36 Best Magic Anime Series That You Should Watch

Magic is one of the things that fascinates us human beings a lot. It is the closest thing that we can resemble science in real life, but the world of magic is very interesting, and a lot of people like watching content that has some elements of magic or spells.

Like even though a series has a great character arc and a good storyline, what adds up to the excitement of watching it is that dragons are flying around. Can the characters cast various spells of different types or use potions to boost their mana?

Series that are based on the genre of either Fantasy, Superpowers, or Magic is a lot of fun to watch as they include a lot of elements into these types of shows. Magic is a component that can easily fit into most categories like Action, Adventure, Romance, etc.

If you want to explore this magical world, then check out this list of the 35 best anime series that you should watch:

1. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

The story is about a 37-year-old man named Satoru Mikami. While coming back from his work, one day, he ran into a person who was running from a goon. He knew that boy, so he tried to protect him but got stabbed in the process by the thief.

He fell to the ground and died after a few seconds. Before dying, he hears some mysterious voice echoing in his mind. When his eyes opened up, he found himself in a strange place. He then realizes that he has been reincarnated into a different world, and that too as a Slime.

He is then told by that same voice about some of his skills and powers that he can use now. He starts eating and collecting different items to boost his skills and acquire some new powers that are more useful.

• Studio: Eight Bit 
• Date of Release: October 2, 2018 
• Genre: Isekai, Fantasy
• Episodes: 48
• Status: Ongoing
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation, Netflix

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2. The Irregular at Magic High School

In a world where magic exists alongside technology, the users who can use magic are determined by genetics, making their population limited and scarce. In Japan, the magic community is governed by the Ten Master Clans instead of a government body.

The protagonist, Tatsuya Shiba, is a bodyguard to his sister Miyuki, the next heir of the Yotsuba clan, one of the Ten Master Classes that are in charge of Japan’s magical community. They both go to First High School, where students are separated based on their magical abilities.

Tatsuya is seen as an irregular student because, unlike his sister, who is a prodigy, he is not a really bright child, but he still has a lot of technical knowledge, combat abilities, and unique magic techniques to make up for his weaknesses.

• Studio: Madhouse (season 1), Eight Bit (season 2)
• Date of Release: April 6, 2014
• Genre: Action, Romance, Science Fantasy
• Episodes: 39
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Hulu, Netflix

Also Read: 15 Anime Series Similar To Irregular At Magical Highschool

3. Black Clover

This is one of the best series that I have watched recently. It has a really good storyline, and all characters are very fun to watch. The focus of the series is on Asta, a young orphan who is raised in an orphanage with his lifelong friend and rival Yuno.

In this world, everybody is born with magical powers, but Asta can’t use magic. So instead, he focuses on developing his physical strength by training every day. They both decide to join the Magic Knight Squads in order to fulfill their common dream of becoming the next Wizard King.

Yuno receives a four-leaf grimoire, which is very rare and only received by some chosen ones, and Asta, despite his inability to use magic, revives a 5-leaf grimoire that is very mysterious and has a sword capable of canceling out any magic.

• Studio: Pierrot
• Date of Release: October 3, 2017
• Genre: Adventure, Fantasy 
• Episodes: 170
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation, Netflix

Also Read: Black Clover Review: The Most Underrated Shonen Anime

4. Rage of Bahamut: Genesis

The plot is set in a world where humans, gods, and demons live together, and it is called Mistarcia. There is a legend that thousands of years ago, there was a demon beast by the name of Bahamut who threatened to destroy the world, but humans, gods, and demons all worked together by overcoming their differences and were able to seal away its powers.

It was split into two halves, one given to the gods and the other to demons, to ensure that it should never be released again. Now in the present day, a woman named Amira has lost her memory and is looking for his mother. She apparently has the other gods’ half with her. She is accompanied by bounty hunters Favaro and Kaisar.

• Studio: MAPPA
• Date of Release: October 6, 2014
• Genre: Adventure, Dark Fantasy
• Episodes: 12
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Funimation

5. Fairy Tail

In a world where the Earth is now home to a number of guilds and where wizards can apply to get job requests or quests to complete and earn some money. A Dragon Slayer wizard named Natsu Dragneel, who belongs to the Fairy Tail guild, is looking for his father, the dragon Igneel in the Kingdom of Fiore.

During his quest, he makes a lot of new friends like a celestial wizard named Lucy Heartfilia, an ice wizard named Gary Fullbuster, a magical knight named Erza Scarlet and Wendy Marvell, and Carla, another Dragon Slayer and Exceed due. They all join him on his journey, and they face numerous enemies and foes along their way.

• Studio: A-1 Pictures Satelight
• Date of Release: October 12, 2009
• Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
• Episodes: 328
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation, Netflix, Hulu

Also Read: 10 Reasons Why You Should Watch Fairy Tail

6. The Legend of the Legendary Heroes

In the kingdom of Roland, a student named Ryner Lute studies in the Roland Empire Royal Magician’s academy. He is very lazy and doesn’t take any warning seriously, which worries his best Astal about his wellbeing. One day, the neighboring country Estabul declares war against the Roland Empire, and in a secret invasion, all the classmates of Ryner die on the battlefield.

After the war has settled down a little bit, Ryner decides to go on a journey to find some relics of a “Legendary Hero,” ordered by King Sion Astal, who now had taken the throne by that time. We have also been shown that Ryner himself has a really dark secret that not many people know about.

• Studio: Zexcs
• Date of Release: July 1, 2010
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
• Episodes: 24
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation

7. The Seven Deadly Sins

The kingdom of Lioness used to be a very powerful nation, all because of a group of Holy Knights that used to protect the kingdom called the Seven Deadly Sins, But they all were disbanded because people thought that they had betrayed the kingdom. But the real culprit was some other Holy Knights that staged this coup d’état.

Now Elizabeth, the third princess of Liones, is trying to find the Seven Deadly Sins, the same group that got disbanded. She takes the help of Meliodas, the leader of the Seven Deadly Sins, and Hawk, a talking pig, to assemble the group together so that they can help her to get the kingdom back from the Holy Knights.

All the members of this group are crazy powerful people, and most of them are not even from the human race. For e.g., one of the members is immortal. One is a King of Fairies, the other the Queen of Giants, etc.

• Studio: A-1 Pictures
• Date of Release: October 5, 2014
• Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
• Episodes: 100
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Netflix

Also Read: The Seven Deadly Sins Anime: Watch Order

8. Inuyasha

In modern-day Tokyo, a girl named Kagome Higurashi lives with her mother, grandfather, and younger brother on the grounds of their family’s Shinto shrine. On the day of her 15^th birthday, she was searching for her cat and then got ambushed by a centipede demon.

She dragged her into the Bone Eater’s Well, and instead of hitting bottom, she finds herself in a parallel universe, but in the past, during Japan’s Sengoku Period. She finds out that she is the reincarnation of a warrior priestess named Kikyo and that centipede was a demon whom she defeated 50 years earlier with the help of a magical artifact known as the Shikon Jewel.

Kagome stumbles over a half-human, half-demon boy who tries to steal the jewel from her but is not able to do so. In all this combination and confusion, the jewel is taken away by a crow demon and distributed into many pieces. Now Kagome has to travel across worlds to collect all the shards of the jewel.

• Studio: Sunrise
• Date of Release: October 16, 2000
• Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
• Episodes: 193
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Netflix, Hulu

Also Read: Inuyasha Sequel: All To You Need To Know About The New Installment

9. Overlord

The movie is set in a future timeline of around 2126, where an MMORPG called YGGDRASIL was getting a lot of popularity. When the game is supposed to be shut down in five minutes, the guild leader Ainz Ooal Gown, who once had 41 members in his guild, is now left with only four members. His remaining four friends also left the game, and then he is the only one that decides to stay till the server drops.

But he then noticed that the time had passed, but he was still in the game. He is trapped inside the game with his skeleton-looking character, and all the NPCs have also come to life. He tried to contact other players but couldn’t reach them. He then decides to use his powers and spread his name across the world in hopes of finding another player like him.

• Studio: Madhouse
• Date of Release: July 7, 2015
• Genre: Dark Fantasy, Isekai
• Episodes: 52
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

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10. Little Witch Academia

The series takes place at Luna Nova Magical Academy, which is a school for young girls to get training to become skilled and powerful witches. A girl named Atsuko “Akko” enrolls in the academy as she is inspired by a witch named Shiny Chariot. But she has a hard time learning anything because of her non-magical background.

