Top Dungeon Anime Recommendations

Black Clover

Also known as Black Clover.

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

In a world where magic is everything, Asta and Yuno are both found abandoned at a church on the same day. While Yuno is gifted with exceptional magical powers, Asta is the only one in this world without any. At the age of fifteen, both receive grimoires, magic books that amplify their holder’s magic. Asta’s is a rare Grimoire of Anti-Magic that negates and repels his opponent’s spells. Being opposite but good rivals, Yuno and Asta are ready for the hardest of challenges to achieve their common dream: to be the Wizard King. Giving up is never an option!



Tags: Magic , Shounen , Found Family , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Orphan , Ensemble Cast , Revenge , Demons , Elf , Class Struggle , Dissociative Identities , Reincarnation , Conspiracy , Adoption , Cult , Swordplay , Bullying , Lost Civilization , Heterosexual , Cultivation , Time Skip , Kuudere , Nun , Tsundere , Travel , Love Triangle , Disability , Food , Espionage , Suicide , Tomboy , Age Regression , Dungeon

Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!

Also known as KONOSUBA -God's blessing on this wonderful world!.

Studio: Studio DEEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy

Kazuma Satou decides that today is the day to get out of the house for a bit. Since he dies, pointlessly, it's clearly a bad choice. The goddess who greets him in the afterlife, however, offers him a chance to be reborn in a world not unlike that of a video game, and as a bonus she'll even throw in a cool item or power! Can't possibly be a bad choice, right? Except he arrives with no money at all, dead average skills, and his "bonus" isn't useful at all--since he picked the goddess, Aqua, herself. How are the two of them supposed to defeat the evil Devil King and live happily ever after? Well, for them, it probably starts with day laboring rather than adventuring. And it's only going to get more disappointing from there!



Tags: Isekai , Satire , Parody , Primarily Female Cast , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Magic , Slapstick , Masochism , Anti-Hero , Afterlife , Gods , Reincarnation , Meta , Chuunibyou , Primarily Adult Cast , Alternate Universe , Dullahan , Swordplay , Dungeon , Succubus , Nudity , Shounen

Made in Abyss

Also known as Made in Abyss.

Studio: Kinema Citrus
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Mystery , Sci-Fi

The "Abyss" is the last unexplored place in the world. Strange and wonderful creatures roam within, and it is full of precious relics that present humans can't recreate. Those that dare to explore the depths are known as "Cave Raiders." An orphan girl named Riko lives on the rim. Her dream is to become a Cave Raider like her mother and solve the mysteries of the cave system. One day, Riko starts exploring the caves and discovers a robot who resembles a human boy.



Note: The last episode aired with a runtime of ~48 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

Tags: Survival , Primarily Child Cast , Environmental , Travel , Chibi , Body Horror , Tragedy , Philosophy , Lost Civilization , Dungeon , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Gore , Amnesia , Cosmic Horror , Robots , Male Protagonist , Steampunk , Outdoor , Anthropomorphism , Food , Femboy , Orphan , Tanned Skin , Agender , Religion , Rehabilitation , Crossdressing , Maids , Dissociative Identities , School , Time Manipulation , Curses , Amputation , Conspiracy

Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka

Also known as Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?.

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

Some adventurers delve into the sprawling labyrinths beneath the city of Orario to find fame and fortune. Others come to test their skills against the legions of monsters lurking in the darkness below. However, Bell Cranel’s grandfather told him a different reason: it’s a great place to rescue (and subsequently meet) girls! Now that Bell’s a dungeon delver himself, the ladies he’s encountering aren’t the helpless damsels in distress he’d imagined, and one of them, the beautiful swordswoman Ais Wallenstein, keeps rescuing Bell instead. As embarrassing as that is, it’s nothing compared to what happens when goddesses get involved. Freya, Hephaistos, and Loki, with their powerful Familias, are intimidating enough, but there’s one goddess whose relationship with Bell is certain to spark trouble.



