Adventurers who don't believe in humanity will save the world - in which a bunch of societal dregs come together because their options are despair alone, or despair together. And misery loves company. The tone wanders between light hearted power of friendship to dark betrayal (the serious, depressing kind, not the fantastical villainous kind) which is a surprise for a cookie-cutter isekai. Nice character designs too. Worth a watch if you have nothing else to do, which last season, was often the case for me.
Most seasons of anime have been getting more and more adventure-guild/academy isekai'ified and this year is no exception. Special medal goes to Handyman Saitou for trying to do something different, however it regularly tries to run away from its unique premise (a white van man in a fantasy world is a fun idea) to instead desperately try to cling to the standard formula of protagonists who spend way too much screen time
not developing a relationship. It occasionally features side characters who steal the show, like a "wizard" who defeats enemies by smashing them with his ridiculously oversized staff, or a comedic duo where the large armour-clad dude is the support spellcaster and the tiny girl is actually the frontline fighter. I had hopes for this one but it couldn't sustain my attention.
Reincarnation of the strongest exorcist gets the same medals as Handyman Saitou. It breaks my heart every time an isekai opens with an amazing story. In this case it opens up with an ambitious sorcerer who binds the souls of demons to his service to become the most powerful man in the world. His power invokes the ire and paranoia of the government who set into motion intrigues and machinations that result in him being assasinated by his own top student. And then the show decides that this story would be dangerously interesting, and turns it into an isekai of a boy going to school and doing the whole Harry Potter routine. Idk why people come up with great stories and then do everything in their power to turn it into a generic isekai.
There are a few moments where the kernel of a great show emerge (there is a particularly awesome & harrowing scene where the sorcerer summons a mind-reading monster to interrogate a captured assassin, and the monster reads the mind of the protagonist, revealing how ruthless they are in a way that was executed very well). But then you get bizarre turns in the story which are required to keep the plot on a standard isekai formula -_-
Dorohedoro is a great show. Same sort of feel of Chainsaw Man in that joyful irreverent sense of mayhem and choppy action. The first episode jumps straight into the action of an alligator-man and a chef waging a two-man war against sorcerers, who as we all know, wizards have no sense of right and wrong. The cast of the antagonists and protagonists are all amazing. Strong recommend - the show is light on plot but heavy on character development, and the action is crazy. The main antagonist turns people into mushrooms
I've seen a few more but most of them were so forgetful. A few upcoming ones seem fun enough, but I've noticed some that stick out from the pack.
Magic and Muscles - Muscle wizard. That's the joke. It keeps me laughing. Hopefully it continues to deliver
Dead Mount Death Play - Another isekai, but the first episode managed to successfully bait and switch me.
Turns out the villain was the one who got isekai'd and things are about to get maximum edgy
Konosuba's spinoff - If you liked the Konosuba Movie in the Crimson Demon village, this is that but an entire show. It's just Megumin and Yunyun so no Aqua, Kazuma or Darkness et al. which is a shame, but it's more Konosuba nonetheless
Heavenly Delusion - Holy shit I cannot recommend this one strongly enough. Only two episodes are out so hopefully this recommend doesn't come back to bite me but so far it's just consistently knocking it out of the park.
-Two narratives, one taking place in some sterile, artificial sci-fi school environment with heavy surveillance to protect them from "the outside." The other takes place with two protagonists wandering around the outside in some post-apocalyptic world where freaky biblical demon beast mutant things hunt people. The premise is amazing.
-Animation quality is high (movie-tier quality), art design is great, colour palette is refreshing. The way they colour in the weather or show the things in the night is just superb
-Not a fucking isekai
-Actual animated action, fight choreography
-Great plot setup, character develop and chemistry feels genuine
-Features a trans character; their identity is handled seriously & respectfully
-Characters all have unique faces, don't suffer from same-face with pastel coloured hair syndrome
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