Best Fantasy Anime Like Delicious In Dungeon

Despite debuting recently, Delicious in Dungeon is already established as one of the best fantasy anime of all time. With a mix of dark fantasy adventure and gourmet cooking, Dungeon Meshi left a mark on viewers with its impressive world-building and fantastic art and animation. Season 1 was a big enough success to allow a sequel to be put into production.

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As Delicious in Dungeon‘s continuation is a ways off, fans who have keyed into the anime’s particular niche might be hungry for more fantasy, action, comedy, and cooking. Here are a few fantasy anime like Delicious in Dungeon that might fill that void.

Updated on January 27, 2025, by Mark Sammut: Delicious in Dungeon had a great first season that ensured it was among 2024’s best anime. Season 2 is on the horizon, although a release period has yet to be announced. Consequently, this is the perfect time to check out some of the best anime like Dungeon Meshi.

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Slayers

An All-Time Classic Fantasy Anime With Lovable Characters

While somewhat difficult to find nowadays, Slayers is well worth the effort of discovering, with the anime producing more than 100 episodes over nearly 15 years. Led by the relentlessly charismatic Lina Inverse, the story follows a fairly stable group of characters as they travel through a traditional fantasy world in search of treasure, a process that sees them get involved in a wide range of adventurers.

Slayers arguably set the stage for anime like Delicious in Dungeon, especially through its clever mix of comedy and action. While never getting as grim as Dungeon Meshi, Slayers has more than a few intense arcs that significantly raise the stakes. That said, the show’s default status is comedy.

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Handyman Saitou in Another World

An Isekai Anime That Focuses On A Party Rather Than Just A Protagonist

Delicious in Dungeon excels in its party dynamics, ensuring that each member of the main group has something to offer both in-universe and out of it. All the core characters are important, and an argument could be made that the series has an ensemble cast rather than a protagonist supported by secondary figures. Handyman Saitou in Another World is similar, with the anime revolving around an established adventuring party who are stronger together than alone.

Isekai anime tend to prioritize their MC, allowing them to constantly hog the spotlight as they are presented as being far above everyone else. Saitou stands out from the crowd simply due to his ordinariness. He is just a handyman, and his role in the party is to help open chests and provide general assistance. The story follows a similar format to Delicious in Dungeon as well, with an initial comedic tone eventually shifting towards drama and action.

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Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon?

A Fanservice-Heavy Dungeon-Spelunking Experience

The city of Orario has an interesting peculiarity: it sits above a massive dungeon, filled with monsters and creatures of all kinds. Gods, who have come to reside in the mortal world, created organizations called Familia to explore the dungeon and harvest the crystals from the monsters. The series follows young adventurer Bell Cranel, the only member of the Hestia Familia, as he attempts to make a name for himself in Orario.

Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon?, colloquially known as DanMachi, is a dungeon-spelunking fantasy adventure anime. While it certainly has traits and tropes common with harem anime, it also has a lot of unique and interesting dungeon mechanics, along with plenty of dangerous monsters and creatures.

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Spice & Wolf (Either Version Of The Anime)

A Slow And Steady Fantasy Adventure

  • Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf Spice and Wolf
    Studio Passione Imagin, Brain’s Base, Marvy Jack
    Release Date 2024-04-01 2008-01-09
    Genres Romance, Fantasy Romance, Adventure, Fantasy
    Based On Light Novel Light Novel
    Creator Isuna Hasekura Isuna Hasekura

Traveling merchant Kraft Lawrence finds his easygoing journey to open his own shop abruptly interrupted when he meets a young girl who claims to be Holo, the Wise Wolf. Having long been forgotten by those who once worshiped her, Holo asks Lawrence for a favor: to take her back to her homeland, Yoitsu.

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Spice & Wolf is a light fantasy series whose setting takes plenty of cues from historical Europe. It’s a story that focuses strongly on worldbuilding, especially with the way gods like Holo have an effect on the world and the people around them. Fans of Delicious in Dungeon‘s impressive worldbuilding and cozy adventures should find this series just as enticing.

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Ranking Of Kings

A Particularly Peculiar Coming-of-Age Story

The first prince of the Kingdom of Bosse, Bojji, is somewhat of a disappointment to his people. Deaf and mute, as well as a little simple, many look to the younger son Daida to succeed his father instead. Even so, Bojji still dreams of becoming a king, regardless of the many obstacles that may stand in his way. A fateful meeting with a shadowy creature named Kage sets him on the path to becoming king, though the journey will be harder than he could ever imagine.

Ranking of Kings was incredibly popular when it aired back in 2021, and it remains a fan favorite to this day. Its impressive worldbuilding, unique art style, and emotional storytelling remain its strongest aspects, and a great pick for fans of Delicious in Dungeon. Season 2 did not quite manage to live up to its predecessor due to primarily consisting of side stories that do not have significant stakes, but it is also watchable.

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KonoSuba

Another Rambunctious And Eccentric Adventuring Party

After dying an embarrassing death, Kazuma Sato is given a chance by the goddess Aqua to live another life, this time in a fantasy world full of adventure and monsters. Kazuma jumps to accept but is so irritated at the goddess’s disrespectful attitude that he decides to drag her along to this new world with him. Now stuck in another world with no particular strengths, Kazuma must survive this fantasy world no matter what he has to do.

KonoSuba is an isekai parody anime that focuses almost exclusively on humor, albeit with some (pretty good) action sequences thrown in for good measure. While adventuring isn’t always an episode’s focus, it’s always fun to see how such a dysfunctional and scatterbrained group manages to defeat the Devil King’s generals and survive against dangerous monsters. KonoSuba‘s rambunctious party will remind fans of Delicious in Dungeon‘s own eccentric and oddball set of characters.

