Sequels: Aharen-san wa Hakarenai, Apothecary Diaries, Black Butler, Bye Bye Earth, Fire Force, Go! Go! Loser Ranger, I Left My A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dugneon Depths!, I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level, Mashin Creator Wataru, Oshiri Tantei, Shoshimin: How to Become Ordinary, Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray, Wind Breaker, You and Idol Precure

39. HANA-Doll*: Reinterpreation of Flowering
Bishies. Pretty half-assed show…

38. Shirohiyo: Reincarnated as a Neglected Noble: Raising My Baby Brother With Memories From My Past Life
Fuck no.

37. Classic Stars
Bishies named after famous musicians go to music school. Seemed fine although forgettable if this is what you’re into but definitely not my thing.

36. Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers
Fighting game spinoff. I had no idea what’s happening and have no interest in this.

35. Yandere Dark Elf: She Chased Me All the Way From Another World!
Yeah this is just too much and not at all funny…

34. To Be Hero X
Has some interesting ideas but I can’t get over how ugly it is, sorry…

33. The Beginning After the End
Seems like a super generic isekai… very lazy.

32. Yaiba: Samurai Legend
Everything’s getting a remake now… Too old for this probably.

31. The Dinner Table Detective
Detective show. Meh.

30. From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman
Was fine, but didn’t really grab me.

29. Teogonia
Think I’m a bit too old for this. Seemed decent otherwise.

28. #COMPASS2.0 Animation Project
Better than I expected for something which seems to be based on a phone game? Not enough to keep watching but a decent first episode. Lots of characters, big battles…

27 Chuuzenji-sensei Mononoke Kougiroku: Sensei ga Nazo wo Toiteshimau kara
Mysteries continue to not be my thing.

26. ZatsuTabi -That’s Journey-
Bored me. Would much rather go on a journey than watch this.

25. Summer Pockets
I’ve never understood the appeal of Key and still don’t. If you do, more power to you, I feel like I’ve definitely seen worse Key shows than this.

24. The Brilliant Healer’s New Life in the Shadows
All the beast girls are horny for their doctor. Guy’s kind of a dick.

23. Your Forma
Just adapt some Asimov instead of rolling your own shittier version without even understanding what makes it interesting in the first place…

22. The Unaware Atelier Meister
Ok so this was like many other isekai and is very generic but it was very wholesome and I kind of liked it I’m ashamed to confess…

21. Catch Me at the Ballpark!
This was actually a super cute and sweet first episode! Sadly not enough to overcome my hatred of baseball but…

20. Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive?
Sure, but not if they walk around school all day making out with each other? This looks like it could have some juicy drama and I do like how none of the characters are precisely the standard anime tropes.

19. The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Away by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom
Great first episode, lots of suffering. I suspect it’s going to be more cheerful after this though, so not sure if I’ll stick with this.

18. My Hero Academia: Vigilantes
I think I dropped the main series but this was a good first episode. Just hope it doesn’t get too bogged down in the fights and having too many characters like the main series.

17. mono
Lesbians do photography. Was cute and fun and fluffy. Not really my genre but definitely some people will love this.

16. Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho
I liked the first episode. Great suffering. Betrayal. What’s not to love. But I have no idea what’s next since this seemed like more of an introduction.

15. Anne Shirley
Objectively, it’s pretty good… But will I watch it? Not sure. I want to murder this poor orphan child.

14. Once Upon a Witch’s Death
Good start and interesting setup, but seems like it will be a story of the week kind of thing? And the first story was not interesting. Do love the main character’s personality, good sense of humor when it tries to be funny, and the animation looks great though.

13. Please Put Them On, Takamine-san
Perfectionist girl can take off her underwear to travel back in time. Main character is bullied and forced to be her closet. Will likely be watching this with Classy, great first episode.

12. The Shiunji Family Children
OK so I realize this is complete trash but that is exactly why I am rating it so highly. This is the trash I am here for!!! Ten-way incest let’s go!!!!!

11. I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!
Had me from when the girl in the robot screamed “Warp” and was randomly in her underwear. Bit of a downer for most of the first episode  but this one is goofy enough with the revenge stuff I think it can work without taking itself at all seriously.

10. The Gorilla God’s Go-To Girl
Super fun first episode! Love how much she doesn’t want her powers to be the strongest.

9. Witch Watch
Love the manga and the adaptation did not disappoint. Can’t wait until we get to an episode on denim.

8. Food for the Soul
I loved this first episode, with how it portrayed the main character’s social anxiety. But also… yeah… PA Works has tricked me with this formula every time. Interesting first episode, then have cute girls being cute and not doing much of anything for the rest of the show. Oh well, I’ll get fooled again.

7. Lazarus
I love the premise with the world ending. I’m less sure about solving this problem using parkour. But hey whatever the first episode was great.

6. A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof
This was cute, terrifying and really funny all at once!

5. Rock is a Lady’s Modesty
The contrast in this show is just amazing. Love both the main characters so far.

4. Kowloon Generic Romance
Spectacular first episode. Love the depiction of Hong Kong. The romance is cute and I have absolutely no idea (in a good way) where they’re going with the sci-fi elements.

3. Maebashi Witches
Hoooly shit this is good and exactly what I needed. It’s like Milky Holmes meets Utena meets AKB0048.

2. Apocalypse Hotel
Despairing comedy about robots living after the end of the world? Oh boy I can’t wait. Great first episode.

1. Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
Oh fuck yes this looks set to be even better than Witch from Mercury.

Oh wow this season is way too good. The top five could all be the best anime of the year. I gave them an order but every time I think about it I want to reorder them— they’re all top tier. I’m super pumped for the next four as well. Anything good I missed?