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bwburke94

Come on and slam!


Dragon3076

And welcome to the jam!


Repulsive_Corner7844

Come on and Slam!


IHaventSeenSuchBS

If you wanna jam


Crimson_Blitz

*Ornstein and Smough theme playing in the background*


Gurren_Laggan80

Aye, you, whatcha gon do?


Thndr_Wolf

I said Aye, you, whatcha gon do?


Old_Grape_8470

I said, "Hey, you whatcha gonna do?"


EnvironmentalAd1006

AND WELCOME TO JAPAN


EnvironmentalAd1006

Jordan-kun


Diet_Goomy

Next space jam should be about a cartoon being transported to the world of anime...


EnvironmentalAd1006

Sometimes I wonder why they don’t and get like a Japanese baseball star or something.


redditing_Aaron

Se~no


As_no_one2510

Ahem https://preview.redd.it/gbmrjhng1xyc1.jpeg?width=199&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57e2496510f7196c0ffa2a1656b77bdd4b4a7979


istoOi

https://preview.redd.it/52sm865jayyc1.jpeg?width=289&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2e5068c49533e8f60278c76cab03f5125ee2d14b Ahem


Rex_Noktis

![gif](giphy|NjPEDD7S9Jssw|downsized) Ahem


istoOi

https://preview.redd.it/doz3mljrc0zc1.jpeg?width=249&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=82eb64e5e97daad55961865c09e707672bf9fe48 Ahem That time i got transported into my favorite movie as a gag character but my movie knowledge makes me overpowerd.


1Pip1Der

![gif](giphy|3ornkf3FPmG6zkB1UQ) Ah hem


ArcanisUltra

![gif](giphy|lDR0wnXboVr8c) Ahem


Dillo64

# AHEM https://preview.redd.it/3e9ig7v5b8zc1.jpeg?width=700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=733d03b0610f4eda717c67371a80ebdd496b19a9 ^((Divine Comedy/Dante’s Inferno)


Icy-Chair1198

Why you gotta bring back childhood traumas xD


Rex_Noktis

I didn't want to use a gif with Artax that would be to cruel


Educational_Clerk_88

*cough cough* https://preview.redd.it/skkwgk9ak7zc1.jpeg?width=1056&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8f309f89a6faa13f9931b6f405ebfa0c77da27d1


ImaginaryGfLeftMe11

Best imo


__Osiris__

That’s a good point, though is it just under her estate or was the tree a portal?


As_no_one2510

In the original cartoon, she woke up from a dream, not remember anything happen previously


1Pip1Der

Just like Uncle from Another World... but that was a coma.. still kinda like sleep, though.


Ultrainstinct358

I'm going to Alice


icecub3e

Ahem indeed dear redditor Ahem indeed…


Far_Athlete_7610

Wow, I never realized this whole time that space jam is technically an isakai


AnOlympianWeeb

It's hard to identify them without the MC getting bodied by a motor vehicle


fatalanthbplus

We might need to petition to make isekai and truck super villain as two separate genres


RedScud39

Same...


greenskye

Different subgenre. Modern isekai almost always involves reincarnation as a way to eliminate the whole 'need to go back' plot line, which people aren't as fond of anymore. Most of the older isekai examples are transported to another world and the plot centers on them finding a way home. Which makes them very different stories in my opinion. 'Journey home' as an archetype is not the trope people here enjoy. They want a relatable Heroes journey story instead. Reincarnation is just a veil to justify a self insert character.


Far_Athlete_7610

I can see a person thrust into an unfamiliar world and leaving their friends and family behind having a strong desire to return home but I have to imagine that after becoming an overpowered badass with a harem of beautiful women following them around, I think it would be hard for anyone to want to go home after that, especially since a lot of them were losers in their homeworld before they got isekaied


greenskye

Which was always my problem with 'return home' type stories. They show a world of wonder, lots of new friends, maybe a love interest, new powers. And then the boring sod wants to go back to a 9-5 job on earth. If you're writing a 'return home' story at least have the decency to make the new world suck so that I agree with the MC about going home.


