Top 10 Fantasy Anime List [Best Recommendations]

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Author: Jonathan Tshinanu

Graduated from Carleton University in the capital of Canada with a degree in Film Studies and English, which basically sums me up real nice. I’m a sucker for a good story – written or visual – wherever I can find it, whether it’s in anime, video games, movies, books, albums or whatever else you can think of. If I’m not consuming, then I’m probably trying to make them myself.

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Author: Yoko Dev

Hello, my anime peers. I’m from the states, but have taken an indefinite leave to travel while freelancing. Outside of a deep admiration for anime that started long ago, I love to read, write, and play video games. The main issue of traveling so far has been not having a console.

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Fantasy is a pretty famous genre of anime, but it is so wide that most of us could get lost with all its possibilities and the interesting anime to watch. You can find magic, mythology, supernatural powers and so on. Because of the diversity of this kind of anime, it is quite difficult to select and rank them, but there is nevertheless a lot of fantasy anime that has caught our attention, among others.

Lets get started with this Top 10 Fantasy Anime! A lot of other anime could be listed in this selection, but I think each of them here earned the spot in this Top 10!

Enjoy!

• Episodes: 24


• Aired: Oct 2014 – Mar 2015

Yona is the princess of the Kingdom of Kouka. She lives peacefully in the castle with her father, the King II, along with her bodyguard and childhood friend, Hak. In love with her cousin Soo-won, the life of Yona changes drastically on her sixteenth birthday, when Soo-won commits the murder of the King II. Because of this, Yona doesn"t have another choice than to run away from the castle with Hak.

Running after a legend in order to save her kingdom, the story of Yona is full of action and agitation. The legend of the four dragons and of the Red Dragon God is at the center of the story and despite the shoujo aspect, everyone can find this show interesting.

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• Episodes: 12


• Aired: Apr 2014 – Jun 2014

Sora and Shiro are siblings and famous for being two NEETs who had never lost in a game. Tired of the world in which they are living, they meet a strange young man who proposes them to go to another world that will be better for them. This mysterious character is actually the God of a world where everything, including borders and politics, is decided by games.

In this world, a lot of different creatures are coexisting and humans are ranked the lowest because of their weakness, but the two siblings will soon change everything. Summoned into that mysterious world, Sora and Shiro will use their abilities in games to reach the top. A lot of adventure and strategy, this is a great show to watch!

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• Episodes: 13


• Aired: Jul 2008 – Sept 2008

The story follows Natsume Takashi, a young man able to see youkai since he was a child. Although, he was keeping this ability a secret because it is no less than a burden to him. However, his daily life changed suddenly when he discovers the “book of friends” he inherited from his grandmother, who was also able to see youkai. In this book, she collects the names of the youkai she met and from now on, Natsume decides to release each youkai his grandmother ever encountered.

Natsume will be escorted by the spirit Madara, who he is called Nyanko-sensei. Because of the book, and the ability for his owner to control every youkai named in it, a lot of creatures are attracted to Natsume. The story of the main character has him always caught in the middle of several youkai as he has to deal with all of them so the fantasy aspect is present.

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• Episodes: 25


• Aired: Oct 2013 – Mar 2014

Elder Tale is a famous online game played by a few thousand people. During the installation of the new extension pack, a bug in the system caused the players connected at that time to enter the game, replacing their avatar. These players are now locked in the game, doomed to live in it. Shiro, one of the players, is a great strategist and with the help of his friends, he will try to find out how to survive in their new reality.

Shipped into a fantasy world where monsters and magic are commonplace, characters will have to adapt themselves in their new world. With a lot of mystery and strategy, Log Horizon can transport anybody into its world!

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• Episodes: 25


• Aired: Oct 2012 – Mar 2013

Aladdin is a young boy who travels with his friend, the Djinn Ugo. In the country, strange ruins called Dungeons, are appearing randomly and offer their riches to anyone who succeeds in resolving their mysteries and traps. Aladdin then meets with Alibaba, whose goal is to take over all the gold of the Dungeon near his town. After the two boys collaborate, they begin their road around the world.

In a world where magic is omnipresent, the two characters will follow their road and destiny; meeting new friends while also being separated from each other. The story is great, and the magic and fantasy aspect is shocking. Another fabulous anime to watch!

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• Episodes: 51


• Aired: Apr 2008 – Mar 2009

The Shibusen Academy is a place where young people learn how to be Meisters. Each Meister has to unite with a demonic weapon, who can take human form, in order to face witches and monsters while protecting the city against certain threat. The goal of Soul Eater, one of the demonic weapons, is to become a Death Scythe, the most powerful weapon.

