When it comes to picking the best isekai anime where a main character enjoys adventures in another world, chances are good that if you like one isekai anime series, you will like a large bulk of the isekai anime genre.

And, oh yes, isekai is large enough to be called an anime genre now.

Over the past decade, isekai has proven to be the trend that isn’t going away. Like the old moe trend from the late -00’s, it may very well shape the future of anime in a very permanent way. However, there wouldn’t be new isekai anime series every season if there wasn’t an audience for them.

And, an audience, there sure is.

Everyone likes a little friendly escapism, and I think isekai anime fills that void in a big way. As such, there are a lot of isekai anime series out there now, and it grows with each new anime season.

If you are looking for that next great isekai anime to fill the void in your life, we can help you find it with this big list of isekai anime recommendations.

What is Isekai Anime?

In Japanese, “isekai” simply means “another world”. As such, isekai anime are anime series that are typically fantasy in nature, but not always, where a character is sent to another world.

However, while things can be simply defined, they are often more broad in meaning. Isekai anime can have the strict definition of having to go to another world. However, many make that even more rigid by insisting the characters need to stay in that world with no clear path home.

The vast majority of isekai anime below follow the strict definition of isekai in that the characters:

• Go to another world
• Have no clear path home

However, there are several that stretch that definition. Some are reverse isekai anime where the characters have come back from a fantasy world to our world. Some are VRMMO anime, though in those the characters are still trapped in the game. Some have the characters able to go to a different world, but return to their own world. In those, they still have many of the traditional isekai anime themes.

More Isekai Anime Recommendations

This list contains a large portion of the isekai anime genre, but as it is always growing, there will still be some series that didn’t make the list.

If you are specifically looking for more isekai anime to enjoy, perhaps you should give some of these isekai-themed lists a read through so you can hone in on isekai anime recommendations that fit your tastes.

• “Isekai, but…” – Isekai Anime That Twist the Classic Set Up
• Good Isekai Anime With No Harem
• VRMMO Isekai Anime Where Games Go Wonderfully Wrong
• Isekai Anime With a Female Main Character
• Worst Isekai Anime of All Time (So Far)
• LGBT Isekai Anime About Same-Sex Relationships in Another World
• Isekai Anime Where The Main Character Is Reborn In The Same World
• Reverse Isekai About Fantasy Creatures Sent To Our World
• Comedy Isekai That Will Make You Laugh
• Romance Isekai With No Harems
• Isekai With a Non-Human Main Character
• Ecchi Isekai With The Best Fan Service
• Mecha Isekai With Robots in Another World

Top 100 Isekai Anime

Note: This List is Numbered, But Not Ranked

Because I know the anime community, and that specifically needs to be said to prevent bloodshed.

1. Konosuba

While not so uncommon now, Konosuba set itself apart originally by being an isekai comedy anime instead of standard isekai adventure.

His adventuring party is so comically flawed that it makes every mission harder than it needs to be for them, but entertaining for us.

Still, what it continues to do really well is be absolutely hilarious.

2. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

Reincarnated as a lowly slime seems bad, but he makes the best of it by befriending a powerful dragon that he eats (in a very friendly way) and borrows power from.

What made this series notably different is that the main character is on the side of the monsters who are beleaguered by humans.

If you enjoy anime with tons of characters, this one has… tons of characters. As they are often some sort of beast person, they are actually interesting characters too, and not just another very “anime looking” anime character.

3. Drifters

Drifters takes historical figures from all throughout world history and places them in an isekai fantasy world.

It is interesting to see what powers they manifest and how historical characters from other cultures and ideologies interact without being restricted by the same confines of other historical anime.

The artwork of the Hellsing author always lends a distinct aura of psychopathy to anyone as well, so that is a treat in and of itself.

4. Ascendance of a Bookworm

This is a lower key story that focuses on a character passionate about something. It isn’t really a battler, which allows it to focus on building out the world and the characters.

Get ready to learn how to make books!

5. Didn’t I Tell You to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life

This is classic cute girls doing cute things in an isekai fantasy world.

Not much happens, and the comedy stems from trying to hide how good the main character is at everything, and failing.

6. In Another World With My Smart Phone

This is a series that premiered early on in the “isekai, but” trend where isekai anime started to manifest twists to make them unique.

In this one, he got to keep his smart phone. It is super useful… In attracting his harem. Because it is so very bland in everything it does, a lot of people consider this one of the worst isekai anime.

7. Wise Man’s Grandchild

In this “isekai, but” series, the main character is super powerful, as isekai anime protagonists often are, but has poor social skills, as anime fans occasionally are.

It makes for more of a set up for comedy and awkwardness more so than anything else since he just smashes right through any non-social obstacle.

While it can be a touch generic, the Wise Man’s Grand Child is among the top isekai anime with an OP MC, and that tends to be appealing to a lot of people.

8. Knight’s & Magic

For as popular as isekai anime is, you don’t see it mixed with mecha very often. Due to this, it is a nice twist.

Passionate mecha nerds themselves are also a dying breed so it is great to see one as a main character. That said, this series really is just going to a new world and making mechs.

9. The Saga of Tanya the Evil

This series breaks the standard formula by being about an evil little girl as well as being set in more of a World War II sort of world.

It is not your standard high fantasy isekai anime, but instead is as sadistic as a character in a war against God should be.

10. By The Grace of The Gods

What ultimately sets this series up to be lovable is how much of an absolute Chad the main character is.

He lives his life to the fullest, treats people well, and gathers a harem because of it.

The main character and his refreshing attitude really carry what otherwise would be an average show.

11. Mushoku Tensei – Jobless Reincarnation

The series starts off so strongly. The characters feel interesting, the magic system is detailed, and the world will continue to be vast and well-built throughout the series, but it has a major flaw.

The flaw is the …pedophilia, I guess you would say?

The main character is in the body of a little boy, but he is very much a grown man on the inside. The things he does to and thinks about grown women are comical at first, but when it changes to literal children, it often becomes more uncomfortable for adult anime fans.

In fact, it becomes really quite hard to ignore all the questionable sex stuff like I usually would as the series goes on. And that is really a shame, because there is a lot of quality in this series otherwise.

12. So I’m A Spider, So What?

This series takes the route similar to That Time I Was Reincarnated as a Slime. It reincarnates a character into a lowly creature and follows them as they thrive.

An interesting element is that it also shows what her fellow classmates are up to, which is a refreshing break considering the main character chatters quite a bit, leading to a bit of a manic pace.

13. I’ve Been Killing Slimes For 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level

It’s cute girls just enjoying slice of life activities.

That need not be a negative thing. It can be a soothing thing.

14. Spirit Chronicles

The interesting thing about this series is that it acknowledges that the main character reincarnated into an actual living person with their own life and desires. Furthermore, Rio is still firmly in the driver’s seat with only Haruto’s feelings and memories melded into him.

Unfortunately, that is the only interesting thing this show does.

It is your standard cold, overpowered protagonist who attracts a whole bevy of beautiful fantasy girls because literally every other man in the show is human garbage.

15. The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat

This one appeals to the gun nerds, since he primarily uses a rifle. That in and of itself is unique among isekai anime, which are usually sword and sorcery sort of affairs.

Otherwise, it is pretty standard fare.

He is a handsome, all-around perfect human being who finds himself absolutely tripping over cute girls as he singularly focuses on assassinating people.

16. The Faraway Paladin

This is my kind of isekai.

One that doesn’t shine a big light on the person he was, mostly because he can’t remember, and one that really creates a unique fantasy world.

Oh, and he doesn’t immediately have a harem or ever gets one. That’s nice too.

17. Reborn as a Vending Machine, Now I Wander the Dungeon

It is absolutely ridiculous to reincarnate as a vending machine, but to also put a vending machine in a medieval fantasy land where nothing even remotely mechanical even exists? Ludicrous.

But you know what? Someone put a ton of effort into writing this and making the scenario viable. So much so, that it is actually interesting to watch even if the premise is wildly dumb.

18. My Isekai Life – I Gained a Second Character Class and Became the Strongest Sage in The World

This one mixes a lot of things you have seen in the popular isekai anime series and wraps it in a pretty flashy blanket of magic.

All that said, it really isn’t anything you haven’t seen before, but it is still an enjoyable isekai adventure without large harems and ecchi.

It does do well to make casting magic look pretty cool, though.

19. Parallel World Pharmacy

Don’t be fooled. This looks like a slice of life harem isekai anime, but it is not.

Instead, you get a series where the main character doesn’t build a harem and instead focuses on healing the world with his unique and powerful medical magic and medical knowledge from his previous life.

It has legitimately great world-building and decent plot, something you don’t see much in the endless wave of isekai anime much anymore.

20. Black Summoner

While it is really just the same isekai formula, this series is pretty likable due to the amount of interesting beings he can summon over time. Even if some of the bigger battles have this jarring shift between animation and CGI.

It’s a shame his first real non-summoned companion is a female slave he buys, and then the series teeters between interesting adventure and harem things after that.

21. The Eminence in Shadow

Some isekai anime protagonists are edgy, but always unintentionally so. Eminence in Shadow is all about that edge, and turning it into comedy.

It is essentially about a chunibyou, but all his chunibyou plans and fantasies are actually real in the world he was reincarnated into. We, the audience, are let in on the joke that is his inner monologue as everyone else in the series treats things very seriously.

22. Reincarnated as a Sword

Reincarnated into a human is so overdone.

Reincarnated as a sword is an interesting element, but being a sword is the hook. Outside the hook, this is a pretty standard fantasy anime.

It is actually rather interesting in that the sword is the main character, and rather powerful, but so, too, is his wielder, as it turns out.

So it is not like one is carrying the other in terms of combat strength. It ends up a pretty wholesome and lovable dynamic.

23. The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady

It is refreshing as hell to have a shoujo ai anime where at least one party is an openly gay woman. No playing coy with “are they, aren’t they” sexuality here.

This series, outside the big appeal being a solid shoujo ai anime, builds out the world great, but the character dynamic is really the draw here. They have that lovely cheerful/stoic-type dynamic that is hard to hate.

24. Farming Life in Another World

I am convinced after the wild popularity of Stardew Valley that people just want to live a simple agricultural life with little stress and wholesome human connection. Farming Life in Another World is that.

It is actually really quite soothing to watch him solve low-stress problems with his power and expand both his farm and who lives on it. Although it is a harem, and that may be a turn off for some.

This is the fun slice of life isekai you want to watch when you really do just want to escape reality for awhile.

25. The Reincarnation of the Strongest Onmyouji in Another World

In this age where a lot of new isekai feels the need to have a hook, it is actually fascinating to see an isekai anime with virtually no unique hook, but still is of a great quality.

The onmyouji magic makes him special, and the way he uses it makes the show interesting.

However, what makes The Reincarnation of the Strongest Onmyouji in Another World really interesting to watch is that it shows you standard isekai situations where the characters often gain acclaim by the sheer luck of both being powerful and being there at that exact time, but it makes it clear that Seika was using his cunning to create and manipulate the situation to the conclusion he wants.

26. Re-Zero

Oh boy. Subaru may have been transported to this world, but he sure dies a lot in it.

He is forced to die and repeat the previous few hours or days leading up to it. Sometimes the results get better, sometimes there is just more suffering.

What I enjoy most about this is that is really emphasizes the mental strain of dying all the time.

27. No Game No Life

While notable for being a “color explosion” in its art style, No Game No Life is actually wildly clever with its games.

It also manages to be action-packed without any fighting at all. While that alone can carry a series, its characters are lovable too.

28. The Rising of the Shield Hero

The Rising of The Shield Hero is unique in that it isn’t a happy, shiny adventure story like many others.

The main character is cruelly betrayed and that causes him to put up a wall between him and even those that love him.

His motivation is vengeance, but at the same time, he saves tons of people from the foibles of the inept “good heroes.”

29. Isekai Quartet

One day, a mysterious switch appeared, and if they press it, these isekai characters were transported to yet another alternative world!

There are tons of popular isekai anime series now – Konosuba, Overlord, Re:Zero, The Rising of the Shield Hero, ect.

This series plucks favorite characters from those shows and isekai’s them once more into a classroom.

It’s comedy anime specifically for isekai anime fans.

30. Hataage! Kemono Michi

Genzo, his muscles, and his wrestling ability would have made a powerful hero. Instead, they made a show about him owning a pet shop.

This is a refreshing breath of fresh air among all the standard battle plots. It also shows off a lot of unique creatures and issues they have in that particular world.

While it might look like a harem show, and he technically has one, Kemono Michi is actually a pretty good comedy. As it was made by the same author as Konosuba, the comedy is very Konosuba-like.

31. The Titan’s Bride

If the synopsis did not give it away, The Titan’s Bride is a boy’s love series, and one of the more graphic ones at that.

Get ready for big pole, small hole shenanigans.

No genre is immune from the isekai swarm!

32. Kamigami no Asobi

If you are a fan of reverse harems or otherwise just beautiful anime boys, then this is an isekai anime for you.

All the gods are young, handsome, and conveniently male for their new female teacher.

33. The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me?

This started with an interesting premise, but kind of wasted it.

By the second episode, all his brothers were gone and he had collected himself a harem off-screen.

It has some interesting visual effects with the magic, but the plot was nothing too impressive even for the low bar that is isekai anime.

34. The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar

The most notable thing about this series is that it is a Norse-inspired isekai. That’s pretty rare, but outside of that, it has all your usual isekai anime earmarks.

He’s good at strategy because he can google it, which of course earns him the love of some strong ladies.

35. Arifureta – From Commonplace to World’s Strongest

Like The Rising of the Shield Hero, a good guy gets betrayed and becomes a colder guy because of it.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t have the same enthralling characters, but is still a fine show for those who like edgier isekai anime with a betrayal spin for the main character.

36. Endride

Shun is a normal middle schooler. However, after he touches a crystal that his father had, he is transported to the unknown world under the Earth known as Endra. There he meets recently captured Prince Emilio and sets off into a new world of adventure.

This one has an interesting story of trying to get home, but also helping a guy out with his revenge. It fumbles about a bit with that, though.

Furthermore, the weapons are so ridiculous that it becomes pretty enjoyable for that alone.

37. Arata the Legend

In its time, Arata the Legend was faulted for being an average, cliched fantasy story with a reasonably interesting plot.

Well, look at isekai anime now. Money is made on cliches these days, baby.

38. Dog Days

If you wished your isekai anime was cuter, more bloodless, and filled with the sweet comfort of kemonomimi, Dog Days is for you.

It’s certainly no dark adventure filled with peril, but it has its charms.

39. Princess Connect Re-Dive

Admittedly, this barely counts as an isekai. The main character is transported to a new world, but he is silent for 98% of the series because this is based on a gacha game and he is a literal avatar for you.

Yet, his female companions are both cute, funny, and likable.

It is also a food-based anime which combines our cuisine with the fantasy ingredients of the world.

40. The Familiar of Zero

This ends up a lot like a more standard shounen rom-com anime series than an isekai anime.

A guy from our world is summoned to help a klutz, he turns out to be really strong, and they endure battles together.

It has that classic mix of comedy, action, romance, and harem that seasoned anime fans will be familiar with.

41. Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash

What I enjoyed the most about Grimgar is that the main characters suck at everything, but not in a parody Konosuba sort of way.

They legitimately have to work hard, and often fail at battle anyway. Sometimes, heart-breakingly so. It was an easy way to make something different and likable, yet still a standard isekai adventure anime.

Instead of wish fulfillment and constant success, you get to watch characters struggle and realistically get better bit by bit.

42. High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even in Another World

The characters themselves are each prodigies at something, which is usually the only interesting thing they have about their character.

However, it is fun to watch what sort of effect they have on the fantasy world since modern knowledge can completely unhinge some things.

43. The Devil is a Part-Timer

This reverse isekai anime has a demon lord brought to our world without his great powers. He ends up working as a fast food worker to pay the bills.

It is definitely one of those “must watch” comedy anime series because it has some great jokes and characters.

44. Isekai Cheat Magicians

As there is a lid for every pot, I firmly believe there is a fan for every anime. As such, I try to put things a series did well even about the series I didn’t like. To say something good about Isekai Cheat Magicians is my biggest struggle.

It steps in line with every single isekai anime cliche, does nothing particularly new or interesting, and is as flashy with magic as most isekai series are.

If you don’t need a twist in your isekai anime, but simply want to slip into another standard adventure with overpowered cardboard characters, this is for you.

45. Outbreak Company

It’s a lewd comedy that isn’t very ecchi because it is very moe.

That is appealing to a very specific sect, but if you enjoy lewd humor, then it is a good way to spend some time.

46. Sengoku Night Blood

This is an isekai anime for the ladies, and by that, I mean it has that standard otome game plot where a bunch of beautiful men are all really into the female protagonist.

It’s sexy vampires and werewolves that are also samurai, and sometimes, that’s just all you need.

47. These Problem Children are Coming From Another World, Aren’t They?

This is, in so many ways, like No Game No Life-lite.

It’s not as detailed with the games and strategy, its characters are still quite fun, and its villains are often less interesting.

Still, it fills the void where No Game No Life season 2 should be.

48. The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent

This is actually a pretty nice series.

The main character is a Mary Sue, for sure. It has strong reverse harem vibes, but I appreciate the older, mature female protagonist. Female-led isekai anime is growing in popularity, but not always done well.

Its become a rather comforting slice of life series that isn’t trying to be action-heavy or in-depth, but it’s just a fun watch.

While there is romance in a lot of isekai anime, The Saint’s Magic Power is Ominpotent is probably one of the best isekai romance anime for shoujo fans.

49. Cheat Pharmacist’s Slow Life – Making a Drugstore in Another World

This is one of those low-intensity slice of life isekai anime series where episodes are comprises of several small stories that are quickly and comically resolved.

50. The Dungeon of Black Company

This comedy isekai anime leans heavily on the main character being comically scummy.

That in and of itself is a joy to watch, but unfortunately he is the only interesting character.

51. Tsukimichi – Moonlit Fantasy

This is technically a parody isekai anime, but the thing is that it still has hints of wanting to be a serious one. Kind of like Konosuba, but not necessary very funny.

Still, it keeps it from just melding into the generic.

52. How a Realist Hero Rebuilt The Kingdom

Now this is a series I can get behind. Let’s put on our CPA wrist braces and do some rigorous accounting!

In all seriousness, its focus on realm administration is actually more interesting than many generic isekai anime plots these days.

53. The Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made

Have you ever been attracted to a monkey with anime girl eyes?

I’m sorry, that was probably a strange thing to ask.

Anyway, this is another power fantasy, zero-to-hero sort of isekai anime where a guy gets a loyal animal girl companion within minutes and proves to be a great guy among otherwise trash people.

It does lean more towards overall silly comedy, though.

54. Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout

The title sounds like a set up for something generic, but this is a comedy isekai anime series through and through.

It is also a pretty good one that makes solid jokes out of cliches.

Furthermore, if it turns into a rom-com like most of the jokes keep threatening it to, it will be even more amazing.

55. The Executioner and Her Way Of Life

While I am a firm believer of going all-in rather than just yuri baiting, I enjoy the twist on this isekai anime otherwise.

Unfortunately, a twist can only go so far carrying a rather flimsy plot.

Luckily, the characters themselves are interesting enough and the magic looks spectacular.

56. Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi

This is basically a love story to all otaku interests.

Full of parody for each genre and with a energetic sort of humor ala FLCL. Every episode is a different world, and it is a really fun watch.

It’s old now, but doesn’t look too bad. Don’t sleep on it!

57. Sweet Reincarnation

Although you could easily label this as a “food isekai,” it is actually surprisingly not as much about food as you would thing almost solely due to the fact that getting the ingredients to actually make sweets is difficult in a medieval world.

He does cook sweets, but it was a nice touch to make him have to improve his family’s landholdings in order to procure the ingredients. It allows Sweet Reincarnation to be the best of both food anime and isekai.

58. The Twelve Kingdoms

If you like well-built worlds, then this is for you.

They highlight each of those twelve kingdoms that have a distinct government and culture. The world inside the series truly feels vast and is explored by the characters on their journey.

59. Ixion Saga DT

This is definitely more of a comedy show. It certainly has action, but it is made very clear that they want you to enjoy the comedy more than anything else.

It’s not a bad thing because the comedy is actually really good.

60. Digimon

This is a classic from my childhood, and if you want to mature it up a bit, the Digimon Tri movies are fantastic. Everything except for Tri is aimed at a younger audience, but it has that Pokemon charm.

61. Fushigi Yuugi

This was the introduction to this genre for many older fans.

It is based on Chinese mythology, which is a new and interesting element. In general, though, this series is really carried by the characters.

62. Kyo Kara Maoh

Big oof getting isekai’d from a swirly, but actually this series has a pretty standard isekai anime plot.

He is the person of legend despite being a normal dude, yet he grows into that role.

63. Dead Mount Death Play

Similar to The Devil is a Part-Timer, Dead Mount Death Play is a reverse isekai about a prosecuted evil entity magically spirited away to our modern world. In an even more interesting new take, he has to deal with the consequences that come from being magicked into the recently murdered body he now inhabits.

This series likes darkness and violence and does offer some decent intrigue in – not how he was murdered – but why.

64. The Reason Why Raeliana Ended Up at The Duke’s Mansion

Instead of being isekai’d into an otome game, this series breaks with traditional by reincarnating the main character into a murder mystery-based romance novel. Unfortunately, she is the character that is supposed to be murdered.

It is an interesting new twist, but moves sluggishly with both romance and intrigue.

65. Escaflowne

Although considered a classic by some, Escaflowne is one of those truly great, but so overlooked anime series.

To me, it hits like a more mature Inuyasha without the demons and less of the romantic drama.

66. Now and Then, Here and There

This is a more dark isekai anime series. The new world he is sent to is brutal, and the kid learns hard lessons pretty frequently.

If you want a break from the twee positivity and ecchi, then this is a good watch.

67. My One-Hit Kill Sister

Do You Love Your Mother offered you MILFsekai, but My One-Hit Kill Sister offers you the Oneesekai. It is an isekai about an overly attached sister who appears in her isekai’d brothers new world as a OP summon/companion.

68. Cautious Hero – The Hero is Powerful But Overly Cautious

This is yet another comedy isekai anime where the hero has a quirk that interferes with their heroing. It’s not bad, but it grows old.

That said, it is the first comedy isekai anime to actually grow serious by the end.

69. Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World

This is a series for the chronically horny.

It lets you know in the first few seconds when the opening credits burst forth full of tits and ass shots.

It follows utterly average main character whose party is a harem made up of slaves who, despite being slaves, are immediately horny for him for no reason.

It does, to its credit, end most episodes with actual sex with that harem. That’s probably not a selling point for serious isekai anime fans, but I definitely know there are anime fans that will bee-line to it with that new information.

70. Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill

Like a more wholesome The Rising of the Shield Hero, Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill eschews the battle plot that often follows being shunned in lieu of something wholly more fun.

Food anime is great. Food isekai anime is great too.

71. Handyman Saitou in Another World

What I most enjoy about Handyman Saitou in Another World is that isekai often trudges through setting up a same-y fantasy world and a same-y adventuring party, and a same-y adventuring plot as part of linear storytelling. Handyman Saitou is told in short skits instead of one linear plot.

While you see that form of storytelling often in anime, you don’t see it often in isekai anime. So it is refreshing in utilizing that, if nothing else.

Handyman Saitou in Another World is actually nice and laid-back with its adventures and its comedy. The action isn’t the star, it is the characters and their shenanigans.

72. My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even at Level 1

Stuck at level one, the main character has the ability to get special drops from monsters that don’t drop loot for others. It is also one of the rare anime that brings a gun to a medieval isekai fight.

While this series has a lot of bland isekai elements, it does provide a unique world where most things are gotten through dungeon drops instead of manufacturing or farming.

73. Gate – Thus the JSDF Fought There

Gate is probably one of the best isekai anime, in all honesty. It while it is prone to some Japanese nationalism and chest-beating, it sure does give you what you never knew you wanted – modern military technology versus medieval military technology and fantasy creatures.

Hundreds of cavalry stands no chance against just one machine gun nest. Dragons, while tough, are easier to best when you can aim a bazooka at their weak spot. Gate fully embraces these lovely types of battles.

74. Restaurant to Another World

This is very much a food anime, but with the added twist of various fantasy patrons coming to out world to eat delicious human food.

75. Isekai Izakaya

There is a bar located in Kyoto called Nobu. However, its front door leads to another world. In Nobu, they bring Japanese food and drink to the residents of another world.

Very similar to Restaurant to Another World, but as a short-form episode series, things progress much faster. Still, a fun mix of isekai and food.

76. Combatants Will Be Dispatched

This comedy isekai anime twists the set up by having the main character be just a pawn for an evil organization that took over Earth and is now expanding its domination to another universe.

As it shares an author with Konosuba, is revels in its underhanded main characters, but their shenanigans are what makes the comedy hit.

77. Uncle From Another World

This is another “after the isekai adventure” anime. A man’s uncle was in a coma for 17 years. His mind was actually on an isekai adventure and the series details his exploits while his nephew exploits the very real magic his uncle still possesses.

The comedy often comes from the uncle being a unattractive otaku and suffering even in his isekai life because of it.

78. KamiKatsu – What God Does in a World Without Gods

It is interesting to have a religion-themed isekai about building a religion/cult. However, people don’t stay for the interesting concept in Kamikatsu, they stay for the extremely degenerate humor.

79. Sword Art Online

I firmly believed that it was solely the first half of the first season that built Sword Art Online’s massive fanbase, and most of them went into denial as it slide down a slippery slope in quality from that initial interesting premise. Admittedly, it brought it back with Alicization, though.

Anyway, SAO started with a strong and, at the time, unique premise. But it not only quickly ended that arc, but each arc afterwards seemed to try to do it again in a different type of game, but did it worse.

80. Log Horizon

Unlike Sword Art Online, Log Horizon really focuses in on the mechanics of the game and its world in a detailed manner.

In fact, that becomes its downfall later when the action falls off and the economics and politics ramps up.

Still, it is very thoughtful and detailed in building the world of the game out.

81. Overlord

What do you do when you are playing your game for real with a bunch of OP NPCs you created? Conquer it (accidentally), of course!

While that overall plot moves slowly, Overlord has great flashy action and explores a vast and interesting world. It does the basic things really well, and that has made it an isekai anime staple.

If you enjoy overpowered main characters, Overlord is easily one of the best isekai anime with OP MCs.

82. My Next Life As a Villainess – All Routes Lead to Doom

Imagine an isekai anime in which a female main character not only charms her entire man harem, but collects a female harem as well.

Furthermore, she is not even focused on her romance, which is refreshing.

It is a pretty wholesome show and nice if you want some comedy to make you feel good.

83. Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody

This is one of those anime series that tends to blend in with all the others.

Honestly, aside from the interesting MMO system, there is not a lot of unique highlights to it. It is an alright show and more of what some people are looking for or if you simply crave more harems.

84. How Not to Summon a Demon Lord

This is definitely a ecchi comedy series that likes to play at some action.

Mostly, it has some solid jokes because the main character is really too overpowered to be challenged by much.

What is does best and most often is ecchi.

85. Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear

Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear is more wholesome and slice of life-y than your standard isekai anime and very often it is cute girls doing cute things.

However, this world is indeed dangerous and we best not forget that the bear onesie helps Yuna survive it.

86. Reincarnated Into Demon King Evelogia’s World

Fair warning, this is a boy’s love anime, and one of the saucier ones at that.

Still, it’s actually a really nice romance even if they don’t really do the typical isekai anime adventure things.

87. She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man

Another VRMMO isekai anime where they are trapped in the game, but this one is a little light on the substance.

Mostly it feels like it just wants you to watch its ultra-cute characters be cute, and occasionally do flashy – but not interesting – battles.

88. In The Land of Leadale

This one mostly suffers from a main character whose only trait is being a nice young woman.

That being said, it does pose an interesting mystery to solve about why so much time passed and what happened to the other players.

