# The 18 Best Modern Isekai Anime

> Reincarnated slimes, trapped gamers, and overpowered shadow lords headline the genre that took over modern anime. Genre-defining giants share the stage with comedic gems and darker, grounded takes. Where do you stand?

*By YPB Team · Published June 23, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-18-best-modern-isekai-anime*

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## Current results (3 votes)

1. **That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime** — 66.67% (2 votes · score 1000/1000)
   A salaryman reborn as a powerful slime who builds a thriving monster nation.
2. **Cautious Hero** — 33.33% (1 votes · score 785/1000)
   A comedy isekai about an absurdly overcautious hero summoned by a clumsy goddess.
3. **Re:Creators** — 0% (0 votes · score 577/1000)
   A meta isekai in which fictional characters cross over into the real world.
4. **Saga of Tanya the Evil** — 0% (0 votes · score 577/1000)
   A ruthless salaryman reborn as a young girl soldier waging magical warfare against a god.
5. **Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash** — 0% (0 votes · score 577/1000)
   A grounded, melancholic isekai emphasizing survival, grief, and the cost of fighting to live.
6. **Re:Zero** — 0% (0 votes · score 500/1000)
   A deconstructive isekai in which Subaru is forced to relive his death again and again to save those he loves.
7. **Drifters** — 0% (0 votes · score 500/1000)
   A violent historical isekai gathering legendary warriors across eras into a war for another world.
8. **The Rising of the Shield Hero** — 0% (0 votes · score 500/1000)
   A betrayed hero summoned with only a shield who claws his way back from disgrace.
9. **KonoSuba** — 0% (0 votes · score 409/1000)
   A beloved isekai comedy parodying the genre with a useless goddess and a dysfunctional adventuring party.
10. **The Devil Is a Part-Timer!** — 0% (0 votes · score 409/1000)
   A reverse isekai comedy where the Demon Lord flees to modern Tokyo and works fast food.
11. **Sword Art Online** — 0% (0 votes · score 409/1000)
   The genre-popularizing series about players trapped in a deadly virtual reality MMORPG.
12. **By the Grace of the Gods** — 0% (0 votes · score 409/1000)
   A gentle, slice-of-life isekai about a reborn man living a quiet life among slimes.
13. **Ascendance of a Bookworm** — 0% (0 votes · score 409/1000)
   A book-loving woman reborn in a world with few books who sets out to make her own.
14. **Overlord** — 0% (0 votes · score 409/1000)
   A player trapped as his skeletal overlord avatar who sets out to conquer the new world.
15. **The Eminence in Shadow** — 0% (0 votes · score 300/1000)
   A comedic power fantasy about a boy who builds a real shadow organization while role-playing a mastermind.
16. **No Game No Life** — 0% (0 votes · score 300/1000)
   A vividly colorful isekai where sibling gamers are summoned to a world that settles everything by games.
17. **In Another World with My Smartphone** — 0% (0 votes · score 300/1000)
   A lighthearted power-fantasy isekai where a boy is reborn keeping his smartphone.
18. **Mushoku Tensei** — 0% (0 votes · score 167/1000)
   A lavishly animated reincarnation saga following a reborn man living a second life from infancy in a magic world.

Tags: fantasy, animation, isekai