The BEST Anime of Winter 2023 - Ones To Watch

Sorry folks, with how sick I was I completely forgot to put the list at the end of the video. Here's where to watch everything: Crunchyroll: Trigun Stampede, Buddy Daddies, Tomo-Chan is a Girl, The Fire Hunter, Revenger, High Card, Campfire Cooking in Another World, The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and Genius Young Lady HiDive: Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisble, Giant Beasts of Ars

If I am Isekai'd to a fantasy world where I am tasked with defeating the demon lord, I would be sure to keep the guy who can summon groceries out of the thin air in my party. Foraging for food is difficult as heck.

Can we talk about how weirdly good Eminence In Shadow has gotten? Like.. it was already dumb. And a straight guilty pleasure. But it's gotten both a lot funnier and more interesting as the season goes on.

“The ice guy and his cool female colleague” deserves more recognition. It’s one of the few current Shojo/Josei anime that is actually good.

I cant get over how good the animation in Trigun looks. Such a fantastic use of 3D animation.

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Misuzu is my spirit animal. She and Carol make the perfect light femme/dark femme pairing (along with Tomo's tomboy, of course). I'm so glad Tomo-chan became an anime, but definitely go for the manga - they actually have progress and closure to their romance! Also, woo! I loved Trigun as a kid, so a remake is... oh, god, this is one of those 30 year cycle things, isn't it? I'm feeling so old...

Honestly kinda surprised Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague didn't get more spotlight, it turned my heart to mush on a few occasions and it's animation is really neat and cute.

I'm so glad that you put Trigun Stampede first because I feel like this anime has been skipped over by many people and it really hurts as a long time Trigun enjoyer :'(

Honestly I started watching Magical revolution for the magical inventions, but I’m also now genuinely interested to see how Euphie develops as a character in response to the new situation she finds herself in.

I really hope Tomo is the start of the Tomboy anime resurgence... specifically tomboy girlfriends/tomboy childhood friends becoming girlfriends. There's a bit of a vacancy in those.

Campfire cooking is what I was looking for this season, along with Tomo Chan. Comfy, quirky, fun, chill. Plus good food.

A decent isekai that didn't make this list would be "Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for my Retirement". Has an intelligent protagonist who takes advantage of her new found ability that doesn't help her physically speaking. She can switch between her world and the fantasy world, and doesn't have arbitrary physical boosts. But she can bring a gun to this world. On that note, it actually does a really good depiction of training in the use of firearms as well. They actually give guns the respect they deserve as dangerous weapons that can cause devastating damage when used carelessly. I also have light novel spoilers from a friend (I haven't revealed anything past episode 2) to know that if it keeps the pace it has very good potential.

Magical Revolution is great, especially the protagonist. It’s nice to see the rare Isekai lead who has a level of confidence and accomplishments they’ve actually earned.

As I have never seen/heard any Trigun spoilers hopefully I'll enjoy Stampede even more. I wanted to watch it anyway as the animation looks beautiful, but glad I don't need to know the og series to enjoy it. Some of these others look worth checking out too - thanks for the recs!

Here's the list for anyone curious, along with time-tags and where-to-watch. (Crunchyroll: 16 - HiDive: 5) - Trigun Stampede (1:31) - Crunchyroll - Buddy Daddies (4:11) - Crunchyroll - Tomo-chan is a Girl (6:11) - Crunchyroll - Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible (7:56) - HiDive - The Fire Hunter (9:38) - Crunchyroll - Giant Beasts of Ars (12:08) - HiDive - Revenger (13:58) - Crunchyroll - High Card (16:15) - Crunchyroll - Campfire Cooking in Another World with my Absurd Skill (TonSuki) (18:07) - Crunchyroll - Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady (Ten Ten Kakumei) (20:02) - Crunchyroll -- Honorable Mentions -- - Onimai: I'm now Your Sister (22:29) - Crunchyroll - Ipppon Again (23:00) - HiDive - Unite Up! (23:14) - Crunchyroll - The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague (23:33) - Crunchyroll - Kaina of the Great Snow Sea (23:46) - Crunchyroll - Sugar Apple Fairy Tale (24:06) - Crunchyroll - The Tale of Outcasts (24:23) - Crunchroll - Handyman Saitou in Another World (24:32) - Crunchyroll - Farming Life in Another World (24:44) - HiDive - Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte (TsunLise) (24:55) - HiDive - Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero King to Extraordinary Squire (25:26) - Crunchyroll - Nier Automata {Ver 1.1A} (25:50) - Crunchyroll - Technoroid Overmind (26:23) - Crunchyroll

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten would probably also make my list. A romance anime about a guy who lives next to his school's idol who ends up helping her out and slowly starts a relationship where she helps him live a more healthy lifestyle by cooking and cleaning. There are some hints early on though that said "angel" doesn't have the happiest life either and her high level of independence and academic prowess are less born from talent and more from an unhealthy relationship with her own family. Idk why, I'm a sucker for this sort of romance.

I'm also surprised you didn't mention "disillusioned heroes will save the world!". It's one of my favorites this season, the character dynamics are genuinely great, and it feels like it's gonna have some nice, nice payoff.

Didn't think they could combine isekai, cooktainment, and mukbang into one anime, but by god they did it!

"Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skills" became one of my top three anime from the very first five minutes of the very first episode! I absolutely LOVE the vibes, the characters, the world, the ohmygoditlookssogoodiwannaeatitsobad food etc etc... Like someone already said in the comments, it's comfy, quirky, fun and chill and I'm all here for it!