Parallel World Pharmacy (Season 1)

Parallel World Pharmacy (2022) is a Japanese fantasy anime series you can watch online on iFILM — 12 episodes adapted from Liz Takayama's light novel.

A Japanese pharmacology researcher dies from overwork and wakes up reincarnated as a ten-year-old boy in a medieval European-style world. He carries his previous knowledge intact: modern pharmacology, organic chemistry, diagnostics. In this world, medicine is a guild monopoly and affordable treatment simply doesn't exist for ordinary people. Recognised by the emperor, he opens a small pharmacy for commoners and starts producing drugs that actually work.

Unlike most isekai titles, there are no sword fights or level-up mechanics here — the drama is entirely in the gap between what medicine can be and what the ruling guilds allow. It's a quieter, more unusual premise than the genre usually offers. Stream Parallel World Pharmacy online on iFILM.