Tomo-chan is the most textbook romcom I've seen. It knows where it wants to end, good side characters, conclusive story, not doing more than it needs to. Tomo-chan should be taught in anime making schools at the romcom discipline. It's a basic romcom done well. Like a good homemade lasagna.

I really appreciate that you just put the anime in the tier you thought they belonged, despite how scuffed the tier list ended up looking. People often have the tendency of trying to balance out the tiers, which kinda defeats the purpose of rating the series in the first place. It's a tiny thing, but thanks.

I’m still waiting for those echidna nut rags you promised in 2020

Vinland Saga season 2 is SO GOOD. Hell, 'so good' is an understatement. It isn't always about the constant cool fighting, but it's about a human facing their contrition, accepting it, and moving on in order to become a better person, a *True Warrior*

I really was thinking ,,Wonder when Echidnut's anime tier list for the winter season will drop?''What a surprise.

Strongest exorcist in another world, farming life in another world, Handyman saitou, villainous lieselotte, mou ippon, chillin in my 30s, sugar apple fairy tale. These were also pretty good animes in my opinion. In particularly, I really enjoyed farming life and villainous lieselotte

Handyman Saitou in Another World was unironically the best anime of the season. It's a shame that most people didn't give it a chance because of the name or dropped it after ep 1 which wasn't the best start for it, but every episode after 2 was really good!

My favourite trio of LNs are ReZero, Danmachi and Mushoku, so I'm super happy to see s4 finally got a great adaptation that was well received by the community. I supposed you weren't watching Danmachi since past seasons weren't adapted as well but aside from that, as always, matching tastes, It's scary at this point :D

It kinda drives me nuts with the complaints people have been having about Vinland Saga S2, the main character is a former Viking, disgraced by the king, severe PTSD from war, and a run away who watched his dad die at 5. Not every character is gonna be like goku and just go back to fighting again, there’s been more character development for Thorfinn in the first 6 episodes of this season than there was in all of season 1. Like if you just want fighting then go watch MHA, Bleach, One Piece, etc

On a romance anime only tierliest tomo has to be an s tier. The relationships between all the characters are really realistic, and the way that the show was able to have these hilarious moments, but then also have the serious moments at peak times and not take away from them was super refreshing honestly.

Honestly, you kind of disappointed me, my friend. I was really waiting for your opinion on Record of Ragnarok season 2, especially after the animation has improved greatly from the first season.

I'd love to know how long it takes you to script these - you always seem to come up with fresh jokes and clever wordplay that I haven't seen anyone else use. Hilarious as always

HIGH CARD is one of my favorites for winter 2023. it is one of the most underrated anime i have ever watched and i’m honestly surprised at just how many people slept on it

finally something I can disagree on: Magical Revolution doesn´t belong in S. The Yuri part just saved it from C in my opinion. It started pretty good but quickly the whole rest of the story was pretty mid and before the last episode, the show didn´t even care to mention that it was an isekai. That´s how unimportant it was. B Tier.

I hope we get more MCs like Chisato and Anis, they're so refreshing to watch. Also, Tomo is the hottest girl in anime!

Bungo Stray Dogs always sleeps on. What an underratedly underrated anime.

god i fucking love the nier franchise and 100% encourage people to get into DrakenNier lore - drakengard lore can be a bit weird bc it was written around the era “shock value = good content” (o well the manga still has cute anime girls), but the nier timeline is one of the most beautiful stories ever written and will tear apart your will to live just so that it can build it back up again

“Save that till Ramadan’s over” I hear, watching this only 30 minutes before Iftar 😭

My favorite anituber uploaded again😮🎉

You are the most logical candidate to be sponsored by afk arena in re:zero context! Glad to see you grow and get sponsored. You are truly wonderful.

I expected Echidnut to put The Magical revolution in S tier and I wasn't disappointed. Also I fully agree.

Spy Classroom suffered from having an LN vol 1 that was almost impossible to adapt properly simply due to the Erna surprise introduction. All of the complaints that they skipped over all of the training that would have developed the characters properly was because every one of those would have revealed Erna. They could either do what they did in the anime and keep Erna secret and delay all those training montages until later, or they could have done away with Erna's surprise reveal and adapted the training in it's proper place - and had just as many people complain about how Erna's surprise introduction was ruined. It was a no-win situation for those adapting this series. The worst part is LN readers should have known this, and yet they were the ones screaming the loudest about how the adaptation was terrible because they were skipping over all of the training scenes.