Tags: Dungeon , Male Protagonist , Gods , Magic , Mythology , Female Harem , Primarily Female Cast , Swordplay , Tomboy , Travel , Ensemble Cast , Elf , Love Triangle , Kemonomimi , Nudity , Kuudere , Nekomimi , Cultivation , Villainess , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , Goblin

Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2

Also known as KONOSUBA -God's blessing on this wonderful world! 2.

Studio: Studio DEEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy

When Kazuma Satou died, he was given two choices: pass on to heaven or be revived in a fantasy world. After choosing the new world, the goddess Aqua tasked him with defeating the Demon King, and let him choose any weapon to aid him. Unfortunately, Kazuma chose to bring Aqua herself and has regretted the decision ever since then.

Not only is he stuck with a useless deity turned party archpriest, the pair also has to make enough money for living expenses. To add to their problems, their group continued to grow as more problematic adventurers joined their ranks. Their token spellcaster, Megumin, is an explosion magic specialist who can only cast one spell once per day and refuses to learn anything else. There is also their stalwart crusader, Lalatina "Darkness" Dustiness Ford, a helpless masochist who makes Kazuma look pure in comparison.

Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2 continues to follow Kazuma and the rest of his party through countless more adventures as they struggle to earn money and have to deal with one another's problematic personalities. However, things rarely go as planned, and they are often sidetracked by their own idiotic tendencies.

Tags: Isekai , Satire , Parody , Magic , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Slapstick , Primarily Female Cast , Chuunibyou , Gods , Masochism , Afterlife , Super Power , Swordplay , Dungeon , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Travel , Religion , Cult , Nudity

Yakusoku no Neverland 2

Also known as The Promised Neverland Season 2.

Studio: CloverWorks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Psychological , Thriller

The second season of Yakusoku no Neverland.

Fifteen children escape Grace Field House, a false paradise, hoping for a chance at freedom. Instead, they encounter plants and animals they have never before seen, and are chased by demons. The outside world is so beautiful, and yet is almost too cruel to face.

Even so, the children refuse to give up. They are guided in their search for better lives only by a message from Minerva and a pen Norman left behind in order to fulfill their promise to return to the House to save those of their family who are still trapped within.


Note: Episode 1 streamed early on Amazon Prime on Jan 7, 2021. The regular TV broadcast started on Jan 8, 2021.

Tags: Survival , Primarily Child Cast , Demons , Dystopian , Fugitive , Ensemble Cast , Orphan , Kaiju , Time Skip , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Revenge , Travel , Dungeon , Food , Gore , Archery , Body Horror , Male Protagonist , Tanned Skin , Crime

Ore dake Level Up na Ken

Also known as Solo Leveling.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

They say whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, but that’s not the case for the world’s weakest hunter Seong Jin-U. After being brutally slaughtered by monsters in a high-ranking dungeon, Jin-U came back with the System, a program only he could see, that’s leveling him up in every way. Now, he’s inspired to discover the secrets behind his powers and the dungeon that spawned them.





Tags: Dungeon , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Super Power , Magic , Necromancy , Cultivation , War , Anti-Hero , Gore , Tragedy , Survival , Swordplay , Alternate Universe , Angels , Time Manipulation , Post-Apocalyptic , Heterosexual , Bullying , Travel , Dragons , Ninja , Foreign , College

Sousou no Frieren

Also known as Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End.

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about. Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. But Frieren will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to understand what life means to the people around her? Decades after their victory, the funeral of one her friends confronts Frieren with her own near immortality. Frieren sets out to fulfill the last wishes of her comrades and finds herself beginning a new adventure…



Tags: Travel , Magic , Elf , Philosophy , Foreign , Time Skip , Female Protagonist , Found Family , Iyashikei , Kuudere , Demons , Shounen , Adoption , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Episodic , Rural , Dungeon , Snowscape , Aromantic , Rotoscoping , Religion , Asexual , Dragons , Clone

Goblin Slayer

Also known as GOBLIN SLAYER.

