Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni.

Utterly appalling. Never have I seen a show succeed so well at accomplishing the single goal of wasting my time. If I could give this show a zero, I would.

Art: 0/10
Generic. Clinical. Frequently off model. I thought cruel and unusual punishment was illegal. Not a single thing stands out about the "art" in this show. The animation is laughable. None of the characters stand out in any way. Toya's design is as bog-standard as it gets. Backgrounds and locations lack any semblance of effort beyond the bare minimum. For once, I would say the criminally underpaid and overworked animators were fairly compensated for their ... work here. Just to be clear, the animators aren't the problem. This show is the problem.

Sound: 7/10
The voice acting is fine. Nothing crazy, but they do a good job. It would be nice to have some likable characters for the voice actors to attach to, but it's whatever. For what they're working with, they did a good job.

Story: 0/10
The "story" of this show was wonderfully prepared from the isekai cookbook standard recipe. God accidentally kills Touya Mochizuki, and as recompense offers to reincarnate him into a fantasy world. Par for the course. And, yeah I guess he has his smartphone too or something. But anyway, after being given god's blessing on this horrible world, he is reincarnated immediately, he sells his clothes to a merchant for a handsome sum of money and saves two girls (who are totally capable of protecting themselves as we'll see later) from some jerky guys. After discovering that he has an extremely rare affinity for all types of magic, he sets off to start the world's most hideous harem. Nothing unpredictable or exciting ever happens. Ever.

Character: 0/10
All the characters suck. Toya is a Kirito clone but worse. I swear that the twin girls are just copies of Kyou and Ryou from Clannad. There's this black-haired girl whose only notable feature is speaking like a samurai and ending every sentence with "gozaru". There's a loli girl that no one cares about. Actually, there are a couple of them.

Enjoyment: 0/10
Never again.

The only thing I can say is that after watching this show, your enjoyment and appreciation of any other anime will skyrocket. Scouts' honor.

I'm glad I gave this anime a shot despite poor reviews.
Turns out the reviewers were expecting something that they did not get...
I just wanted to watch an Isekai.

It wasn't a masterpiece, but it kept me entertained and I liked the characters.

The beginning felt a bit rushed as if we missed an episode, but I got over that quickly enough to not care.

One thing I didn't care for was how the last few episodes started becoming a fanservice trope about female body parts.

... It was still enjoyable though.

I recommend giving this a watch if you like Isekai, are not an anime snob that only watches the tippy top anime, and have time to kill.

I see a lot of people harshly judging this anime. I understand why people might hate it. But today I am here to tell you exactly why Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni is the best comedy anime this year if not the best of these past 4 years.

Let me set something straight :
This anime is the literal apex of ironic comedy anime.
You heard me. Ironic comedy. If you don't like ironic comedy or you are one of those people who actually care about serious, in-depth stories, this is definitely not an anime for you. Now allow me to elucidate on how this anime perfectly ... accomplishes exactly what it is intended to accomplish.

To begin, this anime is full of clichés. If you could not tell this anime was a cliché filled anime from the title, it will be pretty apparent within the first episode. However, the amount of immense clichés in this anime is a complete parodies of other animes. It parodies terrible anime is such a great way that it appears to be a terrible anime. Its crazy overpowered MC, the instant harem that he gets, the cliché outfit, and it's use of "friendship and teamwork" to overcome tough situations instead of the MCs insane overpowered abilities. This is just a mocking of all the ridiculous clichés used in all the regurgitation animes.

