Isekai Anime - How to hikikomori 101

[Pokemonquistador2]

As an eurofag I'm sick of cookiecutter medieval eurofantasy Isekai. It's mostly the same DnD/RPG-like shit. There are so many other countries which can be used for fantasy settings like Egypt or hell what about Steampunk (which is sadly a niche hobby even in Japan) ?

Bringing DnD to Japan in the 80s was a mistake. That's where it all began.

Japan does have some Asian style fantasy, and lots of "kitchen sink" fantasy settings where they basically throw all cultures into it, Asian and Western. Steampunk and Cyberpunk aren't as common as they used to be, and I'm hard pressed to think of an isekai anime that has either in it.

In America, it's becoming increasingly frowned upon to use other cultures as fantasy settings because Tumblrfags will rail you for it. Just look at that new Disney cartoon that's getting blasted because it had a setting vaguely based on Asia and the WokeMob can't figure out whether it's cultural appropriation or Stunning and Brave. It's a lot safer just to use Euro/Medieval fantasy settings because no one can call you racist for doing so. Just make sure you toss lots of black elves and Asian vikings into the mix, because you don't want to be thought of as excluding other races in your white bread European setting.

 

[DeadwastePrime]

I wish I know what kind of drugs the animation teams are taking.
They trying to emulate RBWY and somehow add 2D character

i mean the actual reason is less interesting: it's director never worked on animation and worked on shitty live action movies so he only hired people in the live action industry for this show, and the animation studio never worked on anime or anime style things in it's past. they mostly did realistic stuff before ex-arm. the result makes berserk 2016 and 2017 look like masterpieces

 

[Thomas Talus]

As an eurofag I'm sick of cookiecutter medieval eurofantasy Isekai. It's mostly the same DnD/RPG-like shit. There are so many other countries which can be used for fantasy settings like Egypt or hell what about Steampunk (which is sadly a niche hobby even in Japan) ?

I kinda get where you're coming from, but at the same time I'm a sucker for the sort of fantasy architecture you get with the setting.

 

[ZMOT]

Japan does have some Asian style fantasy, and lots of "kitchen sink" fantasy settings where they basically throw all cultures into it, Asian and Western. Steampunk and Cyberpunk aren't as common as they used to be, and I'm hard pressed to think of an isekai anime that has either in it.

In America, it's becoming increasingly frowned upon to use other cultures as fantasy settings because Tumblrfags will rail you for it. Just look at that new Disney cartoon that's getting blasted because it had a setting vaguely based on Asia and the WokeMob can't figure out whether it's cultural appropriation or Stunning and Brave. It's a lot safer just to use Euro/Medieval fantasy settings because no one can call you racist for doing so. Just make sure you toss lots of black elves and Asian vikings into the mix, because you don't want to be thought of as excluding other races in your white bread European setting.

don't forget there's not much point using a culture that's basically your neighbor, same way the west doesn't use russia or south america (or even greece/middle east even before the woketards declared it off limits, sure there were some movies but all in all still more of an exception). asia uses what's on the other side of the globe from them, so do we, in the same cookie cutter way that would either make the "real" culture scoff at it or outright glorified. same reason nip tourists getting shell shocked when they visit the real paris.

besides, isekai is hardly ever about the logical worldbuilding and more about the easy backdrop, same way school settings work - you don't have to explain why the characters are there and how they got there, they just are and everyone can easily understand why, then you go from there for the character drama or comedy.

I wish more would tackle space. The only one I can recently recall is "I Woke up Piloting the Strongest Starship, So I became a Space Mercenary," and they still managed to cram a fucking elf into it.

no point switching worlds when you can just set it in the future. same with cyberpunk etc.

 

[Marissa Moira]

Truck-kun has been busy for all these years.

Asians are notoriously bad drivers.

 

[Atatata]

no point switching worlds when you can just set it in the future. same with cyberpunk etc.

I just want more space shit in general tbqhwy, but also there's something neat about a modern man tackling a futuristic setting.

 

[Uranus Pink]

So even when it's done right it's still shit? Makes sense.

First third and last third done right if you don't mind the male protagonist being a stalker stan for the absentee female protagonist. But the middle third damn did it suck more a five cent hooker in billionaire funded orgy.

 

[Fougaro]

The only three isekai anime that are not only not shit, but unironically good are Overlord, Drifters and Saga of Tanya the Evil. No exceptions, end of story!

Asians are notoriously bad drivers.

If you want to write a story where multiple people are isekai'd at once, have it start with Truck-kun being driven by an Asian woman.

 

[Marissa Moira]

If you want to write a story where multiple people are isekai'd at once, have it start with Truck-kun being driven by an Asian woman.

Actually isn't that what So I'm a Spider So What? did?

 

[iRON-mAn]

I like 'How NOT to summon a Demon Lord' and 'Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash', but that's about it.

 

[Sneed (formerly ﷽)]

Alice in Wonderland is still the best Isekai

 

[Trombonista]

Does Iruma-kun count as an isekai? If so, it's probably my favorite one.

 

[Atatata]

Got around to reading "It looks like my son has been reincarnated to another world", its about a single mother who's only son died in a car accident, afterwards while looking through his stuff she realises he was a avid isekai reader and starts coping that he was isekai'd instead, and tries to look for a way to join him/bring him back.

Its somewhat more hopeful than what I was expecting, more of a romance than anything, though it is fairly short at the moment.

 

[Akumaten]

Next to the first Digimon Adventures season, Dunbine may be the best anti-issekai anime.