Fantasy anime and manga
The guide lists 2,011 titles tagged fantasy. The genre peaked in the 2010s (560 titles). Studios with the most fantasy titles: Toei Animation (47), J.C.Staff (40) and OLM, Inc. (27). It often comes paired with adventure, action and isekai.
Best-known fantasy anime
- That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 2018
- Dragon Ball Super 2015
- Dragon Ball Z 1989
- Mushoku Tensei 2021
- Fairy Tail 2009
- Naruto: Shippūden 2007
- Ascendance of a Bookworm 2019
- The Eminence in Shadow 2022
- Frieren 2023
- The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 2021
- Dragon Ball 1986
- The Irregular at Magic High School 2014
- Pokémon 1997
- Delicious in Dungeon 2024
- Date A Live 2013
- Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest 2024
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 2000
- KonoSuba 2016
- Sonic X 2003
- Re:Zero 2016
- Reign of the Seven Spellblades 2023
- Kill la Kill 2013
- Let This Grieving Soul Retire! 2024
- Revolutionary Girl Utena 1997
- Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy 2021
- Ragna Crimson 2023
- Beyblade 2001
- Last Exile 2003
- Hunter × Hunter 2011
- The Saint's Magic Power Is Omnipotent 2021
Best-known fantasy anime films
- Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna 2020
- One Piece: Stampede 2019
- One Piece Film: Red 2022
- One Piece Film: Gold 2016
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 1984
- Spirited Away 2001
- Princess Mononoke 1997
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children 2005
- My Neighbor Totoro 1988
- Howl's Moving Castle 2004
- Your Name 2016
- Castle in the Sky 1986
- Kiki's Delivery Service 1989
- Porco Rosso 1992
- Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light 2004
- That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Movie – Tears of the Azure Sea 2026
- Ponyo 2008
- Weathering with You 2019
- That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond 2022
- Suzume 2022
- The Cat Returns 2002
- Arrietty 2010
- Ghost in the Shell 1995
- The Boy and the Heron 2023
- Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom 2024
- Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions 2018
- Pom Poko 1994
- Pokémon The Movie 2000 1999
- Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV 2016
- Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale 2017
Best-known fantasy manga
- One Piece 1997
- That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 2015
- Naruto 1999
- Saint Seiya 1986
- Fairy Tail 2006
- Doraemon 1969
- Attack on Titan 2009
- Inuyasha 1996
- Frieren 2020
- Mushoku Tensei
- My Hero Academia 2014
- The Eminence in Shadow 2018
- The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 2018
- Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest 2018
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 2016
- Hunter × Hunter 1998
- Ascendance of a Bookworm: I'll Do Anything to Become a Librarian! Part 1 – If There Aren't Any Books, I'll Just Have to Make Some! 2015
- Soul Eater 2004
- Ragna Crimson 2017
- Ascendance of a Bookworm: I'll Do Anything to Become a Librarian! Part 2 – I'll Even Join the Temple to Read Books! 2018
- Reborn! 2004
- Zatch Bell! 2001
- Reign of the Seven Spellblades
- Saiyuki 1999
- Oh My Goddess! 1988
- Elfen Lied 2002
- Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas 2006
- Let This Grieving Soul Retire! 2019
- Beyblade
- Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy