Shows Like Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play

If you liked Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play (1995), a animation and action & adventure 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
Handyman Saitou in Another World (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Handyman Saito has never been anyone special. All his life, he’s had average grades, ordinary athletic skill, a commonplace job… But his unremarkable path takes a turn when he wakes up in another world. Here, warriors…
2
Daemons of the Shadow Realm (2026)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and action & adventure
Yuru, a young hunter, lives in a small village deep in the mountains, hunting wild game and leading a humble life with Asa, his younger twin sister. Their peaceful lives are torn apart when a dragon’s roar echoes…
3
The Demon Prince of Momochi House (2024)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
Himari’s 16th birthday will be one she never forgets. Unexpectedly, she receives a will detailing her inheritance of a mysterious estate: the Momochi House. She arrives only to discover that the home was built on the…
4
Kanokon (2008)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Kouta has girl troubles of the supernatural sort. For some reason, he keeps attracting the attention (and affections) of animal spirits! Having spent most of his life in the country, Kouta is understandably nervous…
5
Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers (2024)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
The Magical Kingdom of Klyrode summons hundreds of heroes from other worlds every year to fight in their war against the Dark One and his army of powerful demons. Banaza is one of those heroes, summoned from the Royal…
6
The Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
High school student Hiiragi Seiichi is bullied by his classmates for being a "loser." One day, his entire school is suddenly transported to a video game-like world of swords and sorcery. When he accidentally eats "the…
7
The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse (2023)
★ 8/10Also animation and action & adventure
As a prophecy of doom unfolds on the peaceful land of Britannia, a purehearted boy sets out on a journey of discovery — and revenge.
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The Faraway Paladin (2021)
★ 7/10Also animation and action & adventure
In a city of the dead, long since ruined and far from human civilization, lives a single human child. His name is Will, and he's being raised by three undead: the hearty skeletal warrior, Blood; the graceful mummified…
9
Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
High school student Michio Kaga was wandering aimlessly through life and the Internet, when he finds himself transported from a shady website to a fantasy world — reborn as a strong man who can use "cheat" powers. He…
10
Date A Live (2013)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Thirty years ago a strange phenomenon called a "spacequake" devastated the center of Eurasia, claiming the lives of at least 150 million people. Since then, smaller spacequakes plague the world on an irregular basis…
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TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy- (2021)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Makoto Misumi is just an ordinary high school student living a regular life, but all of a sudden gets summoned to the other world to become a "hero." The goddess of the other world, however, insults him for being…
12
The World is Still Beautiful (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Nike, the fourth princess of the Principality of Rain and one who holds the power to call forth the rain, travels to the Sun Kingdom to marry Sun King Livius for her country, despite her own reluctance. She soon…
13
The World God Only Knows (2010)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Keima is a dating sim champion. Cute girls are rendered powerless by his irresistible game playing techniques. Too bad things aren't that way in the real world. That is, until his tempting game playing causes a real…
14
Girls Bravo (2004)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Small for his age, Yukinari has been bullied and abused by girls all his life. Now in high school, he has developed a rare condition: whenever girls touch him, or even come close, he breaks out in hives. Imagine his…
15
Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also animation and action & adventure
One day, Mitsuha falls off a cliff and is transported to a medieval Europe–type world! After a near-death encounter with a pack of wolves, she then realizes that she's able to transport between two worlds—this one and…
16
To Love Ru (2008)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Rito Yuuki is unlucky when it comes to love — no matter how hard he tries to confess to his crush, his efforts end in failure. After another day’s confession goes down the drain, Rito spends his night sulking in his…
17
Tales of Wedding Rings (2024)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Sato is a high school boy in love with his best friend Hime, an unearthly beauty from another realm. So when she moves back to her home world to get married, Sato doesn’t think twice—he follows her and crashes the…
18
Blue Seed (1994)
★ 7/10Also animation and action & adventure
Momiji Fujimiya, is a descendant of the mythical Princess Kushinada. When Japan is menaced by Aragami spawned by Yamato-no-Orochi, Momiji is intended to be sacrificed to appease the Aragami. She instead, however…
19
The Aristocrat's Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and action & adventure
After dying in the act of stopping a crime in modern Japan, our hero is reincarnated as Cain von Silford, third son of a noble family in a world of swords and sorcery. In his new life, all children receive a blessing…
20
Sugar Apple Fairy Tale (2023)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and action & adventure
Anne Halford is on her way to fulfill her dream of becoming a confectionary artisan, a Silver Sugar Master—however, the road to her destination is filled with a world of danger. To protect herself, she reluctantly buys…