

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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Which was the first isekai tensei anime?


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.


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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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