New to anime: What is a good Fantasy Anime?

Hello, I'm 27 years old and have only seen 2 animes, attack on Titan and Made in Abyss.

I'm looking for an anime with the following characteristics:

\- Fantasy World

\- Good story

\- Adventure

\- Some fights (doesn't have to be all action)

\- Maybe some deaths

If you know any like this, please let me know! I saw some that looked cool like Frieren and black clover.

Thanks in advance!

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JamesSomdet2026-01-20 19:40

Redo of Healer

Commercial_Army6202026-01-20 19:42

NO DONT NO NO

Charming_Figure_90532026-01-20 19:49

Well....it is fantasy, there's adventures, some deaths, some fighting and....it is a good story so it does fit

Just, well....a little graphic - if OP can take the ummm, graphicness, it is good

Shame we don't get a season 2

Actually while we're on a little taboo, Jobless Reincarnation, it fits 100%, but the material will sit awkwardly at times

Commercial_Army6202026-01-20 19:43

watch frieren as it’s getting a season 2

ghostpickleonastick2026-01-20 19:43

Record of Lodoss War is the fantasy anime that defined much of how fantasy even looks in Japanese media. Definitely recommend it.

UbberThak2026-01-20 19:46

Came to say Lodoss too... Could have aged poorly, but... Damned it was so good in the 90's

ghostpickleonastick2026-01-20 19:51

I think it still holds up, and even to this day has both Best Elf and Best Dark Elf.

LecturePersonal34492026-01-20 19:54

Wanted to recommend Lodoss as well. It feels like a well written DnD-campaign - because that's exactly what it originally was.

Cephalo_Kayum2026-01-20 20:45

This is new to me. I came here to see recoms and saw a lot without asking for one.

Charming_Figure_90532026-01-20 19:46

Delicious in Dungeon too, but Frieren is a top pick

RE:Zero should be watched too - certainly some deaths in that

Any-Computer-40532026-01-20 19:48

Frieren, do yourself a favor and watch Frieren, s2 is currently airing

MisterPeteArt2026-01-20 19:55

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

PromotionNo69372026-01-20 20:02

I'm gonna throw in Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit. Unique, fantasy, adventure, great story.

AppropriatFly5170new2026-01-21 00:30

Underrated rec!

xbolt902026-01-20 20:23

Delicious in Dungeon has a superbly detailed fantasy world.

Sengoku Youko is fantasy-ish. No elves or dwarves or fantasy races like that, but there are monsters, spirits, and gods. Some magic.

Great story though. One of my favorites.

Cephalo_Kayum2026-01-20 20:50

If watching different mental powers and its source count as fantasy and war tactics including the gathering of allies pass as adventure, you can watch the first episodes of Code Geass and decide if you want to continue.

-Reptar-On-Ice-2026-01-20 21:37

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Dash0642026-01-20 22:07

Idk konosuba is pretty fantasy

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Dash0642026-01-20 22:21

Yea but you said it wasn’t fantasy. Edit: Oh gotcha, you’re saying fate/zero isnt. My bad

doomJotum2026-01-20 22:20

Vision of escaflowne. One of the first isekai series about a girl who ends up in a magic medieval world where there are knights in literal mech suits, it got action, fantasy, sci fi and romance. The tv series not the movie. 90’s anime when it’s at its best.

itsref2026-01-20 23:07

[Made in Abyss](https://amzn.to/4bIVZLP)

SnooWoofers1862026-01-22 14:35

Excellent

Motor_Difference_8022026-01-20 23:27

Code Geass

AppropriatFly5170new2026-01-21 00:34

The 12 Kingdoms

Seirei no Moribito

Yona of the Dawn

Laughing under the clouds

Frieren

Delicious in Dungeon

May I ask for 1 final thing (bit of a wild card you may like)

Children of the Whales

abandoned_idol2026-01-21 02:23

"Frieren" is good low hanging fruit. The comedy, rule of cool, and production valued are superb. The fans are a little snobby. I LOVE Frieren, great jokes.

