For me, I’m torn between Mushoku Tensei (very good worldbuilding) and Uncle From Another World (has the better direction)
tensei shittara slime datta ken
I liked Grimgar a lot.
It has unique visuals, but what really sets it apart is the great - what do I even call it - significance through realism? It has a lot of depth and is very different. It has my definite recommendation too.
I wish we had more Grimgar.
Like most I’m already tired of the over the top plot of most fantasy stories, I just want the shenanigans.
I really want Frieren but with a permanent base and more adventurer politics.
I guess there’s Goblin Slayer but IMO their character especially the supporting one isn’t as developed.
Mushoku is probably the best by such a large margin i couldn’t think anyone answering different was serious. Log horizon is probably the only isekai that’s done the modern game junk well.
My biggest problem with Mushoku, and why I feel like I literally cannot recommend it, is because of the weird pedo stuff. It would be fine and easy to forget I guess if the show stayed in fantasy mode, but for whatever reason any time there is something slightly sexual the show writers decide to remind the viewer “erm actually the main character is a 40+ year old man.” That just pulls me right out of the show.
The other parts are cool, but that one thing really stops me from enjoying it more.
uhh… spirited away?
mushoku is up there if we are talking about the modern kind of isekai
Visions of Escaflowne was pretty great. It had basically everything, a fantasy world, giant mecha and a Yoko Kanno soundtrack.
Feels weird to say that one of my favorite isekai is a shoujo mech anime, but you’re absolutely right.
Heck, I might even be able to say that two of my favorite isekai are shoujo mech anime depending on how much I like Magic Knight Rayearth once I finally get around to watching or reading that.
