While the modern day anime concept of a character being unwillingly transported to an alternate dimension or world, a story concept known as “isekai,” originated in the early 1980s, the “digital isekai,” a character trapped within an online role-playing game, debuted in anime form with 2012’s Sword Art Online. The initial Sword Art Online story […]
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