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BaronViolet
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Just what the world needed! Another shitty Isekai anime.
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MrTerrorist
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 6:24 pm
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I love the manga since it's just a normal handyman who helps solve the party problems using his handyman skills (with a little bit of magic).
PS: I hope they keep the King's unit of measurement joke.
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NiPah
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 6:59 pm
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| BaronViolet wrote: | | Just what the world needed! Another shitty Isekai anime. |
Always funny to me, throughout anime fandom there’s always a popular genre and always people who complain there’s too many of “genre”… be it moe, slice of life, and generic shonen shows. If history tells us anything, in a year or two there’ll be a new genre that people are complaining about.
That said I love goofy Isekai, depending on the follow through this anime looks like it’ll be fun or it’ll get boring after 3 episodes.
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MFrontier
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 8:40 pm
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Ryohei Kimura as a master of unlocking.
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Covnam
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 10:32 pm
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Oh, nice to see this getting animated. It's a fun one, though most chapters are only a few pages, so I wonder if this is going to be a full length show or not...
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ZelosZoidberg
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Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 11:18 pm
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| NiPah wrote: |
| BaronViolet wrote: | | Just what the world needed! Another shitty Isekai anime. |
Always funny to me, throughout anime fandom there’s always a popular genre and always people who complain there’s too many of “genre”… be it moe, slice of life, and generic shonen shows. If history tells us anything, in a year or two there’ll be a new genre that people are complaining about.
That said I love goofy Isekai, depending on the follow through this anime looks like it’ll be fun or it’ll get boring after 3 episodes. |
I just wished the very very short lived Monster Girl/Boy fad was around. But yeah your right. Space Operas had their moment in the 80's to early 90's with Fantasy Adventures in the mid to late 90's. Heck sometimes it's two or more fads at once!
I'm not really a fan of Isekai because a lot of them don't do too much to differentiate themselves from each other besides _____ in _____. But every once in a while we do get something good (I was a fan of "So I'm a Spider so What?" for the first half before animation issues took me out of it). This is another interesting one from what I've heard.
If I could just choose one Isekei to get animated it would be The Ideal Sponger Life and for what looks like a lazy attempt at something it has very good writing based on the 2 volumes I've read. That or a remake of Magic Knight Rayearth.
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MarshalBanana
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 3:14 am
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| NiPah wrote: |
| BaronViolet wrote: | | Just what the world needed! Another shitty Isekai anime. |
Always funny to me, throughout anime fandom there’s always a popular genre and always people who complain there’s too many of “genre”… be it moe, slice of life, and generic shonen shows. If history tells us anything, in a year or two there’ll be a new genre that people are complaining about. |
I can still remember videos on YouTube from before Sword Art Online came out, that would ask whether Slice of Life or Harem Fan Service shows were killing Anime. And yet now some people long for those days.
All that said, I do sometimes wonder why some of these shows even nee to be Isekai instead of straight up fantasy's. They rarely ever take advantage of the genre, instead just being based on one simple gimmick.
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-Matthew-
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 7:32 am
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Great premise and plot is interesting too! On;y pity it will have 12 episodes, I suppose, as there is not enough source material to make it 24-26 episodes. Still amazing!
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Sven Viking
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 9:40 am
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I wasn’t expecting this to get an adaptation but I guess all things isekai must be adapted. To be honest up to where I read I don’t care about it much but at least it’s kind of odd/unique compared to most isekai in style and perspective. They could do much worse.
I wonder if anyone will adapt the manga about Vladimir Putin being isekai’d. It could ride a wave of controversy.
| NiPah wrote: | | Always funny to me, throughout anime fandom there’s always a popular genre and always people who complain there’s too many of “genre”… be it moe, slice of life, and generic shonen shows. If history tells us anything, in a year or two there’ll be a new genre that people are complaining about. |
Genres tend to burn themselves out like that largely because there are too many examples for too long and eventually the general public comes to agree with the complainers.
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Villain-chan
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 9:46 am
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| MarshalBanana wrote: |
| NiPah wrote: |
| BaronViolet wrote: | | Just what the world needed! Another shitty Isekai anime. |
Always funny to me, throughout anime fandom there’s always a popular genre and always people who complain there’s too many of “genre”… be it moe, slice of life, and generic shonen shows. If history tells us anything, in a year or two there’ll be a new genre that people are complaining about. |
I can still remember videos on YouTube from before Sword Art Online came out, that would ask whether Slice of Life or Harem Fan Service shows were killing Anime. And yet now some people long for those days.
All that said, I do sometimes wonder why some of these shows even nee to be Isekai instead of straight up fantasy's. They rarely ever take advantage of the genre, instead just being based on one simple gimmick. |
The reason for that is 2 fold, 1, that the creator might want it to be Isekai, and 2, its what is selling. The reason why we get so many manga/anime with the same theme/genre in a given era is due to fan demand and when fan demand goes down for it then you'll see less of these types of manga/anime. Also, while not as prevalent as a few years back, let's not forget we're still seeing a decent amount of Idol based series still, this alongside Isekai are whats currently in demand by fans, likely for Isekai magnified by the pandemic as people wanted a better escape and what better way than in another world genre. I don't believe we'll see Isekai go down till the pandemic is truly over. (So, another few years0 and it'll be interesting what genre/theme is to come take its place. Perhaps gender bender will be it, maybe reincarnation (Which we're seeing more of both) or perhaps somehting else altogether. Hard to say really. Anyway, wonder no more :)
P.s. As a related note, I'd imagine its harder to sell genre/themes that aren't in fan demand, is done ofc and the logistics and calculations and what not are not something I'd be able to give anything on other than it depends on what u'r trying to sell thats not in fan demand and thus is on a case by case basis for if it'll sell or not.
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MarshalBanana
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 10:40 am
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| Villain-chan wrote: |
| MarshalBanana wrote: | | All that said, I do sometimes wonder why some of these shows even nee to be Isekai instead of straight up fantasy's. They rarely ever take advantage of the genre, instead just being based on one simple gimmick. |
The reason for that is 2 fold, 1, that the creator might want it to be Isekai, and 2, its what is selling. |
Well the first reason makes sense, but the second one doesn't. Maybe in the early days of the boom, but at this stage you're not going to sell an Isekai, if the only selling point is that it is an Isekai.
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Villain-chan
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 12:05 pm
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| MarshalBanana wrote: |
| Villain-chan wrote: |
| MarshalBanana wrote: | | All that said, I do sometimes wonder why some of these shows even nee to be Isekai instead of straight up fantasy's. They rarely ever take advantage of the genre, instead just being based on one simple gimmick. |
The reason for that is 2 fold, 1, that the creator might want it to be Isekai, and 2, its what is selling. |
Well the first reason makes sense, but the second one doesn't. Maybe in the early days of the boom, but at this stage you're not going to sell an Isekai, if the only selling point is that it is an Isekai. |
and yet we continue to get Isekai anime. Many with few changes to the script. The KEY differences are the setting, year and characters as well as the circumstances for their summon and story. Often its the characters themselves and their circumstances (Why they were summon, their abilities and what if anything makes them dif from other Isekai'd chars) that are what make or break it for fans. Even then they all share common themes that we all can just boil down to the bolded words u said for almost every single one of them yet even in this sea of Isekai we're still getting anime of it, i specify anime first and foremost becus anime is almost always based on a source material (Typically books, other times video games) and I know there are countless Isekai books out there without an anime of, many of which likely will never get an anime of (even if it deserves it) and while am unsure on this figure, I wouldn't doubt it if many don't get to finish their story, and am sure TONS are not adapted by companies (Like SJ for example) into book form so they remain as "fan fiction" for lack of better words there to describe what i mean. In other words they stay as written by the creator only and never get picked up by a company to become a book (or the creator may make limited physical copies of their work, but can't mass produce it). But I digress, the point am making with all this is, even when it's just an Isekai anime, it still has a higher chance to sell, despite all Isekai (and same deal for almost all works in any other genre/theme) sharing a lot of the same elements and in the case of anime in particular which was ur wonder, companies will go out of their way to pick up titles they believe will sell, rarely but sometimes they'll do so for risky ones they don't think will sell. Its all a numbers, market and analytical game in the biz.
And even when we look at book form, it still comes down to timing, who u know, whats pops at the time and so on. As well as if the creator wants to do an Isekai story or not. Yes it will be harder to sell like u said a generic Isekai, but even a small change to any of the stuff I said can help their work to sell. And naturally, it won't stop people from trying to sell their work even if it has nothing original going for it, Isekai or not. Whether the book sells or not though, is honestly up to various circumstances and who u know + luck. If they're lucky they might get a company to make their work into a book and from there if they get an anime they're even more lucky. There's plenty of works that deserve anime adaps... am STILL waiting on S2 of No Game No life as a great example. (I gave up on Accel World after the movie Infinite Burst came out, that was the nail in the coffen for us ever getting a continuation sadly, shame everyone wanted love live as thats the reason accel world never got a 2nd season, cus the company didn't wanna pony up the dough and the creator and company decided to try Love live... or maybe it was Idol master, i forget which now...)
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Flü
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 2:58 pm
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| BaronViolet wrote: | | Just what the world needed! Another shitty Isekai anime. |
I'd usually hate on more isekai too, but having read the manga of this recently, I heavily disagree in this case.
This series is actually super enjoyable because it avoids all the super annoying power-fantasy isekai tropes and goes for charming low-key adventuring and great character chemistry. It felt downright fresh, and an adaptation that looks decent and hopefully irons out the weird pacing of the manga could be an unexpected gem among the isekai shitpile.
Also, a dedicated blue-collar worker getting isekai'd and being widely respected for his skills instead of being talked down to by bosses, customers and white collar people is very understandable wish-fullfilment that I am all in favor of.
I think my only big complaint of that trailer so far would be the moe-fied look of the knight. The scar for example looks very understated compared to the manga, which is a shame because it was an interesting feature of her design.
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Covnam
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 11:04 pm
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| ZelosZoidberg wrote: | |
If I could just choose one Isekei to get animated it would be The Ideal Sponger Life and for what looks like a lazy attempt at something it has very good writing based on the 2 volumes I've read. That or a remake of Magic Knight Rayearth. |
I'd love to see Sponger Life get an adaptation =)
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All that said, I do sometimes wonder why some of these shows even nee to be Isekai instead of straight up fantasy's. They rarely ever take advantage of the genre, instead just being based on one simple gimmick. |
That's my biggest pet peeve with some of these. I don't have much of an issue with the genre, but in some cases it just feels tacked on. If the isekai part is barely a foot note and doesn't affect the MCs actions, then why even do it? (because it's an easy hook and sells of course :p) Just be a fantasy (or whatever) story and leave it at that!
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BadNewsBlues
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 11:47 pm
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I wonder if anyone will adapt the manga about Vladimir Putin being isekai’d. It could ride a wave of controversy. |
It could also create headaches for the people dumb enough to do this in light of real world problems that exist because of Putin.
In other words don’t bother.
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