acid reflects

Maybe I had more time to watch this year, maybe it was because I consciously avoided Kdramas, but I saw a lot of anime this year. That said, it’s the same year I’ve decided I’ve seen enough transported (or reincarnated!) to another world isekai.

Obligatory list of what I enjoyed seeing this 2023. This isn’t a list of (what I think is) the best of 2023, but I’ve narrowed down this list to the films and shows which I truly liked and enjoyed.

As in the previous years, I didn’t get to see a lot of films. Fortunately, I did get to see a few gems.

Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Talk to Me

Jujutsu Kaisen S2
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (ongoing)
Blue Eye Samurai S1
Pluto
Zom100: Bucket List of the Dead (anime ver) (ongoing)
Heaven Official’s Blessing S2 (ongoing)

Silo S1
The Last of Us S1
I Cannot Reach You
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S2

Mentions:
The Super Mario Bros Movie (because it’s Mario and I saw it on my birthday)
May December
Past Lives
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Gamera: Rebirth
The Wheel of Time S2
Foundation S2
Apothecary Diaries (ongoing)
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (ongoing)
Yuyu Hakusho
Interview With A Vampire S1
Three Body (Tencent, China)
Hells Paradise S1
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
Demon Slayer/ Kimetsu no Yaiba S3: Swordsmen Village Arc
Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre
Dirty Linen (Philippines) (parts of it, and I didn’t even finish the entire series)

Maybe Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning (if only for the train sequence)

I’ve only just started with Skip and Loafer, which recently was named the year’s Best Anime by Filmarks, Japan’s largest review site. Not my pick for best of the year, but I can understand the choice.

Not in the list but deserves, if only they weren’t too toxic for me:
Beef
The Bear S2

I should be watching:
Fellow Travelers
Dr. Who
Slow Horses

I haven’t seen yet but i def wanna see:
The Boy and The Heron
Poor Things
Godzilla Minus One
Saltburn
Beau is Afraid
The Creator
Zone of Interest
Anatomy of a Fall
All of us Strangers
The Taste of Things
Monster (Japan)
Perfect Days
Society of the Snow
20 Days in Mariupol
Totem
Io Capitano

Looks like 2024 won’t be any less busy with a good number of shows and films on the horizon. Dune Part 2, Mickey 17, Furiosa, Wicked Part 1, The War of the Rohirrim, Solo Leveling, Kaiju No.8, Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc, Maboroshi, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom, House of the Dragon S2, Avatar: The Last Airbender, 3 Body Problem, The Brothers Sun, The Regime, The Woman in the Wall, Masters of the Air.

Bring on the new year. Hopefully with no more wars around, please.