Itsuki

Still don't get the hype around this manga. Although, when people actually sit through and enjoy 'Solo Leveling' (or, they convince themselves that they do), nothing in the world should surprise me anymore. At least 'Kagurabachi' is a bland kind of good with characters with some personality.

I love this manga, but, I'm not sure how well it'll do amongst the crowd that actually ate up Solo Leveling. It appears too many younger fans are just wanting to swallow as much regurgitated garbage as possible so that they can ignore their real life insecurities. Hopefully, SL was so bad that people are now wanting something good and they will be able to enjoy an anime that isn't made just to stroke the egos of incels. Essentially, I hope that this story doesn't intimidate the weak minded "fans".

This is a big topic in anime, as well as comics, video games and other media. I agree that OP treats its female characters nicely, overall. As for sexualization, I will never complain about attractive female characters who look like women, especially when the male characters that accompany them usually also have exaggerated masculinity. The criticism needs to be applied equally. If men can have big muscles, flowy hair, sharp eyes and chiseled faces, then women can have breasts. I'm a woman, and I hate the whole fear of feminity these days. It's sexist to think that females should be drawn without feminine traits because it makes dumpy fans feel insecure. That's all it is.

Modern isekai is often awful, but this list helps prove the potential the genre has. I agree with the other comment that 'Inuyasha' should be included, and I also wonder if the '.hack//' series counts?

Gotta be better than all the other attempts with those awful animated series filled with cringey characters. Like, the one where Dan has highlights and really ugly friends, or the one where his hair stands up like Vash the Stampede. Really, really awful. However, keeps my expectations higher than they normally would be. There is seriously no way to get worse than those.

I hate isekai, so I only tried "No Longer Allowed In Another World" because I'm a big fan of Dazai Osamu, but, I actually enjoyed it. I didn't get the chance to see all of the anime on this list, but I had planned to watch most of them. As for the few that I hadn't, I suppose I might as well. Seems like a good list, after all.

I'm conflicted when it comes to AI. Those who complain that artists are put out of jobs by use of AI are understandable, but a little entitled. It's not great, but no one is obligated to hire you, and everyone will seek the cheaper option. With so many animators demanding more money, it's no surprise that companies would opt for AI as an alternative. I'd hate to say it, but I think we've screwed ourselves on this. Artists do deserve jobs, and they do deserve good pay, but, perhaps, sometimes we should also accept what we have because it's better than nothing.

Perhaps not necessarily "scariest", but the majority of them are at least pretty decent movies. I've personally never liked "Blair Witch". It was boring when I was a kid (I was 7 or 8 when it came out and I saw it at a drive-in, I think) and even worse now that I'm an adult.