Sometimes, it feels like our own lives lack the excitement we crave. Ever wish you could escape to a whole new world? That’s where Isekai anime comes in.
It whisks us away to a fantasy world, offering a reprieve from the mundanity of everyday life. Through these shows, we can immerse ourselves in different worlds, living vicariously through the main characters.
Yet, even in these fantastical realms, challenges abound. Just like in real life, there are hurdles to overcome. But somehow, the obstacles in these otherworldly settings seem more than our own mundane struggles.
Isekai anime serves as an escape hatch for moments when our real-life problems feel insurmountable, offering us a fresh perspective on our own existence.
While there’s an abundance of Isekai anime out there, let’s focus on the ones you can enjoy in April 2022. We’ll find both new releases that are making their debut and beloved classics that need no introduction.
From timeless favorites returning with new seasons to deserving series that merit a continuation, here’s our rundown of the top 10 Isekai Anime to Watch in April 2022. Let’s dive right in without further ado.
1. The Rising Of The Shield Hero
Whenever we talk about Isekai anime, without hesitation, the first anime that comes to our minds has to be ‘The Rising of the Shield Hero’. From being the weakest and most hated hero to being the strongest and most useful hero, Naofumi is rising as the shield hero.
Naofumi is living our dreams, as he is an otaku just like us. But the only difference between him and us is that he got Isekai’d, and we did not. Feeling sad with all the otakus out there. But, watching Naofumi overcome hatred and betrayal to live up to his name, shield hero, makes us want to be like him.
If you have not watched the 1st season yet, then this would be the right moment to start immediately. The 2nd season is finally released, and you should not miss that. In the 2nd season, you will see why Naofumi is more hero than the other three heroes.
All heroes were summoned to protect the kingdom of Melromarc from waves of destruction. But, if the enemy is something other than the waves, then watch how the other three heroes back off, while only Naofumi stays to protect everyone with his shield, even after everything he went through.
2. Re: Zero – Starting Life In Another World
We live in a world where life never gives us a second chance, especially if we die. But, Subaru Natsuki is living a life that gives him endless numbers of second chances after getting brutally killed, of course. These second chances reincarnate him to the moments before the time he died.
But we did not watch this anime for Subaru or his powers, did we? We watched Re: Zero to watch Rem, Ram, and Emilia. Isn’t that right, people? Some people found their reason to watch it because of Felix. If you know, you know.
3. The Devil Is A Part-Timer
We have seen Isekai anime where the main character from his world gets reincarnated in a new world and gets new powers. But have you ever seen an Isekai anime where the main character with powers from a magical world gets reincarnated in the real world and loses all his powers?
Well, The ‘Devil is a Part-timer’ gives you exactly that. You will see an evil-seeming Devil work as a normal human in McDonald’s in the human world.
But, soon, he finds out that he is not alone there. His arch-rival from his world, Emilia, the hero, is also stuck in this human world when she tries to chase the devil. Now, both are powerless, so they get a new chance to start a bond here. They both begin to find out that they are not so bad after all.
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4. The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn As A Typical Nobody
The characters in Isekai anime usually don’t have a choice when they get isekai’d. But, in this anime, Demon Lord Varvatos chose to get himself isekai’d because he was feeling bored with his life. With hopes of getting some spice in life, he gets himself reincarnated, only to find out that he got reincarnated in a weak human world. And now, he has to live under the name Ard.
5. KonoSuba: God’s Blessing On This Wonderful World
Yes, characters usually die before getting isekai’d, but never did we imagine seeing such a funny death of the main character of this anime, Kazuma Satou.
After death, Kazuma gets the option of either going to heaven or getting reincarnated in a fantasy world by a Goddess called Aqua. Kazuma chose the option of a fantasy world, of course.
But, before getting reincarnated, he has the right to take anything with him in this world. Kazuma using his 2000+ IQ, chose Aqua knowing that a Goddess with him would be useful. But, little did he know, she was useless.
Now, the journey of Kazuma begins with the Goddess of Uselessness. The journey of misfortunes.
6. Arifureta: From Commonplace To World’s Strongest
Another otaku is getting reincarnated, but not us. Felt sad for us but happy for him. Hajime Nagumo, an otaku, gets reincarnated into a fantasy world along with his friends. And they have to save the entire mankind. They get some powers, of course.
But, except Hajime, everyone gets good powers. Hajime gets the power of transmutation, which does not have any offensive power. Moments like these reveal who really are your friends. Hajime soon gets betrayed by one of his friends, pushing him straight to the end of the abyss.
There he is trying his best to survive his fate of facing monsters. All he wants now is to get back home. There, that’s the difference between him and us.
He is trying hard to get out of this fantasy world so he can live a normal life in his world, whereas we keep dreaming about dying in a fantasy world. Hajime makes some new friends on his way. Friends like a vampire girl and catgirls. Lucky guy. And thus, he begins his journey of becoming the strongest from scratch.
7. Skeleton Knight In Another World
This time a gamer falls asleep and gets isekai’d in his gaming world. Why can’t we be this lucky? This is all we have ever dreamt of since our childhood.
This gamer’s real name is not revealed yet, but his gaming name is Arc. And he is a skeleton knight because he chose a skeleton to be his avatar. Now, he is not playing this game to get out of it but because it is fun. Our kind of guy.
8. So I’m A Spider, So What?
Not going to lie, but spiders looked scary all our lives until now. This is an Isekai anime about how all the kids in a school get killed, but a few get isekai’d. All those who get isekai either become princes, nobles, or people with high backgrounds.
But, one girl is not lucky enough to get a good life. Instead, she gets the life of a spider. But a cute spider. She has to survive this world now, but she hopes that someday she will get a better life if she hangs on and keeps trying to get stronger.
9. The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime
A guy who is okay with his boring life gets stabbed out of nowhere. But, when he regains consciousness, he finds out that he has been reincarnated as a slime. And his power is that he can consume anything and mimic their looks and skills. That is a useful skill indeed.
But, now the question is, is everything going to be easy for him? Surely not. There are going to be people who’ll want to become allies, whereas there will also exist people who’ll want to take advantage. How will he survive all this? You need to find out yourself.
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10. My Next Life As A Villainess: All Routes Lead To Doom! X
This Isekai Anime shows how a girl, Catarina Claes was already a part of an Isekai world but without her knowledge. But, one day, she remembers her past life of being an otaku. Now, she is a part of a fantasy world of an otome game, Fortune Lover.
And she is the villainess of this game. Being the villainess, her role was to kill other characters who were playing this game. But, now that she regained her memories back, things are changing.
Honorable Mention
Corruption: Obscene Tales
Inkou Kyoushi No Sai Seikatsu Shidouroku
