Series about fairy-tale worlds

Series about fairy-tale worlds
The list of the best series about fairy-tale worlds selected by visitors of our site: Schmigadoon!, DOTA: Dragon's Blood, Shadow and Bone, Back Arrow, Vikings, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, Sweet Tooth, ThunderCats, Birdgirl, Sky Rojo.

In the top there are new series of 2021, a plot description and trailers for series that have already been released.

CharactersLovers
PlotHiking trips, True love
PlaceFairy-tale worlds

In this parody of 1940s musicals, backpacking couple Melissa and Josh get trapped in Schmigadoon, a magical town filled with singing and dancing townspeople, and learn they can't leave without finding true love—which they thought they already had.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genreaction, fantasy, cartoon
CountryUSA
CharactersDragons, Demons, Elves, Wizards, Knights
PlotAdventures, Magic, Computer games
PlaceFairy-tale worlds

After encounters with a dragon and a princess on her own mission, a Dragon Knight becomes embroiled in events larger than he could have ever imagined.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genreaction, fantasy, drama, adventure, detective
CountryUSA
CharactersWizards
PlotMagic, Supernatural, Adventures, Fighting Evil
PlaceFairy-tale worlds
StyleWomen in the lead roles

In a world cleaved in two by a massive barrier of perpetual darkness, a young soldier uncovers a power that might finally unite her country. But as she struggles to hone her power, dangerous forces plot against her. Thugs, thieves, assassins and saints are at war now, and it will take more than magic to survive.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
PlotAdventures
PlaceFairy-tale worlds

Lingalind is a land enclosed by the Wall. The Wall covers, protects, cultivates, and nurtures the land. One day in Edger, a village on the outskirts of Lingalind, a mysterious man named Back Arrow appears. Arrow has lost his memory, but he claims that all he knows is that “I came from outside the Wall.”

Markimdb: 8.5
Genreaction, melodrama, drama, adventure, military, history
CountryRepublic of Ireland, Canada
Duration00:45
CharactersKings, Vikings, Heroes, Soldier, Warriors
PlotWar, Adventures, Intrigue, Sword Battles
PlaceEngland
TimeMiddle Ages
StyleWorth watching, Spectacular, For men, Atmospheric, Fascinating

Vikings follows the adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods. Legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure, detective
CountryCanada, USA
Duration00:43
CharactersCats
PlotLove, Adventures
PlaceEngland
Time19th century
StyleAction, Fancy, By books, Fascinating

In Victorian England, the young and beautiful Alice tells a tale of a strange new land that exists on the other side of a rabbit hole. Thinking Alice insane, her doctors aim to make her forget everything. While Alice is ready to put it all behind her, she knows this world is real. In the nick of time, the Knave of Hearts and the White Rabbit save her from a doomed fate. Together, the trio tumble down the rabbit hole to Wonderland, where nothing is impossible.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
CharactersTeenagers
PlotAdventures, Survival
PlaceUSA

On a perilous adventure across a post-apocalyptic world, a lovable boy who's half-human and half-deer searches for a new beginning with a gruff protector.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure, family, cartoon
CountryUSA, Japan
CharactersSuperhero, Heroes, Cats
PlotSuperpowers, Supernatural, Magic, Adventures
StyleSpectacular

The ThunderCats are on the move! After the kingdom of Thundera is attacked by the lizard people, Lion-O leads Tygra, Cheetara and the other heroes on a quest for the Book of Omens and the magic stones of legend. But he'll have to face villains like Mumm-Ra, the ancient evil sorceror, and Slithe, the dangerous lizard general. Luckily, he has the Sword of Omens and its amazing powers at his disposal.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, cartoon
CountryUSA
CharactersSuperhero, Superhero team
PlotAdventures
StyleWomen in the lead roles

After being named CEO of the world's largest and most non-sensical corporation, Sebben & Sebben, Judy Ken Sebben aka Birdgirl has to find a way to maintain her work/superhero life balance.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
CountrySpain
PlotHarassment
PlaceSpain
StyleWomen in the lead roles

On the run from their pimp and his henchmen, three women embark on a wild and crazy journey in search of freedom.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama
CountryUSA, Canada
CharactersWitches, Lesbians, Wizards, Terrorists
PlotMagic
PlaceSchool of Magic
StyleWomen in the lead roles

Set in an alternate America where witches ended their persecution over 300 years ago by cutting a deal with the government to fight for their country, the series follows three young women from basic training in combat magic into early deployment.

