Best isekai anime
Spirited Away (2001) leads the isekai list, with a community score of 8.3, ahead of No Game, No Life. The 40 shows span 1999 to 2022, and 2 of them came out in the last five years. 35 of them carry the AniList tag "Isekai". Most are also fantasy, action, and fantasy world. 37 are series and 3 are movies; the typical series runs 13 episodes. Ranked by how plainly each story is built on isekai, then community score and popularity. Each entry says what it was matched on.
Spirited Away
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai
No Game, No Life
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai
Death Parade
Why it fits: synopsis mentions “reincarnation”
KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! 2
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai
Angel Beats!
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai; synopsis mentions “alternate world”, “reborn”
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
Why it fits: AniList tags: Reverse Isekai, Isekai
The Rising of the Shield Hero
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai; synopsis mentions “another world”
The Devil is a Part-Timer!
Why it fits: AniList tags: Reverse Isekai, Isekai
Overlord
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai
The Boy and the Beast
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai
Saga of Tanya the Evil
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai; synopsis mentions “reborn”
GATE
Why it fits: AniList tags: Isekai, Reverse Isekai
Reborn!
Why it fits: synopsis mentions “reborn”
InuYasha
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai; synopsis mentions “reborn”
Grimgar, Ashes and Illusions
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Part 2
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai; synopsis mentions “isekai”
Sword Art Online II
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai
Problem children are coming from another world, aren't they?
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai
The Familiar of Zero
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai
Accel World
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai
GATE Part 2
Why it fits: AniList tags: Isekai, Reverse Isekai
Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai
Re:CREATORS
Why it fits: AniList tags: Isekai, Reverse Isekai
Digimon: Digital Monsters
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai
The Misfit of Demon King Academy
Why it fits: synopsis mentions “reincarnated”, “reincarnation”
How Not to Summon a Demon Lord
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai; synopsis mentions “another world”
Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai
Outbreak Company
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai; synopsis mentions “transported”
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai
Persona 4 the Animation
Why it fits: synopsis mentions “another world”
BOFURI: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, so I’ll Max Out My Defense.
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai
Kyousougiga
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai
The Ambition of Oda Nobuna
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai
The Eminence in Shadow
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai; synopsis mentions “another world”, “transported”
Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai; synopsis mentions “other world”
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest
Why it fits: AniList tag: Isekai
Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World - Director's Cut
Why it fits: synopsis mentions “another world”
Questions about isekai anime
What is the best isekai anime?
By AniVids' ranking, Spirited Away comes first, followed by No Game, No Life and Death Parade.
What are the newest and oldest isekai anime on this list?
The newest is The Eminence in Shadow (2022) and the oldest is Digimon: Digital Monsters (1999).
How many isekai anime are there?
AniVids has 259 isekai titles that match (counting each season, movie and special), and 239 separate franchises where it is plainly central. This page lists the best 40.