She one day founds the Shiny Rod, a powerful relic left behind by Chariot, which changes everything in her life. The series shows us how Akko is trying to fulfill her dreams and live up to Shiny Chariot’s ideals and is also showing the world that magic is still a very useful and wonderful thing to have while Luna Nova Magical Academy struggles to keep functioning properly as the public now thinks about wizardry, magic, and spells as outdated.

• Studio: Trigger
• Date of Release: January 9, 2017
• Genre: Coming-of-age, Magical Fantasy, Magical Girl
• Episodes: 25
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Netflix

11. Saga of Tanya the Evil

In Tokyo, a nameless person is an atheist Japanese salaryman who gets murdered by a subordinate whom he had fired due to his lack of performance at work. He is then confronted by a deity that claims itself to be God and condemns him for not having any ‘faith’ in us.

The salaryman still says that he doesn’t believe in its existence and even criticizes and labels him as ‘Being X.’ The entity then decides to reincarnate into a world where he will face difficult circumstances and a lot of difficulties so that he can then turn towards Being X to get help.

The salaryman is reborn as an orphaned girl named Tanya Degurechaff, and the world is like it was in Imperial Germany, where World War I has been delayed, and magic is used to make the military stronger. She now only has two choices, either die a natural death and go to heaven or not die a natural death and don’t have trust in him, and her soul will be sent to Hell.

• Studio: NUT
• Date of Release: January 6, 2017
• Genre: Dark Fantasy, Isekai, Military
• Episodes: 12
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

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12. The Twelve Kingdoms

This anime tells us the story of the world of the Twelve Kingdoms, which is located in another dimension and is easily accessible from our world through portals created by naturally-occurring magic.

The protagonist, Yoko Nakajima, is a high school student who is not happy with his life, and one day, a strange man confronts him and swears allegiance to her. After battling some beasts, he then takes her to another world, along with her two classmates. Their appearance changes there, and Yoko can understand their language, but her classmates can’t.

But their status as “Kaikyaku” (people that came from Earth) has made them fugitives hunted by people, so they decide to wander around the 12 countries just to survive and find the reason why they were brought to this world.

• Studio: Pierrot
• Date of Release: April 9, 2002
• Genre: Epic Fantasy, Isekai
• Episodes: 45
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

13. A Certain Magical Index

The story is set in a world where supernatural abilities are a very common thing among the masses. Individuals that get their powers via science are called Esper, and those that get their powers without any scientific aid are known as Sorcerers. The existence of sorcerers is a really big secret that is hidden from the general public.

Academy City is a very advanced city-state located in the west of Tokyo. Toma Kamijo is a student living in Academy City whose right hand has a mysterious power called the Imagine Breaker which could nullify any magic attacks but also his luck.

One day, Toma finds a young girl hanging on his balcony and takes her into his home. Her name was Index, and she told him that some people were after her for the knowledge of 103,000 forbidden grimoires that are stored in her mind. Toma promises to protect Index from all dangers while also discovering more about sorcerers, magic, and his own powers.

• Studio: J.C. Staff
• Date of Release: October 4, 2008
• Genre: Action, Science Fantasy
• Episodes: 74
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation, Netflix, Hulu

Also Read: A Certain Magical Index Watch Order: The Prefect Order To Understand The Story

14. Cardcaptor Sakura

Cardcaptor Sakura takes place in the fictional town of Tomoeda, which is located somewhere around Tokyo. The main protagonist of the story is a ten-year-old girl named Sakura Kinimoto. One day while she was browsing her library, she found a book that, instead of paper, was filled with cards.

As she opens the book, a lot of magical cards get released, known as Clow Cards, which were named after the sorcerer who made them, Clow Reed. Each card possesses its unique ability.

The guardian of the cards, Cerberus, emerges from the book and tells us that she can do magic as only those people are capable of opening the book. Sakura now has to find a collect the missing cards as told by the guardian and also pass through multiple tests conducted by other guardians also.

• Studio: Madhouse
• Date of Release: April 7, 1998
• Genre: Magical Girl, Romance
• Episodes: 70
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Netflix

15. Princess Tutu

The story is about a writer named Drosselmeyer, who had the strange power to make the stories he wrote come to life. But one day, he died without finishing his final tale, The Prince and the Raven, and the title characters remained locked. After some years, both of them somehow managed to escape into the real world.

To seal away the evil Raven, Prince Siegfried destroys his own heart, which results in him losing all his memories and emotion. Before dying, Drosselmeyer used his power to preserve his consciousness by making himself a part of the story.

