Best virtual world anime
188 anime about virtual world, 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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3.5Journey to Bloom
ONA · 2023 · 5 ep
Journey to BloomONA · 2023 · 5 ep3.5A series of digest animations commemorating the 3rd anniversary of the "Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! feat. Hatsune Miku" mobile game. This entry includes: 1) Leo/need ダイジェストアニメーション - Journey to Bloom『STELLA』 2) MORE MORE JUMP!…
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3.5Kyoukaisen
Special · 2021 · 1 ep
KyoukaisenSpecial · 2021 · 1 ep3.5Official music video for the song Kyoukaisen by amazarashi. Note: The song featured in this music video was also used as the opening theme for the anime 86: Eighty Six Part 2.
3.5Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online
TV · 2018 · 12 ep
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale OnlineTV · 2018 · 12 ep3.5The story follows Karen Kohiruimaki, a 183-centimeter-tall (6-foot-tall) college student who's insecure about her height, and is bad at dealing with people in the real world. She enters the world of Gun Gale Online with her avatar, Ren…
3.5EDENS ZERO
TV · 2021 · 25 ep
EDENS ZEROEdens ZeroTV · 2021 · 25 ep3.5Eleven months after the grand finale of Fairy Tail, master mangaka Hiro Mashima is back with a great adventure beyond imagination! All the steadfast friendship, crazy fighting, and blue cats you've come to expect... IN SPACE! A young boy…
3.5Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table
TV · 2021 · 12 ep
Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round TableLog Horizon: Entaku HoukaiTV · 2021 · 12 ep3.5It’s been a year since Shiroe and his friends were trapped in Akiba due to the Catastrophe. Their forging of the Round Table has brought order and prosperity to its people. But fracturing political alliances and the constant menace of the…
3.5Digimon: Digital Monsters 02
TV · 2000 · 50 ep
Digimon: Digital Monsters 02Digimon Adventure 02TV · 2000 · 50 ep3.5A few years after the adventures of the Chosen Children in the Digital World, a new batch of Chosen Children are summoned to save the Digital World. An evil ruler known as the Digimon Kaiser, or Digimon Emperor, is forcing the Digital…
3.5Digimon Frontier
TV · 2002 · 50 ep
Digimon FrontierTV · 2002 · 50 ep3.5Takuya Kanbara is an average city kid who receives a text message from an unknown source instructing him to "board a train towards his destiny". Taking up the Call to Adventure, he finds the train in question and is whisked off to the…
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3.5GOOD NIGHT WORLD
ONA · 2023 · 12 ep
GOOD NIGHT WORLDGood Night WorldONA · 2023 · 12 ep3.5In the online game "Planet," there is a powerful team of four players. This team goes by the name "The Akabane Family," and its members are a pseudo-family that only exists in the game. Although they aren't aware of it, these four players…
3.5Digimon Adventure tri. Chapter 4: Loss
Movie · 2017 · 1 ep
Digimon Adventure tri. Chapter 4: LossDigimon Adventure tri. 4: SoushitsuMovie · 2017 · 1 ep3.5Upon arriving at the Digital World after the "reboot", the DigiDestined are hunted by a new villain. Meanwhile, Sora is troubled by her partner digimon's indifference towards her. (Source: Crunchyroll)
3.5Digimon Adventure tri. Chapter 5: Coexistance
Movie · 2017 · 1 ep
Digimon Adventure tri. Chapter 5: CoexistanceDigimon Adventure tri. 5: KyouseiMovie · 2017 · 1 ep3.5Meicoomon rampages after witnessing Meiko Mochizuki being injured by the man bearing Gennai's likeness. "It would have been better if you hadn't been born..." Meicoomon disappears into the Real World, which has since become distorted…
3.5Digimon Adventure tri. Chapter 6: Our Future
Movie · 2018 · 1 ep
Digimon Adventure tri. Chapter 6: Our FutureDigimon Adventure tri. 6: Bokura no MiraiMovie · 2018 · 1 ep3.5The DigiDestined must stand together to prevent the digital world from swallowing the real world. (Source: Crunchyroll)
3.4In the Land of Leadale
TV · 2022 · 12 ep
In the Land of LeadaleLeadale no Daichi niteTV · 2022 · 12 ep3.4After being put on life support after a tragic accident, Keina Kagami's only freedom comes from the VRMMO RPG Leadale. One day her life support system shuts off and Keina passes away. When she wakes up, she finds herself in Leadale two…
3.4My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X - I Met My Destined One...
