50 Best Fantasy Anime Shows & Movies To Watch Right Now

What is better than watching anime? Watching the fantasy anime. The list follows the pattern of going from IMDb’s best to least rated fantasy animes. The list contains winners like Seven Deadly Sins, Ancient Magus’ Bride, Cardcaptor Sakura, and many others worthy of inclusion whose main colorful characters take any anime fan to their fantastical world.Fantasy animes are the best you could choose.

Make sure to read the list thoroughly as it has a mixture of fantasy anime shows and movies, serving you with all kinds of moods and themes.

50. Endro! (Series)

Director: Kaori
Writer(s): Takashi Aoshima
Cast: Shiina Natsukawa, Inori Minase
IMDb Rating: 6.9
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video

In the magical realm of Naral island, a Demon Lord rises in every generation, and a Hero is born to defeat him. The latest hero is Juulia ‘Yusha’ Charldetto with her friends Seiran ‘Seira’ Élénoir, Meiza “Mei” Endust and Fai Fai.

While battling against the Demon Lord, the group’s spell goes awry, and they are sent back into the time before they even graduate. So now, they have to work to defeat the Demon Lord from the beginning.

However, there is a twist. With the heroes, the Demon Lord is also sent back into time, taking the form of their teacher and stopping them from becoming a Hero Party. While the Hero Party plans to defeat the notorious Demon Lord, will they uncover that the one they seek is closer to them? Will it be better in the sci-fi genre?

49. Radiant (Series)

Director: Seiji Kishi
Writer(s): Yasuko Aoki, Yukie Sugawara
Cast: Aoi Yuuki, Yumiri Hanamori
IMDb Rating: 7.0
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

Seth, a Sorcerer from Pompo Hills, extermines all the Nemeses. They are powerful and mysterious demonic entities that fall from the sky and vaporize anything upon their touch. Doc and Mélie, his fellow Sorcerers, accompany him on his journey to exterminate all these beings. Their aim? To bring a new world order where Sorcerers are not killed when infected by a Nemesis. Seth’s main plan? To destroy the Nemeses from its source by eliminating the mythical Radiant.

48. Restaurant to Another World (Series)

Director: Masato Jinbo
Writer(s): Masato Jinbo
Cast: Junichi Suwabe, Sumire Uesaka
IMDb Rating: 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Netflix, Crunchyroll

Located on a corner of the street of Tokyo’s shopping district is a popular eatery called Western Restaurant Nekoya. It is famous among the residents while serving traditional Japanese and Western dishes. But this eatery is renowned among non-human kind of residents as well.

When the famous restaurant is closed Saturdays, it is open for other kinds of creatures. On Saturdays come dragons, mages, elves, fairies, and other animals. The chef, the Master, serves their favorite dishes to return on coming Saturdays.

47. Beyond the Boundary (Series)

Director: Taichi Ishidate
Writer(s): Jukki Hanada
Cast: Risa Taneda, KENN
IMDb Rating: 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video

Mirai Kuriyama, the sole survivor of Spirit World, is tasked with hunting down and killing “youmu.” They are the creatures said to be the manifestation of negative human emotions. One day, she meets Akihito Kanbara, a hybrid of a youmu and a human. They form an impromptu friendship when she realizes that Akihito is an immortal. Akihito convinces her to join the Literary Club, which houses two other mighty Spirit World warriors, Hiroomi and Mitsuki Nase.

The fantasy anime is the journey of the new group before Beyond the Boundary, and the most potent youmu comes for them.

46. Humanity Has Declined (Series)

Director: Seiji Kishi
Writer(s): Makoto Uezu
Cast: Mai Nakahara
IMDb Rating: 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Netflix, Crunchyroll

Humanity has declined the same premise as the title, that society has fallen and taken over by fairies, tiny creatures with advanced technology. These magical creatures love candies to the point of obsession and have no regard for human safety.

After finishing her studies, a young girl becomes an arbitrator for the United Nations. Her job? To serve as a link between these beings and humans to co-exist peacefully. She thinks her task is easy, but even good ones are fooled.

45. Nagi No Asu Kara (Series)

Director: Toshiya Shinohara
Writer(s): Mari Okada
Cast: Mikako Komatsu, Ai Kayano
IMDb Rating: 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Netflix, Crunchyroll

The anime series Nagi no Asu kara revolves around four friends, Hikari Sakishima, Manaka Mukaido, Chisaki Hiradaira, and Kaname Isaki, who live in the sea. Chika and Kaname are forced to leave the sea and attend a school on the surface. They meet Tsumugu Kihara, a fellow student and fisherman who loves the sea.

