I Watched EVERY Isekai Anime in 2021
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One clarification to commenters. Garnt mentions in the VOD that this isn't just Isekai tier list but also involves fantasy from Narokei or fantasy in general.
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he also say it at 0:20 "we are going through every issekai and fantasy show that aired in 2021" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Why can't he put it in the title?
@@popipopipo9871 Ask him, not me :)
@@popipopipo9871 clickbait bro
Gigguk: Arcane is a masterpiece
Also Gigguk: Eromanga sensei is a masterpiece
Eromanga was better than arcane
@@XentriaNova yup
@@XentriaNova facts
Perfectly balanced.
@@XentriaNova holy this the most based take ive seen this year
9:51 little did garnt know, the villainess concept is just as overused in korean manhwa as isekai is in japanese light novels
Lol, he doesn't know
At this point, the "villainess" part is just completely useless, it might as well be just otome isekai and basically nothing would change.
Actually so frickin true. I read on a website that does a lot of Korean manga and there's so many villainess manhwa
My god amount of those I read in past 2 years lol.
theres a good one, sidekick
I feel in "So I'm a Spider, So What?" if they managed to balance both timelines of the story, it would've turned out to be so much better than it is in the anime.
And if they had at least some budget on animation of human part.
And if they had at least some budget on animation of human part.
The human story was a lot less interesting but I liked how some of what was revealed in the second half reframed it.
Honestly, even after reading No Game No Life and Overlord, I think Kumo Desu Ga is still my favorite Light Novel.
@@urtoryu_dy_althraidn spider supremacy
You know you've mastered your craft when not only is the live stream good from start to end but it's good enough to watch in its abridged form
eh most stream recaps are way doper; esp cuz editing like this lol
@@PhyrexianMetal the compliment was more towards his streaming rather than the actual edited video, at least that’s what I took from it and I’d agree.
Faxxxxxx
Being concise while streaming definitely isn't easy
He doesn't stream often but he can definitely stick to a topic and keep things interesting. Perfect RUclips materiel.
Main channel is the epic well produced videos, second channel is where the vibes are at.
I like it.
If the AnimeZone was a dudebro
Garnt's presentation skills don't miss, really liking this strong streaming personality, alongside the seasonal takes on what's airing. Looking forward to how far you push this channel
So glad he acknowledged Kumo (the spider Isekai), it's such a gem that was bottlenecked by the shitty animation. The writing in Kumo is genuinely impressive and it's like my top 5 Isekai for sure.
What animation?
@@bloodfreak57 the cg. It's competent for the spider half of the story most of the way, but it looks really dodgy near the end in the human half of the story imo
@@euc5957 I think he's making a joke that the anime doesn't have any animation
uhh ive heard so many good things tried to watch it twice but the cg man i just cant , it hurts me on a deeper level every minute i watch of it. Will give it another try ig hopefully its bearable now
I love how assassin isekai and redo of healer are written by the same person yet are completely different shows
Truly the duality of man
Rui Tsukiyo. Dude has actually written a ton of fantasy/isekai stories. My favourite one that I'm currently reading the manga of right now is Orc Harem. Great Sage Slime Reincarnation is good too, but it hasn't updated in a while. I wonder if the translators dropped it.
I saw someone's comment on the full vod I think. They were saying that the assassin isekai web novel is terrible and how they were surprised that it ended up being any good.
He also wrote one where the MC is a Demon Lord building a dungeon. That one is actually pretty good imo, and is not only finished, but the translator has not only translated it in full, they also translated the sequel in full.
the difference between a quick cash grab (redo) vs an actual passion project, at least from what I have heard
"You would watch Drugstore in Another World if you were the type of person who'd play an MMO and then join the alchemy guild."
Please don't hurt me like this
*Alchemy
An Alchemist who could make concoctions that can empower a mortal to be able to kill demons and also can make a salve to reject death is someone to respect.
There are also those who dabble in toxicology... so please be kind.
Take some advice from this sword swinging ape, magical science is OP.
I prefer Isekai Yakkyoku...I thought when they announced a Drugstores Isekai anime it would be this one but it isn't.
NEEEEEERD
I like playing atelier but I still can't like drugstore in another world
Easy reference list with titles!
S: Mushoku Tensei, Re: Zero S2, Arcane ("I think it's a Masterpiece" - Gigguk)
*Worse Than Musoku Tensei: Slime Season 2, Sonny Boy,
A: Meikyuu Black Company, Realist Hero, So I'm a Spider, Tsukimichi Moonlit Fantasy,
B: How to Summon a Demon Lord S2, Log Horizon 3, My Next Life as a Villainess S2, The World's Finest Assassin, Combatants will be Dispatched, Faraway Paladin,
C: Resaurant in Another World, Slime 300, The Slime Diaries, Spirit Chronicles, The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent, Banished Hero,
D: *Drugstore in Another World*, I'm Standing on a Million Lives 2, Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies,
E: Full Dive, The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter,
F: The Fruit of Evolution,
H: Redo of Healer ("Pretty f**king sh*t." -Gigguk)
No Opinion: Digimon Ghost Game, LBX Girls,
Is this all Isekai animes that got realesed in 2021 or every Isekai anime that existed until 2021
@@unamedzube7xb297 Just the ones released in 2021 I believe.
