The Shows he talked about in this video: 1. In/Spectre S2 5:08 2. Chillin in my 30s 6:58 3. Trigun Stampede 8:36 4. The Magical revolution of the reincarnated Princess.... 11:07 5. Campfire cooking in another World 14:28 6. Handyman Saitou in another World 16:07 7. Saving 80.000 Gold in another World 17:00 8. The Reincarnation of the strongest Exorcist... 18:10 9. Farming Life in another World 19:36
The MagiRevo anime cut down a lot on the world building compared to the light novel. It's pretty clear they wanted to cover up to the end of volume 3 within their episode count and so cut out stuff that was more extraneous to explicitly developing that core plot as well as stuff that existed to set up future material
Personally i thought the world building was fine.. but what connected the characters to it really didn't work if you know what i mean.. i dunno if that counts as world building. The emotional drama was really good.. i could tell that.. but i just couldn't give a fuck about what the characters were going through. And the main arc involving Al just felt stupid to me for some reason I can't point out. Like it does make sense that Al is doing it for making a country that would treat everyone as equal which in turn means his sister would be accepted as well.. but the actions he takes end up losing meaning when the mc duo are so easily able to do something that would move the world in a similar direction.. without needing sacrifices.. and that too just took them an episode and one big brain to overcome it.. and then considering the big brain was his ex fiance it makes even less sense.. and he knows her capabilities. Like maybe you can say he got tricked into the wrong path by those researchers of ministers whatever they were.. but we never really get shown how.. and unless we get to see it it just doesn't make sense. Overall i do like it for the animation and the emotional drama... It just didn't do enough to make me care about what happens to these characters in the future.
Yea, it is a REAL pity how much of the world building and some really badass/great scenes with Euphie berating nobles for insulting her wife :P the anime industry needs to learn to not force itself to "12 episodes" and give as many episodes as the content needs. If it only needs 8? Fine. If it needs 20? So be it. Don't limit shit!
That being said, his complaints still hold weight even if you said them about the source material. They DO still skip most of the assistant work that Euphie presumably does, and we just kind of have to accept that either she caught on really quickly or made the best of not knowing the technical details when presenting to the nobles.
the show started strong but after about 2 episodes it changed into a "here, there and everywhere" format with no real plot or ending ... pity ... 12 episodes was really too little for this one to work properly ...
Buddy Daddies and Tomo Chan are two shows you should totally revisit. Not even just for a review, but just in your spare time. They both do a really great job of handling the sub genres they both belong to.
Just out of curiosity, I looked at what the Japanese audience were commonly rating as their top anime of the Winter cour. You'll find the following to be pretty common in videos, people's comments, or in review websites (order does not imply ranking, these just happen to pop up a lot): - "Onimai" (Onimai: I'm Now Your Sister!) - "Mou Ippon!" ("Ippon" again!) - "Danmachi" (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV Part 2) - "Tenten" (The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten) - "Trigun" (Trigun Stampede) - "Tomo-chan" (Tomo-chan Is a Girl!) - "Saito-san" (Handyman Saitou in Another World) - "Nagatoro" (Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack) - "Kubo-san" (Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible) - "Bungou" (Bungou Stray Dogs S4) - "Vinland" (Vinland Saga S2) - "Spy Class" (Spy Classroom)
Super happy to here mou ippon actually did well enough to get talked about. I love the show but feel like nobody knew it existed in the west. Would really enjoy another season. The match in the last episode had some sick sakuga and made judo look awesome. It's a shame the whole thing couldn't be like that.
The show that caught me completely by surprise this year was Onimai. It started off kind of rough and I thought I would drop it after 3 episodes, but the way it quickly becomes a wholesome slice of life really took me by surprise. It had no business having such good animation and being so wholesome considering the premise
I wrote this show off for a while until I saw clips with a surprising amount of warmth. I decided to muscle through the sketchy first couple episodes to fine a show with more heart than the entire season line up combined. I still can't recommend it without mountainous asterisks... but it really is worth watching.
I have mixed feelings about that one. Beautifully animated, and the wholesome parts were great, but almost every episode there is a scene or two where I ask: did they have to?
Don't apologize so much for not liking so many things, people are too sensitive to opinions on fiction. You don't owe anyone who complains anything. Good video Glass. Can't wait to here your opinion on Peakland Saga session 2, next season.
So I did enjoy 2 other shows this season. I enjoyed Tomo-chan Is a Girl because they put real reasons behind the characters' actions for why they act the way they do which, for a comedy anime, I didn't expect. And it's one of the few romance shows that also concludes and doesn't string the audience along forever. Which was more surprising since Chillin in my 30s is that way too! The other show was Onimai. First off, they didn't need to go so hard on the animation and art direction they did but I'm so glad they did. And while I know people who were turned off due to some of the more ecchi stuff in the first couple episodes due to the main characters age, I think a lot of that had to do with culture shock. As the show went on, the more wholesome nature of it really started to shine and was one of my "feel good" shows this season.
Onimai is weird, for one I like it, but the show could have functioned without the onichan thing, she could have been an imotou and nothing would change (at the point I am) Tomo-chan is great, althougth is weird hearing Naruto as an actual sexy girl, also Carol Best girl of the seasson, and runner for BG of the year
When I watched the last episode of Tomo-chan I was absolutely shocked. It's so rare these days to actually watch a season of anime and get a fucking ENDING. I'm so happy it had an actual conclusion instead of stringing you along for 24 episodes over 2 seasons then get canceled before any resolution. It's truly a breath of fresh air with all the "read the manga" shows that come out.
I'm sad that "Kaina of the Great Snow Sea" wasn't mentioned. It'a really excellent sci-fi fantasy story, and the characters are well developed and likeable. I wish more people gave it another chance.
Having watched it, it's literally just a movie cut into 20 minute chunks. And it doesn't even have an ending. Just watch the actual movie it partially ripped off: Patema Inverted.
Glass reflection : I think I want to do an entire video on trigun stampede but that might not be great for the algorithm. Me using this video as background noise while I work on the art for my second Trigun Stampede themed youtube video. "Well...there's a reason I'm small." XD XD XD Really enjoyed this one though, and I'm now looking forward to watching your choice of anime of the season!
Onimai was star of the season for me. Just like Bind's other anime, Mushoku Tensei, the beginning takes some determination to get past, but once you do, it's somehing truly very special. Hopefully you come back and give that another shot.
Farming Life was my fav as well. They toned down the harem bits a lot from the manga. Princess and Genius world is more fleshed out in the light novels, I need to watch the anime but based on other novel adaptions I am ready for a very different experience. It still takes a while to explore the world in the novels as the prince issue needs to be sorted first.
