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Sometimes isekai protagonists get hit by trucks before being transported to another world, and other times it’s just a researcher working himself to death. That’s what happens in Isekai Yakkyoku (Another World Pharmacy), the fantasy medical novel by author Liz Takayama and illustrator Keepout, which …Read more »
Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler writer Homura Kawamoto’s new isekai manga Killing the People Reincarnated into the Other World -Cheat Slayer- was cancelled after one chapter because editors thought the way some characters looked like other creators’ isekai characters could be seen as “intentionally denigrating particular …Read more »
Uncle From Another World (Isekai Ojisan), the isekai manga from Hotondoshindeiru, is getting a TV anime. We could describe the story, but Yen Press has done the work for us! Seventeen years ago, Takafumi’s uncle fell into a coma, but now he’s back like a …Read more »
Homura Kawamoto, the creator of Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler, is coming out with a new manga series called Isekai Tenseisha Goroshi -Cheat Slayer- (translated as Killing the People Reincarnated into the Other World -Cheat Slayer-). The manga is illustrated by Aki Yamaguchi and being published …Read more »
The isekai genre has gotten so popular that this summer there’s a limited-time Isekai Museum exhibit at the Kadokawa Culture Museum. But it turns out you don’t have to be in Japan to explore its objects, because the museum is available to check out online. …Read more »
To coincide with the Japanese publication of the final volume of Attack on Titan, creator Hajime Isayama created a one-page newspaper ad for the Asahi Shimbun. And he had a creative take: the ad is in the form of a comic with Eren in an …Read more »
You know the scenario all too well at this point. One minute you’re just living your life as normal and the next, BAM!, a truck slams right into you and sends you to an early grave. Or so you’d think. Instead of taking a dirt …Read more »
If you’re not tired of isekai anime yet, another is on the way, this time adapting the Fantasy Bishoujo Juniku Ojisan to comedy manga—AKA Fabiniku for short—by writer Yu Tsurusaki and artist Shin Ikezawa. Juniku is an otaku term for a middle-aged man acquiring the …Read more »
The isekai genre has gotten so popular in Japan that a limited-time “Isekai Museum” exhibit will be on display at the Kadokawa Culture Museum. It will concentrate on specific anime titles: Re:Zero, Overlord, KONOSUBA, and The Saga of Tanya the Evil. The display will open …Read more »
Death by truck isn’t the end for the heroes for reincarnation isekai anime. There’s a whole new lifetime ahead. And sometimes you get a boost — reborn as a magical creature, or obtaining cheat-level magical powers. And sometimes you just turn into a vending machine. …Read more »
Spring is here, and that means a brand new anime season! In the midst of all the new and continuing shows, we’ve got our eyes on some returning isekai anime. This trio of otherworldly adventures kicks off next month, bringing us back to some of …Read more »
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! was a quick sell as a light novel, manga, and anime. Fans fell in love with Catarina Claes and her struggles. And, if you’re online much, you’ve probably noticed that this series isn’t the only villainess isekai …Read more »
If you don’t already have enough isekai adaptations in your life, there’s another on the way with Shinka no Mi ~Shiranai Uchi ni Kamchigumi Jinsei~ (The Fruit of Evolution – My Unexpected Life as a Winner. Based on the fantasy light novel series written by …Read more »
Hiraku spent his twenties working for a terrible company. He spent his thirties sick in bed. At 39, he died. But then God gives him another chance. God (in this manga, vaguely pictured in a humanoid form) offers to send Hiraku to another world, so …Read more »
The isekai genre is going to be with us for quite a while longer. With more isekai anime being made every season, and light novels and manga coming out full force, it’s pretty much everywhere. It’s been around for some time, but how we think of it has a …Read more »
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