The Super Mario Bros Super Show is an Isekai
Super Mario Boards
Pipsy Mouse
Mermaid Man
Both the 1993 Super Mario Bros Movie and 2023 Super Mario Bros Movie would also qualify as an isekai.
Bibi Blocksberg
None of those are anime
Mermaid Man
Does something really have to be an anime to qualify as an isekai?
Bibi Blocksberg
yes
Mermaid Man
Why?
Bibi Blocksberg
because it's an anime and manga genre lol
if you stretch the term to include non-anime things, that just makes it meaningless
if you stretch the term to include non-anime things, that just makes it meaningless
Mermaid Man
How would you refer to the concept in Western stuff then?