Tristian, this is probably the most helpful video you’ve ever made! (for me that is) seasonal reviews at the beginning of the season are worthless to me, I only watch shows that are fully released and dubbed, this sort of video tells me three things, what’s finished and what’s good, (doesn’t really tell me what’s dubbed but if I watch this on my phone next to my TV logged into Crunchyroll I can sort of follow along) truly a fantastic type of video hope you keep it up 👍👍
For me Handyman Saitou was my number 1 with Tomo-chan just below and Ningen Fushen number 3, they all took the standard formula and did something a little different with it.
Man, it pains me so much to not see you talking about Bungo Stray Dogs S4 for sequels because - although the second half felt pretty rushed - it was such a wild ride from start to finish, and I'm so glad we don't have to wait another 3-4 yeaers for season 5 that comes out as early as this summer. Ya know, as someone who has Tensei Oujo as his new anime of the season, and specifically as someone who has read the light novel beforehand, I can definitely see your points about the show and the criticisms you give in this video are actually valid as it stands if we're talking only about the anime. This one sadly fell into the trap LN adaptations have to deal with and receiving an incredibly rushed adaptation and frequently being changed from the source. The light novel does a phenomenal job of tying the magic-system and the lore behind the kingdom into the story and into the characters' personal motivations and convictions (or their ideals, if you will, because in the end this IS essentially a story abuot battles of ideals) which sadly gets very shortened or just straight up left out in the anime, like, in the first half of episode 11 Lumi is supposed to tell them about her backstory and the backstory of how the kingdom was formed in the first place in great detail but none of that ever made it in. Unfortunately, there's also a lot of the interactions with side characters getting merged with others or again just completely left out, the biggest "insult" of that variety being Tilty being the one who found Anis after she ran away when originally it was Tomas the blacksmith (honestly, he is such a great character in the novel and they did him so dirty reducing him to like 2-3 unimportant lines when he was a major factor in restoring Anis and Euphie's relationship with each other...). And as usual, which was to be expected, a lot of the inner monologue of the characters and small scenes getting left out that would've served as nice context to what is happening. Aside from that, though, the anime still manages to convey most of the important feelings it tries to get through and is overall an experience I can safely recommend to others, especially those who are tired of your typical trope-filled isekai stories that get rehashed like 10 times every season. At this point I can't decide if I actually regret reading the novel beforehand to taint my feelings for the show or if I should just treat them as two completely different entities, because the novel is genuinely one of my favorites and I have read quite a lot this past year. ^^
How... How the hell did Tomo-chan not make your cut? It was literally the Dress Up Darling of this season, except it does everything GR praises most highly - its characters develop, its plot advances, and [spoiler] it has a narratively and romantically satisfying ending! How did it fall through? How is it not even mentioned? I guarantee it is the top dog in "best of season" for a majority of people.
Tomo-chan was good, but I don't think it was that good or anything felt really... different from typical slice of life rom coms, honestly. It was good, but not THAT good. I think the anime subreddit over hyped it lol
I'm actually really curious about all the shows that got dropped. Not as much the why, because losing interest is hard to quantify, but more of when the show got stale. If you're going to try and do this again next season, and you're keeping up with the weekly anime trending videos, I'd enjoy hearing a little update about the what's been cut from your list.
shows I enjoyed last season: 1. Trigun Stampede, as someone who didn't watch the original yet (but will do), this is as close as it gets to a 10/10 2. Vinland Saga, the change in tone and setting is quite shocking, but the story brings a lot of powerful themes 3. Tomo-chan Is a Girl!, a fun romcom without many stupid twists to make the story longer, but instead make the characters more deep and complex 4. The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, quite a fun action isekai, not the best, but way above average
"I was also following three sequels that I didn't cover in that initial video, and I was also watching three sequels that I didn't cover in that initial video." Accidentally use two takes for that line, did you?
As someone who watched the original Trigun, I'm honestly on the other side of the spectrum as a viewer. I honestly preferred this re-imagination of the original. Label it recency bias, but Stampede is just way more to the point and handled its more darker elements a lot better than the original did. But that being said, they feel like two completely shows at this point and the original still slaps...but I feel that Stampede on almost every level is the stronger storyteller.
Educate me gentle viewers. I've never seen the original Trigun and I know nothing about it. Is Stampede simply a remake of the original? I was thinking about watching Stampede soon and then maybe the original afterwards? Is that a good call?
I will say that this is a good list. I was originally putting Giant Beasts of Ars high on my personal recommendations, but it ended with the strong prospect of a season 2 and as things in its story currently stand (anime wise), I will have to hold off on recommending it until I see what happens next.
_Chillin' in My 30s_ was basically an isekai in everything but name-only, only because Darius doesn't move from one world to another. I was really hoping that _The Magical revolution of the reincarnated Princess_ was going to very episodic in Anis and Euphie working on a different device every week but then there was this sinister coupe plot that the Prince was seemingly a part of but that's not what it ended up being at all and I was disappointed. And each episode would take Anis and Euphie to a different place in the kingdom. Like _Violet Evergarden._ But I did love the character interactions between all of the women and also Anis and the King.
I didn’t watch the original Trigun so going into Trigun Stampede was a new experience. I personally loved it. The animation, the music (Ohmylord the music❤️), and the characters were pretty interesting. Loved Knives as a villain and the dynamic between Vash and him left me on the edge of my seat. The story pacing was a bit out of place at times but the final episode left me in awe. I’m personally, VERY excited and anxious for the second season.
I also never watched the original, but I also didn't find this one to be to my liking, and dropped it after 3 eps. I just didn't resonate with any of the characters, and I can't say I often got for heavily comedic shows.
Does your opinion change on Stampede with the ending without spoilers? Explaining, uhh... Well, why certain main aspects of peoples issues with it like age, affiliates, ETC. were changed?
Farming Life in another World is exactly the kind of show I enjoy, didn't even plan on watching it before, but once I started when there were about 4-5 episodes out, couldn't stop, didn't skip this one a single week. Easily something I'd rewatch on occasion. This season in general was just excellent, I think there might have been just one day in the week where something I enjoyed wasn't on, even dropped some shows because there was simply too much to keep up with. And I fully intend to finish those in the future.
I enjoyed tomo but Handyman Saito was my biggest week to week wait. But thanks to its nature as an isekai, I've not heard anyone else talk about it outside of seasonal rundown mentions. I loved the character exploration and just had a desire to see everyone succeed. I also loved the humor and even the odd story structure. But due to the lack of noise I kinda got worried that I was thinking it was terrible but only I didn't see it. Seeing it here makes me at least a little relieved I'm not crazy but the lack of anything to day kinda tracks. Still happy to see it here though.
oh Handyman Saitou is legit great. I think the first couple of episodes being a bunch of little lightly funny sketches got some people to drop it immediately, but I felt like anyone who did stick with it got massively rewarded when it turned out the show knew exactly what it was doing with that, and it wasn't at all what it looked like. It was a brilliant narrative sleight of hand, and turned into a couple of strong, really emotional arcs. and then there was a dance at the end. Gibungle was there, as well. whoever that is.
