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

Uchi no Ko no Tame Naraba, Ore wa Moshikashitara Maou mo Taoseru Kamo Shirenai.

Also known as If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord.

Studio: Maho Film
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Dale is a cool, composed, and highly skilled adventurer who’s made quite a name for himself despite his youth. One day on a job deep in the forest, he comes across a little devil girl who’s almost wasted away. Unable to just leave her there to die, Dale takes her home and becomes her adoptive father. Devil or not, Latina is beyond adorable, and the adventurer soon finds himself head over heels with being a parent. But why was she out in the forest to begin with, and why does she carry the mark of a criminal?



Tags: Adoption , Bar , Family Life , Iyashikei , Age Gap , Demons , Work , Male Protagonist , Language Barrier , Magic , Parenthood , Incest , School , Kemonomimi , Travel , Rural

Shin no Nakama ja Nai to Yuusha no Party wo Oidasareta node, Henkyou de Slow Life suru Koto ni shimashita

Also known as Banished from the Hero’s Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside.

Studio: WolfsBane , Studio Flad , Nippon Columbia , On-Lead , KADOKAWA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

A heroic and mighty adventurer dreams of...opening a pharmacy?

Red was once a part of the Hero’s party, a group destined to save the world by fighting the Raging Demon Lord. But after being betrayed by his comrade, Red hopes to start anew by opening a small apothecary in a sleepy town on the frontier. While keeping his past life a secret is the goal, it won’t be easy...especially when a beautiful adventurer from his past asks to move in.



Tags: Magic , Heterosexual , Medicine , Cohabitation , Kuudere , Demons , Tsundere , Work , Drugs , Nudity , Elf , Yandere , Lost Civilization , Religion , Swordplay , Gore

Sousou no Frieren

Also known as Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End.

Studio: Toho , MADHOUSE , Shogakukan , Nippon Television Network , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , Aniplex , Dentsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about. Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. But Frieren will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to understand what life means to the people around her? Decades after their victory, the funeral of one her friends confronts Frieren with her own near immortality. Frieren sets out to fulfill the last wishes of her comrades and finds herself beginning a new adventure…



Tags: Travel , Magic , Elf , Philosophy , Time Skip , Female Protagonist , Iyashikei , Found Family , Medieval , Kuudere , Foreign , Demons , Adoption , Aromantic , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Rural , Asexual , Episodic , Dungeon , Rotoscoping , Shounen , Snowscape , Dragons , Religion , Clone , Food , Female Harem

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 , Slapstick , Parody , Maids , Super Power , Swordplay , Travel , Guns , Achronological Order , Work , Vampire , Kemonomimi , Dragons , Heterosexual

Dungeon Meshi

Also known as Delicious in Dungeon.

Studio: TRIGGER , KADOKAWA , Ultra Super Pictures , Good Smile Company , Tencent
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

When young adventurer Laios and his company are attacked and soundly thrashed by a dragon deep in a dungeon, the party loses all its money and provisions...and a member! They're eager to go back and save her, but there is just one problem: If they set out with no food or coin to speak of, they're sure to starve on the way! But Laios comes up with a brilliant idea: "Let's eat the monsters!" Slimes, basilisks, and even dragons...none are safe from the appetites of these dungeon-crawling gourmands!



Note: A world premiere screening of Episode 1 was shown in the Studio TRIGGER panel at Anime Expo on July 1, 2023.

Tags: Dungeon , Food , Magic , Primarily Adult Cast , Environmental , Ensemble Cast , Elf , Monster Girl , Dragons , Lost Civilization , Necromancy , Body Horror , Male Protagonist , Chimera , Seinen , Anthropomorphism , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Nekomimi , Kemonomimi , Medieval , Episodic , Politics , Found Family , Shapeshifting , Ghost , Ninja , Nudity , Cannibalism , LGBTQ+ Themes , Super Power , Curses , Zombie

Slime Taoshite 300-nen, Shiranai Uchi ni Level MAX ni Nattemashita

Also known as I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level.

