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(#1) That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
- Isekai, Fantasy, Comedy
When a middle aged man named Satoru Mikami is randomly stabbed on the street, he's reincarnated into another world - not as a wizard, a demon, or anything else a person would hope for, but as a slime! Luckily for Rimuru Tempest - that's his new name - he's not just any slime. He can absorb new skills from his environment and from his foes, giving him a seemingly endless array of abilities. While Rimuru could use those powers to do harm, he chooses instead to build community and help others - just as he tried to do through his company job on Earth.
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(#2) The Rising of the Shield Hero
- Fantasy, Isekai
The Rising of the Shield Hero, which began airing during the Winter 2019 anime season, is one of the hottest anime series around. It follows Naofumi Iwatani, an otaku who is suddenly transported to the world of Melromarc to fulfil a mission: he must help defeat the Waves of Catastrophe that are wrecking havoc on the world with the help of three other legendary heroes. Unfortuantely for Naofumi, he's the Shield Hero, which means that he's looked down on from the start. Worse, the one person who pretends to be willing to help him betrays him and destroys his reputation, forcing him to complete his mission alone if he ever wants to see his home again.
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(#3) Overlord
- Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Game, Magic, Supernatural
When Momonga's favorite MMORPG, Yggdrasil, is about to go offline, he decides to wait out the game's last moments and stay logged in for as long as he can. But when the game is supposed to shut down, it doesn't. Instead, the NPCs are coming to life, and Momonga has become his character, the wizard master of the dark guild Ainz Ooal Gown. He'll have to get used to his new life - and figure out how to run his guild for real.
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(#4) Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
- Isekai, Drama, Magic, Fantasy
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation follows a destitute man leading a very depressing life who has been reincarnated into a magical world as Rudeus Greyrat. As he grows up in his new family and gains magical abilities, he begins to form relationships and find meaning in his life. Letting go of the trauma of his past isn't easy, but with new friends by his side and magical quests to attend to, it might just be possible.
This series is beautifully animated and has excellent plotting and character development. However, the protagonist is known for saying disturbing things about children. For this reason, we don't recommend it to all viewers.
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(#5) No Game No Life
- Game, Adventure, Comedy, Supernatural, Ecchi, Fantasy
No Game No Life gets to the point immediately with its name alone. While they are incredible gamers, Sora and Shiro lack the skills to accomplish anything meaningful in their current world. In fact, they're so wracked with social anxiety that most of the time they can barely leave the house. Their lives change for the better when they get the chance to live in Disboard, a world where gaming determines every interaction and transaction.
There, they become wildly successful beyond anything they imagined possible in their old world, achieving royal status and uniting the warring factions of Disboard through gaming.
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(#6) Wise Man's Grandchild
After a burnt out office employee loses his life in a car accident, he's reincarnated into a magical world - as a baby! Though he still remembers his life on earth, he lives from infancy to adolencence as Shin Wolford, a young man being raised by ane of the greatest mages of his era, Merlin. While Merlin dotes on him, he neglects his education, focusing only on his magical abilities and leaving out important life skills like how to buy things. To deal with his deficit, Shin heads off to school in the city, where he'll be one of the most powerful students there.
If you're looking for an hilarious isekai with an unique premise, you can't go wrong with this show.
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(#7) KonoSuba
- Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Magic, Parody, Supernatural
When high school student Kazuma Satou dies, he gets two options: go to heaven, or be reincarnated in a fantasy world that strongly resembles the video games he plays. An avid gamer who wants to experience the real version of his passion, Kazuma chooses the latter option. But instead of being able to fight monsters and demons like he typically does, he first has to work for a living.
What follows is a hysterical take on a newcomer's experience in a strange world - one he thought he already knew so well.
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(#8) How Not to Summon a Demon Lord
- Isekai, Comedy, Ecchi, Fantasy, Harem, Magic
How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord might be the ultimate in isekai power trip wish fulfilment, but hey, that's part of the fun. In real life, Takuma Sakamoto is kind of a loser, but in the game Cross Reverie he's an expert. When two NPCs summon him into the game itself with the intention of making him their slave, he's able to turn the tables and make them his slaves instead. Luckily, they don't seem to mind it too much.
