If You Liked Shield Hero, These Isekai Anime Will Have You Hooked

For those otaku who are hooked on The Rising of the Shield Hero‘s gripping story and its fantasy world, they are in for a treat. The isekai genre is filled with similarly thrilling anime that blend world-building, magic, and unexpected character growth.

Whether you’re into dark, death loops like Re:Zero, the nonsensical comedy of KonoSuba, or the grim military warfare fantasy of Saga of Tanya the Evil, there’s an isekai adventure out there that will capture your imagination.

Here are 10 isekai anime that fans of Shield Hero are sure to enjoy.

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1. Re:Zero – Starting Life In Another World

• Studio: White Fox
• Seasons: 3
• Available on: Crunchyroll

The anime is based on a light novel, which was created by Tappei Nagatsuki and illustrated by Shinichiro Otsuka. The anime follows Natsuki Subaru, a normal teenager, who is suddenly transported to a fantasy world while exiting a grocery shop.

As soon as he arrives, Subaru starts investigating a theft with a girl who saved him from thugs as a gesture to pay her back. While investigating, they are brutally murdered by an assassin, but our hero revives at the same place he was isekai’d, repeating the day again.

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2. The Eminence In Shadow

• Studio: Nexus
• Seasons: 2
• Available on: HULU

The anime is based on a light novel, created by Aizawa, and later turned into a manga by Anri Sakano. The anime follows Minoru Kagenou, who is determined to rule the world from the shadows. One day, Minoru dies from an accident while fighting a biker gang and is reincarnated as Cid, a noble child of the Kagenou family, in a fantasy world.

With his previous memories intact, Cid decides to fulfill his dreams by becoming super strong as he had dreamed in the previous world. After attaining power, Cid created an imaginary organization, Shadow Garden, made up of strong, beautiful girls, to fight evil and corruption with him as the leader, but little does he know that his imagination has become a reality.

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3. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

• Studio: Studio Bind
• Seasons: 2
• Available on: Crunchyroll

The anime is adapted from a Japanese light novel written by Rifujin na Magonote, later illustrated by Shirotaka. The anime follows a middle-aged shut-in who is thrown out by his siblings for not attending their parents’ funeral. One night, he dies from a truck accident while saving a few teens, but as he opens his eyes, he finds himself as a baby in a fantasy world.

With his adult mind intact, now Rudeus Greyrat quickly learns the ways of the new world and even excels in high-level magic from a young age with the help of his teacher Roxy. Rudeus attempts to overcome his regretful past and aims to make the most of his second chance at life, starting by going on adventures and making new friends.

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4. That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime

• Studio: 8bit
• Seasons: 3
• Available on: Crunchyroll

The anime is adapted from a light novel written by Fuse and illustrated by Mitz Vah. The story follows a middle-aged guy, Satoru Mikami, who is killed by a manic while trying to save women. As his consciousness fades, he hears a voice and wakes up as slime in a fantasy world.

Wandering around in a cave as slime, he finds a magically caged storm dragon and absorbs it to gain new powers and a new name, Rimuru. Now, as a super strong slime with the knowledge, he goes on an adventure, fulfilling his dreams in the new world with his other monster friends.

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5. KonoSuba: God’s Blessing On This Wonderful World!

• Studio: Deen
• Seasons: 3
• Available on: Crunchyroll

KonoSuba is based on a light novel written by Natsume Akatsuki and illustrated by Kurone Mishima. The anime is a parody of the isekai genre, which follows a teenager, Kazumi Satou. He is a shut-in Neet who dies from an embarrassing accident, and meets up with a goddess, Aqua, who offers him to reincarnate in a world with fantasy game-like themes.

Aqua selects Kazuma as the new hero of the world and provides him chance to get any powerful item or skill for his journey to defeat the demon king, but slyly grants Aqua’s companionship, which he regrets later as she is useless. With no other choice, they both recruit others and form a party filled with members with dysfunctional abilities to fight the Devil King.

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6. Saga Of Tanya The Evil

• Studio: Nut
• Seasons: 1
• Available on: Crunchyroll

This anime is based on a light novel by Carlo Zen and illustrated by Shinobu Shinotsuki. The anime follows an atheist salaryman who is killed by a man whom he had fired for his underachievement. The God or Being X condemns the man to hell for not believing, but he challenges God’s judgment and demands a second chance. X grants it, but with a challenge.

God reincarnates him into a war-torn, magical fantasy world as a girl named Tanya Degurechaff, in a version of Imperial Germany. Before being isekai’d, Tanya was told by X that if she doesn’t die naturally or refuses to have faith, her soul will go to hell. To death, she joins the military and tries to get promoted quickly, but her fate always throws her into the frontlines.

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7. The Twelve Kingdoms

• Studio: Pierrot
• Seasons: 1
• Available on: Apple TV+

The anime is adapted from fantasy novels written by Fuyumi Ono and illustrated by Akihiro Yamada. The anime follows Youko Nakajima, a normal schoolgirl who is kind-natured and also the class president. The only thing that makes her different is her red hair. One day, a blond guy barges into her school and declares her as master and heir to her kingdom.

Their encounter is interrupted by monstrous creatures called youma, and while the blond guy escapes with Youko to his realm along with her two classmates, Ikuya and Yuka, are also swept away in the portal by accident. Separated from their protector and stranded in an unfamiliar, dangerous world, the students must quickly learn to survive on their own.

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8. Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy

• Studio: C2C (S1), J.C.Staff S2
• Seasons: 2
• Available on: Crunchyroll

It is based on a light novel by Kei Azumi and illustrated by Mitsuaki Matsumoto. The anime follows an average teenager who suddenly gets teleported to be a hero of a fantasy world known as Elysion. But the Goddess, who only loves beauty, thinks Mitsuaki is ugly, strips his hero status, and takes away his capacity to speak to people, ditching him in a dangerous area.

Fortunately, he is saved by another goddess, Tsukuyomi, who can’t take away his curse but grants him other abilities to live freely. Due to the Goddess’ curse, Mitsuaki only talks to monsters and befriends a few of them. With the help of a few intelligent monsters, he builds a huge town where he can peacefully live his life with the nearby monsters.

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9. No Longer Allowed In Another World

• Studio: Atelier Pontdarc
• Seasons: 1
• Available on: Crunchyroll

This anime is based on a manga written by Hiroshi Noda and illustrated by Takahiro Wakamatsu. The story follows an incredible writer who tries to commit suicide with his lover, Sacchan, but is suddenly hit by a truck and transported to a fantasy world. The writer wakes up to a priestess who tells him to defeat the demon king, but the writer denies, as he wants death.

On his journey, the writer saves a beast girl, Tama, and senses that Sacchan is also teleported to this world. Along with the priestess, who is charmed by his personality, and Tama, the writer goes on a journey to find out more about his lover, and they also discover the truth about humanity being the real enemies of the world, and sense being the only one to stop them.

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10. The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

• Studio: Shin-Ei Animation, Studio Add
• Seasons: 1
• Available on: Crunchyroll

This anime series is adapted from a light novel written by Kurokata and illustrated by KeG. The story follows a high school student, Ken Usato, who is accidentally summoned with his friends, Suzune Inukami and Kazuki Ryusen, the actual chosen heroes, to fight the demon army. Upon being tested, Usato possesses the status of healer, which is deemed useless in battle.

Captain Rose, who leads the Rescue Team, takes Usato under her wing, training him to be a healer to fight along with his friends on the frontlines. Little that he know that Rose is feared for her inhuman strength not just by her enemies but her friends as well, and she is the only one who can turn a useless ability like healing into his ultimate weapon.

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