However, even for being an ironic comedy anime, it still shines through story wise. Beyond the clichés, it takes original turns throughout the story that one would not even nearly expect even from a regular, serious fantasy cliché anime. Such as actually progressing the harem and the characters. Characters in typical harem animes normally always fit into the -dere categories. However in this anime, the expected "tsundere" characters do not vehemently deny loving the MC. Take Yumina for example. She is expected to be a Kuudere(character with no fuckin personality at all but underlying emotions that are unspoken) but she isn't. She likes Touya, but she also respects him enough to be around other women. She also understands that polygamy exists in the world, so she is fine with that. She gets jealous, but she also understands that a lot of the clichéd misunderstandings are just misunderstandings and puts her faith in Touya. Now lets take Touya into account. His clichés are : super overpowered, super oblivious, stupid nice to everyone, and shy when it comes to relationships and shit. However, he is a deadass pervert. He also has confidence in himself, and slight arrogance. He realizes how overpowered he can be but he does not strive for more power. These round characters are really revealing of the talent of the writers, masked behind a veil of overused clichés to blind the audience. It is a great work of art for being a very good parody of terrible art.

Onto everything else, the art was pretty good. The sounds were regular cliché cutesy sound effects. The story was, beyond the clichés, actually pretty decent. The uniqueness of magic and null magic, and the capacity it was taken to was pretty cool. You'd expect some fucking massive kamehameha blast explosion shit to take down one of the most powerful beings on the planet, but instead he takes it down using basically the youtube autoreplay button to make a snake wrapped turtle trip over and over for 7 hours. It's ridiculous simplicity makes everything funny, but also original in the fact that it isn't overly explosive and flashy to draw attention. It kind of reminds me of one punch man where the main character is so overpowered that he uses regular lame moves to get the job done.

If you enjoy ironic parody comedy, or just something light in contrast to all the serious dark tryhard animes, I believe that you will love this ironic masterpiece of an anime.

"Anime is trash, and so am i"

This anime is so extremely terrible that it manages to keep me entertained, thus making it very enjoyable.

Don't get me wrong. Everything about this adaptation of the original light novel, is absolutely trash. From the story, to character development and even the characters themselves and to even the art and sound is absolutely terrible.

To me it just seems like they took everything that is considered hated in the anime community, and just mashed it all into one single anime. This anime is basically a clichefest.

In the end. All the bad things made me like it.

All ... in all 10/10 just because its fucking trash

Oh dear, what have we done.

I actually recommend people watch this show. Not because it is good, but precisely the opposite. Watching Isekai wa Smartphone is like a crash course for the anime connoisseur in how to quickly spot horrifically bad and blatantly unoriginal writing. Throughout the entire show, red flags pop up everywhere hinting to how the creators are just trying to make a quick buck off a popular genre.

-Lazy character design. Every single character in this show is a one dimensional shadow clone of a character from a better show. This is not an exaggeration. Every. Single. One.

-The main character has ... NO personality. None. Zero. He's always positive about everything and never makes a mistake. His mood never changes. He can legitimately do anything.

-Right from the start, the animation quality is nothing special despite being a fantasy setting. That's how you know you are watching seasonal trash - if you can tell that a shows investors are holding back it's a sign of serious caution.

-The first girls he run into already want the D for absolutely no reason. You could take a random college student fresh out of creative writing and they could probably make better romantic setups than this.

-It takes the main character zero time to solve any problem. Any hint of suspense is gone. All plot devices exist solely to get to the next female character to commence the same jokes you have heard a thousand times.

The fantasy genre almost seems like it shouldn't be able to be screwed up. By placing the setting in another world with different rules, it gives the writer absolute creative freedom in how they wish to build that world. These alternative dimension shows create a blank canvas for which anything is possible. And yet, here we are. It doesn't matter how much freedom you grant to people with no talent. These scrubs somehow managed to vomit up an anime that has both an abysmally nonexistent plot with characters that are all amazingly boring with zero development. Anime that is low tier but still enjoyable tend to screw up either plot or characters, but not them both. Isekai wa Smartphone manages to botch these two critical factors in a way that leaves you in awe at how such an incompetent story even got the funding for an animation in the first place.

In conclusion, this is the kind of show you can have running in the background on a second monitor while doing something else and you won't miss anything because nothing is happening. It serves as a prime example of poor quality creative plagiarism, to the point where this anime almost defines it.

