In Another World With My Smartphone

This anime property began life as an online novel that was later spun off into manga adaptations. Unfortunately, its promising opening merely leads to a fairly standard "harem" fantasy-comedy. God (the traditional bearded old guy) summons 15-year-old Touya Mochizuki to apologize for accidentally killing the boy (offscreen) with a lightning bolt. God makes restitution by bodily resurrecting the teen, but even the deity cannot return Touya to his former reality. Instead, Touya goes to a mystic world that is an amalgamation of many cultures (including a lazy copy of Japan's feudal Tokugawa Era). Magic works here, God grants Touya superior powers, and he has his prized smartphone (which, despite the billing, figures little in the antics). Soon, Touya is a fortune-hunter, undertaking magic errands with seven fetching girls, who ultimately all vie to be his bride. Breast gags and swimsuit episodes begin to replace adventure as the series goes slumming, with wrap-up segments addressing how Touya will handle his excess of fiancées (plus a beautiful robot girl who insists on appearing before him undressed below the waist). Presenting all 12 episodes from 2017 in a dual-language Blu-ray/DVD Combo set, rated TV-14, extras include episode commentaries. Optional. (C. Cassady)