Finally, a fellow spider enjoyer. For all the faults of this show - the CGI being just barely above Berserk 2016-17 levels, the human characters being bland, and the whole thing turning into a PowerPoint presentation several times - it deserves A tier solely for the *true* best girl of the year. I wonder if Aoi Yuuki still has back pains from absolutely carrying Kumodesu single-handedly
Dude the light novels are so good, and Aoi Yuuki brought that character to life perfectly.
@@susanwalls3580 I didn't know this was a controversial opinion. From my knowledge the widespread opinion on this show was "enjoy the spider, skip the humans"
@@astuteanansi4935 Unfortunately I think the human characters are going to be important in the future so skipping them isn't really an option
@@MimicAraiun it doesn't help that the anime decided to essentially drain every shred of personality out of anyone on the human side of things not named Fei. (Funny how both best girls in this anime are nonhumans.) I haven't read the LNs but I hear the humans are slightly less cardboardy there
@@susanwalls3580 bruh, that's like the only opinion that exists, wdym "finally"?
editor you are a god for editing around Garnt's constant coughing during this stream.
Garnt edits his own video I think
@@fish-zb4tg nope, pretty sure it’s some guy named Adam.
@@dragon_1333 I think it's bakashift and he even comes in one of Joey's quiz videos from a few years ago. Not too sure tho.
@@dragon_1333 okiee
@@dragon_1333 Pretty sure his name is Alan lol
I genuinely thought he was gonna put Redo of healer at S tier, just because he seems like that type of guy. I should've known better, sorry Garnt.
greetings from ur pizza parlor
Deserved S tier tbh
This comment has 69 likes, nice, therefore I will not like this comment so it stays NICE!!!!!!!
@@damian5560 BIG FAXXX!!! (FACTS)
Rank H for Hêñtàì, I guess?
I went into Spider with no preconception of what it was supposed to be and I had no idea what the studio that made it was. It was a 10/10 for me. I loved it.
w. The only two problems i got is the mcs voice(not a big deal) and the confusing pace of the series,
Read the novel and it will be 13/10.
Same. Can't wait for s2
@@LOUblueRHOW? THE MCS VOICE IS WHAT MAKES IT 10/10
Slime is by far my favorite anime of all time, but Jobless Reincarnation is also really good, both are easy s tier for me.
Is slime worth watching?
@@blackwoodd i already rewatch it like 6 times so i think it's worth watching
@@blackwoodd slime is fun,it's not the greatest shit since sliced fucking bread but if your bored it's leageus above not doing anything,it convinced me to watch 48 episodes +17 bonus ones sooooo.
SAMEE I love slime
@@blackwoodd watch whole thing first time around but if you rewatch it skip millim intro arc and charybdis
Love how Garnt got so salty about CR awards that he specifically made a "worse than Mushoku Tensei" tier 🤣
I love both Slime and Mushoku Tensei, but I have to agree with Grant, Slime would probably be S-tier but it's not on the same level as Mushoku Tensei
Cultural progress is made at the Giggume Awards.
@@n00bKen should've made another tier that's a bit higher than S
@@n00bKen could have made ex tier
@@n00bKen slime is not S tier. Idk why people try to rank something S tier but then have to make higher categories like SS or S+ for better shows, just put slime in A or B and have S for the actual great ones
and he still has not watched full metal alchemist
Maybe because it's pretty overhyped and mediocre?
nop FMA deserve all the hype and praise it get it's just that everybody has that one good popular show that you don't get the chance to watch.
@@0khalilose0 I don't think FMAB is that popular anymore. Otherwise the reactions for it would get more views than 5-10k on average
@@lisamarieschnee this comment is probably ragebait lmao, make it seem less obvious next time
Well it’s not an isekai
I was astonished when, in Mushoku Tensei, Zanoba Shirone tried to honor his late brother by naming Julia after him. That show even gives its wacky comic relief otaku a complex inner universe.
Mushoku Tensei respected the concept of Chekov's Gun the most, I think. No character really goes to waste. Everyone's stories weave together beautifully to form a tapestry of life so absent from many other shows. It wasn't just the story of one young man. It was a fully grown world.
Isn't this a spoiler? The anime is not even at vol 7 of the LN
@@oolongTea295 I mean it kinda is but also not really, since anime-onlies will have no idea what he is talking about
The Villainess Noble Girl isn't exactly new trope, but as far as I know, Hamefura is probably the first one to get an Anime adaptation.
I think "I'm a spider, so what?" really needs a season 2, BUT a different studio. The studio did amazing in the firts few episodes, but the quality of the episodes started to decrease extremely fast on the last few. It was so bad that the characters did not sync with the voice lines, and the frame rate was nuclear bomb.
Another studio need to take over Spider. Same voice actors, just a different studio.
Imagine if it was done by studio Orange (Beastars, Land of the Lustrous). No one would complain about "bad CG" then. That said, I've read a bit of the WN, and I have to admit that it falls off a bit following where the anime left off. There's much less focus on spider, and she's really shy when interacting with other characters so we lose out on a lot of her personality. The plus side is that it does a lot to develop and expand the world and other characters/factions, with a fairly cohesive narrative (which a lot of isekai tend to lack as they go on). There's also less (but still some) jumping around with time frames.
