15 Best Anime To Watch If You Like Mushoku Tensei

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation took the anime world by storm, captivating audiences with its isekai storyline, rich character development, stunning animation, and top-tier world-building. Some fans even go as far as calling it the best isekai anime ever.

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If you found yourself enthralled by the adventures of Rudeus Greyrat as he traveled across the Demon Continent, and you yearned for more anime series that will evoke that same sense of excitement, you’re in luck. There are a lot of other anime recommendations that will satisfy your cravings for isekai adventures, epic fantasy, and engaging narratives. Here are some shows that you can watch if you like Mushoku Tensei.

Updated May 8, 2024, by Emedo Destiny: Currently airing the second cour of its second season, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation has returned with its stellar cast of adventurous characters, stunning visuals, and intriguing protagonist, Rudeus Greyrat. Argued to be the best isekai anime of all time by some, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation makes a good case for itself. However, for fans who are ready to look beyond Rudeus' adventures but still yearn for the same thrilling and exciting feeling presented by Jobless Reincarnation, several other anime satisfy the criteria required for this.

15 Claymore

Anime-Planet Rating: 4.0 / 5

Claymore explores the existence of flesh-eating demons called youma, who have terrorized humans for centuries. Able to take on the appearance and memories of humans, the youma can disguise themselves as humans freely. Tasked with the elimination of the youma are the tolerated yet feared supernatural warriors called claymores— women who are half-human and half-demon and whose fates are to become the demons they hunt down themselves.

The central character, the young boy named Raki, is drawn to Claire, another main character and a claymore. With nowhere else to go, Raki journeys with Clare as she continues to fight against the Youma. Raki helps her in her struggle to retain her humanity.

14 Uncle From Another World

Anime-Planet Rating: 3.9 / 5

Uncle From Another World features the sudden transformation of the central character's life, Takafumi Takaoka's uncle, Yousuke Shibazaki, who lies comatose for seventeen years after a truck accident. When he finally regains consciousness, Yousuke starts to recount how he got transported to the magical world of Gran Bahamal. Takafumi dismisses his uncle's claims as nonsensical until Yousuke uses magic to convince him.

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Convinced and in awe, Takafumi and his uncle quickly created a YouTube channel to showcase his uncle's magical abilities. Having missed well over a decade of society, Takafumi is responsible for bringing his uncle up to date on everything. Together, the pair grow their channel astronomically, but their adventures together are all but normal.

13 Pluto

Anime-Planet Rating: 4.2 / 5

Pluto sets off in a futuristic world where human and android robots coexist on every level of society. The series revolves around the android police detective, Gesicht, who is tasked with uncovering the murderer of Montblanc, a retired war hero robot. Although the logical belief regarding the murder of Montblanc is that it could only have been done by a robot, the murder of a famous robot rights activist casts some doubt on the possibility of the killer's identity because other than a freak accident eight years before, robots have been programmed to be unable to kill humans.

Shortly after the death of Montblanc, things get more spooky as another retired war hero robot is murdered. Gesicht notices a pattern surrounding the murders and seeks help from a more advanced android named Atom, who resembles a human boy. Together, the pair are determined to prevent any more murders.

12 Shaman King

Anime-Planet Rating:3.8 / 5

Shaman King mixes the ordinary and the occultic in this thrilling and exciting series. Set in a world where Shamans are not exactly commonplace, neither is their existence too rare to be known. Gifted with extraordinary abilities to communicate with gods, spirits, and ghosts, Shamans are revered and supernatural beings.

These Shamans participate in the prestigious Shaman Fight— a tournament where shamans from all over the world compete against each other. It is held every five hundred years. The winner of the tournament is crowned the Shaman King. The series' central character, Manta Oyamada, is a high schooler who befriends a shaman-in-training named You Asakura suddenly after Manta finds himself late for school and decides to take a shortcut. The pair quickly become acquainted due to Manta's ability to see ghosts, and together, they set out to accomplish You's dream of becoming the Shaman King.

11 Drifters

Anime- Planet Rating: 4.1 / 5

Drifters takes its pleasures from a historical and fictional perspective. The series sets off in 1600, during the battle of Sekigahara, and focuses on the central character, Toyohisa Shimazu, who is critically injured after commanding his troops to retreat, knowing they are about to be defeated. On the verge of death, Toyohis suddenly finds himself in a white hallway, facing a stern-faced man named Murasaki.

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Before familiarising himself, Toyohisa is pulled into one of many doors that fill the hallway and to a world entirely unlike his own. Now, in a land harbouring many strange creatures and warriors from different eras, Toyohisa quickly befriends the infamous Oda Nobunaga and archer Yoichi Suketaka Nasu. From them, he learns of the purpose they have been summoned— defeating the mysterious beings called Ends. Together, the trio protects the land's people and challenges the Ends.

10 No Game No Life

Anime-Planet Rating: 4.2 / 5

No Game No Life is a series that follows Sora and his younger stepsister Shiro, two highly intelligent gamers who make up Blank, a group of gamers who have remained undefeated. One day, they are challenged by the god of games to a game of chess, and upon their victory, they are transported to a world centered around games called Disboard.

The world's citizens resolve their differences by gambling in games with magically enforced rules and rewards. Sora and Shiro aim to conquer all the species and challenge Tet, who transported them to that world, to a game.

9 Overlord

Anime-Planet Rating: 4.3 / 5

After years of success, a top-rated MMORPG game was set to shut down. Momonga, the leader of the strongest guild named Ainz Ooal Gown, decided to stay inside the game on the day the servers were set to shut, attempting to enjoy the experience one last time. When the servers were shut down, Momonga discovered that he was not logged out; instead, he was transported into the world of the game.

This anime follows Ainz as he navigates the world, searching for other people who might have been transported along with him while learning to balance his immense power and relaxed moral compass.

8 Re:Zero - Starting Life In Another World

Anime-Planet Rating: 4.2 / 5

Re:Zero is a series based on the light novel written by Tappei Nagatsuki. The story is about Subaru, a shut-in boy who gets summoned to a fantasy world with the ability to return to a checkpoint in time when he dies. Utilizing this new power, he helps a half-elf named Emilia to recover her stolen crest. He falls in love with her and discovers that she is a candidate to become the next ruler of the Lugunica Kingdom.

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Her host decided to take him in as a worker in his mansion alongside twin maids Ram and Rem, and he dedicates his life to protecting Emilia, her dreams, and his newfound friends from the Witch and her cult.

7 That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime

Anime-Planet Rating: 4.5 / 5

This is the story of a salaryman who died and was reincarnated as a slime in a world of swords and magic. He discovered that he had acquired an ability called Predator that allowed him to mimic the skills and form of anything that he devoured. He encounters a mighty Storm Dragon named Veldora, who had been sealed for hundreds of years.

After befriending and freeing the dragon, Rimuru became the strongest being in the Great Forest of Jura. With the help of the other beings inhabiting the forest, they founded the nation of Tempest, which quickly grew due to Rimuru’s strength and wisdom. This sudden growth drew the attention of potential friends and foes alike.

6 The Rising of The Shield Hero

Anime-Planet Rating: 4.3 / 5

Naofumi Iwatani is a young man who is transported to a fantasy world with five other people. They were dubbed heroes, each granted a Legendary Weapon and tasked with saving the Kingdom from the periodic attacks of monsters called Waves. Naofumi’s weapon was a shield, unlike the others who were bestowed with actual weapons.

As a result, he was the victim of maltreatment. He was targeted by the princess of the Kingdom, who later accused him of rape and caused him to be ostracized and exiled. This series follows him as he tries to clear his name.