At this point the prospect of another isekai anime is greeted with a mixture of bemusement or a loud collective groan by the anime community at large. Ever since the concept was popularized by the likes of Sword Art Online, nearly every season has seen at least one take on it. Derided by detractors as nothing more than wish fulfillment for otakus, the space for isekai played straight has shrunk to almost nothing. In this it parallels the trajectory of battle harems, another brief staple of the anime scene that has largely faded away. It’s telling that two of the most popular isekai stories in ... recent memory, Konosuba and Re:Zero, are a parody and deconstruction, respectively.

So when a series like Isekai Smartphone comes along and seemingly plays the isekai premise completely straight, I wasn’t going to welcome it with open arms. Still, it did have one unique hook, that of the protagonist bringing his smartphone into the fantasy with him. Perhaps, I thought naively, that would at least be interesting enough to hold my attention.

The problems with Isekai Smartphone are myriad. The most glaring issue is its characters, or to be more specific, the lack of any compelling characters for the audience to get attached to. The worse offender of this is the protagonist, Touya. He greets every situation with a nonchalant cheerfulness, from his sudden death at the beginning of the series all the way to discovering an ancient floating sky garden. The only instances in which demonstrates any real emotion is the prospect of seeing his numerous harem members in underwear or any other skimpy clothing. Not helping his case is the appalling ease through which he overcomes challenges. Simply put, he starts off overpowered and ends the show even more overpowered. By the end of the show, he has crafted a working gun in a fantasy world, gained two high level spirits as familiars, has ownership of an ancient floating island and is effectively a de facto member of the royal family. This bleeds into many aspects of the show, reducing every fight scene to a boring wait for the protagonist to solve the problem with a single spell or previously inconceivable strategy. That being said, the sheer overpowered nature of the protagonist somehow manages to be entertaining rather than aggravating. The whole show is so light in tone that it’s impossible to truly get mad at it.

The other characters, mainly comprised of Touya’s harem mates, don’t fair much better, rarely distinguishing themselves beyond their attraction to Touya and the diverse archetypes they represent. It says something about their lack of character that I can’t remember half their names even after twelve episodes with some of them. Wish fulfillment harem fantasies don’t work when the girls feel less like actual people and more like a creator went down a checklist of character templates to add. That by itself is not an inherently bad thing. Princess Principal, from the same season, also starred a group of standard character archetypes yet gave them real depth through backstory and developed relationships between them so that the audience could invest in them throughout the story. No such thing happens in Isekai Smartphone.

Compounding the issues with character is the show’s story, which largely focuses on short vignettes rather than an overall arc. The slice-of-life approach can work if the characters and situations are sufficiency amusing, but save for the slime castle mission, most of them serve as means to give Touya even more abilities or harem antics that get repetitive fast. This is also a series that opts to tease future in lieu of any sort of climatic confrontation at the end of the series. Instead, the final “conflict” is whether Touya will agree to marry all the girls he’s accumulated throughout the series. Despite literally having God on his side and everyone in his harem being ok with polygamy, he refuses, citing his unwillingness to take such an “adult” responsibility. Given that at this point he’s escorted a diplomatic delegation, saved a village from a rampaging dragon, foiled an attempted assassination of the King and ended a war, this comes off as laughable.

I haven’t even mentioned the smartphone itself because very little would change without its inclusion. Sure, it gains increased prominence and usage near the end, but considering it’s prominence in the title this was a seriously missed opportunity to distinguish this show from other run of the mill isekai shows. Later episodes do make better use of the smartphone, mainly in combination with Touya’s magic to resolve every bit of large scale combat off-screen.

