Each New and Returning Anime for 2023
Winter 2023
The Way of the Househusband Season 2 – Jan. 1, 2023 (J.C. Staff)
Bungo Stray Dogs Season 4 – Jan. 4, 2023 (BONES)
Tomo-chan Is a Girl! – Jan. 4, 2023 (Lay-duce)
The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague – Jan. 4, 2023 (Zero-G)
Tsurune Season 2 – Jan. 4, 2023 (Kyoto Animation)
The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady – Jan. 4, 2023 (Diomedéa)
Technoroid Overmind – Jan. 4, 2023 (Doga Kobo)
Spy Classroom – Jan. 5, 2023 (feel.)
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV Part 2 – Jan. 5, 2023 (J.C. Staff)
Revenger – Jan. 5, 2023 (Ajia-do Animation Works)
The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World – Jan. 5, 2023 (Cloud Hearts)
ONIMAI: I’m Now Your Sister! – Jan. 5, 2023 (Studio Bind)
Sugar Apple Fairy Tale – Jan. 6, 2023 (J.C. Staff)
My Life as Inukai-san’s Dog – Jan. 6, 2023 (Quad)
Giant Beasts of Ars – Jan. 6, 2023 (Asahi Production)
Farming Life in Another World – Jan. 6, 2023 (Zero-G)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel – Jan. 6, 2023 (Tatsunoko Production)
Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte – Jan. 6, 2023 (Tezuka Productions)
Nijiyon Animation – Jan. 6, 2023 (Sunrise)
A Herbivorous Dragon of 5,000 Years Gets Unfairly Villainized – Jan. 6, 2023 (LAN Studio)
Buddy Daddies – Jan. 6, 2023 (P.A. Works)
Tokyo Revengers Christmas Showdown Arc – Jan. 7, 2023 (LIDENFILMS)
Trigun Stampede – Jan. 7, 2023 (Studio Orange)
The Misfit of Demon King Academy II – Jan. 7, 2023 (Silver Link)
Chillin’ in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King’s Army – Jan. 7, 2023 (Encourage Films)
Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement – Jan. 7, 2023 (Felix Film)
Don’t Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack – Jan. 8, 2022 (Telecom Animation Film)
The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World – Jan. 7, 2023 (Studio Blanc)
In/Spectre Season 2 – Jan. 8, 2023 (Brain’s Base)
Handyman Saitō in Another World – Jan. 8, 2023 (C2C)
By the Grace of the Gods Season 2 – Jan. 8, 2023 (Maho Film)
The Tale of Outcasts – Jan. 8, 2023 (Ashi Productions)
Mou Ippon! – Jan. 8, 2023 (Bakken Record)
Vinland Saga Season 2 – Jan. 9, 2023 (MAPPA)
Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari – Jan. 9, 2023 (Bandai Namco Pictures)
The Vampire Dies in No Time Season 2 – Jan. 9, 2023 (Madhouse)
Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire – Jan. 9, 2023 (Studio Comet)
Ayakashi Triangle – Jan. 9, 2023 (Connect)
High Card – Jan. 9, 2023 (Studio Hibari)
Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible – Jan. 10, 2023 (Pine Jam)
Apparently, Disillusioned Adventurers Will Save the World – Jan. 10, 2023 (Frontier Works)
Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill – Jan. 10, 2023 (MAPPA)
Ooyukiumi no Kaina (Kaina of the Great Snow Sea) – Jan. 11, 2023 (Polygon Pictures)
The Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made Season 2 – Jan. 13, 2023 (Hotline)
Hikari no Ō – Jan. 14, 2023 (Signal.MD)
Cardfight!! Vanguard will+Dress Season 2 – Jan. 14, 2023 (Studio JEMI)
The Fire Hunter – Jan. 14, 2023 (Signal.MD)
Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre – Jan. 19, 2023 (Studio Deen)
Record of Ragnarok Season 2 – Jan. 26, 2023 (Graphinica Yumeta Company)
Make My Day – Feb. 2, 2023 (5 Inc.)
Aggretsuko Season 5 – Feb. 16, 2023 (Fanworks)
Attack on Titan The Final Season Part 3 – March 4, 2023 (MAPPA)
Summary: The 2023 anime season started off with quite a bang, capped off with the absolute juggernaut that was Attack on Titan‘s final season premiere. We also got to enjoy some holdovers from 2022, including My Hero Academia and the surprisingly gripping Blue Lock. If you were looking for something a little more off the beaten path, the romantic comedy Tomo-Chan is a Girl! comes as highly recommended, and we will not accept any further slander being levied in the direction of Trigun Stampede. As jarring as the CGI visuals might be at first glance, it quickly becomes second nature, and the characterization and narrative are not just rehashes of what worked 30 years ago. For our money (made up of mostly zeni and woolongs), the standout effort came from MAPPA’s follow-up to Vinland Saga. Thorfinn’s struggles in an oppressive world make for top level storytelling, and we would even daresay that it transcends the limitations of animation. If only Hollywood wasn’t so preoccupied with the same rotation of Disney fare, it would most certainly be spoken of with national reverence.
Spring 2023
Hell’s Paradise – April 1, 2023 (MAPPA)
Heavenly Delusion – April 1, 2023 (Production I.G)
MIX Season 2 – April 1, 2023 (OLM)
Edens Zero Season 2 – April 2, 2023 (J.C. Staff)
Tousouchuu: Great Mission – April 2, 2023 (Toei Animation)
The Dangers in My Heart – April 2, 2023 (Shin-Ei Animation)
My Home Hero – April 2, 2023 (Tezuka Productions)
My Clueless First Friend – April 2, 2023 (Studio Signpost)
My Love Story With Yamada-kun at Lv999 – April 2, 2023 (Madhouse)
Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Season 2 (Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Punch!) – April 3, 2023 (EMT Squared)
The Aristocrat’s Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far – April 3, 2023 (EMT Squared)
In Another World With My Smartphone Season 2 – April 3, 2023 (J.C. Staff)
Beyblade Burst QuadStrike – April 3, 2023 (OLM Team Abe)
Skip and Loafer – April 4, 2023 (P.A. Works)
Kizuna no Allele – April 4, 2023 (Wit Studio)
Alice Gear Aegis Expansion – April 4, 2023 (Nomad)
Tokyo Mew Mew New Season 2 – April 5, 2023 (Yumeta Company)
The Ancient Magus’ Bride Season 2 – April 6, 2023 (Studio Kafka)
KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World – April 6, 2023 (Studio Palette)
Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! – April 6, 2023 (Studio Drive)
Yuri is My Job! – April 6, 2023 (Passione)
Dr. Stone: New World – April 6, 2023 (TMS Entertainment)
THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls U149 – April 6, 2023 (CygamesPictures)
Birdie Wing: Golf Girls’ Story Season 2 – April 7, 2023 (Bandai Namco Pictures)
Opus.COLORs – April 7, 2023 (C-Station)
Kawaisugi Crisis (Too Cute Crisis) – April 7, 2023 (SynergySP)
The Legendary Hero Is Dead! – April 7, 2023 (LIDENFILMS)
I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in The Real World, Too – April 4, 2023 (Millepensee)
TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You Season 2 – April 8, 2023 (Studio Seven Arcs)
Gunma-chan Season 2 – April 8, 2023 (Ascension)
Otaku Elf – April 8, 2023 (C2C)
Mahō Shōjo Magical Destroyers – April 8, 2023 (Bibury Animation Studios)
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