In the universe of shinigami, each group formed by a meister and a weapon live their own adventures. There is a lot of action and humour, with everything well mixed into the story. Fantasy and supernatural aspects are at the center of the plot, and the popularity of this show is undeniable.

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• Episodes: 25


• Aired: Apr 2011 – Oct 2011

Rin Okumura is a rebellious young man, living with his foster father and his twin brother within a temple. One day, the unknown world of the Exorcist opens itself to Rin, as he discovers he is the son of Satan, who was born for the sole purpose of allowing his real father to travel to the human world called, Assiah. As Rin"s foster father dies trying to protect him from Satan, the young man decides to take revenge and becomes an Exorcist in order to do so.

This is a fantastic world of Exorcists against the forces of evil, with a lot of mystery and action. The characters are all endearing and the story is well developed. Humour is also present, and there are many great things we can say about this show!

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• Episodes: 12


• Aired: Oct 2014 – Dec 2014

For many years, Fuyuki City has been the place for an ancient ritual whose purpose is to summon the Holy Grail and to grant the wish of the person who did the ritual. This ritual consists in a game called Holy Grail War, where seven magicians have to summon a mythical hero from the History. Each of these heroes fight against each other until there is only one left and this is when the Holy Grail can be summoned.

This new adaptation of the Fate/stay night show is deeper than the previous one, and the story is changed in some aspects, which is in a good way. This show is full of emotions and has a lot more action than the previous adaptation. This new show is a real pleasure for the eyes.

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• Episodes: 175


• Aired: Oct 2009 – Mar 2013

In a world where magic is omnipresent, Lucy Heartfilia is a young woman who wants to join a guild, practice her magic by going on quests. One day, she meets Natsu Dragneel, a member of the Fairy Tail guild, in the city of Magnolia. After helping her with an impostor, Natsu drives Lucy to join his guild, allowing her wish to come true. After her official ceremony in Fairy Tail, she will experience more adventures than she thought she would.

There is everything you could want in this anime; lots of humour, action, adventure, a pretty good story, and the characters are all funny and endearing. This is a great show to watch as it deserves the second place spot in this Top 10!

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• Episodes: 64


• Aired: Apr 2009 – Jul 2010

Alchemy is a great science as it allows anyone who can use it to fulfill a lot of miracles. However, there is a rule everyone has to respect in order to not create chaos. “In order to gain something, you have to sacrifice something of the same value,” is the rule that every alchemist has to accept.

As they learned about this rule, and its costs for trying to resurrect their mother, the Elric siblings, Edward and Alphonse, will have to travel around the world in order to take back what they lost during the ritual of transmutation.

More loyal to the manga than the previous adaptation, Fullmetal Alchemist is a really great show with a lot of charming and appealing aspects. With this show, we have magic, fantasy, action, humour and a bit of romance. So, it is not surprising that this series is really famous!

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So, how about this Top 10? Do you agree with it? The selection was difficult because of all the choices and the diversity of the fantasy genre, but the most remarkable of them should be in this list. If we were to mention other shows not in this list, they would be Mushishi, Berserk, or even Seirei no Moribito.

And you? Which anime would you like to have in this Top 10? Leave a comment below and tell us about it!

Author: Nafarik

I am a French girl of 23 years old. I was 7 years old when I saw my first anime and since then I couldn"t stop watching anime. This is also the reason I decided to learn Japanese so I entered the university. Just before graduating, I had an opportunity to do an internship in Japan and I was clearly the otaku type, spending a lot of time and money on my passion for anime. As soon as could, I return Japan and here I am now !

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Ore ga Suki nano wa Imouto dakedo Imouto Janai

Romance, Comedy, Slice of Life

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October 2018

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【本日解禁！】アニメのキービジュアルを公開！不器用な兄妹がラノベで繋がるラブコメディ「俺が好きなのは妹だけど妹じゃない」は、10月からTVアニメ放送開始予定です！ #いもいも pic.twitter.com/Ubrr89t7Ax

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【本日解禁情報③】アニメのティザービジュアル&公式サイトを公開！ツンデレ感溢れる涼花がステキなビジュアルです♪
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NIS America Brings the SNK Action to EVO 2018!

What You Need to Know:

• EVO is just a couple days away and NIS America"s excited to announce that they"ll be heading to the event to showcase SNK Heroines! You can find them at their official booth, which will be located right in the middle of the exhibit hall! Those who go to the booth will get to test their skills on the launch day version of SNK Heroines, and they"ll also be revealing their final character for the roster.


• In addition to SNK Heroines the team will also be showcasing SNK 40th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION! So if you retro junkies are in need of a fix, then rush over to the booth and try it out!

