Anime like Maou Gun Saikyou no Majutsushi wa Ningen datta

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

Yuusha, Yamemasu

Also known as I'm Quitting Heroing.

Studio: EMT Squared , KADOKAWA , Tencent Games , flying DOG , AT-X , Glovision
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

After saving humanity from the despicable Demon King, Leo Demonhart does not earn a hero’s standing. Instead, he is regarded with suspicion and hostility by those he fought to protect. Treated as a pariah with nowhere else to turn, exiled Leo seeks a position in the army of his former nemesis! But the army is not what it once was before its defeat at Leo’s hands, so to maintain his new position, Leo must whip the forces back into fighting shape.



Tags: Lost Civilization , Magic , Male Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Super Power , Anti-Hero , Dystopian , Primarily Adult Cast , Demons , Kemonomimi , Suicide , Philosophy , Swordplay , Revenge , Work , Female Protagonist , Tsundere , Elf , War , Medieval

Kaiko sareta Ankoku Heishi (30-dai) no Slow na Second Life

Also known as Chillin’ in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King’s Army.

Studio: Encourage Films , bilibili , Kodansha , Pony Canyon
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

After losing his job as a Dark Soldier of the Demon King’s Army for his lack of magic ability, 30-ish-year-old Dariel has found himself in a village of humans to spend his early forced retirement. But this unemployed magic-less demon has found a new calling as an adventurer! His second life might just be not so bad after all, as long the villagers don’t find out he’s not human.

(Source Crunchyroll)

Tags: Male Protagonist , Magic , Rural , Demons , Heterosexual , Family Life , Found Family , Swordplay , Primarily Adult Cast , Adoption , Dragons , Archery , Time Skip , CGI , Isekai

Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha

Also known as The Unwanted Undead Adventurer.

Studio: CONNECT , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , OVERLAP , Marvelous , Docomo Anime Store , Pony Canyon , BS Nittele , NatsumeAtari
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Rentt Faina has hunted monsters for the last 10 years. Sadly, he’s not great at his job, stuck hunting slimes and goblins for a few coins each day. His luck turns when he finds an undiscovered path. At the path’s end, he meets his demise in the maw of a legendary dragon. But, he wakes up as an undead bag of bones! He sets out to achieve Existential Evolution and rejoin the land of the living.



Note: Each episode streamed 3 days early on some streaming sites. The original TV broadcast started on January 8th, 2024.

Tags: Reincarnation , Dungeon , Magic , Swordplay , Monster Boy , Alchemy , Vampire , Male Protagonist , Skeleton , Found Family , Tragedy , Time Skip , Zombie , CGI

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

Maou no Ore ga Dorei Elf wo Yome ni Shitanda ga, Dou Medereba Ii?

Also known as An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride.

Studio: Brain's Base , DMM.com , UNLIMITED PRODUCE by TMS , Crunchyroll , Hobby Japan , NetEase Games , BS Asahi , Kanon
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Romance

Zagan might be the most feared evil sorcerer, but when it comes to social interactions, he’s the most inept. All those days studying the dark arts won’t help him when he falls in love at first sight with Nephelia, the beautiful elven slave, and spends his entire fortune to purchase her. With no clue how to talk to each other, the awkward arrangement for a bumbling sorcerer and timid elf begins.



Tags: Elf , Magic , Male Protagonist , Family Life , Heterosexual , Found Family , Marriage , Anti-Hero , Slavery , Female Protagonist , Demons , Adoption , Kuudere , Monster Girl , Gore , Ensemble Cast , Parenthood , Cohabitation

Salaryman ga Isekai ni Ittara Shitennou ni Natta Hanashi

Also known as Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four!.

Studio: GEEKTOYS , CompTown , OVERLAP , Crunchyroll , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Docomo Anime Store , Pony Canyon , KLOCKWORX , GRANTdesign
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

In an alternate fantasy world, the Demon King reigns with a formidable army led by his Four Heavenly Kings. One happens to be Uchimura Denosuke, a normal salaryman unexpectedly plucked from his mundane life by the Demon King himself. But even in this new realm, Uchimura is bestowed no particular powers. Can he survive treacherous missions with only the knowledge of an office worker?



Tags: Politics , Isekai , Work , Economics , Demons , Kemonomimi , Magic , Elf , Monster Girl , Tsundere , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Anthropomorphism , Female Harem , Rehabilitation , Slapstick

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

Mairimashita! Iruma-kun

Also known as Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun.

Studio: Bandai Namco Pictures , NHK Enterprises , NHK
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

Suzuki Iruma has just been abandoned and sold to a demon by his irresponsible parents! Surprisingly, the next thing he knows he's living with the demon who has adopted him as his new grandson, and has been transferred into a school in the demon world where his new "demon" grandfather works as the principal. Thus begins the cowardly Iruma-kun's extraordinary school life among the otherworldly as he faces his true self, takes on challenges, and rises to become someone great...

Tags: Demons , School , Male Protagonist , Magic , Isekai , Found Family , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , Adoption , Coming of Age , Kemonomimi , Monster Girl , Monster Boy , Nekomimi , School Club , Heterosexual , Tomboy , Love Triangle , Idol , Butler , Musical Theater , Crossdressing , Succubus , Estranged Family

A-Rank Party wo Ridatsu Shita Ore wa, Moto Oshiegotachi to Meikyuu Shinbu wo Mezasu.

Also known as I Left My A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths!.

Studio: Bandai Namco Pictures , Bandai Namco Filmworks , Nippon Television Network , Kodansha , Bandai Namco Pictures , Bandai Namco Music Live , Crunchyroll , Sammy , ADK Marketing Solutions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Yuke, a red mage, angrily declares that he's leaving Thunder Pike, the A-rank party he's been with for five years, because he's fed up with being insulted and ridiculed by the other members.

While searching for a new party, he runs into his former students Marina, Silk, and Rain, and decides to join their party, Clover. Encouraged by their admiration of him as their teacher, Yuke leads them in completing several quests that show off his own extraordinary magic and skills while bringing out the girls' abilities to their fullest.

Then, through an "adventure broadcast" by an artifact known as Camelot, Clover becomes well-known throughout society. The party's dream is to conquer Achromatic Darkness, the most challenging dungeon of all, but as they take on other dungeons in hopes of eventually achieving that goal, they gradually become entangled in chaos that threatens the whole world...



Tags: Female Harem , Dungeon , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Magic , Marriage , Elf , Body Horror , Archery , Swordplay , Heterosexual , Kemonomimi , Urban Fantasy , Coming of Age , Curses , Medieval