Isekai anime are getting progressively weirder… especially reincarnation isekai. There was a time you could just show up with a couple of cheat powers and get on with things. But now people are waking up as villainesses and soda machines and skeletons and spiders. Light novel …Read more »
I’m the Villainess, So I’m Taming the Final Boss, a series of isekai novels by Sarasa Nagase, is getting animeified. Here’s how Yen Press describes the light novel series, which kicked off in 2017. When her engagement to the prince ends unceremoniously, details of the …Read more »
The second season of the Restaurant to Another World anime will debut in October, and a teaser trailer has been released ahead of this. According to the trailer, Shinobu Ookawa is doing Prop Design, Kenji Kato is Art Director, Tatsue Ohzeki is Color Key Artist, …Read more »
A couple weeks back, the Spring 2021 anime season was ending with the next season just around the corner, so we decided to find out which upcoming Summer 2021 series our readers are most excited about. Now the season is upon us, with several shows …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 »
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 »
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 »
Fantasy isekai light novel series Slave Harem in the Labyrinth of the Other World is getting the anime treatment. That’s the word from the 11th volume of the series, called Isekai Meikyuu de Harem wo in Japanese. The series by Shachi Sogano is about a high …Read more »
After a rocky start, mobile game Genshin Impact has been gaining fans and players around the world. Now sweeping up accolades (including Google Play’s Best Game of 2020), it’s seeing a surge in popularity. Its anime star cast doesn’t hurt, either. And speaking of anime …Read more »
Yesterday Aniplex of America and Toonami said that the final season of Sword Art Online: Alicization War of Underworld is coming to Adult Swim next month. The first episode will air at 12:30 in the morning of November 8, as part of their November 7 …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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