| Digimon is my ultimate favorite isekai. |
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| Check out some retro isekais like Digimon Adventure, Escaflowne, Dunbine, Fushigi Yuugi, Magic Knight Rayearth, Zero no Tsukima, InuYasha. https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9476 https://myanimelist.net/stacks/29751 https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34456 |
| Inb4 re zero gets spammed on this thread despite op saying he has seen it |
| There's only Re:Zero in the modern isekai age, the rest aren't good or just trash. You should focus your time on something actually good, isekai is the fast food of anime. |
| If you're a fanboy, please don't waste my time. Watch more movies, please. Perhaps, this is hell. |
| Maybe try No game no life, Youjo senki, and Overlord. |
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| It is likely that you won't like this either because you seem to have some bias against Isekai (just like every other anime watcher nowadays) but maybe you should try Handyman Isekai. It doesn't follow the average Isekai formula (plot-wise it does but execution-wise it's different) so there is a possibility that you'll like it. |
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| The ones released before the 2010s are generally good. |
| Who are you and why do you show your hostility towards a complete stranger whom you've not once spoken with before. Are you seriously asking to get blocked? Well, if that's what your intent is; to tempt me into throwing hands with someone as lowly and insignificant as you, then i may grant your wish provided you articulate yourself a bit better when trying to spite a person of my wavelength. |
| Ima Soko ni Iru Boku Strange Dawn Both are innovative and engaging isekai with an original premise and beautiful visuals. If modern isekai aren't cutting it for you, then you can check those out. |
  ｲ乇刀乇乃尺ﾑ乇 ╔⏤═⏤╝   ╚⏤═⏤╗☽ Shaded Horizon ☾ |
| War on Geminar is great. Very funny and the cast is likeable. Do you like 4:3 aspect ratio and Kawamori's love triangle stuff? Then you'll love Escaflowne! |
| MEA·MENTVLA·INGENS·EST |
| Tanya the Evil is my favorite standard isekai. It has some uniqueness to it by being set in WW1 instead of that same fantasy setting you always see. |
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| The Oscar winning anime movie Spirited Away ✨ |
| Everyone's taste is different, so I can only list my favorite isekai. Here are all the ones I've rated above my own average: 1. Digimon Adventure 01 (02 and Tamers are fine but far from the top) 2. Mairimashita! Iruma-kun 3. No Game No Life (the movie is much worse) 4. Log Horizon s1 (s2 is a bit worse, s3 is much worse) 5. Ascendance of a Bookworm s1-s2 (s3 is a bit worse) 6. Mushoku Tensei s1 (s2 is a bit worse) 7. Isekai Shokudou 8. KonoSuba s1 (s2 and movie are a bit worse) 9. Reborn as a Vending Machine 10. Isekai Nonbiri Nouka 11. Fantasy Bishoujo Juniku Ojisan to 12. Shield Hero s1 (s2 is much worse) |
| Escaflowne and Kumo desu ga, Nani ka? |
| "What are some good isekai anime" Youjo Senki and Isekai Ojisan come to mind. |
| you dropped GATE and Tensura... Crazy thought, idk maybe, move on and watch other genres/themes |
| Probably no point in me recommending you any isekai if you're dropping practically every show that you watch. Eminence in Shadow in particular was fantastic. If that's not enough for you then I don't think there's anything I can recommend. |
| Damn I actually have the exact same tastes as the op of the thread hahaha Felt the exact same about all those isekai. My favorite Isekai if you'd like to check them out are: 1. Overlord (First season is best) 2. Honzuki no Gekokujou 3. Kumo desu ga, nani ka? (If you get past the shitty cgi, it has an amazing story. Its a slow start and hard to recommend but its very worth it) 4. Outbreak Company (Gate but actually good) 5. Cautious Hero (Gimmick comedy show thats actually fun to watch) |
| https://myanimelist.net/stacks/19763 compiled the ones I liked. enjoy |
| 馬鹿げた倫理 全部ガラクタで |
| Here are some lesser known I liked: Campfire Cooker Assassin number1 Black Summoner Fran, the strongest black catgirl the best isekai Handyman isekai mecha isekai Cautious Hero |
| Kingdom Come Deliverance II GOTY 2025 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is another worthy GOTY contender I tip my fedora to Sandfall Interactive, excellent debut gentlemen! If digital buying isn't owning, then piracy isn't stealing |
| Mushoku Tensei, Overlord, Harem in the Labyrinth. |
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| Dr Stone can be considered decent enough |
| "Chimp in state of nature never jerks off, but in captivity he does, wat does this mean? In state of nature he’s too busy, to put plainly. He is concerned with mastering space: solving problem of life in and under trees, mastering what tools he can, mastering social relations in the jockeying for power and status. Deprived of this drive to development and self-increase he devolves to pointless masturbation, in captivity, where he senses he is in owned space and therefore the futility of all his efforts and all his actions." |
| No Game No Life is great. One of my favorites. |
"Nobody could laugh at someone who's trying their hardest" -Machio- |
| My favorites are: Haibane Renmei Inu Yasha The Vision of Escaflowne GATE .hack//SIGN My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom Noein RE:Zero Shakugan no Shana The Rising of the Shield Hero The Twelve Kingdoms Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero Amagi Brilliant Park Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Black Summoner Date A Live Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody The Devil is a Part-timer Drifters El Hazard Grimgar In Another World With My Smartphone Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? No Game, No Life Overlord ReCreators Saga of Tanya the Evil Skeleton Knight in Another World That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime The Saint's Magic Power in Omnipotent Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy Wiseman's Grandchild World's Finest Assassin |
| "The name's Gambit. Remember it." -Gambit "X-Men '97"  |
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@wizdom224 Idk the world is not unique from any other isekai, characters are randomly written and from what I’ve seen MC seems kinda edgy. I feel like the author was drunk while writing it.
