The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague

The eye movement animation in it is unique and an exceptional stylistic, visual choice.

Overall charming, heartwarming, good.

webp teaser

https://anidb.net/anime/17473

lol wut

Which street fighter?

/edit: Street Fighter 6 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1364780/Street_Fighter_6/

I can second Ascendance of a Bookworm that has been mentioned. It’s a very good series.

Escaflowne was mentioned too, which I found great back when I watched it, but it’s been too long for me to remember. I want to rewatch it at some point. (Like I did with The Twelve Kingdoms which I found much less good today than back when I first watched it.)

I’ll list a few more and add my rating assessment (ranking as exceptional, great, very good, good, decent, average, bad, …). I ended up going through the anidb isekai category, so I guess these are all I know of, and it’s quite a lot of them considering it feels - as you describe it - like all or most isekai end up with lewd harem fantasies. As for the reason, I think it is primarily business people / production management producing for easy baits and the most generic middle audience - young males. Because of the success of isekais they produce more, and end up with the standard tropes of lewd, harem, and over powered, which very often ruins it. But as the following list shows, it’s not always like that - even for an over-saturated filled category like isekai.

Handyman Saitou in Another World is another very good one that’s not harem. Great comedy.

Grimgar: Ashes and Illusions is very different and very good.

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady is very good until the ending, where it falls short and forces itself into something bad. The early and mid of the series is great though, with exceptional visuals and vibrancy.

I’m the Villainess, So I’m Taming the Final Boss is good. (Paired romance.)

In the Land of Leadale is good. Female protagonist.

Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear is simple but heartwarming, overall good within its simple formula. Female protagonist.

Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout is very good, great comedy with a gender bend/swap.

Now and Then, Here and There (2000) is great.

No Game No Life has a sibling pair as protagonists. (Prequel movie is great but not an isekai, the very good series is. Although it has its own share of “lewd service” IIRC.)

My Isekai Life: I Gained a Second Character Class and Became the Strongest Sage in the World! is only average, but a non-harem isekai as far as I remember and from what I can see skimming through.

Reincarnated as a Sword is good.

Saga of Tanya the Evil is good.

Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement is good. Female protagonist.

The Devil Is a Part-Timer! is very good.

The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! is good.

The Twelve Kingdoms (2003) is decent.

Uncle from Another World is great.

Kagami no Kojou (2022, movie) is great.

If it’s about the boy harem, there’s those series with a female protagonist and reverse harem:

My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! is good. (Otome-based.)

The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior is good. (Otome-based.)

Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke`s Mansion is good. May be reverse harem, or paired romance - I don’t remember in particular. (Otome-based.)

Bofuri: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, So I’ll Max Out My Defense. is not isekai transported, but videogame playing in world.

When broadening to fantasy, I rewatched Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit (2007) a little while ago, which has a strong female protagonist, and is exceptional. Definite recommendation.

What a title

I don’t know this studio or publisher, but generally, it’s not a zero sum game - it’s not one or the other.

Establishing more studios could allow existing studios to invest more into quality.

Really, it entirely depends on how they implement and manage them.

/edit: to address the overall quality: I think it’s an overall issue with the industry and commerciality. How it’s set up, what it incentivises, and how it’s being managed.

Due to a visitation ban, we have been unable to have contact with Mr. Ikeda, which has resulted in limited information that we can share and a delay in our public announcement.

a special fraud comprise of fraudulent activities targeting unacquainted individuals through phone calls or various communication methods. These scams aim to deceive victims into transferring money or other property to a specified account or using other methods.

The summary OP could have provided in the post:

A crowd funding / fundraising for an anime music video with/for Japanese actress and singer Aya Hirano.

With the support of anime fans, we’re tackling the long-standing issue of underpaid animators. Our objective is to foster a system that provides ample budgets for anime production and to set up an animation studio dedicated to enhancing the working conditions of our animators. As part of our ongoing commitment, we’re thrilled to announce our second project: an animated music video spotlighting a song by the renowned Aya Hirano!

I didn’t know kids that young could go on maternity leave /s

Dunno about exciting news. For her for sure, and the people around her. But as a consumer…

Let’s hope it won’t be audibly or significantly different voicing.

I started rewatching Gate, one of my favorites to rewatch.

I don’t watch currently airing seasons. I wait for a season to complete before watching them.

I have two concerns for a general anime community:

1. I don’t want to be spoiled - which is not always obviously evadeable on clips, images, and memes
2. I’m not interested in first-airing episode discussion threads - the number of episodes airing means other anime general discussion and content gets driven out/back

(I don’t think I’ve seen that many episode discussion threads in my feed though(?).)

Does he actually think he’s worthless? I can imagine various other reasons for him not wanting his son to take over. Being unfitting or not good enough doesn’t make him worthless for example.

Season 1 was great

Great comedy

What happened with trademarks?

The two are very different.

Everything is protected under copyright by default.

Can you provide some examples of western productions that were put into the public domain (which needs to happen through an explicit act)?

I think the distinction is somewhat arbitrary. There’s Japanese anime shovelware, good and bad anime. Chinese studios have been making contributions and have been part of the Japanese anime industry. So I don’t make a distinction generally or primarily.

I guess the biggest factor and differentiator is the audio language - if that is where you want to draw the line. (A consequence of the primary or only targeted market.)

I’ve watched one with CN dub, which was an interesting experience. But I’m willing to accept and explore it and it feeling different - what matters in the end is the dub/voicing and general audio quality.

The one I watched was ok. Decent, but not more. I watched it through. I peeked into Link Click - which is rated quite high on AniDB (8/10) - but it didn’t particularly get me invested and interested. Which is not a Donghua vs Anime thing primarily though.

Overall I think it’s a very good thing. China is a big market and has the chance of becoming a big industry - even moreso than it is now. It means we can and will get more products, more to choose from, more good stuff too. I’m looking forward to it.

I’m not seeking it out actively. But AniDB is one of my discovery resources, and it lists them too. (Condition created primarily for the Japanese, Chinese, or Korean (“CJK”) market) So I will see them and consider them for what they are.

Now I’m wondering whether the one I watched a while ago was Chinese or Korean. 🤔 I don’t quite remember.

AniDB and MAL rating 8/10. I’ll definitely check it out.

Noteworthy comment I found while checking it out:

The English version of this movie has many differences, its runtimes are not the same, there is a colour palette change and it is missing the second Ending Song that was only released for the JPN version.

flute plays

Lol, protagonist disappeared into a shadow - barely visible.

Deliberate design? It would certainly fit the series.

Overall pretty noisy visual. Maybe too much on it for a poster?

I don’t get the hype about Mushoku Tensei

For me it’s the exceptional world-building and great character depth / authenticity. Great pacing, great visuals, and mostly very good directing further supporting it.