The BEST Anime of Fall 2023 - Ones to Watch 

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Ah yes, the classic dilemma of explaining what's so good about Undead Unluck without spoiling what's so good about Undead Unluck all of us fans have been there.

As someone who came into Frieren almost entirely blind, mainly knowing how well-regarded the manga was and that the director had been responsible for Bocchi the Rock last year, I was… devastated, I think is the right word, in a positive sense. The way that it uses such a simple, straightforward and sincere take on the high fantasy genre to say some incredibly resonant and profound things about mortality and how time makes one reflect upon the past and transforms even trivial events into things deeply consequential took me completely off-guard and shattered my heart into pieces. In the episode where Frieren and Fern search for flowers, there is this little moment where Frieren remembers Himmel first telling her about blue moon weed in passing, and without any word to the effect being said, there is this realisation that she finally understands not only how he felt about her, but how she felt about him, decades after he had already passed away, and I was speechless. The only thing keeping me from sobbing was the fact that I was watching it with friends and felt the tiniest bit too self-conscious about completely breaking down.

Seeing how The Apothecary Diaries didn't make the list for scheduling reasons, I'm pretty sure it'll be an anime that will receive its own dedicated video when you watch it. It IS that good.

Some rough timestamps: 2:27 FRIEREN: Beyond Journey's End 5:25 OVERTAKE! 7:50 The 100 Girls Who Really (etc.) Love You 10:30 Vexations Of A Shit-In Vampire Princess 12:30 SHY 14:49 Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions 17:30 Bullbuster 19:25 UNDEAD UNLUCK 21:18 UNDER NINJA 23:32 Shangri-La Frontier Honorable Mentions: 26:33 MF Ghost 27:02 I'm in Love with the Villainess 27:19 Stardust Telepath 27:30 My New Boss is Goofy 28:00 Migi & Dali 28:30 Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange 29:08 16bit Sensation: Another Layer 29:30 Protocol: Rain 29:47 Paradox Live: The Animation 30:08 (Isekai Section): Ragna Crimson, Kingdom of Ruin, A Returner's Magic Should be Special, Berserk of Gluttony 30:33 Tearmoon Empire 30:58 The Apothecary Diaries 31:20 (Netflix Section): Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, PLUTO, Onimusha, Good Night World

Gotta give props to Evan Call for the music for Frieren, which has been excellent. Of course, he's the same guy who did the music for Violet Evergarden as well.

Of course it's not over...it'll never be over

As someone who's caught up to the manga on 100 Girlfriends, it's what I would describe as peak harem fantasy: all the ships win, there's barely any drama, everyone gets along. Our boy Aijou is playing with God Mode on, and it's hilarious.

Undead Unluck is a miracle that it survived the Shonen Jump axe back in 2020, when even the new manga by the Beelzebub and Toriko author got axed. I remember reading it for the first time and thinking it was probably going to get axed in 20 or 30 chapters, but it didn't. The story and characters just kept getting better and better. Undead Unluck is one of the biggest manga surprises of the last decade, and I'm so grateful that it's still going strong.

Migi & Dali is INSANE in the best way possible and I hope more people get into it. The potato chip scene tone is a perfect way to describe it - like the stakes are incredibly high and absolutely bizarre and I can’t tell whether I’m supposed to laugh or be disturbed and stressed (I am enjoying it a LOT)

I noticed something interesting about Frieren: You are sneakily being put into her shoes, in form of character moments. The show shows many swift moments where we get to know some characters more, but they are so fast that if you don't pay attention, you'll miss them. Much like Frieren, to whom a whole year may seem like a blink of an eye, those moments are easily missed.

Biggest pleasant surprise this season for me was Tearmoon Empire. I expected it to just be another take on the "Girl becomes the Villainess and must avert her own death," genre of story, but it actually does some unique things that have grabbed my interest. Just a few things to potentially peek people's interest in this show: the MC has character flaws but is/was never a horrible person, just someone spoiled by her station in life and who grew up ignorant to the plight of the people, so she genuinely tries to learn from and correct her mistakes the story thus far has balanced dark and emotional moments, with some genuinely solid moments of comedy the people who caused the revolution are not depicted as totally evil or unjustified in how they treated the MC in her previous life the supporting characters have distinct and memorable personalities and are written in a way that lets them simultaneously be both capable and dumb when the story needs them to act in a certain way

I was not aware 100 girlfriends had finally gotten an anime adaptation, but Im glad it did, it's almost refreshing to see an anime that doesn't double down, but instead hundreds down into the trope to the point you just laugh and keep watching

I'm so sad Apothecary Diaries didn't come out sooner, I'm sure it would be on your list if it had.