| @suneys Nah MC is great. He's the goofiest of all goobers. Him being an edgelord is why the series works so well as a comedy (his goofy chuunibyo catchphrases, his insistence on becoming the "Eminence in Shadow", flubbing his lines on occasion, add the fact that his favorite song is Moonlight Sonata). Then you've got the hot anime girl harem in skin-tight suits that worship his very existence, the mega-hot, brocon, doting onee-sama, and high-production quality for some awesome action scenes. The whole show is an absolute blast to watch, IMO. But I guess there's nothing I can say to make you magically like it. |
| After reading through the other replies in the thread topic, these are the ones I have seen and am seconding/thirding/Xing as a recommendation: - Haibane Renmei - Juuni Kokuki - Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash - So I'm a Spider, So What? - Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon - No Game No Life - Youjo Senki And also, as far as ones I haven't seen already mentioned: - Sonny Boy - Digimon Tamers - Urasekai Picnic - Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road - Cop Craft |
| no game no life, isekai ojisan and konosuba are my favorites. re;zero, mushoku and eminence in the shadow are alright but have large chunks of boring in them as well. isekai one turn kill neesan was dumb fun, i rated it low but still enjoyed it, and that's about it. |
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| Digimon and The Twelve Kingdoms, nothing else I know of is acceptable to me so far. |
Reply to Rissenicus
Dr Stone can be considered decent enough
| @Rissenicus Dr. Stone is a masterpiece but it isn't an isekai |
| Do you love your mom and her two hit multi-target attacks? |
| 12 kingdoms is sort of a classic ..................... |
| Mushoku Tensei Re Zero Bookworm Iruma-kun Escaflowne Grimgar Now and then, here and there (wrongly tagged as isekai though) Isekai Izakaya Log Horizon |
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| Technically Dragon Ball Z is an Isekai. |
| Seems like you had very high standard (which is quite common with newer anime watcher, please watch more) and dont really interested for generic ones. So i cant really recommended much for you, since most of them are mediocre. But most pre 2010 isekai always have been unique compared with nowdays. |
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| Don't really feel isekai but the ones I enjoyed (I included ones already listed) Re: Zero Digimon Mairimashita! Iruma-kun Kumo desu ga, Nani ka? Grimgar: Ashes and Illusions (Wasn't a fan at first but it's grown on me a bit) Monster Rancher Black Summoner ( it's not great but is enjoyable) Saihate no Paladin Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken |
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Reply to TheBerserker
@Rissenicus
Dr. Stone is a masterpiece but it isn't an isekai
Dr. Stone is a masterpiece but it isn't an isekai
| @TheBerserker I disagree. These are my 20 characters |
| "Chimp in state of nature never jerks off, but in captivity he does, wat does this mean? In state of nature he’s too busy, to put plainly. He is concerned with mastering space: solving problem of life in and under trees, mastering what tools he can, mastering social relations in the jockeying for power and status. Deprived of this drive to development and self-increase he devolves to pointless masturbation, in captivity, where he senses he is in owned space and therefore the futility of all his efforts and all his actions." |
| Youjo Senki and Digimon Adventures were really good. I liked Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken, Kumo desu ga, Nani ka? and Overlord too, but those are in the "OP main character" genre of isekai, which has been oversaturated. |
Reply to tchitchouan
Check out some retro isekais like Digimon Adventure, Escaflowne, Dunbine, Fushigi Yuugi, Magic Knight Rayearth, Zero no Tsukima, InuYasha.
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9476
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/29751
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34456
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9476
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/29751
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34456
| @tchitchouan I wouldn't really call a lot of these isekai, but they are probably what OP is looking for given they don't really seem to be that into isekai. |
| People who put MAL stats in their sigs are losers lol |
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