Takafumi’s uncle has been in a coma for 17 years after being hit by a truck when he was 17. However, after all this time, he has woken up. As Takafumi discovers, while his uncle was in a coma in his world, he was transported to a fantasy land and became a great hero despite constantly being confused for an orc due to his appearance. Now Takafumi has to room with this man who needs to catch up on 20 years of gaming and anime culture while still possessing literal magical powers.
One look at that gross face and you knew this was going to be a gem of an isekai subversion. If you are looking for more anime recommendations like Uncle From Another World, head on down below.
Anime Like Uncle From Another World
For Fans of My Life Sucked Even in Another World
Life with an Ordinary Guy who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout
On their way home from a mixer, average guy Tachibana and his handsome best friend Jinguuji are attacked by a naked goddess. When they wake up in another world, she tells them that they are heroes and tasks them with killing a demon lord. However, much to the chagrin of woman-hating Jinguuji, Tachibana has been transformed into a super cute girl!
While Uncle From Another World is primarily told through flashbacks, Life With an Ordinary Guy documents an isekai adventure gone horribly awry in real time. What these series have most in common is they are less about the adventure, and more about moving to the next opportunity to make a joke.
Konosuba
On his way back from buying a new game, Kazuma Satou died a pathetic death. However, he awakens before the Goddess Aqua who gives him two choices: go to heaven or reincarnate into an actual fantasy world. Naturally, the gamer picks the fantasy world. Now Kazuma must deal with defeating an evil demon king, useless party members, and paying living expenses.
Whenever you have an isekai subversion that has solid comedy, Konosuba is a boiler-plate recommendation for that. Regardless, like Uncle From Another World, both series follow rather failing otakus who, even when taken to another world, find their adventure filled with hardship because of their personality.
Dungeon of Black Company
Kinji has finally perfected his NEET lifestyle through shrewd money management. However, just when he is able to hang out for the rest of his life, he is transported to another world. There he is immediately shoved into a harsh mining job for a black company that cares only about profits and quotas. However, as the world’s laziest and most clever NEET, Kinji is determined to be a layabout.
Both series are isekai series that are more about comedy and less about adventures. Furthermore, the main characters are likable disasters who, even when in another world, find their life filled with struggle often augmented by the flaws in their personalities.
The Devil is a Part-Timer
Right on the verge of taking over the world, evil Demon Lord Satan was foiled by the hero Emilia and was forced to retreat through a dimensional portal. He ends up in this world where he is without powers and without money. In order to pay his way, he gets a part-timer job slinging fast food.
Both series are successful subversions of the more standard isekai formula. However, while Uncle From Another World is just purely for laughs, The Devil is a Part-Timer occasionally has more plot-oriented adventures.
For Fans of Gross Otaku Comedy
High Score Girl
Haruo is not popular, handsome, or even friendly. His sole redeeming quality is his skill at video games. However, his world is thrown upside down by a popular rich girl in his class, Oono, who absolutely trounces him in every game. Now he follows her from arcade to arcade trying to win.
As a romance, the unlikable main character grows up and grows more likable as the series goes on. So while he is a bit of a cringe-worthy gamer at first, that will eventually change. What the series most has in common with Uncle from Another World is the many, many gamer references that it wedges in.
Watamote
Tomoko Kuroki is well on her way to becoming a full hikkikomori. The only problem is, she has to get through high school first. However, her short lifetime of playing dating sims and watching anime hasn’t prepared her for the social interactions of real life. Still, Tomoko struggles through each day and the social interactions that they bring.
While gender flipped, both series are about “gross otaku” being kind of cringe for comedy. Watamote lacks the isekai element, and unlike Uncle, there really no one with secret crushes on Tomoko. They both also do comical reaction faces quite well.
Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki-kun
Fumiya Tomozaki is the top player in Japan at a fighting game called TackFam. Despite holding such a title, he is a failure at everything else, blaming it on the unfair rules and mechanics of life. One day, the second best TackFam player asks to meet up. Tomozaki discovers that they are actually Aoi, one of the most popular girls at school. She, however, is disappointed that someone she respected is a failure at life. Now, she aims to teach him how to succeed at the glorious game of life.
In a similar vein to Uncle, Tomozaki is real into games and not so into people. However, this series, while comedic, is more a rehabilitation rom-com than a sort of cringe comedy.
For Fans of the World’s Most Dense Protagonists
Saekano – How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend
Tomoya Aki is your typical otaku who takes on part-time jobs to fund his anime and light novel obsession. However, one day when he was out riding his bike, he catches the beret of a girl and is so captivated by the scene before him that he sets out to create the ultimate dating sim. While he struggles to do so, he eventually recruits three of the school’s most popular girls, who also happen to be good at drawing, writing, and music as well as are otakus themselves. After some debate, each agrees to help make his vision come to life. In this new doujin circle, he also happens across the girl that inspired him, but she was not what he expected and certainly doesn’t stand up to his 2D expectations.
Saekano is a different beast compared to Uncle From Another World in many ways. While it does follow a plot about making a game, like Uncle, the main character is completely absorbed in following that gamer passion. He doesn’t even realize that he essentially gathered a harem of girls who help him because they have feelings for him.
When Supernatural Battles Become Commonplace
On one extraordinary day, the four members of the Literature Club and the faculty advisor’s niece suddenly find themselves with supernatural powers. Each amazed with their own abilities, they try to solve the mystery of them, but very little else has changed in the day to day activities of the Literature Club.
Both series are about men with a series of girls that are quite into them, but they simply are too dense to see it. The big similarity here is that they don’t see those feelings because they are absorbed in their other interests. While Uncle From Another World is a gamer, the main character from When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace is more a chronic chunibyou.
Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun
Chiyo Sakura has fallen head over heels for the handsome and oblivious Umetarou Nozaki. However, when she confesses her love, he gives her an autograph. It turns out this stoic boy is actually a respected shoujo manga artist. After a series of misunderstandings, Chiyo winds up not as his girlfriend, but as his manga assistant.
While Monthly Girl’s Nozaki-kun is more a rom-com, it is particularly light on romance specifically because the male main character doesn’t realize the female main character is in love with him. He just thinks she is a fan. While Uncle in Another World explores other comedy, it also leans hard on that joke too.
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