Can anyone recommend an anime with D&D vibes like Frieren?

I just started watching Frieren: Beyond Journey's End. The thing I like the most is the setting. Different species, magic fantasy, and the feeling of a vast world to explore and go on adventures like what Frieren does. Reminds me a lot of open world games and D&D campaigns I used to play. Are there any animes that have that same vibe?

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Nyaaski2026-01-15 16:58

- Delicious in Dungeon
- Overlord

GerHunterIB2026-01-15 17:02

Excuse me, but Overlord? 😅

Nyaaski2026-01-15 17:03

Overlord is heavily inspired by D&D

GerHunterIB2026-01-15 17:04

Didn’t invoke that feel to me at all, but oh well.

terainvosus2026-01-15 18:44

hahahahaha

gsenjou2026-01-15 17:27

Yep, specifically DND 3.5. The writer, Maruyama is a huge fan of trpgs and wrote Overlord because he missed the campaigns he used to play with his friends. It’s why Ainz misses his old guild so much.

Phoenixtouch2026-01-15 17:43

Even if thats the case it definitely not traditional dnd vibes.

It might have world building and an rpg setting but the vibes are edgelord and haram in like 90% of the scenes. (Imo of course). Its why I stopped watching it when I tried.

Wargod0422026-01-15 18:30

It is extremely blatant if you played a lot of 3rd edition D&D.

The magic system, creatures, even the balance of power. Spells are almost all just D&D spells with a slightly different name, and I knew in advance that the "magic immune" monster would get killed by a higher level spell because that's how most spell immunity worked. Adult black dragons are helpless but an ancient silver dragon was potential a threat. Reviving an ally costs lots of money.

It's also evident in how Ainz thinks and strategizes. He is concerned about scrying and enemies getting info about him. He spams dozens of buffs before dangerous battles. He knows all the low level people can't harm him because he's a lich.

GerHunterIB2026-01-15 18:41

Yeah, I see.

It’s just for me the anime doesn’t give the same feel as Frieren or Dungeon Meshi.

I am also a little bit prejudiced against overpowered Isekai MCs (not comparing it to the slop ones that are getting released none stop).

theuselessmastermind2026-01-15 16:58

I should also mention I tried Solo Levelling since someone recommended it for the same fantasy vibes but it's not what I'm looking for.

AnyoneHere19952026-01-15 17:04

Solo leveling stinks.

Delicious in dungeon is awesome and should fit the bill, I loved it

N7CombatWombat2026-01-15 16:59

Record of Lodoss War

bkendig2026-01-15 17:40

Came here to say this. The first episode in particular is a textbook D&D encounter.

Vinon2026-01-15 17:58

Op, this is what you are looking for. I mean, there is a whole trepg system that grew from this show and that dominates in Japan.

AguyinaRPG2026-01-15 20:06

Sword Quest isn't that big of a deal in Japan anymore, just one game of many. Apparently the most popular TTRPG there is Call of Cthluhu.

Connect-Albatross-202026-01-16 00:48

It still outsells D&D. 😋

Komorebi_LJP2026-01-16 01:40

The standard isekai fantasy world seems to have more influences from Dragon Quest, though maybe a mix of both

Yodas_Ear2026-01-15 19:25

THE OG.

DivineEternal12026-01-15 20:40

This even led to the making of Sword World, a ttrpg that beat DnD in Japan? I think you can find unofficial translations for the latest rules online and it looks like [there will be a Kickstarter](https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/0132d78e-a902-4adc-84cf-3fd85fc862f1/landing) later this year for an official release.

Cyclone_962026-01-15 16:59

Go watch Dungeon Meshi.

Popeychops2026-01-15 18:47

Ahh, Dungeon Meshi

Soveliss360542026-01-15 17:03

Goblin slayer, just uhhh, either skip the first episode and head my warning or don't but it is pretty graphic, rest of the show slaps

Available_Group_13172026-01-15 17:41

I dropped the show because of that first episode. Haha. There was only one episode of it out when I watched it.

TheMidnightRook2026-01-15 17:03

Goblin Slayer has D&D vibes, though the party's playstyle leans more towards murderhobo than exploration.

stellarsojourner2026-01-15 18:19

So like most D&D tables

Mistdwellerr2026-01-15 21:04

This guy D&Ds

faithfulheresy2026-01-16 00:48

That's always on the DMs being bad at story telling. Murderhoboism should have consequences, but if the DM doesn't have a good idea of what the campaign is, then it's easier just to roll with it.

Beneficial_Law_2862026-01-17 01:58

Yeah agreed Goblin slayer or Overlord might be a good fit also

DocWatson422026-01-15 17:09

For fantasy, I have:

* ["Any good fantasy anime?"](https://new.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1dhvvid/any_good_fantasy_anime/) (r/anime; 17 June 2024)—longish
* ["Anyone know of any fun fantasy anime to watch?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1i3luhu/anyone_know_of_any_fun_fantasy_anime_to_watch/) (r/Fantasy; 17 January 2025)—long

Klinicalyill2026-01-15 17:10

Dungeon Meshi

Goblin Slayer (don’t be fooled by the first episode. It’s not as grimdark as it would have you believe, aside from some blood the rest of the show is pretty tame.)