Source: Official Press Release

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Every year EVO just continues to get bigger and better! I"m totally stoked to see who takes home the championship!

I"ll be there to try out SNK Heroines for sure!

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• Aired: Oct 2, 2016 – Jul 2, 2017

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Hey everyone I’m Aaron Curbelo or Blade as I’m called by my YouTube Subscribers. I’ve been an anime/manga fan since I was a young kid. In terms of anime I have watched nearly a thousand shows and have read hundreds of manga series. I love writing and honestly was so happy to join Honey’s Anime to get a shot to write articles for such a wonderful site. I’m a firm believer in respect in the anime community being the most important embodiment we should all have. We all love anime and we have varying opinions of series but we should respect one another for those differences! Life is too precious to spend it making needless arguments in a community that should be the shining example of loving an amazing medium. I hope as a writer for Honey’s Anime I can bring you folks some amazing articles to read and enjoy!

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The Process of Producing Anime

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Knowing more about the process of creating anime can give you greater appreciation and understanding of the medium as an art form and a business. In this article, we"ll be going over the basics of the creation of a typical modern TV anime from start to finish. These points will be relatively the same for OVA, ONA, or movie production. We"d also like to clarify that there can be a lot of variation between individual studios and projects. In any case, we hope you enjoy this window into the world of making anime. If you"re interested in learning about anime production through an anime, we recommend Shirobako!

Before any storyboards or script drafts are made, a lot of pre-production needs to be taken care of first. This beginning process generally goes one of two ways, depending on whether or not the anime is an adaptation of an earlier work, generally a manga or light novel, or an anime original story/concept. In the case of an original work, the production company (or companies as is often the case) will start the planning process which concerns gathering the staff to actually create the anime, finding sponsors and merchandisers to help finance and market the anime, and choosing broadcasters (traditionally large TV networks). If the anime is an adaptation of a manga, light novel, or other property, these initial costs are typically covered by the publisher of the original work. Sometimes anime studios themselves will also be the production company for a series.

Once the core staff is assembled, most importantly the director, producer, and scriptwriter, they begin meeting together to start planning the anime itself. This step is to get a high-level understanding of what they will be doing going forward and typically includes things like setting the production schedule, figuring out budget allocations, character descriptions, and the overall concept and story progression.

Shortly after, character and mechanical designers will be brought in to create designs for the series. If the anime is an adaptation, an important task of the character designer(s) is to simplify the designs to make them better suited to animation while still keeping the essence of the character intact. Some studios will also do location scouting, which is when staff is sent out to real-world locations to sketch and get photographic references for use by the background artists. Concept art is also usually created before the production itself starts to show to broadcasters, sponsors, and sometimes to directly market the anime to the public. With the story, character designs, and schedule set, the studio is ready for production which starts appropriately with the first episode.

Before the studio starts animation, the script needs to be written. The scriptwriter(s) will first write a synopsis for each episode going off the outline created by the director and other core staff in pre-production and will then write the scripts for each individual episode. Scripts typically go through a few revisions before getting final approval from the director. If it is an adapted work, the scriptwriter(s) will likely have close discussions with the original author to receive their approval.

Once the script is set, storyboarding begins. In most cases, this will be done by the director, at least initially. Storyboarding is when the director, with input from other key staff like the art director, will sketch out each scene of the anime on paper, separating out each cut or important movement. To the sides of each drawing will be the space for the dialogue and sound effects, along with camera moments like pans and zooms and other information like how many frames will be used and the length of each shot in seconds. This storyboard represents the director"s vision for the entire project and provides the groundwork for the series that all future work will build on. Most TV anime will also have episode directors who will make their own storyboards for the episodes they are in charge of.

These storyboards will then be used as a reference by the lead animators (or specific layout artists) to create more detailed drawings called layouts that more precisely show how the completed scene will look. In the layouts, the cels (the parts of a scene that are animated, typically the characters or vehicles) and background are colored orange and blue respectively to make the separation clear. After approval, the layouts are given to the art director and their assistants, who will start work on the backgrounds, and the senior animators, who will produce even more detailed drawings, called genga, which finally brings us to the actual animation.

Genga drawings by the lead animators serve as the key frames, basically the most important moments of the animation to show the movement. These drawings are close to what will be seen in the final product and will be used as reference for the other animators to create the remaining frames, called in-between animations. The in-between animations smooth out the motion to make it look more fluid and are done by less experienced animators, often using outsourced labor from countries like Korea and Vietnam. A typical TV production will have about 20 key animators and many more assistants and in-between animators, all of which are led by animation directors which are responsible for making sure the quality of the animation is consistent, sometimes even redrawing entire scenes themselves if there are problems. There are usually animation directors for each individual episode, sometimes there will also be an overall animation director for the entire anime, in which case they are typically the character designer.

