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Upload(2020-)

4.0/5 (with 535 votes)

In 2033, people who are near death can be “uploaded” into virtual reality hotels run by 6 tech firms. Cash-strapped Nora lives in Brooklyn and works customer service for the luxurious “Lakeview” digital afterlife. When L.A. party-boy/coder Nathan’s self-driving car crashes, his high-maintenance girlfriend uploads him permanently into Nora’s VR world.

With Robbie Amell, Andy Allo, Zainab Johnson, Kevin Bigley, Allegra Rose Edwards, Owen Daniels, ...

Hunter x Hunter(2011-2014)

FSK: 12+ years
| 24min per episode | Animation, Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
4.3/5 (with 784 votes)

Twelve-year-old Gon Freecss one day discovers that the father he had always been told was dead was alive. His Father, Ging, is a Hunter — a member of society's elite with a license to go anywhere or do almost anything. Gon, determined to follow in his father's footsteps, decides to take the Hunter Examination and eventually find his father to prove himself as a Hunter in his own right. But on the way, he learns that there is more to becoming a Hunter than previously thought, and the challenges that he must face are considered the toughest in the world.

Overlord(2015-2022)

FSK: 16+ years
| 24min per episode | Animation, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
4.3/5 (with 414 votes)

In the year 2138, virtual reality gaming is booming. Yggdrasil, a popular online game is quietly shut down one day. However, one player named Momonga decides to not log out. Momonga is then transformed into the image of a skeleton as "the most powerful wizard." The world continues to change, with non-player characters (NPCs) beginning to feel emotion. Having no parents, friends, or place in society, this ordinary young man Momonga then strives to take over the new world the game has become.

Directed by Naoyuki Itō

BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense.(2020-2023)

3.7/5 (with 45 votes)

Kaede Honjou is invited by her friend Risa Shiramine to play a virtual reality MMO game with her. While Kaede doesn't dislike games, what she really, truly dislikes is being in pain. She creates a character named Maple, and decides to put all her points in VIT to minimize pain. As a result, she moves slowly, can't use magic, and even a rabbit can get the best of her. But as it turns out, she acquires a skill known as "Absolute Defense" as a result of her pumping points into VIT, as well as a "Counter Skill" that works against special moves. Now, with her ability to nullify all damage, she goes on adventures.

Directed by Shin Ōnuma

Hunter × Hunter(1999-2001)

FSK: 12+ years
| 23min per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama
4.2/5 (with 71 votes)

Gon Freecss discovers that the father he had always been told was dead was actually alive the whole time. Ging is a famous Hunter: an individual who has proven themself an elite member of humanity. Gon becomes determined to follow in his father's footsteps, pass the rigorous Hunter Examination.

Directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi

Altered Carbon(2018-2020)

FSK: 16+ years
| 50min per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.8/5 (with 871 votes)

After 250 years on ice, a prisoner returns to life in a new body with one chance to win his freedom: by solving a mind-bending murder.

Fractale(2011)

2.9/5 (with 6 votes)

Clain lives quietly amongst doppels—holograms that replace his parents and friends. Alone on a typical day, he saves a shrine maiden from pursuers and treats her wounds. He’s mystified by her worldly charms, but she disappears—leaving only a pendant behind. When a curious girl emerges from the amulet, Clain’s life takes a chaotic turn as he seeks to unlock the secrets his new friend holds.

Directed by Yutaka Yamamoto

Sword Art Online(2012-2020)

FSK: 12+ years
| 24min per episode | Animation, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
4.1/5 (with 837 votes)

In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a piece of technology called Nerve Gear. One day, players discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive unless they reach the 100th floor of the game's tower and defeat the final boss. However, if they die in the game, they die in real life. Their struggle for survival starts now...

Directed by Tomohiko Itō, Manabu Ono

YUREI DECO(2022)

2.7/5 (with 2 votes)

The story begins when Berry, an average girl from an average home, meets Hack, a girl who looks like a boy. Charmed by Hack, Berry meets up with the team Hack leads, the Ghost Detectives Club. Members of this club are “socially dead,” working invisibly within the digitally controlled society of Tom Sawyer. As she works with the group, Berry learns about Zero, a mysterious figure who lurks within Tom Sawyer’s underground. She and Hack decide to chase down this figure, and in time, the truth behind the city is revealed...

The Peripheral(2022)

3.9/5 (with 454 votes)

Stuck in a small Appalachian town, a young woman’s only escape from the daily grind is playing advanced video games. She is such a good player that a company sends her a new video game system to test…but it has a surprise in store. It unlocks all of her dreams of finding a purpose, romance, and glamour in what seems like a game…but it also puts her and her family in real danger.

Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS(2017-2019)

3.3/5 (with 9 votes)

Den City is a city with advanced network systems in which a VR space called LINK VRAINS was created by SOL Technologies. The Knights of Hanoi, a group that hacks through dueling, as well as SOL Technologies are seeking a mysterious AI program. Yusaku Fujiki, also known as Playmaker, is a first year high school student who manages to capture this AI program while trying to find out the truth about an incident in the past.

Sword Art Online(2012-)

Live action adaptation of the Japanese light novel. Follow brilliant young beta tester Kirito and his group of friends when they are trapped - alongside 10,000 other people - in a next-generation virtual reality online role-playing game.

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Video Warrior Laserion(1984-1985)

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Takashi Katori is a big fan of online games, and so is his American friend Sarah. However, one of their RPGs goes too far, as their virtual world and the Lezarion robot that Takashi created for the game somehow mix with reality. Takashi is caught, but later the Earth Governement discovers that an evil scientist from the Moon is hacking into virtual worlds and security, so they force Takashi to pilot the Lezarion and protect the Earth...

Log Horizon(2013-2021)

3.9/5 (with 71 votes)

One day, while playing the online game Elder Tales, 30,000 players suddenly find themselves trapped in another world. There, eight-year veteran gamer Shiroe also gets left behind. The trapped players are still alive, but they remain in combat with the monsters. The players don't understand what has happened to them, and they flee to Akiba, the largest city in Tokyo, where they are thrown into chaos. Once proud of his loner lifestyle, Shiroe forms a guild called Log Horizon with his old friend Naotsugu, female assassin Akatsuki and others.

Unlock My Boss(2022-2023)

1h 4min per episode | Comedy, Drama
4.0/5 (with 9 votes)

At the brink of his death, the CEO and founder of an IT company's spirit gets stuck inside a smartphone and enlists the help of a young man to do favors on his behalf in exchange for 10 billion won.

Directed by Lee Cheol-ha - With Park Seong-ung, Chae Jong-hyeop, Seo Eun-soo

TRON: Uprising(2012-2013)

3.7/5 (with 61 votes)

Some time between 'Tron' and 'Tron: Legacy', a young program named Beck becomes the skillful leader of a revolution inside the computer world of The Grid.

Kiss Me First(2018)

3.3/5 (with 43 votes)

To escape reality 17-year-old Leila turns to a secret virtual paradise. Her real journey begins when this digital Eden turns dark.

.hack//ROOTS(2006)

3.1/5 (with 4 votes)

In 2015, CC Corporation's data centre caught on fire destroying "The World", an online RPG. By using data from a different game, CC Corp was able to rebuild the game. In 2016, The World R:2 was released. In this slightly different world, Haseo spends his time with Shino and Ovan in the guild known as the Twilight Brigade. They are on the search for a legendary item. When a rival team challenges them, the conflict has deep repercussions both inside and outside the game and threatens to change the players forever.

