Reverse isekai seems to have become a real genre instead of just a gimmick premise.
Summary:
Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! light novels are getting an anime adaptation — a comedic series that’s both isekai and reverse isekai, in a way.
The adaptation was completely unexpected — the series is nowhere near the top of the sales charts in Japan.
It’s way too early to speculate, but it’s probably worth watching for the unusual premise alone.
You don’t really expect many new anime announcements at the end of the winter season. Sure, there are many sequels being announced because the season just ended — but most creators decide to share any new information on anime before or after the holidays.
This is not the case for Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! (Nihon e Youkoso Elf-san) — a light novel series that just got an adaptation announced.
What is it about?
Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! is quite unusual. It focuses on Kazuhiro Kitase, your usual everyday guy with no real hobbies. At some point, he starts seeing dreams about adventures in another world — and is very surprised to see the elf girl from the dreams next to him!
The series focuses on the adventures of Kazuhiro and Marie (the elf girl) in both Japan and the fantasy world, and is mostly comedic in nature.
A reverse isekai by premise, it’s not the only example of that genre recently — these are anime like Re:Creators and Dead Mount Death Play, for example. With comedy being the main focus, Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! is somewhat similar to Uncle from Another World (Isekai Ojisan), although the comedic styles are vastly different.
The announcement came out of nowhere — and was actually quite unlikely
What makes this adaptation even more interesting is the fact that light novels aren’t exactly the most popular thing in Japan right now. Neither is the manga adaptation (yes, of course this series has one).
However, the official English translations for both seem to be doing pretty good — and this leads many fans to believe that the creators are expecting the adaptation to be popular in the West.
We don’t know enough to judge yet
Would the anime attract enough viewers to become popular? Actually, it’s impossible to tell — it is still only in its planning stages, as indicated by the tweet from the artist behind the manga adaptation. So it will be more than a year before it actually airs — and there’s no information on anything about it.
Yes, the premise of Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! is quite unique — at least unique enough to attract some viewers. Is it something that would become a mass hit? Unlikely, as comedy series like this usually don’t get that big and are often forgotten. There is also a chance (albeit slim) that the isekai craze will be over by the time it airs.
Unless the animation is absolutely top-tier, this anime will probably be popular, but not enough to get to the tops of the charts. Still it’s probably worth a try for the premise alone.
Reverse isekai seems to have become a real genre instead of just a gimmick premise.
Summary:
Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! light novels are getting an anime adaptation — a comedic series that’s both isekai and reverse isekai, in a way.
The adaptation was completely unexpected — the series is nowhere near the top of the sales charts in Japan.
It’s way too early to speculate, but it’s probably worth watching for the unusual premise alone.
You don’t really expect many new anime announcements at the end of the winter season. Sure, there are many sequels being announced because the season just ended — but most creators decide to share any new information on anime before or after the holidays.
This is not the case for Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! (Nihon e Youkoso Elf-san) — a light novel series that just got an adaptation announced.
What is it about?
Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! is quite unusual. It focuses on Kazuhiro Kitase, your usual everyday guy with no real hobbies. At some point, he starts seeing dreams about adventures in another world — and is very surprised to see the elf girl from the dreams next to him!
The series focuses on the adventures of Kazuhiro and Marie (the elf girl) in both Japan and the fantasy world, and is mostly comedic in nature.
A reverse isekai by premise, it’s not the only example of that genre recently — these are anime like Re:Creators and Dead Mount Death Play, for example. With comedy being the main focus, Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! is somewhat similar to Uncle from Another World (Isekai Ojisan), although the comedic styles are vastly different.
The announcement came out of nowhere — and was actually quite unlikely
What makes this adaptation even more interesting is the fact that light novels aren’t exactly the most popular thing in Japan right now. Neither is the manga adaptation (yes, of course this series has one).
However, the official English translations for both seem to be doing pretty good — and this leads many fans to believe that the creators are expecting the adaptation to be popular in the West.
We don’t know enough to judge yet
Would the anime attract enough viewers to become popular? Actually, it’s impossible to tell — it is still only in its planning stages, as indicated by the tweet from the artist behind the manga adaptation. So it will be more than a year before it actually airs — and there’s no information on anything about it.
Yes, the premise of Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! is quite unique — at least unique enough to attract some viewers. Is it something that would become a mass hit? Unlikely, as comedy series like this usually don’t get that big and are often forgotten. There is also a chance (albeit slim) that the isekai craze will be over by the time it airs.
Unless the animation is absolutely top-tier, this anime will probably be popular, but not enough to get to the tops of the charts. Still it’s probably worth a try for the premise alone.
