FOCUSED OTAKU | MUST WATCH ANIME LIST - Time travel anime provides an interesting spectacle for those who like adventures through time. This genre of anime presents characters who gain the ability to move through time, both past and future. In it, interwoven stories that may not have existed before.
The most common trope in time travel stories is to go back in time to prevent an event from happening. In addition, they also want to fix something that will change them in the future or their origin. There are times when they go to the future to see what their lives are like and try to improve their lives in the present or where they came from.
Whatever it may be, the stories told in time travel anime are always interesting to follow. The changes they have made in the past or the future may not necessarily be what they expect. The drama that is created is frequently so touching. What are the best time travel anime that you should watch?
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1. Bokutachi no Remake (Let's Remake Our Life)
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| Remake Our Life Official Website |
This anime revolves around Kyouya Hashiba. He is a 28 year old game developer and recently lost his job because the company he worked for went bankrupt. He then returned to his hometown and regretted the decisions he had taken in the past. One morning, when he wakes up from his sleep, Kyouya finds himself 10 years earlier in the past. At that time, he was still a student at an art university. Together with his friends, Kyouya then tries to remake his life to make up for the regrets he feels in the future.
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| ReLife Official Website |
This anime tells the story of Arata Kaizaki. He is a young man who never seems to find a job. One day, he is offered to take part of a program to "repeat life" by someone named Ryo Yoake from the Relife Research Institute. Arata then agreed, and is sent back to his high school days. He did not waste the opportunity to improve his life. He meets Hishiro Chizuru, a quiet girl in Arata's class. They then become close friends. It is later revealed that Hishiro also took part in the ReLife program.
3. Tokyo Revengers
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While at the station, Takemichi was pushed off the platform. However, when he opened his eyes, Takemichi had moved to the past, exactly 12 years before the events took place. Takemichi finally finds out that he could go back in time because of Hina's younger brother, Naoto. Together, they are on a mission to save Hina. Takemichi also returns to his time when he was still in middle school with one goal: to infiltrate the Tokyo Manji gang and become the leader of the gang. Which means, he has to be close to Manjiro “Mikey” Sano, the chairman of Tokyo Manji at the time.
4. Boku Dake ga Inai (Erased)
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| Erased Official Website |
This anime is about Satoru Fujinuma. This young man has the ability to time travel named Revival. With this power, he can return to some time before something bad happened to him. Satoru's mother is murdered and he is accused of being the culprit. Satoru then runs away and is thrown into his life 18 years in the past. He then uses this opportunity to save his mother by unraveling the mystery of the serial murders that ran amok at the time.
5. Steins;Gate
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This anime is about Okabe Rintarou, a mad scientist who spends most of his time doing research. He rented a room in an old building which he turned into a make-shift laboratory. One day, he stumbles upon an invention called the Microwave Phone, a device with a strange conception that can turn a banana into a lump of green gel. At first, Okabe thought that this was a great discovery, but he did not realize that there would be big consequences for him in the future. The tool can send emails to the past and change the flow of history. As a result, Okabe is forced to act.
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