I've been reading Apothecary Diaries, its pretty good. It has a nice mystery of the week pacing to it, while still maintaining a large over-arcing plot thats beginning to build up. Also very pretty characters/artwork, and the character interactions are great. Hope the adaptation does it good.

As someone who has read all of the I'm in Love with the Villainess light novels, I'll just say keep your eye on it. The story and characters REALLY go places. At this point it's just a question of whether or not the lower tier studio behind the anime can pull off a good adaptation. If they can, this is almost certainly gonna end up one of those shows Geoff does a solo video on later saying it deserved a higher spot in the ones to watch.

I'm so glad Undead Unluck finally received an anime. It has been one of my favorite series from Jump for a while now, it's really heartwarming and completely bonker, I can't recommand it enough.

the series composition for Ron Kamonohashi is by Wataru Watari (original creator of Oregairu), which is why the dialogue is incredible

honestly thank god for frieren and dungeon meshi twohandedly saving the fantasy anime landscape. i do genuinely enjoy isekai, its one of my guilty pleasures, but seeing some good classic fantasy so well written is honestly like finding an oasis in the middle of the desert. im insanely hyped for the dungeon meshi anime and absolutely cannot wait for more people to get to experience the amazing worldbuilding, character writing and storytelling the manga has going for it. AND the munchies it never fails to give me whenever a new monster gets cooked into some delicious delicious food.

IM SO EXCITED for The Apothecary Diaries!!! I picked up the manga just by chance because the artwork was gorgeous, and it’s basically a murder mystery set in ancient china with a badass directive who’s the villages healer. It’s so good!!!

Apothecary Diaries is worth looking forward to. If you like political intrigue, mystery and an MC trying her best to stay under the radar but failing

Man, frieren is so good. As an anime weeb who never really gets into manga, I’m so glad I gave it a shot. Volume one addicted me like nothing ever has. It’s just perfect. If you’re like me and usually just wait for the anime, this might be a good manga to jump into.

For anyone intersted in names of anime showed and timestamps in this nice video, here you have it: 02:30 Sousou no Frieren / Frieren: Beyond Journey's End 05:34 Overtake! 08:05 Kimi no Koto ga Daidaidaidaidaisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo / The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You 10:34 Hikikomari Kyuuketsuki no Monmon / The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess 12:33 Shy 14:50 Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri / Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions 17:33 Bullbuster 19:39 Undead Unluck 21:30 Under Ninja 23:43 Shangri-La Frontier: Kusoge Hunter, Kamige ni Idoman to su / Shangri-La Frontier Bargain bin: 26:33 MF Ghost 27:03 Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou. / I'm in Love with the Villainess 27:20 Hoshikuzu Telepath / Stardust Telepath 27:31 Atarashii Joushi wa Do Tennen / My New Boss Is Goofy 28:00 Migi to Dali / Migi & Dali 28:30 Megumi no Daigo: Kyuukoku no Orange / Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange 29:08 16bit Sensation: Another Layer 29:30 Bokura no Ameiro Protocol / Protocol: Rain 29:47 Paradox Live the Animation 30:09 - 30:22 Fantasy: Ragna Crimson Hametsu no Oukoku / The Kingdoms of Ruin Kikansha no Mahou wa Tokubetsu desu / A Returner's Magic Should Be Special Boushoku no Berserk / Berserk of Gluttony 30:33 Tearmoon Teikoku Monogatari: Dantoudai kara Hajimaru, Hime no Tensei Gyakuten Story / Tearmoon Empire 30:57 Kusuriya no Hitorigoto / The Apothecary Diaries 31:26 - 31:45 Netflix: Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Pluto Onimusha Good Night World

As an Apothecary Diaries light novel reader, if the anime is even half as good an adaptation as the trailers promise, it will be my anime of the season, possibly even of the year. I hope the anime takes its time with the pacing- the slow pace is ESSENTIAL to the storytelling. It NEEDS the time to set up the world before the ball can truly get rolling, but once it does, it NEVER stops. Not even manga readers truly understand what’s in store for them in the arcs (and major scenes) to come. No, the frog cannot even begin to compare to the inhuman squeals I let out upon reaching the end of light novel volume 8.

Seeing Shy get talked about makes me ecstatic. Also, the bracelets are meant to be a reference to Gosei Sentai Dairanger, which Bukimi Miki brings up in the Volume 1 notes. Apparently he did the transformation pose as a kid.