This type of video seems like a great idea to revisit in the future as a way to stand out from other ani-tubers. Quite a surprising amount of isekai for.
Surprised how different our lists are. We only share 3 shows, Tri-Gun, Magi-Revo and Campfire Cooking, and I finished like 17 shows. I was surprised how over represented Isekai were in your list. 6/8 total. I can't believe anyone would drop tomo chan in favor of 80,000 gold.
I much prefer the accendance of a bookworm approach where the lead has to be careful and smart and her reckless abandon made it hard for me to root for her. Like, nah girl, you got yourself in this mess.
@@priestesslucy I should have said "pathological liar." She has no issue with lying to others in order to manipulate them to her needs. Seeing someone like that prosper - no matter that she like animal young ones - put me off the series.
@@patrickmchargue7122 So she should just immediately tell people she has the magical ability to traverse worlds and paint herself as a witch to be reviled in the fantasy world or hunted for study in ours? She was a stranger in a foreign land. Getting by requires a cover identity and circumstances may require changing that cover identity case by case.
She could have gotten 80000 gold so easily without all the extra stuff she does. Literally just shampoo and soap in her shop would make her soooo much money without so much work. I was literally screaming when she kept just giving out things like beef and fish. Also plastic. So I dropped it for my own mental health 🤣
I don't blame you for not putting Magical Revolution as your #1, you're probably not the target demographic for large chunks of it. I was definitely the target demographic though, so it was my #1 by far. However, I do agree they didn't focus on some of the other stuff as much as I'd have liked. 12 episodes just wasn't enough to squeeze in 3 LN volumes, but it did need to cover those 3 volumes to get to the excellent finale, so it may have been better off as a 2-cour season.
Eminence in Shadow was my anime of that season, but the chill farming one was a close second. I am still trying to catch up with all the shows I want to see though.
With Magical Revolution, due to the lack of literally anything regarding the kingdom, the latter half was me trying to convince myself to not call the characters actions stupid
first video I've ever watched from you, I liked it, but I'm surprised series like Tomo-chan, Tenshi-sama or Buddy Daddies didn't even come up, I haven't seen the first video about this so I don't know if they were in the 39 animes you started with, I assume they were since it was the whole season, but well seeing the ones you ended up with I assume they just aren't your style since most of the ones you recommend here fall more into the "chill" category
Agreed on MagiRevo. As a manha reader, I can't fault it for the adaptation choices it made, given the great character works they have and it's essential for the relationship, but I wish there was more on the actual magical revolution stuff. It's pretty interesting in the manga, and you can see how and why it intersects with the religion so much, and why Anis is so heretical. It's actually really enjoyable exposition, and while I get it should never be the priority, I'm sad nonetheless that it got cut. Also, given that you like chill shows so much, I can recommend The Angel Spoils Me Rotten. It's honestly quintessential moege, where characters just chill out and banter with each others, while romantic sparks are clearly growing between the two. I didn't have great expectations of it, but I watched it because it kept showing up, and I really enjoy the dynamic between the MC and heroine. Shiina have a pretty sharp mouth while Amane is constantly embarrassed by his friends and family, it's cute. I liked it.
There were so many high-quality anime this season. It's difficult to choose but by a hair my top 3 were Campfire Cooking, Handyman Saitou, and Angel Next Door. Vampire Dies in No Time s2 was best comedy. Very honorable mentions were Endo and Kobayashi Live!, Tomo-chan, Chillin in my 30s, Tsurune: The Linking Shot, and Nagatoro.
We have remarkably similar tastes in that every series I'm still following is on this list, other than Bofuri, which you discussed. It feels like a middling season though. Nothing rises to really excellent levels. Just some enjoyable stuff.
Thank you for your recommendations and reflection as always! I’d appreciate it if you could add chapters to your videos just so I can watch exactly the parts I want to and enjoy your content even more! 👍
Of all the shows that aired this season the only one I ended up watching in it's entirety was Ningen Fushin. It's certainly not the best but I did find it interesting enough to continue watching. Aside from that the only other ones that I started watching Tomo-Chan is a Girl and The Fruit of Evolution season 2 but ended up not finishing either ones. With that said I binged The Dungeon of Black Company from a few years ago and I have to say it was really good.
Currently, Campfire is the only thing I finished thus far & look forward to S2. There are plenty more on my list I plan on watching, but that one was the only to really catch me every week. Saitou is my second that I'm almost finished with.
I'll keep things vague as to not spoil for those browsing the comments. I absolutely agree 100% on your anime of the season. It helped that it was a chill Friday show that I could pop on for my commute home after work. Personal favorite and I'm glad I'm not alone.
I, too, loved the farming isekai anime. It was definitely very laid back and chill and was a very very good palette cleanser after the extremely intense other anime I was watching at the time. Although, I will say that the end of the first season felt incredibly rushed and unsatisfactory because we get bigger and bigger time jumps that almost feel like montages and they're incredibly difficult to follow. And I just felt so robbed because it felt like an entire relationship developed off screen and I was literally only seeing the results of it. It made me really want to read the manga. So, if it wasn't for the rushed ending, I really would have called it my favorite chill anime of the season, but I feel like campfire cooking was better and had a much more satisfying ending that left me wanting more. You wanna know what my overall top anime for the season is? Tomo-chan is a girl. Every episode was super enjoyable for me and it had such a great ending. Omg. Still can't believe it's based off a short-form manga. It's too good for what it is.
My eye for problematic eye for detail makes me hate most isekai that use modern items in it… except campfire cooking took care of it and I was so happy: disposal of packaging. If packaging was ever seen by the residents, it would really be a problem
Strongest Exorcist definitely had the most disturbing moment of the season for me, with the summon who could read minds a few seconds into the future eating that guy. It was also something to see Seika go absolutely ruthless at times. I also enjoyed in 80k Gold where she really tried to be as unobtrusive as she could up until she was almost assassinated, and then just flipped the switch and went full big-stick-diplomacy. Wouldn't say Mitsuha was ruthless as much as very pragmatic, which was also a refreshing change.
Lemme guess, you were filtered hard by Onimai (best anime in years) but decided to watch a bunch of disposable schlock that will be forgotten by the end of the year.
From this season, I went through 5 shows. I had 3 highlights: ONIMAI, Campfire Cooking in Another World, and Sugar Apple Fairy Tale. I was not expecting to get things to get emotional watching ONIMAI, Campfire Cooking was just a chill show and I will miss Sui, and Sugar Apply Fairy Tale was the dark horse this season. I had 2 strug watches: - By the Grace of the Gods S2, which I greatly enjoyed the chill nature of the first season, but this second season was a little too braindead to me and didn't improve things by the end. - Adventurers Who Don't Believe in Humanity had a decent start with its cast, but their enjoyableness floundered at 70%.