To say nothing about the elf "forest" wasteland at the end of the season.
Add in how they rearranged the order of some of the events on spider side which just resulted in less tension, and butchered the human side (especially in production quality) that a lot of the viewers would've preferred it cut out.
The hype I had reading the end of volume 4 made me wonder how we got there the entire time I was reading through to book 10, but it really was a let down watching the end of the season. I really wish that they had split it into two cours, given more time to it and been more faithful to the source.
Glad at least the series gets an A from Gigguk despite all my gripes with it
Not only the last few, every 2D fight in the entire show is a PowerPoint presentation with some drunk guy's camera work. Millepensee needs to get off anime.
I dunno, it wasn't too bad until like the last five or six episodes. For me it was just a terrible mess of a storyline that pissed me off to no end.
The last episode was redone because the CG was so bad
Now, I really enjoyed "My Next Life as a Villainess" manga (haven't seen the anime), but if you think that the plot point of the main character trying to prevent her own death in an isekai is a novel one, may I suggest checking every other Korean isekai or fantasy manhwa - they really, really go hard for that trope there :D
My Next Live As A Villainess was good but MAN your perspective really changes after you see how good some of those Korean Villainess isekais are.
Ikr. My favorite is 'Beware of the Villainess'
@@enomotocchi that shit was fire.
@@enomotocchi That was a nice one.
It's decently up there for me and I'm a very picky person about stories.
Definitely.
It sucks that Bakarina got off to a pretty decent and fun start but then it _REALLY_ diminishes over time and too quickly.
So many others, even some that are just in the middle, do a bit, if not more, better than it.
"Welcome to demon school iruma kun" season 2 came out in 2021 and definitely contributes to a good year for isekai.
Definitely underrated amazing series. More hyped for s3 of iruma than s2 of mushoku
About Arcane, I can add one more thing. If you play league of legends and follow the story, it also shows their path to reaching that moment. It adds a new level.
Ekko's abilities his fighting style, jayce's reasons and his weapon, vi's growth and punches, viktor and his search for cure above all, rise of hextech, gave a new dimension to all the characters in the game as well.
You can, also guess some stuff. Such as that purple stuff is, I am sure came from void. A glimpse of noxus ideals, magic in runeterra and Jayce's first encounter, man... I saw the league of legends heroes they became, and I understood how they ended up like that. Those ideologies, their beliefs, abilities...
It is already quite an achievement to write a good, consistent story with well developped characters and amazing animation, but they also tied it to game. It was not just a, "you know the story from the game" stuff. Or it wasn't just, "you saw the show come play the game" advertisement. It was an amazing show on itself, and there was this small nod to players of the game who followed the story. I really liked this aspect of the show.
A good tragedy, consistent story, well established characters with amazing references.
Masterpiece.
Garnt:
Assassin in another world: B-Tier
Redo of a Healer: H-Tier
The author of both series:
*I see this as an absolute win.*
I am totally down for season 2 of both. Redo is a dumpster fire, but a dumpster full of fireworks and other undisposed munitions.
@@rockjianrock Hell yeah boiii. Its my guilty pleasure. Also, the Assassin series is really good too.
Way it's the same author?
ok.
@@rockjianrock BIG FAXXX!!! (FACTS)
Drinking game: take a shot every time he tries to pronounce machiavellianism
I like being alive, my guy
See you at detox
I like my liver
Boy hates the Italian language and pizza crust. I sense a pattern.
@@kingorth oh damn you do? I don't 🖐️💀
I just watched Banished from the hero's party. It's actually a very good show that uses cliches in a meaningful way and wxplores core themes. Also the romance is a beaztiful breath of fresh air.
With the spider Isekai i enjoy the change in perspective showing her as a more cute anime face when you are experiencing it from her POV. And then an actual monstrous spider with everyone else.
Honestly, Aoi Yūki is basically a Living Japanese National Treasure in my eye. She's a fantastic seiyuu.
Her awesomeness can even be sensed from a single scream: ruclips.net/video/q7Z5fnp3ItU/видео.html
The best. There are no bad shows with Aoi Yuki in them.
@@Irimu_ I saw this comment and immediately said challenge accepted. She is in I'm standing on 1,000,000 lives season 2, just saying...
One of my favorite seiyuu tbh
@@hyk3830 Like they said. *No Bad Shows.*
Just because Grant missed the mark hard on 1 Million Lives doesn't change the facts
The one about the kid in the boonies is actually more frustrating. Everyone else around him realizes he's much stronger but he is incapable of actually understanding that he's actually much stronger than normal people. Every single time he starts whining like "oh I'm not as strong as you" while he casually punches a dragon through the stratosphere. You almost wish you were as strong as him so you can snap his neck. It wasn't funny the first time and it wasn't funny the 16th time.
The only thing I liked about it was the primary antagonist that was established at the end of that season. I like his reasoning and his goal I think it's well done as far as uniqueness goes. The rest of the time the show is basically pissing about.
