What is High Fantasy anime?

Generally a serious and epic story set in an invented world. The world may be more or less based on real world environments or history. Typical fantastical elements are usually dominating, such as elves, dwarves, magicians, invented languages, quests; just to name a few.

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Tales of Symphonia The Animation: Tethe'alla-hen

7.45

Description:

The second arc of Tales of Symphonia that takes place in the flourishing world of Tethe'alla. This OVA takes place up to two-thirds of the game, prior to the Derris-Kharlan arc.

Type

OVA

Episodes

Ep.Length

40 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2010-03-25

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Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken (2020)

(Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai)

7.62

Description:

After the defeat of the demon lord Hadlar, all of the monsters were unleashed from his evil will and moved to the island of Delmurin to live in peace. Dai is the only human living on the island. Having been raised by the kindly monster Brass, Dai's dream is to grow up to be a hero. He gets to become one when Hadlar is resurrected and the previous hero, Avan, comes to train Dai to help in the battle. But Hadlar, announcing that he now works for an even more powerful demon lord, comes to kill Avan. To save his students, Avan uses a Self-Sacrifice spell to attack, but is unable to defeat Hadlar. When it seems that Dai and Avan's other student Pop are doomed, a mark appears on Dai's forehead and he suddenly gains super powers and is able to fend off Hadlar. The two students then go off on a journey to avenge Avan and bring peace back to the world. (Source: Anime News Network)

Type

Episodes

100

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2020-10-03

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The Dragon Prince Season 2

8.07

Description:

Season 2 of The Dragon Prince

Type

ONA

Episodes

Ep.Length

26 Min

Rating

Status

finished

Aired

2019-02-15

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Shining Tears X Wind

(Shining Tears X Wind)

6.35

Description:

Mysterious disappearances are occurring one after the other in Tatsumi Town. Kiriya has a vision from a mysterious beautiful girl with pointy ears. A book talking for an alternative world is found. And Mao searching for her long lost friend, Zero, comes to our world. But what she didn’t expect is to find Souma and Kureha, and even less, to accidentally take them to her world. Now, Souma and Kureha have to find a way to come back. But other forces are playing their part in the darkness and Souma with Kureha will find that going back is harder than they first anticipated. (Source: ANN)

Type

Episodes

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2007-04-07

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The Dragon Prince Season 3

8.12

Description:

Third season of The Dragon Prince.

Type

ONA

Episodes

Ep.Length

35 Min

Rating

Status

finished

Aired

2019-11-22

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The Dragon Prince

8.04

Description:

In the magical land of Xadia, magic comes from six primal sources: the sun, moon, stars, sky, earth and ocean. When human mages create a seventh kind of magic -- dark magic -- they start capturing and harvesting the unique magical creatures they need as ingredients, which sparks a war between Xadia and the Human Kingdoms. Three kids from opposite sides of the conflict -- two princes and an elven assassin sent to kill them -- discover a secret that could change everything and decide to join forces and go on an epic journey. That trek could be their only hope of ending the war and restoring peace to both worlds. (Source: Google)

Type

ONA

Episodes

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Status

finished

Aired

2018-09-14

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Lodoss-tou Senki: Eiyuu Kishi Den

(Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight)

7.3

Description:

Five years after the death of the Emperor of Marmo in the War of Heroes, Parn is now the Free Knight of Lodoss, he and his old allies now famous through the land. However, the Emperor's right-hand man, Ashram, seeks the scepter of domination to re-unify Lodoss under his former leader's banner. Meanwhile, beyond his attempts at conquest lies a more sinister force beginning to set the stage for the resurrection of the goddess of death and destruction... (Source: ANN)

Type

Episodes

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

1998-04-01

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Tales of Symphonia The Animation: Sekai Tougou-hen

7.4

Description:

The third and final OVA series concluding the story of Tales of Symphonia: The Animation.

Type

OVA

Episodes

Ep.Length

36 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2011-11-23

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Tales of Phantasia The Animation

(Tales of Phantasia)

6.82

Description:

Tragedy strikes the lives of Cless Alvein, a young swordsman, and Chester Barklight, a young archer, as they return to their village of Totus to find it razed to the ground by the mysterious Black Knight. To take over the world, the Black Knight seeks to claim the power of the Demon King, Dhaos—sealed away by the ancestors of Cless and a young cleric named Mint Adnade. Dhaos's reawakening signals not only the end of the Black Knight, but potentially the world. Cless and Mint must now journey a century into the past to rally allies capable of vanquishing the Demon King for once and for all.Tales of Phantasia The Animation follows Cless and Mint's journey through time to long ago, where they forge an alliance with the half-elf sorceress Arche Klaine and the summoner Klarth F. Lester. Together, they strive to defeat Dhaos and his army in saving the past as well as the years to come.

Type

OVA

Episodes

Ep.Length

30 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2004-11-25

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Queen's Blade OVA

6.29

Description:

OVAs bundled with the Queen's Blade Premium Visual Book and the Queen's Blade Rebellion Premium Visual Book. Both of the episodes will be based on Queen's Blade Rebellion, a sequel to Queen's Blade: Utsukushiki Toushitachi.