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Made In Abyss

Spelunking Deep Into The Dangerous Abyss

Riko is an orphan living in the town of Orth, which is home to a massive hole known as the Abyss. The Abyss houses all kinds of terrors and creatures, but Riko nevertheless wants to become a Cave Raider and brave the Abyss just as her mother did. One day, her mother’s white whistle is retrieved from the Abyss, along with a message to Riko telling her that she is waiting for her. Hoping to find her mother, Riko and her half-robot companion Reg set out to reach the depths of the Abyss.

Made in Abyss is a fantasy-adventure anime featuring a group of adventurers braving a treacherous dungeon full of horrific monsters and endless horrors. While it may be a bit too dark for fans of Delicious in Dungeon, fans of the series will definitely find much in common between the two series.

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Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

A Cozy Fantasy Adventure Through Life

After defeating the Demon King, the elf mage Frieren goes off traveling on her own. When she reunites with her old allies, she is surprised to find them much older. After losing a friend to old age, Frieren resolves to learn more about humans in the short time that she has with them.

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End was one of the best fantasy anime to air last year, and its run has raised the bar for fantasy anime all over. Its mixture of slice-of-life storytelling and beautifully animated action scenes captured the hearts of anime fans everywhere, catapulting it to the top of MyAnimeList.

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Fighting Foodons

Culinary Combat Between Cuisines

In a world where meals and dishes can be turned into monsters known as Foodons, the evil King Gorgeous Gorge concocts a plan to kidnap chefs from around the world to have them make evil Foodons for him. To bring peace back to the land, a young chef-in-training named Chase plans to use his own Foodons to fight back against the villainous king.

Fighting Foodons is a children’s anime that combines culinary flair with a Pokemon-like premise to create a unique story. While the show may appeal to anime fans who are younger than the average, it’s still interesting to see how common dishes are turned into fighting monsters.

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‘Tis Time For “Torture,” Princess

Food-based Frustration As A Torture Technique

The princess of the human world has been captured by the Hellhorde, and they plan on getting information out of her no matter what they have to do. However, conventional torture has been prohibited due to the treaty signed by both parties. And so, grand inquisitor Torture Tortura uses a different strategy to get her to confess: using delicious food from Japan to tempt her into spilling the beans.

‘Tis Time For “Torture,” Princess is another fantasy anime airing in Winter 2024, which means that fans of Delicious in Dungeon can also check out this series as it airs week to week. While it’s a little different in terms of its focus on food, it should still be lots of fun for any anime fans who enjoy food.

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Isekai Izakaya: Japanese Food From Another World

Casual Eats In A Fantasy World

Nobuyuki and Shinobu run a restaurant called Izakaya Nobu. For some reason, they find that their restaurant’s front door opens to another world, one where knights, adventurers, and all kinds of fantastical beings reside. Taking things in stride, the two begin serving dishes to their new clientele, gaining fame for their unconventional cuisine.

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Isekai Izakaya is a cooking anime with an interesting take on the isekai concept. The show features all kinds of mouth-watering dishes from all over Japan and even has a few documentary segments featuring locations where fans can experience these meals in real life.

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Toriko

Hunting For Rare Game And Ingredients

In the Gourmet Age, only 30% of the planet is safe for humanity to inhabit. The rest belongs to the Gourmet World, which is covered in all kinds of wildlife and subject to extreme temperature changes. Among the many Gourmet Hunters who brave the Gourmet World to find rare ingredients to create top-class dishes, Toriko hunts down the rarest creatures in order to create an unparalleled full-course meal.

Toriko is an action-adventure anime that combines gourmet cooking with the exhilarating action of a shonen battle anime. The fights between mighty monsters and the Gourmet Hunters are just as important as the dishes being made. Fans of fantasy action will not be disappointed.

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Kakuriyo: Bed And Breakfast For Spirits

A Supernatural Inn Experience

After giving a hungry ogre some food, Aoi Tsubaki finds herself kidnapped and taken to the Hidden Realm. The ogre, Odanna, tells Aoi that her grandfather owes him a debt. To repay it, Odanna tells Aoi that she must marry him. Refusing the idea of marriage, Aoi offers to work off the debt at the ogre’s inn, Tenjin-ya.

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Kakuriyo is an anime centered around Japanese mythology, with all kinds of yokai and ayakashi serving as major characters. While the series is more about hospitality than it is about cooking, there is still plenty of focus on delicious dishes and meals to marvel at in the show.

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Campfire Cooking In Another World With My Absurd Skill

Using Japanese Cooking To Conquer Monsters

An ordinary salaryman named Mukohda finds himself teleported to another world and asked to fight against the demon lord. However, Mukohda manages to get out of this duty, allowing him to explore this new world with a strange ability to purchase items from an online Japanese supermarket.

Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill is a recent slice-of-life isekai cooking anime where the main character utilizes cooking to befriend monsters and get out of hairy situations. It’s a fun show for anyone who wants to see something slightly different from isekai stories.

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Restaurant To Another World

A Mystical Restaurant Beloved By Its Patrons

The young demon Aletta struggles from day to day, unable to hold a job due to persecution of her kind. By chance, she stumbles on a strange door that leads to Nekoya, a western restaurant run by a chef in Japan. The restaurant’s front door opens to another world every Saturday, where all kinds of mythical and fantastical creatures come to eat the Master’s cooking.

Restaurant to Another World is another isekai cooking anime where fantasy characters experience modern cuisine. The food featured in the series looks absolutely delicious, and the various patrons who come to eat have stories of their own.

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