It’s always satisfying to watch a character get stronger, use new techniques, and unleash new powers. That growth can be a byproduct of the plot, or it can be the plot itself. These power fantasy stories are always satisfying to watch. A new addition to this genre is Shangri-La Frontier, which just started airing.
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In this anime, Rakurou Hizutome is a gamer who loves bad video games and decides to challenge Shangri-La Frontier, the newest, popular VR game everyone is playing. From the first episode, you’ll be drawn in by the charismatic characters and beautiful animation, leaving you wanting more. As you wait for episodes to release, here’s a list of anime with similar concepts and atmosphere to hold you over.
10Playthrough Of A Certain Dude’s VRMMO Life
Another anime airing this season also features VR gaming. In this anime, Taichi Tanaka plays the popular game One More Free Life Online to unwind after a long day at the office. In the game, players are free to do whatever they want. You’ll follow Taichi as he levels up and improves his skills, making friends and enemies along the way.
While the concept is nearly identical to Shangri-La Frontier, the atmosphere is much different. A Playthrough of a Certain Dude’s VRMMO Life takes a much more relaxed approach since Taichi himself is a casual player, choosing to focus on alchemy and cooking instead of combat.
9Eminence In Shadow
If you like main characters who are confident and sure of themselves, thenEminence in Shadowcan be a fun watch. This isekai follows Minoru Kagenou, who wants to be a hero in the night, saving people without being known and saying all the cringe things you’d hear in anime. That didn’t end when he was hit by a truck.
Waking up in another world, Minoru gets a second chance as Cid to live his fantasy, making things up to do so. Watch as Cid fakes it until he makes it in the truest sense in this unique adventure comedy.
8Rising Of The Shield Hero
When it comes to character growth, Naofumi Iwatani is one of the best examples. As another young Japanese man accidentally whisked away to another world, he’s at first bewildered and awe-struck. However, after being quickly betrayed, he realizes his adventure wouldn’t be like the stories he’d read before.
Having hit rock bottom, Naofumi has nowhere to go but up. Watching his journey from a disgraced hero to a respected leader is one of the most satisfying in anime.
7Sword Art Online Alternative: GGO
When it comes to gaming and anime, it’s inevitable that Sword Art Online will be mentioned. However, you should really watch the Gun Gale Online spin-off series. Forget Kirito and all his drama and focus on Karen Kohiruimaki and her Avatar LLENN. Looking for an escape from real life, Karen finds it in Gun Gale Online, and she later becomes famous as an incredibly skilled player.
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Watching LLENN learn everything from the ground up and gain experience as a player is the best part of this anime. It’s all the great world-building of Sword Art Online with a much more interesting main character.
6Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear
Aside from stats and skills, gear and armor are the most important things to consider in any game, but would you equip anything just because it gives you the best bonuses? Even if it’s a bear onesie? Unfortunately, Yuna doesn’t get to make that choice before God transports her to a new world in a brand-new bear suit.
Kuma Bear is a unique take on the overpowered character trope, placing all the focus on the armor instead of the players themselves. As Yuna is a relaxed character, the show ends up being more slice-of-life than action-oriented.
5Infinite Dendrogram
Customization is one of the best parts of RPGs since you can make and play as any kind of persona. Now, imagine getting a unique ability based on how you interact with the game. In Infinite Dendrogram, every player gets an Embryo that will grow, and the main character, Reiji Mukudori, happens to be someone with a rare embryo type.
This anime has great world-building and an interesting game concept, a truly open world whereNPCs act like real peopleand actions have permanent consequences for everyone in the game. It’s a lifelike gaming experience you’d wish were real.
4Log Horizon
Being trapped within a video game is a common storyline in anime, but none do it quite like Log Horizon. Instead of a single person being transported, it’s every player in every server all across the world. Having to adjust to the new world, the players have to handle all the new problems that arise in a lawless area.
The main character, Shiroe, is an extremely experienced player and leader of the famous raid party Debauchery Tea Party. He takes it upon himself to guide the players and establish order. This anime includes great combat and an interesting game system to follow. If you like the focus on the game itself, this anime is for you.
3BOFURI: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, So I’ll Max Out My Defense
Starting a new game with a friend can be fun, so when Kaede Honjou agrees to play New World Online at the behest of her friend, she names herself Maple and starts her journey. Not knowing anything about games or how they work, she does exactly as the title suggests. She maxes out her defense and unwittingly becomes unkillable.
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With so many twists and turns, by the middle of the season, you realize you’re actually watching a power fantasy, except the main character didn’t mean to do any of it. If you want something fun to watch, BOFURI is the obvious choice.
2King’s Avatar
The Professional Gaming industry isn’t discussed often in anime—just look at this list. Obviously, diving into the game itself or an isekai scenario will be incredibly entertaining to watch, but looking at the lives of the players can be just as interesting. King’s Avatar is a Chinese anime that does just that.
This anime follows Ye Xiu, a professional gamer who is ousted from his team, as he faces his early retirement despite his love for the game. He chooses to start over with a new account, a new character, and a new team. If you think competitive E-sports is interesting, check it out.
1That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime
As far as game-like isekai anime, Reincarnated as a Slime is one of the most popular there is. After Satoru Mikami heroically saves his coworker and dies, he is reborn as a little blue slime in a cave. Through a series of incredible events, he is renamed Rimuru Tempest, the strongest slime to ever exist.
Like manyother isekai protagonists, Rimuru gets access to a status screen and certain overpowered skills, but he also gets his own super AI. Reincarnated as a Slime is a fun watch with a mix of slice-of-life and epic fights with a great cast, ultimately providing everything you’d want in good anime.
