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In modern-day Japan, Takafumi Takaoka picks up his uncle who recently awakened from a 17-year coma after being hit by a truck. Uncle shows the ability to use magic spells, and explains that he was actually sent to another world. Takafumi lets his uncle move in with him, and he, joined by Takafumi's childhood friend Sumika Fujimiya, spends his days helping Uncle adjust to modern society while also watching his memories of the other world.
An anime television series adaptation was announced on June 18, 2021.[1][27] The series is produced by AtelierPontdarc and directed by Shigeki Kawai, with Kenta Ihara writing the series' scripts, Kazuhiro Oota designing the characters, and Kenichiro Suehiro composing the music.[2][28] The opening theme song is "story" by Mayu Maeshima, while the ending theme song is "Ichibanboshi Sonority" by Yuka Iguchi.[29] It aired from July 6, 2022, to March 8, 2023, on AT-X.[3][30] The series is currently being streamed worldwide by Netflix.[3][needs update] On July 27, it was announced that Episode 5 would be delayed for two weeks to August 17, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[31] On September 2, following the release of Episode 7, an indefinite delay was put into effect, citing more COVID-19 related concerns.[32] However, on August 27, Ippei Icchi stated that he was supposed to direct Episode 10, but abruptly left following the discovery that the episode still did not have staff chosen, and that only in-house staff would participate.[33] On September 9, it was announced that the series would restart its broadcast from Episode 1 on October 6, with Episode 8, the first new episode since going on hiatus, airing on November 24.[34] On December 26, it was announced that Episode 13 would be delayed and aired at a later date,[35] which was later confirmed to be March 8, 2023.[36]
Most Anime fans are acutely aware of the typical Isekai formula, where an unsuspecting hero is suddenly transported to another realm and is subsequently responsible for saving the world, and possibly finding love while they're at it! There is generally (but not exclusively) a strong RPG video game element to these narratives, taking the "first-person" experience to another level entirely.
Not all heroes who return from "another world" do so with their powers intact, but Ojisan is one of the lucky ones, having maintained access to his magic after waking from the coma. Some might have used these superhuman capabilities to make a difference in the world, but Ojisan has other priorities!
In most Isekai Anime, the whole point of the story is to allow viewers to tag along on these otherworldly adventures, subsequently transporting them to another realm right along with the main character. However, Uncle From Another World essentially begins at the end, and the audience is fully aware that Ojisan makes it out alive.
Yosuke Shibazaki is the titular uncle. Waking up from a 17-year coma, he finds himself in Japan in the year 2017. Technology and culture have advanced to the point where the modern world is as foreign as the fantasy world he left behind.
The anime begins in modern-day Japan, where Takafumi Takaoka picks up his 34-year old Uncle, Yosuke, who recently awakened from a 17-year coma after being hit by a truck, but actually went to another world during that time. All the rest of the family members believe that the uncle is crazy, but Takafumi soon witnesses him performing actual magic, and decides to take him with him to his home, have him start a YouTube channel, and profit from his endeavors. As time passes, though, he learns that his uncle's unattractive appearance had him frequently mistaken for an orc in the other world and treated extremely poorly by its inhabitants, to the point where he had to continuously wipe his own memories to maintain his sanity.
Furthermore, his extremely nerdy nature had him implementing things he learned playing SEGA video games in any kind of relationship he stumbled upon in the Other World, essentially prolonging his loneliness of his own accord. Furthermore, as Takafumi's childhood friend Sumika Fujimiya becomes part of something that could only be described as a trio, it becomes evident that the young man is not that different from his uncle, although neither of them realizes. Nevertheless, the two youths spend their time helping uncle adjust to modern society while also watching his memories from the Other World.
Add to all that a sense of retro and nostalgia which comes from the whole SEGA concept, and the way Kawai shows how fast the world moves nowadays, when 17 years seems like a century in terms of how things have changed, but still a number of things remain the same (video games and anime in this case) conclude this rather layered and smartly presented narrative.
- Awesome Music:
- Story, by Mayu Maeshima, is a kickass theme that perfectly fits the video game adventurer hero.
- The ED sung by Yuka Iguchi is one.
- Cargo Ship: Although there are several camps who like to ship Uncle with each of his female companions, there are also quite a few fans who would pair him with his Sega Saturn instead, given his extreme fanboyism.
