Makai Ouritsu Youchien Himawari-gumi (Light Novel) - Recommendations

• TV

What’s a guy to do when his life suddenly changes while innocently enjoying a nice, cold drink after work? And I mean really changes. This middle-aged commoner now finds himself in the body of Liam Hamilton, the young son of a noble house teetering on the brink of collapse. Between his fervidly desperate father and his utterly apathetic brothers, the only bright side to his new situation is that Liam can finally try learning magic like he’s always wanted. Little does he know his hobby of choice may be about to turn his life upside-down yet again! Will Liam be able to master the craft of magic? And will it be enough to save him from the shadow looming over his family...?

• TV (12 eps)
• 2024

Kozo Yukawa loves hot springs! He’s a hot spring hunter that can sniff out the very source of them! One day, in an effort to bring notoriety to a small town, he goes out searching for a secret hot spring, when he slips off a cliff! After perishing in the fall, he is reincarnated into another world by a fox god. Kozo is not reincarnated alone, and is joined by the messenger princess of the fox god, Mayudama. Smelling the stinking, rotting egg smell of a nearby hot spring, he runs to jump in along with Mayudama. That’s when an elf girl appears… who proceeds to attack them! After resolving their differences, Kozo decides to spread the knowledge and wonders of hot springs throughout his new world! Encouraging people to take off their clothes, soak in the hot water, and heal the whole world!

• TV
• 2024

Takumi Kayano, a young, average Japanese man, was accidently killed by the Wind God Syl. As an apology, Syl imbued Takumi with the knowledge and skills necessary for survival, and had him reincarnated in the fantasy world of Etelldia. While exploring a dangerous forest filled with monsters, Takumi stumbled across a pair of young twins. After giving them names and forming a bond, he decides to raise them as his own as he explores this new world... What sort of adventures await the trio of Takumi, Alan, and Elena?

• DVD Special (6 eps)
• 2013

• Web

The beautiful Athanasia was killed at the hands of her own biological father, Claude de Alger Obelia, the cold-blooded emperor! It’s just a silly bedtime story… until one woman wakes up to suddenly find she’s become that unfortunate princess! She needs a plan to survive her doomed fate, and time is running out. Will she go with Plan A, live as quietly as possible without being noticed by the infamous emperor? Plan B, collect enough money to escape the palace? Or will she be stuck with plan C, sweet-talking her way into her father’s good graces?!

• Other

Reincarnated as a character in the legendary erotic game, “Magical Explorer,” it doesn’t take long for our hero to discover that he’s been designated the unlucky side-character rather than the game’s lady-killer protagonist. Not to worry, though! Armed with his vast knowledge of the game (and a few cheats) he’ll do whatever it takes to win the hearts of the game’s heroines and emerge as the most accomplished student at the Sorcerer's Academy!

• OVA (2 eps)
• 2002 - 2003

Azusa was a normal high school student, until she was sucked down a well into a fantasy world full of monsters, demons, and surprises. Dubbed the priestess of the land of Kyou, she found herself joined by the Hachiyou, a group of people with magical powers, dedicated to protecting the priestess and the land. But all does not bode well for Azusa, as the demon Akuram wishes to claim her power for evil purposes. In addition, a malicious spirit is ravaging the townspeople, stealing their life energy! A day's work is never done for the priestess and her companions, it seems.

• TV (13 eps)
• 1998

Taking place after the second Magnificent World OVA, Mr. Fujisawa has finally married Miz, who has retired her position as Priestess of Water. In her stead, a young woman named Qawuul is brought in as the priestess, and in the tradition of the El Hazard series, falls for Makoto. However, the calm is yet again broken as the gang is transported into yet another alternate world by a mysterious man named Arjah, where new trials and mishaps as well as a new adventure awaits.

• Web (12 eps)
• 2021

In the anime, the protagonist is overworked and always exhausted by daily life, and yearns for comfort and solace. They want to be kindly praised and healed. They think, "Children have it nice because they're spoiled." The protagonist wants to escape from reality, and so they go to a store and purchase a blue pacifier. When they put the pacifier in their mouth, it emits a strange light, and it magically transports the protagonist to another world. The protagonist is now in the body of a five-year-old child, and spends time at a day care center where there are many handsome men who are caregivers there. The caregivers use the "There, There Magic" to soothe the children at the day care center.

• TV (12 eps)
• 2013

After suffering a heart-wrenching rejection, anime and manga-loving Shinichi Kanou shuts himself off from the world and becomes a hikikomori. But the boy's solitary life soon comes to an end when he's hired as an ambassador to a newly-discovered world, where the only job criteria is to be a hardcore otaku! Now the boy must work hard to spread the word of this unique, nerdy culture in hopes of strengthening relations between the other world's citizens and Japan. And in a land filled with dragons, half-elf maids, and a teenage queen, it shouldn't be that hard... right?