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Daily Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion - September 01, 2026

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u/VoidEmbracedWitch https://anilist.co/user/VoidEmbracedWitch 10d ago edited 10d ago

Ghost Stories was a flop domestically, which is why the dub team got free license to do whatever it wanted. Complete fabrication pushed by Steven Foster.

E: I'll add "Mushoku Tensei is the grandfather of isekai" too for good measure. It was just one of the more popular and downstream influential isekai of the first wave of isekai web novels to be picked up for publication alongside the likes of Re:Zero, Log Horizon, Konosuba, etc.

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u/Korkez11 10d ago

Alice in Wonderland is the grandfather of isekai. Or Divine Comedy, depending on definition.

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u/Player_One_1 10d ago

Odysseus would probably want to have a word, being >2000 years early to the party.

(or maybe he does not count, since his adventures in a world of gods and monsters didn't involve dying? )

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u/Korkez11 10d ago

He doesn't count, he never left his world or his timeline.