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Overlord

Also known as Overlord.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Funimation , Madman Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

The story takes place in the year 2138 when virtual reality gaming is booming. Yggdrasil, a popular online game is quietly shut down one day. However, the protagonist Momonga decides to not log out. Momonga is then transformed into the image of a skeleton as "the most powerful wizard." The world continues to change, with non-player characters (NPCs) beginning to feel emotion. Having no parents, friends, or place in society, this ordinary young man Momonga then strives to take over the new world the game has become.



Tags: Isekai , Anti-Hero , Skeleton , Virtual World , Magic , Male Protagonist , Demons , Succubus , Primarily Adult Cast , Yandere , Politics , Villainess , Necromancy , Ensemble Cast , Kingdom Management , Medieval , CGI , Maids , Monster Girl , Female Harem , Kuudere , Femboy , Love Triangle , Butler , Elf , Twins , Vampire , Monster Boy , Tomboy , Crossdressing , Goblin , Dragons

Hai to Gensou no Grimgar

Also known as Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Funimation , Madman Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

Fear, survival, instinct. Thrown into a foreign land with nothing but hazy memories and the knowledge of their name, they can feel only these three emotions resonating deep within their souls. A group of strangers is given no other choice than to accept the only paying job in this game-like world—the role of a soldier in the Reserve Army—and eliminate anything that threatens the peace in their new world, Grimgar.

When all of the stronger candidates join together, those left behind must create a party together to survive: Manato, a charismatic leader and priest; Haruhiro, a nervous thief; Yume, a cheerful hunter; Shihoru, a shy mage; Mogzo, a kind warrior; and Ranta, a rowdy dark knight. Despite its resemblance to one, this is no game—there are no redos or respawns; it is kill or be killed.

It is now up to this ragtag group of unlikely fighters to survive together in a world where life and death are separated only by a fine line.

Tags: Isekai , Survival , Tragedy , Goblin , Ensemble Cast , Magic , Alternate Universe , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Amnesia , Dungeon , Kuudere , Medieval

Sword Art Online

Also known as Sword Art Online.

Studio: Aniplex , A-1 Pictures , Genco , DAX Production , Aniplex of America , ASCII Media Works
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Romance

In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a piece of technology called Nerve Gear. One day, players discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive unless they reach the 100th floor of the game's tower and defeat the final boss. However, if they die in the game, they die in real life. Their struggle for survival starts now...



Tags: Virtual World , Isekai , Death Game , Video Games , Male Protagonist , Swordplay , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Primarily Female Cast , Female Harem , Artificial Intelligence , Travel , Unrequited Love , Time Skip , Found Family , Fairy , Tragedy , Prison , Fishing , Amnesia , Primarily Male Cast , Inseki , Rescue , Medieval

Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken

Also known as That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime.

Studio: 8-bit , Funimation , Lantis , Bandai Namco Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Lonely thirty-seven-year-old Satoru Mikami is stuck in a dead-end job, unhappy with his mundane life, but after dying at the hands of a robber, he awakens to a fresh start in a fantasy realm...as a slime monster! As he acclimates to his goopy new existence, his exploits with the other monsters set off a chain of events that will change his new world forever!



Tags: Isekai , Found Family , Reincarnation , Magic , Kingdom Management , Super Power , Shapeshifting , Economics , Alternate Universe , Ensemble Cast , Clone , Politics , Henshin , Monster Boy , Agender , Monster Girl , Male Protagonist , Fairy , Demons , Gender Bending , Goblin , Travel , Femboy , Creature Taming , Medieval , Swordplay , Acting , Dragons , Female Harem , Cannibalism , Elf , CGI

Genjitsu Shugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki

Also known as How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , WOWMAX , Magic Capsule , King Records , KLOCKWORX
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Romance

Suddenly summoned to a fantasy world and betrothed to the princess, Kazuya Souma is crowned the new king after providing the royal family with impressive advice. To rule the kingdom, he's taking the nontraditional (and very human) route of administrative reform. In a realm of dragons and elves, will this revolutionary's unique path prove effective?



