Top Alchemy Anime Recommendations

Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST

Also known as Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

"In order for something to be obtained, something of equal value must be lost."

Alchemy is bound by this Law of Equivalent Exchange—something the young brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric only realize after attempting human transmutation: the one forbidden act of alchemy. They pay a terrible price for their transgression—Edward loses his left leg, Alphonse his physical body. It is only by the desperate sacrifice of Edward's right arm that he is able to affix Alphonse's soul to a suit of armor. Devastated and alone, it is the hope that they would both eventually return to their original bodies that gives Edward the inspiration to obtain metal limbs called "automail" and become a state alchemist, the Fullmetal Alchemist.

Three years of searching later, the brothers seek the Philosopher's Stone, a mythical relic that allows an alchemist to overcome the Law of Equivalent Exchange. Even with military allies Colonel Roy Mustang, Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye, and Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes on their side, the brothers find themselves caught up in a nationwide conspiracy that leads them not only to the true nature of the elusive Philosopher's Stone, but their country's murky history as well. In between finding a serial killer and racing against time, Edward and Alphonse must ask themselves if what they are doing will make them human again... or take away their humanity.



Tags: Alchemy , Conspiracy , Military , War , Tragedy , Shounen , Politics , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Super Power , Fugitive , Foreign , Gods , Cyborg , Steampunk , Disability , Necromancy , Lost Civilization , Dissociative Identities , Anachronism , Revenge , Travel , Chimera , Primarily Male Cast , Religion , Gore , Body Horror , Slapstick , Kuudere , Demons , Trains , Chibi , Adoption , Guns , Tomboy , Cannibalism , Swordplay , Desert , Heterosexual , Tanned Skin , Crossdressing , Shapeshifting , Vore , Tsundere , Snowscape

Hagane no Renkinjutsushi

Also known as Fullmetal Alchemist.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

The rules of alchemy state that to gain something, one must lose something of equal value. Alchemy is the process of taking apart and reconstructing an object into a different entity, with the rules of alchemy to govern this procedure. However, there exists an object that can bring any alchemist above these rules, the object known as the Philosopher's Stone. The young Edward Elric is a particularly talented alchemist who through an accident years back lost his younger brother Alphonse and one of his legs. Sacrificing one of his arms as well, he used alchemy to bind his brother's soul to a suit of armor. This lead to the beginning of their journey to restore their bodies, in search for the legendary Philosopher's Stone.

Note: Episodes 11, 12 and 37 were adapted from the light novel "Fullmetal Alchemist: The Land of Sand."

Tags: Alchemy , Magic , Philosophy , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Military , Coming of Age , Shounen , Travel , War , Alternate Universe , Disability , Steampunk , Body Horror , Conspiracy , Chimera , Slapstick , Foreign , Cyborg , Chibi , Anti-Hero , Religion , Trains , Isekai , Lost Civilization , Guns

Baccano!

Also known as Baccano!.

Studio: Brain's Base
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery , Supernatural

During the early 1930s in Chicago, the transcontinental train, Flying Pussyfoot, is starting its legendary journey that will leave a trail of blood all over the country. At the same time in New York, the ambitious scientist Szilard and his unwilling aide Ennis, are looking for missing bottles of the immortality elixir. In addition, a war between the mafia groups is getting worse. On board the Advena Avis, in 1711, alchemists are about to learn the price of immortality.

Based on the award winning light novels of the same name, this anime adaptation follows several events that initially seem unrelated, both in time and place, but are part of a much bigger story—one of alchemy, survival and immortality. Merging these events together are the kindhearted would-be thieves, Isaac and Miria, connecting various people, all of them with their own hidden ambitions and agendas, and creating lifelong bonds and consequences for everyone involved.



Tags: Mafia , Ensemble Cast , Crime , Achronological Order , Historical , Trains , Urban Fantasy , Foreign , Noir , Primarily Adult Cast , Alchemy , Guns , Gore , Travel , Urban , Demons , Meta , Disability , Surreal Comedy , Vore

Kusuriya no Hitorigoto

Also known as The Apothecary Diaries.

