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Yuyu Hakusho came out in 1990, and its basically got every cliche of the isekai genre in it, while also being one of the biggest shounen series of that decade. So much so that it was one of the earliest Toonami dubs. Shit its probably one of the first to use the literal Truck-kun as its plot device to start everything. And I think "supernatural/ghost world" counts as "another" for the definition of isekai.
For additional info, the very concept of the "harem" genre was invented by a woman, one of the now richest women in Japan who has had ongoing series since the 80s. But they wouldn't know that either.
Very curious what the original harem anime was.
Urusei Yatsura is usually considered the root, with Ranma being the one that defined its cliches going forward.
I'm sure there are ones that fit into the criteria, but nearly all the ones from the 90s onward draw inspiration from Rumiko Takahashi and her work. Shit nearly every "main girl" in most harem's are just Akane Tendo again.
Though I googled the question just to see if there was one I just had never heard of, and apparently Archie Comics is considered the original harem series and the one that inspired Japan on it. So that's a thing too.
While Yuu Yuu Hakusho is plenty good, I wouldn't call Same World Supernatural as Isekai (other world). Nor do AniList count it as one: https://anilist.co/manga/30053/YuuYuuHakusho/
Well of course they wouldn't call it one. It predates the common usage by decades.
But it literally has the main character getting hit by a truck, waking up in a different world, now having special powers, and being put on a quest within that world. There is functionally no difference between it and any other isekai, other than the very brief (and increasingly minimal) times he interacts with his original mortal life.
Ìsekai involves cutting ties to your past. YYH heavily relies on Yusuke's original life and relationships.
To be fair to the feminist, she is right that most isekai LN shit is trash, but the series she mentioned and female led isekai is typically trash in the exact same way.
Nah. https://anilist.co/anime/929/Seisenshi-Dunbine/ from 1983 is labelled an Isekai.
Yuu Yuu is not about being transported to another world. He's still in This, the Same World. Earth.
After the initial resurrection arc, the majority of it takes place in the Demon World, with the human world being an afterthought and the spirit world being the link between the two.
Its just splitting hairs at this point.