The anime deals with the discrimination and hatred between the sea people and surface people. The anime will show the storms in the friends’ personal lives, waiting for the people living on the surface.

44. Flip Flappers (Series)

Director: Kiyotaka Oshiyama
Writer(s): Yuniko Ayana
Cast: Mao Ichimichi, Minami Takahashi
IMDb Rating: 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

Cocona, an average middle schooler, has no sense of a goal. She does not know what to strive for. Then, she meets Papika and is invited to join Flip Flap’s organization.

Cocona finds herself in the world of a bizarre alternate dimension called Pure Illusion while helping Papika look for some crystal shards. They are sent into another world in Pure Illusion. When they face a dangerous creature, the duo uses their crystals to transform into Pure Blade and Pure Barrier. However, a rival organization slays the beast and takes the fragment left behind.

The duo realizes that they must work together and effectively to win against their rivals and the creatures in Pure Illusion.

43. Weathering With You! (Movie)

Director: Makoto Shinkai
Writer(s): Makoto Shinkai
Cast: Nana Mori, Kotarou Daigo
IMDb Rating: 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 92%
Where to Watch: Netflix

With the constant downpour in Tokyo, Hodaka Morishima finds it challenging to keep his life together and has to find a job at a small publishing house. While at the same time, Hina Amano, an orphan, is trying her best to feed herself and her younger brother.

Their fates intertwine when Hodaka saves Hina. They become friends, and Hodako learns that Hina has the power to call upon the sun. He suggests that she clear the current Tokyo weather, but this comes with a severe consequence they do not know.

42. Sword Art Online (Series)

Director: Tomohiko Itō
Writer(s):
Cast: Yoshitsugu Matsouka, Haruka Tomatsu
IMDb Rating: 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 100%
Where to Watch: Netflix

In 2022, creators launched an online role-playing game called Sword Art Online (SAO). In the game’s fantasy world, the players can control their avatars with their thoughts.

Kazuto Kirigaya, aka “Kirito,” is one of the first few to get the game and finds himself in the imaginary world of Aincrad. The world is full of fantastic weapons and monsters. However, soon the players realize they cannot log out, and they are trapped until they complete all one hundred levels of the game.

To escape the fantastical virtual world, Kirito will now have to interact and cooperate with his fellow players, with Some becoming friends allies while others were becoming enemies. There is a rule in this bizarre game, if they die in Aincrad, they die in real life. So Kirito, with his friends, must adapt and fight for his survival.

41. Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle (Series)

Director: Mitsue Yamazaki
Writer(s): Yoshiko Nakamura
Cast: Inori Minase, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
IMDb Rating: 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Netflix, Funimation

In the anime adaptation, The Demon Lord Tasogare kidnaps a human princess Aurora Suya Rhys ‘Syalis’ Kaymin. However, the princess is only worried about her sleep. Ever since her capture, she has not got a good night’s sleep.

To get her deserved sleep, she finds strange items like the fur of the demonic teddy bear blanket-like bodies of ghost shrouds. She is adamant about getting her rest, by hook or by crook, so much so that even death would not be able to stop her.

40. Log Horizon (Series)

Director: Shinji Ishihira
Writer(s): Shingo Irie, Shinsuke Oonishi
Cast: Takuma Terashima, Emiri Katou
IMDb Rating: 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Funimation

After the latest update in the Elder Tale, a most popular MMORPG, thirty thousand Japanese gamers are stuck in the game and cannot log out. Shiroe is among them. However, his shock lasts for a moment after that, and he sets out to explore the world.

With his friend Naotsugu and Akatsuki, Shiroe sets out to explore the virtual city of Akihabara while leading others in negotiating with the native NPCs. The anime Log Horizon explores gaming by touching the themes of fantasy, adventure, and politics.

39. Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon (Series)

Director: Yasuhiro Takemoto, Tatsuya Ishihara
Writer(s): Jamie Marchi
Cast: Maria Naganawa, Yuuki Kuwahara
IMDb Rating: 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Netflix

The fantasy anime Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid dragon follows Kobayashi when she returns from work. She opens her apartment door only to be met by an unusually frightening sight of a dragon. It transforms into an energetic young girl dressed in a maid outfit, introducing herself as Tooru.

Ready to repay her savior’s kindness, Tooru offers to work as her maidservant. Even though Kobayashi is hesitant, Tooru’s incredible dragon abilities convince her to take the girl in.

