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mdo7
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Speaking of Truck-kun, the first appearance of Truck-kun was in the 1983 anime and the one that started the isekai genre, Aura Battler Dunbine. An anime title which I would highly recommend for all isekai fans out there. Anyway, the isekai genre existed way before Sword Art Online and to be honest, it upsets me that the fandom aren't re-discovering the older classics like Escaflowne, Magic Knight Rayearth, and Fushigi Yugi. These 3 titles were not only interesting, but they had better world-building then some of the recent isekai titles out there these days.
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PilotPayback
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in the case of rayearth, maybe it's possible that some people might watch the original considering there is a remake or a reboot coming soon...that's how i got into watching osomatsu and sgt frog. there were new seasons of both shows, so i binged watched the old stuff... then again, that's really up to the person... oh, and while i'm at it, something that didn't hit me until i saw this comment was i completely forgot that anime had a sega saturn game until very recently... |
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Beatdigga
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That Saturn game is insanely expensive by the way. Bids on EBay start around $1000, which is Panzer Dragoon Saga levels of cash.
Rayearth getting a remake (and its appearance in Super Robot Wars) has thankfully made it easy to access but a lot of other classics don’t necessarily have that much exposure. |
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Blanchimont
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Although not isekaid, Magical Princess Minky Momo did it even earlier when the titular character was hit by a truck full of toys... |
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Gina Szanboti
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Whenever I watch a new (or new-to-me) anime by Arakawa, Urasawa or Takahashi, I like to identify characters from their signature works when they show up - for me that's FMA, Monster, and Inuyasha, respectively. It's kind of like watching an isekai when familiar characters are reincarnated into different series.
It was weird that they detailed Sera's abs when she doesn't seem to have a defined muscle anywhere else in her body. Made it look like someone glued a tortoise shell on her stomach. And they used the leftover glue on all the beards and other facial hair. But I loved that the barbarians used hoof nippers to trim the noble's nails. I know that was the author's choice for the "oh noes, torture tools!" misdirection, but in-universe it comes off as a deliciously subtle, wordless insult of the sort that's rare these days. 
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SD Maruko-kun
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Also on the older-ish isekai front, the Yuuni Kokuki/The Twelve Kingdoms light novels are currently getting a re-translation, so maybe that migh drum up some interest in its anime too. (though the ANN page for the TV series is gathering dust with no info/links newer than 2020.  )
One can always hope: Japan seems to consistenly have at least 1 "sequel/reboot/remake of a title of which the last entry aired 10+ years ago" every 1-2 cours, so the odds of a Twelve Kingdoms sequel/reboot is non-zero... |
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maximilianjenus
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The surprise Isekai mention reminds me of a slop one that somehow.manged.tpnhabe a good " banned.fprm.thenoarty" premise. The main character is middle aged, he is fat , balding, had a horribly bad knee, so he is a D rank adventurer because he already peaked when he was younger and his age and injury stop him from improving ,but where most older dues would retire and do something else he kind of keeps on adventurer by joining parties of noobs until they grow out of him. Makes perfect sense and does not feel unnecessarily malicious when they kick him out, especially as his personality is not perfect either.
Whole slop all the way, It also gains another extra point because of the way he discovers his op skills, it was not an obviously op skills that everybody stupidly ignored like usual. He is actually this world's king Arthur as he only gains his skills as he takes Excalibur/the hero's sword out of a rock in an drunken stupor, and kudos not not making him become a young version of himself, but rather ,how body changes to peak middle aged man, like how he would have looked if he took care of his body and heath. And finally we got the most random Isekai reveal when something happens and he mentions idols Otakus.
Which led to the funny " died because she got hit by a toy truck" misunderstanding . |
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Beltane70
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While there was a truck in the beginning scene of Aura Battler Dunbine, I wouldn’t consider it Truck-kun since it wasn’t the cause of Sho’s transfer to Byston Well. |
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mdo7
Posts: 8218 Location: Katy, Texas, USA |
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Even if the truck in the 1st episode didn't hit Sho, it still made an appearance and yes, it still count as Truck-Kun even if it didn't hit and caused him to isekai to Byston Well. So yes, I (along with other isekai fans) do still count the truck in the 1st episode as Truck-kun.
Was that particular episode broadcasted before or after Aura Battler Dunbine's 1st episode? Because if it was broadcasted after Dunbine's 1st episode, then that means the Truck-kun thing would be credited to Aura Battler Dunbine rather then Minky Momo.
Hopefully the Sega Saturn game could get a remastered re-release for modern-gen consoles if possible. Also, given that Gen Z are reviving retro stuff including technologies and old school shows from the 90's and early 2000's, I hope this extend to older retro anime. |
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Blanchimont
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Minky gets hit by a truck and dies in episode 46, that one aired 27.01.1983. Aura Battler Dunbine's first episode aired 05.02.1983. So yes, Minky Momo won by a little over a week.
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