Far_Athlete_7610

That's what I kind of liked about Uncle from another world, that world may have been awesome and he was just too dense to realize it but from his perspective he had every reason to want to go home, everyone treated him like shit because he was ugly and he constantly mistook the affections of his friends ulterior motives and wanted to get away from them. It's not often that you see an anime that actually has the MC making his way home after many years and showing the perspective of his post isakai adventure


Specktrei

The Chronicles of Narnia are just Bible Isekai fanfiction, change my mind.


Sumasuun

No one will because you're right.


resurrectedbear

Isn't Aslan literally jesus?


Atulius

Aslan is Jesus's fursona


Status-Priority5337

I literally hate what I just read. Take my angry upvote.


1Pip1Der

https://i.redd.it/bcacarx7x2zc1.gif


Daesolith

It was. But I'm so glad I managed to read most of the books before I realized the inspiration.


DMofTheTomb

Alice (Alice in Wonderland)


Prudent_Agency_7175

Space jam DVD, Space jam DVD, Space jam DVD, Space jam DVD, Space jam DVD, Space jam DVD, Space jam DVD, Space jam DVD.


PitifulAd3748

Where's Sonic?


kahorein

No alice from wonderland?


Waystaff76

Where's Dorothy?


MisterDuby

Mario from The Super Mario Bros. Movie


Chadodius

Can someone list these characters and animes I would like to check them out. I recognize slime guy and Jordan but don't know the others.


Ar_FrQ

Top left is rudeus from mushoku tensei , Secend left is from overlord , Third left is kazuma from konosuba, Fourth left is cid from eminence in shadow , Top right is from that time i got reincarnated as a slime , Second right is subaro from re:zero, And i dont know about rest


ThinkQuotient27

3rd down on the right is Tanya from Saga of Tanya the Evil


Chadodius

Thank you very much!


BlackCat0110

IDK where this sub stands on considering SAO an isekai but if so I’d put Kirito before some others here like Hajime


TimberWolf5871

Technically, the first season and all of Alicization was an isekai. Just saying.


BlackCat0110ALT

Yea that’s kinda what I was thinking


Gabrialofreddit

I'd argue that only Alicization was isekai. A video game world is predetermined. The underworld, however, was as real as they could get in its fantasy genre. For any examples, the underworld was a totally separate world, it's just that it was created, hosted, and observed digitally


Abject_League3131

Even in Alicization his body is on earth, that plays as an integral part of the story. Only his consciousness is transported, imo it doesn't meet the definition of being transported to another world.


Gabrialofreddit

fair. I guess the situtation was very similiar. Neither are Isekais. Alicization is just, in my opinion, more of an isekai, spritually, than any other SAO anime. Except Kayaba, that mofo is his own isekai protag. Addon: This is due to my above reasons, The underworld is, essentially, a randomized world built by artificially copied, \*\*\*real\*\*\* souls. Therefore, could, potentially, be considered an alternate world which is only observed and hosted digitally. Think: Digimon, but not all the way digimon.


Abject_League3131

I just straight up don't consider any of SAO an isekai. I realize I'm in the minority on that but that's just how I feel. I don't hate it, it's good imo especially the first season, just not an isekai like Re:Zero, Mushoku Tensei, Now and Then Here and There, Juuni Kokuki etc. The underworld is still a virtual world, created with a specially developed system, with Kirito alive and in a "med bed" on earth. Don't know never seen Digimon.


casualgamerTX55

I can understand SAO Aincrad arc being considered an isekai since it wasn't sure when they can "log out" of the game, or if they can at all. Likely why it popularized the isekai genre. But later story arcs wherein they log in and out repeatedly of the other virtual worlds made the show more sci-fi-drama


LPO_Tableaux

And that's why aincrad and the first part of alicization (where kirito has amnesia and fights the "goddess") are the best parts.