Despite being extremely efficient at her job, the maid’s unorthodox methods bring more trouble than help. Though Kobayashi makes her best effort to handle the crazy situation, nothing has prepared her for this new life with a dragon maid.

38. Welcome to Demon School Iruma Kun (Series)

Director: Makoto Moriwaki
Writer(s): Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Cast: Saori Hayami, Ayumu Murase
IMDb Rating: 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

His parents sell Iruma Suzuki to a demon named Sullivan who merely wants a grandchild. He tries to pamper the fourteen-year-old and makes him join the demon school BabyIs.

Iruma tries to keep a low profile but avoids others knowing he is human. However, he is discovered as Sullivan is the school chairman, and it is expected that he will become the next Demon King.

Iruma finds himself in a pickle as he has to chant a spell that he cannot that lands him in a situation he does not want to be a part of. After this, he is involved in some of the other bizarre circumstances.

37. Searching for a Full Moon (Series)

Director: Toshiyuki Kato
Writer(s): Hiro Masaki
Cast: Yakkun Sakurazuka, Myco
IMDb Rating: 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Crunchyroll

Fantasy anime Searching for the Full Moon follows the journey of Mitsuki Kouyama and her two shinigami friends, Meroko Yui and Takuto Kira. With Mitsuki developing throat cancer and getting to know that she only has one year to live, she discovers singing and living freely with them.

36. Paprika (Movie)

Director: Satoshi Kon
Writer(s): Seishi Minakami, Satoshi Kon
Cast: Megumi Hayashibara, Akio Ootsuka
IMDb Rating: 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 85%
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video, Crunchyroll

Atsuko Chiba and Kosaku Tokita are developing and working on a device called DC Mini, which will have the power to go deep into the dreams of others. This device will help them cure patients’ minds and psychologically fit them.

However, with this power comes a responsibility not to let it fall into the wrong hands. If misused, we can use it for psychological terrorism. But when the tech gets into another arrow, Atsuko and Kosaku join hands with Officer Konakawa to search in dreams and, in reality, to find their thief.

35. Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic (Series)

Director: Koji Masunari
Writer(s): Hiroyuki Yoshino
Cast: Haruka Tomatsu, Yuuki Kaji
IMDb Rating: 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Netflix

Several bizarre labyrinths known as Dungeons hide incredible treasures within them worldwide. These mysterious places are created by Magi, a rare class of magicians. Djinns rule over the labyrinths while giving successful conquerors access to their immense power and choosing them as potential kings.

Aladdin is a young magician who is eager to explore the world. He finally leaves his home behind. He begins his journey only accompanied by his mentor. His mentor Ugo is a djinn that we can summon with his flute. He becomes friends with Alibaba Saluja. Both destroy a local merchant’s supply cart. To pay for the damages, Alibaba suggests conquering the nearest dungeon. Thus, becomes the first step in their epic adventure.

34. Konosuba (Series)

Director: Takaomi Kanasaki
Writer(s): Makoto Uezu
Cast: Rie Takahashi, Jun Fukushima
IMDb Rating: 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Netflix

Kazuma Satou had a laughable death and found himself sitting before the goddess named Aqua. She gives him two options, whether go to heaven or reincarnate in a fantasy world. Wanting to start a new life, he is tasked to defeat the Demon King, terrorizing villages. But, first, he has to choose a partner, so he chooses Aqua. But Aqua is entirely useless.

However, their trouble does not end here. They have to work out a way to live in a not livable world at all. With a cherry on top is that they have to manage their expenses. Their trouble is just beginning.

33. Snow White with Red Hair (Series)

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Director: Masahiro Andō
Writer(s): Deko Akao
Cast: Saori Hayami, Nobuhiko Okamoto
IMDb Rating: 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Hulu

The basic story of the popular anime Snow White with Red Hair depicts Shirayuki’s journey toward a new life at the royal palace of Clarines while running away from Prince Raji of Tanbarun. It also marks Zen’s journey, rescues Shirayuki from Prince Raji, and his attempt to become a prince worthy of his title.

Shirayuki and Zen form a bond for their lives while also defending themselves from Prince Raji.

32. Ancient Magus’ Bride (Series)

Director: Norihiro Naganuma
Writer(s): Norihiro Naganuma, Aya Takaha
Cast: Atsumi Tanizaki, Ryouta Takeuchi
IMDb Rating: 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Netflix, Crunchyroll

The fantasy anime series follows Chise Hatori, an abandoned and ridiculed girl of 15 who is sold to a masked man for five million pounds. So naturally, she goes above and beyond to give herself to any buyer. But, unfortunately, murmurs follow her that her buyer has a rare Sleigh Beggy.