Grimgar, but it only has the one season and will never get another.

Record of Lodos War

Konosuba in a “everything always goes wrong” kind of way.

Some western animated shows you might like that are literally created from D&D games are Legend of Vox Machina and Mighty Nein.

Mistdwellerr2026-01-15 21:04

Konosuba is that one shot that we were supposed to play drunk and ended being a whole campaign, the best one we've played xD

SuggestionLong74322026-01-15 17:13

*delicious in dungeon (dungeon meshi)* is exactly what you're looking for. it dives deep into the ecosystem of a dungeon and resource management. it feels like a d&d campaign where the players decided to eat everything they killed

Curator442026-01-15 17:15

**Fairy Tail** is good if you can get past the fan service and power of friendship stuff. It has everything you described. The main cast is pretty likable.

**Hunter x Hunter** is great in terms of world building and adventure. It easily became my favorite out of the 100 anime i’ve watched. Gon and Killuas relationship as friends is one of the greatest in all of anime. Also it has almost no fan service and absolutely no filler which is unheard of for a shonen

**Spice and Wolf** definitely has the closest vibe to Frieren I would say out of any other anime i’ve watched thus far. The dynamic of Holo is very similar to Frieren as she has lived a long time.

If i had to recommend one based on your post i would say Spice and Wolf. Let me know if you have any questions!

ManducoMagico2026-01-15 17:17

Grimgar is the best tbh lovely art style she the best story, Delicious in Dungeon is great and has a lovely vibe, Goblin Slayer is amazing but there's a lot of sexual violence, just a trigger warning

DataUserOne2026-01-15 17:24

I think you may like Delicious in Dungeon

oleub2026-01-15 17:33

people have mentioned Lodoss War but they haven't said anything about it. Ultimately its origin was the creator's DnD actual play that he was writing up to put into issues of Dragon Magazine, a dnd magazine in japan in the 80s. Its foundational to a lot of japanese fantasy archetype and narratives

n080dy1232026-01-15 19:20

IIRC it pretty much codiified the big eared (and big chested) blonde elf girl trope in japanese fantasy. That specific design archetype was popularized by Deedlit.

Reasonable_Exit_32682026-01-15 17:35

Is Frieren really d&d vibes??😭 I’m starting to realize I’m really a DD fan. I’ve never played it but so many shows I like are somehow connected to D&D apparently. Frieren, mighty nein, stranger things

theuselessmastermind2026-01-16 02:23

You might enjoy it based on what you said. It reminds me of D&D quite a bit, same with HxH if you've seen that.

You could try something like BG3 to see if it's your style. That's how I got into D&D as a whole.

SuspiciousWedding8352026-01-15 17:35

Ngl frieren setting ain't that much different from other isekai worlds.

theuselessmastermind2026-01-16 02:21

It's just a really good one, I guess.

sicklyslick2026-01-15 17:45

Are you just looking for high fantasy shows? There's a shit ton of "s tier hero kicked out of hero party" cookie cutter shitters every season.

Delicious in Dungeon is the show closest to frieren in terms of vibes imo.

MT ass well, if you can stomach the inappropriateness.

Sentenced to be a hero this season.

theuselessmastermind2026-01-16 02:19

Not sure how to explain it. Specifically a good high fantasy/adventure show, I guess, where the characters have different "quests" to go on and they meet different "NPCs" and all. But not an isekai, since they would have knowledge of the modern world and I'm not interested in that.

I think another similar example would be To Your Eternity, although I only watched one season. Not super high fantasy, but it had that sense of "travelling to different places to explore a big, unfamiliar world". HxH is another good one too.

diesalher2026-01-15 17:50

Mushoku Tensei maybe?

Peachbottom302026-01-15 17:53

Slayers

Mistdwellerr2026-01-15 21:03

Chaotic good sorcerer, lawful good cleric with a dip on monk, lawful neutral hexblade warlock, stupid good fighter and, after a while, a lawful evil sorcerer that comes to have some fun

faithfulheresy2026-01-16 00:45

Lina and Goury are the OGs. So much zany fun.

Swimming-Elk67402026-01-15 17:54

Jobless Reincarnation has a very similar feeling world to Frieren. People here won’t recommend it for obvious reasons, but it matches what you asked for.

JohnWick942026-01-15 17:58

most isekais really

sonosabi2026-01-15 18:03

>Reminds me a lot of open world games and D&D campaigns I used to play.