These are a few of the non sequels from last season not mentioned that I would recommend. /.Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari /.REVENGER /.Buddy Daddies If the title's of the next 2 don't completely scare you off they were also quite fun to watch 🙃. /.My Life as Inukai-san's Dog /.ONIMAI: I'm Now Your Sister!
A Wolf and a Slime Buddy Eliminate Literally Everything in Their Way While Their Reincarnated Human Master Cowers in Fear Only to Cook for Them Later is a perfect name for an isekai LN turned anime.
I've chosen 17 anime seasons to watch from winter 2023, five of them being sequels. But I never watch anime weekly, I always binge it. To date I already completed 11 of them, and I'm pretty sure I'll not drop any of the rest (however "Misfit of the Demon King Academy" is doing uncle from the other world thing, so I swapped it for the show with dog transformation) I've completed 7 of the 9 shows discussed in this video and have no intention in watching other two (In/Spectre and Trigun Stampede) so overall our opinions and tastes kinda matching, I like it.
Here are the scores I gave to already watched shows on MyAnimeList: 8/10 - Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV Part 2 8/10 - The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady 10/10 - Farming Life in Another World 7/10 - Chillin' in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King's Army 7/10 - The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World 9/10 - By the Grace of the Gods 2 6/10 - Handyman Saitou in Another World 7/10 - Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement 6/10 - Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire ♀ 10/10 - Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill 6/10 - The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World
@@Kostyurik I do find it interesting you ranked Reborn to Master the Blade the same as Iceblade Sorcerer and they're both ranked so low when you're recommending it lol. I couldn't get into Iceblade Sorcerer, but Reborn to Master the Blade was my jam this season. Debatably my number 1 of the new shows this season [but behind Bofuri and Misfit]
for me getting life in another world was also the anime I waited the most each week, IDK if I'll give it the above of the season award, but it was good
I actually managed to watch 13 series from start to finish (a few I wish I didn't but lol) My top 3 of the season are: 1.)The angel next door spoils me rotten 2.)Tomo-chan 3.)Mononogatari (this one surprised me)
Trigun Stampede is fuckin amazing and I'm saying that as a huge fan of the og Trigun. I'm tired of the ogs crying about it and giving it an unfair score because they can't separate the two.
I watched chillin in my 30's it wasn't about chilling at all I almost quit until not Aqua arrived. It was pretty obvious the twists.... I guess I'm glad I watched it but like you, I don't know if I would recommend it. saving 80,000 Gold I watched too. I guess the girl was really likeable and it was chill. Except it was killing me how loose she was with contaminating the other world. then it turned into Gate and wow!. so I liked it but who would be the target audience? Saito was my favorite this season. kind of a slow burn but it caught fire and was awesome to me.
LOL, mostly isekai. I drop those before even starting unless something in the synopsis peaks my interest. Only watched MagRev because someone said it was a yuri! Tomo-chan is my non-sequel AotS. It's hilarious! Mononogatari was pretty good and I liked MagRev, but I had the same problem as you with the plot. Much of the rest had good ideas and whatnot, but really started dragging. Unlike you though my FOMO always prevents me from dropping unless I do it early and as such I've still got some to finish because I'm struggling.
This was a very chill season with basically nothing in my ballpark. I only watched MHA limp to the end of season 6 while waiting for Vinland and Nier (lmao) to finish so i can binge them.
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The Shows he talked about in this video:
1. In/Spectre S2 5:08
2. Chillin in my 30s 6:58
3. Trigun Stampede 8:36
4. The Magical revolution of the reincarnated Princess.... 11:07
5. Campfire cooking in another World 14:28
6. Handyman Saitou in another World 16:07
7. Saving 80.000 Gold in another World 17:00
8. The Reincarnation of the strongest Exorcist... 18:10
9. Farming Life in another World 19:36
That's a lot of isekai
Wow, I only finished two of these.
@@kingdomkey63 there were a lot this season
Apparently I watched and enjoyed only ones that he didn't.
Also he didn't watch *every anime*, only 19 out of the 35.
Trigun discussion clearly indicates this was filmed before you watched the finale. :^) You should do that second video you were thinking about for it.
I really liked this concept. Hope you find this worth it and that you'll continue doing something similar in the future! Very entertaining :3
Agreed!
Here's a third endorsement
ofc he will continue doing this its his side hustle lol
I've been watching since the Log Horizon days. Lol.😅 Glass Reflections really grew up. Love the new format.
The MagiRevo anime cut down a lot on the world building compared to the light novel. It's pretty clear they wanted to cover up to the end of volume 3 within their episode count and so cut out stuff that was more extraneous to explicitly developing that core plot as well as stuff that existed to set up future material
Personally i thought the world building was fine.. but what connected the characters to it really didn't work if you know what i mean.. i dunno if that counts as world building.
The emotional drama was really good.. i could tell that.. but i just couldn't give a fuck about what the characters were going through. And the main arc involving Al just felt stupid to me for some reason I can't point out.
Like it does make sense that Al is doing it for making a country that would treat everyone as equal which in turn means his sister would be accepted as well.. but the actions he takes end up losing meaning when the mc duo are so easily able to do something that would move the world in a similar direction.. without needing sacrifices.. and that too just took them an episode and one big brain to overcome it.. and then considering the big brain was his ex fiance it makes even less sense.. and he knows her capabilities.
Like maybe you can say he got tricked into the wrong path by those researchers of ministers whatever they were.. but we never really get shown how.. and unless we get to see it it just doesn't make sense.
Overall i do like it for the animation and the emotional drama... It just didn't do enough to make me care about what happens to these characters in the future.
Yea, it is a REAL pity how much of the world building and some really badass/great scenes with Euphie berating nobles for insulting her wife :P the anime industry needs to learn to not force itself to "12 episodes" and give as many episodes as the content needs. If it only needs 8? Fine. If it needs 20? So be it. Don't limit shit!
That being said, his complaints still hold weight even if you said them about the source material. They DO still skip most of the assistant work that Euphie presumably does, and we just kind of have to accept that either she caught on really quickly or made the best of not knowing the technical details when presenting to the nobles.
that makes me want to read it more than I alr was XD
the show started strong but after about 2 episodes it changed into a "here, there and everywhere" format with no real plot or ending ... pity ... 12 episodes was really too little for this one to work properly ...
Buddy Daddies and Tomo Chan are two shows you should totally revisit. Not even just for a review, but just in your spare time. They both do a really great job of handling the sub genres they both belong to.
