Isekai is one of the most popular and successful anime genres in the world; every anime season, there is a slew of new isekai anime for fans to enjoy that takes them to faraway worlds and introduces new characters. Nothing beats being transported to a medieval fantasy world or inside a popular fantasy game and given special powers and abilities to help survive the world. Sometimes these abilities can be hand-picked by the player, which was the case for Maple of Bofuri, who is dragged into the world of online gaming by her best friend, Sally. Maple logs in, and on her first day, she is completely lost and overwhelmed.
With no one to guide her, Maple decides that the best course of action she can take is to put all her experience points into her defense because she doesn't want to get hurt. This sends Maple on a journey to the top as she slowly becomes one of the most prominent players in the game, unable to be beaten, thanks to her super high stats and special abilities. Maple and her friend Sally go on a magical journey, become legendary heroes with worldwide renown, and make more friends on the way. There are plenty of isekai anime similar to Bofuri, and fans all over the world can choose from a nearly endless library to find new adventures in more unique worlds.
7 I've Been Killing Slimes For 300 Years And Maxed Out My Level
Azusa lives a normal everyday life working in a dead-end office job until she passes away suddenly from exhaustion. Instead of passing on to the next life, Azusa is reincarnated and granted immortality by a goddess in a fantasy world.
Instead of going on an adventure, Azusa decides to take it easy and run a farm; unfortunately, Azusa's farm is terrorized by a slime infestation which keeps her days busy with exterminating them. For three hundred years, Azusa kills nothing but slimes, and out of nowhere, she hits the level cap for the new world, which sends her down a winding turn of events she never thought possible to become a strong isekai protagonist.
6 That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime
Rimuru Tempest was a simple office worker in his past life until he gave his life for his friend during a mugging. Rimuru wakes up reincarnated as a strange, shapeless creature in a new world with no direction; through an amazing coincidence, Rimuru meets the legendary dragon of chaos, Veldora, who blesses him with a name and becomes his best friend.
With his newfound powers, Rimuru sets off on a journey that allows him to become the leader of his own city, one of the most powerful demon lords in the world,and the kindest slimes anyone has ever met.
5 Arifureta: From Common Place To World's Strongest
Hajime Nagumo was not an exceptional student and preferred to hold himself up in his room, watching his favorite anime and reading his favorite manga. However, his life and the life of his classmates took a turn for the extraordinary when they were all teleported to another world and given remarkable abilities that set them up nicely in their new home.
Unfortunately, Hajime was not given an obviously strong ability which led some of his classmates to betray him and drop him into a hole where he was forced to survive killing waved of horrid beasts. Surprising all his classmates, Hajime survives the pit of despair and rises to one of the strongest fighters with the help of Yue, an ancient vampire.
4 The Rising Of The Shield Hero
Naofumi was one of three heroes summoned from another world and given legendary relics in hopes they would save the kingdom from catastrophic threats. However, from the moment that Naofumi steps foot in the fantasy world, he is met with misfortune after misfortune.
Naofumi is mentally, emotionally, and physically abused by his peers, with him even being framed for a crime he did not commit. Finally, at the end of his rope, Naofumi decides to leave the life of a hero behind him and goes out on his own caring little for the needs of others. However, it isn't until the shield hero disappears that the world needs him the most.
3 So I'm A Spider, So What?
A typical day turns tragic when an entire school is caught in an accident and is wiped out, taking all the students with it. Fortunately enough, a large group of students are reincarnated to another world with great power and standing.
Unfortunately, among royalty, knights, and nobles, one girl has the misfortune of being brought back to life as a spider; in a true turn of bad luck, Kumoko must take control of her own life and try to make the best of it. However, the new world Kumoko has been dropped into may hold some surprises as she gets stronger by defeating monsters and may be on her way to bettering her life as a spider.
2 Didn't I Say To Make My Abilities Average In The Next Life?
Misato was one of the most powerful warriors in the land, and because of this, she was a very lonely individual who did not have friends or a seemingly normal life. Craving to be normal more than anything, on her passing, Misato wished to be reincarnated as an average person in her new life.
But, hilariously, in her new life as the daughter of a noble, Adele, she possessed one of the most powerful magical abilities in the world. Disheartened but dedicated, Adele traveled away from home and joined a faraway guild to try and keep her abilities secret.
1 Reincarnated As A Sword
Reincarnated as a Sword follows Fran, a demi-human member of the black cat tribe, a race of monsters that carries a weight of poor reputation in the world. While fending off monsters, Fran comes across a sword and uses it to defeat the monsters that come after her.
Surprisingly enough, the sword has a name, Shishou, and was a human in a past life. The two decide to join up together to become adventures, each with their own goal; Shishou wants to see the world and possibly get his body back, while Fran wishes to evolve as a beast and become more powerful.