Anime like Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru

Ore wa Subete wo [Parry] Suru: Gyaku Kanchigai no Sekai Saikyou wa Boukensha ni Naritai

Also known as I Parry Everything.

Studio: OLM , Mainichi Broadcasting System , JR Higashi Nihon Kikaku , NetEase Games , Earth Star Entertainment , MAGNET , TOKYO MX , Bandai Namco Filmworks , BS11 , OLM , AQUA ARIS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

The Kingdom of Clays faces a dire crisis: an assassination attempt has just been made on its own Princess Lynneburg, and its neighboring countries eye the aftermath like starving vultures, plotting the Kingdom’s downfall. The ensuing conflict will shape the face of the continent for centuries to come...but Noor doesn’t have a clue about any of that! Having freshly arrived at the royal capital after over a decade of rigorous, isolated training at his mountain home, he’s dead set on achieving his childhood dream of becoming an adventurer, even if the only skills he possesses are useless ones. Sure, he can [Parry] thousands of swords in the span of a single breath, but everybody knows you need more than that if you want to be an adventurer! Our hero’s road to making his dream come true will be long(?) and arduous(?)—but if there’s one thing Noor’s not afraid of, it’s some good ol’ fashioned hard work!



Tags: Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Coming of Age , Magic , Time Skip , War , Orphan , Dragons , Survival , Disability , Goblin

Boukensha ni Naritai to Miyako ni Deteitta Musume ga S Rank ni Natteta

Also known as My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer.

Studio: TYPHOON GRAPHICS , bilibili , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Earth Star Entertainment , AT-X , Good Smile Film , Bushiroad Move
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

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?



Tags: Swordplay , Adoption , Magic , Rural , Female Protagonist , Disability , Found Family , Foreign , Elf , Cult , Dungeon , Religion , Kemonomimi , Zombie , Demons , Family Life

Shinmai Ossan Bouken-sha, Saikyou Party ni Shinu Hodo Kitaerarete Muteki ni Naru.

Also known as The Ossan Newbie Adventurer, Trained to Death by the Most Powerful Party, Became Invincible.

Studio: Yumeta Company , MediaNet , Nippon Columbia , Hobby Japan , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Asmik Ace , CTW , KLOCKWORX , Bit grooove promotion , AQUA ARIS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

"Why should it matter how old you are if you want to start something new?"

The strongest guy around, who also happens to be middle-aged, strives to be an adventurer! Everyone seems to think you should pursue your dreams while you're still young, but there's one man who just can't give up. In a world where most people who become adventurers do so in their teens, a guild employee in his thirties, Rick Gladiator, seeks to become an adventurer instead. After receiving unimaginably brutal training from the legendary party renowned as the strongest on the continent, Orichalcum Fist, he ends up with combat abilities worthy of S-rank status despite starting out as an F-rank rookie!



Tags: Male Protagonist , Ojou-sama , Magic , Primarily Adult Cast , Elf , Super Power , Slapstick , Parody , Maids , Swordplay , Travel , Guns , Achronological Order , Work , Vampire , Kemonomimi , Dragons , Heterosexual

Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha

Also known as The Unwanted Undead Adventurer.

Studio: CONNECT , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , OVERLAP , Marvelous , Docomo Anime Store , Pony Canyon , BS Nittele , NatsumeAtari
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Rentt Faina has hunted monsters for the last 10 years. Sadly, he’s not great at his job, stuck hunting slimes and goblins for a few coins each day. His luck turns when he finds an undiscovered path. At the path’s end, he meets his demise in the maw of a legendary dragon. But, he wakes up as an undead bag of bones! He sets out to achieve Existential Evolution and rejoin the land of the living.



Note: Each episode streamed 3 days early on some streaming sites. The original TV broadcast started on January 8th, 2024.

Tags: Reincarnation , Dungeon , Magic , Swordplay , Monster Boy , Alchemy , Vampire , Male Protagonist , Skeleton , Found Family , Tragedy , Time Skip , Zombie , Medieval , CGI

Mushoku no Eiyuu: Betsu ni Skill nanka Ira Nakattan Daga

Also known as Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?!.

Studio: studio A-CAT , Yomiuri TV Enterprise , Docomo Anime Store , Earth Star Entertainment , MAGNET , BS Fuji , studio A-CAT , Culture Entertainment , Bushiroad Move
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

In a world where one’s class determines everything, Arel, the son of a Sword Princess and an Archmage, was expected to inherit greatness. But when he discovers he’s classless, everything changes. Now he’s determined to prove that hard work and dedication are enough to not just succeed, but to excel as an adventurer!