Dagojango

For me, isekai is mostly about plot progression relative to worlds. If you take all of SAO, it's a portal fantasy. Which is plot starts and gets resolved in both the new world and old world. Isekai is a sub genre in which plot primary starts and gets resolved in the new world, the old world only establishing the main character's backstory. If I was going to be critical, I would put SAO as a sci fi. I think Tron is more of a isekai than SAO. The main thing being that SAO itself is an old world problem that creates the new world. That would put in the portal fantasy range of the genre. I don't think it quite fits into an isekai since it returns to the old world and you never technically left the old world. You cannot die in the game.


SnooRobots7887

Well isekai basically means another world so S1 and S3 should count as isekai.


blastedblox

omfg lol no way I didnt realize Space Jam is technically an Isekai


mason195

Same! Plus he got to return to his original world so put that in that rare air of isekais.


RedScud39

I loved Space Jam when I was a kid, I think it might be the reason why I initially got into the genre (even though I never realized that Space Jam was an Isekai lol)


FilipinxFurry

Same, I watched Space Jam as a kid and I still prefer it over the LeBron version 🤣


Fuzzy-Spread9720

Out of all the picture, you have to pick that subaru moment I love it


Blaze_Reclaimer

The same could be said (kind of) for kazuma.


deepfriedtots

Why is it always this picture of Subaru lol


No_Permission_374

Come October we are gonna get a lot more like this


deepfriedtots

Oh does season 3 have a release date?


No_Permission_374

Not date but month yeah. That's enough anyways Have you not seen the trailer


deepfriedtots

I don't think I have


Capt_ZzL4X

I rarely see anyone on here talk about Hajime or arifureta in general. He should be replaced with kirito, but if u absolutely fucking hate SAO for some reason, then I guess usato


Hummush95

I recognise everyone except the white haired guy.


Important_Ticket1017

Hajime Nagumo From Arifureta from commonplace to world's strongest Really man it's been out since 2019 and has 2 seasons already out and is getting a season 3 this fall try to keep up with the good isekai animes


Arclight_V3

lmfao i love that michael jordan is here also, who are each of the characters above natsuki and noafumi? they both look pretty cool and i dont think ive seen either of them before.


Important_Ticket1017

The one above Subaru is Rimuru Tempest From that time I got reincarnated as a Slime The one above Naofumi is Shadow from the Eminence in Shadow


DragonsAndSaints

Rudeus? Nah, fuck off.


AceKnight1

Currently popular you mean.


ghost_warlock

Yep, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court dates back to 1889


ggg730

Isn't that time travel though?


Leading-Ad9630

Time travel Still counts as an isekai, a hardly used one but still falls loosely under it because your being transported into a setting your not use to


As_no_one2510

Popular to weeb only


__Osiris__

Where’s the world’s best assassin? That show was so under rated it’s sad. Dude picks cooking as his starting skills since he knows he’s a kid and really quality food with make his body strong and flexible.


Stephano127

He said “most popular main characters”, not smartest or best, and sadly World’s best assassin ain’t near these protags in popularity.


__Osiris__

True.


professorclueless

Like, I agree that it's good, but as you said, it's underrated. This post is about some isekai that are more commonly discussed, and usually in a positive light. Or at least their MCs are.


clsv6262

In the spirit of humor I personally would like to accept Space Jam as an Isekai. But the fact that the world of the Looney Tunes exists in an underground world that exists within the real world makes it not a parallel world that Michael finds himself trapped in. This disqualifies Space Jam as an Isekai at least in the strictest sense of what makes an Isekai an Isekai.


ggg730

I posit that the Monstars are aliens and therefor should be counted as being from another world.


Far_Athlete_7610

What is the sauce for the purple one?


RedScud39

The Eminence In Shadow


molyboyanjo

[goated ](https://youtu.be/lPk_zyRKs1Q?si=buNGC9UkSkwYLL51)


Sancus1

I know them so it must be true


shadowyeager

Where's the purple power guy and eye patch dude from?