In a study where both of them are alone, the man reveals himself as Elias Ainsworth, a magus, and takes them to his cottage in rural England. This marks the beginning of Chise’s journey, surrounded by strange and magical creatures as she becomes an apprentice and ancient magus’ bride.

31. Noragami (Series)

Director: Kotaro Tamura
Writer(s): Deko Akao
Cast: Hiroshi Kamiya, Yuuki Kaji
IMDb Rating: 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Hulu

Yato is a minor deity who is working as a Delivery God. He has a dream of having millions of worshippers. But he has no shrine dedicated to his name. So instead, he spends his days doing odd jobs, and his partner leaves him as she is fed up with him.

One day, Hiyori Iki, a middle schooler, saves Yato from a car accident. She survives the event, but it affects her. Her soul has become loose and hence able to leave her body. She demands from the minor god to return her to normal. However, to do so, he will need a new partner. So she agrees to help him find one. Then, it might be possible for Yato to turn his life around with her.

30. Tsubasa: Tokyo Revelations (Movie)

Director: Akiko Honda, Shunsuke Tada, Hideyo Yamamoto
Writer(s): Nanase Ohkawa
Cast: Daisuke Namikawa, Miyu Irino
IMDb Rating: 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Funimation

The anime continues the journey from Record Country when Syaoran and company land in Tokyo Country. The place is a blood-filled country under WarWar for natural resources and survival.

The group reluctantly joins in the WarWar to live and survive. However, they face personal issues and come face-to-face with certain revelations which have the power to change them forever.

Facing a shocking betrayal and a battle on the verge that threatens all of their lives, nothing will be the same again.

29. Kiki’s Delivery Service (Movie)

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Writer(s): Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma
IMDb Rating: 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 98%
Where to Watch: Netflix

Kiki must spend a year living in a distant town to become a full-fledged witch. Then, she takes on the tradition and leaves her family and friends, flying away on her broomstick with only her cat, Jiji, with her.

She reaches and settles in Koriko, a coastal town. However, she struggles to adapt to the lifestyle. Kiki ends up wandering in the street until she is offered Osono a place to stay in exchange for the deliveries from her bakery. This begins her journey of independence.

28. Millennium Actress (Movie)

Director: Satoshi Kon
Writer(s): Satoshi Kon, Sadayuki Murai
Cast: Fumiko Orikasa, Shouzhou Iizuka
IMDb Rating: 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 93%
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video

Once the millennium hits, Genie Studio’s old buildings are set to be demolished. Genya Tachibana, a filmmaker, decides to honor this occasion by making a documentary on actress Chiyoko Fujiwara. Genya and cameraman Kyouji Ida finally meet the actress for the interview.

During this interview, Chiyoko’s memories take them on an illusionary journey through Japanese cinematic history. The present melds with the past, and the characters she played are put in the spotlight again.

27. Seven Deadly Sins (Series)

Director: Tensai Okamura
Writer(s): Shōtarō Suga
Cast: Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Yuuki Kaji
IMDb Rating: 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 75%
Where to Watch: Netflix

Based on the best-selling manga series, fantasy anime show Seven Deadly Sins follows the adventures of Elizabeth, the third princess of the Kingdom of Liones in the world similar to the European Middle Ages, and her search for the Seven Deadly Sins, the legendary knights that once betrayed their homeland. With their help, she seeks to take back her KingdomKingdom from the corrupt Holy Knights. But, she also wants justice in the unjust world.

26. InuYasha (Series)

Director: Masashi Ikeda, Yasunao Aoki
Writer(s): Katsuyuki Sumisawa
Cast: Kappei Yamaguchi, Satsuki Yukino
IMDb Rating: 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 88% (Audience Score)
Where to Watch: Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu

Fantasy anime InuYasha follows Kagome Higurashi, a fifteen-year-old girl whose everyday life ends when a demon drags her into a cursed well on the grounds of her family’s Shinto shrine. She ends up 500 years in the past during Japan’s violent Sengoku period with the demon’s actual target and a wish-granting jewel called the Shikon Jewel, reborn inside her.

When the sacred jewel shatter, Kagome enlists the help of a hybrid dog-demon/human, Inuyasha, to help her collect the shards and prevent them from falling into the wrong hands. The orphan fox-demon Shippo, the intelligent monk Miroku, and the lethal demon slayer Sango join the duo on their journey. The group must work together to find the shards and deal with the threats.

