Anime like Isekai Shikkaku

Isekai Oji-san

Also known as Uncle from Another World.

Studio: KADOKAWA , Atelier Pontdarc , Sammy , AT-X , BS11 , Movic , Kadokawa Media House
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

​Seventeen years ago, Takafumi's uncle fell into a coma, but now he's back like a man risen from his grave. Soon, Takafumi discovers two bizarre things: His uncle treasures video games above all else, and, while comatose, he was actually transported to another world as some heroic guardian! Now, not only does Takafumi have to room with an uncle who is literally magical, he also has to catch the guy up on two decades of history—smartphones, high-speed internet, modern anime tropes…and the traumatic outcome of the '90s console war!



Tags: Isekai , Parody , Magic , Meta , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Video Games , Primarily Adult Cast , Otaku Culture , Surreal Comedy , Tsundere , Elf , POV , Memory Manipulation , Satire , Female Harem , Heterosexual , Slapstick , Reverse Isekai , Nudity , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Achronological Order , Dragons , Crossdressing , Gender Bending , Shapeshifting , Prison , Virtual World

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

Also known as Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei.

Studio: Shaft , Starchild Records , Omnibus Japan , The Right Stuf International
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Itoshiki Nozomu is always in despair! Even simple things like paying for the toll on the subway can send him to a despair so deep only attempted suicide is the answer. How Strange is it then, that he should be the teacher of a High School Class filled with students with even more emotional problems than his. This great Comedy will leave you in anything but 'Despair' as you meet each of his students and watch their wacky adventures.

Tags: Satire , Episodic , Surreal Comedy , Teacher , Suicide , Parody , School , Meta , Primarily Female Cast , Masochism , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Philosophy , Nudity , Female Harem , Dissociative Identities , Tsundere , Heterosexual , Hikikomori , Kuudere , Shounen , Yandere , Ghost

Shinchou Yuusha: Kono Yuusha ga Ore TUEEE Kuse ni Shinchou Sugiru

Also known as Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious.

Studio: WHITE FOX , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

The goddess Rista summons a hero to help her hard mode video game-like world. The hero, Seiya, is exceptional in every way, but he is incredibly cautious to the point of buying three sets of armor (one to wear, a spare, and a spare for the spare) and going full power against weak slimes (just in case).

Tags: Isekai , Parody , Magic , Cultivation , Gods , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Reincarnation , Anti-Hero , Demons , Medieval , Meta , Shapeshifting , Dragons , Age Regression , Tomboy , Gore , Female Harem , Goblin

Zenshuu.

Also known as ZENSHU.

Studio: MAPPA , MAPPA , Twin Engine , TV Tokyo , Movic , Bushiroad , Rakuten
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Romance

After graduating from high school, Natsuko Hirose starts her career as an animator. Her talent quickly flourishes, and she makes her debut as a director in no time. Her first anime becomes a massive hit, sparking a social phenomenon and earning her recognition as an up-and-coming genius director. Her next project is set to be a romantic comedy movie themed around first love! However, having never been in love herself, Natsuko struggles to understand the concept of first love, and as a result, she’s unable to create the storyboard, causing the movie production to come to a standstill.



Tags: Isekai , Female Protagonist , Super Power , Drawing , Magic , Primarily Adult Cast , Ensemble Cast , Meta , Gods , Heterosexual , Anthropomorphism , Tragedy , Otaku Culture , Robots , Medieval , Desert , Elf , Archery , Dragons , Shapeshifting , Henshin , Animals , Food , Tokusatsu , Work , Kuudere , Cult , Office Lady , Office , Mixed Gender Harem , Unrequited Love , Nudity

Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!

Also known as KONOSUBA -God's blessing on this wonderful world!.

Studio: Studio DEEN , Nippon Columbia , Half H.P Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy

Kazuma Satou decides that today is the day to get out of the house for a bit. Since he dies, pointlessly, it's clearly a bad choice. The goddess who greets him in the afterlife, however, offers him a chance to be reborn in a world not unlike that of a video game, and as a bonus she'll even throw in a cool item or power! Can't possibly be a bad choice, right? Except he arrives with no money at all, dead average skills, and his "bonus" isn't useful at all--since he picked the goddess, Aqua, herself. How are the two of them supposed to defeat the evil Devil King and live happily ever after? Well, for them, it probably starts with day laboring rather than adventuring. And it's only going to get more disappointing from there!



Tags: Isekai , Satire , Parody , Primarily Female Cast , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Slapstick , Magic , Large Breasts , Medieval , Masochism , Anti-Hero , Afterlife , Gods , Survival , Meta , Chuunibyou , Reincarnation , Dullahan , Heterosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Swordplay , Nudity , Surreal Comedy , Dungeon , Succubus

Bungou Stray Dogs

Also known as Bungo Stray Dogs.