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(#9) GATE
GATE is unique in that it's a two-way isekai. First, Earth is invaded by beings from another world when a strange portal opens up in the middle of Tokyo. Youji Itami, who is just trying to get to a doujinshi convention, ends up fending off multiple invaders and saving countless lives. For this reason, he's selected to be among the group of people who are sent to explore the new realm. Their goal is to broker peace - but if they fail, they could trigger the biggest war that either world has ever seen.
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(#10) Sword Art Online
- Action, Game, Adventure, Romance, Fantasy
Sword Art Online is one of the most popular isekai anime to come out in recent years. The other world in question is a virtual reality MMO game that quickly turns into a death trap when the game's creator makes it impossible to leave without beating the game. Worse, if you die in the game, you die in real life.
Sword Art Online follows Kirito and Asuna as they attempt to escape from the game - and then follows them back into other games they freely choose to explore.
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(#11) Log Horizon
- Action, Game, Adventure, Magic, Fantasy
Log Horizon explores what happens when thousands of ordinary people get trapped in a fantasy MMORPG called Elder Tale. This anime boasts a large cast of interesting characters with varying magical abilities.
Rather than spending too much time with any one character, the anime takes a broader approach, focusing on the political conflict and economic systems instead.
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(#12) In Another World with My Smartphone
- Fantasy, Adventure, Isekai
When God accidentally smites Touya Mochizuki with a lightning bolt, he's super sorry - but sorry isn't quite good enough. To make up for it, Touya is reincarnated into a fantasy world with powerful magical abilities that far exceed anything he ever expereinced in life. But that's not all Touya will get - he also gets his request to have his smart phone with him granted. This last part adds a unique twist to the standard isekai formula.
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(#13) The Devil Is a Part-Timer!
- Fantasy, Comedy
The Devil Is a Part-Timer! is an isekai anime unlike any other. Rather than dealing with a human transported to a magical world, this anime features Satan himself trapped in the human realm without any of his demonic powers.
To survive, he starts working at a fast-food restaurant - a far cry from his former role as the lord of all evil.
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(#14) Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World
- Psychological, Drama, Thriller, Fantasy
Subaru Natsuki's ordinary life kicks into high gear when he gets dragged into a dangerous alternate world where he immediately falls under attack. With no means of defending himself, Subaru looks finished - until he's rescued by a beautiful witch named Satella. To thank Satella for her help, Subaru agrees to help her find a missing insignia - but just after they find it, they're murdered, then brought back to life in this strange new world.
Why has Subaru been brought here? What secrets is Satella keeping? You'll only know if you tune in to Re:Zero.
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(#15) The Saga of Tanya the Evil
- Action, Military, Magic, Isekai
When a cynical Japanese salaryman challenges Being X, a supposed god, he is transported to another world in a new body. This former adult man finds himself now a small, impoverished girl living in a war zone. With magic on her side, the newly named Tanya von Degurechaff rises up the ranks of the military, becoming one of the most terrifying warlords the world has ever seen.
The cognitive dissonance of seeing a little girl inspire terror in her subordinates is hilarious, and watching Tanya figure out how to excel in a new universe is fascinating.
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(#16) Drifters
- Fantasy, Action, Isekai
What's interesting about Drifters is that it doesn't focus on someone from the modern world getting used to magic. Instead, the person being transported to another world is Toyohisa Shimazu, a rearguard in the Japanese military circa 1600. Alongside other warriors from different timelines, Toyohisa serves as a Drifter in a war against the oppressive Ends, who established the Orte Empire and persecute elves and other magical creatures.
This anime offers an exciting combination of different timelines and different worlds, so you better pay attention as you watch.
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(#17) Spirited Away
- Adventure, Fantasy, Supernatural
One of Studio Ghibli's crown jewels, Spirited Away follows a 10-year-old girl named Chihiro who finds herself trapped in the realm of spirits. With her parents transformed into pigs, Chihiro must figure out a way to survive on her own. Surrounded by spirits both kind and malicious, will she ever be able to save her parents and return home?