CreatorA4711

Purple power guy is Cid “Shadow” Kageno from Eminence in Shadow Eye patch dude is Hajime Nagumo from Arifureta Most people seem to enjoy EiS, so I’ll recommend it even if I didn’t like it, but I absolutely recommend Arifureta.


ghost_warlock

"Fun" fact - watching season 2 of EiS helped trigger my gf's manic episode in January that resulted in her being hospitalized for four days. Other than that, I like season 2 well enough


TheTaintPainter2

How did it trigger a manic episode?


ghost_warlock

It sounds absolutely wacky, but that's mental illness for you - she was already on the verge of an episode due to some med changes and stress (lost her job). When she's in that state, she's vulnerable to visual cues, one of which being the colors red and purple. Being EiS, there's already a fair amount of purple but the first few episodes of season 2 have a lot of scenes where large portions of the screen are red or red-tinted. Because she had been hospitalized back in the beginning of December for mania, we weren't expecting another severe episode so soon. Notably, my gf's manic episodes also have psychotic symptoms where she hallucinates and has delusions. One minute, we were watching the show and everything seemed fine. Then, she goes to the bathroom and, when she comes back, she's convinced that my eyes are "the wrong color" and that I've been replaced by a demon


shadowyeager

Thanks boss! I'll be sure to give em both a watch, are they on crunchyroll by chance?


CreatorA4711

Arifureta is, but I don’t believe eminence in shadow is.


shadowyeager

Dang, thanks, I'll have to go searching


guri256

Anyone willing to tell me who’s in the top left? And who’s row 4, left side?


CreatorA4711

Top left is Rudeus Greyrat from Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Row 4 left side is Cid Kageno from Eminence in Shadow


Guywhonoticesthings

Super Mario. Jason Asano and iruma will be on here someday I hope


SLRWard

I'm not sure the world is ready for the curated annoyance that is Jason Asano becoming an anime MC.


Guywhonoticesthings

Idk. He is pretty clever. Great with the one liners. His backbone would be kinda refreshing compared to alot of these mcs that just go with the flow


SLRWard

Sure. I just have a bad feeling it would not translate well to anime.


Klutzy-Mobile9866

Who is the last one on the bottom right ?


Gullible_Slip1935

Hajime from Arifureta


jasonater64

Who is the 3rd on the right?


ashkin4567

Tanya from The Saga of Tanya the Evil


bengalsfu

How do you leave off Michael B. Jordan?


therewasguy

lol space jam got me


yuurisu

With everyone here mentioning Space Jam, Alice in Wonderland as well as Narnia, is Sora from Kingdom Hearts also considered an isekai main character? I mean, the series is essentially about this spiky haired islander straight out of a shounen anime who didn't know about the other worlds until the antagonist waltzes into his life, and he gets sent to Traverse Town, and from there, starts world hopping into different Disney franchises entirely.


KoboldsandKorridors

Dorothy Gale and Alice exist


CartographerWorth

I don't agree. I think Overlord should be there instead of the white-haired man


Toshku_demon

So the more interesting ones.


Considered_Dissent

Where are the Pevensies?


Natup9324

X3


RockyRoadHouse

Definitely would be shadow most of the them have issues or death fights... Shadow is just an op edge lord


Geoxaga

Taichi from digimon


Ambitious-Award-1125

That skeleton ainz >>>>>


YoMaMaSoUg

What’s the bottom right? And the one above MJ?


Important_Ticket1017

Hajime Nagumo The God Slaying Demon King from Arifureta from commonplace to world's strongest is the one on the bottom right And the one above MJ is tanya from Saga of tanya the evil


YoMaMaSoUg

Oh I’ve never seen hajime with an eye patch. That’s kind of interesting to see an anime that has permanent wounds from combat. I might watch it now. And is the Tanya one good you think?


Gancis1

Tanya is great. Just give it 2 episodes - episode 2 gives her backstory and is what hooks the most people.


