BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. 痛いのは嫌なので防御力に極振りしたいと思います。(Itai no wa Iya nano de Bōgyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu.)

Alternative Name: 因为太怕痛就全点防御力了。 

                                       (Yīn Wèi Tài Pà Tòng Jiù Quán Diǎn Fáng Yù Lì Le.)

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Developing Power,

               Virtual Reality, Online Game/MMORPG

 

Description: 

 

Kaede Honjō is invited by her friend Risa Shiramine to play a virtual reality MMO game with her. While Kaede doesn't dislike games, what she really, truly dislikes is being in pain. She creates a character named Maple, and decides to put all her points in VIT to minimize pain. As a result, she moves slowly, can't use magic, and even a rabbit can get the best of her. But as it turns out, she acquires a skill known as "Absolute Defense" as a result of her pumping points into VIT, as well as a "Counter Skill" that works against special moves. Now, with her ability to nullify all damage, she goes on adventures.

 

Episode: 12 + 12

 

Original Run

Season 1: January 8, 2020 - March 25, 2020

Season 2: January 11, 2023 - April 20, 2023

Studio: SILVER LINK

 

Infinite Dendrogram インフィニット・デンドログラム

Alternative Name: 无限系统树 (Wú Xiàn Xì Tǒng Shù)

Genre: Games, Fantasy, Online Game/MMORPG, Virtual Reality, 

 

Description: 

 

In the year 2043, Infinite Dendrogram, the world's first successful full-dive VRMMO was released. In addition to its ability to perfectly simulate the five senses, along with its many other amazing features, the game promised to offer players a world full of infinite possibilities. Nearly two years later, soon-to-be college freshman, Reiji Mukudori, is finally able to buy a copy of the game and start playing. With some help from his experienced older brother, Shu, and his partner Embryo, Reiji embarks on an adventure into the world of Infinite Dendrogram.

 

Episode: 13 + 1 ONA + 20 ONA

 

Original Run

Series: January 9 2020 – April 16, 2020

ONA: August 23, 2019

ONA: September 27, 2019 – April 17, 2020

Studio: NAZ

 

Log Horizon ログ・ホライズン

Alternative Name: 记录的地平线 (Jì Lù De Dì Píng Xiàn)

Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Isekai, Virtual Reality, Magic,

               Online Game/MMORPG, Action 

Description: 

 

Elder Tales is an online fantasy RPG that has become popular worldwide. But when its twelfth expansion package, "Cultivate the Noosphere," is installed, thirty thousand players in Japan are trapped inside. Among them is grad student Shiroe, who isn't very good at interacting with others. But to survive in a world full of monsters, he forms a guild called "Log Horizon" with an eclectic group of other players.

 

Episode

Season 1: 25 + 1 Special

Season 2: 25

Season 3: 12

 

Original Run

Season 1: October 5, 2013 – March 22, 2014

Special: November 11, 2013

Season 2: October 4, 2014 – March 28, 2015

Season 3: January 13, 2021 – March 31, 2021

Studio: Satelight (S1) / Studio Deen (S2 & 3)

Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody デスマーチからはじまる異世界狂想曲 (Death March Kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku)

Alternative Name: 爆肝工程师的异世界狂想曲

(Bào Gān Gōng Chéng Shī De Yì Shì Jiè Kuáng Xiǎng Qǔ)

Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Harem, Isekai, Online Game

Description: 

 

Programmer Ichirou Suzuki is transported to another world. In a foreign land, he finds that life is an adventure that's sometimes fun, sometimes serious, and full of girls.

Episode: 12

 

Original Run: January 11, 2018 – March 29, 2018  

Studio: SILVER LINK & Connect

Recovery of an MMO Junkie ネト充のススメ (Net-juu no Susume)

Alternative Name: 网络胜利组 (Wǎng Luò Shèng Lì Zǔ)

Genre: Comedy, Romance, NEET, Online Game/MMORPG

Description: 

30-year-old Moriko is single and recently became a NEET after quitting her corporate job. Tired of the real world, she decides to reinvent herself as a handsome male character on the internet. 

Episode: 10 + 1 Special

Original Run

Series: October 10, 2017 – December 12, 2017

Special: December 8, 2017

Studio: Signal.MD

The Silver Guardian 銀之守墓人 (Yín Zhī Shǒu Mù Rén)

Genre: Action, Drama, Virtual Reality, Adventure, Fantasy, Online Game

Description: 

Sui Gin may be poor, but he is one of the best online video game players. This identity however, is unknown to all except for Riku Lei, Sui Gin's classmate. She delivers a mysterious mobile device to Sui Gin but before being able to explain herself, Riku Lei is kidnapped and Sui Gin unwittingly finds himself wrapped up in series of problematic circumstances. Searching for a way to save her, he accidentally activates the device allowing him to dive into a new Virtual game-world.