Isekai Smartphone, in summary, is an example of a show that does the bare minimum required. It’s worse sin is that it is merely boring without being infuriating. As such, it leaves very little impression in mind, even compared to its contemporaries. If you ever wanted to know why isekai anime are greeted with such trepidation these days, Isekai Smartphone neatly encapsulates every critique of the genre into a singular forgettable package.

learn to appreciate something for what it is, not for what it isn't.

many people end up disliking this anime because they where expecting it to be an intense fantasy, action, adventure, filled with incredible fight scenes, deep story lines, dramatic events and even tragic moments similar to Re:Zero then you're gonna be disappointed, it was never intended to be any of those, that's like looking for apples in an orange tree, of course you won't find it.

this is anime is intended to be just a fun anime set in a fantasy world, the kind of anime you watch while while relaxing, it's a chill type ... of anime, treat it as such then you will find yourself enjoying this show a lot more.

there's a scene in Ep.8 that perfectly demonstrates the whole appeal of this show, in this scene the MC builds a bicycle and the Duke tries it out for the first time, seeing a rich old man learning to ride a bicycle is hilarious! a man who has made it in life, has riches, family, material possessions, lands and titles, acting like a child again, seeing such happiness in his face when he finally learns how to ride a bike, that is the kind of appeal this show has, it's meant to be a light hearted fantasy anime you enjoy to relax.

This is probably the most anticlimactic anime that I've ever watched. It's like a less comedic, worse version of Konosuba. In this review I'll tell you what this anime is about and what makes it so bad.

In this anime we get introduced to the main character that died not according to God's plan. For some reason the main character don't give a shit. He's super humble about God accidentally killing him and he doesn't care that he's dead and will never meet his family again. But God gives him another chance to live and sends him to another world with magic and all sorts of ... cool things. When God sends him to this world God gives him his phone, max level magic and basically becoming the most powerful being in this world.

So that's the introduction. The reason why this anime is so bad is because he's super OP in a bad way. I like OP characters like One Punch Man and Meliodas from seven deadly sins because for example. Meliodas is funny. He doesn't care what others think of him, he has a goal and tries to find all the deadly sins to make his goal. One punch man has both conflict and goal. His conflict is that he's so powerful people think he's faking it. His goal is to become the most famous superhero.

Now we have Touya. He is super powerful. He is loved by everybody and as soon as there's conflict he exterminates it. Touya has no goal and he just "goes with the flow". Every episode of this anime is him walking, seeing a quest on the quest wall, asking his friends if they should go because it seems interesting. And then they go and do the quest with no problem. He practically just do things because he has nothing better to do. He has no weakness and he has no goal. That's what makes this anime so bad.

A perfectly watchable "other world" anime with good character design and all the usual tropes. However, the main character is given godlike abilities right out of the gate so why even bother with the smartphone nonsense? They should have picked one or the other.

Because of the main characters overwhelming ability to do practically anything, there isn't much drama or tension in each episode so far. Even with his female companions, there is no chemistry since he his perfectly nice all of the time.

You will have to be a real fan of the genre to stick this one out, if not then there are much better ... options available in the "other world" category.

I was pretty surprised to see low ratings on this anime! Its one of my favorite.. Its unique and really exciting.. I really loved everything about it... I dont see why people not liking it.. I think they are too used to common animes that they find it hard to accept something like this bcoz of stupid reasons like main character is op, story is bad or whatever... But for me it was good and refreshing experience to watch this anime... You must give it a try and just enjoy it.. dont make perception about it based on other's opinions... Just try to make sense ... out of it and enjoy! Its a beautiful anime and I love it also bcoz its based on my kinda of fantasy world...

So I know why people think the anime is bad/clichéd/unoriginal etc etc. I mean, walk into girls changing, master of all elements aswell adds to some people's dislikes as well I suppose. BUT, the story, the character, enjoyment and everthing is so above average, and being clichéd and unoriginal has nothing to do with it. In the end no anime is the same no matter how you look at it, like OPM is not the same as Mob Psycho 100. This is my favourite anime because, this anime is my type of anime, OP Main Character, is gifted and has the ladies. When people say ... this anime doesn't have any depth or isn't realistic (I know that some people like that sort of stuff, now what I'm saying is my own opinion, not hating or nothing), I say, to heck with that. It's an anime, not a biographical and realistic one. Its not meant for serious critique and the sorts.