Because you forget one thing:
It's because he's the weakest in his village. He literally grew around people much stronger than he was, and that affected his personality.
@@Kaimax61 Doesn't make it less annoying after everyone keeps telling him that he's stronger than people outside of his village and he doesn't learn. If he can figure out that one plus one equals two then I'll be less annoyed by it. I swear I feel like he needs to wear a bike helmet just to go pee by himself for how dumb he is.
@@Kaimax61 I haven't read the series, but have read similar ones where the same thing happens throughout dozens of chapters and it gets tiring and bored.
@@Kaimax61 still pretty stupid, because he can clearly see how much more powerful he is. There’s a viewable evidence for everyone to see. It’s not like they’re just telling him that he’s actually powerful, he does shit that most people can’t do. It’s not a confidence issue, it’s a stupidity issue.
I stopped watching in the middle of episode three because I couldn't handle his obliviousness anymore. If it wasn't for that, would've been a nice mid-tier show that I might have finished. Also I just hate it when misunderstandings are played for comedy, especially when writers have to bend over backwards making their characters stupid in order for such misunderstandings to happen.
I know it did not came out in 2021, but I really want to hear Grant’s opinions on Rance series, since it has been one of the works Mushoku Tensei originated from and I love it
I binged Re:Zero the way where you just instantly press the next episode button, so I just watched the whole thing before realizing that the thing was two seasons. It's such a smooth story
Iruma kun continually being neglected but still being one of the best animes of last year
because lets be honest, besides the one fact that he came from the human world, that fact is never brought up again. It's a great shonen, but the isekai part is barely there.
Like even when grampa nudged him to be a demon lord, they never try to conflict it with the fact he's a human. well maybe not right now, but serisouly, the isekai part never plays into the story.
@@Kaimax61 bruh, that's an isekai and a fantasy tier list, and you know... I think that Iruma is both an isekai and fantasy show.
@@arsenijrodionov9486 I'm just stating why people forgot it's an isekai. like how people ignore digimon when talking about isekais..
@@Kaimax61 ah fuk you're right, Digimon IS AN ISEKAI! fuk!
Not really, I mean I rate it a 9/10 but i still won’t rate it one of the best anime .
"Where are the people trying to cancel Goku?"
they did, a whoooole debate for 2 years about whether he was the most abusive father known to man or just a father trying to teach his own ways. I also remember Master Roshi being cancelled for being the comedic perverted character. I think it was a senator that wanted to cancel him. It's a shame that nowadays we can't like fictional characters for what they are
FICTION
Goku also considered committing adultery with two fused together girls in front of a bunch of space aliens. Biggest bad or biggest chad?
@@ChipsMcClive ey who gonna pass up a 2-for-1 deal tho
Just because the Twittler Youth is huffing and puffing and stomping their feet on the ground doesn't mean they cancelled Goku. Or whatever sins they project onto Master Roshi.
@@Baron_Wurst Yep. The entire idea of something being "cancelled" literally just means that a Twitter mob has decided to lock themselves away in their basement. The irony is that they're cancelling themselves from the outside world, not the other way around xD
@@Baron_Wurst i mean for Roshi it was twitter and probably a woman that was feminist that was against him as a whole.
the goku one has been happening outside of Twitter for years, the recent 2 years prior to what i mentioned are the most intense ones. RUclipsrs supporting or attacking each other for this and others joking about it. Heck Instagram was involved as well.
Banished from the hero's party had so many insane twists and juxtaposed tones that it made the reveals about the world really intense
dude imagine watching this video & having Full on Nostalgic Episode about all these good isekais my god this year was the best for them
"There were some trashy moments."
Someone tell this man that Assassinsekai was written by the author of Redo of Healer.
He talks about it himself? In full version of the stream at least.
@@Dorrovian Never should've doubted the isekai zone.
The author put out trash before the masterpiece
Gigguk: "Villainess' premise was new and interesting."
Me, a Korean webnovel enjoyer: "Uhhhhhhh....."
Villainesses…..villainesses everywhere…..
Wasn't it one of the earlier villainess isekais though? Like part of the reason the genre emerged? Or am I completely wrong?
Ah yes you die you become a villainess from a game/novel/anime and everyone fell in love with you
Also let's not tell him about the 974837 different "banished from the hero's party" series
@@tcoren1 Think it was like 2nd to fourth I read. Think my gateway into the whole villainess isn't actually a villain thing was otome mob.
Since we are talking about isekai, let's do a bit of time travel. Anyone remember **Drifters** from the same author as Hellsing ? That's a good isekaï if I ever saw one. Especially the fact that they are using historical figure well while still having shit and giggles with them.
another drifters enjoyer! it's an underrated gem and i hope to see another season.
Underrated gem imo. Dying for a season 2 but im not on copium. I
Personally, as someone who has watched all of these shows, I quite enjoyed Full Dive. It was generic for the first few episodes but I feel that by the end of the first season it was at least entertaining enough for me to want to see what happens next.
I wonder how Connor would've reacted if you made a new tier called "Connor/CDawgVA", put Seirei Gensouki in there, and then put that tier in the very bottom...
