"Isekai" or "alternative world" anime has found a new popularity in Japan and beyond, with US speciality streaming service Crunchyroll reporting "great appetite" for the genre
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Getting hit by a truck doesn't sound like anyone's favourite fantasy, but it's an idea central to an escapist type of Japanese anime exploding in popularity."Isekai" or "alternative world" anime covers a broad range of storylines in which a character is transported into a new life.