What was your favorite 2023 anime?
| Only full seasons are being considered for this question (meaning Attack on Titan does not qualify). 2023 was a legendary year for anime, and there was so much great stuff after a while it was hard to keep track of it all. What was your favorite anime that aired in 2023, and why? My top three for the year were Frieren, Oshi no Ko, and Bocchi; Frieren was definitely the more consistent, delivering great episodes with alarming regularity every week, with beautiful art, amazing characters, great temporal storytelling, and fantastic universally resonant human themes that make even the most trite plot beats hit hard. Oshi no Ko is a lot more inconsistent, and it swerves between episodes that rank as among the best visual storytelling I have ever seen (Episodes 1, 6, 7), and then other stuff that's just... fine. Those episodes that hit hard hit real hard, and I am still not over them all this time later. Bocchi is a lot more light hearted than these other two, but has some of the best depiction of social anxiety and introversion, and is just an overall really fun watch with great characters, animation, and music. I also really enjoyed other anime last year, but these three stand as my favourites. Gun to my head I would pick Frieren as my favorite. What would you pick as your favorite anime of 2023? |
Freiren: Beyond Journey's End is Best. |
Edomae Elf was my favorite anime of 2023. |
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| Bocchi the rock is from 2022 1. Frieren 2. Heavenly delusion 3. Oshi no ko 4. Apothecary diaries Haven't completed Vinland saga 2 yet. But I'm sure it'll be in 1 or 2. |
| My top 2 were 1. Isekai Ojison 2. Lv 1 Maou to one room hero |
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| Kyuuketsuki Sugu Shinu 2 and Tondemo Isekai. |
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| Best Atmosphere/Mystery --> Heavenly Delusion (personal favorite of 2023) Best World building/Overall quality ---> Frieren Best Characters ---> Vinland Saga S2 I haven't seen the rest other than Oshi no Ko which was pretty Overrated, entertaining but still overrated. It could change if I watched Pluto tho. But I'll leave it to future me to be the judge of that. |
-Kugeki-Feb 18, 11:41 AM
| Vinland Saga S2 and Jujitsu Kaisen S2. Sousou no Frieren (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End) and Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (The Apothecary Diaries) is still airing. |
| Oshi no Ko, without a doubt. I think Hell's Paradise has a great potential too but it is not my favorite. |
| Bocchi the Rock was my favorite and Oshi no Ko was a close runner up. Although I thought Bocchi the Rock aired in 2022. |
| My Life as Inukai-san's Dog. |
This dance is the pinnacle of human achievement. |
| Vinland Saga s2 for me. Just peak storytelling and messages. Cheesy at is sounds, it really does change people's lives lmao. |
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| 1. Bleach TYBW Separation 2. Frieren 3. G-Witch of the Mercury S2 4. Vinland Saga S2 5. Bocchi the Rock |
| Trigin Stampede was the most impressive one for me because of the animation. pluto was pretty good as well. |
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| all the anime on the poll from best to worst: Bocchi (my favorite of 2022) Frieren (my favorite of 2023) >>> JJK s2 Apothecary >>> Oshi no Ko >>> Vinland Saga s2 |
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| "[POLL] What was your favorite anime of 2023?" What's with the limited options? |
| For me it were the following shows: Attack on Titan Season 4 Part 3, Trigun Stampede, Pluto, Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 3, and Vinland Saga Season 2. Really good, high quality shows. Very fun to watch. I'm yet to watch more of some other anime released in 2023, so I consider the aforementioned list as still open. |
AdnashFeb 18, 3:56 PM
Reply to alshu
"[POLL] What was your favorite anime of 2023?"
What's with the limited options?
What's with the limited options?
| @alshu OP listed all he watched during that year most likely. |
| Well Migi to Dali is my favorite of 2023. Good enough to bunt out one of the oldies from my favorites. |
Opinions are opinions, and differing opinions can co-exist. 🙂 But I don't do debate, life's too short to spend time debating people.  |
| Oi? Where's the option for Onimai? Shit thread |
| Either Heavenly delusion or Pluto, Pluto is too underrated, watch Pluto already!!! |
| Heavenly delusion, Dangers In My Heart comes close. |
| None of the above out of the available options would be my #1. My Top 10, excluding all pre-2023 continuing/returning series and only focusing on the new series released from 2023 onward, were as follows: 1.) Tengoku Daimakyou 2.) AI no Idenshi 3.) Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon 4.) Hikari no Ou 5.) Handyman Saitou in Another World 6.) The Apothecary Diaries 7.) Bullbuster 8.) Dark Gathering 9.) Sousou no Frieren 10.) Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead I leave the option open of potentially switching my #6 with my #4 or #5 once the former is completed in another few weeks and I'm in a position to go back and reflect and re-evaluate. |
WatchTillTandavaFeb 18, 3:17 PM
| Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Punch! It's the best I've ever seen the OP protagonist/Slice of life isekai. |
| Pluto, Bleach TYBW cour 2 and Lv1 Maou to One Room were my favs from 2023, pretty good year overall I'd say for my anime watching |
| Oshi no Ko, since this anime won the TAAF's (Tokyo Anime Award Festival) 2024 edition. No debate. |
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ProteccAkane said: What was your favorite anime of 2023? Don't really have a favorite but So far I have enjoyed quite a few from "Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill" to "Oooku". Recently some Anime I started watching for the Winter of 2023 has been "The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic", "Banished From The Hero's Party, I Decided To Live A Quiet Life In The Countryside Season 2", and even "Shangri-La Frontier", all of which I am enjoying. But over all nothing has really made a huge impact on me that got released in 2023 so far. But if I was to pick something I would say "Shangri-La Frontier" even though it's not even finished airing. |
ColourWheelFeb 18, 11:04 PM
| There were lots of great anime in 2023 and among my favorites are Frieren, Vinland Saga and Bokuyaba, but the one that comes out on top is definitely Heavenly Delusion. I haven't been so invested in an anime in a while, after each episode I was the rest of the week thinking about it, it just never left my thoughts. Honorable mentions: Mushoku Tensei Undead Unluck JJK Apothecary Diaries Undead Murder Farce Eminence in Shadow |
sosu3Feb 18, 11:29 PM
| Best anime: Apothecary Diaries Runner up: Vinland saga s2 Honourable mention: Frieren (consistently good but doesn’t peak as hard as the other two) |
| “Since when was this world so beautiful?” ~Yuuri (girl's last tour) |
| Bastard!! Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy S2 was my favorite. Apparently Frieren and Apothecary Diaries is really good so I'll watch those eventually. |
| When a pancake lover does something: "Outrageous vicious crime" When a waffle lover does something: "That means it is not illegal" Quotes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld_HIM667Do&t=2822s |
| 1. Shut-in Vampire Princess 2. I’m in Love with the Villainess |
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ProteccAkane said: Only full seasons are being considered for this question We're in 2024 and some of your nominees have yet to finish their seasons. |
| その目だれの目？ |
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