What anime has the best worldbuilding?

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• MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Dungeon Meshi has ludicrous detail. Even more with the bonus chapters of the manga.

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  • darkguyman@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I loved watching Dungeon Meshi. Very casual, fun, and sometimes intense. I didn’t think too much about its worldbuilding before but now that you say it, it is indeed very detailed. 

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    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s especially impressive considering it take place within a single dungeon on a small island.

      Like when it was pitches to me I thought, “neat, a small focused story” and then the scope of the world-bulding is just insane.

      S2 will go so much further in that regard.

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• mo_lave@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Made in Abyss and Violet Evergarden

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• djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  actually think One Piece worldbuilding is hilariously bad, so wild to see it used as a good example.

  I think most of the anime I’ve watched that I’d consider to have decent worldbuilding usually cheat by basing it either directly or indirectly on the modern world. Something like Solo Leveling, which I think actually does a great job exploring how human society would react to videogame dungeons suddenly appearing, still gets the benefit of world cultures and how they act already being in place. Similarly, I think a lot of cyberpunk anime cheats in the same way; it’s more like a modern society getting extra bits and bobs added to it than an originally built world.

  Honestly, thinking about this has made me realize no anime I’ve watched is stacking up against the serious juggernauts like Tolkien or Pratchett. Pre-Shippuden Naruto is pretty close, but I think the world becomes increasingly nonsensical as the series goes on. Dr Stone would be towards the top if everything in its world didn’t revolve around Senku, though it also cheats a little bit by having those connections to the modern world.

  I think my answer, as boring as it is, will actually be Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. I think the country of Amestris and its history are really well realized, other countries in the world are fleshed out pretty well, and while they are clearly based on real world archetypes, there’s enough magical additions to make them a little distinct. The alchemical rules are simple, but understandable, and they don’t get broken by nonsense powerscaling. You can put a lot of the story together ahead of the big reveal by understanding the world and it’s logic, which I consider the mark of really great worldbuilding.

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  • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    actually think One Piece worldbuilding is hilariously bad

    Yeah, I’m not going to bother with the rest of your comment

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    • jacksilver@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I mean, there is a lot that doesn’t really make sense.

      A simple example - the geography and navigation in one piece is just broken. Look at any map that exists and none of the way they travel seems logical (especially given all the crazy powers). Not to mention the inconsistency in how fast people can travel.

      Its a fun show, but the rules/world change as the story needs it (a good example is shanks, who is both super strong yet losses an arm to save luffy as a child).

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• muhyb@programming.dev ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Trigun (the original) has a good one, which is not just an exoplanet western setup.

  Small world but I really liked the pace of world expanding in Yuru Yuri.

  The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, while it’s not a usual world building, I really love its take, because the world building is pretty much psychological here.

  I think Basilisk has one of the best world buildings out there. It may not be long but a lot of things happening here fast.

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• Unboxious@ani.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’ve seen very very few anime with interesting worldbuilding if I’m being honest. Most of my favorites are either set in present-day Japan (Kaguya-sama: Love is War, LOOK BACK) or their focus is simply elsewhere (Gurren Lagann, Redline).

  I almost presented Mobile Suit Gundam as an exception, but then I remembered just how many spin-off stories there are about secret Gundam projects the Federation was supposed to have been working on during the One-Year War, and how poorly they all mesh together.

  That said, exceptions do exist. I’ll second what djsoren19 said about Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Amestris really is a cool, well-defined setting where small details such as its generic, vaguely-circular shape really matter.

  Delicious in Dungeon also has shockingly good worldbuilding considering it’s an anime in which you spend almost all your time looking at the same hole in the ground. Same goes for Made in Abyss.

  I think my favorite worldbuilding in anime has to go to Eureka Seven though. Throughout the show it raises all sorts of question about both the world you’re looking at and the pasts of the characters you’re invested in, most or all of which it eventually answers in interesting and plot-relevant ways. Also, mechs flying through the air on surfboards is a cool aesthetic. Can’t get enough of it.

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• Kuinox@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Mushoku Tensei, Ascendance of a Bookworm, Made in Abyss, The Irregular at Magic High School.

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  • supernight52@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So you’re a fan of isekai and ecchi, huh? I agree with your first 3, but The irregular at magic highschool is nothing more than fan service. It’s like claiming you like the world building of Highschool DxD or To-LOVE-ru. The world is just a set piece for the anime titties.

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    • Kuinox@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The irregular at magic highschool is nothing more than fan service.

      I dont like it for the ecchi but for the world building, you are probably basing your statements on a few episode you watched.
      The author did a lot of work on world building, the magic system in this world have defined rules, and it’s kinda realistic if magic happened in a world similar to ours.

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• bizarroland@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I might be the odd one out here, but I really liked the first two seasons of Log Horizon.

  The gradual awakening and transition from “this is a game” to “this is our real world now” is something I would have loved to see more of.

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  • Biscuit@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I enjoyed the first season so much. Hyped every OP.

    I am one of those that hated the juniors arc. Guhhhhhh.

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    • bizarroland@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      TRUE

      like, OT wasn’t bad, but if they really wanted to do that it should have been an OVA or spin off. The thing that drew me in was people adapting game mechanics and real life, making new things and changing the world.

      I get character growth is important in general, but in specific it was the worst part of the show.

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• zabadoh@ani.social ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If you go old school, Galaxy Express 999 has a universe of extreme inequality where immortal robotized wealthy humans hunt poor people for hunting trophies because they’re so removed from their human origins. The intergalactic train system that the protagonist rides on is an unimaginable luxury, and many plots arise from people trying to steal his train pass in order to escape their own doom or hopelessness. Each planet that they visit is a study in pathos in one form of another, stemming from some human condition or desire.

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  • cevn@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Such a good show.

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• Endmaker@ani.social ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Are there any other shows that can compete with those two’s worldbuilding?

  I didn’t watch HxH and One Piece so I can’t really compare against them, but my favourite worldbuilding is Cells at Work!.

  The bodily functions are presented in a way that makes sense to the viewers while still largely retaining scientific/medical accuracy.

  Honourable mention goes to the Umamusume franchise. The level of details that goes into building a world that is almost exactly like ours - except with horsegirls instead of horses - is insane.

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• supernight52@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m personally a fan of the world that was built for Tokyo Ghoul. To be fair- I think the manga does much more justice to how paranoid and on-edge most people seem to be on a day-to-day basis.

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