Best Anime of 2023
Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.
The Boy and the HeronMiyazaki's late self portrait, a grief story that opens into a world, and the finest thing Ghibli has made this century.Read the review
The Apothecary DiariesA poisoner's daughter solves crimes in an imperial court, and the show is as sharp as she is.
Frieren: Beyond Journey's EndA fantasy series about the years after the quest, and it is patient enough to make that land.
Blue Eye SamuraiA revenge epic in Edo Japan, made in France for Netflix, and as good as the best of what it imitates.
PlutoEight hour-long episodes that turn a robot murder mystery into the sharpest case against war anime makes.
Oshi no KoAn idol industry thriller with a revenge plot, told with more anger about the business than sympathy for it.
Heavenly DelusionThe best looking television anime of its year, and it stops dead rather than answer one question it raised.
Hell's Paradise: JigokurakuMAPPA build a beautiful, wrong island and then run a fairly ordinary tournament on it.