A lot of anime fans are also video game fans, so it’s a lot of fun when the two worlds overlap. Here are eight awesome anime to watch if you love video games.
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Lots of players get stuck in their video games in anime, but few get to start with the advantage of Overlord’s Momonga. After refusing to log out of a VR game before the servers shut down for good, Momonga is trapped in the game with NPCs that suddenly develop their own personalities. The catch is that Momonga is a fully leveled, powerful guild leader that can crush pretty much any enemy he meets. Though the anime doesn’t exactly end on the most satisfying note, it is a fun ride. And with Yen Press localizing the manga, there’s promise of continuing the journey. At least in print.
Available on Funimation and Hulu
Anime kids just don’t have the best luck with MMORPGs. 30,000 players find themselves transported into the MMORPG Elder Tale after they all long on to play its twelfth expansion pack. Intead of trying to find a way to escape, protagonist Shiroe instead tries to adapt to the world. Log Horizon has nice world building, but the heart of the show is Shiroe’s pleasant guild dynamic.
Available on Crunchyroll, Hulu, Viewster, and The Anime Network
Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World features otaku Subaru Natsuki as he tries to find out why he was summoned to a fantasy world and try not to die in the process. Unfortunately for him... he dies. A lot. Subaru then has to figure out how to prevent his usually painful death after he essentially respawns at a certain point in time. Re:Zero subverts many video game anime tropes effectively while taking its time to really build up its world and characters.
Available on Crunchyroll
Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls In a Dungeon? Mashes together every RPG trope under the sun. In this anime, RPG elements are a natural part of the world; stats and class information is a magical tattoo located on the backs of adventurers, and exploring a dungeon in the name of a guild, or Familia, is a fulltime job. Our protagonist, Bell Cranel, is a fledgling adventurer and the lone member of the low-tier goddess Hestia, and is determined to become stronger after being saved by a beautiful, powerful swordswoman. While the adventuring is fun to watch, the dynamic between the small Hestia Familia is the charming heart of the anime.
Available on Crunchyroll and Hulu
Umaru Doma is the embodiment of the trash monster living within us all. This seemingly perfect girl transforms into a soda guzzling gremlin that just wants to play video games and read manga when she returns home from school. This slice of life is simple, and stupidly relatable as Umaru does her best to laze around despite her older brother’s scolding. Himouto! Umaru-chan is loaded with great references to other geek media, and hosts a fun cast of other awkwardly cute characters.
Available on Crunchyroll, Hulu, and The Anime Network
Legendary heroes never die in Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works. Seven fated magus masters each summon a heroic spirit to help them in a secret war of wits and strategy for the Holy Grail. The last surviving pair get to use the grail to grant whatever wish they desire. The thing is, the opponents don’t know each other. Each hero has drastically different talents, which leads up to some tricky fights. Right as the war begins, powerful magus Rin Tosaka takes pity on her unskilled competitor and classmate, Shiro Emiya, when he’s first attacked, and the two decide to team up. The action in Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works is fantastic, and pairs well with the drama that comes with destroying other mysterious opponents for power.
Available on Netflix, Crunchyroll, Hulu, and Viewster
This wouldn't be a games anime list if we didn't include Sword Art Online. Specifically, we’d like to recommend the first arc. Protagonist Kirito and 9,999 other players of a new VR MMORPG find themselves trapped in this fantasy world after logging in at the game’s launch. Death in game means death in real life. Later arcs of Sword Art Online focus on different games and various conflicts, but this first one has some of the best drama, most impactful fights, and shows great character growth for Kirito and his friends.
Available on Netflix, Crunchyroll, and Hulu
Armed with a tracksuit and a low-tier water goddess, Kazuma chooses to spend his afterlife in a fantasy land that needs saving. Each of the Kazuma’s party members’ shortcomings is what makes this show fun to watch: no one recognizes the water goddess Aqua though she has a large following, the archwizard Megumin can only use one ridiculous Explosion spell a day, and their knight Darkness can’t hit her target, though she makes for a great human shield. They’re not really cut out to save the land, but watching Kazuma and his misfit party try to take out monsters is funny (and incredibly heavy on fan service).
Available on Crunchyroll
Miranda Sanchez is an Editor at IGN. You can find her ranting about cute things, anime, and video games on Twitter.
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