Log Horizon

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.

Log Horizon (2013-2021) is a Japanese animated isekai series created for NHK Educational TV and produced by SATELIGHT and Studio Deen. When thirty thousand players of the online game Elder Tales find themselves trapped inside its fantasy world, the reclusive veteran gamer Shiroe (voiced by Takuma Terashima) and his old friend Naotsugu (voiced by Tomoaki Maeno) build the Log Horizon guild to bring order to the chaos in Akiba. The engine of the show is strategy and social organization: Shiroe must map game mechanics onto survival, negotiate with rival factions, and coax lost players into cooperating, while monsters and political rivalries press in on every episode. Across three seasons and sixty-two episodes, it unfolds as a continuing story with a mix of adventure and character drama. Set in a reimagined Akihabara, the series blends the playful humor of a guild comedy with the tension of an isekai survival tale. Its tone is brisk, witty and warmly earnest, with a steady emphasis on teamwork and identity. Fans of Sword Art Online, Overlord and The Rising of the Shield Hero will find resonance here.

Viewers broadly rate the anime as a positive, entertaining take on trapped-in-a-game fantasy, with its strongest seasons praised for worldbuilding and guild politics.

• Sword Art Onlineshared isekai trapped-in-game premise, mmo world building, guild politics and fantasy adventure tone
• No Game No Lifeshared trapped-in-virtual-world survival with strategic players managing a society under game rules
• Overlordshared strategic tactician protagonist, game-world rules and fantasy adventure with light comedic tone
• The Rising of the Shield Heroshared gamer-protagonist in a fantasy world with community building and rule-driven adventure

Release Date

2013-10-05

Episode runtime

25 min

Rating

7.4 / 10 (205)

What is Log Horizon about?

Trapped in the online game Elder Tales, a reclusive veteran gamer organizes thousands of stranded players into a society in the city of Akiba.

What is Log Horizon like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Log Horizon as measured, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as layered.

Is Log Horizon violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Log Horizon as mild.

What did critics think of Log Horizon?

Viewers broadly rate the anime as a positive, entertaining take on trapped-in-a-game fantasy, with its strongest seasons praised for worldbuilding and guild politics.

Which shows are like Log Horizon?

Shows with a similar feel include Sword Art Online, No Game No Life, Overlord, and The Rising of the Shield Hero.

How long is Log Horizon?

Log Horizon: 3 seasons, 62 episodes.

Is Log Horizon still running?

No, Log Horizon has ended.

Where can I watch Log Horizon?

In United States, Log Horizon streams on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel.