20 Game Anime to Watch
A curated MovieDB guide to 20 game anime, selected for clear search intent, audience interest, and data quality. Browse story summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch in your country.
Rank 1TV Series
Sword Art Online
In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a piece of technology called Nerve Gear. One day, players discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive unless they reach the 100th floor of the game's tower and defeat the final boss. However, if they die in the game, they die in real life. Their struggle for survival starts now...
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2TV Series
No Game No Life
Bored with life and considering the real world to be just a “crappy game,” savvy sibling shut-ins Sora and Shiro have withdrawn into their own fantasy world filled with video games. However, one day they find themselves summoned to another world by a boy who calls himself “God,” their abilities are about to be put to the ultimate test! Now not only their fates — but the fate of all of humanity — will be decided by a series of games that may just be the hardest these super-geniuses have ever faced!
3TV Series
Shangri-La Frontier
Rakuro Hizutome only cares about one thing: beating crappy VR games. He devotes his entire life to these buggy games and could clear them all in his sleep. One day, he decides to challenge himself and play a popular god-tier game called Shangri-La Frontier. But he quickly learns just how difficult it is. Will his expert skills be enough to uncover its hidden secrets?
More rankings
4TV SeriesBOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense.
2020★ 7.4
5TV SeriesLog Horizon
2013★ 7.7
6TV Series.hack
2002★ 6.8
7TV SeriesOverlord
2015★ 8.5
8TV SeriesThe King's Avatar
2017★ 7.7
9TV SeriesHi Score Girl
2018★ 8.1
10TV SeriesNEW GAME!
2016★ 7.1
11TV SeriesGAMERS!
2017★ 7.9
12TV SeriesD-Frag!
2014★ 6.8
13TV SeriesSelector Infected WIXOSS
2014★ 5.6
14TV SeriesYu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
2000★ 8.3
15TV SeriesPokémon
1997★ 8.0
16TV SeriesDigimon: Digital Monsters
1999★ 8.1
17TV SeriesBtooom!
2012★ 7.4
18TV SeriesDanganronpa: The Animation
2013★ 7.6
19TV SeriesDeath Parade
2015★ 8.0
20TV SeriesChihayafuru
2011★ 7.6
About this list
A curated MovieDB guide to 20 game anime, selected for clear search intent, audience interest, and data quality. Browse story summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch in your country.
- Type
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