Anime like Saikyou no Ousama, Nidome no Jinsei wa Nani wo Suru?

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 , Family Life , Heterosexual , Hikikomori , Tragedy , Primarily Child Cast , Nudity , Swordplay , Teacher , Tsundere , Time Skip , Demons , Female Harem , Medieval , Gods , Ojou-sama , Language Barrier , Politics , Hypersexuality , Kemonomimi , Masturbation , Tomboy , Nekomimi , Polyamorous , Gore , Witch , Elf , Maids , Kuudere , Dragons , Cohabitation

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

Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken 2nd Season

Also known as That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2.

Studio: 8-bit , Funimation , Kodansha , BS11 , ADK Marketing Solutions , Sony Music Solutions , Bandai Namco Arts , BANDAI SPIRITS , Micro Magazine Sha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

The second season of Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken.

Now that the Jura Tempest Alliance is growing even further, they will now be meeting the animal kingdom of Eurazania, reuniting with King Gazel, rising tensions between monsters and humans, and Rimuru encountering the strongest enemy he’s ever faced.



Tags: Kingdom Management , Reincarnation , Isekai , Magic , War , Demons , Ensemble Cast , Politics , Revenge , Found Family , Shapeshifting , Super Power , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Agender , Dragons , Femboy , Medieval , Goblin , Female Harem , Clone , Monster Girl , Anti-Hero , Monster Boy , Ninja , Gender Bending

Kumo desu ga, Nani ka?

Also known as So I'm a Spider, So What?.

Studio: Crunchyroll , Millepensee , exsa
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Mystery

I, the protagonist, was just an ordinary high school girl, but suddenly I was reincarnated as a spider monster in a fantasy world. Not only that, but I awakened in a dungeon filled with vicious monsters. Armed with only my human knowledge and my overwhelming positivity, I'm forced to use spiderwebs and traps to defeat far stronger monsters just to stay alive... So begins the labyrinth survival story of a girl with incredible mental strength living as one of the lowest-ranked beasts!



Tags: Isekai , Reincarnation , Monster Girl , Survival , Female Protagonist , Achronological Order , Magic , Anti-Hero , Conspiracy , CGI , War , Demons , Time Skip , Dungeon , Post-Apocalyptic , Gore , Dissociative Identities , Cannibalism , Female Harem , Transgender , Gender Bending , Vampire , Meta , LGBTQ+ Themes , Football , Fishing

Youjo Senki

Also known as Saga of Tanya the Evil.

Studio: NUT
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

The novel series centers on a young girl who fights on the frontlines in war. She has blonde hair, blue eyes, and nearly transparent white skin, and she flies through the air and mercilessly strikes down her opponents. Her name is Tanya Degurechaff, and she speaks with a young girl's lisp and commands the army. Tanya used to be one of Japan's elite office workers, but because of a wrathful god, was reborn as a little girl. Tanya prioritizes optimization and career advancement above all, and she will become the most dangerous entity among the Imperial Army's sorcerers.



Tags: Military , War , Anti-Hero , Female Protagonist , Religion , Revenge , Primarily Adult Cast , Isekai , Reincarnation , Gods , Magic , Philosophy , Historical , Foreign , Guns , Politics , Gender Bending , Gore , Primarily Male Cast , CGI , Tanks , Episodic

Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha: Shijou Saikyou no Maou no Shiso, Tensei shite Shison-tachi no Gakkou e Kayou

Also known as The Misfit of Demon King Academy: History’s Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants.

Studio: SILVER LINK. , Movic , Nippon BS Broadcasting , ADK Marketing Solutions , AT-X , Q-Tec , TOKYO MX , KADOKAWA , Docomo Anime Store , Contents Seed , Medicos Entertainment , Studio Mausu , Aniplex , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

Anos, the Demon King of Tyranny, has defeated humans, spirits, and gods alike. But even demon kings get tired of all the fighting sometimes! Hoping for a more peaceful life, Anos decides to reincarnate himself. When he wakes two thousand years later, though, he finds the world has become too peaceful--his descendants have grown weak and magic is in serious decline. Intending to reclaim his rightful place, he enrolls in Demon King Academy, where he finds that his magical power is off the charts. Literally. And because they can't measure his power, the faculty and other students regard Anos as a misfit. With the support of Misha, the one student he manages to befriend, the misfit (Demon King) begins his climb up the demon ranks!



Tags: Demons , Magic , Reincarnation , Male Protagonist , School , Super Power , Conspiracy , Memory Manipulation , Swordplay , War , Heterosexual , Twins , Kuudere , Time Manipulation , Love Triangle , Tsundere , Primarily Teen Cast , Tragedy , Gore , Crime , Alternate Universe , Musical Theater

Sekai Saikou no Ansatsusha, Isekai Kizoku ni Tensei suru

Also known as The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat.

Studio: SILVER LINK. , Studio Palette , Glovision , Lantis , Bandai Namco Arts , KADOKAWA , AT-X , TV Aichi , Movic , Crunchyroll , Kadokawa Media House
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Romance

The world's number one assassin has been reincarnated as the eldest son of a family of aristocrat assassins. In exchange for being reincarnated in another world, a goddess has imposed upon him one condition. "Kill the Hero who is prophesied to destroy the world."

This was to be the mission in his new life. The synergistic effect of the vast knowledge and experience he gained that made all manner of assassinations possible in the modern world, and the secret techniques and magic of the fantasy world's most powerful family of assassins turn him into the greatest assassin of all time.



Tags: Reincarnation , Assassins , Isekai , Magic , Anti-Hero , Male Protagonist , Female Harem , Guns , Coming of Age , Nudity , Politics , Heterosexual , Time Skip , War , Alternate Universe , Adoption , Spearplay , Crime , Gore , Crossdressing

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 , Shounen , 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

Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru

Also known as From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman.

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Hayabusa Film , Passione , TV Asahi , BS Asahi , JR Higashi Nihon Kikaku , Drecom , KLOCKWORX , Nippon Columbia , Fujishouji , Square Enix , Nikkatsu , Passione
Status: Finished
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: Medieval , Teacher , Swordplay , Age Gap , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Female Harem , Coming of Age , Family Life , Magic , CGI , Found Family

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu

Also known as Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-.

Studio: WHITE FOX , Funimation , Kadokawa Shoten , Media Factory , AT-X , TV Tokyo , Magic Capsule
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Romance , Thriller

In the story, Subaru Natsuki is an ordinary high school student who is lost in an alternate world, where he is rescued by a beautiful, silver-haired girl. He stays near her to return the favor, but the destiny she is burdened with is more than Subaru can imagine. Enemies attack one by one, and both of them are killed. He then finds out he has the power to rewind death, back to the time he first came to this world. But only he remembers what has happened since.



Notes:
The first episode aired with a runtime of ~50 minutes as opposed to the standard 25 minute long episode.
In the Winter 2020 season, Re:ZERO was rebroadcast and re-edited to fit into an hour time-slot. This edit included the first OVA and added slight modifications to certain scenes throughout. It also added an additional scene at the end of the final episode.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Isekai , Time Loop , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Male Protagonist , Witch , Magic , Gore , Cult , Curses , Cohabitation , Medieval , Body Horror , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Maids , Elf , Primarily Female Cast , Suicide , Demons , Politics , Twins , Travel , Butler , Femboy , Unrequited Love , Kemonomimi , Assassins , Dragons , CGI , Meta , Body Swapping , Coming of Age , Tomboy , Nekomimi , Kuudere , Crossdressing , Seinen