# The best isekai anime

Die, wake up in another world and start over: the best-rated isekai according to Japanese and Western polls collected by Somos Kudasai, and Código Espagueti's ranking.

- 16 votes · 12 items
- Feb 14, 2026 · Joaquín R.
- https://even.best/en/l/4129/the-best-isekai-anime

## Top 10

1. **Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Subaru comes back to life every time he dies.
2. **That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — An office worker reborn as a slime founds a nation of monsters.
3. **Overlord** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A gamer trapped as the undead overlord Ainz.
4. **Log Horizon** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Thousands of players trapped in an MMORPG.
5. **Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — A loser reborn as the mage Rudeus.
6. **KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Kazuma and the most useless party in a fantasy world.
7. **No Game No Life** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Two gaming-genius siblings in a world where everything is settled by games.
8. **Sword Art Online** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Trapped in a VR game; it popularised modern isekai.
9. **Inuyasha** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Kagome falls down a well into feudal Japan.
10. **Ascendance of a Bookworm** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A book lover reborn into a world without books.
11. **The Rising of the Shield Hero** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Shield Hero, betrayed as soon as he arrives.
12. **The Saga of Tanya the Evil** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A salaryman reborn as a child soldier.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.