Tags: Politics , Kingdom Management , Isekai , Economics , Male Protagonist , Royal Affairs , War , Female Harem , Magic , Food , Elf , Classic Literature , Tanned Skin , Nekomimi , Cosplay , Ensemble Cast , Anthropomorphism , Adoption , Medieval , Artificial Intelligence

GATE: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri

Also known as Gate.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Genco , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

The military fantasy series begins when a gate appears in Tokyo's Ginza district sometime in the 21st century. From the gate pours out monsters, knights from middle-age Europe, and other fantasy-like beings, and they kill many of the citizens of Tokyo. This event is known as the Ginza Incident.

The government sends a small group of soldiers from the Japanese Self-Defense Forces (a replacement for Japan's military) to the alternate world beyond the gate. Led by otaku soldier Youji, they find that the villages in the world are being attacked by a dragon. An elf girl who is a survivor from the dragon's rampage joins the group in their travels across the dangerous new world.



Tags: Military , Isekai , War , Alternate Universe , Politics , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Magic , Primarily Female Cast , Dragons , Elf , Anachronism , Tanks , Otaku Culture , Language Barrier , Medieval , Slavery , Kemonomimi , Kuudere

Accel World

Also known as Accel World.

Studio: Sunrise , Genco , Viz Media , Rakuonsha , Warner Bros. Japan , flying DOG , ASCII Media Works
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Romance , Sci-Fi

The year is 2046. Haruyuki Arita is a young boy who finds himself on the lowest social rungs of his school. Ashamed of his miserable life, Haruyuki can only cope by indulging in virtual games. But that all changes when Kuroyukihime, the most popular girl in school, introduces him to a mysterious program called Brain Burst and a virtual reality called the Accel World.



Tags: Virtual World , Video Games , Henshin , Netorare , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Male Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Augmented Reality , School , Philosophy , Primarily Teen Cast , Tokusatsu , Female Protagonist , Isekai , Motorcycles , Kuudere , Bullying

Shangri-La Frontier 2nd Season

Also known as Shangri-La Frontier Season 2.

Studio: C2C , Kodansha , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Netmarble , Crunchyroll , Tencent , Dentsu , Sammy
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

The second season of Shangri-La Frontier.

Rakuro Hizutome only cares about one thing: beating crappy VR games. He devotes his entire life to these buggy games and could clear them all in his sleep. One day, he decides to challenge himself and play a popular god-tier game called Shangri-La Frontier. But he quickly learns just how difficult it is. Will his expert skills be enough to uncover its hidden secrets?



Tags: Video Games , Virtual World , Shounen , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Anthropomorphism , Swordplay , Magic , Martial Arts , Travel , Hikikomori , Pirates , Animals , E-Sports , Otaku Culture , Superhero , Curses , Real Robot , Mermaid

Kenja no Deshi wo Nanoru Kenja

Also known as She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man.

Studio: Funimation , KADOKAWA , studio A-CAT , DAX Production , MAGES. , MAGNET , Micro Magazine Sha , Micro House
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

Kagami Sakimori plays as the great mage Danblf in his favorite MMO. He falls asleep after a night of testing new character appearances, but instead of waking up to a suspended game, he’s inside of Arch Earth Online—as a girl! Now named Mira, he must convince the game’s people that Mira is a pupil of Danblf, who vanished without a trace 30 years ago…and figure out how he got here.



Tags: Isekai , Female Protagonist , Magic , Virtual World , Gender Bending , CGI , Dungeon

Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Gaiden: Sword Oratoria

Also known as Sword Oratoria: Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side.

Studio: J.C.STAFF
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Contrary to what the adventures of Bell and the Goddess Hestia might imply, not everyone goes into the dungeon of Orario to pick up girls. The veterans of the Goddess Loki’s Familia have lots of reasons for risking life and limb facing the monsters and mayhem lurking within the deadly labyrinth’s multiple levels, but new member and mage Lefiya just wants to prove that she’s worthy to be on the same team as her hero, the famed sword princess Ais Wallenstein. As for Ais herself, she’s seeking something that no one else even suspects, and she may find it when trouble comes after her from the previously unreached 59th level!



Tags: Dungeon , Gods , Female Protagonist , Swordplay , Primarily Female Cast , Magic , Kemonomimi , Tanned Skin , Coming of Age , Kuudere , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tomboy , Nudity , Mythology , Medieval