The concept of magic in anime, and even in every other form of entertainment, is vast and has endless potential. It is essentially the bedrock of the fantasy genre and is one of the most used concepts in entertainment. Through its use, endless potential worlds can be created, with worldviews, characters, and narratives that rock the logic of fiction and imagination.
However, the piece’s focus is none other than anime, where, although the narrative and worldview hold boundless potential, the use of magic conforms to the elemental forces of nature, which are fire, water, air, and earth. Although simplistic, these anime build upon their plotlines with elemental magic as the foundation of their worldview, which develops in a cohesive power system. As such, below is a list of anime using elemental magic.
7 The Raging Wind Mage: Kaze no Stigma
Anime-Planet Rating: 3.8 / 5
Kaze no Stigma follows the life of the central character, Kazuma, the exile of the Kannagi Family, who was exiled due to his lack of talent in his family’s treasured fire magic. Years after his banishment, Kazuma returns to Japan, only to discover that his family’s existence is in danger.
With important members of the family having been murdered with the same Fuujutsu wind magic that Kazuma is a user of, his return quickly turns sour as he must now clear his name while finding the culprits. However, while the Kannagi might be family, Kazuma’s help will come at a rather heavy cost.
6 A Returner’s Magic Should be Special
Anime-Planet Rating: 3.7 / 5
A Returner’s Magic Should Be Special revolves around its eclectic protagonist, Desir Herman, who, in his previous life, saw the world meet its end at the Shadow Labyrinth through the dragon of destruction.
However, instead of dying, Desir awakens ten years in the past to a time before the discovery of the Shadow Labyrinth with all his memories from his previous life intact. With the knowledge and experience of a veteran mage, Desir quickly sets out to prevent the end of the world and his first stop, Hebrion Academy, where it all began.
5 Wise Man’s Grandchild
Anime-Planet Rating:
Wise Man’s Grandchild presents the tale of the central character, Shin Wolforn, who was just an ordinary middle-aged Japanese salary earner in his previous life. Now reincarnated as Shin, the grandson of the national hero of the Kingdom of Earlshide, Merlin Wolford, the first fifteen years of his life are dedicated to improving his combat and magical abilities.
As a result, he lived his whole childhood away from society and in the woods. On his 15th birthday, Shin enrolls in the kingdom’s magic academy, hoping to live an everyday life and make friends. However, a normal life is far from possible, as Merlin’s grandson.
4 Fairy Tail
Anime-Planet Rating: 4.1 / 5
Fairy Tail follows the adventures of the lively Lucy Heartfilia, a citizen of the kingdom of Fiore. Lucy has one wish: to join the famous Fairy Tail magic guild. Lucy’s dreams come true after a lucky meeting with Natsu Dragneel, another central character who is a Fairy Tail member, who ensures she becomes a guild member.
Lucy, along with Natsu, Gray Fullbuster, and Erza, finds herself at the heart of the guild’s band of mischief-makers and the center of the most dangerous adventures across the continent.
3 Magi
Anime-Planet Rating: 4.2 / 5
Magi presents the magical tale of an enchanted world riddled with mysterious dungeons that appeared out of nowhere about two decades before the start of the series. Within these dungeons are entities called djinns, who rule over them. The dungeons are full of valuables belonging to the djinns, so many adventures, mercenaries, and general people venture into them hoping to conquer them and inherit all the riches.
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However, only a person guided by the Magi—legendary magicians who choose kings and develop nations—can conquer a dungeon. The series follows the young Magi, Aladdin, who has spent most of his life trapped in a room and now decides to set out on a journey to explore the world.
2 Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
Anime-Planet Rating: 4.3 / 5
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation follows the life adventures of the central character, Rudues Greyrat, born of the Greyrat House, who is given a second chance at life after a relatively underwhelming life as a 34-year-old shut-in living in isolation out of fear of being bullied and scorned.
Despite leading a dreary life, he finds the courage to do something noble, which ultimately causes his untimely death. Now living a new life as Rudeus with the memories, knowledge, and experience of his previous life, Rudeus is determined to live at least a better life than the one he once had.
1 Black Clover
Anime-Planet Rating: 4.1
Black Clover presents the thrilling tale of the two central characters, Asta and Yuno, who were abandoned at the same church on the same day in a town on the outskirts of the Clover Kingdom. In a world where magic makes might, the strength of a person’s magic determines their life, and at the top of the kingdom is the title of the “Wizard King.”
As children, Yuno and Asta promise to compete for the title in the future, however, as they grow, the difference between them could not be more obvious. While Yuno is considered a prodigy of magic, Asta can not use even an ounce of magic. When both turn 15, Yuno receives the powerful four-leaf clover grimoire, while Asta receives nothing. However, in a confrontation that would have taken Yuno’s life, Asta mysteriously receives a five-leaf grimoire. Soon after, the pair set out, seeking the same goal — to become the next Wizard King.