Undead Unluck is a maater class in set up and payoff when it comes to world building. Because rereading the manga after you catch up shows how much stuff has been set up that won't be paid of for dozens of chapters. Really shows how it's either well planned from the start, or they're really good at creating payoffs from random set ups.

Undead Unluck is the manga equivalent of doing a 2nd playthrough of 3 Houses, and for preserving what makes it so great i will not be elaborating But seeing it and Frieren get such dream adaptations as a reader and being the only 2 shows I really truly cared about this season, i feel like I won a lottery somewhere and the cosmic toll will be fierce.

i really hope you keep watching i’m in love with the villainess because the setting gets REALLY interesting… the manga and novel has a loooooot of themes on class and elitism and it gets really really good.

Unlike To Your Eternity which caused me emotional fatigue because I cried so much in every episode, Frieren causes me a different type of emotion, something more subtle and melancholic but beautiful to see.

as a longtime Undead Unluck reader let me promise you new anime viewers: You have no idea what you're in for, this series has some insane zags.

19:05 "if the prospect of Mech-related paperwork excites you as much as it excites me-" Me: _immediately stops this video to go watch the first episode of Bullbuster_

Can't wait until we get into the deep stuff of Villainess, writing is fantastic, starts with a comedy-like plot but the world building and actual plot picks up pretty quickly, It has real life problems and very serious topics. Animation aside, I hope they can do the justice in the story passing.

it's crazy how in a season that's basically filled with GL (shy, vexations, stardust, ilwtv) and adjacent (100 gfs), the one that's known in its LN form (villainess) to be one of the most influential ever is the one having to fight off the competition. I will say that the art of villainess is intentional since its trying to use the budget constraints to look like an 00s shojo otome game. like the eyes were a dead giveaway (also seriously go fucking watch it. it gets like famously good with this/after this episode coming up since the real setting/conceit gets shown. There's a reason its the first GL show ever simuldubbed)

I truly think that Frieran has a claim to anime of the year as of right now. Such a great show. Edit: I’m not saying it IS the anime of the year, I’m saying it has a CLAIM. God it’s not that hard.

I'm beyond happy and hyped for the Undead Unluck anime and with the manga being insanely great no doubt in my mind David Productions will deliver which they have so far plus the music is awesome too. Also Frieren looking awesome and sounding great so far, JJK Shibuya Incident arc popping off, Spy X Family S2 is dope so far, Dr. Stone S3 part 2 LFG and I wanna check out 100 GFs, Shy, Shangri La Frontier and Pluto for sure when I get time.

I'm so happy you gave a shoutout to Undead Unluck even though the fools are shooting its chance at popularity in the foot by not making it available in Canada...

Started watching a while back and just wanted to give my thanks for your recommendations and in-depth videos. I'd drifted out of anime fandom over the years, but your recommendations have helped me discover a lot of series I otherwise would have passed on. Yes, Odd Taxi included.

I’ve been watching Frieren, Shangri-la Frontier, and Undead Unluck. They are all so hype and so great. My favorites of the season for sure!!!! I’ve been a UU fan since chapter 5ish and I just started reading Frieren and SLF before the anime came out! Frieren is one of those softer fantasies that gives you gut punches in a meaningful way. Shangri-la Frontier is a breath of fresh air because it’s an Isekai that isn’t trashy or “if you die in the game you die in real life” bullshit. Just a series about a videogame with deep game mechanics to keep you going. Undead Unluck has one of the most creative power systems and world building I’ve seen in a long ass time. Not only that but having the team behind fire force shows that you can leave SHAFT all you want, but shaft can never leave you. (Ps: the groping shit goes away literally scene 1 of episode 2 so if your uncomfy with that it doesn’t stick around for very long)

In my opinion, Frieren: Beyon Journey's End is really worth watching. The thing I liked most about it is the opening. The anime definitely has some negatives and the drama in it is good, but it didn't hit me that hard, so it is difficult to judge it from now, but from the start I can say that the anime is really good, but it isn't that great, for me.

Lately it feels like I come for the chapter titles almost as much as the recommendations themselves. Magnificent.

The fact that you were able to squeeze in Scott Pilgrim footage at the last minute is impressive.

Tearmoon empire is a must watch as a light novel reader trust me it got some really heartbreaking and epic moments. Especially ludwig and dion. Ludwigs loyalty and dion from the one who dealt the finishing strike for mia to the one who guard her legacy till the end.

