Over its four years of service, DNF Mobile has collaborated with a total of five anime series.

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With that in mind, I’d like to go through them one by one, while also recommending the anime themselves.

SPY x FAMILY

SPY x FAMILY opens with a premise that can make even someone who has never watched anime think, “That actually sounds fun.”

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The main character, Loid, is an elite spy working to protect his country, but for a mission, he suddenly has to put together a family within a single week. That leads him to take in an orphan girl named Anya as his daughter and a woman named Yor as his wife.

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The catch is that Anya is a psychic who can read minds, while Yor is secretly a veteran assassin. Each of them is hiding a dangerous secret, and the three end up living together while pretending to be an ordinary family.

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It mixes spy action and family comedy very naturally, and because each episode wraps up cleanly, it is an easy recommendation for anime beginners as well.

In DNF Mobile, this collaboration ran in May 2023. The avatar designs were so good that I still enjoy wearing the ones I bought back then.

The chat emotes also came out well, so I still use them often when I run raids these days.

Kaiju No. 8

Kaiju No. 8 is set in Japan, where kaiju appear regularly, and its main character, Kafka Hibino, is already 32 and still working for a company that cleans up kaiju corpses after failing to join the anti-kaiju force he dreamed of since childhood.

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Then one day, after swallowing a small kaiju, he gains the ability to transform into a kaiju himself. His dream is to become one of the force, yet he suddenly ends up in a position where he could be the one hunted down.

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A big part of the appeal is that the protagonist is not a teenage boy, but a 32-year-old man. There is something relatable about a character who never gave up on his dream and finally gains power after hanging on for so long, and the irony of being able to turn into the strongest kaiju while still acting normal around his teammates adds real tension.

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The battle animation is also strong, and despite the serious worldbuilding, the main character keeps it from feeling too heavy.

In DNF Mobile, this collaboration ran in November 2024. The anime itself is excellent, but I remember feeling slightly disappointed that the outfit designs were so uniform-like, which made them a little less fun to look at. Even so, the hidden Kaiju Mode avatar was quite decent.

Sword Art Online

SAO is built around the premise of 10,000 players trapped inside a VR MMORPG who must clear the game with their lives on the line.

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Its core idea is taking the fantasy of “what if you could actually enter a game?” and turning it into a death game. Now that VR technology is advancing in real life as well, that premise feels even more believable.

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It combines tense survival action with the romance between Kirito and Asuna, and because the setting and genre shift from season to season, it rarely feels repetitive. If you have MMORPG experience, it is especially immersive.

In DNF Mobile, this collaboration ran in July 2025. Unlike the other anime crossovers, this one had already appeared in PC DNF first, so for some players it also brought back old memories. I even saw players saying they finally made up for not buying those avatars back then by getting them this time.

Delicious in Dungeon

Delicious in Dungeon begins when Laios and his party are defeated by a Red Dragon deep inside a dungeon. His younger sister Falin is swallowed whole, but thankfully, the dragon digests slowly, so there is still a chance to save her if they get back quickly.

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The problem is that they are out of both money and food. So Laios comes up with a solution: hunt the monsters in the dungeon, cook them, and eat their way down. At just the right moment, the dwarf Senshi, an expert in monster cuisine, joins them, and the rescue mission begins with dishes like hot pot made from walking mushrooms and tarts made from man-eating plants.

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The main charm of this anime is its absurd central idea—making food out of monsters in every episode—but what really makes it work is that it somehow feels oddly realistic and even looks appetizing. Even during a serious rescue mission, the cast keeps getting distracted by questions like “How should we eat this?” whenever they see a monster, which gives the series a steady sense of humor. As the episodes go on, the dungeon’s secrets and the characters’ backstories also come into focus, so it does not stay just a simple cooking comedy. It is available on Netflix, and since the setting is not too heavy, it is also easy to recommend to beginners.

In DNF Mobile, this collaboration ran in October 2025. Since the series also takes place in a dungeon, it felt like the most natural fit of the five, and the event story was fun too, with players making dishes each week from monsters that appear in DNF Mobile and giving them to NPCs as gifts.

Ranma 1/2

Ranma 1/2 is a romantic comedy anime based on Rumiko Takahashi’s original manga. The manga began serialization in 1987, and a remake premiered on Netflix in 2024.

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Ranma, the main character, is a martial arts prodigy in high school, but while training in China with his father, he falls into a cursed spring. As a result, cold water turns him into a girl, while hot water changes him back into a boy.

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On top of that, because of a promise their fathers made long ago, he ends up forced into an engagement with Akane, the daughter of a dojo family. From the day they meet, they are constantly bickering, and that odd relationship continues throughout the series as neither of them will openly admit their feelings, even while quietly caring about each other.

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The fun here comes from the fact that every character is a little unhinged in their own way, so every episode brings another ridiculous incident. Ranma’s gender-switching setup is not just a gag, either—it also becomes a device that helps build his emotional dynamic with Akane.

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The original work dates back to the 1980s, but the 2024 remake brought in a wave of new fans, and it is available to watch on Netflix. Since it blends martial arts action, romance, and comedy, it is also a good fit for viewers who do not want to stick to just one genre.

In DNF Mobile, this collaboration has been ongoing since April 2026. Among the regular avatars, Shampoo is the most popular, while the hidden avatars Ranma and Genma have also become extremely popular.

The hidden avatars are trading on the auction house for around 5 million Tera, which is about three times the price of endgame creatures. Some players were disappointed that they came as regular skin and top avatars, but that also has an upside, since they are cheaper to transfer and easier to move to other characters.

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I bought both Ranma and Genma myself, so I’ve been very happily enjoying DNF lately.

In Closing

That wraps up this roundup of five anime recommendations from DNF Mobile’s collaboration history.

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These are all such well-known titles that some of you may have already seen every one of them, but this still feels like a good chance to revisit them—and, while you’re at it, meet Ranma in the game as well. The Ranma 1/2 collaboration is scheduled to run until before the May 28 maintenance.