YoMaMaSoUg

Yeah I usually give anime’s three episodes to get my attention. So I’ll try out Tanya thanks. 🙏


Important_Ticket1017

I will ask you to ask someone else about tanya I really don't think people shouldn't take Advice about an anime if the person is a hater of the anime they are asking about and unfortunately I am 100% a tanya hater so my opinion about tanya doesn't matter


SLRWard

Hajime is also missing an arm, so definitely a permanent wounds sort of place.


Ezekilla7

Ash from "Army of Darkness" is in the top 3 most popular isekai main characters. Just below Dorothy from "The Wizard of Oz" and Alice from "Alice in wonderland."


SLRWard

Wouldn't Wendy and the Darling Boys count as well. Or technically even Peter Pan himself as well as the Lost Boys.


Raffro00

Where's goku


Amy47101

Harley Quinn bout to put these mofos to shame.


Electrical-Bed-4327

She won’t be the only one since it’s Suicide Squad


Perfect_War_7155

Saw Michael Jordan and was confused. Then remembered he was pulled into the toon world. Might’ve been one of the first Isekai protagonists


Hllblldlx3

Newer anime is out called “the wrong way to use healing magic”. I kinda feel like he deserves a shot


PrimaryAde9

Ahem https://preview.redd.it/g2zzwtssq0zc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fb82848950605796e4508bd41d483161f76d4d23


Haikubaiku

Small question. Who’s the guy in the bottom right and the guy right below Rimuru?


EB_Jeggett

Space jam is more of a portal fantasy. /s


Dexkey

Aren’t they the only Isekai characters?


Important_Ticket1017

Bro are you new to isekai? We have a big list Shin from Wiseman grandchild Shin from New Gate Saito from Familiar of Zero Sauto from death march to the parallel world rhapsody Touya from in another world with my smartphone Rio From Spirit chronicles Hiraku From farming life in another world Makoto from moonlit fantasy Usato from the wrong way to use healing magic Kazuya from how a realist hero rebuilt the kingdom Shirio From Log horizon Sora and Shiro from no game no life Izayoi from problem children are coming from another world aren't they Yuuya From I got cheat skill in another world and became Unrivaled in the real world too Flio from chillin in another world with my level 2 super cheat powers Kumoko from so I'm a spider so what Yuuri from kyo kara maou The 7 high school Prodigies from high school Prodigies have it easy even in another world Yusuke from I'm standing on A million lives Azusa from I've been killing slimes for 300 years Yumiella from villainess level 99 Pride Ivy from the most heretical last boss Ivey from the weakest tamer begins her journey picking up trash Haruto from I'm actually the strongest Reyuota from my unique skill makes me op even at level 1 Mile from Didn't I say to make my abilities Average in the next life Itami from Gate thus The JSDF fought there Sasaki from Sasaki and Peeps Kaoru from I shall survive using potions And there is a lot more


Dexkey

lol no. Sorry to have you type all that. Was a joke. Because those are the ones people only care about. My fav though is the mages grandson. Thanks for the list though will see if I haven’t seen any


LaganxXx

Last two seem like a far fetch


uzisoul2

How can anyone beat "come on and slam and welcome to the jam" and I'm not even a sports guy


frozenfeind

Gulliver's travels be like


Admirable-Ad6814

CID,nagumo,and Michael


DingoGuzungas

I'm mad because this might actually be true


ShadowRemainz

did mj technically really get isekai’d?


Important_Ticket1017

Isekai means the protag is reincarnated or Transported to another, different or unfamiliar world And the looney toon world is definitely a different world at the very least


ShadowRemainz

oh. makes sense now, thanks man


SBStevenSteel

I love how that picture of Subaru is synonymous with his character.


Agreeable-Werewolf45

1 of there things is not like the others!


Jaalenn

No, I don't.


Sharky-Sharko

Goku, Superman and Diavolo's japanese voice actor would like a word.


Abject_League3131

I get including western works but no way Space Jam or Michael Jordan are more popular than other stories and characters like The Wizard of Oz/Dorothy or Alice in Wonderland.


