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Based on the same story that produced the classic musical 'The Sound of Music', this is the story of Maria, who leaves her life in a convent to take up the responsibility of taking care of Captain Trapp's children. (Source: ANN)

Natsumi Mizuki is a 4th grader whose parents have gone to London. Her Aunt Izumi comes to live with her. Izumi is an aspiring manga writer who is trying to get her first big break, so she doesn't have time for a baby that appears out of thin air on Natsumi's first night alone. The baby's name is Mirai and her mother is *Natsumi*, but 15 years older. Somehow, Mirai had traveled back in time. Now the young Natsumi has to raise Mirai while trying to keep her 4th grade life from falling apart and keep Mirai-chan secret from everyone. She has the dubious help of Izumi and some baby-care gadgets from the future. (Source: ANN)

After a sudden crash, a performing troupe finds the remains of a ruined spaceship with a single survivor—a human infant named Corona. With little knowledge of the baby's home planet or culture, the troupe members decide to take on their most challenging roles yet—that of a human family. As Corona grows up, the group starts to consider the consequences of their decision and what they will do if someone from her home planet tries to reclaim her. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Exhausted by your daily life, you were seeking a way to heal. You wanted to be kindly praised and comforted. "Toddlers can be legally fawned over, they're so lucky..." Such thoughts were an escape from reality. One day, you bought a blue pacifier from a general store. When you popped it into your mouth, you were engulfed by a mysterious light. Before you knew it, you were reincarnated in another world as a five-year-old child! (Source: MAL News)

Based on Rieko Saibara's humorous semi-autobiographical manga about her life raising her two children.

A special animated movie to commemorate the 100th anniversary of "Morinaga Milk Caramel".

The contrastingly cute dragon, Al, the first king-killer in the demon world, who has a full combat score but is ready to die and longs for a happy retirement, bumps into the cunning human magician Le Fei, and accidentally becomes a super dad who raises Le Fei's son Dino. Will Dino be an ordinary and happy child, or will he bravely pick up the Warrior's Holy Sword and face his own destiny... (Source: Bilibili, translated)

From the pages of Dali's child-rearing journal, as reported on by Henrique, it's a summary of the first six episodes of Delico's Nursery. (Source: Crunchyroll)

The author initially started as a childcare worker living in Tokyo, calling himself T-sensei and describing his life of tending kindergarteners on his Twitter since 2012, which received various positive responses. (Source: MAL News)

The anime is based on Kazuo Hara's comedy manga in which mascot characters live and work among humans. Agencies have been set up to train mascots to babysit children and then to place the mascots within families. Noramimi is one such mascot at the Hello Kids branch office #59. Unfortunately, no family wants to adopt a mascot born from a demon (oni) family, so he is stuck living at the agency. Source: ANN, Moon Phase

In the Forest of Scraps, a place where all manner of things are discarded, an old dragon sleeps away his final days—that is, until an abandoned child suddenly appears before him. The tiny human is Eve, and despite being only five years of age, she has somehow endured the many dangers that surround them. In an act of pity, the dragon decides to raise her as his own...but his time is still running out. After five years together, he takes his last breath, leaving his precious daughter on her own. Little does the dragon know, Eve is capable of more than he realizes, and their reunion may be sooner than he thinks... Hoping to improve Eve's control over her magical abilities before his resurrected body gives out, the skull dragon sets out on an adventure with his reckless human daughter—but who knows what kind of trouble awaits them? (Source: J-Novel Club)

One relaxing Sunday, Licca tags along with a friend to babysit two rather grumpy little boys.

This is the story of a young couple who struggle with their children. Miki is the mother of two kids, Hyoga and Jura. Hyoga is a 4-year-old boy and Jura is a 2-year-old girl. Miki writes children's books at home. Miki wants to be a gentle and kind mother, but it is difficult to be patient with the kids. Her husband Gendai tries to be as cooperative as he can and helps her to attend to the kids. But sometimes he only makes her even angrier. (Source: animenfo)

Comedy at a kindergarten. Inumaru-kun is a four-year old boy, who runs about the kindergarten naked below the waist. Yamada Tamako is a new nursery teacher and she is struggling with Inumaru's weird behaviour.

The fun and mysterious daily life of a young couple in a forest and strange children who come to them one day. (Source: Naver Corporation, translated)

A summary of the Trapp Ikka Monogatari full series aired as a TV specials.

The story follows a racoon-like tanuki creature named Hal who find an abandoned human baby. Hal names the baby Pal and decides to transform into a human mother to raise him. (Source: ANN)

Sequel to Noramimi.

Fifteen-year-old country girl Mon-Mon dreams of being a fashion designer and gets a job as an au pair to a rising star designer, Mrs. Kano, her baby girl PePe, and her silly writer husband. But PePe can make toys and animals do very odd things. Mon's employers don't seem to notice anything odd is going on, and she finds her dream job turning into a chaotically cute trial of wits she has no chance of winning. She's a sweet girl, hardworking and kind, but very unsophisticated and simply not used to walking teddy bears and talking stuffed animals. She eventually decides to leave her job and go home, but psychic baby PePe, who has come to love her, finds a way to make sure she stays.

Shuwawan! chronicles the family life of real-life photographer and essayist Harumichi Saitou. Saitou and his wife are both deaf, his children are both hearing, and the family communicates in sign language. The anime draws on Saitou's own Ikuji Manga Nikki (Child-rearing Manga Diary) work. (Source: ANN)

Official music video for Nakatsuka Shion's song Don't Cry. It was from her first mini-album "Koukai" and was used in the OP for T-sensei. The music video features the full song as well as clips from the anime including original footage that was not present before.

OVA which recounts Hana-chan's story leading up to the beginning of the Dokkaan season.

Music video about craddling a baby to sleep for song by Bonny Jacks featured on NHK's Minna no Uta.