25. The ascendance of a Bookworm (Series)

Director: Mitsuru Hongo
Writer(s): Mariko Kunisawa
Cast: Yuka Iguchi, Mutsumi Tamura
IMDb Rating: 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Netflix

In this fantasy series, Urano Motosu has a dream of reading literature, and it is fulfilled by becoming a librarian before she dies in an accident. She dies having the wish to read more books in her next life.

Her prayers have been heard, and Urano is reincarnated as Myne in the medieval era. However, she is frustrated with the lack of books at her disposal.

She learns that there is no printing press and the lack of it makes the book written and copied by hand. Thus, acquiring books for her will be an expensive feat, especially when only some nobles can afford it. But she promises that if she cannot find books, she will make it, and no one will stop her.

24. Little Witch Academia (Series)

Director: Yoh Yoshinari
Writer(s): Michiru Shimada
Cast: Megumi Han, Michiyo Murase
IMDb Rating: 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Netflix

In Academia’s fantasy series, Little Witch follows Atsuko’ Akko’ Kagari and her friends and their escapades when magic declines. Their journey teaches them how to be a witch and what it will take to be a good witch.

23. Cardcaptor Sakura (Series)

Director: Morio Asaka
Writer(s): Nanase Ohkawa
Cast: Sakura Tange, Motoko Kumai
IMDb Rating: 8.0
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 84% (Audience Score)
Where to Watch: Netflix

Sakura Kinomoto is a fourth-grader who stumbles upon a book containing a set of cards. When she accidentally brings upon the gust of, the cards get scattered.

Beast of the Seal tells her the cards are Clow Cards, created and sealed by Clow Reed’s sorcerer. The cards are a threat to humanity.

The Beast of the Seal appoints her and gives her the title of Cardcaptor with the only aim of capturing those cards.

22. Castle in the Sky (Movie)

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Writer(s): Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Mayumi Tanaka, Keiko Yokozawa
IMDb Rating: 8.0
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 96%
Where to Watch: Netflix

Castle in the Sky follows the soaring adventures of Sheeta, a young girl who government agents have kidnaped for her mysterious crystal amulet, and Pazu, a young boy who dreams of reaching the fabled flying castle of Laputa. It follows their journey of learning of dreams while being together.

21. Spice And Wolf (Series)

Director: Takeo Takahashi
Writer(s): Naruhisa Arakawa
Cast: Ami Koshimizu, Jun Fukuyama
IMDb Rating: 8.0
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Hulu

The anime adaptation Spice and Wolf follows the story of Holo, a powerful wolf deity of the small town of Pasloe who the people forget after some time. She meets a traveling merchant, Kraft Lawrence, with whom she offers a partnership, and he accepts her deal. However, with Lawrence coming closer to opening his shop, he realizes that his aspirations are not the same as they were before.

The anime series fuses the two polar genres of economics and romance to create an enthralling story. The story is full of elaborate schemes, sharp humor, and witty dialogue. The anime takes the viewers on a journey, searching for a lost identity in an ever-changing world.

20. The Story of Princess Kaguya (Movie)

Director: Isao Takahata
Writer(s): Isao Takahata, Riko Sakaguchi
Cast: Aki Asakura
IMDb Rating: 8.0
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 100%
Where to Watch: Netflix

Okina, the main character, works as a bamboo cutter. When he cut away the hollow plants, he found a tiny baby. Thinking that she is a princess, a blessing sent from above, he takes her home to his wife, Ouna. Naming her Kaguya, the couple raises the child as theirs. She fits in the village they live in, playing with the children.

Kaguya’s life is changed when her adoptive father finds a treasure in the forest. He slowly turns his daughter into a princess, living in a mansion in the capital. Her life and origins come to life slowly as she enters the unwanted life as royalty.

19. Kamisama Kiss (Series)

Director: Akitaro Daichi
Writer(s): Akitaro Daichi, Michiko Yokote
Cast: Shinnosuke Tachibana, Shuzuko Mimori
IMDb Rating: 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Hulu

Due to her father being an absentee and being in extreme debt, Nanami Momozono loses everything. While running homeless, she saves a man who offers her a place to live, later becoming a shrine. She tries to escape but is caught up by shrine spirits and Tomoe, a fox familiar. In the case of mistaken identity, Tomoe leaves her by refusing to serve a human.

Nanami immerses herself in the religious duties, but she feels the need of the fox familiar. In searching for him, she lands in trouble and seals a bond with him. They must now journey together as god and familiar. But their path is full of new threats, new relationships, and new feelings.