To sum it up, the good points:
- Great Story, You Have Seen The Character Grow In A New Environment
- Visuals aren't as bad as some people make it out to be, when they make it sound like its quality is like Astro Boy 1961 (I assure you, its above average, imo)
-Gives you something to look forward to, not a 'hard' cliffhanger
-OP MC, Check, Harem, Check, Adventure, Check

Now for the less than average stuff (that other people say) about this anime which shouldn't really be complained about when you have such good stuff in this anime:
-Action scenes aren't the greatest, I'll admit that, but in its defense, I say they're not bad at all, as I'd say that it's about average, like inbetween Clannad and OPM

PS: My review's readers, I know I'm heavily biased but I would like people to see the relaxing qualities of the anime, not focusing on the bad ones as you may see it. Thanks for reading!

I love the anime! It is more of a parody anime and has me laughing all they way through. It isn't complicated. In fact its really strait forward and predictable but in an enjoyable way. I find it refreshing watching it, especially after binge watching complex and deep pot anime.

Some people might not like this genre, it isn't for everyone. It is gona be one of those that you ether hate it or love it. The main character seems to have no development whatsoever. Instead he has it all from the very beginning. I find it enjoyable the fact that he is all powerfull from ... the start.

Overall I find it is a good anime. I hope it is successful and gets a season two. A guy can hope right :P

A little too smooth with the animation would be better with rougher motions instead of smooth animation and quick paced scenes but a good chill back lifestyle in other world story.
Art looks good but could be better as it looks to clean could uses more 2d and rougher strokes and sketches in artwork.
Has a kind of strange cute to it but is not themed cute and is kind of all over the place. Has the could be good feeling but may suddenly be cut off.
Enjoyable if you are think deeply and creative as a creator for this kind of anime.

Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni. (2017)

Story

Male protagonist gets Isekai’d but instead of dying of a heroic act or doing something stupid he was effectively killed by god by accident by a stray lightning bolt. He is then offered a new life, in a new world with a wish to have something as advantage. Touya choose to keep his smartphone which will work by magic and help with life going forward. As a kindness he is also made to be very powerful and is a likeable person. He finds himself in a new world going on adventures with a harem building around him very quickly.

Art

The ... art used in the show is of a good standard and is enjoyable to watch. Detail is good all the way through with various fan services. Some people do not like this but let us remember it is an Isekai with a smartphone… so perhaps look at it a bit less seriously.

Sound

The OP and ED is good. The general voice acting is very well done in the Japanese with Subs that I watched. The other sounds in background, foreground and fights etc are good.

Character

Characters are developed steadily throughout. We have a few main characters that we see almost every episode.

Touya is somewhat charismatic but also an idiot at times. He is also able to recognise for the most part a girl’s feelings.

Yumina is a very straightforward girl who knows what she wants. She is royalty and can demand things, but she is also very naive but a likeable character.

Linze is one of a pair of twin sisters who we see very much for most of the series. Unlike her sister she is very much more the intellect who wants to avoid direct confrontation.

Elze is the other twin who is more gun-ho with her actions. She runs into conflict without thinking of a total plan.

Leen is a fairy elder who looks very young albeit being 612 years old. She is a cold character often and hides her magic powers in public.

Yae is our Edo period style Japanese female character who we have as a clumsy yet reliable girl in the series.

Francesca is an automated doll of which is over 5000 years old. Her place is firstly as a test to be passed or failed. She is somewhat lewd in nature based on her programming but ends up in a service role as a maid.

All the organic girls have very much fallen for the main character. They all fall into certain tropes and are enjoyable to watch throughout.

Enjoyment

The show is enjoyable and for me maybe slightly bias was my first Isekai that got me into the genre. I admit as much wanting the action of a series like Akame Ga Kill! With an intense story but I also enjoy the fanservice of a show like this which was easy to watch casually. I am doing this for clarity over a year from watching the series.

Overall

In the end the show is a great example of a show to watch. If it isn’t for you then perhaps avoid the less serious Isekai. Although it isn’t the comedy of Konosuba or the seriousness of RE:Zero, it is a very good show that is worth watching through and through. A second season would have been nice, but the Manga is great too.