Note: Mushoku no Eiyuu: Betsu ni Skill nanka Ira Nakattan Daga was streamed a week in advance of the TV broadcast on dAnimestore, ABEMA and HIDIVE beginning September 24, 2025. Regular broadcasting began on October 1, 2025.

Tags: Shounen , Swordplay , Magic , School , Male Protagonist , CGI , Rural , Time Skip , Demons , Dungeon , Incest , Tomboy , Skeleton , Vore

Kaiko sareta Ankoku Heishi (30-dai) no Slow na Second Life

Also known as Chillin’ in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King’s Army.

Studio: Encourage Films , bilibili , Kodansha , Pony Canyon
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

After losing his job as a Dark Soldier of the Demon King’s Army for his lack of magic ability, 30-ish-year-old Dariel has found himself in a village of humans to spend his early forced retirement. But this unemployed magic-less demon has found a new calling as an adventurer! His second life might just be not so bad after all, as long the villagers don’t find out he’s not human.

(Source Crunchyroll)

Tags: Male Protagonist , Magic , Rural , Demons , Heterosexual , Family Life , Found Family , Swordplay , Primarily Adult Cast , Adoption , Dragons , Archery , Time Skip , CGI , Parenthood , Isekai

Chiyu Mahou no Machigatta Tsukaikata

Also known as The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic.

Studio: Shin-Ei Animation , Studio Add , Frontier Works , GREE Entertainment , Crunchyroll , Bandai Namco Music Live , capibara , Shin-Ei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

An ordinary walk home from school turns into an epic journey for Usato. After suddenly being dropped into another world with two fellow students, Usato learns he was summoned there by accident. But things turn around when he discovers a unique aptitude for healing magic! Now, he trains beyond human limitations, using his self-healing abilities to gain absurd strength and unrivaled stamina.



Tags: Isekai , Magic , Fitness , Demons , Male Protagonist , War , Cultivation , Creature Taming , Military , Heterosexual , Animals , Kemonomimi , Wilderness , Swordplay , Female Harem

Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records

Also known as Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor.

Studio: LIDENFILMS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

In the "action fantasy" story, Glenn is a part-time teacher at a magic school who is inclined to write "self-study" on the blackboard and then take a nap. One of his students, Sistine, gets angry and challenges him to a duel and he is easily defeated. However, when a terrible incident threatens the school, Glenn shows intense dedication to protecting his students.



Tags: Magic , School , Teacher , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Tsundere , Anti-Hero , Kuudere , Gore , Female Harem

Koujo Denka no Katei Kyoushi

Also known as Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter.

Studio: Studio Blanc , King Records , Bit grooove promotion
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

After Allen failed the court sorcerer exam, he couldn’t return home even if he wanted to. While searching for a job, an unexpected offer comes his way to be the private tutor of the duke’s daughter. Just as he lowers his guard, he faces a girl who can’t use magic at all! But what is preventing her magic from working? Allen’s unconventional lessons gently shine a light on the girl’s future.



Note: Each episode streamed 1 week early on ABEMA and dAnimeStore. The original TV broadcast started on July 6, 2025.

Tags: Magic , Female Harem , Royal Affairs , Boarding School , Cohabitation , School , Male Protagonist , Teacher , Kemonomimi , Age Gap , Blackmail

Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu

Also known as Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation.

Studio: Studio Bind , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Toho , KADOKAWA , Frontier Works , Nippon BS Broadcasting , GREE , EGG FIRM
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Ecchi , Fantasy

When a 34-year-old underachiever gets run over by a bus, his story doesn’t end there. Reincarnated in a new world as an infant, Rudeus will seize every opportunity to live the life he’s always wanted. Armed with new friends, some freshly acquired magical abilities, and the courage to do the things he’s always dreamed of, he’s embarking on an epic adventure—with all of his past experience intact!



Note: The anime pre-screened its 1st and 2nd episode starting on the 27th of December on the Nico Nico Live Broadcasting and D Anime Store services

Tags: Isekai , Reincarnation , Magic , Male Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Coming of Age , Travel , Age Regression , Virginity , Heterosexual , Family Life , Hikikomori , Tragedy , Primarily Child Cast , Nudity , Swordplay , Teacher , Tsundere , Female Harem , Time Skip , Demons , Medieval , Gods , Ojou-sama , Language Barrier , Politics , Hypersexuality , Kemonomimi , Masturbation , Tomboy , Nekomimi , Polyamorous , Gore , Witch , Elf , Maids , Kuudere , Dragons , Cohabitation