Most Popular Isekai Anime Over The Years | 2012 To 2026

So, which isekai anime actually owned each year from 2012 to 2026? This bar chart race follows the rises, the comebacks, and the occasional dramatic falls of the biggest isekai series across 14 years — starting with the OGs like Sword Art Online and Log Horizon way back in 2012, all the way to the modern heavy-hitters like Re:Zero, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Tensura), Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, and Youjo Senki (Saga of Tanya the Evil). Spoiler: the genre got big Some Included Series: Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Tensura), Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, Youjo Senki / Saga of Tanya the Evil, Sword Art Online, Overlord, KonoSuba, No Game No Life, and a bunch more Re:Zero Season 4 dropped in 2026 — and yeah, the episode ratings are basically through the roof. #isekai #anime #rezero #mushokutensei #tensura #yojosenki