Just out of curiosity, I looked at what the Japanese audience were commonly rating as their top anime of the Winter cour. You'll find the following to be pretty common in videos, people's comments, or in review websites (order does not imply ranking, these just happen to pop up a lot):
- "Onimai" (Onimai: I'm Now Your Sister!)
- "Mou Ippon!" ("Ippon" again!)
- "Danmachi" (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV Part 2)
- "Tenten" (The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten)
- "Trigun" (Trigun Stampede)
- "Tomo-chan" (Tomo-chan Is a Girl!)
- "Saito-san" (Handyman Saitou in Another World)
- "Nagatoro" (Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack)
- "Kubo-san" (Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible)
- "Bungou" (Bungou Stray Dogs S4)
- "Vinland" (Vinland Saga S2)
- "Spy Class" (Spy Classroom)
I'm a 40 year old from Texas and Onimai, Tomo-chan and Nagatoro were my favorites of the season ❤
Super happy to here mou ippon actually did well enough to get talked about. I love the show but feel like nobody knew it existed in the west. Would really enjoy another season. The match in the last episode had some sick sakuga and made judo look awesome. It's a shame the whole thing couldn't be like that.
The show that caught me completely by surprise this year was Onimai. It started off kind of rough and I thought I would drop it after 3 episodes, but the way it quickly becomes a wholesome slice of life really took me by surprise. It had no business having such good animation and being so wholesome considering the premise
I wrote this show off for a while until I saw clips with a surprising amount of warmth. I decided to muscle through the sketchy first couple episodes to fine a show with more heart than the entire season line up combined. I still can't recommend it without mountainous asterisks... but it really is worth watching.
still sus anime tho
@@QWERTY-gp8fd super sus
Onimai is my AOTS
I have mixed feelings about that one. Beautifully animated, and the wholesome parts were great, but almost every episode there is a scene or two where I ask: did they have to?
Don't apologize so much for not liking so many things, people are too sensitive to opinions on fiction. You don't owe anyone who complains anything.
Good video Glass. Can't wait to here your opinion on Peakland Saga session 2, next season.
A food anime that makes you hungry when you watch it is EXACTLY the kind of thing a food anime needs to do.
So I did enjoy 2 other shows this season.
I enjoyed Tomo-chan Is a Girl because they put real reasons behind the characters' actions for why they act the way they do which, for a comedy anime, I didn't expect. And it's one of the few romance shows that also concludes and doesn't string the audience along forever. Which was more surprising since Chillin in my 30s is that way too!
The other show was Onimai. First off, they didn't need to go so hard on the animation and art direction they did but I'm so glad they did. And while I know people who were turned off due to some of the more ecchi stuff in the first couple episodes due to the main characters age, I think a lot of that had to do with culture shock. As the show went on, the more wholesome nature of it really started to shine and was one of my "feel good" shows this season.
I'm not sure how I managed to convince myself to watch Oniimai, but in the end I'm glad I did.
That finale was so adorable
Onimai is weird, for one I like it, but the show could have functioned without the onichan thing, she could have been an imotou and nothing would change (at the point I am)
Tomo-chan is great, althougth is weird hearing Naruto as an actual sexy girl, also Carol Best girl of the seasson, and runner for BG of the year
Hell yes.. Onimai, Tomo-chan and Nagatoro were my top favorites of the season.
When I watched the last episode of Tomo-chan I was absolutely shocked. It's so rare these days to actually watch a season of anime and get a fucking ENDING. I'm so happy it had an actual conclusion instead of stringing you along for 24 episodes over 2 seasons then get canceled before any resolution. It's truly a breath of fresh air with all the "read the manga" shows that come out.
Farming Life in Another World was my anime of the season too!
I'm sad that "Kaina of the Great Snow Sea" wasn't mentioned. It'a really excellent sci-fi fantasy story, and the characters are well developed and likeable. I wish more people gave it another chance.
Terrible story
I probably going to watch it after angel next door.
Did it get some twist at the end? I dropped it arround 2/3 when it didn't deliver anything new to it's worldbuilding since episode 3.
I need to circle back and finish the last four episodes of that.
Having watched it, it's literally just a movie cut into 20 minute chunks.
And it doesn't even have an ending.
Just watch the actual movie it partially ripped off: Patema Inverted.
I'm finding myself in the same camp. A good chill relaxing anime is worth it's weight in gold. Especially with how stressful life can be these days.
Glass reflection : I think I want to do an entire video on trigun stampede but that might not be great for the algorithm.
Me using this video as background noise while I work on the art for my second Trigun Stampede themed youtube video. "Well...there's a reason I'm small." XD XD XD Really enjoyed this one though, and I'm now looking forward to watching your choice of anime of the season!
Onimai was star of the season for me. Just like Bind's other anime, Mushoku Tensei, the beginning takes some determination to get past, but once you do, it's somehing truly very special. Hopefully you come back and give that another shot.
Bind really are GOATed. Onimai looks so freakin good for no reason.
Farming Life was my fav as well. They toned down the harem bits a lot from the manga. Princess and Genius world is more fleshed out in the light novels, I need to watch the anime but based on other novel adaptions I am ready for a very different experience. It still takes a while to explore the world in the novels as the prince issue needs to be sorted first.
Farming in another world is the minecraft/stardew valley anime that we all never knew we needed. Giving it AOTS is a-ok in my book.
Tristian, this is probably the most helpful video you’ve ever made! (for me that is) seasonal reviews at the beginning of the season are worthless to me, I only watch shows that are fully released and dubbed, this sort of video tells me three things, what’s finished and what’s good, (doesn’t really tell me what’s dubbed but if I watch this on my phone next to my TV logged into Crunchyroll I can sort of follow along) truly a fantastic type of video hope you keep it up 👍👍
For me Handyman Saitou was my number 1 with Tomo-chan just below and Ningen Fushen number 3, they all took the standard formula and did something a little different with it.
Thanks Mr. Frosty man. Enjoy the format just don't burn out. Next season will be amazing
Man, it pains me so much to not see you talking about Bungo Stray Dogs S4 for sequels because - although the second half felt pretty rushed - it was such a wild ride from start to finish, and I'm so glad we don't have to wait another 3-4 yeaers for season 5 that comes out as early as this summer.
Ya know, as someone who has Tensei Oujo as his new anime of the season, and specifically as someone who has read the light novel beforehand, I can definitely see your points about the show and the criticisms you give in this video are actually valid as it stands if we're talking only about the anime. This one sadly fell into the trap LN adaptations have to deal with and receiving an incredibly rushed adaptation and frequently being changed from the source. The light novel does a phenomenal job of tying the magic-system and the lore behind the kingdom into the story and into the characters' personal motivations and convictions (or their ideals, if you will, because in the end this IS essentially a story abuot battles of ideals) which sadly gets very shortened or just straight up left out in the anime, like, in the first half of episode 11 Lumi is supposed to tell them about her backstory and the backstory of how the kingdom was formed in the first place in great detail but none of that ever made it in. Unfortunately, there's also a lot of the interactions with side characters getting merged with others or again just completely left out, the biggest "insult" of that variety being Tilty being the one who found Anis after she ran away when originally it was Tomas the blacksmith (honestly, he is such a great character in the novel and they did him so dirty reducing him to like 2-3 unimportant lines when he was a major factor in restoring Anis and Euphie's relationship with each other...). And as usual, which was to be expected, a lot of the inner monologue of the characters and small scenes getting left out that would've served as nice context to what is happening.