As always, another SOLID tier list Echidnut. I disagree with some of the rankings respectfully but I love how you don't balance out these tier lists unlike other anime KZfaqrs. Also you point on "Vinland Saga S2" was spot on!

My favorite this season was actually magical revolution, in the end I ended on episode 11, went to read the LN, finished it, and then decided I didn’t have enough chaos and read the WN it’s chaotic attitude mixed with wholesome moments made me like it a lot

Danmachi season 4 was absolutely incredible. Much more intense than previous seasons. Highly recommend

cant wait for Oshi No Ko to be in your tierlist 🔥

7:40 surprisingly watching food doesn't get me hungry because I don't feel the hunger while fasting but if I didn't eat well or it's close to the end of the day I might start getting hungry if I see food.

Even in a labor shortage where the number of veteran animators is never enough, Onimai still had more big name animators working on it than most new action anime With such talented staff, an anime abt a dude turning into a loli somehow looks better than the newest MAPPA anime

"Command me sensei...what should I watch?" Is my reaction to the Echidnut Tier Lists. Always damn spot on.... However..."Oshi no ko"! Where is it? It is probably too recent, but it has dominated my dreams and my depression. It is a fking masterpiece! And that was only 1 episode.

Every single video you made always makes me laugh so hard. I'm looking forward to your next upload. Keep it up bro

Thanks for the as usually funny and entertaining video! I'm surprised you missed Trigun Stampede. It was one of the big hitters last season. Studio Orange really knocked it out of the park once again. These days I kind of only really watch fantasy (if ALL anime became Isekai or regular fantasy I would actually love it, haha) but for me Stampede was still my top show last season. Imo the show is really underwatched which is a shame considering just how good it was.

Holy shit was that Slam by Pendulum in first 10 seconds of the video? That brought back memories

You actually didn't touch on a lot of the series I enjoyed that season. Handyman Saitou in Another World Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement Chillin' in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King's Army Farming Life in Another World Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire Yeah, they're all isekai. A lot of times, isekai is pretty much indistinguishable from standard fantasy, but Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement does something special: the MC can jump between worlds at will. Farming was really cozy, and Saitou had a good mix of comedy and feeling. Chillin' felt kind of generic, but when the season was done I was impressed at how they worked with the characters and the world.

You are my favourite anime KZfaqr. Watching your videos is such a nice time spent and getting away from life's everyday problems. Keep up the good work 💯❤

Who knew that a farming simulator (Vinland Saga season 2) made me cry

Respect for you recommending that series after Ramadan. I was already starving after seeing some of the clips you showed. lmaooo

For spring look out for Oshi No Ko it’s really unique it depends it could be boring to others but it was really good to me. Plus it’s made from the same author of Love is War which this series is so different from comedy romance.

„Safe this one till ramadans over“ 😂😂😂😂 Best description of campfire cooking I ever heard

You ok bro? Your girl lock you in a room or something...youve been MIA

Benriya Saitou-san, Isekai ni Iku is the anime that surprised me the most. Started it with low expectations but laughed alot.

Bro your sarcasm, humor, puns, etc. throughout the video were so funny 😂 great video as always!

oh no did you forgot to add Danmachi??? potential God tier it was the best anime of the season for me personally and every episode was intense & amazing. strongest exorcist isekai was pretty decent to me too. nevertheless, appreciate the tierlist and agree with most of it. can't expect too much since i havn't been able to even watch half of all these that you've watched to come up with this. Tenshi should be S tier if we factor in LN popularity but this is an anime tierlist overall a decent anime season, cya in the next tierlist which might be crazier idk

I mean, Vinland S2 was a farmland arc depiction. Yes, it may be boring, but it's a massive arc in manga, so it needed to be animated.

i have an issue of rewatching your videos, and i dont want the issue fixed. we miss you man, take your time, no rush

"Maybe save this one until Ramadan's over." You know what, Echidnut? No. No, I will not save it until after Ramadan.

My life as inukai-san's dog was sucha fun watch It was so absurd that I found it really funny just for that It objectively isn't good in any way but for some reason it was way more fun than almost any comedy I have watched

12:23 bro, that was so smooth

4:00 in I love the reviewbrah reference Naisu as always

Heavenly Delusion taking this season by surprise.

Onimai was my favourite new series, with Vinland Saga's second season being my favourite sequel series. Followed up by Tsurune's second season and Bungou Stray Dog's fourth season.

