Kiteretsu Encyclopedia

The main character is a scientific genius boy named Kiteretsu, who has built a companion robot named Korosuke. He frequently travels in time with his friends and Korosuke in the time machine he built. Miyoko is a girl in his neighborhood who is basically his girlfriend. Tongari is his rival, who happen to share some similar traits of Honekawa Suneo. Buta Gorilla (Kumada Kaoru) is a typical neighborhood bully, who also share similar traits of Gian (Takeshi Goda) except that he often antagonizes Korosuke (though they are in grade school).

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Shin Chan 85%

1992

You get the same gentle household chaos of a mischievous kid and his exasperated neighbors, minus the time machine but with just as much warmth.

Kabukibu! 72%

12 eps · 2017

Swap the gadgets for stage makeup, and you still get a scrappy kid dragging friends into an oddball passion project.

Go-toubun no Hanayome: Shunkashuutou 70%

The ensemble bickering and everyday warmth carry over, though the focus shifts from invention to romance.

To Heart 2 70%

13 eps · 2005

It trades the time machine for high school hallways, but keeps that same easygoing rhythm of childhood friends drifting into something more.