10 best anime to watch if you like Promise of Wizard

Promise of Wizard has garnered much praise for its engrossing fantasy world, endearing characters, and the overarching theme of unity in the face of adversity. This anime transports viewers to a captivating world where wizards and humans coexist, though facing an impending catastrophic threat.

Akira, an average Japanese man, gets summoned as the prophesied Sage to lead the magical realm's wizard defenders against the destructive Great Calamity. If you can't get enough of Akira and the Sage's Wizards defending their world against the Great Calamity, you'll love these 10 anime recommendations.

10 best anime for fans of Promise of Wizard

1. Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic

Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic (Image via A-1 Pictures)

With its Arabian Nights aesthetic and complex geopolitics, Magi pairs nicely with Promise of Wizard's worldbuilding. It centers on heroes Aladdin, Alibaba, and Morgiana exploring dungeons filled with treasure and danger.

Like the wizards in Promise of Wizard, they must grow stronger to protect their world from sinister forces. Magi also highlights bonds between comrades. Aladdin and Alibaba slowly expand their "household," forging lasting friendships along their adventures.

The animation dazzles with fluid battles showcasing magical weapons and abilities. Each labyrinth tempts you with mysteries and threats, requiring Aladdin's powerful magic and wisdom to overcome.

2. Black Clover

Magic knights face nearly insurmountable threats in Black Clover, much like the wizards defending against the Great Calamity. Hotheaded wizard Asta joins the Black Bulls squad, famous for chaotic misfits with strange powers.

Asta lacks magic but wields anti-magic abilities. He relies on physical strength, tenacity, and a legendary grimoire. What Black Clover lacks in dynamic fight scenes, it matches in emotional moments between fellow magic knights.

Asta's underdog status initially draws mockery, but after seeing his determination, allies appear to support him against a rising tide of devastating attacks by elves and demons.

3. Fairy Tail

Fairy Tail (Image via A-1 Pictures and Satelight)

Fairy Tail centers on the adventures of the wizard guild Fairy Tail, a rowdy group relying on each other as they take on jobs and fight dark forces. When Natsu, the dragon slayer, rescues Lucy, she's thrilled to join the tight-knit guild. Over time, Natsu and Lucy form their own team with allies Gray, Erza, Wendy, and more.

The group contends against several calamities, including the Tower of Heaven cult and the Alvarez Empire in later arcs. They must also prevent dragons and rogue wizards from destroying the kingdom.

While Fairy Tail offers no shortage of magical battles, the relationships between its members form its emotional core. Their unbreakable bonds sustain them through devastating tragedies and periods of separation.

4. The Irregular at Magic High School

The Irregular at Magic High School (Image via Madhouse)

Set in a world where magic is studied like science, The Irregular at Magic High School combines an academy setting with catastrophic threats from hostile forces. Prodigies Tatsuya and Miyuki enroll, soon realizing anti-magic terrorists and rival magical organizations endanger their world.

Like Promise of Wizard's ensemble, Tatsuya and Miyuki recruit allies possessing unique talents essential for confronting escalating crises. However, Tatsuya's formidable but specialized magical abilities invite suspicion, causing social rifts despite his invaluable protection against malignant forces attacking the school.

5. Grimoire of Zero

Grimoire of Zero is another story like Promise of Wizard (Image via White Fox)

For another fantasy where an ordinary youth aids magical beings against impending catastrophe, check out Grimoire of Zero. A mercenary known simply as Mercenary meets witch Zero while hunting beastfallen (humans transformed into violent monsters). Zero hires Mercenary to escort her in locating a rare grimoire.

Although initially only interested in money, witnessing Zero's dedication to halting beastfallen attacks compels Mercenary to share her mission. As Zero pursues the grimoire's secrets to seal the source, causing beasts to rage out of control, Mercenary learns more about his tragic past.

Soon, an army of beastfallen threatens to swarm and destroy humanity unless Zero unlocks the grimoire's purification spell in time.

