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1. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (2021– )
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A 34-year-old underachiever gets run over by a bus, but his story isn't over. Reincarnated as an infant, he'll embark on an epic adventure.
Stars: Yumi Uchiyama, Tomokazu Sugita, Amber Lee Connors, Ai Kayano
Votes: 20,400
2. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (2018– )
TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Average 37-year-old Minami Satoru dies and is reincarnated as the most unremarkable creature imaginable-a slime.
Stars: Miho Okasaki, Megumi Toyoguchi, Chikahiro Kobayashi, Brittney Karbowski
Votes: 15,409
3. Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! (2016–2024)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
It 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.
Stars: Jun Fukushima, Sora Amamiya, Rie Takahashi, Ai Kayano
Votes: 14,969
4. The Eminence in Shadow (2022–2023)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When Cid is isekai'd to another world, he creates an underground organization to live out a fight against a made-up cult. Little does he know the cult is real, and they're not happy his power fantasy just impeded their plans.
Stars: Seiichiro Yamashita, Haruka Shiraishi, Inori Minase, Asami Seto
Votes: 6,635
5. Overlord (2015–2022)
TV-MA | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When 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.
Stars: Satoshi Hino, Chris Guerrero, Yumi Hara, Masayuki Katô
Votes: 13,948
6. Sword Art Online (2012– )
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In the year 2022, thousands of people get trapped in a new virtual MMORPG and the lone wolf player, Kirito, works to escape.
Stars: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Haruka Tomatsu, Bryce Papenbrook, Cherami Leigh
Votes: 53,059
7. Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy (2021–2024)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Makoto Misumi, an ordinary teenager, is summoned to a fantasy world to be its hero. However, the goddess judges him unattractive and dismisses him from his duties.
Stars: Monica Rial, Natsuki Hanae, Akari Kitô, Ayane Sakura
Votes: 2,830
8. Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers (2024– )
TV-14 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Flio's no warrior, just a simple merchant with rock-bottom stats-until a twist of fate unlocks super cheat powers that could change everything.
Stars: Satoshi Hino, Rie Kugimiya, Vanessa Benoit, Marisa Duran
Votes: 290
9. Classroom of the Elite (2017– )
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Thriller
When Kiyotaka enters government-sponsored elite high school, he finds out just how merit-based this education system is.
Stars: Rina Hidaka, Shoya Chiba, Brandon McInnis, Justin Briner
Votes: 13,951
10. Violet Evergarden (2018)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Family
In the aftermath of a great war, Violet Evergarden, a young female ex-soldier, gets a job at a writers' agency and goes on assignments to create letters that can connect people.
Stars: Yui Ishikawa, Erika Harlacher, Raissa Bueno, Aya Endô
Votes: 29,978
11. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (2015–2023)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A fateful encounter - what adventuring is all about. But for Bell Cranel, meeting a girl doesn't go quite as planned.
Stars: Bryson Baugus, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Maaya Uchida, Inori Minase
Votes: 10,580
12. The Rising of the Shield Hero (2019– )
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A 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.
Stars: Kaito Ishikawa, Asami Seto, Rina Hidaka, Maaya Uchida
Votes: 17,360
13. Goblin Slayer (2018–2023)
TV-MA | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In a fantasy world, a lone hero makes his living by exterminating all goblins he encounters. But one day he meets a friend, and his life begins to become more intense.
Stars: Yûichirô Umehara, Yui Ogura, Nao Tôyama, Yûichi Nakamura
Votes: 10,540
14. Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1988–1997)
TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Various people, especially two rising commanders, cope with a massive continual space conflict between two interstellar nations.
Stars: Yûsaku Yara, Ryô Horikawa, Katsuji Mori, Nozomu Sasaki
Votes: 4,839
15. Redo of Healer (2021)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Keyaru is a healing magician who is sexually abused repeatedly by others. Using his healing magic, he goes back four years into the past to get revenge on the ones who abused him.
Stars: Yuya Hozumi, Ayano Shibuya, Shizuka Ishigami, Natsuki Aikawa
Votes: 5,127
16. Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai (2018–2019)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
After experiencing "puberty syndrome" himself, high school pariah Sakuta keeps meeting girls suffering from it, including his sister and actor Mai.
Stars: Kaito Ishikawa, Asami Seto, Yurika Kubo, Atsumi Tanezaki
Votes: 16,958
17. Re: Monster (2024– )
Animation, Action, Adventure
A man is reincarnated as a goblin in a fantasy world, using his previous life's knowledge and newfound abilities to consume creatures and gain their powers.
Stars: Reshel Mae, Sean Letourneau, Shin'ya Takahashi, Yûko Minaguchi
Votes: 401
18. Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest (2019–2024)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Seventeen-year-old Hajime Nagumo is your average, everyday otaku. However, his simple life of pulling all-nighters.
Stars: Yôko Hikasa, Tia Lynn Ballard, Matt Shipman, Toshinari Fukamachi
Votes: 4,157
19. Fate/Zero (2011–2012)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Seven chosen mages and their summoned heroic spirits fight against each other to try and win the Holy Grail: a magical device that can grant any wish.
