shoulda been Dungeon and Dining

I once saw someone suggest "Dungeon Delicious" and even that sounds better

Amazing.

You will live in the dungeon. You will eat the mimics.

But more importantly, I want to eat the ice cream.

I wish my house was haunted so I could use holy water bludgeons to make exorcism sorbet.

I'd have checked it out even sooner if I saw that sticker.

WHY DIDN'T THEY CALL IT DISHES & DRAGONS

I like the Spanish version mazmorras y tragones which is kind of a blend of dnds names in both English and Spanish and also the play on words between tragones and dragones

(I write this as my daughter and I are arguing about whether or not Butterfree's wings are intrinsically toxic or not. The Pokédex says that it can flap its wings to release toxic scales / powder, but that doesn't necessarily imply that the wings themselves are comprised of toxic scales! These are important questions to ask when assessing a Pokémon's snuggleability.)

He also has a lot of affinity with dogs. He'd go to furcons for sure if his world had them.

I like Chilchuck the best myself, the idea that he's a professional working on a contract with a family back home speaks to me I guess.

He's a fun subversion of "this childlike anime waifu is actually 1000 years old even though she talks acts and looks like a child" creep pandering; he acts and even talks like a grumpy middle-aged man because he is.

It somehow dodges that "what if bibeo bame" isekai exploitation shit entirely and gives decent lore explanations for what's left. Excellent.

Dead dead demons destruction is absolutely goated and probably the best thing I've seen in a while.

Agreed, it's been killing it.

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The manga is gorgeous, and has a lot of cool establishing shots of the dungeon that the anime just skips over.

There's no CG in dungeon meishi from what I can remember. The animation quality is worse in the first few episodes than the rest of the show, I remember watching an action sequence in episode six and thinking "oh hey, the animatioj budget turned up"

although some people suspect that she did wrap up the series just in time for BG3 release last year

This is confirmed. The final chapters were delayed slightly because BG3 came out in August.

One of the oldest isekai anime, Aura Battler Dunbine, is pretty cool. It's also based off of a Tomino-written novel, so it has that going for it.

I at least like that the good guy capitalism womanizer man appreciates all women, no matter shape or size they're all beautiful, which is like one micron better than Sanji

Still hated that part of Dr stone though, like fuck off with the strongest primate highschooler baki Jojo shit, I wanna watch these prehistoric communists recreate all tech pls

The problem with isekai is not that its isekai. I mean its just this all encompassing premise for fantasy it must be responsible for half of all stories in the genre. The problem is that its a fad. And with all anime fads its self referential to the point of absurdity.

The only isekai I liked was Log Horizon and Grimgar. The former because it actually takes the premise of being trapped in an MMO and does things with it. It's more about the player politics than anything else. Grimgar otoh for all its faults made it so that being conscripted to the fantasy militia monster killer corps sucks ass.

The Neverending Story was technically an isekai, but it lacked the "what if capitalism ruining the place that's supposed to be the escape from capitalism" part of typical isekai.

The problem is not isekai itself, some of the most beloved animes like Fushigi Yuugi, Inuyasha, Spirited Away are isekai (specifically, girl-isekai) and even Digimon, all of them are fantastic. It is a great way to introduce a protagonist with background you can relate into fantastical world (Spirited Away is the best example for this).

What poisoned the chalice is the mid 2010s onwards Japanese light novel - anime adaptation - merchandise meta. This is why modern isekai has a long, clickbaity title such as "I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level" or "I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too". The meta is so that the people pick up the light novel just because of clickbait title, and based on 1st volume sales alone one can get an anime adaptation, then make money off selling waifu merchs. So what happened is that the initial transport is not well-thought of (hence, truck-kun joke for the mechanic of transporting the protag), video game rules (in a sterile, bright colored, generic medieval fantasy world) and waifu-harem cast (to sell merchs).