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CubeTheory posted:Hello Isekai thread, I'm CubeTheory, and I've been watching Isekai. Some of you may know me from one of the SA Discord servers, but I've been on a journey to watch as much fantasy isekai as I can as inspiration for an isekai tabletop rpg campaign I've been running. Over the last few months I've watched the following shows: (asterisks indicate they are currently running) I'd have to ask what angle you're looking to understand better wrt the isekai genre. I've seen most of the shows on your list and they all cover different areas of the venn diagram. There's comedy, harem collector, heroes journey, power fantasy, vengance etc. that you've probably picked up on, so no point in recommending something like "The Misfit of Demon King Academy" if you're going for realism in your campaign.
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CubeTheory posted:Hello Isekai thread, I'm CubeTheory, and I've been watching Isekai. Some of you may know me from one of the SA Discord servers, but I've been on a journey to watch as much fantasy isekai as I can as inspiration for an isekai tabletop rpg campaign I've been running. Over the last few months I've watched the following shows: (asterisks indicate they are currently running) You've pretty much watched all the good poo poo. What exactly do you want help with?
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:You've pretty much watched all the good poo poo. What exactly do you want help with? I think the only thing missing is Overlord, if they can stomach evil POVs.
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Aug 17, 2022 07:58
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Aug 17, 2022 08:07
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Should watch Total Fantasy Knockout, although I'm not sure how that would help his game.
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Aug 17, 2022 10:29
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Jackard posted:Should watch Total Fantasy Knockout, although I'm not sure how that would help his game. Oh it wouldn't help his game at all, but it's a fun watch and it is an isekai so it belongs on his list.
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Aug 17, 2022 10:32
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Watch that and El-Hazard, then have the Eye of God summon Meepon as the ultimate weapon.
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Aug 17, 2022 10:36
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Muv-Luv, though I guess it's probably been done better by some things on this list.
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Aug 17, 2022 11:49
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Dungeon Meshi (whenever that comes out) has incredible worldbuilding and is directly DnD inspired (even though it isn't an isekai). If you aren't restricted to watching, read the manga
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Aug 17, 2022 12:32
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CubeTheory posted:`Ascendance of a Bookworm` You should absolutely read the light novels for this series.
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Now that I think about it Sailor Moon is an isekei.CubeTheory posted:Hello Isekai thread, I'm CubeTheory, and I've been watching Isekai. Some of you may know me from one of the SA Discord servers, but I've been on a journey to watch as much fantasy isekai as I can as inspiration for an isekai tabletop rpg campaign I've been running. Over the last few months I've watched the following shows: (asterisks indicate they are currently running) Inuyasha Those who hunt elves God Mazinger Rayearth Genmu Senki Leda Aura Battler Dunbine Twelve Kingdoms
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CubeTheory posted:Hello Isekai thread, I'm CubeTheory, and I've been watching Isekai. Some of you may know me from one of the SA Discord servers, but I've been on a journey to watch as much fantasy isekai as I can as inspiration for an isekai tabletop rpg campaign I've been running. Over the last few months I've watched the following shows: (asterisks indicate they are currently running) Magic Knight Rayearth
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CubeTheory posted:Hello Isekai thread, I'm CubeTheory, and I've been watching Isekai. Some of you may know me from one of the SA Discord servers, but I've been on a journey to watch as much fantasy isekai as I can as inspiration for an isekai tabletop rpg campaign I've been running. Over the last few months I've watched the following shows: (asterisks indicate they are currently running) Once you're ready for manga, try Saihate no Paladin (The Faraway Paladin). The anime adaptation was not good, but the manga is fantastic, aside from some weak backgrounds in the earlier parts.
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Kvantum posted:Magic Knight Rayearth If I were planning an Isekai RPG campaign this would definitely be up there for inspiration. But does that say more about the anime or about how I run RPGs? Who knows.