- Diagnosed by the Audience: Uncle has clearly something going on with him; he suffers from a severe case of Oblivious to Love and No Social Skills, has a hyperfocus in anything Sega-related, and his mind tends to wander to odd places.
- Iron Woobie: The titular Uncle. He didn't have it easy either in the real world (where he was a friendless otaku with very poor social skills) or in the fantasy one (where he was shunned, persecuted, and nearly killed a lot of times because he was so ugly people thought he was an orc, plus dealing with characters of unfamiliar behavior for him like the Tsundere Elf), and even after he returns from his coma in 2017 he has to deal with adapting to a very different world from the one where he lived before his accident (by example, Sega, his favorite videogame company, is irrelevant in the current industry) in which the only family member that cares about him is his nephew Takafumi. Despite this, Uncle remains optimistic and doesn't let his bad experiences hinder him, trying to adapt to the modern world the best he can with Takafumi's help.
- Hilarious in Hindsight:
- Gintama fans will get a laugh out of Takasugi coupled with Ginko Sakata, a gender-flipped version of his rival Gintoki.
- Similarly, Sword Art Online fans watching this will see the reunion of Nobuyuki Sugou/Fairy King Oberon and Asuna... But this time the one who wants the romance is Asuna! (also in this case the situation is way more comedic).
- Takafumi tricking Uncle into becoming a viral Virtual YouTuber hit using Elf's form is this, as by the time the anime started airing, Sega themselves had already jumped on the bandwagon with VTuber versions of Sonic and Tails running promotional material for them.
- Just Here for Godzilla:
- Quite a sizable portion of the anime's audience who haven't heard of the manga before only picked up the anime to see what the deal is with this Uncle character and his shenanigans. That he's voiced by Takehito Koyasu also helps.
- Some viewers only watch episodes for the Fantasy segments that take place on Granbahamal. Others are only interested in the Slice of Life and Sega references that occur during the planet Earth skits.
- Ugly Cute: Uncle's ugliness is played a lot through the series (he normally looks average, but in some scenes, his face turns very gonkish for comedic or dramatic effect), however, given his generally nice disposition and all the crap he had to go through it's easy to ignore this aspect of him and find him endearing instead.
In the year 2000, Takafumi's uncle was hit by a truck. He spent the next 17 years in a coma. Now Takafumi is stuck with a middle-aged Sega otaku who claims that he spent that time in another world, one full of magic, cute girls, and adventure. Takafumi is skeptical, but what if his uncle was telling the truth?
I really wanted to like Uncle From Another World. It's a legitimately good premise, one that calls back to the notion that isekai stories used to involve protagonists who could actually return to their own world to apply what they had learned while away. It's also a lot more honest about the entire isekai premise that 99% of these stories. Takafumi's uncle (his name is never given) doesn't instantly become an overpowered, heroic babe magnet. He remains as he always was: a completely average outsider who can't read social cues to save his life, a man whose only meaningful emotional connections were with video game characters. The only perk is that he managed to learn some basic magic which carried over to the real world. In concept, this should be really funny.
Secondly, it relies a bit too much on otaku pop cultural for humor. Of course they were going to make a lot of fish-out-of-water jokes about the changes in technology and media. If anything, the best material comes from recognizing just how out of step Takafumi's uncle was before his coma. He was the sort of goober who watched Evangelion as it aired and completely missed the point, who continued to obsess over C-list Sega Saturn games well after the release of the Dreamcast. That being said, the Sega jokes start getting stale after a while. A little more variety in the jokes would be welcome - maybe focus less on the past and more on the uncle getting used to modern tech and ideas.
Finally, there's no sense of escalation. The best comedy tends to revolve around a situation that snowballs until things are so out-of-control and ridiculous that you can't help but laugh. The scenarios here don't so much escalate as they trail off. Nowhere is this more obvious than the running gag where the uncle recounts his encounters with a beautiful elf girl, completely oblivious to the fact that she is a textbook tsundere. The details change, but the joke remains the same, and there's no indication that this plot thread is going to go anywhere beyond forming just one more of the uncle's aimless stories. It's all very ridiculous, but it's holding itself back from being truly funny.
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