He then finds a duck who has fallen in love with Mytho and gives her magical power, transforming her into a beautiful Princess Tutu, whose job is to recover all the pieces of the prince’s heart.

• Studio: Hal Film Maker
• Date of Release: August 16, 2002
• Genre: Magical Girl
• Episodes: 26
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: No legal site available to watch

16. Magical Warfare

The protagonist, Takeshi Nanase, is a high school student who was in a dark phase of life in the past. While returning from his kendo practice, he saw a girl named Mui Aiba in a school uniform who he had never seen around before.

After treating her, that girl, instead of thanking him, turns him into a magician. Takeshi then learns about the two worlds- the world where humans live and the world of magicians. He then gets to know about the Subaru Magic Academy, where he can learn to control his newfound powers.

He decides to enroll in the academy, along with some magician friends, Kurumi and Kazumi. They each have to hone their skills in using magic in order to become strong enough to fight the Ghost Trailers, a group of violent magicians that want to use their powers to rule over humans.

• Studio: Madhouse
• Date of Release: January 9, 2014
• Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
• Episodes: 12
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

17. The Misfit of Demon King Academy

Thousands of years ago, the demon king Anos Voldigoad made a deal with the human hero, Kanon, where he decided to sacrifice his life in order to attain peace around the world. Now after reincarnating about 2,000 years later, Anos observes that the world has changed drastically, and the level of magic has reduced a lot, resulting in his descendants becoming weaker.

Only the pureblood descendants of Anon are still very strong and are given respect in society. He decides to reclaim his title of a demon king, but he must first graduate from the Demon King Academy, where people think he is a misfit as he comes from an ordinary family who doesn’t have good financial status or any background in magic.

• Studio: Silver Link
• Date of Release: July 4, 2020
• Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
• Episodes: 19
• Status: Ongoing
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

Also Read: Misfit Of Demon King Academy Manga Canceled: Mangaka Kayaharuka Passed Away

18. Dragon Crisis

The series is about a teenager named Ryuji Kisaragi, who is living a peaceful high school life. However, his peaceful days get interrupted by his second cousin, Eriko, when she returns from abroad. She drags Ryuji to a black marketing organization called Fang, whose leader is an evil dragon named Onyx.

They manage to steal a relic box from the criminals, and after opening it, they both find a young girl-like dragon with long, blonde hair and shining blue eyes. The girl recognizes Ryuji and feels attracted to him.

They named her Rose, and then suddenly, the Fang came to take back her back with them, but Ryuji didn’t want to let go without a fight. Ryuji and Enko embark on an adventure to protect Rose from Fang and also learn about a secret kept hidden from Ryuji since his birth

• Studio: Studio Deen
• Date of Release: January 11, 2011
• Genre: Action, Fantasy, Romantic comedy
• Episodes: 12
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

19. Zatch Bell

Kiyo Takamine is a brilliant 14-year-old high school student who lives with his mother in Japan. One day, Professor Seitaro, Kiyo’s distant father, sends over an unconscious child named Zatch Bell with a book that he had found in a forest in England in hopes of decoding what’s inside the book and Zatch’s past as he has lost his memories about it.

Kiyo very quickly discovers that Zatch is a Mamodo, which is a mystical creature that comes to Earth every 1,000 years. He saw that whenever he read a spell from the book, Zatch fired lightning from his mouth.

Over time, Kiyo gets to know about the tournament held between the partners, Mamodo. Kiyo and Zatch, along with some friends and allies, decide to work together and win the tournament to stop all this fighting once and for all.

• Studio: Toei Animation
• Date of Release: April 6, 2003
• Genre: Adventure, Fantasy comedy
• Episodes: 150
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Netflix

20. Chain Chronicle- The Light of Haecceitas

Set in the continent of Yggdra, it is a place where a lot of mythical creatures like ogres, giants, forest spirits, etc., live alongside humans. As they have never stepped out of their land to travel or explore the other parts of the world, they think that this is the only place where. Their ruler was the Holy King, and they all were living peaceful life.

But one day, a mysterious group of people calling themselves the Black Army reached the island and started conquering the lands. The Holy King also sends his army to fight against it, but they are not able to defeat him, and the Holy King gets killed by the mysterious Black King. Amid all the chaos King destroyed, a man decided to fight the army of the evil guys and formed the Volunteer Army to get Yggdra back from them. 

