My mom (early 60s) has a hard time remembering the names of anime, or sometimes chooses to use her own nicknames for them. I have always enjoyed sharing these and sometimes quizzing people on what the original title might've been.

Here's a nice long list of every name I've recorded, ordered from most opaque to most obvious, followed by the actual name of the series. Feel free to comment how many of these anime you got, and how many nicknames/misrememberings you had to look at before you got it.

Obligatory ProZD

Optional drinking game: take a shot every time you see "girl(s)"

Without further ado:


Series 1:

Gremlin Girl

Actual title

Himouto! Umaru-chan


Series 2:

Golden Girls

Title 2

Khoisan Mosaic

Title 3

Kimoi Mosaic

Title 4

Koizumi Mosaic

Title 5

Kimono Mosaic

Title 6

Kimona Mosaic

Actual title

Kin'iro Mosaic (Kinmoza)


Series 3:

Slime Time

Title 2

300 Levels

Title 3

30 Levels, 300 Years I've Played the Game

Actual title

I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level


Series 4:

Diarrhea Girls

Title 2

Diarrhea Days

Title 3

Fishy Friends

Title 4

Days of Our Diaries

Actual title

Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater (Houkago Teibou Nisshi)


Series 5:

Fuwa Fuwa Girls

Title 2

Marshmallow Girls

Actual title

Strawberry Marshmallow (Ichigo Marshmallow)


Series 6:

Tanktop Girls

Title 2

Panzer Girls

Actual title

Girls und Panzer


Series 7:

Bunny Shows

Title 2

Bunny Girls

Title 3

Order of the Rabbit

Title 4

The Order is a Rabbit

Actual title

Is The Order a Rabbit? (Gochiusa)


Series 8:

Loido

Actual title

Spy x Family


Series 9:

Our Queen

Title 2

Queen Show

Title 3

Sakurako Quest

Actual title

Sakura Quest


Series 10:

Kaguya Sunshine Show

Title 2

My Friend the Tanuki

Title 3

Tanuko Rakugo

Title 4

My Fox Has No Tail

Actual title

My Master Has No Tail


Series 11:

Chubiyosha

Title 2

Chony-Byo

Title 3

Chunubiyo

Actual title

Love, Chunibyo, and Other Delusions (Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!)


Series 12:

Toilet Lad

Actual title

Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun


Series 13:

Monobakegatara

Actual title

Bakemonogatari


Series 14:

Buraddi Batafurai

Title 2

Chio-chan

Actual title

Chio's School Road


Series 15:

Candy

Title 2

Candy Store

Title 3

Daigashi

Actual title

Dagashi Kashi


Series 16:

Gretty Sko

Actual title

Aggretsuko


Series 17:

Golden Cayuga

Actual title

Golden Kamuy


Series 18:

Yokosuba

Actual title

KonoSuba


Series 19:

YuiYui

Actual title

K-ON!


Series 20:

Across the City

Title 2

Downtown

Title 3

The Town Turned Upside Down

Actual title

And Yet the Town Moves (SoreMachi)


Series 21:

Camping

Actual title

Laid-Back Camp (YuruCamp)


Series 22:

1, 2, 3, Let's Go

Title 2

1, 2, 3, Let's Move

Title 3

1, 2, 3, Let's Beeb

Title 4

3, 2, 1, Let's Beeb

Title 5

The Beebs

Actual title

Cowboy Bebop


Series 23:

Lucky Charms

Actual title

Lucky Star


Series 24:

Marriage

Title 2

Marriage Show

Actual title

Tonikawa: Over the Moon for You (Tonikaku Kawaii)


Series 25:

Giacometti

Title 2

Yakitori

Actual title

Joshiraku


Series 26:

Lazy Boy

Title 2

Hayowaga

Title 3

Haisuka

Title 4

Haikyuu

Actual title

Hyouka


Series 27:

The Devil Next Door

Actual title

The Demon Girl Next Door (Machikado Mazoku)


Series 28:

Love, Kaguya, and All The Stuff

Actual title

Kaguya-sama: Love is War


Series 29:

Nadia's Journey

Title 2

Nadia's Adventure

Title 3

Nadia's Travels

Title 4

Nadia: The Universe of Explosions

Actual title

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water


Series 30:

Asoba Asobasai

Actual title

Asobi Asobase

  • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]
    hexagon
    ·
    8 months ago

    Well, read, but I figured that since it had an anime adaptation that I might as well include it.