The total amount of frames created per episode varies greatly. Most TV anime is generally animated on "2"s", which means 1 drawing lasts for two frames (or 12 drawings per second), but sometimes animation is done at 1"s (24 frames per second, the same as most movies) or 3"s. One episode can range from ~600-700 to 10,000+ drawings to give you an idea of the extreme amount of work animators do.

After everything is checked again, it"s time to get the animation scanned and ready for compositing.

All of the animation work so far is usually still done with pencils and paper, but for the rest of the production, the work will be done on computers. We"ll mention that some studios start using fully digital processes much earlier, more on that later. With the drawings scanned in, the coloring artists will paint each frame using a specified palette and the cels will be brought into specialized animation software to be combined with the backgrounds.

With the animation cels and backgrounds brought together, the anime is well on its way to completion! The next step is adding visual effects, which includes things like adding glows and shines to magical attacks and weapons, blur and depth and field to create depth, ambient lighting, and other techniques to enhance the visuals.
This is also usually where 3DCG is added, typically for things like cars, mecha, crowds, and special effects; but this varies significantly between individual projects and studios. Entire 3D environments might be created out of traditionally drawn or entirely digital materials to more easily allow for complicated camera movements. Some studios, such as Ufotable, heavily use 3D techniques and technology for references early in production and there are also fully 3D anime like Bubuki Buranki (BBK/BRNK). For a typical, modern anime production, the majority of animation work is still mostly done using traditional 2D techniques, but new technologies are starting to shift more and more tasks into the digital and 3D realm.
With everything finally composited together, the anime is ready for editing. Under the guidance of the director, the editing staff prepares the animation for sound, voices, and music to be added.

While we have been focusing on the writing and visuals so far, a crucial part of creating anime lies in soundwork. While the music and sound effects can be created at nearly any step of the process, the voice actor dubbing is not usually done until the visuals are largely and completely finished. Although some productions will do initial takes with early footage to inform the animators for things like mouth movements. Unlike in the West, anime voice actors (seiyuu) typically are all together in the same room when recording their lines. This has to do with letting them play off of each other"s performances as well as saving money by only needing a single recording studio which are expensive and sometimes hard to book.

As for music, it varies a lot from series to series. Usually, the background music will be handled by a small team of musicians led by a composer or two from an outside company. Sometimes, the music will also heavily involve the voice actors, particularly with the music for the opening (OP) and ending (ED) animations, when the song is supposed to be sung by the characters, as in Love Live! and K-On!. Other times, the music isn"t original to the anime and will be licensed from popular artists, usually J-Pop or J-Rock. Rarely, the music for the series will be completely provided by an outside, established band, like The Pillows providing the OST for FLCL. With the dubbing, sound effects, and music, a final sound mix will be created and it"s finally getting close to broadcast time!

After the last edits have been made to fix up any lingering issues and adding any additional effects, the anime will be further trimmed or extended as necessary to accommodate the commercial breaks and specific time slots of the broadcast schedule(s). Once that is complete, the masters are sent to the broadcast companies for airing and we finally see the finished project! Hooray anime!

Getting back on schedule, we"ll clarify a bit more about the process. As we mentioned before, anime production has a schedule that is set by the director and the production and broadcast companies. This schedule is typically very strict with little room for error. Not all of the episodes will be complete before the first broadcast so while the anime is airing the studio will still be hard at work on making sure each episode arrives on schedule, often cutting it dangerously close.

Another point of clarity worth mentioning is that studios will often collaborate with other studios to meet production schedules, which means having to coordinate between multiple companies to make sure everything is up to snuff and possibly having to deal with unexpected issues because of miscommunication and other problems.

To further complicate understanding anime production, most anime studios will have completely different teams for each show because of the way the industry is set up. Most animators, character designers, etc., and even many directors, are freelancers and will work with many studios during their careers. As a fan, it can be useful to follow the writers, animators, and directors of shows you like instead of going by studios for this reason. There are some notable exceptions to this rule, like Kyoto Animation, which has long-term, salaried staff.

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Call me Oskar or OkiOkiPanic or other things depending on how whimsical you"re feeling. I"m an artist and game designer currently working in the indie scene. In true otaku fashion I"m also interested in anime/manga, collecting figures, building robot models, idols, denpa music, retro games and electronics, etc. Judging by the company I keep I figure it"s only a matter of time until I"m obsessed with wrestling and mahjong.