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CubeTheory posted:Hello Isekai thread, I'm CubeTheory, and I've been watching Isekai. Some of you may know me from one of the SA Discord servers, but I've been on a journey to watch as much fantasy isekai as I can as inspiration for an isekai tabletop rpg campaign I've been running. CubeTheory posted:
Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road Meikyuu Black Company Bakarina (My Next Life as a Villainess), and then follow it up with Otomege Sekai wa Mob ni Kibishii, which was actually a lot better than anyone expected Saihate no Paladin How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom (bad, especially the second season which aired alongside Tensai Ouji no Akaji Kokka Saisei Jutsu , which isn't Isekai, but did everything Realist hero wanted to do a lot better) I`m Standing on a Million Lives (100-man no Inochi no Ue ni Ore wa Tatte Iru) (this one was kind of weird because it could not really decide if it wanted to be grimdark or comedy) Reverse-Isekai(?): Isekai Shokudou also, Princess Connect , but the fact that it's isekai is a spoiler Tamba fucked around with this message at 23:12 on Aug 17, 2022 |
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Tamba posted:Reverse-Isekai(?): Isekai Shokudou Isekai Izakaya Nobu is on the same lines as that one and I seem to recall it also had an anime.
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Yeah the anime was pretty good, but I didn't particularly enjoy the live action segments.
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CubeTheory posted:Hello Isekai thread, I'm CubeTheory, and I've been watching Isekai. Some of you may know me from one of the SA Discord servers, but I've been on a journey to watch as much fantasy isekai as I can as inspiration for an isekai tabletop rpg campaign I've been running. Over the last few months I've watched the following shows: (asterisks indicate they are currently running) If you just want to watch it, clearly Army of Darkness
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There's a lotta Digimon being skipped in that list.
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RareAcumen posted:There's a lotta Digimon being skipped in that list. Digimon Adventure and Digimon Frontier are technically isekai but don’t belong in any conversation about the heavily codified trope filled isekai of the last ten years
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remember, isekai that i personally like do not count as isekai
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thetoughestbean posted:Digimon Adventure and Digimon Frontier are technically isekai but don’t belong in any conversation about the heavily codified trope filled isekai of the last ten years Also, because most of my picks have been mentioned I'll just put up Marchen Awaken's Romance, with the caveat that I've only read the manga but there's an anime of it as well.
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Tunicate posted:If you just want to watch it, clearly Army of Darkness A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court or John Carter of Mars are really the proto-Isekai
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:remember, isekai that i personally like do not count as isekai I like a number of modern isekai I just think that distinctions should be made between the modern isekai boom and older portal fantasy Brought To You By posted:I don't think the request is to just hand out more gamey isekai (which is ironic because Digimon itself is a game franchise first) but just other isekai anime to put on the list. Plus if they have already seen The Familiar of Zero and Escaflowne there's plenty of room to recommend stuff not from the last decade. Because I can’t help myself, Digimon started as a series of virtual pets, not games.
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The junk collector posted:A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court or John Carter of Mars are really the proto-Isekai The Neverending Story is 100% isekai, especially the novel.
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thetoughestbean posted:Because I can’t help myself, Digimon started as a series of virtual pets, not games.
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CubeTheory posted:Hello Isekai thread, I'm CubeTheory, and I've been watching Isekai. Some of you may know me from one of the SA Discord servers, but I've been on a journey to watch as much fantasy isekai as I can as inspiration for an isekai tabletop rpg campaign I've been running. Over the last few months I've watched the following shows: (asterisks indicate they are currently running) Faraway Paladin Strongly recommend the manga over the anime for Paladin. Reincarnated as a Sword and is also getting an Anime soon I think and Word Master is pretty okay. Some not necessarily isekai, but very DnD and Dragon Quest centric stuff I recommend are the following with asterisk if animated or getting one soon. Undead Adventurer* Helck* The Hero is Dead* Don't Cry Maou-chan Bard Roen, Knight of the Frontier Wolf Won't Sleep(still super loving pissed this got canceled) Shangri-la Frontier* Edit: I recall Ariadne of the Blue Sky being well regarded. As an aside, I'm trying to recall a manga I read some months ago. Kind of steampunk or dieselpunk(think Sky Captain or something)and that it had airships and sky islands and was about an android girl looking for her scientist "father" while traving with his apprentice and looking for this lost civilization region. Can't for the life of me remember the name**. ** Asebi and the Sky World doomrider7 fucked around with this message at 08:47 on Aug 18, 2022 |
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The junk collector posted:A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court or John Carter of Mars are really the proto-Isekai The Wizard of Oz has entered the chat. Also if you want to watch some loving trippy, horrifying poo poo that basically qualifies as Isekai, watch Disney's Return to Oz. The Beware the Wheelers scene is like what if you had the original Wizard of Oz and then the bad guys were escapees from a Gwar concert that had their hands and feet replaced by wheels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM0RFE3QGAU Also it had electroshock medical horror, a screaming hall of women's heads and an animated flying couch with the head of a moose that talked. That entire movie is bonkers and you can't help but stare at it and wonder what the gently caress Disney was doing in the 80's. Ice Phisherman fucked around with this message at 08:45 on Aug 18, 2022 |
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CubeTheory posted:Hello Isekai thread, I'm CubeTheory, and I've been watching Isekai. Some of you may know me from one of the SA Discord servers, but I've been on a journey to watch as much fantasy isekai as I can as inspiration for an isekai tabletop rpg campaign I've been running. Over the last few months I've watched the following shows: (asterisks indicate they are currently running) Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear (transported to a video game variety) Bofuri (no isekai involved at all, its just funny idiots playing a VR game, but has a lot of isekai tropes)
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Ice Phisherman posted:The Wizard of Oz has entered the chat. You've come to a land called *Whipcrack* Gor!
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They were poorly combing and adapting the 2nd and 3rd Oz novels.
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The junk collector posted:You've come to a land called *Whipcrack* Gor! I think I read one of those way back when. It's the series where BDSM and slavery are the dominating paradigms of human society correct? So not only did Edgar Rice Burrough with John Carter influence Isekai but so did John Norman.
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Here is a fun one for you guys. Academy's Undercover Professor It's Korean, not Japanese, but it's got some notable things that make it stand out. There's a very distinct lack of the korean grinding mindset, and also it has a very magical steampunk-ish world. The MC is isekai'ed but it isn't really brought up much, mostly just one of those background details that explains things like his naming sense and whatnot. The TL;DR - Protagonist is on a train with a brand new professor. Train is attacked by terrorists, professor is killed and protagonist has to take his place to avoid being investigated by the local authorities. Only when he gets to the school he finds out the professor was actually an undercover agent working for some group and he has to not only pretend to be the professor but ALSO pretend to be a spy when has no clue what the agency he's spying for is or is after. It's only just starting but it's been quite a bit of fun so far IMO.
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CubeTheory posted:Hello Isekai thread, I'm CubeTheory, and I've been watching Isekai. Some of you may know me from one of the SA Discord servers, but I've been on a journey to watch as much fantasy isekai as I can as inspiration for an isekai tabletop rpg campaign I've been running. Over the last few months I've watched the following shows: (asterisks indicate they are currently running) Another one I just thought of and can't believe I forgot to recommend: it's not Isekai at all, but most certainly is RPG-based. Record of Lodoss War, OVA or TV series. I mean, if we're mentioning old school classics, why not go all the way back?
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khy posted:Here is a fun one for you guys. I just glanced at the first few chapters and the poor, genre ignorant fool doesn't realize that since there was no body, it's 100% confirmed the guy he's replacing is going to show back up eventually. Otherwise it seems alright so far. The tone kind of reminds me of I'm Really Not the Demon Lord's Lackey, though it's a bit less crazy misunderstandings with it. Edit: I say less wacky and then the next chapter has a were-pomeranian Bremen fucked around with this message at 03:20 on Aug 19, 2022 |
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Bremen posted:Edit: I say less wacky and then the next chapter has a were-pomeranian And see, just like that I have to read it.
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Thank you all for the many suggestions, I'm sorting through them and figuring out what I'm going to watch. If you have any more, feel free.
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The junk collector posted:And see, just like that I have to read it. 
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Kvantum posted:Another one I just thought of and can't believe I forgot to recommend: it's not Isekai at all, but most certainly is RPG-based. Slayers and Rune Soldier Louie are also good suggestions.
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I am trying to remember the name of an isekai manga: A class gets transported in generic fantasy hero roles. Main girl is assigned as an aprentice to an older hero who was isekaied a generation ago. Both of them are main characters. Older dude eventually gets a happy relationship with a woman his own age who is the tutor of the girl's friend. At some point some reincarnators run away to build slave harems and the protag team go out and brutally kill them as punishment. e: it is Kurogane no Mahoutsukai also, while looking I found Plant Monster Girl Diary quote:Our protagonist is a saint—or was, until she was betrayed by one of her fellow saint apprentices as well as her fiancé, a hero. VictualSquid fucked around with this message at 15:09 on Aug 25, 2022 |
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