@19:32 don't know about the Vancouver mention but I spot BMU tracks on a building roof. Awesome

Glad to see overtake getting some attention, since formula style racing animes are basically unheard of. It also does a good job at introducing different rules to people who are new to motorsports

Undead Unluck will be a pretty solid anime. Just ignore the assault until ep 4.

Frieren Beyond Journey's End is definitely the peak!

Tom Bombadil is not filler content. The entire history of Middle Earth is filler content in Tom Bombadil's story.

I came to Shangri-La Frontier basically on a whim. Saw its ad at the top of Crunchyroll while I was rewatching all of Doctor Stone for the third time. And I decided to give it a shot after the description told me it was actually *about* people playing a vast video game, rather than a trapped-in-a-game isekai plot. 2 episodes in, and the snow has proven to be quite a bit of fun, and the Absolute Virtue-sized plot hook at the end of episode 2 has me interested.

I'm in Love with the Villianess has such an amazing story once it start picking up, please don't sleep on it people!

I love the use of Redline music for reviewing OVERTAKE!

I got the first 3 manga of Frieren bc of your recommendation on an earlier video. Love it, great linework, story and it feels weirdly natural for a very fantasy-leaning world. The anime seems just as well made. I hope the songs will have memorable hits like MiA has

Undead unluck is incredible and yall aint ready for the insane shit to come

So glad to see 100 Girlfriends getting an anime. Been super into the manga for a while

Undead Unluck is definitely my favourite this season. At least out of the new ones, cause there's still the second season of Eminence in Shadow and I'm still kinda hyped about and hooked on that xD

Delivering Gold as always. Keep up the good work I love your stuff.

I think it would be worth to eventually make a video about great series that proved themselves after a rough start, as that would help a lot with Undead Unluck. The story gets far too good to just let a potentially significant number of people walk away after the first few questionable chapters/episodes.

Good Night World came out and... it's a gamer anime for like 4-5 eps... it's an emotional psychological roller coster after that and it's really good

I have to shoutout the edit with Geoff in the back of the car in Overtake, good job editor. Also this anime wasnt on my radar, I will definitly give it a try

Another great video as always!!

This is the most-stacked season I can remember. I'm going with "Dr. Stone" as my #1 like I always do. Even if something else is technically better, "Dr. Stone" will always take the #1 slot if it's in a particular season. Also, I can't be the only one who gets confused by all of the factions and characters in "Dead Mount Death Play", right? There's just too many factions.

Don't sleep on Tearmoon Empire. The first episode was mostly setup, but in addition to its great worldbuilding, it has the potential to be the comedy of the season as the light novels were the funniest I've ever read.

Just watched the first couple episodes of Frieren - fantastic! Been hearing about this as a manga for a few years now and the anime so far is absolutely lovely. Thanks for the rec, fellow Canuck

I love these ones to watch. My favorite content from your channel. Keep it up

PLUTO IS GETTING AN ANIME!?!!?!

The 100 Girlfriends is going to be the One Piece of harems. What a blessing it is to be able to experience this spectacle. Get ready for 25 years of peak fiction.

love thiss vid. all mentioned shows are great

"My new boss is goofy" makes me feel good. Super heartwarming and cozy vibes. Perfect show to watch on the weekend

I completely missed Undead Unluck getting an anime this season. I started the manga a bit ago and actually liked it a good deal.

Can't believe Shangri-la Frontier is only now getting an adaptation. Found the manga almost a year ago now and it's sooo good. The characters are so expressive and fun. Can't wait to see how the adaptation goes.

0:20 a 999 series game song, i love it, thanks!!

Thank you for the coverage sir ☺️🙏

Migi & Dali is so damned good I’m sad it didn’t make your top rung. Same author did Sakamoto Desu Ga and she as a master of surrealist comedy. I’m sad she’s gone.

For people who are into yuri, I HIGHLY recommend I Favor the Villainess (though I do get why it didn't make the top list). While it's story starts pretty slow (I do think it might get more interesting after these first few episodes), and I am pretty sad that the animation doesn't seem to have been given much space to do anything interesting, the story does some interesting things that I hope will make it into the show, (directly talk about lgbt issues in a very frank and upfront way, like, as in the author is a lesbian and the light novel outright discusses the experience of being a lesbian in Japan-- I promise that's not a spoiler to say, it's a big theme of the story) and the world is actually a lot more complex than it looks on the outset, though the revelations as to how, what, and why, are very late into the light novel and I will not spoil them here. What I will say is that it is a real treat and very sweet, despite its flaws. I may be pushing it because I'm desperate for more yuri-- if shows like this one do well, maybe they'll make more. And maybe they'll upgrade the animation a bit...