The genius of Vinland saga is the juxtaposition of peace and violence but it goes even deeper than that as it follows the evolution and character development of both the young king and Thorfinn. While first season was about strength through violence, the second season focused on peaceful resistance which made it so slow. This reminds of the zen story: During the civil wars in feudal Japan, an invading army would quickly sweep into a town and take control. In one particular village, everyone fled just before the army arrived - everyone except the Zen master. Curious about this old fellow, the general went to the temple to see for himself what kind of man this master was. When he wasn't treated with the deference and submissiveness to which he was accustomed, the general burst into anger. "You fool," he shouted as he reached for his sword, "don't you realize you are standing before a man who could run you through without blinking an eye!" But despite the threat, the master seemed unmoved. "And do you realize," the master replied calmly, "that you are standing before a man who can be run through without blinking an eye?"

Echidnut do you plan on covering Aganou if story? That would be really interesting

Man it would be nice if Echidnut uploaded more often😢

Onimai was the best anime of the winter season. change my mind

You forgot about the second half of Urusei Yatsura which aired in the Winter season! Pretty reasonable list. I'd put Onimai in S tier and move Inukai-san up to B, but that's just me.

Hey, this roundup was super useful! I'm getting deeper into anime (after having watched not much beyond original FMA, Evangelion, half of Death Note over the years), so I'm spoiled for choice. I did watch Tomo-chan (the best part of which is that it's a story that's done in a single season), so it's nice to see that I don't have to bother with the rest of winter 2023 for a bit! Don't get me wrong, I liked Tomo-chan, but it didn't wow me like Kaguya, Bocchi or Mob, and I still have plenty of S-tier anime from earlier seasons to watch. Like Vinland Saga, apparently!

As someone who is a fan of CGDCT, Onimai was my personal AOTS, but only if I exclude the second cour of Eminence in Shadow. I do think quick relationships are good in romance series, but if the author decides to go that route, I prefer when there's still content left after the fact instead of just ending the series. Also, I'm surprised you didn't include Danmachi or the rest of To Your Eternity that aired

MagiRevo was so great, but I'm irritated about how they decided to end it. If I had to guess, the writers probably had no faith that they'd get greenlit for a continuation so they tried to rush it to a satisfying end point, which meant skipping a lot of important things and have a final episode that bit off more than it could chew. Spoilers: With the whole ending monologue about how they reformed society and ended the monarchy stuff, you'd think this is just where the story ends, but it only adapted 3 volumes of the LN. So far it has six and it's still going. I just wish they'd made it to just be a good anime instead of effectively using it as an ad for the source material. I still really liked it, but it was frustrating. Yuri does make it s tier tho

Wait..."the main character is very intelligent and also very lewd. In the middle of and abruptly make an out of pocket sex joke for no reason, it's shocking sometimes. " So...I don't understand...somehow, YOU'RE the main character of In/Specter?

"I can't even make eye contact with my dog." LOL dangit now i don't want to watch Inukai anymore.

Bro. Shiraishi is literally invisible bcs of how plain he is. Yet, he's more entertaining to watch than Shikimori's boyfriend whose name i can't be bothered to remember 💀💀

Could be wrong but isn't Trigun Stampede part of the winter season?

Man it's insane how far you've come in what seems like a short time, keep up the good work king

Do you know why i like your opinion so much? Because you are the only anime youtuber who doesn't put every harem,ecchi, and isekai in the F tier and call them garbage and then move on. You actully say the good and the bad of every anime regardless of it's genre and you are one of us horny weebs so whenever i see one of your videos it always feel relatable Af. I really love your videos and humor and for the first timr ever in my life i decided to agree with someone on everything he says even if i disagree because i feel like your opinion is always right. So even tho i disagree echidna is indeed the best anime character and best girl and re:zero is the best anime (this time i actully agree) Also all of your tierlist videos are completely right. I have just realized how weird this comment sound like but i will still post it.

I laughed soooo hard at the fruit of evolution ranking

"they can calm him down by touching his feet" literally me

I always look forward to these tier lists, it never fails to convince me to watch at least one anime I missed out on

Misfit and kubo san went to hiatus, I'm really happy they r returning this season. And oh boy this season already has a ton of good series

You know Echidnut knows what he’s talking about when he mentioned having Rie Takahashi voice makes instant waifu 😂

I feel like the main "Aim" Vinland Saga season 2 is character development(if that wasn't obvious enough)and i really don't mind a farming arc,Vagabond had one and people thought it was batshit crazy good(which it was) and i think this still proves that half the anime fan population is braindead

I actually really appreciate these tier lists, it helps me keep up with new anime without looking or missing any. Great video!

