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The Anime Based on Light Novels category on Netflix is identified by the secret code 2867325 . Below are 100 Anime Based on Light Novels titles currently traceable on Netflix, sorted by rating. Top picks include I Do Not Have Many Friends (2011), Violet Evergarden (2018), Violet Evergarden: Special (2018).
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I Do Not Have Many Friends (2011) A blond transfer student desperate for social connection founds a club for people who have trouble making friends. Wacky (and awkward) hijinks ensue.
Year: 201180132156 · IMDb
Violet Evergarden (2018) The war is over, and Violet Evergarden needs a job. Scarred and emotionless, she takes a job as a letter writer to understand herself and her past.
Year: 201880182123 · IMDb
Violet Evergarden: Special (2018) Auto Memory Doll Violet Evergarden writes letters for people who can’t, learning about her war-torn country and her own hardened heart along the way.
Year: 201881010662 · IMDb
Toradora! (2008) Menacing in appearance but gentle at heart, Ryuji forms an unlikely friendship with Taiga, a tiny girl with a sharp tongue and a tough attitude.
Year: 200880049275 · IMDb
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010) SOS Brigade chief Haruhi Suzumiya announces that they are going to hold a Christmas party, but a couple of days later, Haruhi goes missing.
Year: 201070223722 · IMDb
The Rising of the Shield Hero (2019) A gamer is magically summoned into a parallel universe, where he is chosen as one of four heroes destined to save the world from its prophesied doom.
Year: 201981058649 · IMDb
Bakemonogatari (2009) After a peculiar homeless man makes him human again, ex-vampire Koyomi helps other high school students with their own supernatural predicaments.
Year: 200980060347 · IMDb
Spice and Wolf (2008) When wolf-goddess Holo turns up in the cart of nomadic trader Kraft Lawrence, the quirky duo sets off on a lively journey to return her to her home.
Year: 200870205026 · IMDb
Re: Life in a different world from zero (2016) On his way home from the convenience store, teenager Subaru Natsuki is transported to another world, where he gains the power to reverse time by dying.
Year: 201680131659 · IMDb
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (2018) Mikami's boring life ends abruptly when he's reincarnated in another world as a slime monster. He then forms a party of monsters, changing everything.
Year: 201881028712 · IMDb
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai (2018) After experiencing 'puberty syndrome' himself, high school pariah Sakuta keeps meeting girls suffering from it, including his sister and actor Mai.
Year: 201881228009 · IMDb
Durarara!! (2010) A young man looking for excitement moves to Ikebukuro, a district in Tokyo, where he finds a world of mystery in which the past and present mesh.
Year: 201080040119 · IMDb
No Game No Life (2014) Legendary gamer siblings Sora and Shiro are transported to a world where life is a series of games and humanity is in grave danger of extinction.
Year: 201480052669 · IMDb
KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World (2016) Teenage shut-in Kazuma dies ignominiously and the goddess Aqua offers him reincarnation in a game-like fantasy world. He accepts, taking her along.
Year: 201680131674 · IMDb
Overlord (2015) In 2138, the last player of the online game Yggdrasil somehow stays logged in after its shutdown. Now he's on a quest to learn what happened and why.
Year: 201580132110 · IMDb
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009) High schooler Haruhi Suzumiya wants to live in a world where aliens, psychics and time travelers are real. To make it happen, she starts a club.
Year: 200980132288 · IMDb
The Pet Girl of Sakurasou (2012) Forced to move to a dorm of strange yet extraordinary people, a high schooler takes care of a beautiful, famous painter and finds himself along the way.
Year: 201281165091 · IMDb
Full Metal Panic! (2002) Popular high school student Kaname Chidori possesses the powers of 'the Whispered,' making her a target of a deadly terror organization.
Year: 200270204978 · IMDb
The Devil Is a Part-Timer! (2013) Thwarted in their attempt to take over the world of Ente Isla, Satan and his general Alciel land in modern-day Tokyo, where they take on human form.
Year: 201380006149 · IMDb
Log Horizon (2014) When thousands of players get stuck inside an online video game, a reclusive gamer and his pals form an alliance to navigate the game's perils.
Year: 201480043524 · IMDb
Saga of Tanya the Evil (2017) Young Tanya is a ruthless military mage with ferocious powers. She's also a reincarnated salaryman trying to stay one step ahead of a godlike entity.
Year: 201780169285 · IMDb
Ascendance of a Bookworm (2019) Reborn as a child in a world where books are rare, devoted reader Maine vows to become a librarian and create the volumes herself!
Year: 201981194937 · IMDb
The Daily Life of the Immortal King (2020) Having vanquished a powerful demon at age six, precocious wizard Wang Ling must now navigate high school life as an ordinary teen.
Year: 202081364944 · IMDb
Sword Art Online (2012) A video game whiz helps create a new technology that enables players to guide their online avatars with their own bodies -- but a dark twist emerges.
Year: 201270302573 · IMDb
High School DxD (2012) When a young high school student is killed by a girl on his very first date, he's revived by a girl devil and made a devil himself.
Year: 201280005873 · IMDb
The Familiar of Zero (2012) Louise, a second-year student at the Tristain Academy of Magic, follows in her family's aristocratic footsteps to someday become a powerful mage.
Year: 201280193662 · IMDb
Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious (2019) Goddess Ristarte summons a hero from another world to fight the Demon Lord. She wants a champion, but Seiya's slow-paced style isn't what she expects.
Year: 201981196818 · IMDb
Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie (2019) Tanya and the 203rd deploy to the Russy Federation border, where a multinational army is stirring up trouble. Allied soldier Mary Sue wants revenge.
Year: 201981256683 · IMDb
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash (2016) Haruhiro is one of a group of people who wake up in a fantasy world with no idea how they got there. Now, they have to learn how to survive.
Year: 201680142717 · IMDb
Gate (2015) After a portal to another world appears in Ginza, JSDF reservist Yoji Itami is sent to investigate the fantastical lands on the other side.
Year: 201580182163 · IMDb
Free! (2013) After going their separate ways, four childhood friends now in high school reunite to restore the Iwatobi Swim Club back to its former glory.
Year: 201380186018 · IMDb
Goblin Slayer (2018) A young priestess on her first quest throws in her lot with the Goblin Slayer, whose only concern is exterminating goblins. She's got a lot to learn.
Year: 201881021570 · IMDb
No Game No Life: Zero (2017) In ancient Disboard, a young warrior befriends an ex machina and embarks on a harrowing mission to stop a global war and save humanity from extinction.
Year: 201781068687 · IMDb
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (2015) Lovable goof Bell Cranel wants an adventure, and when he meets the diminutive goddess Hestia, he gets much more than he bargained for.
Year: 201580185873 · IMDb
Gosick (2011) Kazuya Kujo transfers to a school in the Alps infested with spooky rumors. There he meets Victorique de Blois, and together, they solve mysteries.
Year: 201180209888 · IMDb
Love, Chunibyo and Other Delusions (2014) High schooler Yuta wants to leave his past as a delusional weirdo behind. But his classmate Rikka has her own delusions, and she's interested in his.
Year: 201480239860 · IMDb
Chivalry of a Failed Knight (2015) Ikki's lack of magic is a disappointment, but when Princess Stella duels him, she learns he's got other skills. Maybe serving him won't be a chore.
Year: 201581092933 · IMDb
Humanity Has Declined (2012) A young woman acts as a mediator between declining human society and the more civilized race of fairies taking its place, leading to strange adventures.
Year: 201281463539 · IMDb
High Speed!: Free! Starting Days (2015) Middle school freshmen Haruka and Makoto join the school swim team, and have to join forces with their new teammates to win.
Year: 201580187571 · IMDb
Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale (2017) Everyone is engrossed in a new 'augmented reality' game known as Ordinal Scale. But Kirito and his friends uncover a dark secret endangering them all.
Year: 201780180071 · IMDb
The Irregular at Magic High School (2014) Siblings Tatsuya and Miyuki enroll at Magic High School, where Miyuki's honors status comes between her and her underachieving older brother.
Year: 201480009361 · IMDb
Is This a Zombie? (2011) Brought back to life as a zombie by a necromancer, Ayumu Aikawa searches for his killer while helping a magical girl and a vampire ninja battle demons.
Year: 201180006166 · IMDb
Record of Grancrest War (2018) Lone mage Siluca wanders the land of Atlatan, disgusted by its greedy nobility. When she meets knight errant Theo, she sees a chance to create peace.
Year: 201881086718 · IMDb
Infinite Dendrogram (2020) Two years after the release of the world's first fully immersive video game, a young man enters its realm of infinite possibilities and adventure.
Year: 202080999041 · IMDb
Tsurune (2018) After target panic drives him from archery in middle school, Minato decides to return to the sport when his friends join the high school kyudo club.
Year: 201881416630 · IMDb
Sword Oratoria: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side (2017) The 'Sword Princess' Aiz Wallenstein and her companions in the Loki Familia pursue their adventures in the city of Orario's famous dungeon.
Year: 201780187572 · IMDb
Akashic Record of Bastard Magic Instructor (2017) A jaded, lazy substitute teacher takes over a class at the Alzano Imperial Magic Academy. But Glenn Radars is nowhere near as incompetent as he seems.
Year: 201780192978 · IMDb
SHIMONETA: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist (2015) In a world where lewdness is outlawed, the son of a crude terrorist becomes a conflicted freedom fighter for the erotic insurgent group known as SOX.
Year: 201580214725 · IMDb
Isekai Quartet (2019) Suddenly, they’re all cute little high school students. For these adventurers drawn from multiple worlds, this might be the strangest otherworld yet.
Year: 201981092447 · IMDb
Black Bullet (2014) A decade after a virus forces people to live in confinement behind barium walls, two childhood friends with superpowers fight to save the human race.
Year: 201480080317 · IMDb
Grimoire of Zero (2017) Zero, a child-like witch, rescues a half-man half-beast mercenary. She promises to return him to his human form if he accompanies her on her journey.
Year: 201780192979 · IMDb
Maoyu: Archenemy and Hero (2013) In a world where humans and demons are sworn enemies, humanity's greatest hero forms an unlikely alliance with the Demon Queen in hopes of ending war.
Year: 201380220729 · IMDb
Date A Live (2014) A high school boy’s dating skills might be humanity’s best hope of keeping a mysterious spirit from triggering another horrific natural disaster.
Year: 201480220580 · IMDb
How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord (2018) When a gamer is summoned into another world by two girls who accidentally enslave themselves to him, the trio departs on a journey to undo their bond.
Year: 201881004514 · IMDb
A Certain Magical Index (2009) Supernaturally gifted teen Tōma teams up with nun Index against evil forces seeking powerful magical texts that have been implanted in Index's mind.
Year: 200970308188 · IMDb
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online (2018) College student Karen takes up Gun Gale Online and gets a reputation as the Pink Demon. Then her gaming buddy Pitohui asks her to join the Squad Jam.
Year: 201880990612 · IMDb
The Irregular at Magic High School The Movie: The Girl Who Summons the Stars (2017) Vacationing in the islands, Miyuki, Tatsuya and their friends meet a girl who holds the key to an illegal conspiracy, and she needs their help.
Year: 201781029023 · IMDb
ORESUKI Are you the only one who loves me? (2019) Two hot classmates ask him out -- to confess their love for his friend! Joro’s life goes from bad to worse when gloomy stalker Pansy fixates on him.
Year: 201981203219 · IMDb
The Testament of Sister New Devil (2015) Basara hails from a clan of heroes, but when his father suddenly remarries, he finds himself living with a family of demons.
Year: 201580193356 · IMDb
The Asterisk War (2015) A 'Genestella' -- a new breed of powerful human -- named Ayato enrolls in a competitive school for people like him, hoping to find his missing sister.
