Winter 2023’s Anime Premieres Ranked

This season over at Anime News Network, I reviewed the first episodes of 36 different anime. As part of each review, I had to give each episode a score. So here are all the premieres I watched ranked from best to worst.

And if you want to know why I graded each the way I did, you’ll just have to click through and read the reviews.

1. Handyman Saitō in Another World – 5.0 ★
2. Kaina of the Great Snow Sea – 4.5 ★
3. The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess – 4.0 ★
4. Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte – 4.0 ★
5. Vinland Saga Season 2 – 4.0 ★
6. UniteUp! – 4.0 ★
7. “Ippon” Again! – 4.0 ★
8. NieR:Automata Ver 1.1a – 4.0 ★
9. High Card – 4.0 ★
10. The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten – 4.0 ★
11. Buddy Daddies – 3.5 ★
12. Revenger – 3.5 ★
13. Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement – 3.5 ★
14. Tomo-chan Is a Girl! – 3.5 ★
15. The Misfit of Demon King Academy II – 3.0 ★
16. Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire – 3.0 ★
17. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV Part 2 – 3.0 ★
18. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel – Northern War – 3.0 ★
19. Farming Life in Another World – 3.0 ★
20. The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist In Another World – 3.0 ★
21. Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari – 3.0 ★
22. The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague – 3.0 ★
23. Giant Beasts of Ars – 2.5 ★
24. Trigun Stampede – 2.5 ★
25. The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World – 2.5 ★
26. BOFURI Season 2 – 2.5 ★
27. Spy Classroom – 2.5 ★
28. Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill – 2.5 ★
29. Sugar Apple Fairy Tale – 2.5 ★
30. Ningen Fushin: Adventurers Who Don’t Believe in Humanity Will Save the World – 2.0 ★
31. Technoroid Overmind – 2.0 ★
32. Ayakashi Triangle – 2.0 ★
33. Chillin’ in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King’s Army – 1.5 ★
34. Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible – 1.5 ★
35. ONIMAI: I’m Now Your Sister! – 1.0 ★
36. The Tale of Outcasts – 1.0 ★