OVA · 2021 · 1 ep
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X - I Met My Destined One...Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta... OVAOVA · 2021 · 1 ep3.4Note: An unaired episode bundled with the special edition of the 7th manga volume.
3.4Digimon: Hurricane Touchdown
Movie · 2000 · 2 ep
Digimon: Hurricane TouchdownDigimon Adventure 02 MoviesMovie · 2000 · 2 ep3.4Years after a young boy in America loses one of his Digimon friends, an evil viral Digimon successfully kidnaps the original Chosen Children. Their younger friends must race against time with their Digimon partners to discover the source…
3.4.hack//Quantum
OVA · 2011 · 3 ep
.hack//QuantumOVA · 2011 · 3 ep3.4Tobias, Mary, and Sakuya challenge the impregnable "The One Sin", but they lose their way in the maze and unintentionally trap other guild members. A mysterious cat is watching their blunder. Is it another player character or NPC?
3.4Digimon Xros Wars: The Evil Death Generals and the Seven Kingdoms
TV · 2011 · 24 ep
Digimon Xros Wars: The Evil Death Generals and the Seven KingdomsDigimon Xros Wars: Aku no Death General to Nanatsu no OukokuTV · 2011 · 24 ep3.4Returning to the Digital World, Taiki and Shoutmon learn that the Bagra Army has taken it over and reformatted the world to have Seven Kingdoms, each ruled by a general. (Source: AniDB)
3.4Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE
ONA · 2019 · 13 ep
Gundam Build Divers Re:RISEGundam Build Divers Re:RiseONA · 2019 · 13 ep3.4The story is set two years after the story of Gundam Build Divers, with a new version of the "Gunpla Battle Nexus Online" (GBN) game, and new Divers: Hiroto, a lone Diver who plays like a mercenary; Kazami, a wanderer who goes between…
3.4Accel World
TV · 2012 · 24 ep
Accel WorldTV · 2012 · 24 ep3.4The year is 2046. Haruyuki Arita is a young boy who finds himself on the lowest social rungs of his school. Ashamed of his miserable life, Haruyuki can only cope by indulging in virtual games. But that all changes when Kuroyukihime, the…![[C] - CONTROL - The Money and Soul of Possibility](https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx10163-DGTY24yRLZrt.jpg)
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3.4[C] - CONTROL - The Money and Soul of Possibility
TV · 2011 · 11 ep
[C] - CONTROL - The Money and Soul of PossibilityC: The Money of Soul and Possibility ControlTV · 2011 · 11 ep3.4The Japanese government was rescued from the brink of financial collapse by the Sovereign Wealth Fund. For its citizens, however, life has not improved and unemployment, crime, suicide, and despair are rampant. Kimimaro, raised by his…
3.4Accel World EX
OVA · 2012 · 2 ep
Accel World EXOVA · 2012 · 2 ep3.4OVA bundled with the Accel World simulation and action games. The Blu-ray OVA discs came with the PS3 limited edition versions and the DVD with the PSP limited edition versions. The project was split into two PSP and PS3 titles, and one…
3.4Overlord: Ple Ple Pleiades
Special · 2015 · 8 ep
Overlord: Ple Ple PleiadesSpecial · 2015 · 8 ep3.4Specials featuring super-deformed characters, bundled with the Blu-ray and DVD volumes of Overlord . Note: Began airing after episode 5 of Overlord - each episode was available on the official site for a short period afterwards.
