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Sword Art Online

Also known as Sword Art Online.

Studio: Aniplex , A-1 Pictures , Genco , DAX Production , Aniplex of America , ASCII Media Works , Bandai Namco Entertainment
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 , Death Game , Video Games , Male Protagonist , Swordplay , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Isekai , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Female Cast , Rescue , Unrequited Love , Female Harem , Artificial Intelligence , Fairy , Found Family , Prison , Time Skip , Travel , Tragedy , Fishing , Amnesia , Medieval , Inseki

Leadale no Daichi nite

Also known as In the Land of Leadale.

Studio: Maho Film , KADOKAWA , Kadokawa Media House , Crunchyroll , Bandai Namco Arts , Sun Television , Simplicity
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

After being put on life support after a tragic accident, Keina Kagami's only freedom comes from the VRMMO RPG Leadale. One day her life support system shuts off and Keina passes away. When she wakes up, she finds herself in Leadale two hundred years in the future. As the high elf Cayna, with lost skills but incredible stats, she must forge relationships with the residents of this new world... which, shockingly, include the ""children"" characters she designed herself! A leisurely adventure tale is about to begin, featuring a girl transported to a game world and the smiles and tears she shares with her quirky companions!



Tags: Isekai , Female Protagonist , Virtual World , Video Games , Magic , Adoption , Parenthood , Reincarnation , Elf , Iyashikei , Super Power , Primarily Female Cast , Chibi , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Gender Bending , Travel , Medieval , Mermaid , Zombie

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 , Ensemble Cast , Virtual World , Male Protagonist , Medieval , Magic , Kingdom Management , Necromancy , Demons , Primarily Adult Cast , Succubus , Video Games , Politics , Yandere , Villainess , Maids , Monster Girl , CGI , Butler , Elf , Female Harem , Kuudere , Love Triangle , Monster Boy , Vampire , Twins , Femboy , Crossdressing , Goblin , Dragons , Tomboy , Zombie , Swordplay

Yasei no Last Boss ga Arawareta!

Also known as A Wild Last Boss Appeared!.

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , WAO World , Sun Electronics , Touhouku Shinsha , Earth Star Entertainment , Kansai TV , BS Asahi , Bushiroad Move , KLOCKWORX
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

An MMO gamer awakens as the Black-Winged Tyrant, Lufas Maphaahl, rising from her sealed fate—only to find this is very real. Her defeat 200 years ago unleashed monsters of death, and the legend is one of terror. Now, trapped in the body of history’s most feared conqueror, he must survive a world that wants her dead…and uncover why he’s here.



Tags: Magic , Isekai , Female Protagonist , Gender Bending , Video Games , Virtual World , Super Power , Primarily Female Cast , Creature Taming , Shapeshifting , Meta , Memory Manipulation , War , Demons , Villainess , Femboy , Class Struggle , Travel , Politics , Gore , Revenge , Artificial Intelligence , Gods , Nudity , Guns , Dragons , Ghost , Vampire , Elf

Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudouki

Also known as A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life.

Studio: Maho Film , Yomiuri Advertising , King Records , AlphaPolis , KLOCKWORX , Stay Luck
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Tanaka Taichi is just an ordinary 38-year-old who enjoys video games. He starts a new virtual reality multiplayer game called One More Free Life Online, naming his character Earth. Unlike his fellow players, he decides to master the most menial of skills in the game. He cooks the finest meals, overbrews complicated potions, and hunts monsters with handmade weapons. His fantasy life begins!



Note: The first 2 episodes were exclusively shown as a world premiere during the Anime Messe Babelsberg 2023 in July as a part of a special Anime Panel.


Tags: Video Games , Virtual World , Archery , Male Protagonist , Artificial Intelligence , Food , Kemonomimi , Fairy , Marriage , Alchemy , Medieval

Lv2 Kara Cheat datta Moto Yuusha Kouho no Mattari Isekai Life

Also known as Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers.