Frieren feels less like Dungeons & Dragons and more like Dragon Quest III, the Square Enix JRPG.

cjnj1932026-01-15 18:04

If you don’t mind the light isekai or if you also really like the story of the hobbit then I’d say faraway Paladin

MachineGlumkelly2026-01-15 18:05

It’s not anime but there are 2 animated series on prime that are very DnD coded.

1. Vox Machina
2. The Mighty Nein

Striking-Ad-2712026-01-17 03:29

DnD coded!? IT STRAIGHT UP IS

MachineGlumkelly2026-01-17 03:32

I’ve never really played DnD so I didn’t want to overstate it

BandicootFar41262026-01-15 18:09

Grimgar and Overlord I would say.

omarous_III2026-01-15 18:11

Faraway Paladin is very D&D coded.

MaChao202026-01-15 19:16

It gave me LoTR vibes when I first watched it.

omarous_III2026-01-15 19:31

Agree. Some of the scenes look like they were heavily inspired.

jacowab2026-01-15 18:16

Slayers is a classic anime based on 2nd edition DnD (this is if you want a serious story with goofy characters)

Record of Lodoss war is an anime based on a DnD game played by some popular authors at the time who had it published in magazines and later made it into books (this is like a DnD game as the DM imagines it in their mind without the players shenanigans)

Dentorion2026-01-15 18:23

Second Dungeon meshi, cannot get more d&d vibes while still having frieren vibes

Rodrigorgm2026-01-15 18:33

Overlord

forevermore912026-01-15 18:46

You are just like me my friend. 2 shounens with alot of episode that i would recomend are:

Black Clover is a shounen that fits your description. It starts off a bit annoying but as it goes on, the world opens up and becomes a lot larger. They travel to different lands etc. You have elfs, demons etc.

Hunter X Hunter. One of the greatest shounen of all time. Very vast world full of lore and well written characters. Main characters travel alot too. So you see different countries, villages and cities. Not so many creatures other then human but they exist.

theuselessmastermind2026-01-16 02:14

I have also watched HxH. One of the best animes of all time, and pretty much exactly what I was talking about as well.

GuessWhoItsJosh2026-01-15 18:52

Many solid suggestions already but one I haven't seen mentioned is

* Clevatess

n080dy1232026-01-15 19:18

Dungeon Meshi and Faraway Paladin are my two big reocmmendations in that regard.

kjloltoborami2026-01-15 20:43

Lodoss war was based on a DnD campain soooo

theMightOfNazarick2026-01-15 20:45

Overlord: the author used to play D&D and other TRPGs

RyuujiStar2026-01-15 21:11

Goblin slayer

ericthefred2026-01-15 21:13

Handyman Saitou in another world.

Grimgar

Log Horizon

Konosuba is a hilarious choice, but definitely counts

Finally, Slayers is old school, but definitely works

Commercial_Army6202026-01-15 21:26

funny thing is , I actually used frieren as my character in a d&d campaign but if your looking for something with the same vibes I would recommend delicious in dungeon and it’s actually getting a season 2 in may

RyaReisender2026-01-15 21:55

Grimgar and Delicious in Dungeon would be my first two thoughts.

Mecha_Glacier73422026-01-15 22:53

[Goblin Slayer] and maybe [Grimgar] too

abandoned_idol2026-01-16 02:44

Ugh. I am not upset at you OP, I am upset at some of these recommendations I am seeing.

First.

Yes, "Dungeon Meshi" is the bible. We all agree. It's the deepest fantasy worldbuilding we've got, it's characters are as deep as the ocean, and it's funny!

No, "Goblin Slayer" misses the entire appeal of D&D. Its characterization is flat, its world is a cardboard cutout, and it's hopelessly japanese (boring tropes) with zero western tropes. Feel free to call my bluff. It's biggest crime isn't the rape, it's how boring it is.

Everytime someone unironically recommends Goblin Slayer, I nod my head left and right. The opening song by Mili is fun to listen to.

Frieren and Dungeon Meshi are the main ones. Anime (the medium) doesn't have much D&D going on. And Frieren is technically Dragon Quest (but GOOD Dragon Quest).

If you geek out over western monster tropes and don't mind a sex-premiss, you might like the geekiness and humor in "Ishuzoku Reviewers".

"The Faraway Paladin" is a Lord of the Rings knock-off. Maybe try that.

"Record of Lodoss War" is an ancient anime, and I'm not enthusiastic about it.

"Mushoku Tensei" obviously has the pedophile protagonist. The world looks interesting at first, but don't bother, it's just a bland harem anime. Sigh.

"Made in Abyss" is a shallower and edgier Dungeon Meshi. Lower your expectations greatly. Amazing soundtrack though.

duncandun2026-01-16 07:25

Dungeon meshi is the most dnd ass anime ever

Lola_PopBBae2026-01-16 07:39

Clevatess!!
Especially the dub.

Can anyone recommend an anime with D&amp;D vibes like Frieren?

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Can anyone recommend an anime with D&D vibes like Frieren?