Shows like Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-: 20 to watch next
If you loved Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (2016) — a animation, mystery and action & adventure series — these 20 shows are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like magic, trauma and time travel. 15 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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New Saga 2025★ 7.1
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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 with future knowledge, Kyle vows to prevent the coming tragedy and rewrite fate.
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The Faraway Paladin 2021★ 7.0
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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 priestess, Mary; and the crotchety spectral sorcerer, Gus. The three pour love into the boy, and teach him all they know. But one day, Will starts to wonder: "Who am I?" Will must unravel the mysteries of this faraway dead man's land, and unearth the secret pasts of the undead. He must learn the love and mercy of the good gods, and the bigotry and madness of the bad. And when he knows it all, the boy will take his first step on the path to becoming a Paladin.
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To Your Eternity 2021★ 8.2
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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.
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Dead Mount Death Play 2023★ 6.9
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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 fighter off guard, and now he’s a boy named Polka Shinoyama in a whole new world! The showdown between good and evil just got epic.
Stream in India on Netflix, Crunchyroll, Sony Liv
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Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles 2021★ 8.2
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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 awakens to the memories of Haruto Amakwa, who died in an accident while dreaming of being reunited with his childhood friend, and Rio realizing he has reincarnated in a world of swords and sorcery.
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Mushi-Shi 2005★ 8.1
Shares: Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Ginko, a Mushi master, travels from place to place researching the Mushi and helping people who are suffering because of it.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Ascendance of a Bookworm 2019★ 8.1
Shares: Animation, 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 "Who": Urano Motosu, a book-loving apprentice librarian who died in an earthquake in Tokyo who somehow found herself in Myne's body! And since Myne's world is still in a medieval stage, where books can only be owned by the elite, the new Myne intends to do everything she can to bring her beloved books to the masses in the time she has left.
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That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 2018★ 8.4
Shares: Action & Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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 world that’s welcoming to all races.
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I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince so I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability 2024★ 7.7
Shares: Animation, 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 or no! But his new life has its own sets of challenges...including being a 10-year-old! What's the 7th prince/sorcerer to do?!
Stream in India on Netflix, Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
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The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me? 2020★ 7.6
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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 navigate the political world, but finds hope in his aptitude for magic. This is the story of that young man earning his keep and his freedom through magic, with no world saving involved, and spending quite a while escaping his solitude. Ultimately, it is also the story of him being unable to escape the shackles of society.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World 2023★ 7.0
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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 distinguished wizard family, his only wish is to find happiness. But as Seika’s onmyō art exceeds this world’s magic, will he be able to live an easy, happy-go-lucky life?
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The Aristocrat's Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far 2023★ 7.1
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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 from the gods...but Cain is unexpectedly blessed with an absolutely enormous, over-the-top cornucopia of magical powers. If his dream of traveling the world as a free spirit is to come true, he can't reveal too much of his potential to the wrong people. A light-hearted, escapist adventure in another world begins!
Stream in India on Netflix
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In the Land of Leadale 2022★ 7.0
Shares: Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
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 loses her life. But when she wakes up, she finds herself in the world of Leadale 200 years in the future. She is now the half-elf Cayna, who possesses lost skills and OP statuses and becomes closer to the other inhabitants of this world. But among those inhabitants happen to be the "children" she made in character creation?!
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Tengoku Daimakyo 2023★ 8.0
Shares: Animation, Mystery, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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 woman's dying wish to take a boy named Maru to a place called Heaven. Maru is convinced that there will be a boy there who looks exactly like him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Log Horizon 2013★ 7.7
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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, but they remain in combat with the monsters. The players don't understand what has happened to them, and they flee to Akiba, the largest city in Tokyo, where they are thrown into chaos. Once proud of his loner lifestyle, Shiroe forms a guild called Log Horizon with his old friend Naotsugu, female assassin Akatsuki and others.
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TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy- 2021★ 8.4
Shares: Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
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 different and strips his "hero" title, before casting him off to the wilderness at the edge of the world. As he wanders the wilderness, Makoto encounters dragons, spiders, orcs, dwarves, and all sorts of non-human tribes. Because Makoto comes from a different world, he is able to unleash unimaginable magical powers and combat skills. But just how will he handle his encounters with various species and survive in his new environment. In this fantasy, Makoto tries to transform the other world into a better place despite the humans and gods having turned their backs on him.
Stream in India on Netflix, Crunchyroll, Sony Liv
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Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement 2023★ 6.3
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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 her own. Taking advantage of this ability, Mitsuha decides to live in both worlds and calculates that she'll need 80,000 gold coins to be able to retire! Mitsuha now has to come up with different ways to collect her gold coins!
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The Slime Diaries 2021★ 7.9
Shares: Animation, 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 Rimuru and friends as they kick back and enjoy their daily lives.
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Made in Abyss 2017★ 8.3
Shares: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Located in the center of a remote island, the Abyss is the last unexplored region, a huge and treacherous fathomless hole inhabited by strange creatures where only the bravest adventurers descend in search of ancient relics. In the upper levels of the Abyss, Riko, a girl who dreams of becoming an explorer, stumbles upon a mysterious little boy.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Kokkoku: Moment by Moment 2018★ 6.9
Shares: Animation, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
In order to save her brother and nephew who have been kidnapped by a mysterious religious group known as the Genuine Love Society, Juri and her family cast a spell using a stone hidden by her grandfather to enter the world of stopped time known as Stasis. However, when they infiltrate the kidnapper's base, they're met by other people who can also move about freely. With grotesque creatures lurking about, will they be able to escape the parallel world and return to their normal lives?!
Not on subscription streaming in India right now