Markimdb: 4.6
Genrefantasy, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration03:56
CharactersWitches, Family, Demons, Sisters
PlotSuperpowers, Investigation, Magic, Adventures
PlaceUSA
StyleSpectacular, Twisted plot, To cry, Fascinating

Set in the fictional college town of Hilltowne, Charmed follows the lives of three sisters, Macy, Mel and Maggie Vera who, after the tragic death of their mother, discover they are three of the most powerful witches of all time.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
PlotDepression, Family life
StyleFancy, Women in the lead roles, Depressive

Explore the secret life of a woman we all grew up watching: the sitcom wife. The series looks to break television convention and ask what the world looks like through her eyes. Alternating between single-camera realism and multi-camera zaniness, the formats will inform one another as we imagine what happens when the sitcom wife escapes her confines, and takes the lead in her own life.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:00
CharactersAliens
PlotSurvival, Adventures
TimePost-apocalypse, Future
StyleSpectacular

400 years after the extinction of the human race, a small group of humans are revived by an alien civilization. The colony of revived humans encounter struggles with the aliens who extinguished humankind centuries before, while trying to understand and get along with the mysterious aliens who revived them.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrehorror, action, fantasy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:00
CharactersVampire, Criminals, Brothers, Beautiful girls, Beautiful actors
PlotSupernatural, Death, Fighting Evil, The escape
PlaceSmall towns
StyleFancy

The horror and crime thriller genres collide in this new original series from Robert Rodriguez, based on his cult grindhouse classic about bank-robbing brothers on the run, a lawman bent on bringing them to justice, the devout family caught in the cross-fire, and an ancient evil eager to feast on them all.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, detective
CountryUSA
Duration03:35
CharactersVampire, Childrens
PlotViruses, Genetic experiments
PlaceCourt
TimePost-apocalypse, Future
StyleSpectacular, Touching

A post-apocalyptic story about a botched U.S. government experiment that turns a group of death row inmates into highly infectious vampires, and an orphan girl who might be the only person able to stop the ensuing crisis.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, fantasy, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
CharactersHeroes, Good people, Defenders
PlotAdventures, Travel, Computer games
TimePost-apocalypse
StyleSpectacular, Women in the lead roles, To cry, By manga

In a post-apocalyptic world dominated by the so-called "Numbers," each human will have their identity branded with their own "Count," which could define any number related to their life. May it be one's walked distance or amount of compliments given to them by others, this Count could lead them to the abyss when it has dropped to zero.In the year 305 of the Alcian calendar, Hina has inherited a mission from her Mother, whose Count has depreciated to zero, to search for the Legendary Red Baron. In her adventure, she meets a half-masked swordsman named Licht who tries to hide his identity, as he is known as a degenerate for having an incredibly low Count.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrehorror, action, fantasy, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
Duration01:25
CharactersSuperhero, Demons
PlotLove, Superpowers
StyleFancy, Fascinating, By manga

Akira Fudo learns from his best friend Ryo Asuka that demons will revive and reclaim the world from humans. With humans hopeless against this threat, Ryo suggests combining with a demon. With this, Akira becomes Devilman, a being with the power of demon but with a human heart.

Markimdb: 8.5
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, cartoon, crime, detective
CountryUSA
CharactersSuperhero, Criminals, Heroes
PlotSuperpowers, Adventures
StyleSpectacular, Action, By comics, Fascinating

Harley Quinn has finally broken things off once and for all with the Joker and attempts to make it on her own as the criminal Queenpin of Gotham City.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrefantasy, drama, adventure, family
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
CharactersWitches, Animals, Investigators, Childrens, Orphans
PlotMagic, Mystery, Travel, Adventures, Growing up
PlaceParallel worlds
TimeDark ones
StyleFor children, Atmospheric

Lyra is an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Lyra's search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children, and turns into a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust. She is later joined on her journey by Will, a boy who possesses a knife that can cut windows between worlds. As Lyra learns the truth about her parents and her prophesied destiny, the two young people are caught up in a war against celestial powers that ranges across many worlds.

