
Both shows have incredibly cute toddler-range girls who make extremely silly faces. The girls and their affinity for their parents and making them happy are super similar! 
report Recommended by PaperDragonflies
Both shows are over-the-top comedies involving unlikely characters in a domestic situation. True, the animation in Gokushufudou is...lacking, to say the least, but the music and voice acting more than make up for it - another trait that it shares with Spy x Family, in my opinion. 
report Recommended by n3k0rin
Both are wholesome child parenting animes. What more to say? 
report Recommended by Zentokirax
Both centre around childcare; between the child who has wisdom beyond their age amongst strangers along with an ensemble cast of characters who unwittingly care for them despite their non-filial yet warm connection. It sure to pull the heart strings of familial love. 
report Recommended by IchiroEX
Both series are based on the child-parent relationship. During which the parent changes thanks to the child, all served in a comedic nad wholesome way 
report Recommended by MaricN7
Same main casts (Loid = Hachiman; Yor = Yukinon) Same energy Both are superbly hilarious and entertaining to watch Both are masterpieces in the entire lifetime of anime. You don't watch either one of it, you are missing two funniest anime in the entire mankind.  
report Recommended by NickLim27
Although their themes are not related, I find out that Kotoura and Anya have the ability to know the people’s minds without them knowing it, basically mind reading. Sometimes these know whenever Kotoura and Anya reveal secrets. 
report Recommended by kids11111009
Spy x Family reminded me a lot of the earlier arcs of HxH. - Colorful, fun main cast of characters, each with near-equal screentime and individual character arcs - Episode 4's entrance to the interview and Episode 10's dodgeball game reminded me a lot of the Hunter Exam and Greed Island arcs - Both have a silent "x" in their names... 
report Recommended by hyperspeed980
Both are more family-oriented animes. They both are really amazing animes. Violet is a automemories doll basically she types up letters. Spy x Family is basically a secret family under the disguise of a normal family. Both are quite nice, Spy X Family is more comedic though, 
report Recommended by CyanCheetah
Spy x Family is a more serious and less rom com version of Rent A Girlfriend. Both animes involve some transactional relationship that require both the guy and the girl to keep up a false appearance in which they're dating (marriage in Spy X Family's case). Kazuya and Yor feel the pressure from their peers and family to have a partner while Chizuru and Loid have career related reasons as to why they're doing this false relationship. Of course both animes would have them fall in love eventually. 
report Recommended by VenomEmperor
They share a specific vibe thanks to the slice-of-life hidden world nature of the two anime and a similar soundtrack. 
report Recommended by StoneTheLoner
Both Mc looks alike are alike in approach to women. Loid Forger previous life before spy x family... thinking about its like Ichika became Yor... if you watch Koikimo then Spy Family is like both Mc were recasted for another anime. 
report Recommended by gakuendo
Both have young, innocent female main characters with buns, gintoki and loid are both fathers that are not blood related 
report Recommended by Ibra-_-
koroshi ai has two assassins meanwhile with spy x family it has one assassin and one spy, however these two are similar because it hints romance between the two leads. although there is no family theme in koroshi ai because it is much serious than the light hearted themed spy x family, both are enjoyable <3 
report Recommended by moondrafts
"...without this work, Anya of SPY x FAMILY might not have been born..." Like SxF, Aishiteruze Baby is a childcare story with a male lead becoming the caretaker of a young girl. Kippei is a high school boy who becomes the guardian of his 5-year-old niece, while also developing a relationship with a girl his age. It's extremely cute, but also more willing to deal seriously with harsher and dramatic themes like abandonment, stalking, and unrequited love than SxF is. Aishiteruze Baby was integral to the development of SxF - from the Commentary of SPY x FAMILY Volume 2: "What has influenced your writing Endo [Author of SPY x  read more 
report Recommended by cheevos2603
Unrelated father and mother each have to adopt and care for an unrelated daughter, both fathers and mothers try to conceal their identity in the normal world, unless if they’re doing something important like fighting crime, enemies and such. 
report Recommended by pugsowe2
If you liked Spy x Family u would like Lycoris Recoil. It gives the same vibes and the two are great animes. So i recommend giving a try to Lycoris Recoil, Im sure u would like it. 
report Recommended by Borjalexhugo
This seems like a weird comparison, but I'll explain. Spy x Family and Vivy are both animated by the same studio; Wit. One of Spy x Family's most underrated aspects is it's action scenes, which are strikingly similar to Vivy's. The choreography and animation are done in almost the same way, so if you like the action and combat in one of these shows, you'll like it in the other.  
report Recommended by slimysteak
Spy theme. 
report Recommended by StrakTail
Kid energy between Spy x Family's Anya and her friends at school feels similar to Kodocha 
report Recommended by ariahhh
Both Are Hilariously Funny, Casual Viewing, With Lots of Hijinks and Lovable Characters You Won't Want to Stop Watching. 
report Recommended by Big-Daddy-Mr-B
Little girl with pink hair, both are wholesome. 
