Mixing isekai with theiyashikei (癒し系 - healing) subgenre of slice-of-life anime seriesis a great premise that might makeFarming Life In Another Worldstand out in the middle of more isekai titles to come in 2023. With the oversaturation of the increasing offer of isekai titles, this new anime series hence has strong converging points that can attract and captivate the audience.
Even if battle shonen and other types of action-packed anime series tend to gather a great number of fans, the iyashikei type is more than welcome as a respite from the tribulations of everyday real life. Having originated in the late 1970s, it surfaced as an individual subgenre in 1995, soon after the Great Hanshin earthquake in Japan, and the sarin attack in the Tokyo subway, suchtraumatic eventsthat, with the economic recession, would give birth to the “healing boom” (iyashi) trend in fiction, because it caused an emotional context for the uprising of lucrative and marketable calm and soothing stories.
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Iyashikei Meets Isekai
One of the most famousiyashikeianime is Studio Ghibli’s 1988 movieMy Neighbor Totoro,which contains elements common to slow anime in theiyashikeisubgenre, such as a cheerful sense of awe at the natural world, a world that is frequently explored through the lenses of youth, lavish art, and delightfully relaxing music, rejoicing in small blisses, spending good time with family and/or friends, doing everyday chores together, or simply enjoying the fresh air in forests and fields, evoking feelings the audience might experience while doing those things themselves.
It also gave rise to another subgenre trend of slice-of-life anime series focusedon hobbies, such asMy Dress-Up Darling, Do It Yourself!!, Bocchi The Rock!, with the latter becoming a surprising fan favorite in the Fall 2022 anime season. There are glimpses of all of these iyashikei elements in the story, the released key visuals, and the trailer ofFarming Life In AnotherWorld, which seem to entail a very good mix of the best in isekai and iyashikei.
The Lenses Of Youth And Older Characters In Recent Isekai Anime
Farming Life In Another Worldis not the first anime series to count on a middle-aged character being reborn in another world. Another isekai anime series dealing with reincarnation, which is also a common recent trend, is set to debut next Winter 2023 anime season,Reborn To Master The Blade: From Her—King To Extraordinary Squire,which will follow the journey of a king who dies of old age and is reborn in the future as a girl, and also very promising among the new anime series of this upcoming season.
Another reincarnation isekai anime series,Reincarnated As A Sword,follows the adventures of the sword reincarnation of a 30-year-old man suddenly killed in a car accident, and there is a manga series called[New Life+] Young Again In Another World, which tells the story of areincarnated characterwho had led a long and peaceful life of 94 years as a young person again. Not to delve into the escapism meaning of these premises, butFarming Life In Another Worldtaps from the same source, making an older character enjoy the pleasures of youth once again, and, this time, with very resourceful skills.
A Peaceful Life In Another World
When Machio Hiraku was 30, he was hospitalized because of an illness, and, after staying in the hospital for many years, he died when he was 39 years of age. At that moment, he met God, who offered him a new life in another world, and he got his wish granted, of having a body that never gets sick, as well as being a farmer.
This laidback farming fantasy promisessoothing moments in an escapist scenario, which can appeal a lot to those in search of an isekai adventure with healing and soothing elements. After all, who would not like to have the absurd “skill” of never getting sick?
Source(s) For The Anime Adaptation
Farming Life In Another Worldstarted in 2016 as a light novel, first released by Kinosuke Naito on the Shosetsuka ni Karo website, from where Kadokawa chose it for physical release. A manga adaptation has been serialized in Fujimi Shobo’s shonen manga magazine Monthly Dragon Age since November 2017, illustrated by Yasuyuki Tsurugi, based on the original novel designs by Yasumo. The light novel series currently counts 11 volumes with more than 2 million copies sold. One Peace Books is releasing the manga in English, both in print and digital formats. A spin-off four-panel manga series,The Everyday Farming Life In Another Worldstarted to be serialized in the same magazine as theoriginal mangaadaptation early in 2022.
Production, Main Characters, Cast, And Staff
Ryouichi Kuraya (Tsugumono) is in charge of the anime’s Direction at Studio Zero-G (Dive!!, My Roommate Is A Cat,and the also upcoming anime seriesThe Ice Guy And His Cool Female Colleague). The series composition is being held by Touko Machida (Lucky Star, Dive!!), Yoshiko Saitо̄(Assassins Pride) is the chief director and characters designer for the anime series, and Yasuharu Takanashi (Naruto Shippuden, Fairy Tail, Log Horizon, Shiki,Record of Ragnarok) and Johannes Nilsson (Redo Of Healer) are responsible for the music, with production by Pony Canyon.
In his reincarnation, Hiraku Machio, voiced by Atsushi Abe (Boruto: Naruto The Movie), received “universal farming tools” and a “healthy body” from God, as well as cultivated forests to build farmland and villages. Ruu, voiced by Shino Shimoji (Super Dragon Ball Heroes), is a famous vampire princess, who has the power to change her body size and age at will. Tia, voiced by Aya Suzaki (Happy Sugar Life, Knights Of Sidonia: The Movie), is an excellent magician, who comes to the forest in search of Ruu and ends up joining the village. Ria, voiced by Lynn (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury), is a High Elf leader who, after having wandered around the forest for a long while, meets Hiraku and others, and becomes an inhabitant of the rural community.
Soothing Isekai For Cozy Winter Moments
Farming World In Another Lifeis an already famous series of light novels, and from what has already been shown, the anime adaptation has incredibly gorgeous art and its premise is more than appealing for those who want a respite from theaction-packedanime series that come every season.
In this that looks like a charming mix of isekai and iyashikei, we will follow the second shot in life given to Hirauku. And, since God bestowed upon him an almighty farming tool, soon we will follow his idyllic life, with the“magic”of agriculture, while he digs, chops, and plows in another world, and will check if this new anime series is really as promising as the combination of elements in its premise, as well as its art, structure, and the big names behind its production, make it seem to be.
Farming Life In Another Worldwill premiere on July 13, 2025, to be streamed on Hidive.
