Best video games anime
260 anime about video games, ranked by community score. Tags come from AniList voters; the percentage on each title page says how strongly the tag applies.
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3.3Shadowverse Flame
TV · 2022 · 50 ep
Shadowverse FlameTV · 2022 · 50 ep3.3Shadowverse Flame features a new protagonist Light Tenryu and its story is set in Shadovar College, a facility that trains professional players of the Shadowverse game. Tenryu Light, a transfer student, decides to join "Seventh Flame," one…
3.2THE NEW GATE
TV · 2024 · 12 ep
THE NEW GATEThe New GateTV · 2024 · 12 ep3.2When an online game turns real, trapping its players in its virtual space, the strongest of them, Shin, rises up to put a stop to the madness. But just moments after defeating the game’s final boss, Origin, and freeing everyone, Shin is…
3.2Kemono Michi: Rise Up
TV · 2019 · 12 ep
Kemono Michi: Rise UpHataage! Kemono MichiTV · 2019 · 12 ep3.2The story follows masked wrestler Genzou Shibata, who likes all kinds of animals and creatures. One day he is summoned to another world, where a princess asks him to help kill magical beasts, but he gets mad and puts her in a German…
3.2Hyperdimension Neptunia
TV · 2013 · 12 ep
Hyperdimension NeptuniaChoujigen Game Neptune The AnimationTV · 2013 · 12 ep3.2Welcome to Gamindustri, a fantastical world where all your favorite video game consoles come to life! Neptune and her fellow Goddesses rule the four kingdoms of Lastation, Leanbox, Lowee, and Planeptune – but their royal duties often take…
3.2Cultural Exchange with a Game Centre Girl
TV · 2025 · 12 ep
Cultural Exchange with a Game Centre GirlGame Center Shoujo to Ibunka KouryuuTV · 2025 · 12 ep3.2Kusakabe Renji, a young man working at a game centre, sees an English girl named Lily Baker playing a crane game on Valentine’s Day. Seeing her fail repeatedly to win a prize, Renji can’t help but take action. The day after Lily finally…
Mature
3.2King of Thorn
Movie · 2009 · 1 ep
King of ThornIbara no OuMovie · 2009 · 1 ep3.2Panic spreads worldwide as the Medousa Virus threatens to wipe out the human race. Kasumi is one of 160 people chosen to be cryogenically frozen while a cure is found. When she awakens to find the facility overrun with thorny vines and…
3.2A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans
TV · 2026 · 13 ep
A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-HumansJingai Kyoushitsu no Ningengirai KyoushiTV · 2026 · 13 ep3.2After a traumatic incident ends his teaching career, Rei Hitoma is certain he hates humans. Yet when he sees a job for “a teacher who truly cares for their students,” he’s compelled to apply. Before he knows it, he’s hired—only to find out…
3.2Bayonetta: Bloody Fate
Movie · 2013 · 1 ep
Bayonetta: Bloody FateMovie · 2013 · 1 ep3.2Based on the 2009 game, Bayonetta: Bloody Fate follows the story of the witch Bayonetta, as she defeats the blood-thirsty Angels and tries to remember her past from before the time she awoke, 20 years ago. Along her side are a mysterious…
3.2Ichijyoma Mankitsu Gurashi!
TV · 2026 · 11 ep
Ichijyoma Mankitsu Gurashi!Ichijouma Mankitsugurashi!TV · 2026 · 11 ep3.2High school girl in the manga cafe! Meiko is a countryside girl who enters a rich girls' school. All expenses will be paid if she participates in activities... But who knew it would mean live-in work in a manga cafe?! Living in a small…
3.2Here is Greenwood
OVA · 1991 · 6 ep
Here is GreenwoodKoko wa Green WoodOVA · 1991 · 6 ep3.2Hasukawa Kazuya is in a terrible bind. His brother's new wife is also the woman that Kazuya secretly loves. Determined to avoid them both, Kazuya leaves home to live in the student dorm called Greenwood. There, he hopes to find peace of…
3.2Hyperdimension Neptunia The Animation: Nep-Nep Festival
OVA · 2022 · 1 ep
Hyperdimension Neptunia The Animation: Nep-Nep FestivalHyperdimension Neptunia: Nepu Nepu Darake no FestivalOVA · 2022 · 1 ep3.2The second installment of the Neptune OVA Series Trilogy. This OVA is bundled with Good Smile Company's Dimension Traveler Neptune: Generator Unit ver. 1/7 scale figure. Note: The OVA had an advance release on various streaming platforms…
3.1And you thought there is never a girl online?