Type

OVA

Episodes

Ep.Length

21 Min

Rating

Mild Nudity

Status

finished

Aired

2011-10-29

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Dragon's Dogma

(Dragon's Dogma)

Description:

Adaptation of the Dragon's Dogma video game for Netflix.

Type

ONA

Episodes

Ep.Length

26 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2020-09-17

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Izumo: Takeki Tsurugi no Senki

6.5

Description:

Yagi Takeru has been living in the Touma family's house since his parents are gone. He was raised by Touma Rokunosuke, the head of the house. He is surrounded by many people such as Yamato Takeshi, his best friend-cum-rival from the kendo club, the Shiratori sisters, Kotono and Asuka, and his childhood friend, Oosu Seri. Life has been blissful until one day, an earthquake strikes the school and everything changes. Takeru awakens to find that the school looks as if it has been abandoned for centuries and reduced to ruins. He also realize that all the teachers and students have disappeared as well. He meets up with Seri and Asuka and they fled from the ruins, only to realize that the town they used to live in is completely empty. Subsequently, people wrapped in cloaks appear before him. They were told that they have been brought to another world. (Source: ANN)

Type

Episodes

Ep.Length

25 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2005-04-03

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Dragon Age: Blood Mage no Seisen

(Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker)

6.05

Description:

In a time of darkness and barbarism, the Chantry has arisen - a religious order seeking to bring stability to a world corrupted by sinister magic. Led by the Divine, the Chantry's Templar warriors ruthlessly restrain the Mages and their magical cabals. But when the Templars fail, the most elite order of the Chantry takes charge - the Seekers! (Source: AniDB)

Type

movie

Episodes

Ep.Length

91 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

2012-02-11

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The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf

(The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf)

7.78

Description:

Escaping from poverty to become a Witcher, Vesemir slays monsters for coin and glory, but when a new menace rises, he must face the demons of his past. (Source Netflix)

Type

ONA

Episodes

Ep.Length

80 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2021-08-23

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Dragon Quest: Your Story

(Dragon Quest: Your Story)

7.2

Description:

Based on Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride. It tells the story of Luca, a beast-tamer, that sets out to find the hero that can wield the Zenistian sword and save the world from destruction.

Type

movie

Episodes

Ep.Length

102 Min

Rating

Status

finished

Aired

2019-08-02

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Tanken Driland

6.23

Description:

Due to the influence of someone who visited her town when she was a child, Princess Mikoto of Elua decides to become a hunter and search for treasure all over the land of Driland. She sets out on her journey with her personal assistant Wallens, but they are soon joined by Pollon, a hunter who dreams of being a hero, and Paan, a wandering knight. As they continue their exploration they begin to sense great danger drawing near.

Type

Episodes

Ep.Length

20 Min

Rating

Children

Status

finished

Aired

2012-07-07

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Legend of Lemnear: Kyokuguro no Tsubasa Valkisas

(Legend of Lemnear)

5.85

Description:

The young and beautiful Lemnear's home village is destroyed and her brother is taken away. Lemnear swears to kill the evil wizard Gardin who is responsible for the disaster. With her allies Lemnear goes on a journey to take her revenge. She doesn't know, though, that there is someone above Gardin... (Source: ANN)

Type

OVA

Episodes

Ep.Length

45 Min

Rating

Mild Nudity

Status

finished

Aired

1989-07-25

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Grimm Masterpiece Theater

(Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics)

7.14

Description:

The series consists of mostly stand-alone episodes which retell different fairy or folk tales. Despite the title, they are not all based on fairy tales collected by the Grimm Brothers.

Type

Episodes

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

All Ages

Status

finished

Aired

1987-10-21

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Ramayana: Rama Ouji Densetsu

(Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama)

7.52

Description:

A theatrical anime movie of the original story of the epic Indian classical "Ramayana" and a joint production between Japan and India. Prince Rama, one of the four Princes of Ayodhya, will be expelled from the palace through a conspiracy. Rama is banished to the forest for 14 years. A girl named Sita and Lakshman, Rama's brother, go with him into the forest. Ravana, the King of Demons, falls in love with Sita and kidnaps her. In order to save his love, Rama goes to Lanka with the help of an army of monkeys and friends of the forest. A feature film based on a story of true love, friendship, and trust, this anime is about 2 hours and 15 minutes long, with musical elements from Indian cinemas in between.

Type

movie

Episodes

Ep.Length

135 Min

Rating

All Ages

Status

finished

Aired

1992-03-10

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Tsuki no Waltz

6.61

Description:

First "professional" animation work by Atsuko Ishizuka of MADHOUSE. It was done and broadcast as an episode of NHK's Minna no Uta.

Type

music

Episodes

Ep.Length

5 Min

Rating

All Ages

Status

finished

Aired

2004-11-10

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