I’m aware that it wasn’t the first but there’s no denying that SAO kicked off a big trend.
Also .hack//SIGN was boring af; only part worthwhile was the soundtrack.
Comment on [Discussion] What anime became the blueprint for future works?
kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world 1 day agoThere were a lot of “stuck in a game” anime well before SAO. Log horizon came a few years before. .hack//SIGN about 10 years prior. And hell, Digimon came even before that.
Unboxious@ani.social 21 hours ago
nyan@lemmy.cafe 11 hours ago
.hack//SIGN did not age well. It got some decently positive reviews when it first aired, but was just about unwatchable when I rewatched it ten years later. But yeah, the soundtrack (early Yuki Kajiura) was always the best part.
Unique_Emerald_Sol_I@ani.social 21 hours ago
I don’t think Digimon quite occupies the same sphere – it’s like comparing Chronicles of Narnia to Ready Player One.
I’m not even sure how to rate the multiple .hack// series here because they were really experimental (one branch leaving half of its story in PS2 games) and AFAIK nobody was directly copying them. Meanwhile, after SAO…