Studio: White Fox
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

A young priestess has formed her first adventuring party, but almost immediately they find themselves in distress. It's the Goblin Slayer who comes to their rescue--a man who's dedicated his life to the extermination of all goblins, by any means necessary. And when rumors of his feats begin to circulate, there's no telling who might come calling next...



Tags: Goblin , Revenge , Gore , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Dungeon , Magic , Anti-Hero , Nudity , CGI , Survival , Elf , Gods , Rural , Swordplay

Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka II

Also known as Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? II.

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

The second season of Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka.

There's rarely a dull moment when you're the champion of a tiny Familia, and things only get rougher for Bell when the God Apollo declares war on Hestia and her followers. With Apollo's Familia able to field a hundred times as many men, Hestia will have to work a lot of favors to keep her Familia from being completely destroyed.

Even if Bell and Hestia manage to pull off the impossible, a major debt that Hestia owes is about to come due and Lili's sordid past comes back to haunt her! Which means that when Bell and his friends come to Lili's aid, it sets into motion yet another impending clash of the titans that may destroy everything!



Tags: Male Protagonist , Gods , Dungeon , Nudity , Magic , Swordplay , Female Harem , Mythology , Villainess , Ensemble Cast , Tanned Skin , Primarily Female Cast , Shounen , Kemonomimi , Elf , Kuudere , Tomboy , Primarily Teen Cast

Log Horizon

Also known as Log Horizon.

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

The online fantasy game Elder Tales is a worldwide phenomenon, immersing millions of players in its intricately conceived virtual world. However, the release of the game's twelfth expansion pack makes that immersion all too literal, as players from around the world are suddenly pulled into the game's no-longer-fictional universe! Now, eight-year ET veteran Shiroe, his friend Naotsugu, the beautiful assassin Akatsuki, and 30,000 other players are faced with the daunting task of learning how to deal with an entirely new reality, one where the Non-Player Characters are actually alive, and the tips and tricks learned while playing with a keyboard no longer apply.



Tags: Virtual World , Politics , Isekai , Video Games , Male Protagonist , Magic , Alternate Universe , Kingdom Management , Dungeon , Ensemble Cast , Anthropomorphism , Found Family , Primarily Adult Cast , Kemonomimi , Love Triangle , Elf , Goblin , Twins , Kuudere , Samurai , Femboy , Skeleton , Episodic

Magi: The labyrinth of magic

Also known as Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

This story is about the flow of fate and the battle to keep the world on the right path. Aladdin is a boy who has set out to explore the world after being trapped in a room for most of his life. His best friend is a flute with a djinn in it named Ugo. Soon enough, Aladdin discovers he is a Magi, a magician who chooses kings, and he was born to choose kings who will follow the righteous path, battling against those who want to destroy fate. Follow his adventures as he meets others from 1001 Arabian Nights, like Ali Baba and Sinbad, and fights to keep the balance of the world in check!

Tags: Magic , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Politics , Tragedy , Royal Affairs , Dungeon , War , Desert , Foreign , Slavery , Primarily Male Cast , Travel , Swordplay , Economics , Nudity , Tanned Skin , Kingdom Management

Mushoku Tensei II: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu

Also known as Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2.

Studio: Studio Bind
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Ecchi , Fantasy

After his relationship with Eris Boreas Greyrat reaches new heights, Rudeus Greyrat is ecstatic. Unfortunately, his joy is short-lived, as Eris suddenly abandons him to embark on her own journey. Believing that Eris has lost all interest in him, a heartbroken and depressed Rudeus sets forth to the Northern Territories. With his sole goal being to locate his mother on the vast continent, Rudeus wonders if persisting through daily life is worth the pain, falling into a robotic routine as he endlessly ruminates on his lost love.

