If you’re watching JP voicing, it does have some (good) wordplay/puns. I liked that part about it.

I’ve watched reincarnated with mom (actual name is too long) this week. The good of it is mainly how bad it is. So not actually good. But some aspects at least kept me watching.

Hotline Miami mask? :P

Reminded me of it.

Do you mean !anime@ani.social?

Linking works fine. Whether it is defederated depends on your Lemmy instance.

(According to the sidebar user stats this community doesn’t have much less activity than that one either way. So dunno about “all action”!?)

I would also like to point out that some shows are still having threads posted by shinobu. The shows below should stick to the discussion threads that are posted in !episode_discussion@ani.social.

From context, including comments, I assume shinobu is a bot?

If I don’t see any posts in !episode_discussion@ani.social it’s probably because I blocked shinobu?

Currently, there is no way to block/hide/ignore episode discussions in !anime@ani.social, right?

I can’t agree on The 100 Girlfriends. 5/10 average.

The first episode was very good, with the god gags and over the top development. But while there was the occasional good gag and character type variance, I found it underwhelming, generic, forced, and super repetitive. It’s one formula spanning the entire series. Even with the supposed difficulties, that could have spiced things up, it was just too generically repetitive and obviously “relationship-positive” - if you know what I mean.

I enjoyed Zom 100 - which is ranked below it - much more. And I enjoyed other anime more too.

The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague

The eye movement animation in it is unique and an exceptional stylistic, visual choice.

Overall charming, heartwarming, good.

webp teaser

https://anidb.net/anime/17473

Reincarnated as a vending machine was absurdly fun.

Ooh interesting question and I’m sure I’ll need some time to even remember some of them.

The ghibli movie with tanuki is what comes to mind. Japanese traditional lore consistent with transformations, tricking humans, and big and huge nuts - or sth. I don’t quite remember it well.

Looks like time is not disclosed yet?

lol wut

Which street fighter?

/edit: Street Fighter 6 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1364780/Street_Fighter_6/

“relevant” is very broad and subjective.

I think they all stay relevant. As a product, as art, as history, as entertainment.

Season 2 of To Your Eternity.

Season 1 is great. The theme, the narration aspect of it, the adventure, the protagonist’s journey and development.

Season 2 changes the series into an absurd, excessively visually loud joke with obnoxious characters. Somehow I still rated it average - must be because the second half of it was ok again.

I checked and these are my notes on season 2:

In the first half of season two they went with joke characters and environment for cheap silly joke production. Really unfortunate. The second half of season two is able to recover for the most part, but even then it lost it’s novelty, consistency, and it’s explorative nature. It feels much more like going further for the sake of it, and having to make up reasons and follow past decisions. Really unfortunate for the series.

I lost all hope for Season 3 of my previously beloved series.

Mushishi is one of my favorite series. Truly beautiful, calm, interesting storytelling and imagery. It’s been quite a while since I watched any of it.

/edit: Damn that essay intro is exceptional. Brought me to tears.

I watched Beast Tamer and it was bad. As average and standard formula as it gets. I feel sorry for the visual artists, animators, and voice actors who did a fine job.

Standard harem tropes, predictable but at the same time inconsistent characters, visual/spacial inconsistencies, predictable standard story and it’s progression.

I’ve rated anime I stopped watching higher than this one which I finished watching. I wonder what the difference is.

Maybe this one at least has action, progression, fantasy world - so my preferences in that regard? Or just mood? I’m not sure.

The premise, environment, and burden is dark, but the main characters and their supportive behavior in this environment provides positive contrast.

I watched Mardock Scramble last week. An excellent adult (violence, gruesome themes, nudity) 3x1h OVA. I strongly recommend.

What do you understand genre-defying to be?

Uncle from another world comes to mind as a reverse isekai.

I can second Ascendance of a Bookworm that has been mentioned. It’s a very good series.

Escaflowne was mentioned too, which I found great back when I watched it, but it’s been too long for me to remember. I want to rewatch it at some point. (Like I did with The Twelve Kingdoms which I found much less good today than back when I first watched it.)

I’ll list a few more and add my rating assessment (ranking as exceptional, great, very good, good, decent, average, bad, …). I ended up going through the anidb isekai category, so I guess these are all I know of, and it’s quite a lot of them considering it feels - as you describe it - like all or most isekai end up with lewd harem fantasies. As for the reason, I think it is primarily business people / production management producing for easy baits and the most generic middle audience - young males. Because of the success of isekais they produce more, and end up with the standard tropes of lewd, harem, and over powered, which very often ruins it. But as the following list shows, it’s not always like that - even for an over-saturated filled category like isekai.

Handyman Saitou in Another World is another very good one that’s not harem. Great comedy.

Grimgar: Ashes and Illusions is very different and very good.

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady is very good until the ending, where it falls short and forces itself into something bad. The early and mid of the series is great though, with exceptional visuals and vibrancy.

I’m the Villainess, So I’m Taming the Final Boss is good. (Paired romance.)

In the Land of Leadale is good. Female protagonist.

Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear is simple but heartwarming, overall good within its simple formula. Female protagonist.

Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout is very good, great comedy with a gender bend/swap.

Now and Then, Here and There (2000) is great.

No Game No Life has a sibling pair as protagonists. (Prequel movie is great but not an isekai, the very good series is. Although it has its own share of “lewd service” IIRC.)

My Isekai Life: I Gained a Second Character Class and Became the Strongest Sage in the World! is only average, but a non-harem isekai as far as I remember and from what I can see skimming through.

Reincarnated as a Sword is good.

Saga of Tanya the Evil is good.

Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement is good. Female protagonist.

The Devil Is a Part-Timer! is very good.

The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! is good.

The Twelve Kingdoms (2003) is decent.

Uncle from Another World is great.

Kagami no Kojou (2022, movie) is great.

If it’s about the boy harem, there’s those series with a female protagonist and reverse harem:

My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! is good. (Otome-based.)

The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior is good. (Otome-based.)

Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke`s Mansion is good. May be reverse harem, or paired romance - I don’t remember in particular. (Otome-based.)

Bofuri: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, So I’ll Max Out My Defense. is not isekai transported, but videogame playing in world.

When broadening to fantasy, I rewatched Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit (2007) a little while ago, which has a strong female protagonist, and is exceptional. Definite recommendation.

He mad 😡😠