Studio: OLM , TOHO animation STUDIO
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 , Historical , Foreign , Detective , Conspiracy , Drugs , Ancient China , Politics , Work , Royal Affairs , Primarily Adult Cast , Adoption , Heterosexual , Unrequited Love , Alchemy , Maids , Tragedy , Episodic , Food , Slavery , Chibi , Asexual , Go , Seinen

Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu

Also known as TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy-.

Studio: C2C
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Makoto Misumi was just an average teenager who happened to suddenly be summoned to another world as a "hero." But the goddess of this world called him ugly and took his hero status away from him then sent him to the ends of the world. In the wastelands, he meets dragons, spiders, orcs, dwarves and many other non-human races. Makoto manages to show promises in the use of magic and fighting, which he wouldn't have been able to do in his former world. He has numerous encounters, but will he be able to survive this new world? A fantasy where a guy who had been abandoned by gods and humanity tries to reset his life in this new world is about to begin!



Tags: Isekai , Magic , Male Protagonist , Revenge , Monster Girl , Anthropomorphism , Female Harem , Samurai , Meta , Gods , Alchemy , Economics , Language Barrier , Dragons , Archery , Tragedy , Swordplay , Elf , Memory Manipulation , Ensemble Cast

Strike the Blood

Also known as Strike the Blood.

Studio: SILVER LINK.
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Fantasy

The Fourth Primogenitor—That's the world's strongest vampire that should only exist in legends. Accompanied by twelve Kenjuu and spreading calamity, this phantom vampire appeared in Japan. For the observation and obliteration of this Fourth Primogenitor, the government and Lion King decided to dispatch an attack mage known as a Sword Shaman. However, for some reason, the one chosen for the observation was a apprentice Sword Shaman girl, Himegari Yukina. Wielding the strongest anti-primogenitor spirit spear, Yukina arrived at Demon District, Itogami City. What is the true identity of the Fourth Primogenitor, Akatsuki Kojou, she encountered over there!?



Tags: Vampire , Male Protagonist , Female Harem , Magic , Urban Fantasy , School , Super Power , Nudity , Gore , Anthropomorphism , Angels , Witch , Alchemy , Kuudere , Clone

GOSICK

Also known as Gosick.

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

Kazuya Kujou is a foreign student at Saint Marguerite Academy, a luxurious boarding school in the Southern European country of Sauville. Originally from Japan, his jet-black hair and dark brown eyes cause his peers to shun him and give him the nickname "Black Reaper," based on a popular urban legend about the traveler who brings death in the spring.

On a day like any other, Kujou visits the school's extravagant library in search of ghost stories. However, his focus soon changes as he becomes curious about a golden strand of hair on the stairs. The steps lead him to a large garden and a beautiful doll-like girl known as Victorique de Blois, whose complex and imaginative foresight allows her to predict their futures, now intertwined.

With more mysteries quickly developing—including the appearance of a ghost ship and an alchemist with the power of transmutation—Victorique and Kujou, bound by fate and their unique skills, have no choice but to rely on each other.



Tags: Detective , Crime , Foreign , Historical , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Alchemy , Royal Affairs , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Tsundere , Kuudere , Guns , War , Love Triangle , School , Bullying , Twins , Tomboy , Trains , Time Skip , Military ,

Kimi no Koto ga Dai Dai Dai Dai Daisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo

Also known as The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You.

Studio: Bibury Animation Studios
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

Rentarou Aijou was rejected 100 times in middle school. He visits a shrine and prays for better luck in high school. The God of Love appears and promises that he’ll soon meet 100 people he’s destined to date. But there’s a catch—once destiny introduces someone to him, the two must happily love each other. If they don’t, they’ll die. What will befall Rentarou and his 100 girlfriends in high school?



Tags: Female Harem , Ensemble Cast , Surreal Comedy , Heterosexual , Polyamorous , Primarily Female Cast , Male Protagonist , Parody , Primarily Teen Cast , Meta , Tsundere , Slapstick , School , Kuudere , Alchemy , Drugs , Seinen , Love Triangle , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Gods , Age Regression , Age Gap , MILF , Nudity , Bisexual , Ghost , Crossdressing , Ojou-sama , School Club

Isekai Yakkyoku

Also known as Parallel World Pharmacy.

Studio: diomedéa
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 , Educational , Male Protagonist , Pandemic , Iyashikei , Magic , Alchemy , Historical , Gods , Makeup , Matriarchy

Seijo no Maryoku wa Bannou desu

Also known as The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent.

