Shows Like My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer

If you liked My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer (2023), a animation and comedy series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Slayers (1995)
★ 7.5/10Also action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy
Follows the exploits of the young sorceress Lina Inverse, whose life revolves around food, treasure, and fighting. After stealing treasure from a group of bandits, Lina is accosted by stragglers during her journey to…
2
The Most Notorious "Talker" Runs the World's Greatest Clan (2024)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and action & adventure
Noel is the grandson of legendary Seeker Overdeath and dreams of surpassing his strength. But it turns out that Noel is nothing but a Talker, the weakest class of them all. Undeterred, he uses his silver tongue to…
3
The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash (2024)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and action & adventure
Stars are everything, granting abilities to Tamers. So when Ivy was born without one, her village took it as an ill omen! Now banished, she leads a lonely life of salvaging rubbish to survive. That is until she…
4
The Familiar of Zero (2006)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and comedy
Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière’s name is so long and her spell-casting skills are so poor that everyone at the Tristain Academy of Magic just calls her “Louise the Zero.” Louise’s humiliation only increases…
5
The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic (2024)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and comedy
An ordinary walk home from school turns into an epic journey for Usato. After suddenly being dropped into another world with two fellow students, Usato learns he was summoned there by accident. But things turn around…
6
My Isekai Life: I Gained a Second Character Class and Became the Strongest Sage in the World! (2022)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and comedy
Whether at the office or at home, corporate drone Yuji Sano works all the time. So when his home PC flashes a message about him being summoned to another world, Yuji restarts his machine…only to find that he’s…
7
The Villager of Level 999 (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and action & adventure
In Earthclear, everyone is born into a fixed role, and villagers are the weakest of all. Most never rise above Level 5—except Koji Kagami, who is Level...999?! On a monster hunt, he meets Alice, the Demon King's…
8
Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (2020)
★ 8/10Also animation and action & adventure
Young Dai embarks on an epic journey to become a legendary hero, training with his loyal companions to save the world from the resurrected Demon King.
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I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I'll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and comedy
Alina thought she had found the perfect job as a guild receptionist. It’s stable, safe, and has a super cute uniform. But this dream gig turns into an overtime nightmare whenever adventurers get stuck clearing a…
10
Farming Life in Another World (2023)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and comedy
After Hiraku dies of a serious illness, God brings him back to life, gives his health and youth back, and sends him to a fantasy world of his choice. In order to enjoy his second shot, God bestows upon him the almighty…
11
Fairy Tail (2009)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and action & adventure
Lucy is a 17-year-old girl, who wants to be a full-fledged mage. One day when visiting Harujion Town, she meets Natsu, a young man who gets sick easily by any type of transportation. But Natsu isn't just any ordinary…
12
I Parry Everything (2024)
★ 8/10Also animation and action & adventure
Noor's dead set on becoming an adventurer, even if the only skills he possesses are useless ones. Sure, he can [Parry] thousands of swords in the span of a single breath, but you need more than that if you want to be…
13
Rage of Bahamut (2014)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and action & adventure
Two thousand years ago, the black-and-silver-winged dragon, Bahamut, terrorized the magical land of Mistarcia. The humans, god, and demons that inhabited the land united forces against the fiend and sealed its power…
14
The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest (2025)
★ 7/10Also animation and action & adventure
Once a loyal court magician supporting the crown prince from behind the scenes, Alec Ygret is cast aside and exiled for only knowing support magic. But just as he hits rock bottom, he reunites with Yorha Eisentz, a…
15
I'm a Noble on the Brink of Ruin, So I Might as Well Try Mastering Magic (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
While innocently enjoying himself after work, one man’s life changes forever. He wakes in the body of Liam Hamilton, the youngest son of a noble house on the brink of collapse. Amid the chaos, Liam realizes he finally…
16
Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord (2026)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and action & adventure
Reborn as a marquis’ fourth son, Van was once hailed as a genius prodigy until he’s exiled to a nameless frontier village for possessing Production Magic, a useless type of magic in this world. But when he uses his…
17
I'm Quitting Heroing (2022)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
After saving humanity from the despicable Demon King, Leo Demonhart does not earn a hero’s standing. Instead, he is regarded with suspicion and hostility by those he fought to protect. Treated as a pariah with nowhere…
18
I Left My A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths! (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and action & adventure
Not every party treats you like a hero—especially when you’re a lowly red mage like Yuke. So, after years of constant ridicule by his A-rank party members, he ditches them. Searching for a new party, he reunites with…
19
Monster Rancher (1999)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and action & adventure
Genki is a boy who loves playing the Monster Rancher games and one day he's somehow transported into the world of the video game where he meets the girl Holly and the monsters Mochi, Suezo, Golem, Tiger and Hare…
20
The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects (2026)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and animation
The war is over, and hero Dias is finally rewarded with land of his own—only to discover it's a barren frontier with no people, no villages, and no sign of civilization. With nothing but endless grassland ahead of him…