Garnt is pretty accurate to compare re:zero to aot with the season 2 thing, the next re:zero arcs especially arc 6 are peak fantasy/thriller just like return to shiganshina was for aot, i hope we get to see them animated some day.
Do you think I should wait for future arcs to be adapted or should I just start the web novel?
@@slice768 well of you want to wait for the anime to reach the current light novel you will be here for a decade. Light novel is great. Go read it. Also the side novels. All of it. Now. Go
@Nerfular Nah bruh the wn clears the anime.
@@hypervortex5930 Sir! Yes sir!
AoT is shit.
Ohhhhh! This is going to help me add more "to watch" Isekais to my current list! :D Thanks Garnt! XD
I’m so glad you brought up Mushoku Tensei… yes, there’s some cringe worthy moments but that’s just part of what makes it a masterpiece. It’s a realistic isekai that doesn’t sugarcoat the life changing transformation of a social outcast getting a second chance in another world. S tier all day.
How the FUCK do you make a realistic isekai 🤨? It’s isekai, it’s literally meant to take you away from reality
@@silktm9457 Tbh, the only way to make a realistic Isekai is by giving the main character common sense
Character development says it all
@@silktm9457 literally re zero
@@silktm9457 by realistic he means what actually would happen if a human was transported to a world of magic
As someone who loves Re Zero and loves Emilia (thanks to season 2) it’s great to hear garnt talk about it because I haven’t heard much of his thoughts about it (only passing comments or whatever). And to hear him say that he’s on the Emilia train for best girl is amazing 😂 I feel like not many people talk about re zero anymore, but I’m hoping we get a season 3 announcement sometime this year
Those who do praise it a lot and for good reason also hoping we get a 3rd season
@@korex0 I would be extremely surprised if it didn't the amount of Rem merch that must be sold, must be wilds amount of money made from her alone.
Looking at how s2 was, the upcoming seasons have so much potential.
I just hope studio issue is resolved soon because I don't to wait 2 years for next season
@awesomenology S1 cut a lot of world-building and foreshadowing, especially in the third arc
I personally wasn't a fan of Season 2 Part 2, mainly because I thought the dialogue was very bad.
In the name of the anime community: “Thank you, Sir!!!”
2:23 Thank you Grant.
Thank you.
Not that I thought less of you, not at all, I've been watching you since you started as AZ, but the fact that you acknowledged Yuru Camp as "Fucking amazing" really feels good in my soul.
and the fact that you're not a fan of slice of life genre makes it even better.
first video I've watched from you and I already love it! Keep it going!
As a fellow isekai enthusiast this was great. And I noticed I ended up sharing quite a lot of the same opinions. There was a few I didn't watch that you rated highly so based on the other similar opinions I'll give them a chance. Thanks :D
The closest thing I can think of that resembled the Ekko vs Jinx fight was Kiritsugu vs Kirei.
Or kakachi vs obito too
Kiritsugu v Kirei was a banger. Probably my favorite anime fight
Kiritsugu vs kirei is one of the best if not the best fights with story behind them
@@velgard. They just stand there and go ham at each other without saying anything, and you understand everything. Even the choreography is extremely well done.
@@yaya-eh3fi That fight had so much backstory and flashbacks, not the same at all.
"I don't know who's invested enough in slime that they wanted Slime Diaries"
Me
I'm invested
Diaries was so cute and wholesome and such a pleasant slice of life between season 2's cours
I remember hearing about redo and the premise sounded so cool I was hyped to watch it even though people were saying it was bad, not why, just bad. Then I watched it and understood in the first 20 mins of the show
It’s insane to me that people will say you support the bad parts of Jobless reincarnation but don’t have a problem with people enjoying tv shows like Game of Thrones where sexual violence is extremely prevalent throughout the series.
Lol
@rick mel BIG FAXXX!!! (FACTS)
GOT has a violent world, sexual violence is a apart of it, most of the characters are morally grey and still sexual violence are still seen as a evil thing by evil people and a big deal(except Jaime and Cersei scene that doesn't exist in the books).
Jobless reincarnation as the hero, we supposed to relate and root for is a pedo that get a power fantasy treatment his pedo brain inside a child body so his creepiness became less creepy.
But I still watch the show I just wish that part wasn't apart of it.
I don't think every person who watch the show is a pedo because of it.
@@jackyoh971 If we just started as some random soul born into a magical world who was a lovely marshmallow to all the girls the show would be generic af. People who complain about his past life self being a cretin are completely missing the point of compelling character growth. Shows which have a main “hero” are for children.
I watch loads of historical content, stuff like Nanking massacre and the Judea revolt are cool to learn about, I don’t support the japanease imperial army and crushing the judea revolt was a rare Roman L.
I'd say my favorite Isekai of 2021 was _Log Horizon,_ but I'll admit that's in large part because I already love the show so much, and seeing a third season after so many years meant I was probably gonna enjoy it no matter what. Other than that I also enjoyed _Realist Hero, Re:Zero,_ and _That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime_ quite a bit too.