TV · 2016 · 12 ep
And you thought there is never a girl online?Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta?TV · 2016 · 12 ep3.1The story centers on Hideki Nishimura, a young man who confessed to a person he thought was a girl online, only for that person to turn out to be a boy. He keeps this "black history" secret and swears to never to trust a "girl" online…
3.1Girlfriend, Girlfriend
TV · 2021 · 12 ep
Girlfriend, GirlfriendKanojo mo KanojoTV · 2021 · 12 ep3.1The protagonist, Naoya, is a first-year in high school. He asks out Saki, a girl he has been in love with, and she agrees to be his girlfriend. He's currently on cloud nine. But then, a beautiful girl named Nagisa comes up to Naoya one day…
Mature
3.1Quality Assurance in Another World
TV · 2024 · 13 ep
Quality Assurance in Another WorldKono Sekai wa Fukanzen SugiruTV · 2024 · 13 ep3.1Despite its location in a remote region south of the continent of Felnarc, the island of Clayborne is made up of five small countries crowded together and in constant conflict. In the most remote reaches of the smallest and most peaceful…
3.1Fastest Finger First
TV · 2017 · 12 ep
Fastest Finger FirstNana Maru San BatsuTV · 2017 · 12 ep3.1Bunzou High School is welcoming its new first-year students. One of them, Koshiyama Shiki, is chosen to participate against his will in an impromptu fast-buzzing quiz meet by the president of the Quiz Bowl Circle. As a quiet boy who loves…
3.1Naruto Narutimate Hero 3: Tsuini Gekitotsu! Jounin vs. Genin!! Musabetsu Dairansen Taikai Kaisai!!
OVA · 2005 · 1 ep
Naruto Narutimate Hero 3: Tsuini Gekitotsu! Jounin vs. Genin!! Musabetsu Dairansen Taikai Kaisai!!OVA · 2005 · 1 ep3.1A contest is made by the Fifth Hokage called Jonin vs Genin. The point is to collect crystals for points, with the higher-ranked Chunin and Jonin holding crystals worth more points. The Genin have blue crystals, while the Chunin and Jonin…
3.1The Everyday Tales of a Cat God
TV · 2011 · 12 ep
The Everyday Tales of a Cat GodNekogami YaoyorozuTV · 2011 · 12 ep3.1Koyama Yuzu is running an antique shop. Mayu, a cat god (nekogami), is living off Yuzu and leads an idle life playing games. Lots of other gods visit Mayu and enjoy merrymaking. (Source: Anime News Network)
3.1.hack//Liminality
OVA · 2002 · 4 ep
.hack//LiminalityOVA · 2002 · 4 ep3.1While playing the newly released MMORPG ‘The World’, Minase Mai and Tomonari Kasumi collapsed in the real world and were sent to the hospital after hearing a mysterious sound. Only Mai had recovered while her friend Kasumi had…
3.1.hack//Unison
Special · 2003 · 1 ep
.hack//UnisonSpecial · 2003 · 1 ep3.1Somewhere in the MMORPG called ‘The World’, a group is gathered at a pub, awaiting the start of an event. There, old friends and acquaintances are reunited, including those who rarely log on. Some are even forging new…
3.1Monster But Wild
ONA · 2023 · 12 ep
Monster But WildQuqu Bucai, Zaixia YeguaiONA · 2023 · 12 ep3.1“Azure" is a popular online game that has been active for ten years running. I'm a veteran who's been playing since launch, and I got a huge prize! After opening the gift... I was transmigrated into the game as the weakest little monster!…
3.1Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life!
TV · 2021 · 12 ep
Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life!Kyuukyoku Shinka shita Full Dive RPG ga Genjitsu yori mo Kusoge DattaraTV · 2021 · 12 ep3.1Yuuki Hiroshi has just picked up Kiwame Quest, the realest VRMMO ever made. But this RPG is TOO lifelike; he can smell, taste, feel, and when he's hurt in it, his physical body is hurt too. Even worse, his abilities in this adventure suck…
3.1A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life
TV · 2023 · 12 ep
A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO LifeToaru Ossan no VRMMO KatsudoukiTV · 2023 · 12 ep3.1Tanaka Taichi is just an ordinary 38-year-old who enjoys video games. He starts a new virtual reality multiplayer game called One More Free Life Online, naming his character Earth. Unlike his fellow players, he decides to master the most…
3.1.hack//Legend Of The Twilight
TV · 2003 · 12 ep
.hack//Legend Of The Twilight.hack//Tasogare no Udewa DensetsuTV · 2003 · 12 ep3.1Winning the legendary characters “Kite” and “Black Rose” from an event held by the creators of the MMORPG ‘The World,’ Shugo and his twin sister Rena steps into ‘The World’. Together they completed events and quests, along with their new…
3.1Haikyuu!! Quest Picture Drama
OVA · 2014 · 3 ep
Haikyuu!! Quest Picture DramaOVA · 2014 · 3 ep3.1Picture Drama episodes from the special contents DVD bundled with the Haikyuu!! 3DS game.