Stars: Ayako Kawasumi, Kari Wahlgren, Sayaka Ôhara, Jôji Nakata
Votes: 14,842
20. Date a Live (2013– )
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
Shido meets Tohka, a spirit who destroyed the Earth 30 years ago. To prevent another catastrophe, he must romance her to seal her unstable powers.
Stars: Nobunaga Shimazaki, Marina Inoue, Misuzu Togashi, Jessie James Grelle
Votes: 4,097
21. The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic (2024)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
Three high school students are transported to a fantasy world. But while two are heroes, one can only be a healer.
Stars: Shogo Sakata, Atsuko Tanaka, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Alejandro Saab
Votes: 1,289
22. Shangri-La Frontier (2023–2024)
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
High schooler Rakuro loves beating bad games. But can he discover all the secrets hidden in a best-selling VR game?
Stars: Yuma Uchida, Eric Vale, Azumi Waki, Rina Hidaka
Votes: 1,965
23. The Misfit of Demon King Academy (2020–2024)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Tired of endless war, Demon King Anos decides to be reincarnated into a peaceful future. Enrolling in school, he doesn't get the welcome he hoped for.
Stars: Aleks Le, Brianna Knickerbocker, Kayli Mills, Griffin Puatu
Votes: 5,279
24. Gods' Games We Play (2024– )
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
In a cosmic game of chess, the gods draw human minds into their arena. A fresh apostle and an ancient deity join forces to challenge celestial puzzles and divine jesters.
Stars: Hiromichi Tezuka, Takaki Ôtomari, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Ryan Negrón
Votes: 129
25. Spice and Wolf (2008–2009)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Kraft Lawrence goes from town to town to make profits as a travelling merchant, with the help of a wolf deity by the name of Holo.
Stars: Jun Fukuyama, Ami Koshimizu, J. Michael Tatum, Brina Palencia
Votes: 5,072
26. No Game, No Life (2014)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Siblings 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.
Stars: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Ai Kayano, Yôko Hikasa, Scott Gibbs
Votes: 18,560
27. Toradora! (2008–2009)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Toradora tells the tale of Ryuji (dragon) and Taiga (tiger) helping each other confess to their crushes.
Stars: Rie Kugimiya, Junji Majima, Yui Horie, Hirofumi Nojima
Votes: 19,013
28. The Testament of Sister New Devil (2015–2016)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
First-year high school student, Toujo Basara, was suddenly have two beautiful step-sisters adopted by his father. But Mio and Maria's true forms are actually the newbie Demon Lord and a succubus!?
Stars: Kaori Fukuhara, Ayaka Asai, Sarah Emi Bridcutt, Yu Asakawa
Votes: 3,344
29. Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World (2022)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A high school student is transported to a fantasy world with distinct cheating advantages. He sets out on a quest to gain a harem of beautiful girls.
Stars: Taku Yashiro, Shiori Mikami, Kenta Miyake, Hayato Fujii
Votes: 1,564
30. The New Gate (2024– )
TV-14 | 20 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
"THE NEW GATE" online game becomes deadly, trapping many. Shin, defeats final boss but gets transported 500 years into game world instead of escaping. He finds himself in unfamiliar territory, facing challenges in virtual realm.
Stars: Kenshô Ono, Asami Seto, Kaede Hondo, Miho Okasaki
Votes: 136
31. The Unwanted Undead Adventurer (2024– )
TV-14 | Animation, Action, Adventure
After a powerful dragon devours him, an average adventurer transforms into a living skeleton and sets out on a mystical journey to regain human form.
Stars: Ryôta Suzuki, Mikako Komatsu, Ikumi Hasegawa, Ken'ichirô Matsuda
Votes: 891
32. Chivalry of a Failed Knight (2015)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
Follow Ikki Kurogane as he defies the odds that everyone thinks he can't do. Ikki is the lowest of the low at his acdemy. While others have magical power and are high ranking. He is the ... See full summary »
Stars: Ryôta Ôsaka, Shizuka Ishigami, Luci Christian, Bryson Baugus
Votes: 4,649
33. Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf (2024– )
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Merchant Kraft Lawrence discovers a wolf deity named Holo sleeping in his cart. She offers to lend her wisdom to boost his profits if he takes her on his travels. Their unlikely partnership begins.
Stars: Haruna Terada, J. Michael Tatum, Brina Palencia, Tomokazu Sugita
Votes: 293
34. Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020)
99 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
After befriending a marine biology student, a sarcastic artist living with paraplegia begins to experience the world beyond her home.
Director: Kôtarô Tamura | Stars: Kaya Kiyohara, Taishi Nakagawa, Matsutera Chiemi, Kengo Kawanishi
Votes: 8,040
35. Hyouka (2012)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Hyouka centers on Oreki Hotarou and his life in the Classic Literature Club. His mundane world is flipped upside down as they begin to solve various mysteries.