Year: 201580213847 · IMDb
Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle (2016) Challenged to a duel after seeing Princess Lisesharte naked, ex-prince Lux finds himself attending the academy for aspiring Drag-Knight duelists.
Year: 201681022603 · IMDb
Boogiepop and Others (2019) Boogiepop isn't just a rumor. In the body of his friend Touka, the killer phantom tells high schooler Keiji that the world is in danger.
Year: 201981058629 · IMDb
DanMachi: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? - Arrow of the Orion (2019) The goddess Artemis names Bell as her champion, pulling him, Hestia and the other adventurers of Orario into a quest that crosses the world.
Year: 201981101468 · IMDb
A Certain Magical Index: The Movie －The Miracle of Endymion (2013) Toma and Index meet a singer named Arisa whose powers are linked to a nearly-complete space elevator and a mysterious accident three years earlier.
Year: 201380193514 · IMDb
Sword Art Online: Extra Edition (2014) This year-end special features a recap as well as new content. Yui wants to see a whale so Suguha must learn to swim. A surprise waits in the water.
Year: 201480081846 · IMDb
In Another World With My Smartphone (2017) Teenage Toya is reborn into a fantasy world as an apology from God. Now he's off on an amazing journey through his new home, smartphone in hand.
Year: 201780196595 · IMDb
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest (2019) Even after entering a fantasy world, Hajime remains weak. But when all hope is lost, he begins his journey to become the strongest of them all.
Year: 201981144534 · IMDb
So I'm a Spider, So What? (2021) A high school girl suddenly reincarnated as a lowly spider in a dangerous fantasy world must use her human wiles and relentless positivity to survive.
Year: 202181392169 · IMDb
Monster Girl Doctor (2020) In a world where monsters and humans live together, a human doctor and his gorgeous sea-monster assistant dutifully treat the monsters in their town.
Year: 202081303873 · IMDb
Sagrada Reset (2017) Combining their impressive special powers, high schoolers Asai and Haruki perform missions for a powerful organization, the Kanrikyoku.
Year: 201780175495 · IMDb
Assassin's Pride (2019) In a world where aristocrats wield magic known as mana, Kufa tries to teach his powerless student to manifest her own mana — or he has to kill her.
Year: 201981424498 · IMDb
Full Metal Panic! 1st Section - Boy Meets Girl (2017) In this new director's cut, MITHRIL soldier Sousuke goes undercover as a high school student to protect young Whispered Kaname Chidori from terrorists.
Year: 201781210730 · IMDb
Sorcerous Stabber Orphen (2020) A rebellious young sorcerer must combat his powerful teachers when he embarks on a dangerous quest to release a friend from a deadly curse.
Year: 202070213251 · IMDb
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (2021) Reincarnated into a magical world full of adventure, a formerly aimless and unemployed man decides to live his new life to the fullest.
Year: 202180987039 · IMDb
Classroom of the Elite (2017) When Kiyotaka enters an elite government-sponsored high school, he finds out just how merit-based this education system is.
Year: 201780193178 · IMDb
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006) (2006) Kyon just wants to get through life as a normal high school student. But when Haruhi Suzumiya drags him into her club of weirdos, things get strange.
Year: 200681056036
HENSUKI: Would You Even Fall in Love with a Pervert as Long as It's a Cutie? (2019) A hopelessly single kid gets a love letter, and it upends his life. He wants to find the mystery girl, but the ladies around him are all … kinda weird.
Year: 201981143739
Love, Chunibyo and Other Delusions the Movie: Take on Me (2018) With entrance exams looming, Rikka's sister wants her to move abroad. Yuta sets out to prove their love is real with a road trip through Japan.
Year: 201881212928
Love, Chunibyo and Other Delusions!: Rikka Version (2013) A retelling of the show from Rikka's point of view as she's caught between the delusions and realities of love, friendship and imagination.