The typical fantasy 'Isekai" plot that every anime fans would expect - OP main character, MC adapting to the fantasy world, gathering reliable allies for battle and completing quests, using the wits and knowledge from his world to unleash his capabilities in the new world and of course, gathering harem.

When I read the plot, first thing came to my mind is the mediocre typical setting that many other series have attempted before. I came to a conclusion that there are nothing special or appealing about this anime. However, I decided to give both myself and "Isekai wa Samartphone to Tomo ni" a chance and ... attempted a few episodes.

The first episode was decent but I am not very pleased with the anime artwork. It feels like a low cut budget production that the art was just dreadful. Plot wise - The MC, Touya Mochizuki were given priority and special skills that would even rival the king. Touya was able to equip all of the magic elements and inherit the legacy of the ancient civilisation - something that even a high ranking magic practitioner can barely do that. Hence, you can say that Touya has the whole world in his hands.

What I hate most about this series is that there isn't any solid plot, Touya and his allies were just consistently defeating enemies, earning the trusts of Kings from various state and thus, adding more girls into his "harem" collection- YAY. Moreover, all he does is the SAME old deadly move to capitalise his opponent. There isn't any suspense or thrill in watching him defeat his opponent as you know that he will always easily overthrow them with that 1 godly move.

If you are those who just want to seek a light hearted, comedy, action with slice of life theme, this is just for you but there are MANY more better anime than this. On the other hand, if you are a hardcore action anime fan that would like to seek epic anime fights, then this will disappoint you.

Overall, it's mediocre and overrated.

"Isekai wa Smartphone no Tomo ni, a series so generic that yet manages to be enjoyable in a way."

If anything that's how I'd describe this series.

Having already watched in the past other series of the genre "Isekai" I couldn't help but to roll my eyes so far up my skull the first time I knew about this one that I could see my brain for a second; and even so I gave it a try, you know, just for the sake of it. And in the end I gotta say... I was surprised by how this series managed to actually do things in a ... way it actually ended up being fun.

Now don't get me wrong, the series is STILL trash in many ways, and uses so many of the clichés in the book that I'm surprised I didn't actually dropped it halfway through. In some scenes the backgrounds were so badly rendered into the final product you could tell they completely overlooked the quality control. The story is nothing extraordinary from the Isekai genre aside of the elements where the MC uses his smartphone and the fact he's probably the most powerful being in that world, and on top of that it's also a freaking HAREM. And BOY, don't even get me started with the animation.

But still, what I found enjoyable was that despite being bad, it wasn't being a total tryhard in becoming a serious series and just focused on being exactly what the premise shows: a fun adventure in a fantasy world. The MC (who is possibly the blandest, most generic character at the beginning of the series) doesn't get too much of a progression until the end of the series where he actually starts making decisions a normal 15 year old teenager would do. It also manages to break (in some really, REALLY few occasions) some clichés from the standard anime harems, which was also a pleasant surprise. The MC's absolutely ridiculous overpowering is put to good use and he knows it. He has the power of God and Waifus on his side anyway.

Back to the story, and as mentioned before, there's nothing extraordinary aside of the character having a smartphone and being super OP. Not only that, but it also manages to actually go through so many stories in the span of 12 episodes which gives the viewer something to be entertained despite knowing that in the end it's all gonna be ok for the cast. Other Isekai series would probably go for 2 or 3 arcs per season, but this series managed to solve everything on the span of 24 minutes and then pass onto another scenario to bring more elements to the story, becoming an actual episodic series. A missed opportunity for character development? Sadly yes, but it doesn't really matter for this story.

I also found some magical elements and the world building to be pretty decent and even interesting too. For a character who can wield virtually any type of magic, he knows exactly what to do when the situation arises, and even bringing stuff from our world into there. A decision so painfully obvious anyone would do had we also get that amount of power into another world.