Aside from that, though, the anime still manages to convey most of the important feelings it tries to get through and is overall an experience I can safely recommend to others, especially those who are tired of your typical trope-filled isekai stories that get rehashed like 10 times every season. At this point I can't decide if I actually regret reading the novel beforehand to taint my feelings for the show or if I should just treat them as two completely different entities, because the novel is genuinely one of my favorites and I have read quite a lot this past year. ^^
How... How the hell did Tomo-chan not make your cut?
It was literally the Dress Up Darling of this season, except it does everything GR praises most highly - its characters develop, its plot advances, and [spoiler] it has a narratively and romantically satisfying ending! How did it fall through?
How is it not even mentioned?
I guarantee it is the top dog in "best of season" for a majority of people.
Tomo-chan was good, but I don't think it was that good or anything felt really... different from typical slice of life rom coms, honestly. It was good, but not THAT good. I think the anime subreddit over hyped it lol
True, suprised he didn't watch it
it was mid
@@hush9185 u prob didn’t watch it
The entire premise is a lie.
Tomo: Jun doesn't see me as a girl.
Jun: Actually, I've always seen you as a girl. I just wasn't man enough for you yet.
Video about winter 2023: *has no Onimai*
Me: *sad*
I'm actually really curious about all the shows that got dropped. Not as much the why, because losing interest is hard to quantify, but more of when the show got stale. If you're going to try and do this again next season, and you're keeping up with the weekly anime trending videos, I'd enjoy hearing a little update about the what's been cut from your list.
There's so many isekai on this list I had to check the date this was uploaded since I'm watching it on April 1st
shows I enjoyed last season:
1. Trigun Stampede, as someone who didn't watch the original yet (but will do), this is as close as it gets to a 10/10
2. Vinland Saga, the change in tone and setting is quite shocking, but the story brings a lot of powerful themes
3. Tomo-chan Is a Girl!, a fun romcom without many stupid twists to make the story longer, but instead make the characters more deep and complex
4. The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, quite a fun action isekai, not the best, but way above average
"I was also following three sequels that I didn't cover in that initial video, and I was also watching three sequels that I didn't cover in that initial video." Accidentally use two takes for that line, did you?
This video should just be called "My review on this season's isekai series" because that's all you watched
As someone who watched the original Trigun, I'm honestly on the other side of the spectrum as a viewer.
I honestly preferred this re-imagination of the original. Label it recency bias, but Stampede is just way more to the point and handled its more darker elements a lot better than the original did.
But that being said, they feel like two completely shows at this point and the original still slaps...but I feel that Stampede on almost every level is the stronger storyteller.
Educate me gentle viewers. I've never seen the original Trigun and I know nothing about it. Is Stampede simply a remake of the original? I was thinking about watching Stampede soon and then maybe the original afterwards? Is that a good call?
The amount of work and time you put in for us... thank you
19 seconds ago uploaded! Whoooo! Thanks for the hard work 😎🔥
I will say that this is a good list. I was originally putting Giant Beasts of Ars high on my personal recommendations, but it ended with the strong prospect of a season 2 and as things in its story currently stand (anime wise), I will have to hold off on recommending it until I see what happens next.
I heard Trigun Stampede by multiple sources that it was a prequel to the manga and the original anime series.
_Chillin' in My 30s_ was basically an isekai in everything but name-only, only because Darius doesn't move from one world to another. I was really hoping that _The Magical revolution of the reincarnated Princess_ was going to very episodic in Anis and Euphie working on a different device every week but then there was this sinister coupe plot that the Prince was seemingly a part of but that's not what it ended up being at all and I was disappointed. And each episode would take Anis and Euphie to a different place in the kingdom. Like _Violet Evergarden._ But I did love the character interactions between all of the women and also Anis and the King.
"seeing with my own eyes which shows I would watch instead of letting someone else decide for me"
My brother in Canada, that's why we watch you.
Kinda dig the concept, seasonal recap to give me some recommendations of anime i missed from the season.
I didn’t watch the original Trigun so going into Trigun Stampede was a new experience. I personally loved it. The animation, the music (Ohmylord the music❤️), and the characters were pretty interesting. Loved Knives as a villain and the dynamic between Vash and him left me on the edge of my seat. The story pacing was a bit out of place at times but the final episode left me in awe. I’m personally, VERY excited and anxious for the second season.
Terrible reboot
@@murderman8578 It's not a reboot... it's a prequel.
I also never watched the original, but I also didn't find this one to be to my liking, and dropped it after 3 eps. I just didn't resonate with any of the characters, and I can't say I often got for heavily comedic shows.
@@Zhiroc Original is a lot better
Plz peep
@Miss Misty Eye knives dies at the end in the last ep
It's a Reboot, it retells the Story differently
Does your opinion change on Stampede with the ending without spoilers? Explaining, uhh... Well, why certain main aspects of peoples issues with it like age, affiliates, ETC. were changed?
Farming Life in another World is exactly the kind of show I enjoy, didn't even plan on watching it before, but once I started when there were about 4-5 episodes out, couldn't stop, didn't skip this one a single week. Easily something I'd rewatch on occasion.
This season in general was just excellent, I think there might have been just one day in the week where something I enjoyed wasn't on, even dropped some shows because there was simply too much to keep up with. And I fully intend to finish those in the future.
So the only ones I finished, weren't even mentioned here? We're drifting further apart as tastes goes every year. :/
I really want to see your opinion on trigun stampede now that season 1 is done I rather enjoyed it all
Crazy to think your still making videos man you’ve been around since I was a wee lad
I enjoyed tomo but Handyman Saito was my biggest week to week wait. But thanks to its nature as an isekai, I've not heard anyone else talk about it outside of seasonal rundown mentions.
I loved the character exploration and just had a desire to see everyone succeed. I also loved the humor and even the odd story structure. But due to the lack of noise I kinda got worried that I was thinking it was terrible but only I didn't see it. Seeing it here makes me at least a little relieved I'm not crazy but the lack of anything to day kinda tracks. Still happy to see it here though.
oh Handyman Saitou is legit great. I think the first couple of episodes being a bunch of little lightly funny sketches got some people to drop it immediately, but I felt like anyone who did stick with it got massively rewarded when it turned out the show knew exactly what it was doing with that, and it wasn't at all what it looked like. It was a brilliant narrative sleight of hand, and turned into a couple of strong, really emotional arcs.
and then there was a dance at the end. Gibungle was there, as well. whoever that is.
