Isekai
Speculative fiction genre
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| May 26 2025 |
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
The manga adaptation of Toaru Kyūka no Sigoshi-kata is set to end serialization.
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| 2025 | Rotten Tomatoes ranked Spirited Away 28th on their '300 Best Movies of All Time' list. |
| 2025 |
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Third season nominated for 'Best Isekai Anime' at the ninth edition of an awards event.
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| 2025 |
Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra
The anime television series adaptation of Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra is scheduled to premiere.
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| 2025 |
Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra
An anime television series adaptation is scheduled to premiere.
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| February 2025 |
Re:Zero
Third season of the anime continued, with second half premiering in February.
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| February 5 2025 |
Re:Zero
The third season's second cours, the 'Counterattack Arc', began airing, running until March 26, 2025.
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| January 2025 |
The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World
Anime television series adaptation by East Fish Studio premieres
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| January 2025 |
Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time
Anime television series adaptation by Studio Comet is scheduled to premiere
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| January 9 2025 |
The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World
Anime series premiered on AT-X and other networks, directed by Yoshihide Yuuzumi and produced by East Fish Studio.
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| January 8 2025 |
Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time
Anime series premiere scheduled on Tokyo MX and BS11 channels, with opening theme 'TREASURE!' by Dialogue+ and ending theme by harmoe.
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| 2024 | Kirito, Asuna, and others have their accounts migrated to Unital Ring, a new VRMMORPG incorporating locations from previous virtual worlds. |
| 2024 | Kirito is mortally wounded by Johnny Black and placed back into the STL to preserve his mind. During this time, he befriends Eugeo and helps him on a quest to save Alice Zuberg. |
| 2024 | Kirito battles and defeats the Administrator of the Axiom Church in the Underworld, with Eugeo dying during the conflict. |
| 2024 | Kirito is recruited to test the Soul Translator (STL) experimental FullDive machine to help develop an AI named A.L.I.C.E. in the Underworld virtual reality. |
| 2024 | Kirito investigates murders in Gun Gale Online (GGO), participating in the Bullet of Bullets tournament with Sinon and capturing two suspects related to a former SAO player-killing guild. |
| 2024 | Kirito and Asuna spend 200 years in the Underworld (about 2 weeks in real time), with their memories of this period later removed. |
| 2024 | American forces raid RATH's Ocean Turtle facility to capture A.L.I.C.E. Kirito, with help from friends, stops the attackers and safely extracts A.L.I.C.E., who gains a physical body. |
| 2024 |
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Rimuru Tempest's voice actor Rosie Yaziji was nominated for 'Best Voice Artist Performance (Arabic)' at the eighth edition of an awards event.
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| December 2024 |
Skeleton Knight in Another World
Second season of the anime was officially announced.
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| December 27 2024 |
The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World
Final (eighth) tankōbon volume released
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| December 15 2024 |
Skeleton Knight in Another World
Second season of the anime was announced at the Overlap Bunko 10th anniversary event.
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| November 2024 |
Overlord
Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom earned $1.16 million in its U.S. opening weekend, ranking #12 at the box office.
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| November 9 2024 |
Ascendance of a Bookworm
Ninth fanbook published by TO Books
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| October 2024 |
Re:Zero
Third season of the anime began, first half airing from October to November.
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| October 4 2024 | Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream video game released. |
| September 2024 |
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
The third season of the anime series concluded.
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| September 2024 |
Overlord
Anime film 'The Sacred Kingdom' premieres.
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| September 2024 |
Failure Frame
Anime television series adaptation produced by Seven Arcs concludes airing
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| September 27 2024 |
Failure Frame
Anime series concluded its broadcast on TBS and other networks.
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| September 20 2024 |
Overlord
Regular screenings of the Overlord anime film began in Japan.
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| September 13 2024 |
Overlord
IMAX screenings of the Overlord anime film began in Japan.
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| September 7 2024 | Suicide Squad Isekai concluded its television broadcast on Tokyo MX and BS11. |
| August 2024 |
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Another game in the franchise, 'That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ISEKAI CHRONICLES', was released.
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| August 26 2024 |
Re:Zero
Release of mobile game Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World: Witch's Re:surrection, which was first announced at AnimeJapan 2023.
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| August 17 2024 |
The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World
Anime television series adaptation of 'The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World' was officially announced.
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| August 10 2024 |
Ascendance of a Bookworm
Eleventh Drama CD released by TO Books
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| August 10 2024 |
Ascendance of a Bookworm
Eleventh Drama CD released
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| July 2024 |
Failure Frame
Anime television series adaptation produced by Seven Arcs begins airing
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| July 6 2024 | The anime television series began airing on Tokyo MX and BS11, continuing through September 7 of the same year. |
| July 6 2024 | Suicide Squad Isekai began its regular broadcast on Tokyo MX and BS11 television networks. |
| July 5 2024 |
Failure Frame
Anime series premiered on TBS and other networks, produced by Seven Arcs with cooperation from SynergySP, directed by Michio Fukuda.
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| June 27 2024 | Suicide Squad Isekai premiered with three initial episodes, licensed by Max and Hulu in the United States, and simultaneously released in several international regions. |
| June 23 2024 |
Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra
An anime television series adaptation of Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra was officially announced.
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| May 2024 |
The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World
Manga adaptation concludes serialization in Monthly GFantasy magazine
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| May 17 2024 |
The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World
Manga serialization in Monthly GFantasy magazine concludes
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| May 9 2024 |
Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time
Anime television series adaptation was officially announced, to be produced by Studio Comet with Naoyuki Kuzuya as director.
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| April 2024 |
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
The third season of the anime series began airing.
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Ascendance of a Bookworm, The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World, Failure Frame, Spirited Away, Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra, Skeleton Knight in Another World, Overlord (novel series), Suicide Squad Isekai, Sword Art Online, Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time, Re:Zero & That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.