• Studio: Telecom Animation Film Graphinica
• Date of Release: January 8, 2017
• Genre: Action, Fantasy
• Episodes: 12
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation

21. Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor

The story is about a prestigious magical academy where Sistine and her best friend Rumia are students. After Sistine’s favorite teacher suddenly retired, his replacement Glenn Radars is the complete opposite of him. He appears to be lazy, amateur, and not even skilled at magic.

What they don’t know is that he is actually a former assassin from the Imperial Court Mage Corps who had a very remorseful past and is suffering from depression. But he proves them all wrong when an attack at the school forces him to show the true potential that he was hiding from the students all along. The anime touches on the theme of depression, friendship, following one’s passion, and helping others in their tough times.

• Studio: Liden Films
• Date of Release: April 4, 2017
• Genre: Action, Fantasy, Harem
• Episodes: 12
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

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22. Witchcraft Works

Honoka Takamiya is a teenage high school student who is living a simple and normal life. However, the main problem in his life is Ayaka Kagari, the beautiful idol who is also called the ‘princess’ of the school. Whenever Honoka sits next to Ayaka in they even take part in the same class cleaning duties as she does; even a small interaction between them leads to Honoka getting beaten up by her Fanclubs.

However, one day, while Honoka was taking out the trash, he was attacked by a school building that was thrown at him. Luckily, he was saved by a Witch nearby, and upon seeing it. It was revealed that the witch was none other than Ayaka herself, and she had been observing and protecting him ever since.

• Studio: J.C. Staff
• Date of Release: January 5, 2014
• Genre: Romantic comedy, Supernatural
• Episodes: 12
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

23. Wise Man’s Grandchild

The main protagonist of the show is Shin, who died in a car accident and was reincarnated in another world. When he was just a baby, the patriot hero named “Sage” Merlin Wolford picked him up from the jungle as his parents must have abandoned him.

After teaching him how to use magic and cast spells, Shin became a master at using magic now. But then Merlin realizes that he is now 15, but she still hasn’t been able to teach him common sense and manners about how to interact with people.

So, to help him make some new friends and learn about the present society and what it is like to live among people, she enrolls him at the Magic Academy after she is persuaded by the King Kinghe Earlshide Kingdom, who also agrees not to involve him in any political issues.

• Studio: Silver Link
• Date of Release: April 10, 2019
• Genre: Fantasy, Isekai
• Episodes: 12
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hulu

Also Read: Top 9 Underrated Isekai Anime That Are Worth Watching!

24. The Devil is a Part-Timer

The Demon Lord Satan wants to conquer the world of Ente Isla, but every time he sends his troops to attack the place, they all are defeated by the Hero Emilia and her other team of high-ranked angels. In a head-on battle between Satan and Emilia, she had already defeated two of her generals, and after getting cornered, Satan and Alciel make an interdimensional portal and escape through it.

Hero Emilia also jumped after them, but before her companions could enter, the portal closed, and the three reached modern-city Tokyo. Due to a lack of magic, Satan and Alice transforms into their human forms and change their names to Maou and Alice.

Now in order to survive in this world, Satan starts working a part-time job in a fast-food restaurant, and Alice starts taking care of all the household stuff. And the same happened with Emilia, as she is now known as Emi Yusa and can’t use most of her powers.

• Studio: White Fox
• Date of Release: April 4, 2013
• Genre: Fantasy comedy
• Episodes: 25
• Status: Ongoing
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Netflix, Hulu

Also Read: Anime Similar To The Devil Is A Part-Timer! You Should Watch

25. Full-Time Magister

This is the story of a high school student named Mo Fan, who finds himself in a universe identical to, but distinctly different from, his mundane one. In this place, science has been replaced by magic, and the most capable students here are trained to master incredible spells to fend off large dangerous beasts that roam in the forests around the city.

Like in his previous life, Mo Fan comes from a very poor family, and despite the odds, he dreams of becoming a magician in order to repay his father for his hard work. Mo is successfully able to get admission into a renowned magic institution.

However, rumors about his poverty and lack of magical ability spread like wildfire, and people started making fun of him. He now has to deal with all these insults and still focus on improving his skills.

• Studio: Foch Films
• Date of Release: September 2, 2016
• Genre: Action, Fantasy
• Episodes: 12
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: No legal site available to watch 

26. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?