18. The Rising of the Shield Hero (Series)

Director: Takao Abo, Masato Jinbo
Writer(s): Keigo Koyanagi
Cast: Asami Saito, Kaito Ishikawa
IMDb Rating: 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Netflix

Plagued with the waves of Catastrophe, the modern-day Japanese Kingdom of Melromarc calls upon the Shield Heroes, whose job is to be the savior of the KingdomKingdom. Naofumi Iwatani is one of the four to be given this opportunity. First, however, his colleagues teased him due to his size and personality.

When he joins hands to train with Malty Melromarc, he is falsely accused of taking advantage of her. Hated by his people, he leaves the training grounds. After this episode, mistrust in his heart strengthens himself and his reputation. He buys a demi-human named Raphtalia, who is on the verge of death.

Together, in this fantasy anime, they both fight their fates to protect Melromarc.

17. Princess Tutu (Series)

Director: Junichi Sato
Writer(s): Michiko Yokote
Cast: Nanae Katou, Takahiro Sakurai
IMDb Rating: 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video

Fantasy anime Princess Tutu is a story of a hero, Ahiru, who can transform into Princess Tutu, a talented ballet dancer who struggles against fate. With her dance, she can alleviate people’s turmoil. With this, she gets on to the challenge of finding the shards of her prince’s heart. The anime follows the beliefs, the feelings, and ultimately the protagonist’s actions to determine whether this fairy tale can reach its “happily ever after.”

16. Yona of the Dawn (Series)

Director: Kazuhiro Yoneda
Writer(s): Shinichi Inotsume
Cast: Ayahi Takagi, Chiwa Saitou
IMDb Rating: 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Hulu

Based on the massive popularity of the manga Mizuho Kusanagi, the fantasy series Yona of the Dawn follows Princess Yona of Kingdom Kouka on an adventure of her life as she faces the harsh realities KingdomKingdom. With only a mysterious legend to guide her, she must discover a way to restore Kouka to its former glory, a peaceful place for all human beings. She must also find a way to stop the new King of Kouka and take her KingdomKingdom from his evil clutches.

15. Dorohedoro (Series)

Director: Yuichiro Hayashi
Writer(s): Hiroshi Seko
Cast: Yuu Kobayashi, Wataru Takagai
IMDb Rating: 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Netflix

With a blend of comedy and death, fantasy anime Dorohedoro follows Kaiman, a reptile man living in the Hole. A Hole is a place where disorder is the law and is dominated by the magic users.

Kaiman hunts these magic users for a heedless quest as they are the only ones with the answers for his appearance. Only they can restore his life to normal. With his ally, Nikaidou, he is set on the journey to find solutions.

14. Revolutionary Girl Utena (Series)

Director: Kunihiko Ikuhara
Writer(s): Yōji Enokido
Cast: Tomoko Kawakami, Yuriko Fuchzaki
IMDb Rating: 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video, Crunchyroll, Funimation

Known in Japanese as Shoujo Kakumei Utena, fantasy anime The Revolutionary Girl Utena follows Utena Tenjou, meets a traveling prince, and becomes a prince herself. The prince leaves her with a ring with a strange rose crest, promising to meet again.

While attending Ootori Academy a few years after the meeting, she witnesses a duel with a unique prize, the Rose Bride, and her special powers. Utena wins the fight and the Rose Bride, Anthy Himemiya. She promises to free Anthy and know the secrets behind the Academy by revolutionizing the world.

The anime is a blend of imagery and ideas, tackling the themes of idealism, illusions, adulthood, and identity as a coming-of-age story.

13. Mononoke (Series)

Director: Kenji Nakamura
Writer(s): Chiaki J. Konaka, Ikuko Takahashi, Michiko Yokote, Manabu Ishikawa
Cast: Takahiro Sakurai, Hikaru Midorikawa
IMDb Rating: 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Netflix, Crunchyroll

A master of the occult travels across Japan to slay Mononoke, the evil spirits. However, he cannot simply kill these spirits. Instead, he has a process to kill them. First, he has to find the Form, the Truth, and the Reason, then he wields the Exorcism Sword and fights against these spirits. Finally, he exorcises the ghosts with psychological analysis and investigative work.

While travelling, he reaches an inn where an influential Mononoke band, Zashiki Warashi, has infested in the room where a pregnant lady is placed. He must investigate the Form, the Truth, and the Reason before anyone gets hurt or killed.

