Drifters is the only one I haven't heard of yet. I've only recently heard about Iruma-Kun from a few reactors. Shield Hero is on my list to check out, but like any anime with combat, if there's too much blood & gore for my taste, I'll most likely drop it. Log Horizon was fun, but I won't be returning to it unless we get a conclusion. Devil is a Part Timer is an enjoyable show, but I haven't watched it in a while. No Game No Life... What can I say but an absolute classic in my eyes. When I hear isekai, I immediately think Sword Art Online, Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life, and No Game No Life. A few others that I've enjoyed are Bofuri, Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear, and By the Grace of the Gods. Edit: How did I forget "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime"?
I didn’t know that you were a fellow anime/game fan! Great to know, and I’ll check out your anime channel! And I loved your suggestions! Log Horizon is incredible and is my favorite Isekai anime as well. I don’t think that it’s completed because the author of the books the anime was based on ended up convicted for tax fraud in Japan. As a result, his publisher dropped him and the story has never been concluded. Hopefully we will see a conclusion someday. I’ve never heard of Iruma-Kun. It sounds very chill and funny, so I’d love to watch it! The Devil is a Part-Timer is another of my favorite anime! It’s so funny! The only downside is that watching it always makes me crave fast food! I’ve heard a lot of amazing things about Shield Hero, but I’ve never seen it. I’ll have to rectify that soon. I’ve also heard incredible things about Drifters. It was written by the creator of Hellsing, so it’s going to be dark, deep, and full of action. No Game No Life was also great, although in hindsight, it’s not my favorite. There’s nothing in particular that’s wrong with it, I just feel like I’ve watched better anime over time. Unpopular opinion, I know. Thank you so much for these recommendations! I’ll definitely check out the ones I haven’t seen!
I have watched every one of these isekai anime. Drifters, No game No life and Log Horizon are great in particular. I would also recommend below isekai for anyone who wants isekai that are different from the norm isekai Formula. Below are some of the best Isekai imo. Overlord - One of top 3 isekai I have watched. The Light Novel is even better. There is so much world building / lore (Personally, i believe, the amount of lore in Overlord is only second to the lore of Lord of the Rings and Warhammer 40K) and there are so much morally grey topics that you wouldn't want to support any faction but the protagonist whose also the main antagonist of the world. The Irregular at Magic High School -Not sure if this is considered a full fledged isekai, But this was an awesome anime to watch. The MC is a OP engineer shrouded in mystery in a futuristic magical world. He has a mysterious powers and can create save points of his physical body and in an event it gets destroyed he can reload a copy of his physicals body Saga of Tanya the Evil Konosuba Also the recent Chinese anime (Donghua) Soul land was awesome too.
I highly recommend Log Horizon. The MC is a great example of "the guy at the middle", what I mean about that is, he is not OP like Rimuru or Ainz nor is he a complete newb like how Naruto, Luffy, or Deku at the start of their respective series. In other words, he still has a lot of room for growth without necessarily starting at zero. There's also an interesting consequence to a certain "status" which I am gonna leave for you guys to discover. Sadly, the anime may not be on the same level as SAO, Demon Slayer, JJK, or any newer titles in terms of animation and "flashiness", but that's understandable. You'll also have to expect certain stuff missing, and I'm mainly talking about narration or expositions, so you might find certain things a bit confusing, unless you've already read the source material. Speaking of which, IIRC, the light novel is also on a hiatus because the author is in some sort of predicament. Nevertheless, Log Horizon is still one of the best Isekai in my opinion. If you're an MMORPG (or Ex) player, you'll most likely appreciate it. If you're not, a little bit of Google search will answer your questions about certain terms often used in MMOs, unless the show explains it.
Log Horizon is the only one of this list that I've watched, and it's incredible. Thanks for the recommendations, I'll be adding the rest to my list of shows to watch.
Agreed. MT is likely one of the peak choices out there when people are talking about "good Isekai." Only problem is that it also has a lot of very controversial stuff, and the reason it's able to have good character growth is because they start with a character who's basically scum and not someone you should ever identify with as a viewer. In fact, in the first 8 episodes, the MC is someone that any decent person ought to hate. But, yeah. Even when the MC's at his worst in those first 8 episodes, you can see a lot of the series good points. Then, after those first 8 are done, the character growth starts. After episode 16, the character growth that's been building up suddenly has a rather shocking breakthrough, and it explodes. After that, it starts to go way beyond fantastic. But, yeah, those first 8 episodes still make it pretty hard to recommend to all viewers, and you have to couch it a lot with all the disclaimers in order to not have the people you're suggesting it to possibly looking at you like your just as degenerate as the MC of this series.
There are a lot of "into the world of the video game" isekai that get annoying because of how they hand-wave the consequences of the way the players treat the NPCs - who are pretty much always portrayed as being real people - as disposable cannon fodder, or even a consumable resource. Overlord, How Not to Summon a Demon Lord, and even more lighthearted isekai like Black Summoner and Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody fall into this trap, so I respect Log Horizon for facing this head-on. Not only does the protagonist NOT treat NPCs as disposable, he recognizes his fellow gamers WILL default to that behavior and acts to correct it.
