10 Fantasy Animes You Should Totally Check Out

My Hero Academia is one new-age anime that got me hooked from the very first episode because it showed us a protagonist that so badly wanted to be a hero, but had absolutely no talent or ability to become one. Through sheer luck, he got to have a quirk thanks to his role model and has since strived to become the hero he wants to be as he learns in hero school, while also trying to take down threats as they come – especially a threat that even the most powerful hero, All Might, couldn’t take down. The characters use quirks (magic) to their own end.

In a post-apocalyptic world where humans are holed up behind walls, trying to stay alive and survive the onslaught of zombie titans, Eren Jaeger is not only a cadet who is learning how to keep humans alive by killing the Titans but is also the key to ending the battle. The humans need him, the Titans desperately want him because he is half-human half-titan. Attack on Titan is actually my best anime so far because it hits home on how humans will actually try to survive in such a scenario, especially when there is no ‘supernatural’ help like chakra, reiatsu, magic and more. Only pure survival instincts and skills can help win the day.

To be honest, I never really got into Dragon Ball Z and there are so many iterations that I don’t know where to start from. But I know that a lot of fantasy lovers really rate DBZ as a top-notch anime, especially since they are constantly arguing who would win in a fight between Goku and Superman. I do plan on jumping on DBZ soon – especially after watching the movie, which I hated even though I never watched the anime.

Full Metal Alchemist is another fantasy anime that is really worth all the hype. It follows the life or Edward and his younger brother who committed a taboo by using alchemy to try and bring their dead mother back to life, but things went wrong and Ed lost his arm and leg while Alphonse lost his body. Together, the siblings are looking for the philosopher’s stone, which is said to be able to grant all alchemic wishes and the only way to achieve their goal is to join the military and fight off evil alchemists.