Anime like Seijo no Maryoku wa Bannou desu

Akagami no Shirayuki-hime

Also known as Snow White with the Red Hair.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

In the kingdom of Tanbarun lives Shirayuki, an independent and strong-willed young woman. Her resourceful intelligence has led her become a skilled pharmacist, but her most defining trait is her shock of beautiful apple-red hair. Her dazzling mane gets her noticed by the prince of the kingdom, but instead of romancing her, he demands she be his concubine. Shirayuki refuses, chops off her lovely locks, and runs away to the neighboring kingdom of Clarines. There, she befriends a young man named Zen, who, SURPRISE, is also a prince, although with a much better temperament than the previous one. Watch as Shirayuki finds her place in the new kingdom, and in Zen’s heart.



Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Medicine , Heterosexual , Medieval , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Historical , Politics , Agriculture , Swordplay , Love Triangle , Primarily Male Cast , Conspiracy

Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen

Also known as Ascendance of a Bookworm.

Studio: Ajiado , Crunchyroll , flying DOG , Genco , BS Fuji , ABC Animation , Happinet , KLOCKWORX , Yomiuri TV Enterprise , WOWOW , TO Books , JTB Next Creation , Tokyo Animator Gakuin
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

When a sickly young girl suddenly becomes obsessed with inventing new things, her family and friends are all puzzled. "What has gotten into Myne?" they wondered, never dreaming that the answer is not a "What" but a "Who": Urano Motosu, a book-loving apprentice librarian who died in an earthquake in Tokyo who somehow found herself in Myne's body! And since Myne's world is still in a medieval stage, where books can only be owned by the elite, the new Myne intends to do everything she can to bring her beloved books to the masses in the time she has left.



Note: The first episode was included in a bonus DVD that came with the limited edition of the 8th volume of Part 4 of the light novel that was released on September 10th, 2019 prior to its TV premiere.

Tags: Class Struggle , Medieval , Reincarnation , Female Protagonist , Work , Isekai , Age Regression , Economics , Family Life , Josei , Writing , Primarily Child Cast , Educational , Magic , Orphan , Historical , Adoption , Time Skip , Chibi , Makeup , Archery

Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta…

Also known as My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!.

Studio: SILVER LINK. , Nichion , Myrica Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

Wealthy heiress Katarina Claes is hit in the head with a rock and recovers the memories of her past life. It turns out the world she lives in is the world of the game Fortune Lover, an otome game she was obsessed with in her past life... but she's been cast as the villain character who tries to foil the protagonist's romances! The best ending the game has for Katarina is exile, and the worst, death! She'll have to find a way to avoid triggering the flags of doom, and make her own happy future!



Tags: Mixed Gender Harem , Isekai , Female Protagonist , Reincarnation , Villainess , Ensemble Cast , Ojou-sama , Maids , Medieval , Slapstick , Bisexual , Parody , Unrequited Love , Time Skip , LGBTQ+ Themes , Royal Affairs , Horticulture , Episodic , Revenge , Tragedy , Age Regression , Magic , Tsundere , Adoption , Bullying , Agriculture , Twins , Yuri

Isekai Yakkyoku

Also known as Parallel World Pharmacy.

Studio: KADOKAWA , diomedéa , Frontier Works , Pony Canyon , Kansai TV , AT-X , BS Nippon
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

A young pharmacologist and researcher in Japan died from overworking, and was reincarnated in a Medieval Parallel Europe. He was reincarnated as a 10-year-old apprentice to a famous Royal Court pharmacist, had attained an inhuman skills of ability to see through disease, material creation, and material destruction.

In a society in which dubious medical practice are rampant, price gouging thru the monopoly of the pharmacist guild, and good medicine aren't available to the commoners. He was recognized by the Emperor at that time and opened a Pharmacy at the corner of the town. He will wipe out the fraud that has swept the world, and deliver to the commoners a truly effective medicine that was developed using present day pharmacology. Thus the boy pharmacist will cheat by using his previous knowledge to create innovative medicines while helping the people of the parallel world, a story about living his new life to the fullest this time.

Tags: Isekai , Medicine , Reincarnation , Male Protagonist , Pandemic , Educational , Iyashikei , Magic , Makeup , Alchemy , Gods , Historical , Matriarchy , Travel

Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta… X

Also known as My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X.

Studio: SILVER LINK. , Nichion , Myrica Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

Katarina Claes, the daughter of a duke, regains her memories from a previous life after hitting her head on a rock. The world she lives in now is the world of Fortune Lover, the otome game she was hooked on in her previous life, and she is now the villainess who interferes with the heroine's love story! The happy ending prepared for Katarina in the game is being exiled from the country, and the bad ending, she gets killed... but she's determined to avoid all destruction flags and claim a happy future for herself! And after she succeeds in avoiding those flags, a new crisis awaits?! The curtain rises once again on this flirtatious romantic comedy!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Ojou-sama , Mixed Gender Harem , Isekai , Royal Affairs , Male Harem , Unrequited Love , Maids , Swordplay , Medieval , Magic , Reincarnation , Villainess , Female Harem , Bisexual , Parody , LGBTQ+ Themes , Video Games , Episodic , Torture , Ensemble Cast , Fairy , Dragons , School , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Agriculture , Virtual World , Twins , Inseki , Dissociative Identities , Gender Bending

Akuyaku Reijou nano de Last Boss wo Kattemimashita

Also known as I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss.

