Summer 2023’s Anime Premieres Ranked

This season over at Anime News Network, I reviewed the first episodes of 32 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. Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead – 5.0 ★
2. Undead Murder Farce – 4.5 ★
3. Dark Gathering – 4.0 ★
4. The Dreaming Boy is a Realist – 4.0 ★
5. Helck – 4.0 ★
6. The Gene of AI – 4.0 ★
7. My Happy Marriage – 3.5 ★
8. The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior – 3.5 ★
9. Ōoku: The Inner Chambers – 3.5 ★
10. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation II – 3.5 ★
11. Reign of the Seven Spellblades – 3.5 ★
12. Classroom For Heroes – 3.5 ★
13. Reborn as a Vending Machine, Now I Wander the Dungeon – 3.5 ★
14. Liar Liar – 3.5 ★
15. Masamune-kun’s Revenge R – 3.5 ★
16. The Misfit of Demon King Academy II – 3.0 ★
17. BanG Dream! It’s MyGo!!!!! – 3.0 ★
18. Synduality: Noir – 3.0 ★
19. TenPuru – 3.0 ★
20. Yohane the Parhelion -SUNSHINE in the MIRROR – 3.0 ★
21. Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence – 2.5 ★
22. Am I Actually the Strongest? – 2.5 ★
23. Level 1 Demon Lord and One Room Hero – 2.5 ★
24. The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today – 2.0 ★
25. Sweet Reincarnation – 2.0 ★
26. Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout – 2.0 ★
27. The Great Cleric – 2.0 ★
28. AYAKA: A Story of Bonds and Wounds – 2.0 ★
29. Ayakashi Triangle – 2.0 ★
30. My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1 – 2.0 ★
31. The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses – 1.5 ★
32. My Tiny Senpai – 1.5 ★