ISEKAI The New Anime Genre

  Anime  has been  around   since the 80s and  has  sprouted  all kinds of  genres for  its  content.  The shows  it  has  featured  up  to now have had  the  generic  Slice Of Life  and Romance as  the most mature.  the  community has also  had  Fantasy, Sci-Fi and  Shounen as  the most kid friendly and  enjoyable series by far.  What you didn't  know was that  there  was a hidden genre  that  was recently created based on the plot of the series.  This  genre was called the Isekai  genre and  it surprised the public on how   many shows  it   was related to.  Isekai  refers to   being summoned or  reincarnated into  another world  by  death or  god like power.

As  scary  as it  sounds  there  have been  popular  series      such as  Sword Art Online  and  Re Zero  that  are generic and  well known.  One  involves being  trapped in a  video game and  the other is being able  to come  back  from  the  dead. There  have  also  been  recent  controversial  stories  like  The Rising Of The Shield Hero  and Jobless Reincarnation  which  have mature themes.  To  explain  it  better  I  will  give  you  a  short summary  for  each one.

Let's  start  out  with  the popular ones  first  on the line  is  Re Zero  a  really  popular  and interesting  story.    Subaru Natski a Japanese  teenager  gets hit  by  a car  and  wakes up in another world  meeting  new people  and  adjusting  to  his  short  life.  There is a catch if he dies in that world   he  come back to life and has a do over of what lead to his death. Through the series he meets new people,  falls  in  love  and  suffers to protect them.  What  is  this power that allows him  to  experience  things over and over again.

  Sword  Art Online  is  relevant if you like video games  and play MMORPGs    that's  why  it clicks  with a lot  of audiences.  The  story  goes like this  its 2022 in  Japan and the  technology is virtual meaning that you can play a video game virtually  and feel like  you're part of it  with the technology linkin to your neural network.  Kazuto Kirigaya is an amazing gamer and  he along with ten thousand others has waited to  play  this RPG   where  everything comes  to   life.  Suddenly  he sees that the game doesn't have the logout button.  The  creator appears  and  tells them that  the only way to leave  the game is to beat the game and if you die in the game you lose your real life.  Through the  series the boy makes friends, falls in love and visits virtual worlds. This  series dives into virtual  reality technology and artificial intelligence explaining how it can affect us  today.

Based  on all  those series the Isekai genre has been gaining popularity.  Being sent to another world for some odd purpose can help a story.  This can pop on unexpectedly in other anime like Digimon  and  much  more.  To me  the best way to expose a series n any genre is by telling a good story  with character development and a good plot.  lately  this genre keeps growing in the anime community and one day it will  change  that

  community.