Spring 2023’s Anime Premieres Ranked

This season over at Anime News Network, I reviewed the first episodes of 38 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. Oshi no Ko – 5.0 ★
2. Dr. Stone: New World – 4.0 ★
3. Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion – 4.0 ★
4. Birdie Wing -Golf Girls’ Story- Season 2 – 4.0 ★
5. Yuri Is My Job! – 4.0 ★
6. Hell’s Paradise – 4.0 ★
7. Heavenly Delusion / Tengoku Daimakyo – 4.0 ★
8. Dead Mount Death Play – 4.0 ★
9. KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World – 4.0 ★
10. Otaku Elf – 4.0 ★
11. My Home Hero – 4.0 ★
12. Stella of the Theater: World Dai Star – 4.0 ★
13. The Ancient Magus’ Bride Season 2 – 3.5 ★
14. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 2 – 3.5 ★
15. I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World – 3.5 ★
16. Summoned to Another World for a Second Time – 3.5 ★
17. Mashle: Magic and Muscles – 3.5 ★
18. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc – 3.0 ★
19. Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! – 3.0 ★
20. Skip and Loafer – 3.0 ★
21. Insomniacs After School – 3.0 ★
22. Too Cute Crisis – 3.0 ★
23. The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls U149 – 3.0 ★
24. A Galaxy Next Door – 3.0 ★
25. My Clueless First Friend – 3.0 ★
26. The Dangers in My Heart – 3.0 ★
27. The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses – 2.5 ★
28. Magical Destroyers – 2.5 ★
29. Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear—Punch! – 2.5 ★
30. Kizuna no Allele – 2.5 ★
31. The Legendary Hero is Dead! – 2.5 ★
32. My Love Story With Yamada-kun at Lv999 – 2 ★
33. The Marginal Service – 2 ★
34. My One-Hit Kill Sister – 2 ★
35. Rokudo’s Bad Girls – 2 ★
36. OPUS.COLORS – 2 ★
37. The Aristocrat’s Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far – 1.5 ★
38. alice gear aegis Expansion – 1.0 ★