12. My Hero Academia (Series)

Director: Kenji Nagasaki
Writer(s): Yōsuke Kuroda
Cast: Daiki Yamashita, Nobuhiko Okamoto
IMDb Rating: 8.4
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 100%
Where to Watch: Netflix

My Hero Academia follows Izuku Midoriya, born without ‘quirks’ or newly discovered superpowers. However, he wants nothing but a hero. However, his life changes when he meets his idol, All Might, who names him the latter’s successor.

He enrolls in UA High, a school for hero training with this revelation. He will fight off criminal organizations with his new classmates and friends and become a hero.

11. Yu Yu Hakusho (Series)

Director: Noriyuki Abe
Writer(s): Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
Cast: Nozomu Sasaki, Nobuyuki Hiyama
IMDb Rating: 8.4
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Hulu

Yuusuke Urameshi gets a chance to turn his life around when he throws himself in front of a moving car to save a young boy. But unfortunately, the authorities of the spirit realm do not let him pass on.

Koenma, the heir to the throne, offers Yuusuke an opportunity. This is to regain his life by completing a series of tasks. First, he is given the job of a Spirit Detective accompanied by the death god Botan.

Yuusuke forms a group with his former rival, Kazuma Kuwabara, and Hiei and Kurama, two demons. They train together and battle against their enemies to protect humanity.

10. Fate/ Zero (Series)

Director: Ei Aoki
Writer(s): Akira Hiyama, Akihiro Yoshida
Cast: Ayako Kawasumi, Rikiya Koyama
IMDb Rating: 8.4
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Netflix

Based on the light novel written by Gen Urobuchi, Fate/Zero depicts the events of the Fourth Holy Grail War. However, the Einzbern family is confident that the Fourth Holy Grail War will be different, with a Holy Grail vessel in their grasp. The Einzberns hire magus Killer Kiritsugu Emiya to their only daughter, Irisviel.

Kiritsugu, accompanied by Saber, now stands at the center of a cutthroat survival game. He finds his greatest opponent in Kirei Kotomine. Will he survive the WarWar is the question?

9. Promised Neverland (Series)

Director: Mamoru Kanbe
Writer(s): Toshiya Ono, Kaiu Shirai
Cast: Mariya Ise, Maaya Uchida
IMDb Rating: 8.4
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 100%
Where to Watch: Hulu

Grace Field House is an orphanage looked after by Mama Isabella where the orphans live happily. Of course, the orphans must take tests, but they can spend their time as they deem fit. But there is a rule they must follow that they cannot go far beyond the orphanage.

Once in a few months, a child gets adopted and sent away live with their new family. No one hears from them again. But the suspicious older children try to get into the matter. What they find is cruel and shocking.

8. Black Clover (Series)

Director: Tatsuya Yoshihara, Ayataka Tanemura
Writer(s): Kazuyuki Fudeyasu, Kanichi Katou
Cast: Gakuto Kajiwara, Kana Yuuki
IMDb Rating: 8.4
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 76% (Audience Score)
Where to Watch: Hulu, Amazon Prime Video

In the fantasy anime Black Clover, Asta and Yuno were abandoned at the same church on the same day and were Raised together as children. They came to know of the “Wizard King,” a title given to the strongest mage in the kingdom. They promised each other that they would compete against each other for the position of the next Wizard King. Yuno can wield magic with incredible power and control, which gives him the ability to wield a powerful Grimoire. Asta cannot use magic and desperately tries to awaken his powers by physically training and getting nothing.

Yuno is attacked by a person named Lebuty who wants his Grimoire. Asta tries to fight Lebuty, but he is outmatched. However, by unleashing his inner emotions in a rage, Asta receives a “Black Clover,” giving him enough power to defeat Lebuty.

7. Mushi-shi (Series)

Director: Hiroshi Nagahama
Writer(s): Hiroshi Nagahama
Cast: Yuto Nakano
IMDb Rating: 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 100%
Where to Watch: Hulu

Mushi, the most basic form of life globally, can exist without any goals or purposes. They ‘are’ and ‘be.’ They are beyond good and evil. However, to call them a form of life would be an oversimplification. Any information on them is rare as most humans are unaware of their existence. Ginko ponders them constantly.

In this brilliant fantasy anime, Mushi-shi is a group of people interested in Munshi and research them to understand their place in the world. Ginko chases rumors of occurrences that could be tied to Mushi as he wants an answer.

6. Violet Evergarden (Series)

Director: Taichi Ishidate, Haruka Fujita
Writer(s): Reiko Yoshida
Cast: Yui Ishikawa
IMDb Rating: 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA
Where to Watch: Netflix

Violet Evergarden, the titular character of the fantasy anime series, has been raised to decimate enemies during the Great War. After ending the war, she was hospitalized and maimed with only words of a dearest one whose meaning she did not understand.

