Father’s Day is an occasion to honor the incredible father figures in our lives. From dads to mentors, there are several anime characters who epitomize the essence of fatherhood through their resilience, guidance, and boundless love. To commemorate dads and mentors everywhere, we’ve curated a list of anime series with great dads and father figures, streaming on Crunchyroll.
Best Anime Father Figures On Crunchyroll – Perfect For A Father’s Day Binge
SPY x FAMILY – Loid Forger
About SPY x FAMILY: World peace is at stake and secret agent Twilight must undergo his most difficult mission yet—pretend to be a family man. Posing as a loving husband and father, he’ll infiltrate an elite school to get close to a high-profile politician. He has the perfect cover, except his wife’s a deadly assassin and neither knows each other’s identity. But someone does, his adopted daughter who’s a telepath!
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Shonen
- Available in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu Dubs
- Link to the show
Buddy Daddies – Kazuki Kurusu and Rei Suwa
About Buddy Daddies: Top assassin team Kazuki Kurusu and Rei Suwa can handle any hit, but that changes when they meet their most formidable target yet: a little girl named Miri. Hired guns turned co-parents, they’ll have to balance their not-so-normal work and raising a kid!
- Genre: Action, Comedy
- Available in English and Hindi Dubs
- Link to the show
Barakamon — Seishu Handa
About Barakamon: After an unfavorable critique drives uptight young calligrapher Sei Handa past his breaking point, his parents decide to ship him off to Japan’s Goto Islands to cool off. But instead of a peaceful paradise, Handa discovers a village full of quirky characters with little regard for personal space. On top of that, Handa’s temporary apartment has already been claimed as home base by the village elder’s granddaughter, Naru, who has a knack for getting into trouble. Will Handa ever be able to redeem his impulsive misdeed? Will he ever be able to write like the masters? Will the village kids ever learn to KNOCK first??
- Genre: Comedy, Seinen
- Available in English Dubs
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My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer – Belgrieve
About My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer: The young adventurer Belgrieve retires to a quieter life after losing his leg to a beast. While gathering herbs in the woods one day, he rescues an abandoned child. Angeline trains with her father and later achieves S-Rank in the capital’s adventurer guild. Five years later, she decides to return home. Will Belgrieve get another chance at being an adventurer? Will Angeline return home unscathed?
- Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
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My Home Hero – Tetsuo Tosu
About My Home Hero: After killing his daughter’s abusive yakuza boyfriend to save her, ordinary salaryman Tetsuo Tosu becomes embroiled in the dark criminal underworld. The wish for a simple life he and his wife Kasen had for their daughter has been reduced to a wish for survival. Though middle-aged and weak, he’ll put his life on the line using only his wits in order to protect his family.
- Genre: Drama, Thriller
- Available in English Dubs
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BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS – Naruto
About BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS: As peace prevails throughout the ninja clans, so does the question of becoming one. Now a generation of prodigy like Boruto Uzumaki, son of Seventh Hokage Naruto Uzumaki, are challenged living under their parents’ shadow. The shinobi life has changed and so must the path to it. The legacy of ninja continues and a new chapter of ninja begins!
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Shonen
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Kakushigoto – Kakushi Goto
About Kakushigoto: Single father Kakushi Goto has a secret. He’s a top-selling artist of popular erotic manga, but his impressionable young daughter, Hime, can never find out! Now he’s having to bend over backwards just to keep her inquisitive little mind from discovering what he does for a living. A father-daughter tale of love and laughter.
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Available in English Dubs
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