This type of video seems like a great idea to revisit in the future as a way to stand out from other ani-tubers. Quite a surprising amount of isekai for.
Surprised how different our lists are. We only share 3 shows, Tri-Gun, Magi-Revo and Campfire Cooking, and I finished like 17 shows. I was surprised how over represented Isekai were in your list. 6/8 total. I can't believe anyone would drop tomo chan in favor of 80,000 gold.
Heyyy, I'm happy to see a video after longggg (ofc I like the anime news but I kinda missed you), hope you can enjoy life while posting often !💖
The main character in 'Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement' is a pathological liar, and that really put me off this show.
I much prefer the accendance of a bookworm approach where the lead has to be careful and smart and her reckless abandon made it hard for me to root for her. Like, nah girl, you got yourself in this mess.
Where's the psychopathy?
She lies when she needs to, but Mitsuha is an empathic person who cares about people.
@@priestesslucy I should have said "pathological liar." She has no issue with lying to others in order to manipulate them to her needs. Seeing someone like that prosper - no matter that she like animal young ones - put me off the series.
@@patrickmchargue7122 So she should just immediately tell people she has the magical ability to traverse worlds and paint herself as a witch to be reviled in the fantasy world or hunted for study in ours?
She was a stranger in a foreign land. Getting by requires a cover identity and circumstances may require changing that cover identity case by case.
She could have gotten 80000 gold so easily without all the extra stuff she does. Literally just shampoo and soap in her shop would make her soooo much money without so much work. I was literally screaming when she kept just giving out things like beef and fish. Also plastic. So I dropped it for my own mental health 🤣
I don't blame you for not putting Magical Revolution as your #1, you're probably not the target demographic for large chunks of it. I was definitely the target demographic though, so it was my #1 by far. However, I do agree they didn't focus on some of the other stuff as much as I'd have liked. 12 episodes just wasn't enough to squeeze in 3 LN volumes, but it did need to cover those 3 volumes to get to the excellent finale, so it may have been better off as a 2-cour season.
Eminence in Shadow was my anime of that season, but the chill farming one was a close second. I am still trying to catch up with all the shows I want to see though.
With Magical Revolution, due to the lack of literally anything regarding the kingdom, the latter half was me trying to convince myself to not call the characters actions stupid
Their actions were stupid. No amount of world building could change that.
Some surprising picks here, although i agree that a lot of them were good to great picks. (Although i am a sucker for Isekai)
Nice, I agree with everything you’ve said about farming life, it was relaxing and fun
first video I've ever watched from you, I liked it, but I'm surprised series like Tomo-chan, Tenshi-sama or Buddy Daddies didn't even come up, I haven't seen the first video about this so I don't know if they were in the 39 animes you started with, I assume they were since it was the whole season, but well seeing the ones you ended up with I assume they just aren't your style since most of the ones you recommend here fall more into the "chill" category
great review!!!
Agreed on MagiRevo. As a manha reader, I can't fault it for the adaptation choices it made, given the great character works they have and it's essential for the relationship, but I wish there was more on the actual magical revolution stuff. It's pretty interesting in the manga, and you can see how and why it intersects with the religion so much, and why Anis is so heretical. It's actually really enjoyable exposition, and while I get it should never be the priority, I'm sad nonetheless that it got cut.
Also, given that you like chill shows so much, I can recommend The Angel Spoils Me Rotten. It's honestly quintessential moege, where characters just chill out and banter with each others, while romantic sparks are clearly growing between the two. I didn't have great expectations of it, but I watched it because it kept showing up, and I really enjoy the dynamic between the MC and heroine. Shiina have a pretty sharp mouth while Amane is constantly embarrassed by his friends and family, it's cute. I liked it.
There were so many high-quality anime this season. It's difficult to choose but by a hair my top 3 were Campfire Cooking, Handyman Saitou, and Angel Next Door. Vampire Dies in No Time s2 was best comedy. Very honorable mentions were Endo and Kobayashi Live!, Tomo-chan, Chillin in my 30s, Tsurune: The Linking Shot, and Nagatoro.
We have remarkably similar tastes in that every series I'm still following is on this list, other than Bofuri, which you discussed. It feels like a middling season though. Nothing rises to really excellent levels. Just some enjoyable stuff.
Thank you for your recommendations and reflection as always! I’d appreciate it if you could add chapters to your videos just so I can watch exactly the parts I want to and enjoy your content even more! 👍
It is the case. Respect to your opinion bro.
My anime of the season is easily Tomo. Can't knock a good unconventional romance.
"Ladies and gentlement and others"
Do you have a large viewerbase of pets? Maybe rocks?
Of all the shows that aired this season the only one I ended up watching in it's entirety was Ningen Fushin. It's certainly not the best but I did find it interesting enough to continue watching. Aside from that the only other ones that I started watching Tomo-Chan is a Girl and The Fruit of Evolution season 2 but ended up not finishing either ones. With that said I binged The Dungeon of Black Company from a few years ago and I have to say it was really good.
Currently, Campfire is the only thing I finished thus far & look forward to S2. There are plenty more on my list I plan on watching, but that one was the only to really catch me every week. Saitou is my second that I'm almost finished with.
I'll keep things vague as to not spoil for those browsing the comments.
I absolutely agree 100% on your anime of the season. It helped that it was a chill Friday show that I could pop on for my commute home after work. Personal favorite and I'm glad I'm not alone.
I do enjoy how many of these had 'In Another World' in the title x)
1:08 He wanted us to know he was following 3 sequels so bad that he told us twice.
I, too, loved the farming isekai anime. It was definitely very laid back and chill and was a very very good palette cleanser after the extremely intense other anime I was watching at the time.
Although, I will say that the end of the first season felt incredibly rushed and unsatisfactory because we get bigger and bigger time jumps that almost feel like montages and they're incredibly difficult to follow. And I just felt so robbed because it felt like an entire relationship developed off screen and I was literally only seeing the results of it. It made me really want to read the manga.
So, if it wasn't for the rushed ending, I really would have called it my favorite chill anime of the season, but I feel like campfire cooking was better and had a much more satisfying ending that left me wanting more.
You wanna know what my overall top anime for the season is? Tomo-chan is a girl. Every episode was super enjoyable for me and it had such a great ending. Omg. Still can't believe it's based off a short-form manga. It's too good for what it is.
My eye for problematic eye for detail makes me hate most isekai that use modern items in it… except campfire cooking took care of it and I was so happy: disposal of packaging. If packaging was ever seen by the residents, it would really be a problem
Extremely surprised you didn't finish up _Born to Remaster the Blade._ Inglis is an absolute character; the biggest battle junkie of any anime ever.