Well, I've seen every single one of these recommends. I'm not sure whether to be happy that my tastes matched what you think is good, or disappointed I didn't hear about any new interesting things to check out.
Have you seen any of these: Wise man's Grandchild So I'm a Spider, So What? The Great Cleric Sweet Reincarnation By the Grace of the Gods These are all additional Isekis I enjoy and would recommend.
@@FantasyFictionFanatics I've not seen The Great Cleric or Sweet Reincarnation. I have seen I'm a Spider, So What? I am not sure whether or not I've seen the other two. I have seen things that are a translation error away from those titles, as in I very well might have seen them under slightly different names. However, I didn't find either of them to be good, so that makes me wonder.
Thank you for the interesting recommendations. Only watched No Game No Life so far. I think the problem with isekai anime is that there's too many of them?
I always recomand Konosuba to everybody who try a isekai for the first time. Its a comedy anime so the stakes are inexistent but is very funny. Tanya is a realy good one if you want to try something that is not in a fantasy world. Overlord is also realy fun. ReCreators is a realy good reverse isekai and not many people so it the first time it eared. The last time I saw it on Amazon Prime. Ynuiasha is also technically a isekai also Digimon is one as well. Devil is a part timer is a controversial one from me. It was great when the first season eared becouse the isekai boom did not start yet but by the 2023 standards is rather mediocre. I didn't watched ReZero and Mashoku Tensei but I heard that are also realy good.
I personally dont think demon school is technically an isekia since he was just sold to a devil and taken to hell. But dont recomend shield hero to people the anime shield hero...first season was good 2nd and 3rd have been pretty bad so much rushed and skipped content i was confused af when 2nd season dropped that i had to go buy the light novels and they were 1000× better then thier trash anime. "Jobless reincarnation" , "good night world", grimgar, overlord" are way better recommendations for isekia then shield hero
I love all these anime here that I have seen. I I haven’t seen Drifters. haven’t seen Log Horizon in a long time. May need to revisit it!
Drifters is the only one I haven't heard of yet. I've only recently heard about Iruma-Kun from a few reactors.
Shield Hero is on my list to check out, but like any anime with combat, if there's too much blood & gore for my taste, I'll most likely drop it.
Log Horizon was fun, but I won't be returning to it unless we get a conclusion.
Devil is a Part Timer is an enjoyable show, but I haven't watched it in a while.
No Game No Life... What can I say but an absolute classic in my eyes. When I hear isekai, I immediately think Sword Art Online, Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life, and No Game No Life. A few others that I've enjoyed are Bofuri, Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear, and By the Grace of the Gods.
Edit: How did I forget "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime"?
I didn’t know that you were a fellow anime/game fan! Great to know, and I’ll check out your anime channel! And I loved your suggestions!
Log Horizon is incredible and is my favorite Isekai anime as well. I don’t think that it’s completed because the author of the books the anime was based on ended up convicted for tax fraud in Japan. As a result, his publisher dropped him and the story has never been concluded. Hopefully we will see a conclusion someday.
I’ve never heard of Iruma-Kun. It sounds very chill and funny, so I’d love to watch it!
The Devil is a Part-Timer is another of my favorite anime! It’s so funny! The only downside is that watching it always makes me crave fast food!
I’ve heard a lot of amazing things about Shield Hero, but I’ve never seen it. I’ll have to rectify that soon.
I’ve also heard incredible things about Drifters. It was written by the creator of Hellsing, so it’s going to be dark, deep, and full of action.
No Game No Life was also great, although in hindsight, it’s not my favorite. There’s nothing in particular that’s wrong with it, I just feel like I’ve watched better anime over time. Unpopular opinion, I know.
Thank you so much for these recommendations! I’ll definitely check out the ones I haven’t seen!
I have watched every one of these isekai anime. Drifters, No game No life and Log Horizon are great in particular.
I would also recommend below isekai for anyone who wants isekai that are different from the norm isekai Formula. Below are some of the best Isekai imo.
Overlord - One of top 3 isekai I have watched. The Light Novel is even better. There is so much world building / lore (Personally, i believe, the amount of lore in Overlord is only second to the lore of Lord of the Rings and Warhammer 40K) and there are so much morally grey topics that you wouldn't want to support any faction but the protagonist whose also the main antagonist of the world.
The Irregular at Magic High School -Not sure if this is considered a full fledged isekai, But this was an awesome anime to watch. The MC is a OP engineer shrouded in mystery in a futuristic magical world. He has a mysterious powers and can create save points of his physical body and in an event it gets destroyed he can reload a copy of his physicals body
Saga of Tanya the Evil
Konosuba
Also the recent Chinese anime (Donghua) Soul land was awesome too.