Studio: diomedéa
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

Why would an overworked woman want to be summoned to a magical new world? To live her ideal life of leisure, of course! For Sei, it’s truly a dream: studying spells and perfecting potions at the institute while helping people with their problems. But keeping a low profile is proving to be difficult as her magical power becomes omnipotent. Can Sei hide away in this fantasy forever? She hopes so!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Isekai , Magic , Shoujo , Iyashikei , Primarily Adult Cast , Medicine , Heterosexual , Male Harem , Horticulture , Politics , Alchemy

Nanatsu no Maken ga Shihai Suru

Also known as Reign of the Seven Spellblades.

Studio: J.C. Staff
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

It’s springtime at Kimberly Magic Academy, and new students are beginning their first year. Among them are a skilled and studious boy, Oliver, and a headstrong samurai girl, Nanao. They soon form a unique bond in the halls of Kimberly, but this picturesque school isn’t what it seems. Dark secrets and endless danger lurk behind every corner. Can these wizards make it to graduation alive?!



Tags: Magic , School , Revenge , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , Swordplay , Samurai , Heterosexual , Asexual , Tragedy , Gender Bending , Torture , Anti-Hero , Animals , Elf , Gore , Alchemy , Female Harem

Loop 7-kaime no Akuyaku Reijou wa, Moto Tekikoku de Jiyuu Kimama na Hanayome Seikatsu wo Mankitsu Suru

Also known as 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!.

Studio: HORNETS , Studio KAI
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

Rishe Irmgard Weitzner, a duke's daughter, has a secret: she died at the age of 20 and returned to the moment five years prior when her engagement was called off. She has already experienced this time loop six times and lived out those five years a different way each time, as a merchant, a doctor, a maid, a knight, and more. Now, on her seventh go-around, she's determined to live to a ripe old age and spend it relaxing. But the moment she flees the castle with that decision in her heart, she runs into the infamously cruel crown prince of a rival kingdom, Arnold Hein. He happens to be the one who killed her during her life as a knight, but now, he seems to have taken a bizarre liking to her... and begs her to become his wife. Thus, in order to stay alive and prevent a war, Rishe utilizes her previous experiences to kick off her seventh life as the bride of an enemy nation's crown prince.



Tags: Heterosexual , Royal Affairs , Primarily Adult Cast , Time Loop , Female Protagonist , Reincarnation , Time Manipulation , Shoujo , Estranged Family , Historical , Foreign , Ojou-sama , Politics , Marriage , Kuudere , Economics , Swordplay , Medicine , Tomboy , Horticulture , Villainess , Alchemy , Urban , Maids , War , Agriculture , Crossdressing

Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Shamballa wo Yuku Mono

Also known as Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie - Conqueror of Shamballa.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy

Munich, Germany, 1923. Two years have passed since Edward Elric was dragged from his own world to ours, leaving behind his country, his friends and his younger brother, Alphonse. Stripped of his alchemical powers, he has been all this time researching rocketry together with Alphonse Heiderich, a young man who resembles his own brother, hoping to one day find a way back home. His efforts so far had proven fruitless, but after lending a hand to a troubled gypsy girl, Edward is thrown in a series of events that can wreak havoc in both worlds. Meanwhile, at his own world, Alphonse Elric ventures deeper into the mysteries of alchemy in search for a way to reunite with his older brother.



Tags: Historical , Shounen , Foreign , Alternate Universe , Male Protagonist , Alchemy , Military , Cult , War , Steampunk , Philosophy , CGI , Dragons , Guns

Nozomanu Fushi no Boukensha

Also known as The Unwanted Undead Adventurer.

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

Re:Monster

Also known as Re:Monster.

Studio: Studio DEEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

After meeting an untimely death, Tomokui Kanata is reincarnated as a lowly goblin, but he’s worked up a monstrous appetite. Thanks to his new ability that allows him to grow stronger the more he feeds, his feeble status quickly changes, and he rises to become the goblin leader. With a mix of his past memories, new body, and strong stomach, he’s taking a bite out of this new fantastical world!



The episodes were streamed several days ahead than the TV broadcast on U-NEXT, Anime Houdai, and Crunchyroll beginning on April 2nd, 2024 at 0:00 JST. The regular TV broadcast begins on April 5th, 2024.