"Dungeon Meshi" is a non-edgy version of "Made in Abyss". It is also much better written and is the paragon of fantasy anime worldbuilding. Starts out as a "goofy story without stakes", only to reveal that the world has always been grim, and the serious main campaign was always lurking in the shadows (you just failed to notice because of the comic relief). Dungeon Meshi is flawless and mandatory.

"Ascendance of a Bookworm" is the only fantasy isekai worth talking about. The first 3 seasons were poorly adapted, but are still great. 4th season got a budget upgrade. Light Novels are supposedly amazing.

Good luck finding good stuff. Good fantasy anime are the exception, not the norm.

Oh, "Goblin Slayer" is bland and tropes. Don't recommend it.

And "Mushoku Tensei" tries to pass itself off as worldbuilding, but then slaughters the characterization of female characters for the purpose of bootstrapping an easy harem for a hero that sexually harasses people. Just a bland harem in the end. I'm still watching it out of denial. Feel free to try it out and decide whether you can get anything out of it.

SleepyDragon782026-01-21 03:34

awww. I like Goblin Slayer. lol. Reminds me of some old school table top gaming. All the characters being named by what they do for work amuses me. It is tropey though.

I 100% agree on Frieren.

abandoned_idol2026-01-21 03:40

I did like:

1). Goblin Slayer himself (his monotonous and stubborn personality)

2). Goblin Slayer's costume.

3). The music band for the OP. "Mili"

4). The edgy goblins themselves (shame that that they didn't show up that often).

I am also looking forward to skewering the other author's anime adaptation. The one where the girl's name is the word for "garbage" in Spanish. I hate the fact that I CAN UNDERSTAND Spanish. Knowledge is a curse.

Also, I am a total bastard when it comes to how Dwarves are portrayed. I'll never forgive BG3 for omitting the Scottish VA. I love Warhammer (and only because of its Dwarves and Greenskins). And I love stereotypical Dwarf tropes to death (and despise their absence). Dwarfs should always be oozing personality.

SleepyDragon782026-01-21 03:57

definitely with ya on the dwarves and I love goblin slayer's costume, and the reasons he uses it as well.

I also really enjoy that they took goblins, who are normally some of the weakest monsters, and made them legitimately terrifying without really changing the fact that they are some of the weakest monsters. They add higher forms of goblins, for upped power level, of course, but their overall status is still the same.

Impossible-Total-8282026-01-21 03:38

Frieren

Hunter x hunter

Full metal alchemist brotherhood

The 3 above are masterpieces. I highly recommend watching them

These are good too

Sword art online

Naruto

Reincarnated as a slime

SleepyDragon782026-01-21 03:43

I'm gonna throw Vinland saga out there again. Berserk is another pretty solid one. I also really enjoyed The Faraway Paladin, not sure what others think of it.

I thought Magic Maker was pretty interesting myself. It's an isekai but it centers around the mc creating magic, and the process of it rather than just making him this uber-powered hero right out of the gate.

If you don't mind old school then I may recommend Vampire Hunter D. It was my introduction to anime back in the 90's.

MrModsMusic2026-01-21 04:18

I was gonna say Frieren and Delicious in Dungeon but it looks like everyone else already said it so…

De-Mattos2026-01-21 04:20

*Seirei no moribito* is like the Lord of the Rings of anime. Also has a good dub if you're into that. The setting is very low fantasy though, quite believable.

jaesuk972026-01-21 11:03

Record of Lodoss War

Moribito

Juuni Kokuki

Vision of Escaflowne

Slayers

Magic Knight Rayearth

Claymore

Berserk

Gullible_Bat_54082026-01-21 13:28

Kemono no Souja Erin

Twelve kingdoms

Wolf's Rain

Fantastic children

AoiShimaShima2026-01-22 16:40

# REDO OF HEALER