After recovering from her wounds and falling out with her new family, she worked in CH Postal Services. Then, by sheer coincidence, she starts working as an Auto Memory Doll that converts people’s thoughts and feelings on paper and causes the doll to contact human emotions. This trade of hers takes her into a new adventure and a journey of self-discovery.

5. One Piece (Series)

Director: Kōnosuke Uda, Satoshi Itō
Writer(s): Junki Takegami, Hirohiko Kamisaka, Shōji Yonemura
Cast: Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai
IMDb Rating: 8.7
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 87% (Audience Score)
Where to Watch: Netflix, Hulu

The story focuses on a young pirate after a legendary pirate, Gol D Roger. The latter revealed the grandest treasures in existence just before his death. The young pirate named Monkey D Luffy enters the picture seeking the One Piece just for the sake of adventure. Luffy, with his crew, is set on the journey where they experience crazy things and people. Their journey reveals the mysteries regarding the prize everyone has been looking for.

4. Dragon Ball Z (Series)

Director: Daisuke Nishio, Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Writer(s): Takao Koyama
Cast: Masako Nozawa, Ryo Horikawa
IMDb Rating: 8.7
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 91% (Audience Score)
Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Crunchyroll

A worthy inclusion in the fantasy genre but more of an isekai anime, Dragon Ball Z follows Gokuu, living a peaceful life with his family after winning the World Martial Arts Tournament five years prior. He meets his brother, Raditz, who reveals that Gokuu is a warrior from Saiyan’s extinct race.

Gokuu was sent as a baby to Earth to conquer and destroy the planet. However, he suffered amnesia, which turned him into a kind and well-mannered person who protected others.

Raditz fails to turn Gokuu to his side, so he warns him about the upcoming threat of an intergalactic nature. The central conflict will be over the seven mystical dragon balls, and only the fittest will survive.

3. Death Note (Series)

Director: Tetsurō Araki
Writer(s): Toshiki Inoue
Cast: Kappei Yamaguchi, Mamoru Miyano
IMDb Rating: 9.0
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 100%
Where to Watch: Netflix

In a world polluted by violence, murders, and thefts, human Light Yagami and the God of Death Ryuk think that their worlds are rotten. So to fulfill his amusement, Ryuk drops his ‘Death Note,’ which Light finds. The rule is whoever has their name written will die. So light with all the temptation to test the Death Note out, experiments with it, and commits a murder.

Intending to cleanse the world, Light changes his name to Kira and sets out on his wicked goal. But unfortunately, he is followed by a detective named L. With Detective L on his trail, it is now a battle of wits that will end when one of them is dead.

2. Attack on Titan (Series)

Director: Tetsurō Araki, Jun Shishido
Writer(s): Yasuko Kobayashi, Hiroshi Seko, Shintarō Kawakubo
Cast: Yuuki Kaji, Yui Ishikawa
IMDb Rating: 9.0
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 96%
Where to Watch: Netflix, Hulu

The fantasy genre anime Attack on Titan follows Eren Jaeger and his revenge on Titans. The Titans are man-eaters who first appeared on Earth around 100 years ago. Humans built massive walls around their settlements to stop these creatures. However, that wall gets broken by a giant, and the Titans are dispersed into the city.

One of the Titans eats up Eren’s mother, and he swears vengeance that he will kill every one of them. Along with some friends, he is the last hope of humanity’s survival. So the first season was all talked upon.

1. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Series)

Director: Yasuhiro Irie
Writer(s): Hiroshi Ōnogi
Cast: Romi Park, Rie Kugimiya
IMDb Rating: 9.1
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 100%
Where to Watch: Hulu, HBO Max

In the fantasy isekai series Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, an attempt is made by brothers Edward and Alphonse to bring their dead mother back as they try the way of alchemy which leads to disaster. The banned principle of human transmutation leads to a personal loss. Alphonse’s body is disintegrated, and Edward loses a leg to save his brother. He sacrifices his arm. Edward has to bind Alphonse’s soul by binding to metal armor.

The brothers are rescued by Pinako Rockbell and his granddaughter, Winry. Winry creates prosthetic limbs for Edward. They train with their new bodies. After training, the quest to find the Philosopher’s Stone to restore their bodies. Edward gains the title of ‘Fullmetal’ and goes on a journey with his brother filled with conspiracy and threats.

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