The characters are also just archetypes, they're not characters per se since none of them have any actual motivation other than wanting to bone the MC. Despite that, they manage to be charming in their way and provide good support to the cast in the end. They sadly get little to none progression in the season, but hey, at least they manage to set their feelings straight at some point. A prowess so monumental in other series that it's impressive a series like Isekai wa Smartphone beat them in that. Bonus points there. If a Season 2 ever hits, I hope we get to see more of their pasts and deeper, more meaningful motivations. But who am I kidding? We probably won't see that.

So in the end, this series is bad but not a total trainwreck. It's not mediocre either, but not a masterpiece at all. I'd say it's pretty decent at most. The story moves fast so it's not boring or slow, and the characters have their own charm, which compensates for the lack of character development. It's just a series to have fun with and not take seriously in the end. Anime elitists will pan this one, obviously, and younger viewers with not too much experience with anime will probably love it. And I? I personally liked it. I knew it was gonna be bad, but at least it managed to make me invested in Touya and the girls for 12 weeks straight. Here's for a better produced season 2 someday. Or also just read the LN.

FINAL SCORE: Guilty Pleasure / 10.

Also watch the dub for a better enjoyment. There the characters sound less painfully bland and it has more humor. No, really, they managed to do a good work with that. Major props.

I will discuss about the anime "Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni". This anime is quite interesting, where the main character brings Smartphonenya to the world of fantasy.

Storyline
This anime tells a young man who accidentally satan lightning by the god, the reason is very stupid that the god did not see that there is someone there. The story in this anime is less interesting in my opinion, because this anime though in the fantasy world but the story is very flat and really - really boring. Sure the story looks simple and not confusing but the plot so - so wrote. This anime also I ... can say quite unique, where the main character in this anime brings his favorite object, the Smartphone. I also quite enjoy all Genres in this anime, except comedy parts, I can say comedy is very thin and in this anime only focus on genre harem, adventure and fantasy. And also this anime just focus on daily life and surrounded by some pretty girls.

Character
The characters in this anime will continue to grow over time. All the characters have different properties such as: smart, zealous, wise and good to others. I feel that the characters that often appear in this anime are just auxiliary characters fill the story (arguably the main character to be supporting character). For each character - each character I will not discuss, because later elongation.

Art
The description is not very good and also not too bad, I love the coloring in this anime, I feel its fantasy really feels. Mixing colors especially green color that can be in good value. The animation is also not too rigid, and the effect when removing the magic can be said pretty good. It's just that the monsters in this anime look cute, and not ferocious at all wkwkwkwk: v

Sound
I feel quite satisfied with the sound produced by the voice (Seiyuu), they can interpret according to the scene or character traits. Background is arguably pretty good, a very important background to set the atmosphere in this anime. Opening and Ending anime pretty good, Opening entitled Another World brought by AOP directly make us into the spirit, the most I like is Endingnya titled Jonjou Emotional that was brought by Seiyuu every heroin in this anime, very manteb voice.

Enjoyment
This anime has a very casual storyline especially touya do not have a strong enemy and always touya beat them easily

Overall : 9/10
Story : 8/10
Character: 10/10
Art: 8/10
Sound: 10/10
Enjoyment: 10/10

This anime is perfect for those of you who like the world of fantasy without a serious fight, just relax and enjoy the provided, that's what I feel from this anime.

Disclaimer: This is a spoiler-free review on the anime "Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni". Please excuse me if I make a mistake or you don't understand a part, as English is not my first language. Thank you.

Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni: A generic anime where there are


Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni has as a great merit to be the perfect example of the generic that can be many anime that are currently broadcast.

Many times I have said that many anime series in recent years seem to be mass produced. It is as if someone has written a pattern and the others simply ... make copies of it. Well, to be fair, I will say that most people take the time to make some small adjustments ... but very small ones.
 
However, from time to time there arises a series that does not want to complicate life and simply copies as is to the pattern. It is that I imagine Patora Fuyuhara, at the time he was creating this novel, with a notebook where he was checking that all the points were included.