Farming Life is the best, whole heartedly agree, couldn’t wait for the next episode to drop.
Campfire Cooking and Farming Life were massively slept on.
My anime of the season is Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest On Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte. I'd like to hear Arkada's thoughts on that show.
Handyman Saitou definitely ended up being my anime of the season by the last 4 or 5 episodes. What a sleeper hit.
It was fantastic. Such a breath of fresh air for isekai comedy and had such a feel good ending.
Strongest Exorcist definitely had the most disturbing moment of the season for me, with the summon who could read minds a few seconds into the future eating that guy. It was also something to see Seika go absolutely ruthless at times.
I also enjoyed in 80k Gold where she really tried to be as unobtrusive as she could up until she was almost assassinated, and then just flipped the switch and went full big-stick-diplomacy. Wouldn't say Mitsuha was ruthless as much as very pragmatic, which was also a refreshing change.
Lemme guess, you were filtered hard by Onimai (best anime in years) but decided to watch a bunch of disposable schlock that will be forgotten by the end of the year.
I can't decide if it's a good or a bad thing tbh, but i wish more people talked about it bc it's so Damm good
He's trying too much to be like one of those mainstream 'journalists' to publicly say anything good about Onimai.
I was happy to see that Saito-san made the cut. It definitely made the season for me.
It sort of crazy how popular isekai is now. I'm just waiting horror anime to pop back around
From this season, I went through 5 shows.
I had 3 highlights: ONIMAI, Campfire Cooking in Another World, and Sugar Apple Fairy Tale. I was not expecting to get things to get emotional watching ONIMAI, Campfire Cooking was just a chill show and I will miss Sui, and Sugar Apply Fairy Tale was the dark horse this season.
I had 2 strug watches:
- By the Grace of the Gods S2, which I greatly enjoyed the chill nature of the first season, but this second season was a little too braindead to me and didn't improve things by the end.
- Adventurers Who Don't Believe in Humanity had a decent start with its cast, but their enjoyableness floundered at 70%.
Farming Life in Another World was fantastic. Probably my favorite of the season too, so I'm not going to argue with you.
MagiRevo's magic system heavily reminds me of the magic system in Tales of Xillia for the PS3.
Even though the harem elements occasionally drove me up the wall, I also enjoyed the farming anime.
Onimai, Nagatoro, Tomo-chan, Angel Next Door and Ice Guy were definitely my favorites of the season.
These are a few of the non sequels from last season not mentioned that I would recommend.
/.Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari
/.REVENGER
/.Buddy Daddies
If the title's of the next 2 don't completely scare you off they were also quite fun to watch 🙃.
/.My Life as Inukai-san's Dog
/.ONIMAI: I'm Now Your Sister!
If you want more depth to the world and politics from MagiRevo, all I can suggest is reading the light novels. They cut all of that for time.
A Wolf and a Slime Buddy Eliminate Literally Everything in Their Way While Their Reincarnated Human Master Cowers in Fear Only to Cook for Them Later is a perfect name for an isekai LN turned anime.
I've chosen 17 anime seasons to watch from winter 2023, five of them being sequels. But I never watch anime weekly, I always binge it. To date I already completed 11 of them, and I'm pretty sure I'll not drop any of the rest (however "Misfit of the Demon King Academy" is doing uncle from the other world thing, so I swapped it for the show with dog transformation)
I've completed 7 of the 9 shows discussed in this video and have no intention in watching other two (In/Spectre and Trigun Stampede) so overall our opinions and tastes kinda matching, I like it.
Here are the scores I gave to already watched shows on MyAnimeList:
8/10 - Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV Part 2
8/10 - The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady
10/10 - Farming Life in Another World
7/10 - Chillin' in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King's Army
7/10 - The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World
9/10 - By the Grace of the Gods 2
6/10 - Handyman Saitou in Another World
7/10 - Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement
6/10 - Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire ♀
10/10 - Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill
6/10 - The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World
@@Kostyurik I do find it interesting you ranked Reborn to Master the Blade the same as Iceblade Sorcerer and they're both ranked so low when you're recommending it lol.
I couldn't get into Iceblade Sorcerer, but Reborn to Master the Blade was my jam this season. Debatably my number 1 of the new shows this season [but behind Bofuri and Misfit]
Have a great weekend GR
I cheacked my resolution 3 times, and then I noticed that the camera focused on mic...
I am planning on watching all 72 of my anime dvd collection on the 1st of April till the 30th of April. April is Anime month. 😀
Yay! Another video uploaded and on my bday; I’ll take it 🙃
for me getting life in another world was also the anime I waited the most each week, IDK if I'll give it the above of the season award, but it was good
5:15 ACTUAL START
I actually managed to watch 13 series from start to finish (a few I wish I didn't but lol)
My top 3 of the season are:
1.)The angel next door spoils me rotten
2.)Tomo-chan
3.)Mononogatari (this one surprised me)
"Mononogatari"
You need to be more specific, as there are at least three anime with monogatari in the title last season
@RipleySawzen my bad totally forgot lol The mononogatari I was talking about was Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari
Absolutely loved Tomo-chan and Angel Next Door
Trigun Stampede is fuckin amazing and I'm saying that as a huge fan of the og Trigun. I'm tired of the ogs crying about it and giving it an unfair score because they can't separate the two.
I watched chillin in my 30's it wasn't about chilling at all I almost quit until not Aqua arrived. It was pretty obvious the twists.... I guess I'm glad I watched it but like you, I don't know if I would recommend it.
saving 80,000 Gold I watched too. I guess the girl was really likeable and it was chill. Except it was killing me how loose she was with contaminating the other world. then it turned into Gate and wow!. so I liked it but who would be the target audience?
Saito was my favorite this season. kind of a slow burn but it caught fire and was awesome to me.
Onimaii is the best of the season and also of the year, the animation, characters and plot, really amazing.
I've gotta finish 80k. I also loved camping, farming, and handyman. Handyman is my number 1.
Tomo chan is one of the best romcoms i've seen in recent times, suprised he didn't stick with it
LOL, mostly isekai. I drop those before even starting unless something in the synopsis peaks my interest. Only watched MagRev because someone said it was a yuri!
Tomo-chan is my non-sequel AotS. It's hilarious! Mononogatari was pretty good and I liked MagRev, but I had the same problem as you with the plot. Much of the rest had good ideas and whatnot, but really started dragging. Unlike you though my FOMO always prevents me from dropping unless I do it early and as such I've still got some to finish because I'm struggling.
This was a very chill season with basically nothing in my ballpark. I only watched MHA limp to the end of season 6 while waiting for Vinland and Nier (lmao) to finish so i can binge them.