Garn's Guides: 30 Isekai anime shows, part 1
This anime subgenre has become quite popular in recent years. Isekai, meaning another world, usually involves people transitioning to another place, time period, reality, etc. that is radically different from their own where they must learn to survive and often do quite well due to their outside knowledge and perspective.
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- CreatorJunya InoueStarsTyler GalindoBrittney KarbowskiKanata HongôA young man gets transported into a video game he plays called Btooom. A plot is uncovered involving an organization that aims to conquer the world by dominating the virtual world.
- CreatorAinana HiroStarsShun HorieJustin BrinerHiyori KonoA computer programmer is transported to a fantasy world where life is an adventure that's fun and full of girls.
- StarsYôko HikasaJessie James GrelleTia Lynn BallardHilarity and fun ensues when Satan ends up in modern day Japan without any magic to return, and starts working part time in a fast food joint.English Title: The Devil is a Part-Timer! This would actually be a reverse isekai with the main character coming to Earth from another dimension. It's quite good.
- CreatorKohta HiranoStarsMitsuki SaigaNaoya UchidaYûichi NakamuraVarious historical fighters are summoned from across time to wage war on each other, with the fate of the world in the balance.
- StarsRie KugimiyaSatoshi HinoCristina ValenzuelaWhen Saito, an ordinary teen living in Japan, is suddenly whisked away to the magical kingdom of Halkeginia, he becomes the familiar servant of Louise, a young girl enrolled in an academy for aristocrat magicians.
- StarsJun'ichi SuwabeNao TôyamaHisako KanemotoA gate appears in modern-day Tokyo which allows access to a fantasy world. A Japanese military squad is formed to establish ties between both worlds.
- StarsYoshimasa HosoyaMikako KomatsuHiroyuki YoshinoHaruhiro suddenly wakes up, with no memory but his name. There are a lot of people around, but noone seems to know anything. Haruhiro forms a party of some of the people and start exploring.English Title: Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash
- StarsMasaaki MizunakaYû SerizawaAzumi WakiAn elite player is summoned by two maidens to save a fantasy game.English Title: How Not to Summon a Demon Lord
- CreatorFuyuhara PatoraStarsKikuko InoueJill HarrisLeah ClarkWhen a boy is accidentally killed by God, he is resurrected in another world as recompense with his magically enhanced smartphone being only the first of his gifts there.
- CreatorRumiko TakahashiStarsKappei YamaguchiRichard Ian CoxSarah HauserA teenage girl periodically travels back in time to feudal Japan to help a young half-demon recover the shards of a jewel of great power.
- StarsYûsuke KobayashiErica MendezSatoshi HinoThe worlds of isekai sagas collide and cross over, resulting in comical chaos.This is a comedic crossover series where characters from Re:Zero, Overlord, KONOSUBA, and The Saga of Tanya the Evil get transported to yet another world and have to interact with each other. Season two adds characters from The Rising of The Shield Hero.
- CreatorAmazake no HisagoStarsRie TakahashiShinsuke SugawaraAyaka OhashiErnesti, a programmer and mecha fan in his previous life, is reincarnated in a fantasy world where he sets out to pilot a humanoid weapon.
- StarsJun FukushimaSora AmamiyaRie TakahashiIt was a happy day for Kazuma - right up to the moment he died. A goddess intervenes and offers him a second chance in a magical land.
- CreatorToshizo NemotoStarsJad SaxtonMike YagerJôji Nakata30,000 Japanese players trapped in MMORPG, unable to log out. Veteran gamer Shiroe leads exploration of this new reality, negotiating with NPCs to bring order to the virtual city of Akihabara.My favorite of all the trapped-in-a-game isekai. And we're finally getting a third season in 2021.
- CreatorSeiichi TakayamaStarsBrandon McInnisAmaLeeBryn ApprillSuou Yuuto was transported into another world called Yggdrasil. after one year he became the wolf clan leader. now he must wage war against neighboring clans and simultaneously search for a way Back home.
- StarsYoshitsugu MatsuokaAi KayanoYôko HikasaSiblings Sora and Shiro make up the most feared team of pro gamers in the world, The Blank. When they manage to beat God himself in a game of chess, they are sent to a world where all disputes are settled with games.
- CreatorIchirô SakakiStarsNatsuki HanaeMaaya UchidaJuliet SimmonsOtaku Shinichi, has been sent as an ambassador to a parallel world, where what we believed to be only fantasy is reality.
- CreatorKugane MaruyamaStarsSatoshi HinoChris GuerreroYumi HaraWhen a popular MMORPG is scheduled to be shut down permanently, veteran player Momonga refuses to log out. As NPCs begin to develop personalities and minds of their own he decides to put his skills to use as the game's new overlord.
- 201311 epsTV-146.9 (1.1K)TV Mini SeriesCreatorTarô TatsunokoStarsJessie James GrelleBrittney KarbowskiKalin CoatesA trio of recruits from Earth are enlisted to participate in the Gift Games that decide a group's wealth and reputation.
- StarsYûsuke KobayashiSean ChiplockKayli MillsAfter being suddenly transported to another world, Subaru Natsuki and his new female partner are brutally murdered. However, Subaru awakens to a familiar scene, meeting the same girl again. The day begins to mysteriously repeat itself.English Title: ReZERO: Starting Life in Another World
- StarsChristopher SabatJill HarrisCharles C. CampbellA chef runs a restaurant that serves as a Portal between our World & a Fantasy land every 7 Days, where he serves Western Style Food to Elves, Demons, Dragons & more.
- CreatorAneko YusagiStarsKaito IshikawaAsami SetoRina HidakaA gamer is magically summoned into a parallel universe, where he is chosen as one of four heroes destined to save the world from its prophesied doom.English Title: The Rising of The Shield Hero
- CreatorReki KawaharaStarsYoshitsugu MatsuokaHaruka TomatsuBryce PapenbrookIn the year 2022, thousands of people get trapped in a new virtual MMORPG and the lone wolf player, Kirito, works to escape.
- CreatorFuseStarsMiho OkasakiMegumi ToyoguchiChikahiro KobayashiAverage 37-year-old Minami Satoru dies and is reincarnated as the most unremarkable creature imaginable-a slime.
- CreatorFuyumi OnoStarsMari DevonKate HigginsHouko KuwashimaWhen high school student Youko Nakajima finds out she is the rightful heir of a mysterious kingdom, she sets off on a fantasy voyage of danger and magic.English Title: The 12 Kingdoms