This movie offers not only a tender coming-of-age story, but also one of the richest and most beautiful alternate worlds ever animated. The train scene alone is more compelling than almost anything you will ever see on screen.
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(#18) My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
- Comedy, Drama, Isekai, Romance, Fantasy
Being reborn into your favorite otome game seems great - that is, unless you're reincarnated as the villain! When a game-loving girl finds herself reincarnated as fictional villainess Catarina Claes, she realizes that if everything happens according to the game's plot, she's doomed.
It's up to her to rewrite the story and come out victorious. But she won't be using villainous means - instead, her strategy involves befriending everyone she encounters.
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(#19) Isekai Quartet
Isekai Quartet is a Spring 2019 spin-off show that focuses on four of the most popular isekai anime of all time: KonoSuba, Overlord, Re:Zero, and Saga of Tanya the Evil. Chibi versions of the characters from all four universes are transported to a mysterious school when they press a button that randomly appears before them - creating an isekai within an isekai! If you've always wanted to see how Subaru Natsuki intercts with Tanya von Degurechaff, Isekai Quartet gives you that chance.
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(#20) Restaurant to Another World
- Fantasy, Slice of Life, Isekai
Allegedly closed on Saturdays, Western Restaurant Nekoya uses that free time to travel to other worlds to serve food the inhabitants have never seen before. These otherworldly denizens experience curry, parfaits, and other tasty treats, while the audience gets to learn more about their stories and the magical lands they inhabit.
Technically, Restaurant to Another World takes you through multiple different worlds, but it's all experienced through the delight of the staff at Western Restaurant and the new friends they make along the way.
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(#21) Re:Creators
- Action, Fantasy, Sci-fi
Re:Creators is about what happens when fiction meets reality. Aspiring light novel author Souta Mizushino looks for inspiration by tuning in to an anime. Unfortunately for Souta, he isn't expecting to be dragged right into the fantasy fight scene - nor is he expecting one of the anime's main characters, Celestia Yupitilia, to return to his own world with him. As it turns out, Celestia is just the first of many characters to leave their fictional worlds for the real one.
Why is this happening? You'll have to watch Re:Creators to find out.
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(#22) The Vision of Escaflowne
- Fantasy, Mecha, Isekai
Hitomi Kanzaki loves magic and fortune telling, but she never imagined that those things would become such an important part of her life. One day, a prince from another world named Van suddenly falls out of the sky along with a dragon bent on destroying them both. Hitomi's predictions help Van defeat the dragon, but before either of them can even process what happened, they're transported back to Van's world, called Gaea. In Gaea, the Earth hangs from the sky, and Hitomi and Van are under attack by the Zaibach empire. Will the two of them be able to make it out of the conflict alive?
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(#23) .hack//Sign
- Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Tsukasa wakes up in an MMORPG called The World, unsure how he got there and unable to log out and return to a real life he doesn't remember. Some there believe he is a hacker and want to get rid of him, while others assist him with figuring out why he can't log out or get back to his real life.
.hack//Sign is well worth watching, because of both its sense of excitement and mystery, and its killer soundtrack composed by the inimitable Yuki Kajiura.
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(#24) Fushigi Yuugi
Two middle school girls named Miaka and Yui suddenly find themselves in a magical world based on a book called The Universe of the Four Gods. In this world, each girl becomes a priestess for one of those gods. Since warring nations worship these gods, the two friends find themselves on opposite sides of a conflict.
Because it came out in 1995, Fushigi Yuugi might feel a little dated, but it's nevertheless a must-see for fans of the isekai genre.
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(#25) Now and Then, Here and There
Shuzo Matsutani, a happy, optimistic kid, suddenly gets pulled into a world full of warfare, genocide, torture, and other atrocities, putting his cheery outlook to the test. Now and Then, Here and There is one of the few isekai anime that make other worlds seem truly terrifying and has a much darker and grittier tone than most anime in the genre.
It asks viewers to confront the harsh realities of war, so while it makes for a great watch, you should be prepared.
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