It’s damn funny and self aware
That’s almost all isekai today, though. Even the most hackneyed isekai authors are starting to realize the genre has been beaten to death so thoroughly that they must throws some new spin on their trite and the standard these days is “isekai but it’s self-aware!” Even that has been done countless times already.
There’s something really wack with the scale of things in the potion scene. Like, the potion bottles fit comfortably in GS’s hand, meanwhile they appear bigger than the rhea girl’s head who is basically supposed to be hobbit sized but not really smaller than that? Weird.
Overall the art isn’t quite as crisp but it gets the job done, and at the very least there wasn’t any scenes with CGI Slayer (at least not yet, we’ll have to see once we get more action on screen) which is a huge win.
Shield Hero
the content/story is much more mature than Frieren.
Goddamn Robbie Rotten has deeper motivations than any Shield Hero villain.
I’m surprised they didn’t make the list given the general popularity, but let’s be real here, Goblin Slayer is honestly mediocre and Shield Hero has been spiraling down the drain ever since it started.
While I do often feel that way too, it needs to be pointed out that Anime Corner is a bit of a niche site and this reflects only the opinions of 5408 people. Their polls are known to have a bit wack results at times. If you look at other sites, MAL for example has had 25k people rate the list’s top entry, Sousou no Frieren. If you want to truly gauge something’s popularity, it’s worth looking at more than just one site.
No offense to any potential fans but I do have to say how depressing I find it that any even remotely original anime are never getting a second season yet a million cookie cutter faux medieval European fantasy harems are greenlit every day. I get that they produce whatever sells but surely people will have to grow bored of the same thing being done over and over again? Surely…?
I would agree otherwise as it’s excellent, but Re:Zero is definitely a harem. There’s a designated pairing from the get-go but it doesn’t stop the MC from collecting an army of girls that are all more or less infatuated with him.