However, the dangers of the North soon prove that one cannot survive with a dulled mind. While on a quest with the party Counter Arrow, with whom he recently became acquainted, Rudeus has a brush with death—an experience that forces him to finally snap out of his despair. With his newfound teammates, Rudeus rediscovers the pleasure of daily adventuring and moves forward with his original goal of living his second lease on life to the fullest.



Note: Includes episode 0, Shugo Jutsushi Fitz.

Tags: Isekai , Reincarnation , Male Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Magic , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Heterosexual , School , Time Skip , Found Family , Kemonomimi , Female Harem , Elf , Tomboy , Love Triangle , Family Life , Crossdressing , Super Power , Hikikomori , Slavery , Otaku Culture , Gods , Swordplay , Nudity , Religion , Survival , Demons , Nekomimi , Language Barrier , Tsundere , Dungeon , Delinquents , Suicide , Maids , Archery , Dragons , Drugs , Polyamorous , Snowscape

Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou

Also known as Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest.

Studio: White Fox , Asread
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Psychological

When a classroom of students is transported to another world to act as its saviors, Hajime Nagumo finds himself the weakest link. As his friends and classmates are granted strong classes and impressive abilities due to their existing skills, he is given the weak title of Synergist. When a dungeon quest leaves him separated from his group, Hajime must discover his own talents or be left to rot in this world forever.



Tags: Isekai , Male Protagonist , Magic , Alternate Universe , Dungeon , Anti-Hero , CGI , Nudity , Cosmic Horror , Female Harem , Conspiracy , Primarily Female Cast , Vampire , Monster Girl , Guns , Demons , Revenge , Kemonomimi , Chuunibyou , Anachronism , Tragedy , Software Development , Dragons , Drugs , Kuudere , Battle Royale , Cannibalism , Death Game , Primarily Teen Cast , Tsundere , Pirates , Swordplay , Gore

Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka III

Also known as Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? III.

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

The third season of Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka.

When Bell encounters a frightened little girl in the dungeon, he doesn’t think twice to help. But this simple act of kindness has consequences. The girl is a monster and proof that monsters can be eerily human. And not everyone can accept this...



Tags: Gods , Male Protagonist , Dungeon , Monster Girl , Tanned Skin , Shounen , Magic , Mythology , Ensemble Cast , Swordplay , Female Harem , Primarily Female Cast , Nudity , Primarily Teen Cast , Tomboy , Kuudere , Tragedy , Kemonomimi , Nekomimi , Elf , Archery , Yandere , Gore

Hai to Gensou no Grimgar

Also known as Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

Fear, survival, instinct. Thrown into a foreign land with nothing but hazy memories and the knowledge of their name, they can feel only these three emotions resonating deep within their souls. A group of strangers is given no other choice than to accept the only paying job in this game-like world—the role of a soldier in the Reserve Army—and eliminate anything that threatens the peace in their new world, Grimgar.

When all of the stronger candidates join together, those left behind must create a party together to survive: Manato, a charismatic leader and priest; Haruhiro, a nervous thief; Yume, a cheerful hunter; Shihoru, a shy mage; Mogzo, a kind warrior; and Ranta, a rowdy dark knight. Despite its resemblance to one, this is no game—there are no redos or respawns; it is kill or be killed.

It is now up to this ragtag group of unlikely fighters to survive together in a world where life and death are separated only by a fine line.

Tags: Isekai , Survival , Tragedy , Goblin , Ensemble Cast , Magic , Alternate Universe , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Amnesia , Dungeon , Kuudere

Magi: The kingdom of magic

Also known as Magi: The Kingdom of Magic.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

After celebrating their victory against Al-Thamen, Aladdin and his friends depart the land of Sindria. With the end of the battle, however, comes the time for each of them to go their separate ways. Hakuryuu and Kougyoku are ordered to go back to their home country, the Kou Empire. Meanwhile Aladdin announces he needs to head for Magnostadt—a mysterious country ruled by magicians—to investigate the mysterious events occurring in this new kingdom and become more proficient in magic. For their part, encouraged by Aladdin's words, Alibaba and Morgiana also set off in pursuit of their own goals: training and going to her homeland, respectively.

