6 Best Isekai Anime Like No Game No Life

No Game, No Life is yet another isekai anime in which the main characters, Sora and Shiro, find themselves in another world after replying to a suspicious message from an unknown person. These two siblings are gaming addicts and experts who spend all their time playing games, catching little sleep in between, and eating unhealthy food away from the world.

This anime explores the NEET trope, where the protagonists are shut-in gamers who find themselves in a game world. Every trope and genre has its fans, and the NEET trope is no exception. No Game, No Life has been around since 2014, and no doubt, there have been other anime that are quite similar to it. Whether through the plot, characters, setting, or even the animation style, each of these series attracts fans of No Game, No Life.

6 Log Horizon

Protagonists Find Themselves In A Game-Like World

Shiroe is a socially awkward college student who would rather spend his time playing games than going out to interact with his peers. While playing Elder Tale, he finds himself suddenly away from his real world and into the world of the Elder Tale game with two of his friends. However, Shiroe quickly gets over the initial shock of finding himself in another world, and sets out to explore.

Just like Sora and Shiro in No Game, No Life, Shiroe finds himself in a virtual world, and he quickly becomes accustomed to the rules. His intensive knowledge of the game of Elder Tale helps him navigate with others through their new world, Akhihabara. Like Sora helps his sister, Shiro, Shiroe helps his friends and other gamers.

5 Problem Children Are Coming From Another World, Aren’t They?

Mysterious Message Transports Protagonists To A New World

Life is boring for these three children, Izayoi, Asuka, and You, who have supernatural powers. They want something more interesting. Their luck turns in their favor when they each receive a suspicious letter inviting them to an unknown world known as Little Garden.

Shiro and Sora were also tired of their world, and the message from Tet came at the right time, taking them to the world of Disboard. The three children in Problem Children Are Coming From Another World, Aren’t They? can now use their supernatural powers freely in Little Garden, where they have the opportunity to partake in games that require their powers. This would not have been possible if they paid no attention to the mysterious and out-of-the-blue messages they received.

4 Overlord

Protagonists Prefer The Virtual World Over The Real World

Everything must come to an end, and YGGDRASIL decided to shut down its game servers after 12 years of acting as a means of escape for Japanese gamers. Momonga decides to stay in the game till the server shuts down, thinking the game server will kick him out of the game. To his shock, it does not, and he finds himself stuck in the game.

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Both of these anime show the protagonists exploring and adapting to their new world. Just like Shiro and Sora, Momonga did not expect the switch from the real world to his new virtual world, but the switch gladdens him as he does not fit in in the real world. Their modes of transportation are a bit different, but their destinations are similar, and they prefer their new world to their previous one.

3 KonoSuba: God’s Blessing On This Wonderful World!

Male NEET Protagonist Is Quick To Adapt

It is the dream of most gamers to find themselves living in the fantasy world of their favorite games. In KonoSuba, Kazuma is lucky enough to get the chance to reincarnate into a fantasy world. This golden chance overrides his unnecessary and painful death as Aqua, the goddess, sends him off to his new world.

Upon getting there, Kazuma realizes that things are different from the game. He needs money to live, just like Sora and Shiro in No Game No Life. In both series, the protagonist has to adapt to life in the game world, but does so quickly.

2 Outbreak Company

Both Leads Get Involved In The Politics Governing The Fantasy World

Shinichi was a shut-in who was on the verge of breaking free from the shackles of the four corners of his room. Unlike most shut-ins, Shinichi tried to escape from his lifestyle and went job searching. He finds a job, but before he gets the chance to start, he finds himself whisked away to a colorful fantasy world. Here, his main mission is to spread Japanese culture: anime, manga, video games, and whatnot.

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Because of this task, Shinichi gets involved with the Eldant Empire’s political system to carry out his duties. Similarly, in No Game No Life, Sora and Shiro end up becoming the rulers of Imanity through a series of twists and turns. Both anime show the unsuspecting protagonists finding themselves in sudden positions of political power.

1 Gate: Jieitai Kanochi Nite, Kaku Tatakaeri

Modern Technology In A Fantasy World

As a soldier, one has to be ready for surprise attacks, whether on duty or off duty. When a strange portal randomly opens up one fine day in Japan, Youji’s fighting instincts kick in. He forgets his trip to a convention and swiftly goes into combat mode as he saves citizens from being killed by the medieval warriors that emerged from the portal.

With the other soldiers from the Japan Self-Defense Forces, Youji travels into the portal to see the world there and try to make peace in the Gate series. As soldiers, they were armed to their teeth, and their equipment was strange in this new world. The new world was not advanced, and their equipment was foreign to them, just like Sora and Shiro’s phones and gaming gadgets were foreign to the people they encountered in their new world.

No Game, No Life

Studio

Madhouse

Creator

Yuu Kamiya

Number of Episodes

12

Streaming Service(s)

HIDIVE , Hulu