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Why isn't Isekai a genre yet?

waifwu · 7y

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I mean since we have so many isekais already shouldn't it be considered a genre itself

RJBScarletRain 7y
I agree.
Removed 7y
Isekai isn't a genre. There is a tag system that's been in development for a couple years now that anybody can work on which features it as a tag - https://anilist.co/search/manga?includedTags=Isekai
- waifwu 7y
  I know it isn't but shouldn't it be.
  Not complaining just asking ¯(ツ)/¯
- Removed 7y
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thmo 7y
Wikipedia classifies it as a subgenre:

Isekai (Japanese: 異世界) (lit. "different world") is a subgenre of Japanese fantasy light novels, manga, anime, and video games (...)

If we were to include every subgenre and all the subgenres of them and so on, we basically get to tagging system.. ¯\(ツ)/¯

So we might as well use tags, which are available already.
- waifwu 7y
  yeah you're right (~‾▿‾)~
FinnFae 7y
Because it's a subgenre under the fantasy genre?
Removed 7y
just wait another few years then it well be very much seen as an own genre because there are more isekais comming every season, crowling out of holes in endless amount like cockroaches
Josh 7y
Question has been answered so locking this
ModChan 1y
The thread "Why is there no Isekai genre tag?" and its comments have been merged into this thread.

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- dkdumpling 1y
  I was looking through my anime and manga list, but I just realized there is no Isekai option in the genre drop down list. Why? It's a pretty big genre by itself, even among anime.
MattShnoop 4y
There is, but it's a tag and not a genre.

https://anilist.co/search/anime?genres=Isekai

Unfortunately, there's just no way to filter your lists by tag. What you can instead do is go to Browse, filter by Isekai, and then go into the filter settings and enable "Show only my anime."

Hopefully they add the ability to filter by tag and not just by genre on our own lists soon.
- dkdumpling 4y
  Oh thanks, it's just a shame because I was hoping to let other people look through my list who wanted specific tags and not just the available genres
Gungie 4y
Isekai isn't a genre it's just a trope that has been ultra popularized so people just call it a genre now.
- dkdumpling 4y
  That can be said about every other genre too.
  Gungie 4y
  Aye bruh I think its stupid too but we not the ones who decide these things
fudifudi 4y
just filter by fantasy. that genre is swimming with only isekai stuff these days
ModChan 1y
The thread "Pls add "Isekai" to the Genre Filter of the Anime List" and its comments have been merged into this thread.

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- Fedan 1y
  Well, the title is almost all i wanted to say. I think it would be nice to have an "Isekai" genre filter for the anime list. When someone asked a few days ago about "what isekai shall i watch next?" i had liked to look up my "isekai" list but unfortunately it's mixed in between deathnote, fairy tail, kingdom, naruto etc. etc.
  Ofc I was able to name one that might not be that common to help that person out but for real I just wanted to say "hey: look up my isekai watch list here, maybe there is an anime you havent watched by now."
Rinko 1y
Well, it's not as efficient, but you can go to browse and it filter to show only anime on your list with the isekai tag.

If you want others to be able check the isekai you've watched easily, then from that browse page you could either A) add a note to each isekai anime containing something like "#isekai" so that one can search for them in your list (the search box above the lists searches through notes and titles), or B) add all isekai you've seen to a custom list.
oEgu 1y
I think isekai is only a sub-genre, therefore cannot be added as a main genre.

Though if you want to look at the isekais on your planning list, here.