Studio: REVOROOT , Nippon Columbia , Studio Mausu , BS11 , AT-X , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Medicos Entertainment , Movic , Bushiroad , KLOCKWORX , Square Enix , SB Creative , DMM.com
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

An at-home comedy about a powerful girl who doesn’t work too hard!(⋈◍ ˃ᴗ˂ ◍)。✧♡

After dying of overwork in the real world, I’m reincarnated as an immortal witch, and I spend 300 years enjoying a relaxing life. At some point, though, I end up at level 99! All those years spent killing slimes to make the money to pay the bills gave me a ton of experience points… Rumors of the level 99 witch spread, and soon I’m up to my ears in curious adventurers, duelist dragons, and even a monster girl calling me her mom! “This isn’t a dojo, so don’t come here to fight me…!”

I’ve never been on an adventure, but I’m the strongest in the world… What’s going to happen to my relaxing life?!



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Found Family , Family Life , Witch , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Iyashikei , Rural , Reincarnation , Isekai , Parenthood , Dragons , Elf , Episodic , Monster Girl , Demons , Magic , Time Skip , Slapstick , Medicine , Ghost , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tanned Skin , Work , Age Regression

Guild no Uketsukejou desu ga, Zangyou wa Iya nanode Boss wo Solo Toubatsu Shiyou to Omoimasu

Also known as I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex , KADOKAWA , BS11 , Movic , Good Smile Company , CloverWorks , Sakura Create
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Alina thought she had found the perfect job as a guild receptionist. It’s stable, safe, and has a super cute uniform. But this dream gig turns into an overtime nightmare whenever adventurers get stuck clearing a dungeon. Tired of the long nights, Alina starts taking down the bosses herself! She even earns the name Executioner for her impressive skills. Can she keep her identity a secret?



Tags: Office Lady , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Female Protagonist , Dungeon , Tsundere , Heterosexual , Magic , Super Power , Shounen , Body Horror , Gore

Bye Bye, Earth

Also known as Bye Bye, Earth.

Studio: WOWOW , LIDENFILMS , Sony Pictures Entertainment , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Belle Lablac doesn’t really fit in as the only human being in a world full of anthropomorphic animals. No fangs, no fur, no scales, no claws. Lonely and eager to discover where she comes from, Belle journeys to find answers to the questions of her heart. Carrying nothing but her giant sword, the Runding, she faces a world of possibilities and pitfalls in hopes of discovering the truth.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Kemonomimi , Swordplay , War , Magic , Gore , Philosophy , Classical Music , Gods , Memory Manipulation , Conspiracy , Heterosexual

Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru

Also known as From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman.

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Hayabusa Film , Passione
Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Beryl Gardinant, a self-proclaimed “humble old man,” is a sword instructor at his dojo in a rural, backwater village. In his younger years, he dreamed of glory as a master swordsman, but those days are long behind him. Out of the blue, he receives a visit from a famous former pupil who brings him world-shattering news—he's been appointed as special instructor for the knights of the Liberion Order! With his life now turned upside down, Beryl travels to the capital and reunites with some of his former students: elite knights, an ace wizard, and even an adventurer who's attained the highest guild rank possible. But why do they all want his tutelage?! As far as he's concerned, they clearly don't need him anymore.

Can Beryl live up to his new position? And will he ever get a moment's peace away from his adoring students?!



Tags: Seinen , Medieval , Female Harem , Male Protagonist , Age Gap , Swordplay , Teacher

Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Ura Boss desu ga Maou de wa Arimasen

Also known as Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord.

Studio: Jumondou , KADOKAWA , Jumondou , AT-X , BS11 , TOKYO MX
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

This college kid wants nothing more than a quiet life. So when she’s reborn as Yumiella, the hidden villainess of an Otome RPG, she’s not exactly thrilled. Still yearning for peace, she abandons her evil duties to live a more discreet life. Until her gamer side kicks in and she accidentally reaches level 99! Now, everyone suspects that she’s the infamous Demon Lord. What future awaits her?



Tags: Villainess , Magic , Female Protagonist , Kuudere , School , Isekai , Boarding School , Royal Affairs , Primarily Teen Cast , Reincarnation , Heterosexual , Shoujo , Class Struggle , Ojou-sama , Chibi , CGI , Demons , Dragons