Year: 201381212927
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl (2019) High schooler Sakuta's days with his girlfriend Mai are interrupted by his crush Shoko's double reappearance: she's a middle schooler, and an adult.
Year: 201981228006
Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll (2019) A lonely young woman feels trapped at her all girls' school. But metal hands and heartfelt letters warm her heart when Violet becomes her tutor.
Year: 201981208936
My Next Life As a Villainess:All Route Lead to Doom! (2020) When an heiress hits her head, memories of her past life as a Japanese gamer emerge. Now she's got what she needs to avoid a real-life bad ending.
Year: 202081245851
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (2020) Gamer Subaru returns to another world in this special edition that includes additional footage to retell his daring adventures in one-hour episodes.
Year: 202081262169
Overlord: The Undead King (2017) When the popular online game Yggdrasil is shut down, a lonely player named Momonga decides to stay logged in and take over this digital frontier.
Year: 201781285994
Overlord: The Dark Warrior (2017) Momonga's adventures continue as he comes face-to-face with zombies while in search of the talented pharmacist, Nfirea Bareare.
Year: 201781285995
The Misfit of Demon King Academy (2020) Tired of endless war, Demon King Anos decides to be reincarnated into a peaceful future. Enrolling in school, he doesn’t get the welcome he hoped for.
Year: 202081299326
Date A Live The Movie: Mayuri Judgement (2015) Humanity's peaceful days are threatened once more after the appearance of mysterious orb and an even stranger girl. Shido's got to go on more dates.
Year: 201581165007
Goblin Slayer: Goblin's Crown (2020) Goblin Slayer, Priestess and the others search for a novice party who disappeared on a quest to slay goblins. They find a new and growing threat.
Year: 202081333335
The Man Picked Up by the Gods (2020) Middle-aged businessman Ryoma is reincarnated in a magical world by three gods. He's a child again, and he spends his days with his tamed slimes.
Year: 202081341928
Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World (2020) Their countries have been at war for generations, yet Aliceliese and Iska are drawn to each other after meeting as enemies on the battlefield.
Year: 202081342524
Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina (2020) A talented young witch embarks on a journey without end, finding new adventures in different places before she flies off to her next destination.
Year: 202081333300
Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki (2021) A loner gamer thinks life is a game he’d rather not play, until his popular classmate decides to teach him exploits to make the most of the real world.
Year: 202181392165
Combatants Will Be Dispatched! (2021) Embedded as spies, a hapless combat agent and his girl android colleague plot to invade an alien planet on the orders of the evil Kisaragi Corporation.
Year: 202181446291
The Saintʼs Magic Power is Omnipotent (2021) Summoned to a lush, magical world, an exhausted office worker leaves the Saint's role to another woman and spends her days researching potions.
Year: 202181442091
What If the Ultimately Evolved Full Dive RPG was a Crappier Game than Reality (2021) Hiro is tricked into playing an immersive RPG game that's way too realistic to be fun. He decides to stick it out, but this game’s out of control!
Year: 202181442072
86 EIGHTY-SIX (2021) When the Republic is attacked, a group of pilots considered subhuman by their own country go to war under the command of a sympathetic officer.
Year: 202181442047
Legend of Exorcism (2020) After leaving Yaojin Palace, Kong Hongjun arrives in Chang'an to battle demons and forms a bond with exorcism squad chief Li Jinglong.
Year: 202081365011
Free! Movie 1 - Timeless Medley - The Bond (2017) It’s Haruka’s last summer in high school and he feels lost. With the help of his swim teammates, can he find the focus to dive into his future?
Year: 201781446930
Free! Movie 2 - Timeless Medley - The Promise (2017) Despite their promise to pursue their swimming goals together, Rin’s ambitions and Sosuke’s hidden circumstances strain their unbreakable bond.
Year: 201781446931
TSUKIMICHI –Moonlit Fantasy- (2021) A regular kid is sent to a magical alternate world to be a hero, but he’s swiftly banished to the far-off wastelands. Things never seem to go his way!
Year: 202181474718