I highly recommend Log Horizon. The MC is a great example of "the guy at the middle", what I mean about that is, he is not OP like Rimuru or Ainz nor is he a complete newb like how Naruto, Luffy, or Deku at the start of their respective series. In other words, he still has a lot of room for growth without necessarily starting at zero.
There's also an interesting consequence to a certain "status" which I am gonna leave for you guys to discover. Sadly, the anime may not be on the same level as SAO, Demon Slayer, JJK, or any newer titles in terms of animation and "flashiness", but that's understandable. You'll also have to expect certain stuff missing, and I'm mainly talking about narration or expositions, so you might find certain things a bit confusing, unless you've already read the source material. Speaking of which, IIRC, the light novel is also on a hiatus because the author is in some sort of predicament.
Nevertheless, Log Horizon is still one of the best Isekai in my opinion. If you're an MMORPG (or Ex) player, you'll most likely appreciate it. If you're not, a little bit of Google search will answer your questions about certain terms often used in MMOs, unless the show explains it.
Log Horizon is the only one of this list that I've watched, and it's incredible.
Thanks for the recommendations, I'll be adding the rest to my list of shows to watch.
Would like to suggest mushoku tensei. Really amazing character growth.
Agreed. MT is likely one of the peak choices out there when people are talking about "good Isekai."
Only problem is that it also has a lot of very controversial stuff, and the reason it's able to have good character growth is because they start with a character who's basically scum and not someone you should ever identify with as a viewer. In fact, in the first 8 episodes, the MC is someone that any decent person ought to hate.
But, yeah. Even when the MC's at his worst in those first 8 episodes, you can see a lot of the series good points. Then, after those first 8 are done, the character growth starts. After episode 16, the character growth that's been building up suddenly has a rather shocking breakthrough, and it explodes. After that, it starts to go way beyond fantastic.
But, yeah, those first 8 episodes still make it pretty hard to recommend to all viewers, and you have to couch it a lot with all the disclaimers in order to not have the people you're suggesting it to possibly looking at you like your just as degenerate as the MC of this series.
There are a lot of "into the world of the video game" isekai that get annoying because of how they hand-wave the consequences of the way the players treat the NPCs - who are pretty much always portrayed as being real people - as disposable cannon fodder, or even a consumable resource. Overlord, How Not to Summon a Demon Lord, and even more lighthearted isekai like Black Summoner and Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody fall into this trap, so I respect Log Horizon for facing this head-on. Not only does the protagonist NOT treat NPCs as disposable, he recognizes his fellow gamers WILL default to that behavior and acts to correct it.
Log Horizon is a literal gem. My very non-gamer, non-fantasy girlfriend wanted to try playing MMOs because of it.
I've watched all but drifters. And watching i'm drifters now! thanks
Hope you’re enjoying it!
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Well, I've seen every single one of these recommends. I'm not sure whether to be happy that my tastes matched what you think is good, or disappointed I didn't hear about any new interesting things to check out.
Have you seen any of these:
Wise man's Grandchild
So I'm a Spider, So What?
The Great Cleric
Sweet Reincarnation
By the Grace of the Gods
These are all additional Isekis I enjoy and would recommend.
@@FantasyFictionFanatics I've not seen The Great Cleric or Sweet Reincarnation.
I have seen I'm a Spider, So What?
I am not sure whether or not I've seen the other two. I have seen things that are a translation error away from those titles, as in I very well might have seen them under slightly different names. However, I didn't find either of them to be good, so that makes me wonder.
Thank you for the interesting recommendations. Only watched No Game No Life so far. I think the problem with isekai anime is that there's too many of them?
There are a lot of them lol i agree sometimes there are too many.
I always recomand Konosuba to everybody who try a isekai for the first time. Its a comedy anime so the stakes are inexistent but is very funny. Tanya is a realy good one if you want to try something that is not in a fantasy world. Overlord is also realy fun. ReCreators is a realy good reverse isekai and not many people so it the first time it eared. The last time I saw it on Amazon Prime. Ynuiasha is also technically a isekai also Digimon is one as well. Devil is a part timer is a controversial one from me. It was great when the first season eared becouse the isekai boom did not start yet but by the 2023 standards is rather mediocre.
I didn't watched ReZero and Mashoku Tensei but I heard that are also realy good.
Konosuba is hilarious, but its better with a little familiarity with the genre, so its not usually a first recommendation for me.
I personally dont think demon school is technically an isekia since he was just sold to a devil and taken to hell. But dont recomend shield hero to people the anime shield hero...first season was good 2nd and 3rd have been pretty bad so much rushed and skipped content i was confused af when 2nd season dropped that i had to go buy the light novels and they were 1000× better then thier trash anime. "Jobless reincarnation" , "good night world", grimgar, overlord" are way better recommendations for isekia then shield hero
its a crime overlord isnt on every isekai best to watch list
I liked Overlord season 1. I haven’t seen season 2 yet.
Alright. I can excuse the slave apologism. I can excuse the incest fanservice. But no Bookworm??!! Unforgivable.