Isekai means 'a strange world' in Japanese. The genre gets that name from the many light novels that use this word in the title. It's usually translated as 'another world' in English. So it's a sub-genre of fantasy in which a protagonist, or group of characters, end up in a fantasy world from the real world.
“What are some good funny isekai anime?” “Konosuba” a.k.a. “Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!” a.k.a. “God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!”
Worst isekai of all time hands down Master of Ragnarok and blessed Einher. It's like a crappier version of smartphone. Worst recent isekai is highschool prodigies have it easy in another world. Pretty sure once it is finished will be a close second to MORBE
Perhaps they were building from aforementioned Western stories like Alice in Wonderland. Examples include 90s - early 00s favorites like Inuyasha, Fushigi Yuugi, and Vision of Escaflowne. In these stories, girls had a psychic connection to another place or time.
Isekai means 'a strange world' in Japanese. The genre gets that name from the many light novels that use this word in the title. It's usually translated as 'another world' in English. So it's a sub-genre of fantasy in which a protagonist, or group of characters, end up in a fantasy world from the real world.
It is nice that the isekai genre takes us to a setting that isn't just another high school in Tokyo. And it's interesting and fun to explore another world that might have very different cultural taboos, or fewer inhibitions about certain things.
But most popular anime in the West are aimed at teens and adults, rather than children. There's not a lot of Western fantasy literature with character from the real world traveling to a fantasy world and back, for adults. Most Western fantasy literature aimed at adults takes place entirely within a fantasy world.
being either isekai or harem genre, if not both. While the isekai and harem genres can be good, they often strictly adhere to a formula so writers can crank out a story quickly that will appeal to a male otaku audience, without much effort. Isekai means 'a strange world' in Japanese.
Marcus Damon, a 14-year-old street fighter, meets Agumon, who is also trying to flee the Digital Accident Tactics Squad (DATS), a low-key government organization tasked with defending the real world against threats from the digital world.
A year after the events of Digimon Xros Wars, Mikey discovers an unstable space between the two worlds and learns that Quartzmon is absorbing data, the DigiQuartz. Tagiru, Gumdramon, and the protagonists rise to the lost Digimon. The series ends with Mikey, Tagiru, and their friends projecting themselves into the future.
The Bleach animated series adapts Kubo’s manga but also features several original and independent story arcs. In the town of Karakura, 15-year-old high school student Ichigo Kurosaki becomes a replacement Shinigami when Shinigami Rukia Kuchiki cannot perform her duties after engaging in battle with a, particularly powerful Hollow.
A mysterious red button has suddenly appeared in different universes and the various characters pressing on it are instantly taken to a new world where they have to start school life.
A new generation of chosen children, made up of three new boys, Davis, Yolei, and Cody, and two of the previous generation, Kari and TK, receives a new type of Digivice, called D-3, which allows them to open a gateway that leads directly to the Digital World from any terminal.
Japan, at the time of countries at war, known as Sengoku (before 1600). In these times, humans live alongside “Youkai” or “Mononoke” (also called “demons” or “monsters” or “spirit”). These have different powers and appearances and are very varied; however, most share the same thing in common: the envy of human flesh.
The 12-year-old Takato Matasuki is a fan of the Digimon card game. One day, after a game of cards with his two friends Kazu and Kenta, he discovers a mysterious credit card in his storage box. His reflex is to analyze it in his plastic digivice which starts to shine in a strange way.