report Recommended by beeandwin
Characters within new family in order to achieve a certain goal, both containing comedy in. SxF has lots of action in whereas MtD is suspense mystery instead but they both have their funny and light-hearted moments amidst some serious scenes, MtD leaning more to this compared to SxF. SxF's plot regards to a fake family being formed to prevent a war happening whereas MtD has twins being adopted in order to figure out in the shadows who murdered their mother. As both series goes on, the MCs start changing a bit and do get closer to their new family members despite it being a façade. 
report Recommended by BonBonToro
Two animes where people fake a marriage for a certain purpose, both shows with Saori Hayami playing as the female MC. Their plots differ where one is faking a family (in which the marriage is also faked plus the additional child) to prevent a war from happening whereas the other is faking a marriage to prevent being transferred to a foreign branch. Genres too are different in that one is a slice of life with lots of action and the other is slice of life leaning towards romance Despite the fakery, the MCs would eventually get closer to each other as both series progresses, Forger family becoming even  read more 
report Recommended by BonBonToro
Comedy centered around a young girl where, despite everything else, a lot of scary/powerful adults play into her hand. Even though there's a small hint of politics, war and more serious stuff, all of it is actually really laid-back and a lot of fun.  
report Recommended by Kondi
Both are about found families of odd balls finding a place they belong, have highly competent male leads with blond hair, and are set European style countries. The hunour in both is also similar.  
report Recommended by Fayere
The sister somewhat resembles Anya. The MC somewhat resembles Anya's parents. With so many overpowered, unlikely, and supernatural things, I'd say that you should consider watching Spy x Family if you like this anime. 
report Recommended by naparahnaid
Bao Mu is like how Spy x Family would be if it went a bad end. That is Loid wants to kill Anya for the mission, but Yor is choosing to kill Loid over killing Anya. 
report Recommended by iamKetranLang
Both series have a great cast of characters in a spy/criminal/underground theme.  
report Recommended by LightofNite
Urasawa Naoki's Monster and Spy x Family find thematic resonance in their ability to craft intricate narratives within the backdrop of the divided Soviet Block between East and West Germany. While Monster delves into a suspenseful thriller centered on a doctor's pursuit of a mysterious killer, set against the tensions of the Cold War era, Spy x Family utilizes a similarly divided setting to infuse its spy-centric comedy with layers of intrigue. In both stories, the intricacies of espionage, clashing battle of wits and the complexities of personal connections are masterfully intertwined, ultimately highlighting the human experiences that transcend political barriers. The contrasting struggles faced  read more 
report Recommended by HibiChika
-Shows the everyday struggles of married life -Cute couples  
report Recommended by Swampywinter
Same fresh vibes. Spies, powers and both are amazing. 
report Recommended by Napalmitos
Both have intense battles. Great fight scenes. Crazyyyyyyy animation.  
report Recommended by Bansai-
the story is looking similar with the anya forger story in school . sakura mikan is happy energy people same like anya forger and damian desmond is very same with hyuga natsume tsundere boy 
report Recommended by adzminshiro
This might sound odd in regards to the fact that it's even a recommendation, but I'll just mention it as it is my opinion on the matter. For years, we've watched anime with larger than life heroes and villains, most of which have accomplished a lot and established themselves as separable from the common kin, and can do things that no normal man cannot. Back when I was watching Naruto Shippuden, I saw this one filler moment; specifically an entire episode purely based on Itachi cooking eggs. And it just dawned on me, for someone as skillful as Itachi; someone who's mastered all in terms of  read more 
report Recommended by KiroTheAssassin
Sleepy from Mad Bull 34 and Loid, Yor from Spy x Family are scarier than your regular cops/spies and are perfectly delighted with killing with 1 member on their team that are spooked by them, Rookie cop Daizaburo and adopted child Anya. You will receive both EXPLOSIVE action racing against the clock countdown fashion, dirty tactics from criminals, and hostage situations. 
report Recommended by iamKetranLang
Spy X Family and Lupin III are action comedy series that brilliantly uses stock characters to create its humour through their actions and interactions. Lupin III follows a gentleman thief, a gunslinger, a ronin, and a femme fatale who are often working together to carry out heists. Spy X Family follows a spy, an assassin, and an esper who are hiding their identifies from each other while pretending to be a family for their own individual goals. You could not consider a better follow-up series than this recommendation. 
report Recommended by lancelot200
Both have a cold war like feel to it and have a colorful cast of characters and humor in it as well too. 
report Recommended by Disapeared_Ghost
Both focus around partnerships of characters that are like polar opposites of each other personality wise have psychic powers and taking on objectives and a bigger conspiracy ahead as well too. 
report Recommended by Disapeared_Ghost
Seeing that no one made this very obvious connection before me, thought I might chip in. Both Joker Game and Spy x Family are shows about espionage. Joker Game has a WWII theme into it, as it portrays Japanese spies and counter-spies doing their work both against the Allies and Germans during the 1940s. Spy x Family takes place in a fictional East Germany of the 1960s where a West German spy has to form a fake family in order to infiltrate a ruling-elite circle. Both shows portray a lot of realistic espionage themes in it, not shying away of exposing this dirty world to the masses. I  read more 
report Recommended by Alex796