Konosuba is awesome.

In no particular order:

• Sword Art Online S1 - It’s hard to beat the terrific setup, the stakes, and conclusion for the ClannadAincrad arc.
• Shangri-La Frontier - The writer really captured gamers’ mentality, and we even see the developers, yet the game itself still retains an air of mystery like a player experiences initially.
• Villainess Level 99 - Someone else who abused RPG mechanics, but a charming goofball for laughs.
• Solo Leveling - Power fantasy with RPG mechanics
• Log Horizon S1 - Competence porn for guilds

Death March to the Parallel Rhapsody. Stupid name, but it’s my comfy pleasure. And no, it’s not a harem, even though a cursory glance makes it look like it.

Danmachi has multiple RPG elements to it but a lot of rule breaking cheats to help the plot go forward. The lore/world building is expansive, most story arcs are good. It’s better than it looks overall. And the OST is beautiful.

You’ll have to make do with cheap animation, some fan-service (thankfully a lot less than the title would suggests), a pointless harem (MC is fixated on one girl and the story would fall apart if not) and plot armor.

Slayers. It’s old, but fun.

Campfire Cooking In Another World With My Insane Skill: yes it’s another one of those long-name anime, but it’s a relaxing show about cooking and fantasy world travelling, nice vibes

1. Adapted from an RPG from our world:

• Pokémon Horizons

2. Set in an in-universe RPG:

• Bofuri
• Sword Art Online

3. Involved RPG mechanics:

• Cautious Hero
• Konosuba

4. Isekai-ed into an RPG (not sure whether to put in 2 or 3):

• Villainess Level 99

1: Interspecies Reviewers. So good, shame it was cancelled. 2: Delicious in Dungeon 3: I’m sure they’re others