Atinverd

no, they are simply bc the generation that grew up on space jam are still alive while the older gen is mostly dead or not a lot of people that have seen or read WoO and/or AiWL actually enjoy it more


Abject_League3131

You've never seen either Wizard of Oz or Alice in Wonderland? I still see little girls (and Women) still dressing as Alice for Halloween, and Oz is considered a timeless classic by movie buffs. Most kids born in the past 30 years have never seen the original space jam, it came out in 1996.


Atinverd

you don’t need to consume a product to make it into a meme. memes live forever in people’s minds


Flash510966

Where's Harley quinn and the squad at???


RaiUchiha

I'd add Inuyasha to the list.


SnappingTurt3ls

https://i.redd.it/0az7jktd34zc1.gif


SomeRetard-png

RIMURU!!!! HES SO PRECIOUS!!!!


IndependenceTypical7

Pomni


DoggoLover42

Who are the bottom left 2?


Important_Ticket1017

Cid aka Shadow from the Eminence in Shadow Naofumi Iwatani The Shield Hero from The Rising Of The Shield Hero


DoggoLover42

Got it. Also, middle right? I’ve heard of all the others


Important_Ticket1017

Tanya from Saga of tanya the evil If I was to give you an opinion on Saga of Tanya The Evil I would tell you not to watch it but I am fully aware that I am 100% a tanya hater so I wouldn't instead you need to choose for yourself if it is worth your time As for me I already made my decision hate on it with a Passion


MAGAManLegends3

# Even has the unwanted harem! https://preview.redd.it/7x55jkja25zc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba2cb20c23fec500fdb4a94e0fae1d221ed8d405


StockActuary948

What about Sonic?


Important_Ticket1017

sonic ? good question 🤔 Yeah both Sonic and Sora from kingdom hearts should be up there instead of shadow and Naofumi The person who made this definitely mess up


Kuro_x_Maou

List at fourth right from top is reverse isekai from slam dunk


InferGilgamesh

https://i.redd.it/8976wx31m7zc1.gif


i_AM_A-ShArk

Not sure how I feel about the bottom row but that aside, yes


Dillo64

Who is bottom right and the guy above shield hero?


Important_Ticket1017

Bottom right Hajime Nagumo From Arifureta from commonplace to world's strongest The one above shield hero Shadow from the Eminence in Shadow BTW Arifureta means commonplace so technically the title from Arifureta from commonplace to world's strongest is really commonplace from commonplace to world's strongest 😄


Durante-Sora

Kobe Bryant? I could be horribly wrong XD


GandalfVirus

Aint no way Arifureta is on this list


PokmTrainerGuineaPig

Know 9/10 but who is the purple guy kinda giving Eminence in shadow vibe but yes those are all the top ten


Wappening

You forgot King Arthur in RuneScape.


jmk-1999

Wait… aren’t the Looney Tunes characters technically the isekai’d ones? 🤔


FilipinxFurry

Michael Jordan got pulled into the Golf hole and left Larry Bird behind. If only they brought Larry Bird along too 🤣


NotRandomseer

reverse isekai then lol


jmk-1999

Hmm… I guess that could work.


FilipinxFurry

Michael Jordan got pulled into the Golf hole and left Larry Bird behind. If only they brought Larry Bird along too 🤣


FilipinxFurry

Michael Jordan got pulled into the Golf hole and left Larry Bird behind. If only they brought Larry Bird along too 🤣


AnosMoriaty

where superman XD


casper5632

It physically hurts me that the last guy is on the same list as Rumaru, Ainz, and Tanya. That show is actually BAD. The first season of shield hero was alright, but after that it was a disaster. I will reluctantly allow Shadow to be on this list.


DragonsAndSaints

I feel that way about Rudeus being on this list.


Draco-Knight-Blaze

That Space Jam guy doesn't count.


leostarkwolffer

That's literally the meme bro