Just a question I wanted to ask since I was playing Sword Art Online on my PS4 the other day.
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Because of the solid list lapalapa provided, I'll provide some different ones:
•Eminence in shadow for humour, parody and action
• Death Mount Dead Play for reverse Isekai of them coming to OUR world
• Re zero for dark isekai
• Tsukimichi moonlit fantasy for op protagonist and humour
• How a Realist Hero rebuilt the Kingdom for politics and economics
• Faraway Paladin for setting alone
•Campfire cooking in Another World for just chill vibes
As for manga and if I can get away with it Manwha:
• The Greatest Estate Developer: from a REALLY funny but likable bastard of a protagonist, great accompanying characters and excellent facial expressions, I really can't recommend this series enough
•Nihonkoku Shoukan: if you liked GATE for modern military vs fantasy concept but hated the harem aspect, this is for you but be warned, gets updated very infrequently
That's my list for now, I've left off 'reawakened' series or where the protagonist gains knowledge of all future events like Omniscient Reader because that's a different category for me.
I'll second Tsukimichi, it is one of my favorites so far, to the point that I started reading the web novel to see further into the story. I'm a big fan of the world and the way the story plays out.
Overlord like lapalapa mentioned to me is absolutely top tier for the OP characters, cool setting, and villain (or at least not good guy) perspective as well as some humor. Also own/started reading the novels for this one.
One thing like some others have mentioned is that this genre is super played out, the popularity started to boom with novels in Japan, talking like dime a dozen novels, online stuff written by kids, and has really grown out of control. So there are probably thousands of Isekai series at this point, and the vast majority are garbage. Personally I like the trope though, when I was younger I used to fantasize about waking up in the Pokemon world, or the world of FFXI and what I would do there myself, so it appeals to me more than it should.