# The most relaxing slice-of-life anime

Band practice, camping trips, a witch in the countryside and a calligrapher on an island: the calm, comforting anime Sportskeeda recommends to unwind.

- 273 votes · 10 items
- Dec 13, 2024 · boxoffice_atlanta
- https://even.best/en/l/4579/the-most-relaxing-slice-of-life-anime

## Top 10

1. **K-On! (2009)** (37 · ▲40 ▼3) — Four high schoolers form a light music club band, with lots of tea and cake.
2. **Flying Witch (2016)** (25 · ▲28 ▼3) — A young witch moves to the Aomori countryside.
3. **Barakamon (2014)** (23 · ▲24 ▼1) — A young calligrapher exiled to a small island in the Goto archipelago.
4. **Laid-Back Camp (2018)** (22 · ▲23 ▼1) — Girls who go camping around Mount Fuji in winter.
5. **Aria (2005)** (18 · ▲23 ▼5) — An apprentice gondolier on a terraformed Mars modelled on Venice.
6. **Shirokuma Cafe (2012)** (18 · ▲20 ▼2) — A polar bear runs a café; his regulars include a panda and a penguin.
7. **Bunny Drop (2011)** (13 · ▲22 ▼9) — A thirty-year-old man takes in his grandfather's six-year-old daughter.
8. **Non Non Biyori (2013)** (12 · ▲19 ▼7) — Daily life in a tiny rural school with five pupils.
9. **My Roommate Is a Cat (2023)** (11 · ▲18 ▼7) — A shut-in writer adopts a stray cat; each episode shows both points of view.
10. **Sweetness & Lightning (2016)** (8 · ▲13 ▼5) — A widowed teacher and his daughter learn to cook together.

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