Markimdb: 7
Genreaction, fantasy, cartoon, detective
CountrySingapore, Philippines
CharactersMonster Hunters
PlotSupernatural, Magic, Mystery, Fighting Evil
StyleBy comics, Women in the lead roles

In Manila, where dark supernatural forces pervade the criminal underworld, it’s up to Alexandra Trese to keep the peace — but there’s a storm brewing.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
CharactersGods, Orphans
PlotLove, Adventures, Everyday life
StyleRomantic, Women in the lead roles, Uplifting

Nanami was just a normal high school girl down on her luck until a stranger’s lips marked her as the new Land God and turned her world upside down. Now, she’s figuring out the duties of a deity with the help of Tomoe, a reformed fox demon who reluctantly becomes her familiar in a contract sealed with a kiss. The new responsibilities—and boys—are a lot to handle, like the crow demon masquerading as a gorgeous pop idol and the adorable snake spirit who’s chosen the newly minted god to be his bride. As the headstrong Tomoe tries to whip her into shape, Nanami finds that love just might have cute, pointed fox ears. With romance in the air, will the human deity be able to prove herself worthy of her new title?

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Genrecomedy, drama
CountryRussia
CharactersPsychologists
PlaceRussia
StyleEasy

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Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
PlotLove, Dates
StyleRomantic, Easy, Women in the lead roles

A romantic comedy anthology series which follows a different protagonist each season on the journey from first love to last love, with each half-hour episode chronicling one of their relationships.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genreaction, fantasy, drama, adventure
CountryItaly, United Kingdom
CharactersTeenagers, Witches, Fairies, Friends, Heroes
PlotSuperpowers, Magic, Adventures
PlaceSchool
StyleSpectacular, Easy, Women in the lead roles, Fascinating

The coming-of-age journey of five fairies attending Alfea, a magical boarding school in the Otherworld where they must learn to master their powers while navigating love, rivalries, and the monsters that threaten their very existence.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
PlotTime travel, Apocalypse, Adventures
StyleSpectacular, Easy, Twisted plot

Following the success in the Camelot Singularity, Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash Kyrielight are assigned to the last Singularity in the Grand Order initiative. In Ancient Babylonia, 2500 BCE, they embark on a mission to secure humanity's survival. Upon arrival, they learn that three gods have threatened Uruk, the Babylonian city ruled by King Gilgamesh. Ritsuka and Mash must work together to fend off the invasion of mysterious beasts in Uruk under Gilgamesh's orders while investigating the true nature of the three gods' actions against humanity; but unknown to Ritsuka, an ancient entity is slowly rising from its slumber.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genredrama
CountryUnited Kingdom
CharactersFamily, Military, Soldier
PlotSecond world war, Love triangle
StyleFascinating

Drama series set in 1943 following the Coyne family and their neighbours as they struggle to maintain a normal life after a US Army Air Force base is set up in the middle of their rural parish.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrethriller, fantasy, drama
CountryItaly
CharactersWitches
PlotMagic
PlaceItaly

In 17th-century Italy, a teenager learns about her destiny among a family of witches, just as her boyfriend's father hunts her down for witchcraft.

CharactersDemons, Monsters, Military
PlotAdventures
StyleFascinating

Lloyd is a novice adventurer whose dream is to discover “true strength” in the capital he’s always admired, despite growing up with neighbors who always considered him weak. The story starts with him departing from his hometown, which just so happens to be located right next to…one of the most dangerous dungeons in the world?!

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, fantasy, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration00:59
CharactersWitches
PlotRevenge, Magic, Travel
PlaceSmall towns
TimeMiddle Ages
StyleSpectacular

Talon, the lone survivor of a race called the Blackbloods, sets off to the edge of civilisation to track her family's killers. On her journey she discovers she has supernatural powers which she must learn to harness in order to achieve her goals.





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