- Element isekai - check
- Protagonist so OP that fights are a joke - check
- Perfect one-dimensional protagonist for the audience to be projected on it - check
- Princess protagonist - check
- Fake harem with many waifus - check
- Generic plot dominated by slice of life - check
- Secondary characters that only exist to praise the protagonist - check
- Waifus whose personality is dominated by a cliché and their love for the protagonist - check
- Antagonists that are only there for the protagonist to shine - check
- A lot of fanservice - check
- Romance reduced to the girls trying to make the senpai look at them - check

Many series have some of these characteristics, but very few have all of them. And worse, very few have all without having made any changes. I think that if something can be boasted about Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni is to be faithful to the pattern.

In fact, talking about this series in depth does not make sense. Just look at the characters, read the previous check list and you will know what the anime is about.

The only thing I could say additional is that in the final two episodes they wanted to make adjustments in the romance by forcing things a little; however, that was so pathetic and was so badly done that it was better to have continued with the manual. I have not read the novels, but I would dare to say that what happened in the last two episodes does not go there.

It is incredible that at this point these clunkers continue to emerge that only serve to divert resources that could be used to encourage truly good series; or continue with better works.

It's sad that a grotesque like Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo has managed to get an anime; while much better novels of the same genre such as Arifureta Shokugyou by Sekai Saikyou, or Boku wa Isekai by Fuyo Mahou to Shoukan Mahou wo Tenbin and Kakeru are still waiting for an opportunity.

Even if what they wanted was an isekai with a lot of slice of life, there are great options such as Isekaijin no Tebikisho and Risou no Himo Seikatsu. How long are you going to continue looking for generic novels, without soul and with princess protagonists?

And the fact that I'm not talking about the jewels that are Chinese novels. With so much material to choose from to make an anime (Against the Gods, Great Demon King God and Devil World, My Wife is a Beautiful CEO, Warlock of the Magus World, etc); the geniuses who make decisions it occurred to them that the best options were Gin no Guardian, Cheating Craft and Bloodivores ... This last one need to turn off the light ...

SUMMARY

This series is so generic that it deserves an equally generic review.

Personal rating:

1/10.

Let me begin by saying I loathe this anime with all my being. It was so bad that I couldn’t even finish the last 2 episodes.

Story:
What story?

Art:
Hideous. If the girls were at least cute then I might’ve given it like a 2 but none of the girls were even close to being best girl and the show just overall doesn’t look that good.

Sound:
The worst animes usually have the best soundtracks (like Accel World) so I am happy to say that no music in this anime was really good
...
Characters:
Cookie cutter at best. Potatoes at the worst.

Enjoyment:
Do I even have to tell you?

Overall:
I despise this anime. In conclusion this is an anime on par with the likes of Asterisk war except the girls aren’t as cute

Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni is a mediocre, heck even decent anime. There really is nothing "special" about it.

Seeing the anime on MAL for the first time, got me excited. I have never read nor heard about the light novel, and therefore the story intrigued me a bit. However, after watching the first episode i learned just how average it is.
While the concept is new, it follows in the fantasy steps such as SAO and Konosuba, and does everything worse than they did.
The animation is nothing to brag about, the sound is mediocre and there seems to be no character development ... at all. Now bear in mind that this is only for the first 4 episodes, so development might come, however it seems unlikely from how it has developed so far.

But worst of all to me, is the story. While the concept seemed intriguing at first, it never made it through to create a good anime. Smartphone is part of the title, yet the part it plays in the anime is very VERY small. Instead they just decided to make the protagonist strong, making the smartphone obsolete.

There is nothing in the first 4 episodes making this anime worth watching, except that it somehow still manages to be enjoyable. It lacks in every aspect of being a good anime, yet the small skits and interactions between characters still makes it rather fun to watch.

If you are sitting at home, in need of something with a very light mood, and just need a little bit to smile about, then watch it.

Otherwise steer clear of it.

Anime: 3/10
Enjoyment: A good 7/10.