Yep that time of the year, you know how it goes, I'm one guy so haven't watched everything and some things just aren't for me so feel free to mention ones I miss, go into detail about the ones I mention or if you think Disney and DC do it better currently, without futher adou:
Actually I read the Manga
My Instant death ability is overpowered: I'd actually stick to the manga for this one. The anime isn't bad but they've skipped A LOT that misses out how truly broken he is like killing an interdimensional monster that can ear realities or literally killing judgement day that heaven surrendered.
The good shit
Shangri-la Frontier season 2: Holy shit do FZMZ know how to make a good intro. The majority of this season is just ONE boss fight but fucking hell does this boss make a FromSoftware look nice! Still highly recommended
Mashle Season 2: so happy this is back, especially with an MC who's solution is basically apply punching till the problem is solved. While the outro is good I DARE YOU not to not to bop to the intro!
Solo Levelling: THEY DIDN'T FUCK IT UP! In fact they seem to be adding here and there to improve it, similar to Bleach TYBW. I would add the intro to your gaming playlist if you gotta get your grind on.
The Unwanted Undead Adventurer: this one caught me by surprise, fantasy in a world of magic and labyrinths, a low ranked adventurer finds a secret path, runs into a dragon, dies but comes back as an undead. It's really good, got great pacing, character development and a solid intro and a very somber, melodic outro
Classroom of the Elite S3: welcome back to a series with more head games than an ex with schizophrenia. Even the intro tries to put you in your place!
Aquired taste
Tsukimichi Moonlit fantasy S2: the goddess in this makes me appreciate Aqua more... not only did she ditch our boy on his looks, she then kidnapped a girl with a princess complex and a bully victim now thanks to his power rapist tyrant to be heroes instead! Fortunately our MC is getting more powerful naturally he might be able to bitch slap her personally soon..
Villainess level 99: I may be the hidden boss but I'm not the demon lord: another villianess story but told if WE were there as you know we'd power gain the SHIT out of an isekai world!
Banished from the Hero's Party S2: I liked this series for it's slow pace but deep character development and in season 2 we see how Ruti COULD have ended up if she didn't have her brother!
First impressions, didn't really have time to consistently watch but gave episode 1 a view
Gushing over magical Girls: Our girl lives in a world with magical girls protecting her city, dreams to be one, when a magical mascot offers her powers she accepts only to turn out it was for the bad guys and she has some S&M/bondage kinda powrs! There is an uncensored verson...
Brave Bang Braven: I'm kinda annoyed I DIDN'T watch this consistently, its like if JoJo went mecha! Over the top bravado, over the top fights, a soundtrack the CHARACTERS hear playing constantly, it's just fun.
That's my list as already did over 3000 words lol, Honorable mention to Blue Exorcist and The wrong way to use healing magic, just ran out of time so on watch later list.
On the it's alright side, The Strongest tank's labyrinth Raids and Hokkaido Gald are super adorable. They aren't bad, but it's something you can watch in the background than dedicated viewing.
Anyway, enjoy discussing your favourites or any I missed, I'm going to catch up on Brave Bang Braven as I feel like I did it a disservice putting it off!
First, some additions (although you did briefly mention two):
The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic: Similar (in my response) to Unwanted Undead Adventurer in that it's a bit of a surprise, and deeper than it seems on the surface. More comedic, but still has some nice characters and fun scenes. Bogs down a little, but all in all much better than you'd think based off how it presents.
The Witch and the Beast: Surprised this wasn't on your list. Great animation and overall quality, and unique structure, where it tells a bunch of different stories with different characters.
Delicious in Dungeon: Haven't gotten too far into this one, so won't say much, but this was another big name one for the season.
Metallic Rouge: Another nice surprise. Cyberpunk is, bizarrely, a rather underutilized genre at present. Of recent ones, I can mainly think of this, Edgerunners, Synduality Noir, and Akudama Drive. Anyway, Metallic Rouge has some great characters and an interesting setting.
Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!: One of the cuter romance/slice of lifes in a while, in my opinion. Also a great OP.
Ninja Kamui: Firstly, the character's name is Joe Logan which, with Japanese pronunciation is Joe Rogan. Ninja Joe Rogan runs around murderizing people. Fairly simple concept, but a lot of room for growth still, and the 'revenge' story is also not one of the more common anime tropes.
To respond to yours:
Having not read the magna...yeah, the anime is alright, but feels a little disjointed. Not bad, but nothing to write home about. Better stuff out there by far, but not a bad watch either, and some funny elements. Meh.
I love when a song is so good or unique everyone just unanimously agrees "yeah, this is it." You can't mention Mashle without mentioning the song. Heck, you can barely mention this season's anime/songs without mentioning it. BLING BANG BANG BORN indeed.
It's good!
Good summation. Started off good, seems to only be getting better.
As you say, an acquired taste. Not bad, and I am enjoying it, but feels a little muddied. