The sub-genre of Isekai is fairly popular in anime and usually follows a fundamental structure that consists of a deadbeat protagonist who may or may not have the potential one day they get to ascend to another world.
The teleportation to another world could be through a game or by the main character’s untimely death, among other things. This concept makes up for an interesting watch as we hope to live vicariously through these characters who get a magical shot at another life.
Almost every season, there is at least one major anime that falls into this category, making the never-ending list lengthier. Although the concept is fairly simple, the characters, the mission, the action sequences, and the character arc is what makes the brilliant ones stand out.
Here is a list of 11 Reincarnation Anime that you would want to give a go!
Cautious Hero: The Hero is Overpowered but Overly Cautious
Shinchou Yuusha: Kono Yuusha ga Ore Tueee Kuse ni Shinchou Sugiru
Excess of anything can be harmful, even if it is the acute need to be cautious in everything that one does. Seiya Ryuuguuin is one such character that calculates every move and would hate to be spontaneous and underprepared.
Apart from this, Seiya Ryuuguuin was also found to have high stats, due to which he was called in by goddess Ristarte in order to save the extremely dangerous S-class world of Gaeabrande from the Demon Lord.
Seiya Ryuuguuin proves to be painfully cautious and makes sure to adapt to even the simplest of situations in the hopes of having everything under control. Although annoyed by Seiya’s tedious nature, Ristarte and everyone else starts to realize the importance of Seiya’s vigilant nature.
Seiya resorts to over-exerting his energy and abilities to fight the weakest of demons, and one may classify him as a hoarder owing to the excessive amounts of supplies and potions he buys, just to be sure.
Riddled with dangerous situations, Seiya’s attributes might just be the saving grace of Gaeabrande. The place is filled with demons that often overpower civilians in every way, and Seiya’s unique ability might come in handy.
- Genre: Isekai, Parody, Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Studio: White Fox
- Duration: 12 episodes
- Score on MAL: 7.49
- Aired: 2 October 2019 to 27 December 2019
- Where to watch: Hulu, Crunchyroll, Funimation
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That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken
If you like watching anime with likable characters, then this one is for you. The protagonist of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Satoru Mikami, is a usual 37-year-old corporate worker who is living a simple yet peaceful life, and the only thing missing in his life is a companion.
One day during an informal meet-up with his coworker, Satoru is attacked by an assailant and is stabbed by the attacker. While on the verge of losing his life, Satoru hears a voice echoing in his mind that is dictating certain commands, but Satoru is unable to make sense of it.
To his surprise, Satoru wakes up in an unfamiliar world in the form of a Slime and discovers that he has also acquired the ability called ‘Predator’ that allows him to consume anything as well as obtain the skills and abilities of the thing he has consumed.
Eventually, Satoru encounters a ‘Storm Dragon’ named Veldora, who is a monster and has been locked up for the past 300 years after he demolished a town to ashes. Satoru feels for Storm Dragon and helps him break the seal and, in return, obtains divine protection owing to the name Rimuru Tempest that Veldora gave him.
Poles, apart from his previous life, Satoru, who now goes by the name Rimuru, has a unique life and different goals, and he soon discovers how his actions impact the new world he lives in.
- Genre: Isekai, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
- Studio: 8bit
- Duration: 24 episodes
- Score on MAL: 8.14
- Aired: 2 October 2018 to 19 March 2019
- Where to watch: Crunchyroll, Hulu, Disney+, Netflix
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The Rising of the Shield Hero
Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari
The fantastical kingdom of Melromarc is afflicted by Waves of Catastrophe that have been destroying its environment for the longest time and deteriorating the living conditions of its citizens.
To save the country of Melromarc from complete demolition, four young men are summoned from modern-day Japan called the ‘The Four Cardinal Heroes,’ and each of them is respectively provided with a sword, spear, bow, and shield in order to end the Waves.
Naofumi Iwatani has acquired the title of ‘Shield Hero,’ which is the only defense, and is quickly ridiculed by everyone as they do not think he is fit for the role. The shield he acquired is inadequate, and his nature and abilities do not match up with the heavy requirements of his job.
When it is finally time for the Cardinal Heroes to train with their associates, no one shows up to train with Naofumi, unlike the other Heroes, who gather immense support and allies.
Naofumi hence is able to train alongside only one person, Malty Melromarc, but in an unfortunate turn of events, she steals from Naofumi while also accusing him of taking advantage of her.
Naofumi henceforth starts his journey of improvement by himself until he meets a demi-human slave in a near-death state and decides to save her to accompany him on his journey. The two eventually come to know about the kingdom more and eventually have to save the kingdom of Melromarc from the catastrophic waves.
- Genre: Isekai, Action, Fantasy, Adventure, Drama
- Studio: Kinema Citrus
- Duration: 25 episodes
- Score on MAL: 7.98
- Aired: 9 January 2019 to 26 June 2019
- Where to watch: Crunchyroll, Hulu
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu
The story starts out with a 34-year-old man who lives a deadbeat life and has been thrown out of his home following the death of his parents and his absence at their funeral. His life is directionless, but he wants to change things around and indulges in a heroic act that costs him his life.
When he regains consciousness, he finds himself in another world as Rudeus Greyrat to two caring parents. He retains his memory from his previous life and wants to turn things around this time.
Rudeus seems to be fitting right in this new environment and, as an adult, has gained a lot of popularity owing to his exceptional magical skills that he learned with the aid of a wizard named Mage and his swordplay that he learned from his father, Paul.
Rudeus’ new world is treating him well, but it comes under threat after a catastrophic event unfolds and affects the lives and nature of his world. Rudeus resorts to saving his world with the help of Ruijerd Superdia, a powerful warrior whom he befriends.
- Genre: Isekai, Reincarnation, Fantasy, Drama, Ecchi
- Studio: Studio Bind
- Duration: 11 episodes
- Score on MAL: 8.38
- Aired: 11 January 2021 to 22 March 2021
- Where to watch: Hulu, Crunchyroll, Funimation
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The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat
Sekai Saikou no Ansatsusha, Isekai Kizoku ni Tensei suru
The protagonist in this anime is a profound assassin brought up by an organization for which he eventually starts working. Although he is honest with the organization, they decide to silence him and put him away for good.
Filled with regrets, he takes the offer of a goddess who is impressed by his phenomenal skills and wants to put them to use to save the magical world of swords where she comes from.
Her world, Alvan Kingdom, is under threat by its hero, and our main character might just be the saving grace, but not without intense training and re-learning his assassination techniques.
Our protagonist is reborn as Lugh Tuatha Dé to a noble assassin family and learns honorable and sympathetic assassination techniques from his father that are in contrast to his previous way of life.
Along the way, Lugh makes friends and allies and also develops skills that he had not tapped into in his previous life. Although preparing intensely to defeat the hero, Lugh must perfect his skill in order to compete with him.
- Genre: Reincarnation, Isekai, Action, Fantasy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
- Studio: Studio Palette, SILVER LINK.
- Duration: 12 episodes
- Score on MAL: 7.36
- Aired: 6 October 2021 to 22 December 2021
- Where to watch: Crunchyroll
Re:ZERO Starting Life in Another World
Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
The protagonist, Subaru Natsuki, who loves to stay indoors and play video games, is living his ordinary life and running errands, but his entire life changes when he steps out of the grocery store.
Subaru is transported to a fantasy world where he is attacked by some goons and armed with only a grocery bag and an obsolete phone from his previous world, and he is overpowered.
Subaru is saved just in time by the mysterious silver-haired, fairy cat owner girl named Satella, who is on a pursuit herself. She is helped by Subaru to find what she is looking for, and they are able to know about the whereabouts of what Satella seeks, but little to their knowledge, they are being followed by a dark power that ultimately takes their lives.
Much to his surprise, Subaru regains consciousness and wakes up back in time when he is attacked by the group of thugs. He soon realizes that he has the ability to turn back time by dying and uses it to help out Satella.
Being the only one who remembers the past every time he awakens and faces death every time to turn back time, he feels the need to return the favor by helping out Satella but is in for more than he had anticipated.
- Genre: Isekai, Time travel, Psychological, Fantasy, Suspense, Drama
- Studio: White Fox
- Duration: 25 episodes
- Score on MAL: 8.23
- Aired: 4 April 2016 to 19 September 2016
- Where to watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation, Disney+
No Game No Life
Two stepsiblings who share a love for video games and stay all day indoors, Sora and Shiro are an extremely competitive gamer duo who go by the name ‘Blank.’ One day, they take on the challenge of a game of chess given by Tet and end up victorious.
Sora and Shiro are thus invited to live in a world that revolves around video games called Disboard which is ruled by Tet himself. The two accept the invite, thinking it to be a joke, only to realize that they have been transported to another world where the human race, Imanity, is falling behind the other races.
They discover that in this world, humankind seems to have no way out in a world where rules are enforced by magic and conflicts are resolved through games and gambling. The two are able to find Stephanie Dola in Elkia, the only kingdom where Imanity persists.
Elkia is, however, a fallen kingdom, and Stephanie has been trying to get it back up, only to be faced with defeat. Sora and Shiro thus decide to help Stephanie get Elkia back up as well as gain control over the other kingdoms that exist, ultimately challenging Tet.
- Genre: Isekai, Ecchi, Fantasy, Romance, Gaming
- Studio: Madhouse
- Duration: 12 episodes
- Score on MAL: 8.08
- Aired: 9 April 2014 to 25 June 2014
- Where to watch: Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, Crunchyroll, HIDIVE
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InuYasha
The main character Kagome Higurashi is celebrating her 15th birthday when she gets transported into the past through an old well that is present in her family’s old shrine. A demon looking for a valuable item possessed by Kagome drags her into this world of feudal Japan.
Kagome is the reincarnation of the warrior priestess Kikyou, a shrine maiden who was the former owner of the valuable item, the Shikon Jewel, with extraordinary powers that were a product of the sacrifice of the priestess Midoriko.
Much like Kagome’s fate now, Kikyou also faced a lot of demons who were after the Shikon Jewel to exploit its powers for their personal gain. In her final act, Kikyou strapped Inuyasha, a half-demon boy, to a tree after he attempted to steal the Shikon Jewel from Kikyou.
In a turn of events, Inuyasha has to help Kagome as she is being attacked by a centipede for the jewel. Afterward, Inuyasha turns on Kagome in hopes of getting the Shikon Jewel, but the prized possession gets destroyed and shatters into pieces after a crow demon attempts to steal it.
After the shards of the jewel scatter all around Japan, Inuyasha has no other option than to help Kagome to regain the pieces of the jewel to make sure it doesn’t get into the wrong hands.
- Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, Mythological, Time travel
- Studio: Sunrise
- Duration: 167 episodes
- Score on MAL: 7.86
- Aired: 16 October 2000 to 13 September 2004
- Where to watch: Hulu, Netflix, Crunchyroll
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My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta…
Catarina Claes was a 17-year-old gamer girl in her past life who now is the main antagonist in the game called Fortune Lover that she used to play in her previous life.
Catarina seems to have no memory, however, of her past life, but one day, she bumps her head and ends up bringing back the memories of her past life, and she realizes that her character has a cursed destiny and is doomed to be killed or exiled.
Determined to change her destiny Catarina takes steps to change the course of events that lead to her doom, but she needs to be extremely cautious as she might set off the death flags that would bring the circumstances she is trying to avoid closer to her. Catarina must take measures to outdo a system designed against her favor, and her actions impact those in her environment as well her dynamics with them.
- Genre: Reincarnation, Isekai, School, Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
- Studio: SILVER LINK
- Duration: 12 episodes
- Score on MAL: 7.47
- Aired: 5 April 2020 to 21 June 2020
- Where to watch: Crunchyroll, Prime Video
Overlord
In the futuristic world in the year 2138, an ordinary young man named Momonga has nothing much to look forward to in his real life and spends his free time playing a video game called Yggdrasil.
Momonga, a powerful wizard in the game, is quite an exceptional player and is the master of the dark society Ainz Ooal Gown. Unfortunately, the game will no longer be available for players and is about to be shut down, but Momonga decides to stay logged in.
Much to his surprise, the game has materialized, and Momonga has acquired consciousness as the character of the game and observes that the NPCs (non-player characters) have developed a personality and consciousness of their own.
Momonga decides to take control of the situation and instruct the people in his kingdom to investigate the abnormal situation. He decides to take control of this new world while trying to understand how it all came about and if there are other people who may be in the same situation.
- Genre: Action, Isekai, Fantasy, Adventure
- Studio: Madhouse
- Duration: 13 episodes
- Score on MAL: 7.91
- Aired: 7 July 2015 to 29 September 2015
- Where to watch: Crunchyroll, Hulu, Funimation
Ascendance of a Bookworm
Honzuki no Gekokujou: Shisho ni Naru Tame ni wa Shudan wo Erandeiraremasen
The underlying fear of every book lover, how will they be able to read every good book that exists, is shared by the protagonist Urano Motosu who is fresh out of college and on her way to becoming a librarian.
Just before she is about to fulfill her love for books, she perishes due to an earthquake and gets crushed under the books in her house. Her last wish is to be able to read books in another life, and this might just come true for her.
Urano wakes up as a meek child Myne, in the medieval era where books are rare and exist only for the elite as they are handwritten, hence limited, making it impossible for the public to access them. Myne, possessing her memories from her past life, decides to create books by publishing them herself so that she can pursue her love for reading.
- Genre: Reincarnation, Isekai, Fantasy
- Studio: Ajia-do
- Duration: 14 episodes
- Score on MAL: 8
- Aired: 3 October 2019 to 26 December 2019
- Where to watch: Crunchyroll
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