The New Gate

It is bad,
the story is that of any trashy isekai anime, same goes for the character designs and the animation is bad too, however, once I got past episode 1, I was pleasantly surprised.

It is obvious they were on a budget, but they almost always manage to stay within their means, avoiding flashy stuff and using many tricks to make fights easier to animate, without resorting to ugly cg.

The result isn't a masterpiece but a respectable anime with good timings, good flow, that is overall enjoyable (except for episode 1, that's very trash, I don't know what they were thinking).

Without a doubt, this is the most average isekai anime this season. It's not overly good nor overly bad to the point of being funny. It's a very standard isekai anime with barely any aspect that stands out. But does that make this anime bad? Absolutely not. The only things that make this anime "bad" are just how generic it is. An anime doesn't need to be original; it only needs to be good at what it's trying to do. But the thing is, this anime is not good either; it's decent at best.

Here we have the most basic-looking MC with the most basic-looking outfit, ... which kinda reminds me of a certain black swordsman. On the plus side, he's actually a nice guy and not an edgy murderous psychopath, which is good because having a nice, dependable, and strong main character is far better than having a literal piece of shit as the MC.

The heroines are pretty; some were definitely designed to be sexy and marketed as waifuable characters. But it's just as basic as it gets, likable but nothing special.

It has some tender and wholesome moments in each episode.

The opening song is also a very standard-sounding song for a fantasy anime.

The animation is... boring; the fight scenes are not that good, but again, they're not laughably bad either.

Overall, this anime is more like an anime you would recommend to newbie watchers to start with before they move on to heavier stuff. It's not really recommended to people who actually seek a good story or people who don't have much time on their hands. But even if you do, I don't really recommend this either since there are "better" isekai airing this season. But if you like watching an anime about a nice, strong guy being a nice, strong guy and want to please your eyes with some sexy anime babes, you may or may not give this anime a try.

I've been sitting here trying to come up with an apt enough description to explain just how painfully average this show is but am lacking the skill and knowledge. Main theme is guy stuck in VR game and is as close to god as any character will get, but at the same time dumb enough not to be able to read females.

Well, that's not entirely true, main theme is plot convenience. Every single time there's a doubt to be had or some sort of conundrum you can rest assured writers came up with the laziest solution possible and wished it into existence without paying much ... attention to story line. Oh there's a big undead immune to all the physical and magical attacks, good thing there's this one specific spell our MC is master at called "bla bla bla holy bla". Papufff, everything's dead in one shot and allies healed. What's that, sword is cracking? Oh good thing MC is the best blacksmith in entire history. He feels lonely, oooh look a cabin he left 500 years ago is still there looking the same way even though we are later explained there were seismic shifts to the land.

And it keeps going like that. Whenever there's a need, something is willed into existence in most lazy way. He's the all mighty, all knowing, all capable, best of the best, known for centuries and adored by all who happen to have big breasts. But he asks everyone not to reveal his greatness because that's what anime fans like.

It's not even power fantasy because there's no buildup for anything. He sees shiny thing, he kills shiny thing. Moves on to next shiny thing.

Can't recommend this one. I know we are far from over, but it's expected that writers will put their best foot forward and if first four episodes are indicative of what's to come we just might have a candidate for most forgettable character yet and most boring story so far.