@@PelStrike Yeah I really hated it too. The best thing about Log Horizon is the clever worldbuilding and the 'rules' of the half video game, half real world. Stuff like auto-crafted food being tasteless, the new potential powers of the professions, and both the internal and external politics going on is really fun. With fights that worked due to their heavy emphasis on strategy, and MMO basis. But then, with all the interesting politics and depth, the author decides "Lets dedicate half the time to some idiot kids having a generic fantasy adventure with generic fights!". It's truly bizarre.
Like they got a really unique and thought out isekai, that's dialogue heavy and has fun characters, and then decided to merge it with a generic isekai that's aimed at REALLY young kids. What? I thought this side plot was sorta clever at the start that would just last a single arc. But then...it never ended. In S1 it got annoying. In S2 it got really annoying. And when it came to S3, when I wanted to see the rules of the world get pushed even further, to see the politics progress, and to see the genius Shiroe work his magic; I instead got another shoehorned kiddies plot where they had to save everyone while simultaneously devaluing Shiroe by essentially making one of the child-sized planks of wood copy the power of the protagonist in the series.
It doesn't make any sense to me...
Ahh yes season 3 the collpase of the fucking anime. I seriously dont hate politics and long narrative scenes/ episodes but Log Horizon s3 managed to make me hate it.
Man it was my fav isekai for so long bcuz of its s1 and s2 but s3 felt lackluster after so many years of waiting... still carries a nostalgia tho.
now my favorites are mushoku tensei and re zero
I mostly agree with you. But no matter how much I love LH, Tensei was just so much better. Maybe S4 of LH will do better?
@@DarthPoyner by Tensei you mean Mushoku Tensei?
one thing to mention about Spider is that the animation studio lost the data for the last few episodes and needed to remake it with cgi from scratch so I will give them a chance
Even though Arcane is not an anime it was definitely a breath of fresh air.
It had really good story and really good writing, like every character was really well thought of. I'm not a league player and can definitely say that I don't need to know league to understand ARCANE.
Seriously I would recommend it to anyone even if they watch various anime like me.
That mashuko tensei rant is honestly valid. Because if what people were saying was true, then everybody who watched Dexter would support serial killers and death penalty.
death penalty is already supported though?
@@AlejandroRodriguez-cy8ee but not by everyone that watches the show.
@@Tehn00bA oh that's what you meant.
Yeah, pretty much, although I still believe that things like that can be taken as a form of critisism of the show in terms of overall tone and importance to the plot or characters. It also can be criticised in terms of humour, which although highly subjective, it still depends of tone, expectation and timing (its not the same to do a fart joke in a scene with mineta from boku no hero, and do the same joke in a moment of introspection in berserk).
I mention all this because I feel that people tend to go to both extremes, either full "this makes you a bad person" mode or "this is completely irrelevant, its just fiction" mode. The problem with both is that in the end they just act as a diservice to storytelling, because they focus too much in a point that its nit thta impirtant and judge the whole series by that standard, or make pretty much all praise, critisism or emotionality if stories null due to it being "just fiction".
Breaking bad and better call Saul really are examples that add to this even more. I mean, Walter White and Jimmy are both scumbags. Saul/Jimmy actually holds the record for the most angry and/or disappointed I've ever been in a character. Yet I still like the show. Still can't look at Bingo the same ever again though...
I can't believe you put Full Dive into E tier. It's one of the only isekai where the MC isn't overpowered, and the universe doesn't bend over backwards for them
It's so crazy to me that he didn't even give the show a fucking chance.
Yeah this show is awesome and it’s so funny
It was a pretty funny show definitely deserves at least low C
Garnt making the same mistake as with overly Cautious hero: I watched 2 episodes they seem to be going to follow a generic trend therefore it is shit. Like bruh, how on Earth is Full Dive generic, he just assumed he was gonna get kirito'd into the game.
And with Overly Cautious he got to chapter 4 saw the character was strong and thought he was gonna remain and undefeateable OP Mc with no background. Sigh
(Same author on both)
@@Skrymix Yea, really makes it hard to trust any of his opinions when he doesn't even watch the shows for me.
When it comes to the difference between kingdom building in Slime compared to Realist Hero, it is their approach to it. Rimuru kind of just goes with it and it happens. He knows some things from having lived in modern Japan, but it isn't his actual focus. He was a salaryman. In Realist Hero, it is his focus. It is his study as a soon to be University Student. It is his goal, mostly because he doesn't want to be thrown on to the front lines facing the Demon Lord's Army. He knows he isn't suited for that after being summoned.
Rimuru's focus is to make a world he is happy with. He does not just go with it. If you read the ln you'd would see he makes a lot of economic and political moves. He manipulated masayuki for his own(Tempest's) gain. Which he did not have to do. I see where your coming from sense rimuru is a chill guy but the moves he makes does not seem like someone who just goes with it. He has his own goals and tries to reach them.
Bro in slime he was a salary man but he was in construction job. So he knows alot about how to construct and handle people. If you read LN you will know. He gives independence to people to make anything they want.
i agree with Rudeas being excessively horny but it also has a massive impact for his character building and as garnt says he gradually get less and less horny he is a great MC cause you can actually relate to problems he had had before .i personally recommend the show but its your choice if you want to watch it ether way i hope the next anime you watch is great (its very likely that no one is going to read this but thank you if you did).
