Spring 2023 Anime Watchlist
Jigokuraku - April 1
Tengoku Daimakyou - April 1
Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu - April 2
My Home Hero - April 2
Yamada-kun to Lv999 no Koi wo Suru - April 2
Skip to Loafer - April 4
Kizuna no Allele - April 4
Dr. Stone: New World - April 6
Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto desu! - April 6
Opus.COLORs - April 7
Tonikaku Kawaii 2nd Season - April 8
Mashle - April 8
Mahou Shoujo Magical Destroyers - April 8
Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato-hen - April 9
Ao no Orchestra - April 9
Otonari ni Ginga - April 9
Jijou wo Shiranai Tenkousei ga Guigui Kuru. - April 9
Kanojo ga Koushaku-tei ni Itta Riyuu - April 10
Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia - April 11
Dead Mount Death Play - April 11
Oshi no Ko - April 12
The Marginal Service - April 12
Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Kan OVA - April 27
Ousama Ranking: Yuuki no Takarabako - April
Collar x Malice Movie: Deep Cover - May 26
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you're so right magical girls are god's gift to the earth!!!!!! i need to know which ones are your faves from anime/manga/games
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Ohhh you don't know what you awakened in me. * clears his throat *
My lesbian queens Homura and Madoka are my faves, Madoka Magica is one of my favorite animes without any discussion, I just loooove madomagi so much.
K-Angel from Needy Streamer Overload is kinda Magical girl coded, well, she's an angel, but she looks and acts like a delusional magical girl (and I love my delusional girlfailures). She's my wife, I love her with all my heart. My lovely pathetic wet cat.
Sailor Jupiter my beloved, she is, no doubt, my first magical girl crush, I mean girls with ponytails maaan.
Also, Magical Girl Raising Project has some of my favorite magical girl designs, you should at least check it out if you're into creative outfits (be careful it's a really dark show.)
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Premiere Season is upon us again! And as always, there is too much goddamn anime to watch. I’m still waiting on Oshi no Ko, Uma Musume S3, Sacrificial Princess and the Ranking of Kings OVA, and my schedule is already stuffed. This is gonna be a heck of a spring season.
Ancient Magus Bride Season 2: Is this the first studio Wit anime to get an animation upgrade after leaving for a different studio?
Birdie Wing Season 2: Friendly reminder that if you are not watching Lesbian Golf Yugioh, you need to be watching Lesbian Golf Yugioh.
The Dangers in my Heart: Probably the worst case of “horrible opening scene to an otherwise surprisingly good show” I’ve seen in a long time. Make it through the first episode of this one, trust me.
Demon Slayer Season 3: #LetNezukoOutOfTheBoxYouGoddamnCowards
Dr. Stone Season 3: I still can’t get over how all the female characters look like mutant frog Barbie dolls. What even is character design.
Gundam Witch Season 2: THIS NEW ED GIVES ME L I F E
Heavenly Delusion: Instantly one of the most absorbing worlds and mysteries in all of anime. Do not fucking miss this one.
Hell’s Paradise: Ah, so we’ve found our next Perfectly Fine Shonen Action Thing That Certain Fans Are Going To Be Unbearably Obnoxious About, haven’t we?
Insomniacs After School: The rare case where I’ve read the manga before the anime came out! And trust me, you need to read this manga, it’s so good.
Konosuba Megumin: A Konosuba spinoff about the only character good enough to stand on her own? Sounds good to me.
Magical Destroyers: Feels like a forgotten mid-2000s Hiroyuki Imaishi show. Not sure if that’s a compliment or criticism yet.
Mashle: Mob Psycho 100 without the creative animation or strong sense of humor. Big disappointment for how much it was hyped up.
My Clueless First Friend: My only drop thus far. Not a bad first episode, but thoroughly mediocre, and there are too many better rom-coms this season to justify its existence.
My Home Hero: Is this show bad, or just interesting but awkwardly executed? Jury’s still out.
My Love Story With Yamada-kun at Lv999: So the director of My Love Story is directing another shoujo rom-com called My Love Story, and if that doesn’t immediately tell you that you need to be watching this one, I don’t want to know you.
Otaku Elf: No idea what this is trying to be so far. Probably second drop if the second episode doesn’t click better.
Skip and Loafer: girl help my serotonin receptors are overloading
Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion: please let the production not collapse please let the production not collapse please let the
Yuri is my Job: Oh god, I’m going to spend this entire show cringing so hard, but it better be worth it.
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The Best of 2023 Anime
First of all, I have to say that this isn't my idea: it's @444lpblue's idea. I'm just stealing it getting to it it before they do.
Anyways, the idea was to pick the best for several categories in relation to anime from 2023, and share why they were chosen. This doesn't necessarily mean I'll be picking my favorites from the year, but what I think is the best of the best, so there'll be a few interesting choices made (but I think that makes it more fun). Enough preamble though, I should just get to sharing my list.