3.4GARO -VANISHING LINE-
TV · 2017 · 24 ep
GARO -VANISHING LINE-Garo: Vanishing LineTV · 2017 · 24 ep3.4The anime's story is set in a prosperous city named Russell City. Even as the city celebrates its success, a conspiracy that threatens to shake its world has been set in motion. A man named Sword is the first to hear the earliest stirrings…
3.4Digimon Data Squad
TV · 2006 · 48 ep
Digimon Data SquadDigimon SaversTV · 2006 · 48 ep3.4Masaru, a second year Junior High student and undefeated street-fighter, is about to learn the meaning of the word "teamwork." After Agumon escapes DATS, an organization that deals with Digimon, it winds up in a fight with Masaru. Soon…
3.4Overlord: Ple Ple Pleiades - Nazarick Saidai no Kiki
OVA · 2016 · 1 ep
Overlord: Ple Ple Pleiades - Nazarick Saidai no KikiOVA · 2016 · 1 ep3.4Bundled with novel series' 11th volume. The new anime will feature the appearance of the Pleiades combat maids, as well as the rest of the Floor Guardians. (Source: Anime News Network)
3.4RD Sennou Chousashitsu
TV · 2008 · 26 ep
RD Sennou ChousashitsuTV · 2008 · 26 ep3.42061 AD. Fifty years have passed since mankind developed the Network society. It was anticipated that this new infrastructure would realize a utopia where people connected with each other at the level of consciousness. However, new social…
3.4.hack//G.U. Trilogy
Movie · 2007 · 1 ep
.hack//G.U. TrilogyMovie · 2007 · 1 ep3.4The Movie will be placed in the storyline of each .hack//G.U. games trilogy. The story follows Haseo, a player in the online MMORPG called The World:R2 at first depicted as a PKK (Player Killer Killer) known as the "Terror of Death", a…
3.4Corrector Yui
TV · 1999 · 26 ep
Corrector YuiTV · 1999 · 26 ep3.4In the year 2000-something, a massive central network called Comnet links the computers of the world, forming a single global computer system. Comnet, designed to serve the interests of mankind, is managed by the supercomputer, Grosser…
3.4MegaMan: NT Warrior AXESS
TV · 2003 · 51 ep
MegaMan: NT Warrior AXESSRockman.EXE AxessTV · 2003 · 51 ep3.4Netto's father Yuuichirou Hikari has made a scientific breakthrough by introducing the "synchro chips". If an operator and his or her navi are in a special enviroment known as a "dimensional area", they can fuse together in the real world…
3.4.hack//The Movie: Sekai no Mukou ni
Movie · 2012 · 1 ep
.hack//The Movie: Sekai no Mukou niMovie · 2012 · 1 ep3.4In 2024, the computer network prevails throughout daily life. Sora Yuuki is a 14-year-old girl. One day, she is invited to an online game "The World". After an accident in the game, the real world begins to deform.
3.4Mega Man Star Force
TV · 2006 · 55 ep
Mega Man Star ForceRyuusei no RockmanTV · 2006 · 55 ep3.4In the year 220X, the world has advanced toward radio-wave technology, and the world is connected through the Wave Road. Meet Subaru Hoshikawa, a fifth-grade student who lost his father in a space accident. Subaru meets an extraterrestrial…
3.4Rockman.EXE Stream
TV · 2004 · 51 ep
Rockman.EXE StreamTV · 2004 · 51 ep3.4A comet burns in the sky, its brilliant light shining down upon the people of Earth. At that time, a giant army of viruses invade the real world, crushing everything in their path. Netto and Enzan use cross fusion to intervene, but are…
3.3How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord
TV · 2018 · 12 ep
How NOT to Summon a Demon LordIsekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo no Dorei MajutsuTV · 2018 · 12 ep3.3In the MMORPG Cross Reverie, Takuma Sakamoto is so powerful that he is lauded as the “Demon Lord” by other players. One day, he is summoned to another world – but with the same appearance he had in the game! There, he meets two girls who…
3.3How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord Ω
TV · 2021 · 10 ep
How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord ΩIsekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo no Dorei Majutsu ΩTV · 2021 · 10 ep3.3Diablo is back! You know…the Demon Lord from another world? Traveling through the woods with Rem and Shera, they encounter a lone girl in tatters, pursued by a powerful Paladin. You know what that means—Diablo will have to try and hide his…
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3.3Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra: World Conquest Starts with the Civilization of Ruin
TV · 2025 · 13 ep
Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra: World Conquest Starts with the Civilization of RuinIsekai Mokushiroku Mynoghra: Hametsu no Bunmei de Hajimeru Sekai SeifukuTV · 2025 · 13 ep3.3Takuto Ira succumbed to illness at a young age and ended up reincarnating in a world that resembles the fantasy turn-based strategy game Eternal Nations. Not only did he reincarnate into his favorite game, but as the god who commands the…
3.3The Ones Within
TV · 2019 · 12 ep
The Ones WithinNakanohito Genome [Jikkyouchuu]TV · 2019 · 12 ep3.3Iride Akatsuki is a popular game footage uploader. He wakes up one day to find that he's been kidnapped and taken to a strange place, along with a number of other uploaders who specialize in different genres of games. A mysterious…
3.3.hack//SIGN
TV · 2002 · 26 ep
.hack//SIGN.hack//SignTV · 2002 · 26 ep3.3A young wavemaster, only known by the alias of Tsukasa, wakes up in an MMORPG called The World, with slight amnesia. He does not know what he has previously done before he woke up. In The World, he is suspected to be a hacker of the…