Episode: 12+ 6 

Original Run

Season 1: April 1, 2017 – June 17, 2017

Season 2: January 13, 2018 – February 17, 2018

Studio: Haoliners Animation League

The King's Avatar 全职高手 (Quán Zhí Gāo Shǒu)

Genre: Action, Online Game/MMORPG, Tournaments, Internet Cafe,

Description: 

Widely regarded as a trailblazer and top-tier professional player in the online multiplayer game Glory, Ye Xiu is dubbed the "Battle God" for his skills and contributions to the game over the years. However, when forced to retire from the team and to leave his gaming career behind, he finds work at a nearby internet café. There, when Glory launches its tenth server, he throws himself into the game once more using a new character named "Lord Grim."

Ye Xiu's early achievements on the new server immediately catch the attention of many players, as well as the big guilds, leaving them to wonder about the identity of this exceptional player. However, while he possesses ten years of experience and in-depth knowledge, starting afresh with neither sponsors nor a team in a game that has changed over the years presents numerous challenges. Along with talented new comrades, Ye Xiu once again dedicates himself to traversing the path to Glory's summit!

Episode
Season 1: 12 Episodes + 3 ONA + 1 Movie
Season 2: 12 Episodes 

Season 3: 17 Episodes

Original Run

Season 1: April 7, 2017 – June 16, 2017

ONA: April 27, 2018 – May 11, 2018
Movie: August 16, 2019

Season 2:  September 25, 2020 – December 4, 2020

Season 3: May 31, 2024 – August 23, 2024

Studio: B.C MAY PICTURES (S1) / Tencent Animation & Comics, China Literature Limited & Colored Pencil Animation (ONA) / Colored Pencil Animation (S2 & S3)

Television Drama: 

Season 1: July 24, 2019 –  August 30, 2019 (40 Episodes)

Season 2: 

Overlord オーバーロード (Ōbārōdo)

Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Online Game, Comedy, Isekai,

               Virtual Reality, Monsters, Demons, Zombies, Kingdom/Village,

               Alternative Version

Description: 

In the year 2138, virtual reality gaming is booming. Yggdrasil, a popular online game is quietly shut down one day. However, one player named Momonga decides to not log out. Momonga is then transformed into the image of a skeleton as "the most powerful wizard." The world continues to change, with non-player characters (NPCs) beginning to feel emotion. Having no parents, friends, or place in society, this ordinary young man Momonga then strives to take over the new world the game has become.

Episode
Season 1: 13 Episodes + 8 Special + 1 OVA + 2 Movie + 3 Special + 1 ONA
Season 2: 13 Episodes + 13 ONA
Season 3: 13 Episodes + 13 ONA + 3 ONA 

Season 4: 13 Episodes + 13 ONA + 1 Movie

Original Run

Season 1: July 7, 2015 – September 29, 2015

Special: September 25, 2015 – February 24, 2016

OVA: September 30, 2016

Movie: February 25, 2017

Movie: March 11, 2017
Special: September 13, 2017
ONA: January 28, 2014
Season 2: January 9, 2018 – April 3, 2018
ONA: January 9, 2018 – April 3, 2018
Season 3: July 10, 2018 – October 2, 2018
ONA: July 10, 2018 – October 2, 2018
ONA: November 23, 2018

Season 4: July 5, 2022 – September 27, 2022

ONA: July 5, 2022 – September 27, 2022

Movie: September 20, 2024

Studio: Madhouse / Studio PuYUKAI (ONA, OVA & Special)

NetoYome: And you thought there is never a girl online? ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った? (Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko Janai to Omotta?)

Alternative Name: 线上游戏的老婆不可能是女生?

                                       (Xiàn Shàng Yóu Xì De Lǎo Pó Bù Kě Néng 

                                       Shì Nǚ Shēng?)

Genre: Comedy, Romance, Games, School, Ecchi, Online Game/MMORPG

Description: 

Hideki Nishimura confessed to a person he thought was a girl online, only for that person to turn out to be a boy. He keeps this "black history" secret and swears to never to trust a "girl" online again. However, one day a girl online confesses to him, and it turns out she's actually a beautiful girl named Ako Tamaki. Ako cannot tell the difference between the online world and reality, and she is a loner who has trouble communicating. Hideki and his friends from his guild decide to work together to "correct" her.