As always pinnacle Anime recommendations. Love the vids.

i really am glad that paradox live got a shoutout! the animation was way better than i expected, the music continues to be great, and we get to see ✨tragedy✨ befall the characters, so it'll be a fun time!

Thanks to Jeff's curation, now I know what anime I wanna watch this season - Overtake! - Undead Unluck - Under Ninja - Shangri-la Frontier - Firefighter Daigo

In the Titanfall 2 campaign intro we see that Titans are used for more than just combat, and that they're even used for farming and contstruction

You said migi and dali is an aquired taste but with the seconds of clip you shown I've already fallen in love with the show

Thank you for your service!

I loved the vibe of Undead Unluck after watching the first episode that I binged nearly the whole manga. Such a feel good series.

Ok but why is there so much good anime coming out this season??? it's actually crazy

Coming in as an existing fan of Paradox Live: you have GOT to. And I mean YOU HAVE GOT TO stick around for this show. The characters are all exceptionally written and the story is a true sci-fi cyberpunk drama that celebrates rap and hip hop in all forms. I am SO happy with how the first two episodes have come out so far (I even got to see the world premiere of the second episode!) and I'm extremely excited for new fans coming into the series who get to experience it for the first time. Already there are SO many foreshadowing bits and creative directing choices that are fantastic spots for people like me and will be fun to realize as the plot unravels. If you enjoy the music definitely go check out the rest of the songs that are from it - a ton aren't going to make it into the show and there's a ton of really good ones that you'll be missing out on. I personally recommend Ambitious by BAE!

I just recently checked my list down to 6 unwatched shows, and the genre diversity was lacking. I always appreciate your recommendations. It really helps me deal with a rather stressful situation I've been dealing with.

Frieren is SO good Jeff! Thanks For reccomending🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊😊

The Apothecary diaries is an S tier manga/novel so hopefully the anime can live up to it

That Frieren funeral scene absolutely destroyed my heart, never have I ever more wanted to hug an anime character than in that moment

Great lineup

I would love to watch Undead Unluck....IF I COULD! Unfortunately Hulu is not available here in Brazil, so until some streaming takes over the transmission it is impossible to watch legally.

Tearmoon and Apothecary will be on your best of list at the end of the year. The novels are really good.

so, SO so happy to see UU on here! UU is fucking amazing and deserves a shot. the first few chapters/episodes are so.. okay, but the rest of the series more than makes up for it

100 girlfriends is a such special series, some correct to call it Gintama (or Bobo-bo, as japanese call it) of harem genre, but it's legit one of the best execution of true harem concept in a genre. But besides crazy meta-comedy, it also does the harem part well, with beloved love monster MC, being an actual harem with every girl winning and being happy, record amount of kissing and dating, endless combination of interactions etc. I just glad it exist in current landscape

The one video series I always go to as soon as it's uploaded. Love knowing whats good without having to subject myself to endless isekai harem ecchi softcore nonsense lmao

I've read almost all of A returners' magic should be special, and it's definitely going to be good if they follow the source material.

I stated rolling when I saw that paradox live was finally getting that anime. 😂😂😂 You are my only source of anime info, mainly cause I'm lazy to look at the info myself. Thank u

These are some of my fave anime series vids. Jeff kills these every time. Great writing always bro💪🏼.

Trust me the world and story of I'm in Love with the Villainess is a LOT more interesting that it first seems bc Inori cooked up some insane dishes with the later Light Novels. it got off with a pretty good and funny SoL yuri comedy start but then pivoted into really compelling political thriller and absolutely INSANE sci-fi that completely re-frames all the generic SoL yuri comedy from the beginning. IDK how much of the LN the anime will cover but definitely dont sleep on it and keep watching bc the beginning is very deceptive with the absolutely *wild* places the story ends up going. also the story gets a ton of extra points bc the girls get together pretty early on and just stay together as a healthy, happy, and incredibly wholesome couple with adoptive daughters and good communication and conflict resolution as they deal with shit *no* teenagers should have to deal with. More stories need to portray nice wholesome couples that are just together.

"Fall Season has begun. There is too much anime. You're out of time."

I'd personally like to recommend I Shall Survive Using Potions and Let Me Check the Walkthrough First. They are both rather fun, with parts of their premises being things I haven't seen in Isekais before.

I just started watching Frieren on a whim while browsing anime and I came here to see if you had talked about it and I am crying and not disappointed by the show one bit

Thank you for reminding me about Girls Bravo. All time classic.