Always enjoying your tierlists.

AHH He didn't rank Tsurune 😭😭😭 Tsurune is so slept on goddamit

Gaaaaah! Man I was hoping for Echidnut's take on ayakashi triangle. That one was fire! There was finaly some good ecchi concidering the drought of those recently. Suppose u cant have everything... not even undelayed anime... ):

Hey man, nice video. Can you do a top 50 romcom all time or something like that? I never watched romcom's before but now that I started I cant stop it anymore. I watched kaguya, tomo-chan, sono bisque doll, nagatoro and some others, but its getting hard to find new good ones. Right now I'm starting hiromiya and after that I'll watch the tenshi one and karakai jouzu. Thanks for the content, you rock!

Lmao Kanye Loves Tokyo revengers

12:33 casually makes a joke about Assasination classroom manga getting banned in US schools 💀👌

I just want to say thank you for your work! I highly enjoyed this video and can see alö the work you put into. That you read the commentes and have a index for all animes shows me how much effort you put into. This is a realy hight Standart and i hope you allow yourself to be late and take care of yourself as you do for this channel!

many are disappointed with the Vinland Saga season 2 arc, you guys are not observant in judging this anime. not all about the brutality of war and who is strong, this vinland saga season 2 gives a lot of meaning to our real life that war and slavery are very, very cruel and inhumane things, it's true that the ends end up being war but, as a leader who loves peace like Thors said a world that is peaceful and without war and slavery is very difficult to achieve like a fantasy, but remember one thing "CARVE that you have no enemies". -Thors Snorresson vinland saga which is taken from this true story. very very beautiful arc as long as I watch anime. this is called maturity in an assessment of life as a human being who loves the beauty of peace.

I love you exhidnut

I can agree with most of these, except for Tokyo Revengers and Spy Classroom. Those were pretty boring. They are both getting sequels so I guess I’ll stick around. Also, making the main guy from Kubo-san invisible at 2:58 is brilliant visual humor.

Thankfully, someone finally acknowledged "The Angel Next Door Spoils me Rotten". I was waiting for anyone to say anything about this anime because it was better than I expected or better than how anyone talked about it. It felt too basic in the beginning, but it soon developed the relationship. Definitely deserves an A tier.

The League references in the onimai one were on point bruH 💀

A turtle approves of this tier list

Bro said "let's wait til ramadan is over" for campfire cookin in another world, I'm dying of laughter rn

saving 80000 gold for my retirement was not bad either

Can you do a tierlist for the Anime in A tier ?

Tomo chan was a blast! And Vinland Saga was great.

Finally 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Mostly A-tier sounds about right. I cannot remember a season where so many anime stayed on my watchlist after episode 3. I usually cull most, but last season so many stayed.

Bro your so sense of humour is amazing

In 3 years , a manga will air . It will have the name of a star . The main character's name is nagito . This manga will trescend the fiction level by introducing the biggest mind-bending , mystery , full of plot twist and insanely well-written , story ever . It will easily outclass classics like aot , 20 century boys , .... . The star is coming . 2026 . . .

Mentioning Ramadan made me smile

12:24 missed opportunity for an A2 (A too) joke. 😂

First of all, a suggestion: how about you make some videos about older classics. Not only about FMAB, Code Geass and the likes but some hidden gems that you happened to have found. My biggest find so far: "Legend of the Galactic Heroes" which is not only phenomenal despite it's age but also has gotten a very solid remake that is still ongoing. As always, great video! Aside from your well-written jokes, I really like your rankings because I tend to agree with them and - of course - that means you have good taste. I'd say you missed Handyman Saitou and DanMachi S4 this season.

As usual, you manage to somehow perfectly align with all my anime opinions. At this point it's uncanny, great stuff Echidnut!

2:46 Chibi is Senpai😂

2:45 "My man kinda looks like Chibi Reviews" 💀

love your videos! dont know if you are into "vintage" anime ,but a tier list about anime from the 90's and 00's (maybe even 80's) would be dope i think

Imagine learning your ABC A=apple B=banana C=cat D="D for dog shit"