Studio: OVERLAP , J.C.STAFF , Crunchyroll , MUSE , Docomo Anime Store , AT-X , Pony Canyon , CTW , KLOCKWORX
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Romance

The Magical Kingdom of Klyrode summons hundreds of heroes from other worlds every year to fight in their war against the Dark One and his army of powerful demons. Banaza is one of those heroes, summoned from the Royal Capital Paluma, but something’s not right—Banaza is only an average merchant. He has no magic, no fighting ability, and his stats are abysmal. Worse, a mishap leaves him unable to return home! Rejected as a hero and stranded in another world, abandoned to the far reaches of the kingdom by a cruel king who just wants him gone, Banaza’s fate looks pretty bleak. But what will happen once the failed hero candidate finds himself with super cheat powers once he hits level two?



Tags: Isekai , Magic , Male Protagonist , Monster Girl , Kemonomimi , Demons , Heterosexual , Marriage , Shapeshifting , Female Protagonist , Iyashikei , Nudity , Anthropomorphism , Swordplay , Agriculture , Archery , Tomboy , Gender Bending , Time Manipulation , Female Harem , Elf , Time Skip

Shangri-La Frontier

Also known as Shangri-La Frontier.

Studio: C2C , Kodansha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

"When was the last time I played a game that wasn't crap?" This is a world in the near future where games that use display screens are classified as retro. Anything that can't keep up with state-of-the-art VR technology is called a "crap game," and you see a large number of crap games coming out. Those who devote their lives to clearing these games are called "crap-game hunters," and Rakuro Hizutome is one of them. The game he's chosen to tackle next is Shangri-La Frontier, a "god-tier game" that has a total of thirty million players. Online friends... An expansive world... Encounters with rivals... These are changing Rakuro and all the other players' fates! The best game adventure tale by the strongest "crap game" player begins now!



Tags: Video Games , Virtual World , Male Protagonist , Otaku Culture , Anthropomorphism , Swordplay , Shounen , Travel , Animals , Slapstick , Curses , Unrequited Love , Anachronism , Kemonomimi , Primarily Animal Cast , Assassins , Gender Bending , Heterosexual , Shapeshifting , POV , Dullahan , Goblin , Fugitive

Death March Kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku

Also known as Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody.

Studio: SILVER LINK.
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

The story of the light novel series and manga follows a 29-year-old programmer who is on a "death march," but one day he wakes up in another world after a nap. From a meteor shower he happens to gain vast riches, and he decides to go sightseeing. So begins his "heartwarming, occasionally serious, and harem" adventure in another world.



Tags: Isekai , Male Protagonist , Video Games , Magic , Female Harem , Slavery , Elf , Demons , Nekomimi , Kemonomimi , CGI

Gaikotsu Kishi-sama, Tadaima Isekai e Odekakechuu

Also known as Skeleton Knight in Another World.

Studio: Studio KAI , HORNETS , OVERLAP , Crunchyroll , MUSE , Docomo Anime Store , MAGNET , AT-X , Pony Canyon
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

One day, a gamer played video games until he fell asleep…and when he woke up, he found himself in the game world–as a skeleton! Equipped with the powerful weapons and armor of his avatar but stuck with its frightening skeletal appearance, Arc has to find a place for himself in this new, fantastical land. All his hopes for a quiet life are dashed when he crosses paths with a beautiful elven warrior, setting him on a journey full of conflict and adventure.



Tags: Skeleton , Isekai , Male Protagonist , Magic , Slavery , Swordplay , Elf , Conspiracy , Ninja , Kemonomimi , Politics , CGI , Curses , Tsundere , Medieval , Gore , Demons , Slapstick , Nekomimi , Nudity , Dragons

Tsuyokute New Saga

Also known as New Saga.

Studio: ABC Animation , Sotsu , Studio Massket , Studio Clutch , AlphaPolis , ANICI , Sotsu , Bandai Namco Music Live , Bushiroad , Pia , KLOCKWORX , TOKYO MX , Exa International , Toei Video
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

After a brutal war, magic swordsman Kyle defeats the Demon King but is left dying. A crimson crystal sends him four years into the past to his once-destroyed hometown where he finds his lost loved ones alive. Armed with future knowledge, Kyle vows to prevent the coming tragedy and rewrite fate.



Note: Initially scheduled for July 2023, the anime saw several delays and a complete change in Director (previously Norikazu Ishigooka) and Studio (previously Yokohama Anime Lab x Makaria)

Tags: Time Manipulation , Female Harem , Male Protagonist , Age Regression , Swordplay , Demons , Dragons , Heterosexual , Magic , Elf , Travel , Femboy , Medieval