The story takes place in a city called Orario, which is just a fictional place made up by the writers. In the city, a number of gods reside, who limit their divine powers so that they will be able to experience the struggles and hardships of those that live in the mortal world. The main character of the story is Bell Cranel, who is a teenage rookie adventurer and the sole member of the Hestia family.

He takes inspiration from Ais Wallenstein, a powerful and renowned swordswoman, and wants to become like her following a lucky encounter where she saves his life once. While Ais is the center of Bell’s attention, he is unaware that many other females, both goddesses and humans, have already developed feelings for him.

• Studio: J.C. Staff
• Date of Release: April 4, 2015
• Genre: Fantasy
• Episodes: 57
• Status: Ongoing
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Netflix, Hulu

Also Read: Who Does Bell Cranel End Up With In ‘Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon’?

27. The Familiar of Zero

Louise is a member of the nobility who doesn’t know how to use magic properly. She is nicknamed “Louise the Zero” by her classmates at the Tristan Academy of Magic. For the second-year students, a special ritual is organized where they have to summon a familiar, which serves as their forever partner, protector, and companion, and is usually a magical creature.

But when Louise turns came, she summons Saito Hiraga, a human boy from Japan, leaving everybody laughing at her. As this ritual is considered very sacred, she just accepts Saito as her familiar and forms a contract with him. But she treats him in the worst possible way any familiar would be treated: makes him was her clothes, sleep on the floor, and whips him with a riding crop whenever he makes a mistake that upsets her.

• Studio: J.C. Staff
• Date of Release: July 3, 2016
• Genre: Action, Fantasy comedy, Harem
• Episodes: 49
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

28. Tales of Zestiria the X

Tales of Zestiria the X takes place in a world where beings known as Seraphim exist. Humans and Seraphim used to live together thousands of years ago. People used to pray to the Seraphim, and in return, they gave them blessings.

As humans are always in some sort of sadness, pain, suffering, and negative emotions, and all these things give birth to something called malevolence. Malevolence can turn any weak living being into a monster. The Seraphim’s job is to keep nature running in balance, while a person called the Shepherd needs to keep the malevolence under control.

The story is about a boy who is living in a Seraphim village and can see, talk and touch them just as easily as he is a normal human. He has a dream that he wants to create a world where Seraphim and humans can live together again, but he doesn’t have the power to do so. The world is slowly falling into darkness, and malevolence is spreading everywhere, so no, who will protect the planet?

• Studio: Ufotable
• Date of Release: July 3, 2016
• Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure
• Episodes: 26
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

Also Read: Top 12 Must-Watch Anime From Ufotable

29. Maoyu- Archenemy & Hero

More than fifteen years have passed now since the beginning of the war between humans and demons. Due to the slow advancement of troops into the demon realm, the Hero HerodHeroo goes on his own and reaches the demon king’s castle. There, he was surprised to see not only the Demon Queen, a woman, and that too a beautiful one.

The queen asks for the hero’s aid makes him confused, so why is his enemy seeking his help? At first, he refuses, but then when the queen explains her motive behind doing this, he finally agrees to help her. She tells him that if their plan works smoothly, they will be able to bring peace and prosperity to both the Human and demon world.

• Studio: Arms
• Date of Release: January 5, 2013
• Genre: Adventure, Romance, Fantasy
• Episodes: 12
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

30. Magi: Labyrinth of Magic

The theme of the story has been inspired by several works and books before, like Aladdin, Ali Baba, etc. The story takes place in an alternate recreation of the world in older times. Magicians known as Magi have a very high affinity towards magic in comparison to other magicians, and they can even shape up the entire world.

Aladdin is a young adventurer and traveler who wanders the world in search of the true purpose of his life. He is accompanied by his Djinn friend and mentor, Ugo, whom he summons using his flute. On their journey, they meet Alibaba Saluja, who is a dungeon raider, and they both become good friends together. They become begin their epic adventures across water and land, observing various encounters with different types of places and people.

• Studio: A-1 Pictures
• Date of Release: October 7, 2012 
• Genre: Adventure, Coming-of-age, Fantasy
• Episodes: 50
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Netflix

31. Ascendance of a Bookworm

The story follows Urano Motosu, who is a literal bookworm and just loves to read books. He is a post-secondary college student who is about to become a librarian. But unfortunately, one day, because of an earthquake, she ends up getting crushed to death beneath a pile of books at the house only. Her final dying wish was to reincarnate in a world where she would be able to read books forever.

