Best Isekai Anime For An Over-The-Top Story

Summary

• Isekai anime often feature protagonists struggling or excelling in new worlds with extreme power differentials.
• Some isekai stories blend extravagant journeys with unexpected twists, like facing goblins one moment and dragons the next.
• Noteworthy isekai series include “How Not to Summon a Demon Lord,” “Uncle from Another World,” and “Kamikatsu: Working for God in a Godless World.”

Isekai anime always tops the charts, with dozens of series releasing and introducing fans to new characters transported to new worlds where they either flourish or flounder. There is always a kingdom in peril, a demon lord that needs to be vanquished, or a world that needs saving. Often, the unsuspecting main protagonist is ill-equipped to combat the trials and tribulations of this new world, while other times, they are gifted with too much power that makes their quest a walk in the park.

However, isekai anime can occasionally find the perfect mix and send a character on an extravagant journey with twists and turns. Going from fighting a horde of goblins in one second to being face-to-face with a red dragon is one of the most exciting, over-the-top moments in anime. If over-the-top is the goal, here are some of the best anime to watch with over-the-top stories.

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How Not To Summon A Demon Lord

From MMO Junkie To Demon Lord

Takuma is a socially inept, die-hard gamer obsessed with Cross Reverie, a virtual MMO, with one of the strongest characters in the game, Diablo. Unrivaled in the game, Takuma takes immense pride in the prestige he receives in the game and lacks in real life.

Suddenly, Takuma is summoned to a fantasy world before two girls. Takuma instantly realizes the resemblance to his favorite game but then realizes he’s been transformed into the avatar of his character with all his powers intact. Things rapidly escalate when the girls try to bind him but end up becoming his servants instead, with no solution to undo the act. Diablo must set out into this new world with his companions to find a solution and learn to handle the position of the newly summoned demon lord.

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Uncle From Another World

Ojisan Has Incredible Magic Power

Ojisan has been stuck in a coma for most of his life after being struck by a speeding truck. However, while his body stayed in the modern world, he was teleported to a fantasy world where he received special powers and gained an affinity for magic. Upon waking back up seventeen years later, he begins living with his nephew, who believes he’s lost his mind.

Shockingly, Ojisan retains his power, and he and his nephew do the only logical thing: start a YouTube channel. Uncle from Another World is a whimsical and comical adventure story about Ojisan’s past in the fantasy world and how he adapts to living in the modern day.

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Kamikatsu: Working For God In A Godless World

Changing The World For God

Urabe was the son of a cult leader who worshiped a god called Mitama. Seeking the god’s favor, Urabe’s father and fellow cult members sacrificed Urabe by throwing him off a cliff. Urabe’s final wish was to be reincarnated in a world where gods didn’t exist so that he could live a simple life. Unfortunately, Mitama was listening.

Urabe awakens in a new world and finds himself in a bizarre situation with a young girl. After getting his footing, Urabe realizes the new world he has been transported to is devoid of religion and technology. After a gruesome scene, Urabe realizes just how hellish this new world can be and prays to Mitama to aid him. This is the start of Urabe’s journey to change this godless world, hopefully for the better.

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The Eminence In Shadow

Taking Over The World One Step At A Time

Cid was a peculiar young man in his past life but was killed when facing shady thugs at night in an attempt to test his skills. However, he would awaken in a new world, with his memories intact, where magic and swordplay were the dominant forms of combat.

Cid’s devious and ambitious nature took hold, and he instantly devised a plan to overtake this world and control it from the shadows. Fast-forward to now: Cid runs Shadow Garden, a secret organization of powerful warriors manipulating the kingdom. Cid has also gained immense strength, becoming the most powerful being in this new world.

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Sword Art Online Series

A Vast Story Crossing Between Worlds

Sword Art Online starts as a cut-and-dry trapped inside a virtual MMO isekai anime. However, Sword Art Online has had multiple seasons that revolve around several different stories, and some even focus on different characters entirely.

The first season of Sword Art Online starts in Aincrad, while the most recent season is set in a completely original game world that Kirito helped design called Underworld. Kirito and his allies go through many challenges in a number of settings that make up epic and flashy stories.

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That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime

An Everyday Guy Becomes A Monster In Another World

A former salaryman is reincarnated in a fantasy world after dying in his past life due to a robbery. Unfortunately, he realizes he is no longer human and, instead, a blue slime. Taking his new predicament in stride, the budding slime roams his new setting and encounters then befriends a powerful dragon.

The dragon, Veldora, bestows a name on his new friends, elevating his standing. Now known as Rimuru Tempest, and having gained a humongous jump in power, he sets out to the surface to experience the whole world for an adventure. What starts as a simple walk escalates to Rimuru founding his kingdom and becoming a demon lord.

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Arifureta

A Vengeful Main Protagonist Goes His Own Way

Arifureta follows Hajime after he and his classmates are all transported to another world. In hopes of developing heroes to combat the dangerous labyrinth, each student was gifted special abilities of various archetypes.

Unfortunately for Hajime, his ability isn’t seen as valuable, and he is turned on by select members of his class and left for dead. This ignites a spark in Hajime that sends him on a spiteful mission of survival, pushing him to his limit where he finds the actual value in his ability. With newly awakened abilities and friends, Hajime has become unimaginably more powerful and searches for a way to get home, turning his back on his classmates who may need him more than ever.

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The Misfit Of Demon King Academy

An Overpowered Not-So Heroic Main Character

Anos Voldigoad was the legendary demon king who sought to heal the gap between humanity and demons. Giving his life for peace and being slain by the great hero, Voldigoad sent his life force out into the world where he would be reincarnated hundreds of years later to see that the world did not change in the way he intended.

With all his power and knowledge carrying over into his revitalization, Anos joins the Demon King’s academy to find out just what transpired while he was away — and why magic power is in such a decline. Anos is an all-powerful demon king with unrivaled abilities and control over life and death. With a flick of his wrist, he could wipe out the world. Misfit Of Demon King Academy‘s story is filled with over-the-top action and dramatic situations.