The Boy and The Beast (Light Novel) - Recommendations

• TV (12 eps)
• 1996

In a world where where humans and elves live amongst each other, we find three unlikely heroes. Mysteriously torn from the world we know, karate expert Junpei, Oscar winning actress Airi, and weapons specialist Ritsuko must find the components needed for the spell to bring them home. Components that are tattooed on the bodies of unsuspecting female elves across the land...

• TV (12 eps)
• 1997

With Celcia having botched the ritual to send our heroes, Junpei, Airi, and Ritsuko home to their own world (not in the least due to Junpei’s loud mouth…), the trio must once again set out to collect spell fragments tattoed on the bodies of unsuspecting female elves. With literally thousands of fragments to collect, they, along with their cat-spirited tank, encounter everything from Satan Santa to the legendary pillows that make your dreams come true…

• TV (26 eps)
• 1995 - 1996

Jinnai has sabotaged Makoto's science project, and while he is working on it, it malfunctions and sends the two of them as well as Jinnai's sister and Mr. Fujisawa, a history teacher, into an alternate dimension. After arriving in this new world, each character finds his/her own adventure is about to begin, from taking over an empire of evil bugs to rescuing a princess of Rushtaria.

• OVA (1 ep)
• 2003

Three friends face many challenges on their adventure to Rainbow Mountain, a magical place where the first rainbow is said to have been created.

• Movie (1 ep)
• 1986

As Mario is playing a late-night video game, the in-game character Princess Peach suddenly emerges from his TV set! Then, in the midst of the confusion, another invader from the game world follows: the evil Bowser, who quickly steals Peach away and returns from whence he came. After a series of events Mario and Luigi soon find their way to the Mushroom Kingdom for the adventure of a lifetime. With Hammer Bros and Piranha Plants around every corner, the duo must now find the Princess before Bowser takes her as his bride – and to do so they first must find three legendary items: the Mushroom of Strength, the Flower of Courage, and the Star of Invincibility.

• TV (12 eps)
• 2013

In the fantastical land of Amawakumi, a succession ceremony occurs each 30 years to pass control of the kingdom to a female heir of the Hime clan. But three decades ago, the Hime clan was unable to produce a daughter and was warned that if history repeated itself, the entire clan would be purged. Now faced with the same problem in the present, the Hime clan opts to send their disguised son Arata to the ceremony instead, unaware that he’d be sent into a trap where the former princess is murdered and the boy would be framed for the crime. Meanwhile, on Earth, Hinohara suffers a similar sense of betrayal at the hands of his classmates, and after wishing he could just disappear, he and Arata switch bodies. Now, as Arata struggles to find a way to return the two to their own worlds, Hinohara must try to escape capture, clear Arata’s name and fulfill this princess’s last wish by exposing her killers.

• TV (12 eps)
• 2020

With her baptism ceremony complete, Myne begins work in the temple as an apprentice shrine maiden. Awaiting within is what she always wanted: a room full of books! But her new life isn't quite the dream she was hoping for; she's surrounded by nobles who scorn her commoner origins, and even her own servants are causing her trouble. On top of that, she has to constantly battle the weakness of her own body. But with her love for books burning in her heart, she gives her all to her new apprentice duties.

• TV

• TV (25 eps)
• 2001 - 2002

On the night of a full moon, twins Yu and Ai sneak off to a closed subway that turns out to be a gateway to another world. There, they encounter two unlikely companions: a woman named Lisa, and a mysterious fellow who can summon spirits with the gun on his arm. Together, they travel through this strange new world of magic and mystery, cactaurs and chocobos in search of the twins' missing parents.

• TV Special (1 ep)
• 2021

A recap episode, covering episodes 1-7 of The Faraway Paladin.