Tags: Anti-Hero , Female Harem , Male Protagonist , Polyamorous , Magic , Isekai , Goblin , Reincarnation , Episodic , Parenthood , Slavery , Swordplay , Spearplay , Archery , Necromancy , Alchemy

Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Milos no Seinaru Hoshi

Also known as Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy

A fugitive alchemist with mysterious abilities leads the Elric brothers to a distant valley of slums inhabited by the Milos, a proud people struggling against bureaucratic exploitation. Ed and Al quickly find themselves in the middle of a rising rebellion, as the exiled Milos lash out against their oppressors. At the heart of the conflict is Julia, a young alchemist befriended by Alphonse. She'll stop at nothing to restore the Milos to their former glory – even if that means harnessing the awful power of the mythical Philosopher's Stone.



Tags: Magic , Alchemy , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Disability , Conspiracy , Fugitive , Cyborg , Travel , Tragedy , Chimera , Werewolf , Trains

Dantalian no Shoka

Also known as The Mystic Archives of Dantalian.

Studio: Gainax
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery , Supernatural

Hugh Anthony Disward inherits an old mansion and a personal library from his grandfather. In the basement of the mansion, he meets a mysterious girl, Dalian. She is a Dantalian and a gateway to "Dantalian's bookshelf", which stores the prohibited books of the demons.

"Gensho (Illusory Books)", the prohibited books, endanger the balance of the world, but people are fascinated by the taboo. Hugh and Dalian solve the cases involving Gensho with their ability to access the Dantalian bookshelf.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Foreign , Magic , Episodic , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Mythology , Primarily Adult Cast , Historical , Guns , Yandere , Rural , Classic Literature , Ojou-sama , Alchemy , Motorcycles , Military , Demons , Tsundere , Amnesia , Religion , Drugs , Suicide , Writing , Robots , Aviation , Crossdressing , Dragons

Seijo no Maryoku wa Bannou desu Season 2

Also known as The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent II.

Studio: diomedéa
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

The second season of Seijo no Maryoku wa Bannou desu.

Sei, an office worker in her twenties, was suddenly summoned to another world as a "Saint". Taking advantage of her natural love of plants, she started working at a medicinal plant research institute. In addition, Sei's evaluation explodes when she activates a tremendously powerful purification magic in monster subjugation! Being officially recognized as a "saint", she gains people's respect as the savior of the Kingdom of Saluntania. Those who watch over and support her are Johann and Jude from the research institute, Yuri from the Imperial Court Mage Division, and Albert Hawke, the "Ice Knight" who is attracted to each other but is still less than a lover. Even after becoming the most important person in the kingdom, Sei remains obsessed with research, but her relationship with Albert gradually deepens, and there is a new development in their love story!?

[Source: Official Website]

Tags: Isekai , Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Primarily Adult Cast , Iyashikei , Heterosexual , Magic , Marriage , Swordplay , Alchemy , Royal Affairs , Medicine , Politics , Dragons

Ryza no Atelier: Tokoyami no Joou to Himitsu no Kakurega

Also known as Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout The Animation.

Studio: LIDENFILMS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

The village of Rasenboden lies on Kurken Island, which is surrounded by a lake. Time travels slowly on this island that's on the outskirts of the Roteswasser Kingdom. In this quiet little village with very little excitement lived Ryza, a girl with entirely too much energy for this quiet village, whose main feature was that she's so ordinary that she has no outstanding features.

"Sigh... I wonder if there's anything interesting to do..."

Ryza wasn't satisfied with solely being known as an ordinary farmer's daughter in the uptight, boring little village. So one day, she sneaks onto a boat with her childhood friends Lent and Tao, and they have their first adventure to the opposite shore. There, she encounters a man who uses a mysterious power called alchemy. Ryza is completely enchanted by this power and asks him to teach it to her. From an ordinary farmer's daughter to an alchemist... This was something completely new. Their own little single summer adventure is about to begin—



Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~48 minutes.

Tags: Alchemy , Female Protagonist , Magic , Rural , Coastal , Tomboy , Iyashikei , Lost Civilization , Dragons , Archery

Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudouki

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

Studio: Maho Film
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 , Kemonomimi , Food , Fairy , Alchemy