Stars: Yûichi Nakamura, Satomi Satô, Madeleine Morris, Adam Gibbs
Votes: 6,193
36. Unnamed Memory (2024– )
TV-14 | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Cursed as a child to never have an heir, Prince Oscar seeks the continent's most powerful witch, Tinasha, hoping she'll break his curse. To meet her, he'll have to climb her formidable tower, which grants a wish to whoever reaches the top.
Stars: Atsumi Tanezaki, Yoshiki Nakajima
Votes: 148
37. The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat (2021)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
When the world's greatest assassin reaches the end of his life, he is sent by a goddess to be reborn in a magical world and use his skills to save that world.
Stars: Christian Banas, Kenji Akabane, Yûki Takada, Courtney Lin
Votes: 3,300
38. The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes (2022)
TV-14 | 85 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
In a sleepy country town, a traumatized boy and a transfer student from Tokyo stumble upon a time-bending tunnel that may grant them their every wish.
Director: Tomohisa Taguchi | Stars: Oji Suzuka, Marie Iitoyo, Tasuku Hatanaka, Arisa Komiya
Votes: 2,296
39. And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online? (2016)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
Hideki Nishimura, who plays the Legendary Age game under the pseudonym Rusian, vowed to renounce online marriages after confessing to a girl that he claimed to be a boy in real life.
Stars: Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Rina Hidaka, Inori Minase, Mao Ichimichi
Votes: 1,604
40. Golden Time (2013–2014)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
With freshmen law students Banri and Mitsuo, it's friendship at first sight. But trouble gets stirred up with talk of a fiancé.
Stars: Yui Horie, Makoto Furukawa, Mike Haimoto, Ai Kayano
Votes: 4,774
41. The Irregular at Magic High School (2014– )
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Siblings Miyuki and Tatsuya Shiba are turning the National Magic University Affiliated First High School campus upside down.
Stars: Yûichi Nakamura, Alejandro Saab, Saori Hayami, Anairis Quinones
Votes: 4,166
42. A Certain Magical Index (2008–2019)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
Index is still a fugitive and many powerful Magical organizations and individuals want to take her to use the books in her memory eliminating her in the process. War between those ... See full summary »
Stars: Monica Rial, Micah Solusod, Alexis Tipton, Christopher Sabat
Votes: 2,295
43. As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World (2024– )
TV-14 | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Reborn as nobility with the power to size up talent in a glance, Ars Louvent is on a mission to elevate his new life.
Stars: Motoki Sakuma, Shuki Imagawa, Hiroki Tôchi, Masafumi Kobatake
Votes: 158
44. Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious (2019)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The goddess Rista summons a hero to help her in her hard mode video game world. The hero, Seiya, is exceptional in every way, but is incredibly cautious!.
Stars: Yûichirô Umehara, Aki Toyosaki, Jamie Marchi, Anthony Bowling
Votes: 3,670
45. Saga of Tanya the Evil (2017– )
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A girl with blond hair, blue eyes, and porcelain skin fights on the front lines of a brutal war and climbs the ranks of the imperial army.
Stars: Amber Lee Connors, Monica Rial, Aoi Yûki, Christopher Wehkamp
Votes: 4,277
46. Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and the Inexperienced Me (2023)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Ryûto Kashima is a gloomy high school student. As part of a punishment game, he is forced to confess to Runa Shirakawa, a girl from the top of the school caste who's admired by everyone.
Stars: Natsuki Hanae, Saori Ônishi, Aoi Koga, Christina Sherman
Votes: 715
47. Durarara!! (2010)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
Tired of his mundane life, Mikado Ryugamine decides to move to Ikebukuro, a district in Tokyo, when a friend invites him. With everything from invisible gangs to rumored beings, Ikebukuro is full of connected mysteries where people's pasts intertwine with the present.
Stars: Yuri Lowenthal, Kari Wahlgren, Bryce Papenbrook, Johnny Yong Bosch
Votes: 7,947
48. Berserk of Gluttony (2023)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
Fate Graphite is cursed with the skill "Gluttony". He is starving until the day he kills a thief and devours the man's strength and his soul. The true hunger of Fate's Gluttony has awakened and he will be the master of his own destiny.
Stars: Ryôta Ôsaka, Tomokazu Seki, Yoko Fujita, Hisako Tojo
Votes: 930
49. Wise Man's Grandchild (2019)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A recently deceased young man is sent to another world and is taught magic by master Merlin. He quickly masters everything he is taught. However he has one fatal weakness, common sense.
Stars: Yûsuke Kobayashi, Yuki Wakai, Rina Honizumi, Shohei Komatsu
Votes: 3,230
50. So, I Can't Play H (2012–2013)
TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
High schooler Ryosuke Kaga is also known as Erosuke for his extreme adolescent interest in the erotic side of life. One day he encounters a young girl standing alone in the rain. She is ... See full summary »
Stars: Hiro Shimono, Aya Endô, Arisa Nishiguchi, Misato Fukuen
Votes: 1,137