Studio: Maho Film , Mainichi Broadcasting System , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , NetEase Games , KADOKAWA , ADK Marketing Solutions , WOWOW , TOKYO MX , Bit grooove promotion
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance , Supernatural

Aileen Lauren d’Autriche’s wedding plans have been suddenly canceled— by her own fiancé! The shock of this jolted her into remembering she’s been reincarnated in an otome game as the villainess. As she recalls, her fate is one of doom, but maybe she can avoid it by marrying the final boss, the Demon King Claude. Her new game plan— seduce the Demon King and live happily ever after.



Tags: Villainess , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Demons , Shoujo , Reincarnation , Isekai , Magic , Ojou-sama , Crossdressing , Royal Affairs , Marriage , Arranged Marriage , Medieval , Conspiracy , Primarily Teen Cast , Fairy Tale , Anti-Hero , Drugs , Amnesia , Male Harem , School , Swordplay , Kuudere , Animals , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bullying , Dragons , Medicine , Monster Boy ,

Kusuriya no Hitorigoto

Also known as The Apothecary Diaries.

Studio: Toho , OLM , TOHO animation STUDIO , Nippon Television Network , Imagica Infos , Dentsu , Shogakukan , Square Enix
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery

Maomao lived a peaceful life with her apothecary father. Until one day, she’s sold as a lowly servant to the emperor’s palace. But she wasn’t meant for a compliant life among royalty. So when imperial heirs fall ill, she decides to step in and find a cure! This catches the eye of Jinshi, a handsome palace official who promotes her. Now, she’s making a name for herself solving medical mysteries!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Medicine , Ancient China , Drugs , Historical , Detective , Conspiracy , Politics , Royal Affairs , Work , Foreign , Primarily Adult Cast , Adoption , Heterosexual , Episodic , Alchemy , Maids , Unrequited Love , Aromantic , Slavery , Makeup , Pregnancy , Food , Educational , Nekomimi , Chibi , Go , Suicide

Gekai Elise

Also known as Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady with the Lamp.

Studio: Maho Film , KADOKAWA , Maho Film , AT-X , Kansai TV , Docomo Anime Store , Bandai Namco Music Live , BS Nittele , Simplicity
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

Making up for her sins in a past life as the evil princess Elise, Aoi Takamoto dedicates her life to saving people as a doctor. But a fatal accident cuts her atonement short and suddenly she’s back to her previous life, 10 years before her death! Will her foresight and medical brilliance help her change her past ways and heal an ailing empire, or is fate doomed to repeat itself?



Tags: Reincarnation , Medicine , Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Arranged Marriage , Rescue , Royal Affairs , Isekai , Work , Heterosexual , Ojou-sama , Foreign , Age Regression , Marriage , Magic , Tanned Skin , Anachronism , Swordplay , Villainess , CGI , Male Harem

Kanpeki Sugite Kawai-ge ga Nai to Konyaku Haki Sareta Seijo wa Ringoku ni Urareru

Also known as The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom.

Studio: TROYCA , DMM.com , REMOW , OVERLAP , Toy's Factory , TV Aichi , BS Asahi
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

Philia’s family has produced saints for generations. It’s no surprise that she’s known as the greatest saint of all time—and set to marry the second prince, Julius. What no one expects is for Julius to call off the engagement, claiming that Philia’s perfection makes her charmless and unlikable. To add insult to injury, Philia is packed off to a neighboring country in exchange for gold and resources, forcing her to leave her homeland! Despite bracing herself for mistreatment, Philia finds a warm welcome in her new town, where she puts her saintly abilities to good use erecting barriers against monsters and curing epidemics. But even as she flourishes in her new life, her homeland is under threat of destruction!



Note: Each episode streamed 1 week early on ABEMA. The original TV broadcast started on April 3rd 2025.

Tags: Kuudere , Female Protagonist , Magic , Shoujo , Revenge , Ojou-sama , Royal Affairs , Demons , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Chibi , Iyashikei

Mushikaburi-hime

Also known as Bibliophile Princess.

Studio: MADHOUSE , KADOKAWA , Ichijinsha , BS Nippon , Kansai TV , AT-X , TOKYO MX
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Known as the Bibliophile Princess for her unquenchable love of books, Lady Eliana Bernstein wants nothing more than to shirk social duties in favor of retreating to the library. So, when the handsome Crown Prince Christopher promises to shield her from high-society drudgery in exchange for pretending to be his fiancée, she jumps at the chance to hide behind their sham relationship and read to her heart’s content (especially since he’s offered her access to the palace library). But much like the plot of her favorite novel, soon Eli’s feelings for the prince develop in unexpected ways, and she realizes she can’t always judge a royal book by its cover.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Ojou-sama , Historical , Marriage , Heterosexual , Kuudere , Politics , Josei , Royal Affairs , Foreign , Arranged Marriage , Male Protagonist