Directed by Kōichi Mashimo

The Silver Guardian(2017-2018)

3.6/5 (with 6 votes)

Lu Shuiyin (Riku Suigin in Japanese) is a master of gaming, a skill only known to his classmate Lu Lian (Riku Lin in Japanese). One day, Shuiyin receives a device from Lu Lian for a tomb raiding online game. While Shuiyin is excited to receive the device, Lian is suddenly kidnapped. Shuiyin touches the device that was left behind, pulling him inside the game and trapping him there. What is the imaginary world inside the device? What will Shuiyin find there? It is a world where two groups of people fight over the power of the gods, which originates from the tomb the mother goddess Pangu (Bango in Japanese). The two groups are the tomb raiders and the tomb protectors. The device Shuiyin received from Lian is called the Monolith, and it allows a normal gamer to go near the tomb. The tomb raiding group plans its attack by recruiting common people in the name of gaming. Shuiyin, as the final tomb protector, must fight against the raiders in order to save Lian.

Memories of the Alhambra(2018-2019)

3.8/5 (with 45 votes)

While looking for the cryptic creator of an innovative augmented-reality game, an investment firm executive meets a woman who runs a hostel in Spain.

Deadly Games(1995-1996)

4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Deadly Games is an American comedy action sci fi show that appeared on UPN as part of its 1995 season. The basic plot of the show is about video game characters that come to life, re-enacting their deadly plans for wanton destruction and world domination in the real world. The series was produced by Viacom Productions.

Harsh Realm(1999-2000)

3.2/5 (with 5 votes)

Harsh Realm is a science fiction television series about humans trapped inside a virtual reality simulation.

Reverie(2018)

FSK: 12+ years
| 42min per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama
3.4/5 (with 31 votes)

A former detective specializing in human behavior is brought in when the launch of an advanced virtual reality program has dangerous and unintended consequences.

Sh15uya(2005)

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Set in a virtual simulation of Shibuya, Tokyo which is regulated by an entity named Piece which does not allow inhabitants to live, the series focuses on a fifteen-year-old boy named Tsuyoshi who seeks to find both his lost memories and a way to escape Shibuya. To maintain control, Piece locks "kills" those who do not operate within the proper confines of the world, which results in their being reset and inserted back into the city with a new name and identity and without their previous memories.

Directed by Mark Musashi

Missions of Love(2018)

13min per episode | Comedy
3.6/5 (with 1 vote)

When an inexperienced in love junior high student and secret novelist discovers a popular guy's secrets by reading his notebook, she blackmails him into performing missions of love.

Dramatical Murder(2014)

FSK: 18+ years
| 24min per episode | Animation, Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
2.7/5 (with 7 votes)

Aoba lives on Midorijima, a small island to the southwest of the main islands of Japan. He lives with his grandmother Tae while working part time at a junk shop. The popular pastimes on the island are the ongoing turf war called "Libstease" and an online game set in the virtual world of "Rhyme." Aoba isn't involved in either, preferring to live peacefully, until one day he is forced into a Rhyme battle.

Unnatural History(2010)

45min per episode | Action & Adventure, Drama
2.8/5 (with 5 votes)

Teenager Henry Griffin acquired many skills through years of travelling the world with his anthropologist parents. Sent to live with his uncle and cousin in Washington DC, and with the help of his cousin Jasper and friend Maggie, he must now use those skills to solve the modern mysteries of high school.

Consummation(2020-)

45min per episode | Drama, Mystery
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

When a VR game conjures up a realistic dream, youth restarts for a man who returns to his schooldays in a journey of self-healing. Ten years after high school, Lin Shang He, Cui Zhen Yan, and their close friends think of a way to help Xia Shi get over the psychological trauma that he continues to suffer from since Ye Sang Yu's accident. A game takes Xia Shi into the world of virtual reality back to the time when he was a student, thus allowing him to unravel the mystery through his memories to recover a friendship that has been lost.

Astigmat(2019-)

20min per episode | Reality-TV

The first online virtual reality program in iran with centered around programming short and feature films