Urano then wakes up, realizing that he is now in the body of a five-year-old girl named Myne and is in a world where the availability of books is very scarce and only rich and elite people have the means to read a book. As she has retained all the memories from her previous life, she decides to take it upon herself to print her own books so that she can start reading books again.

• Studio: Ajia-do Animation Works
• Date of Release: October 3, 2019  
• Genre: Fantasy, isekai
• Episodes: 36
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

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32. Beyond the Boundary

Mirai Kuriyama is the sole survivor of a clan of Spirit World Warriors, who have the power to use their blood as weapons. As such, Mirai has a responsibility to hunt down and kill “Youmu” —- creatures born from the manifestation of negative emotions released by humans.

One day, while on the rooftop of his school, Mirai tried to jump but got saved by Akihito Kanbara out of nowhere. She stabbed him and then found out that Akhito is actually an immortal, a half-breed of youmu in human form.

After this incident, Mirai constantly tries to kill Akhito whenever she gets a chance so that she can gain more confidence in her skills. A bond starts to develop between these two, and their fight for survival begins as the awakening of the most powerful youmu is getting closer.

• Studio: Kyoto Animation
• Date of Release: October 2, 2013
• Genre: Dark Fantasy, Romance, Supernatural
• Episodes: 12
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: No legal site available to watch 

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33. Magic-Kyun! Renaissance

In this world, your art becomes magic. People who have a passion for their Magic Arts are called Artistas and also get employed in show business. In Hoshinomori Private Magical Arts High School, where artists are trained, a new transfer student named Kohana Aigasaki has just come into the school.

Kohana has been placed on the planning committee for the preparation of the school’s yearly Hoshinomori Summer Festa Cultural Festival. She has a very romantic school life as she is dating six boys at the same time, who aim to become entertainers in the future.

Each boy specializes in his own different types of art and wants to make this year’s Hoshi Festival a huge success. They are also planning to be chosen for the school’s Artista Prince and Princess alongside Kohana, which only happens once a year.

• Studio: Sunrise
• Date of Release: October 2, 2016
• Genre: Romance, Fantasy
• Episodes: 13
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

34. Re: Zero− Starting Life in Another World

This magic anime is about a guy named Subaru Natsuki, who is a NEET and is suddenly transported to a fantasy world. After arriving there, he tries to help a half-elf but dies in the process. His friend Emilia is an heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Lugunica.

Subaru revives some hours in the past, and after dying a few more times, he understands that he has the power to revive back in time after his death. After saving Emilia, he starts living in one of the mansions of the Roswaal Mathers, working as a butler. Subaru decides to protect Emilia and help her successfully become the next queen, and also assistance to some other friends he makes in his journey.

• Studio: White Fox
• Date of Release: April 4, 2016
• Genre: Adventure, Dark Fantasy, Isekai
• Episodes: 50
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: Crunchyroll, Funimation

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35. Kiba

The main character, Zed, is a 15-year-old boy who lives in a city called “Calm” he is very frustrated by the current situation of his life; he feels that there must be a place, somewhere out where he can live his life to the fullest. One day, he gets invited by a mysterious wind, and jumps into a portal, thinking he might find the answers he is seeking.

Riding on the wind, he is then transported to a war-torn world where magic users are fighting endlessly with each other and are called “Shard Casters,” using spells in the shape of marble-like “Shards.”

He is transported to a country known as Templar. The Shard Casters are able to use spells and control monsters called “Spirits” by using the power of the Shards. Zed also decided to become a Shard Caster after witnessing their awesome feats and powers.

• Studio: Madhouse
• Date of Release: April 2, 2006
• Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
• Episodes: 51
• Status: Finished
• Where to Watch: No legal site available to watch 

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Honorable Mention

36. Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor

The Alzano Imperial Magic Academy, situated in the southern region of the Alzano Empire, is renowned as one of the world’s foremost institutions for magical education.

Here, students have the opportunity to master the most advanced magical arts. This academy is the dream destination for aspiring magicians, and both its faculty and students take great pride in being associated with its illustrious 400-year legacy.

Recently, Glenn Radars, a new instructor, has unexpectedly been assigned a part-time teaching role at this esteemed academy.

Known somewhat infamously as a lackluster individual, Glenn is about to start delivering his unconventional lessons, which are unlike anything the academy has seen before.