Best elf and fairy anime
The Seven Deadly Sins (2014) leads the elf and fairy list, with a community score of 8.2, ahead of Fairy Tail Final Season. The 40 shows span 1989 to 2024, and 8 of them came out in the last five years. 24 of them carry the AniList tag "Elf". Most are also fantasy, action, and adventure. 36 are series and 2 are movies; the typical series runs 12 episodes. Ranked by how plainly each story is built on elf and fairy, then community score and popularity. Each entry says what it was matched on.
The Seven Deadly Sins
Why it fits: AniList tag: Fairy
Fairy Tail Final Season
Why it fits: synopsis mentions “fairy”
No Game No Life: Zero
Why it fits: AniList tag: Elf; synopsis mentions “elf”
The Ancient Magus' Bride
Why it fits: AniList tag: Fairy
Sword Art Online
Why it fits: AniList tag: Fairy
GATE
Why it fits: AniList tag: Elf
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 Part 2
Why it fits: AniList tag: Elf
Drifters
Why it fits: AniList tag: Elf
Amagi Brilliant Park
Why it fits: AniList tag: Fairy
Goblin Slayer
Why it fits: AniList tag: Elf
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
Why it fits: AniList tag: Elf
GATE Part 2
Why it fits: AniList tag: Elf
Kaze no Stigma
Why it fits: AniList tag: Fairy
Humanity Has Declined
Why it fits: AniList tag: Fairy; synopsis mentions “fairies”
How Not to Summon a Demon Lord
Why it fits: AniList tag: Elf
The Familiar of Zero F
Why it fits: AniList tag: Elf
WorldEnd: What Do You Do at the End of the World? Are You Busy? Will You Save Us?
Why it fits: AniList tag: Fairy; synopsis mentions “fairy”
Outbreak Company
Why it fits: AniList tag: Elf; synopsis mentions “elf”, “elves”
Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody
Why it fits: AniList tag: Elf
Interspecies Reviewers
Why it fits: AniList tag: Elf; synopsis mentions “elves”
Nanatsu no Taizai OVA
Why it fits: AniList tag: Fairy
Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar
Why it fits: AniList tag: Elf
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2
Why it fits: AniList tag: Elf
Restaurant to Another World
Why it fits: AniList tags: Elf, Fairy
Valvrave the Liberator
Why it fits: AniList tag: Elf
Shugo Chara!
Why it fits: AniList tag: Fairy
Berserk (2016)
Why it fits: AniList tag: Elf; synopsis mentions “elf”
Amnesia
Why it fits: AniList tag: Fairy
Delicious in Dungeon
Why it fits: AniList tag: Elf
Hanayamata
Why it fits: synopsis mentions “fairy”
Princess Connect! Re:Dive
Why it fits: AniList tag: Elf
Pokemon 4Ever
Why it fits: AniList tag: Fairy
The Eminence in Shadow Season 2
Why it fits: AniList tag: Elf
Uncle from Another World
Why it fits: AniList tag: Elf
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV
Why it fits: AniList tag: Elf
Skeleton Knight in Another World
Why it fits: AniList tag: Elf
Earl and Fairy
Why it fits: AniList tag: Fairy; synopsis mentions “fairy”, “fairies”
Fairy Gone
Why it fits: AniList tag: Fairy; synopsis mentions “fairy”, “fairies”
Tears to Tiara
Why it fits: AniList tag: Elf
Questions about elf and fairy anime
What is the best elf and fairy anime?
By AniVids' ranking, The Seven Deadly Sins comes first, followed by Fairy Tail Final Season and No Game No Life: Zero.
What are the newest and oldest elf and fairy anime on this list?
The newest is Delicious in Dungeon (2024) and the oldest is Dragon Ball Z (1989).
How many elf and fairy anime are there?
AniVids has 202 elf and fairy titles that match (counting each season, movie and special), and 159 separate franchises where it is plainly central. This page lists the best 40.