Best Show - Heavenly Delusion
I don't think this one is much of a surprise. Heavenly Delusion, by and large, is an outstanding show (and adaptation) in all meanings of the word.
I think the best way to explain what constitutes a "best show" is by asking the question: how much of the medium does this series make use of?
With Heavenly Delusion? The answer is effectively everything. Visual storytelling, auditory cues, leading the viewer visually, incredible foreshadowing, expressive and detailed character acting, apt humor, incredible visual effects. The list goes on and on. Frieren was a great show, Skip and Loaf was a great show, The Witch From Mercury was a great show. But the best can't fall short in nearly any category, and Heavenly Delusion successfully evades that pitfall at every twist and turn within its twelve episodes.
Personally speaking, it was a show for the ages. Sure, we have Frieren pushing the boundaries in terms of visual quality in a seasonal anime, but I think the difference in terms of experience between Frieren and Heavenly Delusion is night and day- an entirely incomparable experience.
Best Movie - The Boy and The Heron
I mean, is there really another choice? The Black Clover movie was good, the Kaguya movie was good. Suzume, The First Slam Dunk, Blue Giant. There are quite a few good movies out there, but let's be real- you just can't win if you're against Miyazaki.
Best Episode - Heavenly Delusion Episode 10
Yeah yeah, sue me, I picked something a lot of people have also picked. But just know in the deepest parts of my heart that this would always be my pick. Junichi's character arc and its expression through this episode is sublime. Ikarashi's insane Trigger style meshing with Hirotaka's more voyeuristic appeal is sublime. The panic of Kiruko as she runs with the baby, the goofy and excessive humor that opens the episode, all the various examples of symbolism. The art shifting art styles, the different approaches to animation. The list quite honestly does not end. While some might argue for Frieren's dragon episode as the entry for best of the year, I think the frame of reference for that argument is far too narrow. The perspective of animation and visuals above all else completely fails in the face of holy trinity of Masakazu Ishiguro, Mori Hirotaka, and Kai Ikarashi. You just cannot beat it, and you can't argue it in any way.
Best Opening - Magical Destroyers
It was a toss up between this and Heavenly Delusion, but I just can't get rid of this opening in my head. It's like a plague that's taken me over. Incredible visuals, incredible boards and animation work, and just an incredible testament to Jun Inagawa's art. Heavenly Delusion's OP is very good, but in a way can, oddly enough, feel too literal in comparison to the comparatively indecipherable story that the OP of Magical Destroyers tells. Really, just wonderful work all around that I desperately wish could have extended to the anime itself.
Best Ending - Magical Destroyers
This was always a one person race. Would it be Taiki Konno's Magical Destroyers ending, or would it be Taiki Konno's Undead Unluck ending?
Personally, I don't think there was much of a contest between the two purely because of the story told with the Magical Destroyers ending. I think that giving Konno a static ending also helped a great deal as they were able to explore their vision in much greater detail than having to animate directly.
But that's also the beauty of Inagawa's appeal, really. Konno and Inagawa got along like a house on fire with this ending, and adding The 13th Tailor's music overtop just brought it to a totally different level. Still a massive massive favorite of mine.
Best Animation Designs - Trigun Stampede
Now, just hear me out. 3D animation's sore spot has always been expressiveness, and bringing anime original designs to such an intensely beloved and cult classic series is an insane challenge.
Orange, of course, was totally up to the challenge and brought what I'd argue has become a modern icon of Vash the Stampede. The facial expressions, reactions, and interactions were impeccable. The larger movements were incredibly fluid and full of life and feeling. The cloth and other materials were amazing to experience.
The designs feel almost effortless in the context of 3D animation, and I really have to stress that that is a huge challenge. Look at how other characters look in 3D vs how these ones look. Really, really impressive work in my books.
Best Aesthetic - Bleach Thousand Year Blood War: The Separation
Bleach has, and always will be, a very aesthetically pleasing series. There's plenty of moments to pull from, but I think the second cour of TYBW presents the pinnacle of Bleach in anime form.
The lighting, the backgrounds and environments, the insane levels of composition: TYBW The Separation is the highest reaches of style Bleach has mustered to this date.
And really, there's not anything else to it. The iconic red and blue palette, the crazy details in highlights and shadows, the incredible color schemes and storyboards. It's simply Number 1.
And that's as far as the list goes. Pretty simple, but a pretty fun exercise in looking back on the year in terms of more specific aspects. Does highlight the gulf between good and great though, as there's many series that can qualify as "good", but very very few that can really be reasonably considered for accolades such as these.
2024 seems keen on changing that up though, so I'm really looking forward to what all we get for this year!
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