89. Skeleton Knight in Another World

This is, in essence, just more “isekai, but” with the twist of him being a scary, but actually nice skeleton.

However, it is actually an isekai anime that is very dedicated to its plot. He ends up trying to save elves sold into slavery and gets pulled into a surprisingly complex series of political intrigues.

He is also, unbeknownst to him, one of the strongest fighters in the world. I mean, that’s most isekai protagonists, but the interesting bit is that he doesn’t realize how vastly superior his powers are.

90. Trapped in a Dating Sim – The World of Otome Games is Tough For Mobs

In an otome game as neither a rich or handsome member of the man stable or the main heroine is fairly interesting, but… Well, they go about it with having him suddenly becomes rich and powerful almost immediately.

It completely undoes any potential hardship from that twist in the first episode.

Otherwise, enjoy watching this guy turn a reverse harem game into his harem game.

91. .Hack//Sign

Sword Art Online before Sword Art Online, .Hack, like SAO, gets real complicated over its many series.

If you have an itch to watch isekai anime about people trapped in a virtual game, then this can scratch it. It can scratch it real good, too.

92. Show By Rock

Isekai comes for every genre, but it is honestly surprising there is not more musical ones by this point.

Show by Rock combines music, ridiculous fantasy fights, and makes all of that extra energetically anime.

It is really more for people that love ridiculous comedy rather than music or isekai anime themes, though.

93. I’m the Villainess So I’m Taming the Final Boss

Very, very similar in plot to My Next Life as a Villainess, but unlike that show, there is actual romantic progression here.

She isn’t building a large bisexual harem, but rather romancing one shy demon lord. It’s very cute.

94. The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior

The growing villainess anime trend is all about girls reincarnated in otome games as a villainess trying to avoid their bad end. However, The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen has the main character so sure she will turn evil despite being literally the nicest person in the kingdom that you start to believe it too.

It kind of draws you in.

95. The Great Cleric

Most isekai protagonists are tanks, warriors, mages, or even the rare archer – never have they been a healing class. The Great Cleric offers you the adventures of a – kind of masochistic – healer.

It isn’t really an adventure-type isekai, however. It is more a “rise up the guild ranks and changes a messed up system” isekai.

96. Summoned to Another World for a Second Time

Isekai is reaching the event horizon where it starts to have to do things like this – re-isekai-ing the isekai protagonist. However, while that may be an interesting new take, this show doesn’t offer much towards it.

What if you missed all the “getting to know you” portions of the adventure between the protagonist and his companions only for them to be briefly summed up when he meets them again on his way to re-kick an ass that betrayed him?

97. Conception

Always prudent to start out by saying this is based off a dating sim / visual novel game. I always feel that makes the plot make more sense, and also helps explain why this not a hentai plot. There isn’t even that much ecchi in it. The children are more just “magically” there.

98. Kiba

Kiba is an anime that suffers from a lot of flaws in production, which make it a rather unremarkable show.

That aside, it is essentially an isekai-themed, fantasy Pokemon. A guy gets sent to the world, and fights with summoned creatures.

99. Chronicles of an Aristocrat Reborn in Another World – The Apostle of the Gods Who Know No Self-Restraint

Chronicles of an Aristocrat Reborn in Another World was interesting if only because I thought it was trying to be silly, enjoyed it because it was just so silly, then learned later that the source material wanted you to treat all that as serious.

If you treat it seriously, I don’t think its a particularly good series just because it so often leans into what makes isekai so boilerplate that is comical.

100. Am I Actually The Strongest

Oh, you know how it goes. You have a main character that is legitimately the strongest in the world, and all he wants to do is be a shut-in.

While much of this series doesn’t do anything too new, it does establish an interesting magic-based political dynamic. However, it’s serious plot isn’t the charming thing in this series. It is the lamp-shading comedy that endears it to people. It’s silly, and it doesn’t want you taking ti any sort of seriously.

Hoo-boy. That was quite the list. So, what’s your favorite isekai anime? Are there any more you would recommend watching?

Please keep in mind that this list has changed significantly over time, so some of the comments below may seem strange. It used to be “every isekai ever,” but, well, the list got so long this page laoded ultra-slow. So I’m capping this at 100.