In honour of Garnt, I've finally started watching my first isekai ever, that being Mushoku Tensei
A double edged sword of a first choice if I ever saw one. On one hand, you're starting with the best of the best, on the other, it's all downhill from here so everything else you watch will only end in disappointment.
Welcome to the Isekai rabbit hole
@@bananaman2 You can only watch Re;zero after this
@@sephypantsu That's still going downhill...
@@bananaman2 nah mushoku tensei is garbage
I'm just glad to hear about Arcane from Gigguk again. It's fucking amazing. Literally one of the best things that came out in 2021. I guess I'll watch Mushoku Tensei too, since I just watched arcane because Gigguk recommended it. It's nice to have a second channel just for vods
Wasn't expecting Arcane to be in this list, and now you've got me watching the Ekko vs Jinx fight scene again xD Thank you Garnt
It makes me happy that Slime got the recognition and placed higher than Mushoku... well deserved! :D
Grant the Isekai Zone didn't developed Stockholm Syndrome with Isekai anime, that would imply he didn't asked to be broken.
Love that you’re uploading content while stranded in northern Japan. Thoroughly enjoyable video. Totally agree on your rankings.
I’d say this is all a fair take of everything. What a good year it was for Isekai!
Garnt the assassin one is supposed to be partially him living his own life now because in his previous life he lived as a tool and in the current one theyre trying to show his love for others and being a decent person instead of a tool for the goddess
Yes! Faraway Paladin got messed over by the production company. Or maybe it was the writers interference, I know some writers have done that so idk, but the animation just wasn’t there for this story. I also think it could have benefited from a director rewrite. While the books are enjoyable, they are slow and take a bit too much time in certain areas. This doesn’t translate well to anime and I think some brainstorming on how some characters can meet, how long traveling takes, etc, could be reorganized and streamlined.
Yeah, the manga felt far far superior in comparison.
it started of pretty interesting but after the parents were gone shit just went downhill and got really boring
@@Lolleman255 yeah, I’d recommend the manga or book. They are much better. I honestly hope this story is given another chance at an anime and is done better
@@ThatOneAccount931 the thing is ive already lost any interest in the show so i wont bother reading it lol
@@Lolleman255 highly recommended reading the manga from me as well. If Paladin anime was a 6.5 the manga is a solid 8.5 at least so far.
I think Gigguk forgets that Mushoku tensei isn't on Crunchyroll. They would never give top awards to an anime they don't have.
That's also why the demon Slayer movie won so much even though it came out in 2020. It came to Crunchyroll in 2021.
I don’t even know if it’s all because of that but it probably has a bit to do with it. If I had one nitpick for slime it’s how one sided of a character Rimuru is in season 1. If I had one for Moushoku tensei it would be that Rudy is such a perv that I feel weird if I say he’s cool. That’s the only reason I disconnect with him. hopefully season two will fix it but I doubt Moushoku Tensei would’ve won due to the fact that part 2 of season one came out off the backend of slime season two and people who already had isekai fatigue just had it get worse and didn’t wanna watch it.
That's not really a valid excuse. It just makes them less relevant if they can't judge those outside their service. Imagine if Netflix ran their own Oscars or Grammies and it's all Netflix stuff.
@@crashdowngaming9604 ok
@@crashdowngaming9604 well lets see next time then, if MT got s2
In other words: The Crunchiroll Awards are entire arbitrary and meaningless.
Came for the tier list now looking forward to watching Sonny Boy.
I'm curious what your opinions would be about Castlevania and DanMachi?
...And to put Moshoko Tensei into better perspective I like to consider how popular Game of Thrones used to be and the only thing I remember people really caring about was the failure of an ending. Personally I applaud any use of a MC that actually starts out with.... issues and basically goes through a personal redemption ARC as opposed to being a completely static character.
Someone finally respected spider isekai. While it did have its "WHOOPSIES, BUGET RAN OUT" moments, and it did have to delay rhe final episodes, I still loved it.
I think the problem with that evaluation of Realist Hero is that while he nominally references history/economics/politics from our world, he does so in a way that indicates the author has like high school level understanding of those things at best (And like not even a good high school level understanding). If Kazuya weren't displayed as an expert it might work well, but he's portrayed as brilliant and that every decision of his works even as he implements his hilariously terrible Machiavelli interpretations.
Exactly! There's a thing called expertise. If you're trying to apply basic knowledge and huge reforms on the scale of a country you better have *decades of experience* in that specific field or shit will hit the fan real fast. If Realist Hero was actually realistic, our protag's decisions would backfire real fast and he'd probably get executed or assassinated real fast.
Talking about Isekai, Imma just recommend the NOVELS of Kumo desu, they are pretty fun and the world is pretty creative once the twists and reveals start happening. Also Ariel and Shiro are great
I actually really liked full dive... it actually turned into a really interesting show imo
2021 was a good year for isekai.
I'm quite busy with work recently but damn I wish I could watch as much Isekai than this man did.