Episode: 12

Original Run: April 7, 2016 – June 23, 2016

Studio: Project No.9

.hack//Sign

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Isekai,

               Virtual Reality, Romance, Online Game/MMORPG, Comedy, 

Description: 

Amidst a popular online role playing game in the near future, characters try to play out the goals they set for entertainment and passing of time. The World as the RPG is called is one with a setting of monsters, player characters and dungeons. Tsukasa is a detached and introverted character that has a number of mysteries about his player character. Many weird happenings seem to suround Tsukasa and his involvement in a rare item called 'The Key Of The Twilight' sparks Tsukasa'a meeting with different online characters and the befriending of their real life counterparts; All without ever meeting face to face in reality. What is strange about Tsukasa is that he can't seem to log out of The World. Subaru and Silver Knight of The Crimson Knights continue to look for proof of why Tsukasa can not log out or the existance of The Key Of The Twilight. Meanwhile Bear, Mimiru, and BT as Tsukasa's friends try to help him understand who he really is and how he can return to the real world.

Episode

Season 1: 26 episodes + 3 special

Alternate Setting OVA: 4 episodes

Season 2: 12 episodes + 1 special

Alternate Setting Season 3:  26 episodes + 1 Movie + 1 Special + 1 OVA

Alternate Setting OVA: 3 episodes + 3 Special

Movie: 1 episode

Special: 1 episode

Original Run

Season 1: April 4, 2002 – September 25, 2002

.hack//Intermezzo: March 28, 2003

.hack//Unison: October 24, 2003

.hack//Gift: November 16, 2003

.hack//Liminality: June 20, 2002 – April 20, 2003

Season 2: January 9, 2003 – March 27, 2003

Special: October 24, 2003

Alternate Setting Season 3:  April 6, 2006 – September 28, 2006

.hack//G.U. Trilogy: March 25, 2008

.hack//G.U. Returner: January 18, 2007

.hack//Quantum: January 28, 2011 – April 7, 2011

.hack//Beyond the World: January 21, 2012

.hack//Versus: The Thanatos Report: June 28, 2012

Studio: Bee Train / Kinema Citrus (Quantum) / 

                CyberConnect2 & Anima (Movie) /Anime (Thanatos Report)

Ixion Saga Dimensional Transfer イクシオン サーガ DT (Ikushion Sāga Dī Tī)

Alternative Name: 伊克西翁传说 DT (Yī Kè Xī Wēng Chuán Shuō DT)

Genre: Comedy, Action, Fantasy, Cross-Dressing, Virtual Reality,                   

               Otaku, Parody, Online Game, Adventure, Isekai

Description: 

Kon is a normal teenage boy who is spends his time playing a MMRPG where he is going nowhere, that is, until a girl in the game asks him for his help in the "real world" and he agrees. Then he does go somewhere - where, he isn't sure, but it is a fantasy setting much like the game, though nothing looks familiar. He saves a princess and her followers upon his arrival from the sky, when he lands squarely upon the leader of the group threatening them. He ends up joining the princess's group as he searches for a way back to his own world.

Episode: 25

Original Run: October 6, 2012 – March 30, 2013

Studio: Brain's Base

Btooom! ブトゥーム! (Butūmu!)

Alternative Name: 惊爆游戏 (Jīng Bào Yóu Xì)

Genre: Action, Psychological, Romance, Sci-Fi, Fanservice, NEET, 
               Online Game/MMORPG, Survival, Ecchi, Drama, Death, 

               Human Experimentation, Prison, War

Description: 

Sakamoto Ryota is an unemployed 22 year old who lives with his mother and spends his days doing nothing but playing video games. In the real world, there may be nothing special about him, but online, he's one of the world's top players of the combat game called Btooom. One day, he awakes on what appears to be a tropical island, though he has no memory of how he got there or why. While exploring the island, Ryota runs into a mysterious being who attacks him by throwing a strange looking bomb at him. Ryota then realizes that both his life is in danger, and that he has somehow become trapped in a real-life version of his favorite game. Ryota and the other "players" must now survive through the nightmare to figure out the reason why they ended up in the game in the first place.

Episode: 12 + 2 ONA

Original Run
Series: October 4, 2012 – December 20, 2012
ONA: November 16, 2012 – December 19, 2012

Studio: Madhouse

Accel World アクセル・ワールド (Akuseru Wārudo)

Alternative Name: 加速世界 (Jiā Sù Shì Jiè)

Genre: Action, Romance, Cyberpunk, Drama, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Games,
               Tournaments, Fighting, Online Game/MMORPG, School, 

               Virtual Reality, School Life, Tragedy 

Description: 

In 2046, people can access a virtual network known as the Neurolinker via their cellphone terminals. A perpetual victim of bullying, middle school student Haruyuki spends his time absorbed in games in a corner of his local network. One day, he is approached by the most famous girl in his school, Kuroyukihime (Black Snow Princess). She gives him a strange program called Brain Burst that has the power to "accelerate the world."

Episode: 24 + 2 OVA + 8 Special + 1 Movie

Original Run
Series: April 6, 2012 – September 21, 2012
Special: July 25, 2012 – February 27, 2013
OVA: September 13, 2012 – January 31, 2013
Movie: July 23, 2016

Studio: Sunrise