6. Wise Man's Grandchild

Wise Man’s Grandchild (Image via Silver Link)

Reincarnated with formidable magical power, Shin Wolford attends a magic academy in Wise Man's Grandchild while secretly undertaking missions to counter evil organizations. Sizilien von Claude, another student, feels perplexed yet entranced by Shin's otherworldly abilities.

Over time, they cooperate to solve mysteries, such as students disappearing from campus. Eventually, the wizard world's very existence is imperiled, and Shin joins with Sizilien and elite magic knights to stop demonoids from threatening humanity.

Like Promise of Wizard, this anime highlights camaraderie while exploring the temptation and costs of using magic to fulfill desires.

7. Little Witch Academia

Little Witch Academia (Image via Trigger)

For lighter, magical school adventures, try Little Witch Academia. Akko enrolls at Luna Nova Witchcraft Academy to emulate her idol, famous graduate Shiny Chariot. Initially struggling with tedious lessons, Akko unleashes her untapped potential to rescue classmates from monstrous trees or shifting maze rooms.

Eventually, Akko and her friends uncover and confront sinister forces plotting to purge magic from the world. Echoing Promise of Wizard's themes, Akko's irreplicable wonder and optimism rejuvenate jaded witches resigned to declining magical influence. Dazzling spells with fluid animation will delight Promise of Wizard fans.

8. Seraph of the End

Seraph of the End (Image via Wit Studio)

Post-apocalyptic with vampires instead of calamity dragons, Seraph of the End still showcases young heroes fighting overwhelming monsters.

After a virus kills everyone over the age of 13 and vampires enslave children in vampire-ruled cities, Yuichiro wants revenge. He joins the Japanese Imperial Demon Army to exterminate vampires. Yuichiro initially pursues revenge but ultimately finds the strength to protect fellow humans.

Like Promise of Wizard's Akira, Yuichiro's past tragedy motivates him, but his bonds with comrades transform him into a selfless fighter in the war against vampires.

9. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (Image via Studio Bind)

Boasting crisp animation and emotional complexity, Mushoku Tensei entrances viewers. After dying prematurely in modern Japan, Rudeus is reborn in a magical realm with his memories intact. Rebranded as Rudeus Greyrat, he resolves to live fully, training tirelessly in swordsmanship and offensive magic.

He becomes sufficiently skilled to defend himself and his new loved ones, including Eris. When a teleportation disaster divides his family, Rudeus spends years locating them, eventually reuniting them thanks to companions he meets during his search.

Rudeus then investigates a demon incursion, which soon escalates into an existential threat to humanity. Like in Promise of Wizard, dazzling magical fight scenes accentuate bonds between comrades as they unite to withstand an unprecedented calamity only through their combined strength.

10. The Rising of the Shield Hero

The Rising of the Shield Hero (Image via Kinema Citrus)

The Rising of the Shield Hero's grim base plot sees heroes summoned to parallel world Melromarc to battle apocalyptic monster Waves. But Naofumi Iwatami is declared the Shield Hero, wielding a defensive weapon rather than offensive abilities.

He must endure betrayal, false accusations, and frustration at his fighting style, which is different from offensive-focused heroes. However, buying Raphtalia, a demi-human slave, catalyzes Naofumi's protective compassion, which he directs toward healing trauma victims during waves.

Later in the story, they cooperate with Melromarc Queen Mirellia to establish lasting peace. Naofumi discovers that the previous Shield hero suffered similar prejudice but persevered and became venerated over time. As Naofumi's legend grows, so does the potential to unite demi-humans and skeptical humans against worsening waves.

Conclusion

From motley magical squads taking on world-ending threats to passionate friendships overcoming social divides, these 10 anime echo the core appeal of Promise of Wizard. Their fantasy realms brim with endless possibilities, underscoring that true power lies in unity and compassion.

So summon forth your curiosity to explore these anime worlds. Like the Sage's Wizards and other members in Promise of Wizard, you'll surely forge lifelong bonds with their colorful casts. The path onwards overflows with friendship, laughter, and literal magic!

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Edited by Shreya Das