Fantasy Manga

I'm a fan of traveling anime and there's a few there.

Spice and Wolf is at the top of my list. A merchant and his wolf and the various economics of the day. First arc for instance deals with an ongoing war and the kingdom gathering up silver coins to devalue. Another one in S2 involves a speculative market around the inflated price of pumice, just like tulips. It's just a comfy series the entire way through. OP.

Kino is probably THE travel anime. A new destination and city every episode. There's 2 series, one from 2003 and one from 2017. They're not really the same apart from the Coliseum arc which differs slightly. OP

Should be noted that Kino is a girl, she just dresses like a tomboy because traveling in this world is dangerous, hence why she carries 2 guns. If she looks like a boy, then people don't trouble her as much. This is just a reverse trap, not tranny propaganda. Just want that noted.

Can't talk about fantasy without Mushishi. This is what got me into anime. The mushi are a part of the world, visible to only a few yet influence people everyday. Ginko is a traveling Mushi-shi, a monk/doctor type role where he tries and cures people affected by Mushi through non-violent methods. The series does have alot of taoist influenced and is pushed along mostly by it's character drama. An example here. The music is also really good. 2005 and 2014 series.

Moribito: A.K.A, Balsa and her Shota. I kid. Plot is the prince is special, so Balsa has to protect him up to a religious ceremony he can perform. It's a nice grounded fantasy anime with a likeable heroine. OP

Twelve Kingdoms was Isekai about 15 years before it became popular. The thing is though is that it's really good, Youko gets sucked through a magic portal and becomes queen of a country. Thing is, she wasn't the only one sucked through, she can't understand the language if she doesn't hold her sword and her country is occupied by a rival country. There are two main arcs and was going to be 50 episodes instead of 45, except the director died before the last 5 were done and they were never completed. OP.

One more: Thunderbolt Fantasy. 3 seasons, 2 movies and written by Urobuchi who's known for Madoka, Psycho-pass and a few others. Why you should watch Puppet Ball Z? Well I'm gonna spoil to get you to watch. The series focuses on Sho Fu Kan, a wandering warrior who gets caught up in a heist Lin Setsu A is planning and is forced to go along with it. He's clearly hiding something but won't say what. Events unfold and to protect someone he has to throw away his weapon. The villains taunt him for throwing away his weapon.

Then he picks up the stick

That Lv5 warrior that was the butt of the joke through out the series is a LV20 monk hiding his power level the entire time. The reveal at the end even has consequences for S2 and 3 as it becomes a major plot point for Sho's character.

Give it a watch, you won't regret it.