Well, that's his work 😀
@@srikrishnabhat6793 Wish I could get paid for watching/reading as much isekai as I do. It's actually kind of fun watching the trends as popular manga get adapted to anime. If the same trends follow, get ready for a lot of otome ge isekai anime where the protagonist is the reincarnated as the villain/villainess. Yes, there are tons more than just All Routes Lead to Doom. I'd be really excited for an adaptation of the World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs, because it also includes mecha, which is fun.
Video Title: "I Watched EVERY Isekai Anime in 2021"
Garnt: "Okay, so I didn't watch EVERY isekai anime in 2021..."
I’ve never agreed with a tier list more in my life
Ok. I've been rewatching all of the isekais that I've seen and haven't been watching the new ones. Thank you for making this video, because it made me open my eyes a little bit and get to the right mindset to watch a new one.
I also need to watch season 2 part 2 of Re:Zero but I'm too lazy and not alot of people talking about it.
I'm happy to be able to know when a show will be good or not just by reading the synopsis.
Jinx vs Echo reminded me so much of Kakashi vs Obito. Good fight and a sad backstory with no words
I enjoyed Reincarnated as a slime. But, I was more excited and enjoyed every bit of Musho Tensei. It is the best series I have seen in a long time. I was about to say it's not or rather around the same kind of interest level as Houseki no Kuni. The thing is that they both share the same composer. The wonder and mystery and world-like music was the reason why I also felt like these were amazing for the immersion, alongside both of their amazing animations and story.
If I recognize the music, then the series made enough of an impact for me to remember it. Unfortunately, among those series you listed, I do remember the E-rated fantasy series you listed. That series was amazingly AWKWARD to watch. I did force myself to watch it through of its entirety and I honestly noticed the character growing up. Unfortunately, it took a while for him to actually mature a tad bit, enough to make him all right. But, their jokes are pretty trash.
He actually cocked up his book walker promo and tried to splice takes together lol
Having a season 2 of spider Isekai would be nice, but what I want even more is a small anime adaptation of the four spider sisters spin-off manga.
How about a third season of isekai quartet that includes Slime, Mushoku Tensei, and the four spider sisters? Spider sisters get a class all to themselves. Or added to Yunyun's class and they terrorize the crap out of her.
For those who enjoyed "My Next Life As A Villainess". If you want to read a manga with a similar setting, and slightly better story in my opinion, that also has a good ending and doesn't force it to continue beyond that, check out: "Fiancée's Observation Log Of The Self-Proclaimed Villainess". There are quite a few Villainess isekai, but these are the two best that I've read.
You should watch the Isekai where a wrestler gets transported into another world and wants to just open a pet shop using his knowledge of animals and masked wrestling
"the one thing that piqued my interest is that the dude has a blacksmith class"
have you heard of god grid?
I watched the assassin isekai recently, liked it, but found it perhaps too slow in certain parts, and then went and read the manga, and I got a much bigger appreciation of the time they took in the anime with the world building and the characters, since things just happen out of nowhere in the manga. If only they had a bigger budget for the animations and toned down the comedic gags and the fan service a bit, it could have been a great show. Still, it's a pretty good one and I hope we'll get a second season soon, since they left quite a lot of questions unanswered.
The series legit had the best opening of the season for me, both visually and musically.
You get the like not necessarily because I like your video but for correctly saying machiavellianism. Proud of you
2021 isn't over yet.
Yea i think i can agree on archane being a masterpice from taking charicters with a bit of story to slingshoting them with so much character development/world building combined with insane animation and music. with literally every charicter being likeable in some way or another, this might be a biased take but i think silco is the PERFECT vilan yeah top tier for sure and deserves the prais it gets
I actually watched all the isekais on this list, and would probably made the exact same ranking as Garnt
Love how Grant put Arcane in an anime tier list because he wanted to talk more Arcane lmao.
Like, I love the show and I’m all for it, but I guarantee there’s a number of viewers here frothing in the mouth with rage seeing it in an anime tier list.
By spite I decided to not watch it at all... and since it's LoL anyway.
@@Kaimax61 ok
@@Kaimax61 man you're missing out on some really great writing.
Many movie youtuber analysts even deemed to call it a masterpiece calling it the show that happens once in a lifetime . Maybe that quote was a lil bit exaggerating but Damm... It is really one of or the best shows Ive watched since a very long time
Dude i digged million libes so much its so good the character development the world building its an amazing show honestly no idea why u put it so low its a solid A tier for me
those who have read slime light novel , knows
RIMURU DOING :- slaughter , massacre , destroy universes and then create , alter dimensions , has the power to control time and then BECOME A GOD
from an wholesome anime to an 18+ anime in the future
I think the anime did Standing on a Million Lives dirty a little bit. The real draw I have to its story in the manga is how deep it goes into the psychological aspect of the character's decision making. The anime just kinda brushes over it, even more so in s2 than s1.
would love to see one for a Mecha Tier List, I might actually know the shows that you judge this time
No
Have there been enough mecha recently to even make a tier list?
@@warpuppy4528 I believe so. How many is the minimum requirement?
@@warpuppy4528 I meant "all time" not just 2021, unless he already did that
The Jinx vs. Ekko fight is the Arcane version of Kakashi vs. Obito so obviously its a masterpiece.
"I watched every isekai anime in 2021"
We expected nothing less from you.