[Discussion] 10 Fantasy Anime With Better Worldbuilding Than Most Movies

Grimgar
Mushoku Tensei
Hunter x Hunter (2011)
Frieren
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
Dorohedoro
Dungeon Meshi
Made in Abyss
Ascendance of a Bookworm
One Piece

From the most recent discussion about the best anime worldbuiiding, my choices continue to be Made in Abyss—as in I agree with the article in this case—and Violet Evergarden, but Witch Hat Atelier is getting to be a contender.

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nyan 4 points 3 days ago

Grimgar is quite an intersting choice—older, obscure, downbeat single-cours isekai. Maybe the listmaker read the LNs?

I'd add The Twelve Kingdoms, and possibly The Slayers and Kyo Kara Maoh! to this (there's plenty in both to explore, but both sometimes drop something silly for purely comedic purposes, like the vegetarian sharks).

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njm1314 2 points 2 days ago

I'd say The Twelve Kingdoms blows basically everything else on this list out of the water in terms of world building.

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