Shinpi no Sekai El-Hazard


El Hazard: The Magnificent World

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Shinpi no Sekai Eru Hazaado,
Japanese: 神秘の世界エルハザード
English: El Hazard: The Magnificent World
French: El Hazard: Le Monde Magnifique
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Information

Type: OVA
Episodes: 7
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: May 26, 1995 to Jan 25, 1996
Producers: Pioneer LDC, Arts Pro
Studios: AIC
Source: Original
Genres: AdventureAdventure, ComedyComedy, FantasyFantasy, RomanceRomance
Themes: CrossdressingCrossdressing, IsekaiIsekai
Duration: 34 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 7.241 (scored by 87238,723 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #33172
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #5205
Members: 22,393
Favorites: 108

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Synopsis

After Makoto Mizuhara agrees to testify against the boisterous student council president Katsuhiko Jinnai for bribing school clubs in the recent student council elections, Jinnai chases him down in an attempt to silence his self-proclaimed rival. Suddenly, during the chase, time stops for everyone—except Makoto. Perplexed, he wanders around the campus until he notices a light coming from the school's closed-off basement, where an ancient relic had just been uncovered.

Makoto is walking toward the artifact surrounded by strings of light, when out of it comes an otherworldly woman who claims she has been waiting for ten thousand years to see him. Weakened by the passage of time, she uses her remaining power to transport a confused Makoto to another world, which she refers to as El-Hazard. However, others who are still at school are also caught in the spell, namely: Jinnai; Masamichi Fujisawa, the alcoholic teacher; and Nanami Jinnai, the headstrong sister of president Jinnai.

The fantastical and magnificent world of El-Hazard awaits these four individuals where they will become entangled in the story of its inhabitants and embark on an adventure filled with laughter, danger, and even romance.

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Background

El Hazard: The Magnificent World was formerly distributed in the U.S. by NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan, whose North American branch was then known as Pioneer Entertainment. In July 2019, Nozomi Entertainment, a division of Right Stuf Inc., took over and rescued the license for the series. In 2001, the series also inspired a role-playing game called the El-Hazard Role-Playing Game released by Canadian company Guardians of Order.

Characters & Voice Actors


Staff

Morijiri, Kazuaki
Producer
Hayashi, Hiroki
Director, Storyboard


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Ending Theme

1: "Boys be Free!" by Etsuko Kozakura (eps 1-6)
2: "Chiisana Hana (ちいさな花, Little Flower)" by Yuri Amano (eps 7)




Reviews

Jan 31, 2026
Series One of El-Hazard: The Magnificent World is something I had been putting off watching. It's both an old-school isekai as well as harem. What made me watch it in September of 2025 arises from my disappointment with a certain harem anime in Spring of 2025.

Is this anime as good as advertised?


§ Overview

Mizuhara Makoto, together with his teacher, Fujisawa Masamichi; his friend, Jinnai Nanami; and his rival and older sister of Nanami, Jinnai Katsuhiko, is summoned to El-Hazard to rectify that world.


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Jan 28, 2026
Mixed Feelings
This 7-part OVA looks fantastic. The backgrounds specifically are extremely good. The music is also above average, as are the character designs. The animation quality is high: ambitious and well-crafted. The worldbuilding is way better than I expected it to be. The alternate world of El-Hazard (terrible name as many have already mentioned) is intriguing and 'believable' with inspired creative design elements throughout. (The one exception being the kind-of gross cat armor which really looks bad and is quite distracting on screen.) I really enjoyed getting to see the world unfold more and more each episode. Ancient buried technology is almost always a winning ...
Jun 20, 2025
Preliminary (3/7 eps)
Most isekai nowadays are pretty mid. As an isekai fan, I'm always looking for ones with good quality.

I came across this anime by chance — since it's an older one with good animation quality, I thought, why not give it a try?

I watched the first three episodes, but I didn’t enjoy it.

The type of story just doesn’t appeal to me. I kept wondering what this ridiculous story was about — maybe it meant something back in the day.

Another thing I didn’t like was the pacing. It’s not terrible, but still feels pretty slow.

And most importantly, I didn’t feel anything — no humor, no thrill, nothing ...

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