3.1Null & Peta
ONA · 2019 · 12 ep
Null & PetaNull PetaONA · 2019 · 12 ep3.1The story of NullPeta follows Null, an elementary school girl who is also a genius inventor. After her older sister Peta's death by an accident, she brings her sister back to life as "Peta Robo" using her characteristic knowledge. However…
3.1Tekken: Blood Vengeance
Movie · 2011 · 1 ep
Tekken: Blood VengeanceMovie · 2011 · 1 ep3.1High school student Ling Xiaoyu is recruited by Anna Williams of G Corporation to transfer to Kyoto University and gather information on a student named Shin Kamiya. Meanwhile, Jin Kazama, the current head of the Mishima Zaibatsu, sends…
3.0Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody
TV · 2018 · 12 ep
Death March to the Parallel World RhapsodyDeath March kara Hajimaru Isekai KyousoukyokuTV · 2018 · 12 ep3.0The story of the light novel series and manga follows a 29-year-old programmer who is on a "death march," but one day he wakes up in another world after a nap. From a meteor shower he happens to gain vast riches, and he decides to go…
3.0Sword Art Online EXTRA EDITION
Special · 2013 · 1 ep
Sword Art Online EXTRA EDITIONSword Art Online: Extra EditionSpecial · 2013 · 1 ep3.0Yui wants to see a whale with Kirito during an underwater quest in Alfeim Online. During the quest however, it is revealed Leafa cannot swim. Asuna and the other female characters decide to train Suguha in a real-world pool to help her in…
3.0Rokudo's Bad Girls
TV · 2023 · 12 ep
Rokudo's Bad GirlsRokudou no Onna-tachiTV · 2023 · 12 ep3.0Rokudou’s miserable days of being picked on have taken a major turn with a new ability that’s made him the target of every delinquent girl’s affection. The source? A mysterious scroll from his late grandfather, an unusual inheritance to…
3.0Sword Art Online: Sword Art Offline - Extra Edition
Special · 2014 · 1 ep
Sword Art Online: Sword Art Offline - Extra EditionSpecial · 2014 · 1 ep3.0Extra episode of Sword Art Offline included in the Sword Art Online: Extra Edition Blu-ray and DVD.
3.0Sword Art Online II: Sword Art Offline II
Special · 2014 · 9 ep
Sword Art Online II: Sword Art Offline IISpecial · 2014 · 9 ep3.0BD/DVD specials.
3.0The Silver Guardian 2
TV · 2018 · 6 ep
The Silver Guardian 2Gin no Guardian IITV · 2018 · 6 ep3.0At Shinryou Private Academy—an expensive school for wealthy students—one would never expect to find the poverty-stricken Suigin Riku. When he is not working on one of his many part-time jobs to pay his tuition, he can often be found…
3.0.hack//Intermezzo
Special · 2003 · 1 ep
.hack//IntermezzoSpecial · 2003 · 1 ep3.0A virtual multiplayer online role-playing game exists, known as 'The World'. In 'The World', there is an event held in the Dungeon of Nankoflank that Mimiru, a character in the game, undertakes with Bear, another character of the game…
3.0Hi-sCool! Seha Girls
TV · 2014 · 13 ep
Hi-sCool! Seha GirlsHi☆sCoool! SeHa GirlsTV · 2014 · 13 ep3.0Three girls meet for the first time at the start of a new semester in a brand new school. But these aren’t just any girls, and this isn’t just any school! Dreamcast, Sega Saturn, and Mega Drive might be the names of SEGA gaming consoles…
3.0Shangri-La Frontier: Kusoge Hunter, Kamige ni Idoman to su Mini Anime
ONA · 2023 · 9 ep
Shangri-La Frontier: Kusoge Hunter, Kamige ni Idoman to su Mini AnimeONA · 2023 · 9 ep3.0
3.0Magical Destroyers
TV · 2023 · 12 ep
Magical DestroyersMahou Shoujo Magical DestroyersTV · 2023 · 12 ep3.0Freedom of expression is threatened when a mysterious group, the SSC, destroy Japan’s otaku culture. However, a young revolutionary, Otaku Hero—who loves the culture more than anything—rises up. With the help of three rambunctious magical…