Highlights
- The concept of the multiverse is not new to the anime and manga world, and there are various anime that explore different realities and dimensions.
- Anime like The Girl In Twilight, Aquarion Evol, and Tenchi Muyo showcase parallel universes and characters from different timelines.
- Dragon Ball Super, Tsubasa Chronicle, Bokurano, Noein: To Your Other Self, and Steins;Gate also incorporate the multiverse concept, with characters traveling through different dimensions and engaging in battles across universes and timelines.
The multiverse is a concept that Europeans have adapted and perfected over the years. When individuals hear about the multiverse, they most likely think of Spiderman, Doctor Strange, or even the award-winning Everything Everywhere All At Once. These films perfectly capture the idea of the multiverse.
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The multiverse explores different realities, worlds, and dimensions, exploring every scenario of everything that can happen. This idea is not new to the anime and manga world and is similar to isekai, but there are anime in which the main focus is traveling through time and connecting with parallel universes.
8 The Girl In Twilight
As members of the Crystal Radio Research Club, Asuka and her friends decide to perform the legendary radio frequency ritual using a radio at the Akeyuki Sacred Tree at exactly 4:44. The ritual works to the surprise of these girls, transporting them to a parallel world.
In this parallel world, they meet the Asuka of the world, the complete opposite of the current Asuka. In this parallel world, Asuka, referred to as Seriouska, is on a quest to save the multiverse from the hands of the Twilight King. Asuka and her friends uncover the secrets of the multiple universes as they find themselves in the battle against the Twilight King.
7 Aquarion Evol
Aquarion Evol is the aftermath of Genesis of Aquarion. Humanity is once again in trouble after surviving the Shadow Angels' attack 12,000 years ago. Now residing on planet Vega, humans are now the target of planet Altair, which turns out to be an alternate version of planet Vaga.
This attack revived the DEAVA organization, now the NEO-DEAVA, to counter their attack and defend Vega. The Altair's attack is solely directed at women, as they need them on their planet to preserve their legacy. Their attack leads to the appearance of the legendary hero giant, Aquarion.
6 Tenchi Muyo
Tenchi Muyo is a franchise anime that revolves around the life of Tenchi and his encounter with Ryoko, a space pirate. While exploring the cave near his family shrine, Tenchi accidentally releases Ryoko, who has been locked up for centuries, and this act disrupts Tenchi's life as alien women invade his life.
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The Tenchi Muyo franchise is considered a multiverse because each spinoff explores an alternate version of the characters, distinctively connecting them together. Additionally, Tenchi Universe and Tenchi in Tokyo consist of the same characters but in a different universe.
5 Dragon Ball Super
Dragon Ball Super is one anime that perfectly executes the multiverse concept. There are 12 universes in this world, governed by Zeno, the Omni-King of all universes. Zeno, in search of entertainment, organizes a multiverse competition called the Tournament of Power.
Fighters from eight out of the twelve universes come to show which universe is the strongest. With the stakes being very high, these fighters must win or stand total erasure from the timeline. The multiverse concept is dominant, as the anime revolves around the interactions and battles across these universes. Goku, the main character, hails from Universe Seven, and viewers watch him explore and engage with inhabitants from different timelines and universes.
4 Tsubasa Chronicle
Sakura is left in a fragile state after her memories leave her spirit. Syaoran cannot bear to see his childhood friend and the woman he loves in such a state, so he decides to get all the help he can as he embarks on a dimensional journey to gather Sakura's memories, as they have spread to other dimensions, to save her from dying.
In this series, with the help of the dimensional witch, Syaoran can now travel across different dimensions and timelines with Kurogane, a ninja, and Fey, a magician, who both have reasons for wanting to travel.
3 Bokurano
Stumbling into a cave with computers and other gadgets, the kids in Bokurano unknowingly walk into their death sentence. The mastermind behind the computers appears, and he introduces himself to the kids as Kokopelli while urging them to come and play his supposed game.
Almost immediately, they agree, and what happens next is the beginning of the end for these kids. The task is that they must learn how to use Zearth, the giant robot, to kill 15 enemy robots. What they are not aware of is the fact that these enemy robots are humans from an alternate universe and, more importantly, the cost of defeating one enemy robot equals their life.
2 Noein: To Your Other Self
Noein: To Your Other Self is a Satelight production that follows the concept of time travel with the multiverse theory. Haruka, Yu, Miho, Ai, and Isami were enjoying their last summer break as elementary students when their world took an unexpected turn.
Haruka and Yu encounter Karasu, who is Yu from the future. Karasu makes Haruka aware of her powerful status as the Dragon Torque and her vital role in determining the universe's fate. Haruka is ultimately drawn into this dimensional battle and must stop Noein, a vile being who wants to destroy all timelines and universes.
1 Steins;Gate
Considered to be one of the best anime of 2010, Steins;Gate took the anime community by storm. Steins;Gate dives into the complexity of time and the possibility of time travel. Rintarou Okabe is a passionate scientist who always tries to create the next big thing. Imagine his utmost surprise when his microwave phone turns out to be a time machine.
As Okabe explores this mind-blowing discovery, he is unaware of the problems he is about to face as he branches into other timelines, changing the events that happened in the past and ultimately changing the future.