Magic and fantasy, walled cities (as a certain youtuber in the medium would say), Isekai anime was born as an interesting genre that wasn’t trending like now, people think of these as “I died and reincarnated in” series, but there are works like Inuyasha that, technically are Isekais by rule. Now, a user on Twitter/X exclaims somewhat tired of, “Why so many Isekais anime?”, adding that good original works have been left in the past.
Are Isekai anime nowadays no longer original?
In a recent Twitter/X post, now a discussion thread, user “@Natori_kouki”, sadly expresses that isekai series with originality have been left in the past, highlighting “I reincarnate in another world like” or “I transport myself to another world but with X unique ability”. It is that, it is a reality, many of us know how interesting series full of fantastic adventures, but at the time when the market was filled with these, it has become difficult when watching the premieres of the season, which one to choose?
Many fans of the genre came to add relevant data: “To say that there is no originality is not so true, although what is true is that the demand for the genre has grown too much, maybe this affects?”, “I am also tired of reincarnations in another world or “I am the strongest”, at least stop making such long titles, it is annoying”, “Talking about the originality of 10 years ago is a bit off the mark, maybe you sound like an old man saying this, but you should not forget the good works of now”. A mixed opinion among fans.
It is that recently we have seen how the isekasi are taking over the billboards of anime premieres, it is not something new, it takes a few years, although something interesting in this thread is that the Japanese are the ones who consume more of these series. Taking this as a starting point, a few days ago we noticed how the same Japanese women confessed to hate the Shoujo, something shocking being a demographic aimed for the ladies, this is something that we detail in depth in this note of our page.
To say that many series of the new generations are not original, maybe it is sentencing many works, of course, as a certain commentary said, the amount of series that there are can bury in the background many jewels that stand out. Tate no Yuusha, Konosuba, Sword Art Online (we are also talking about virtual worlds), Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation. Among many other series of the genre, which have become the stereotype of current series. If you want to see the complete thread, you can check it out here.
If we start thinking about series over the years, when a series becomes a HIT, fame arrives and coincidentally dozens of series of the same genre with similar plots appear… it’s not that they came out of nowhere, it’s that they were always there, but that series stood out more. After that happens, yes, at that moment everyone starts to create series of that kind to exploit the genre that makes the most money, that’s how it all works, mostly. Anime isekais will always be amazing series, adventures, regardless.