Studio: bones , Glovision , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mystery , Supernatural

Stalked by a beastly white tiger, Atsushi Nakajima has no idea that the menace lives inside him—a power that catches the attention of the Armed Detective Agency. Using inhuman abilities to combat crime, this team takes Atsushi under the wing of their most eccentric member, Dazai. Together, they tear through mafia-muddled mysteries while enemies keep an eye on the tiger’s lofty bounty.



Tags: Super Power , Crime , Detective , Mafia , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Classic Literature , Yakuza , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Orphan , Work , Seinen , Gangs , Suicide , Slapstick , Found Family , Guns , Terrorism , Gore , Shapeshifting , Kuudere , Anti-Hero , Assassins , Episodic , Homeless , Tragedy , Bar

Sentouin, Hakenshimasu!

Also known as Combatants Will Be Dispatched!.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Funimation , Nippon Columbia , KADOKAWA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Turns out, evil takes initiative! With world domination close at hand, the Kisaragi Corporation turns its sights on interstellar conquest, and who better to take over a magical world than two randomly assigned minions—Combatant Agent Six and his android partner Alice? But Six’s path up the evil corporate ladder won’t be easy—a Demon Lord’s army is hatching its own nefarious plan!



Tags: Parody , Alternate Universe , Anti-Hero , Male Protagonist , Isekai , War , Kuudere , Female Harem , Primarily Female Cast , Magic , Tsundere , Guns , Demons , Chimera , Monster Girl , Large Breasts , Robots , Disability , Female Protagonist , Tokusatsu , Cyborg , Yandere , Language Barrier , Cannibalism , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things

Kono Healer, Mendokusai

Also known as Don’t Hurt Me, My Healer!.

Studio: Jumondou , KADOKAWA , Crunchyroll , Nippon Columbia , AT-X , BS11 , INCS toenter , Kadokawa Media House
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

The story of the series follows Alvin, a knight with saint-like patience for annoying people, and Karla, a dark elf healer with a sharp tongue and a rotten personality who always speaks without thinking first. Together, they form a party and go on fantastical adventures.



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Slapstick , Elf , Tsundere , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Parody , Male Protagonist , Meta , Magic , Ghost , Maids , Necromancy , Dungeon , Zombie , Tanned Skin , Age Regression , Cosplay , Dancing

Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road

Also known as The Executioner and Her Way of Life.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Warner Bros. Japan , SB Creative , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , EGG FIRM , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

When interdimensional travelers from an otherworldly land known as “Japan” appear, they often bring death and destruction. It’s up to Executioners like Menou to track and exterminate the Lost Ones before they wreak havoc. When Menou encounters a beguiling Lost One named Akari, it’s bloody business as usual… until Menou discovers Akari can cheat death, that is. Even so, Menou has a job to do, and she is committed to her executioner’s mission come hell or high water — provided her newly stirring feelings don’t get in the way.



Note: The first two episodes received an advance release on Abema on March 20, 2022. The regular TV broadcast started on April 2, 2022.

Tags: Anti-Hero , Magic , Memory Manipulation , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Yuri , Isekai , Assassins , LGBTQ+ Themes , Religion , Gore , Travel , Dissociative Identities , Swordplay , Reincarnation , Primarily Teen Cast , Yandere , Post-Apocalyptic , Medieval , Guns , Body Horror

Mizu Zokusei no Mahou Tsukai

Also known as The Water Magician.

Studio: TYPHOON GRAPHICS , Wonderland , TBS , Crunchyroll , TO Books , Universal Music , BS11 , TYPHOON GRAPHICS , KLOCKWORX
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Ryou is delighted to be reincarnated into the fantastical world of Phi, where he thinks he’ll get to live a quiet life learning to use his newfound water magic. Going with the flow here, however, means something very different. Ryou is immediately pitted against the wild lands he winds up in and the slew of deadly monsters that call the remote subcontinent home. You’d think he’d forget about taking it easy when he’s stuck fighting for his life, but lucky for Ryou, he’s naturally optimistic, clever, and blessed with the hidden “Eternal Youth” trait. Twenty years pass in the blink of an eye, and each encounter along the way pushes him one step closer to the pinnacle of human magic. Little does he realize that’s only the opening chapter of his tale. A fateful meeting soon thrusts Ryou to the forefront of history, forever changing the course of his life... Thus begins the adventures of the strongest water magician the world has ever seen—who also likes to do things at his own pace!



Tags: Isekai , Male Protagonist , Magic , Super Power , Class Struggle , Reincarnation , Dungeon , Snowscape , Travel , Demons , Elf , Alchemy , Survival , Anthropomorphism , Conspiracy , Dragons , Kuudere , Ensemble Cast , Coastal , Inn , Adoption , Time Skip , Tragedy