<p>By matters of technicality, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_Heavenly_Sphere_Shurato" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Legend of Heavenly Sphere Shurato</a>, from 1989, could be considered the first isekai reincarnation (転生) anime (in terms of Japanese anime). While the series starts out as a transmigration (転移) series, the protagonist finds out that he is a reincarnation of
an ancient king (of the same name first name) that ruled this otherworld.</p>

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<p>Excluding anime about people being trapped in video games (not really reincarnation), the following titles predating Youjo Senki come to mind.</p>
<p><strong>2002, Haibane Renmei</strong><br />
The previous life of the characters is a bit fuzzy, though.</p>
<p><strong>2007, Yawaraka Sangokushi Tsukisase!! Ryofuko-chan</strong><br />
It's fairly similar to Youjo Senki in that adult men reincarnate into the bodies of little girls, but the world they arrive in is ours and they come from the past. Probably the warring states period.</p>

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Haibabe Renmei is a bit ambiguous as it's implied to be a purgatory of sorts for ppl that died in their childhood, waiting to reincarnate into the next life... The other one reems like a same world transmigration (I guess time travel?), was they are technically themselves, but genderbent.
кяαzєя
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In Ryofuko-chan it's unclear whether they come from the past or a fantasy world based on that past and as far as I remember they died and became little girls in our world. Would need to rewatch to say for sure.
Ocean
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<p>Someone in SciFi exchange <a href="https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/277169/which-was-the-first-isekai-tensei-reincarnated-into-another-world-story">Which was the first isekai tensei story</a> mentioned Yojo Senki could be the first Isekai Tensei <em>anime</em> (not counting non anime stories, where the first &quot;reincarnated into another world&quot; story could be the american Barsoom books). Is this really the case?</p>
<p>Which was the first isekai tensei anime?</p>

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Very related: [What is the relevancy between the common theme of Knight’s & Magic, In Another World With My Smartphone, and KonoSuba?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/46298/2516)
Aki Tanaka
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@AkiTanaka every season now in Japan new of these "reborn into another world" animes appear. Now it's like 2 or 3 per season at least.
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Which was the first isekai tensei anime?
# Which was the first isekai tensei anime?
Posted by: username_0 on 2023-07-12
Someone in SciFi exchange [Which was the first isekai tensei story](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/277169/which-was-the-first-isekai-tensei-reincarnated-into-another-world-story) mentioned Yojo Senki could be the first Isekai Tensei *anime* (not counting non anime stories, where the first "reincarnated into another world" story could be the american Barsoom books). Is this really the case?

Which was the first isekai tensei anime?
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Very related: [What is the relevancy between the common theme of Knight’s & Magic, In Another World With My Smartphone, and KonoSuba?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/46298/2516)  
> **username_0**: @AkiTanaka every season now in Japan new of these "reborn into another world" animes appear. Now it's like 2 or 3 per season at least.  
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### Answer by username_2 on 2023-07-14. Score: 2
By matters of technicality, [Legend of Heavenly Sphere Shurato](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_Heavenly_Sphere_Shurato), from 1989, could be considered the first isekai reincarnation (転生) anime (in terms of Japanese anime). While the series starts out as a transmigration (転移) series, the protagonist finds out that he is a reincarnation of
an ancient king (of the same name first name) that ruled this otherworld.
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### Answer by username_3 on 2023-07-13. Score: 1
Excluding anime about people being trapped in video games (not really reincarnation), the following titles predating Youjo Senki come to mind.

**2002, Haibane Renmei**  
The previous life of the characters is a bit fuzzy, though.

**2007, Yawaraka Sangokushi Tsukisase!! Ryofuko-chan**  
It's fairly similar to Youjo Senki in that adult men reincarnate into the bodies of little girls, but the world they arrive in is ours and they come from the past. Probably the warring states period.
> **Comments:**
> **username_2** (2023-07-14): Haibabe Renmei is a bit ambiguous as it's implied to be a purgatory of sorts for ppl that died in their childhood, waiting to reincarnate into the next life... The other one reems like a same world transmigration (I guess time travel?), was they are technically themselves, but genderbent.  
> **username_3** (2023-07-14): In Ryofuko-chan it's unclear whether they come from the past or a fantasy world based on that past and as far as I remember they died and became little girls in our world. Would need to rewatch to say for sure.  
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