Edit: that video came out great, and dang that side panel screen looks great! I want to make one really badly right now, but I just have to many projects to add this to my list.
Thatās just the stuff that Iāve seen thatās objectively good that has aired so far.
If we go by MAL scores of 7.5 and above (the general threshold for whatās fairly objectively good imo, stuff below is either niche or objectively bad generally speaking) we also include:
Kakegurui xx
BanG Dream! 2nd Season
Fukigen na Mononokean Tsuzuki barely misses at 7.46
Gotoubun no Hanayome
Dimension High School
15 new shows donāt have a score yet.
Thereās the usual suspects in the Continuing section, most are familiar with their existence. Magical index and Hinomaruzumou are pretty close to that 7.5 threshold, and Run with the Wind, JoJo, SAO: Alicization, and Fairy Tail: Final Series are over that mark.
So the New season statistics for what has a score of over 7.5 are as follows:
40 new shows, minus 15 that donāt have a score yet (excluding kids and hentai shows of course)
so of the remaining 25 shows, 8 have a score of 7.5 or above.
Continuing to use 7.5 as the benchmark we see that 32% of shows have exceeded that. Compare this to Last season which had some good gems, or the summer season which had almost nothing. This is clearly the best season weāve had in awhile.
On top of that we have the Recap movies for Made in Abyss, 3 Psycho Pass movies, and a Code Geass movie
If we look into the specials section thereās JoJo and My Hero Academia
I actually think slime is a 6/10, it triggers me in hella ways.
The story is way too linear and the slime VA is quite annoying imo. The anime makes slime dude think and come up with a solution thatās so obvious to the watcher already, but it portrays it as if itās some new revelation that nooneās thought of before.
Iāll still watch it till the end but mehhhhh I donāt enjoy it at all.
I am down for mob psycho 100 s2 though, will check out the rest on the list as well.
Shield Hero is a big surprise for me. I figured itād be just another Isekai, but itās really not. And Iām a fan of the longer episode format.
Dororo, will have to wait and see if it gets good. So far It has my curiosity, and I think it will be good.
Promised Neverland first episode is solid. Really sets up the show. I normally stay away from anything with the āhorrorā tag, but this is good stuff.
Since you have Tonari no Kyuuketsuki-san on your ptw, if you enjoy that you may like Wataten! since itās pretty similar stuff.
Iād highly recommend watching ONEās animes: One Punch Man and Mob Psycho 100. Just excellent shows, and season 2 of Mob has started off fantastically with no signs of slowing/getting stale.
Shield Hero is solid. Very different from the usual Isekai garbage. Certainly not overpowerd, sort of an anti-hero vibe.
Slime is pretty good, though Some-Tech_Noobās points are valid. If you can get past that itās good imo.
Isekai is generally bad. There are a few good ones, Tenchi Muyo: War on Geminar, Shield Hero, Konosuba, Slime. But there are far more "In another world with a smartphone"s than "Konosuba"s. And due to the overwhelming saturation of the genre, every season has multiple isekaiās now, I generally donāt have high hopes when I do see something that might interest me.
TBH I feel my ptw list is getting out of hand, though itās not nearly as long as some of you guys have.
Tonari no Kyuuketsuki-san looked interesting after reading the synopsis, I like comedy anime in general so have to take a closer look into that. I didināt find Wataten! from MAL but when I do Iāll add that to ptw.
I had completely forgotten One Punch Man, thanks!
TBH animation style of Mob Psycho didnāt look that good imo, but then again Iāll give it a try since I usually end up appreciating the stories a lot more than other parts in anime (and in games, movies, etc.).
Wait, is it normal to look away from an anime and not read the subs for like an entire scene to get some snacks and know generally what happened and what was said so you donāt have to rewind?