Starting with Winter 2023: Overall a weak season.
Vinland Saga S2 Handyman Saitou In Another World Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill
Spring 2023: A very strong season
Birdie Wing Golf Girls Story S2 Oshi No Ko Chibi Godzilla Raids Again Heavenly Delusion My Home Hero Skip and Loafer
Summer 2023: Honestly I got burned out here, and stopped watching halfway through the season
From your list, I really enjoyed I’m in Love with the Villainess, Sacrificial Princess, Magical Revolution, and Buddy Daddies. Zom100, Overtake, and Yuri is My Job were on the decent tier. I didn’t watch Pluto or Ooku, so can’t comment on those. However, Helk was really the one show that I tried so hard to like, but it just couldn’t fully get there. I really enjoyed the beginning few episodes, and even the whole flashback arc that a lot of people despised. But after the flashbacks were over, it seemed like they lost their way and tried to do too much and be too many different things. The whole reason the bad guys did everything didn’t make any sense (who is farming or making food or providing services in this kingdom?) but I did appreciate the underlying positive message. Maybe now that they’ve set everything else up, a S2 would be more consistent. I’ll still give it a chance if they make more.
For me, my favorite 10 shows this year are probably (in no particular order)
Heavenly Delusion
Tomo Chan is a Girl
Ruroni Kenshin
Apothecary Diary
The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses
Dark Gathering
100 girlfriends Who Really Love You
Undead Girl Murder Farce
Sacrificial Princess
Hell’s Paradise
Frieren is still running, otherwise it’d be on here too. Undead Unluck was a serious contender too. That show is a lot of fun.
Idc if it counts as anime, Blue-eyed Samurai was amazing.
Also, Undead Unluck is a lot of fun, and Jujutsu Kaisen has some of the best fight scenes ever animated.
Man, I didn’t even watch ten different shows this year, let alone things that released this year. In order of favorites, the new things I watched are mushoku tensei 2, shield hero 3, and Dr stone (the numbers are too scuffed to remember). And all of those are just continuations of existing series. I’d love to just automatically give GuP Das finale 4 the top slot, but there’s no English translation out and I’m not flying to Japan to watch it in person.
- Tsurune S2
- Frieren (still watching)
- Vinland Saga S2
- Pluto
- Attack on Titan Final Season Part 3
- Oshi no Ko
- The Boy and the Heron
- Link Click S2
- Gold Kingdom Water Kingdom
- Skip and Loafer