Shows Like Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-

If you liked Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (2016), a animation and mystery 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.

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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…
2
New Saga (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and action & adventure
After a brutal war, magic swordsman Kyle defeats the Demon King but is left dying. A crimson crystal sends him four years into the past to his once-destroyed hometown where he finds his lost loved ones alive. Armed…
3
To Your Eternity (2021)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and action & adventure
An immortal being takes on the form of a human boy, wandering the earth and experiencing the pains and joys of life throughout his story without end.
4
Dead Mount Death Play (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and action & adventure
As a legendary hero nears victory against a necromancer known as The Corpse God, things take an unexpected turn with the dark sorcerer’s final gambit—reincarnation magic. This last-ditch effort catches the brave…
5
Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles (2021)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and action & adventure
His past life and current life are intersecting--a boy with memories of two lives faces his destiny! After his mother was killed at an early age, the orphaned Rio fought his hardest to survive in the slums. One day, he…
6
Ascendance of a Bookworm (2019)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
When a sickly young girl suddenly becomes obsessed with inventing new things, her family and friends are all puzzled. "What has gotten into Myne?" they wondered, never dreaming that the answer is not a "What" but a…
7
Mushi-Shi (2005)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Ginko, a Mushi master, travels from place to place researching the Mushi and helping people who are suffering because of it.
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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…
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Tengoku Daimakyo (2023)
★ 8/10Also animation and mystery
In the year 2024, the world has collapsed. Grotesque monsters lurk amongst the ruins of Japan, while remaining people scrape together what they can to survive. Kiruko, an odd-job girl in Nakano, accepts a mysterious…
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That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (2018)
★ 8.4/10Also action & adventure and animation
Corporate worker Mikami Satoru is stabbed by a random killer, and is reborn to an alternate world. But he turns out to be reborn a slime! Thrown into this new world with the name Rimuru, he begins his quest to create a…
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I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability (2024)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Prince Lloyd wasn't always a prince...in fact, his previous life is one he remembers perfectly: he was a sorcerer, of sorts. So when he was forced to reincarnate, he decided to continue his studies, prince of the realm…
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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…
13
The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me? (2020)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and action & adventure
Ichinomiya Shingo, an everyday twenty-five-year-old office worker, wakes up as Wendelin, the 8th son of an impoverished noble family out in the sticks. He soon despairs at his lack of succession rights and knowledge to…
14
The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World (2023)
★ 7/10Also animation and action & adventure
Betrayed and on the brink of death, genius exorcist Haruyoshi Kuga still has an ace up his sleeve—a reincarnation spell. With a successful incantation taking him to a new world reborn as Seika Lamprogue into a…
15
Re:Monster (2024)
★ 8/10Also animation and action & adventure
After meeting an untimely death, Tomokui Kanata is reincarnated as a lowly goblin, but he's worked up a monstrous appetite. Thanks to his new ability that allows him to grow stronger the more he feeds, his feeble…
16
In the Land of Leadale (2022)
★ 7/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Due to a terrible accident, Keina Kagami is forced to live on life support in order to survive. The only way for her to be free is within the VRMMORPG "Leadale." One day, her life support stops functioning, and Keina…
17
Log Horizon (2013)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and action & adventure
One day, while playing the online game Elder Tales, 30,000 players suddenly find themselves trapped in another world. There, eight-year veteran gamer Shiroe also gets left behind. The trapped players are still alive…
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The Slime Diaries (2021)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Even in another world, lives aren’t always on the line. There’s plenty of work to be done, from feeding the community and forging the items the community needs; as well as plenty of play …and hijinks throughout! Join…
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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…
20
No Longer Allowed in Another World (2024)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Pulled into an otherworldly adventure with cute sidekicks and superpowers, you’d think Osamu hit the jackpot. Nope! From a time before pixels, the early 20th-century gloomy author just wants to find a quiet place to…