Magi: The Kingdom of Magic follows these friends as they all go about their separate adventures, each facing their own challenges. However, a new threat begins to rise as a great war looms over the horizon...

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tags: Magic , Shounen , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Desert , War , Politics , Dungeon , Tragedy , Tanned Skin , Royal Affairs , Reincarnation , Pirates , Cult , Nudity , Anti-Hero

Amagi Brilliant Park

Also known as Amagi Brilliant Park.

Studio: Kyoto Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

When new transfer student Isuzu asks Seiya Kanie out on a date at gunpoint, he knows something odd is going on. Especially since she wants to go to Amagi Brilliant Park, where the rides are either dangerous or mind-numbingly dull and the only costumed performers who aren’t rude or apathetic are the ones who didn’t show up for work.

So when Isuzu asks Seiya to take over as the park’s new manager, he knows she’s crazy (Well, crazy-er, given the gunpoint thing.). But when Seiya learns that Amagi Brilliant Park is a REAL Magic Kingdom, that the costumed performers aren’t wearing costumes, that they live off the energy created by attendees, and that unless they can attract 250,000 attendees in three months, they’ll lose their jobs and homes… he goes a little crazy himself.

But, even with the aid of scantily clad fairies, giant mice and sniper-trained sheep, can anyone rescue a park that’s sunk so low that its own bus doesn’t stop there anymore? The race is on to get the turnstiles turning and save Amagi Brilliant Park!



Tags: Ensemble Cast , Work , Fairy , Magic , Male Protagonist , Economics , Animals , Urban Fantasy , Slapstick , Kuudere , Ojou-sama , Parody , Nudity , Mermaid , Pirates , Dragons , Dungeon , Disability

Dungeon Meshi

Also known as Delicious in Dungeon.

Studio: Trigger
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

When young adventurer Laios and his company are attacked and soundly thrashed by a dragon deep in a dungeon, the party loses all its money and provisions...and a member! They're eager to go back and save her, but there is just one problem: If they set out with no food or coin to speak of, they're sure to starve on the way! But Laios comes up with a brilliant idea: "Let's eat the monsters!" Slimes, basilisks, and even dragons...none are safe from the appetites of these dungeon-crawling gourmands!



Note: A world premiere screening of Episode 1 was shown in the Studio TRIGGER panel at Anime Expo on July 1, 2023.

Tags: Dungeon , Food , Magic , Primarily Adult Cast , Ensemble Cast , Environmental , Elf , Monster Girl , Dragons , Lost Civilization , Necromancy , Body Horror , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Tragedy , Anthropomorphism , Nekomimi , Female Protagonist , Kemonomimi , Episodic , Politics , Chimera , Nudity , Ninja , Shapeshifting , Ghost , Super Power , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cannibalism , Zombie , Found Family

Made in Abyss: Fukaki Tamashii no Reimei

Also known as Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul.

Studio: Kinema Citrus
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

Dawn of the Deep Soul continues the epic adventure of plucky Riko and Reg who are joined by their new friend Nanachi. Together they descend into the Abyss’ treacherous fifth layer, the Sea of Corpses, and encounter the mysterious Bondrewd, a legendary White Whistle whose shadow looms over Nanachi’s troubled past. Bondrewd is ingratiatingly hospitable, but the brave adventurers know things are not always as they seem in the enigmatic Abyss...



Tags: Tragedy , Survival , Primarily Child Cast , Body Swapping , Seinen , Lost Civilization , Gore , Body Horror , Female Protagonist , Robots , Anthropomorphism , Male Protagonist , Monster Girl , Dungeon , Ensemble Cast , Chibi , Dissociative Identities , Nudity , Amnesia , Magic , Family Life , Anti-Hero , Food , Amputation