#1
Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
A 939-year-old goblin seeking to end his immortal life finds his fated bride — a high schooler who can see ghosts.
Watch on: Viki, Viu
Editorial List
Best Asian Fantasy Dramas
Worlds of immortals, ghosts, gods, and second chances at love.
This list is curated by the DramaSeek editorial desk and ranks 25 titles. Each entry below is a real, fully reviewed drama or film with its own dedicated page — synopsis, cast, ratings, and where-to-watch information. Inclusion isn't decided by audience rating alone: we factor in cultural footprint, craft, rewatchability, and contribution to the genre.
If you're new to the category, start at #1 and work your way down. If you're a returning fan, scan the list for titles you haven't yet caught. For broader recommendations beyond this list, see our long-form drama discovery handbook.
#2
Moving
Three Korean high school students with hidden superhuman abilities discover their parents share a past that hunts them all.
Watch on: Disney+
#3
Chinese Paladin 3
A pawnshop assistant and a brilliant Shu mountain disciple cross paths across multiple lifetimes.
Watch on: Viki
#4
Lovely Runner
A devoted fan time-travels to her teenage years to save the idol who once saved her life.
Watch on: Viki, Viu
#5
Chicago Typewriter
A bestselling but blocked novelist begins channeling a 1930s freedom fighter — who shares his face.
Watch on: Viki, Netflix
#6
The Untamed
Sixteen years after the cultivation world declared him a villain, the resurrected Wei Wuxian reunites with the only friend who never doubted him.
Watch on: Netflix, WeTV
#7
The Romance of Tiger and Rose
A scriptwriter is sucked into the script of her own bad drama and must rewrite the prince who is supposed to marry her sister.
Watch on: WeTV, Viki
#8
The Eternal Love
A modern girl is split between two parallel-universe palaces and married to two princes — one who loves her, one who hates her.
Watch on: Viki, iQIYI
#9
My Love from the Star
A 400-year-old alien stranded on Earth meets a top actress just months before he's due to return home.
Watch on: Viki, Netflix
#10
Alchemy of Souls
In a fictional kingdom where mages can swap souls, a noble heir takes a powerful assassin as his teacher.
Watch on: Netflix
#11
Hi Bye, Mama!
A ghost mother is given 49 days back among the living to reclaim her family.
Watch on: Netflix
#12
Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo
A modern young woman is transported to the Goryeo court and into a love triangle among rival princes.
Watch on: Viki, Netflix
#13
Love and Redemption
A girl born without a sixth sense and the immortal who keeps finding her across lifetimes try to break their shared curse.
Watch on: Viki, iQIYI
#14
Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty
A pair of Tang-era investigators travel the empire solving impossible cases.
Watch on: WeTV, Viki
#15
W: Two Worlds
A doctor is dragged into the pages of a webtoon her father created, where the protagonist has become aware he is fictional.
Watch on: Viki, Netflix
#16
Secret Garden
A wealthy CEO and a working-class stuntwoman swap bodies, scrambling their lives and forcing them to confront mutual attraction.
Watch on: Viki, Netflix
#17
Reborn Rich
A loyal employee murdered by a chaebol family wakes up reborn as the family's youngest grandchild — and slowly plots the takeover.
Watch on: Viki, Viu
#18
Eternal Love
A nine-tailed fox queen and the heir to the Heavenly Tribe live and lose each other across three lifetimes.
Watch on: Netflix, Viki
#19
Be My Favorite
A pop singer travels back through time to redo every wrong move he made with the boy he should have loved in college.
Watch on: Viki
#20
Death's Game
A failed suitor takes his life and is condemned by Death to live and die as twelve other people.
Watch on: Prime Video
#21
While You Were Sleeping
A reporter, a prosecutor and a police officer share dreams of the future and try to prevent the tragedies they foresee.
Watch on: Viki
#22
Lovers of the Red Sky
A blind royal painter and a court astrologer fight a centuries-old curse in a fictional Joseon-era kingdom.
Watch on: Viki, Viu
#23
Marry My Husband
Murdered by her husband and best friend, a terminally ill woman wakes up ten years in the past — and engineers a more elegant revenge.
Watch on: Prime Video
#24
Ashes of Love
A flower goddess raised without the ability to feel love is dragged into a cosmic triangle between a phoenix and a night god.
Watch on: Netflix, Viki
#25
Love Between Fairy and Devil
A small flower fairy accidentally swaps souls with the heavens' most feared demon king.
Watch on: WeTV, Viki
How we rank these titles
DramaSeek's editorial lists are not pure aggregations of user scores — those are useful but tend to flatten cultural context. We factor in the show's audience reception, its place within the genre's history, and how it stands up to a rewatch. We also weight more heavily for titles that are still legally streaming in major regions, since this is a where-to-watch guide first and an archive second.
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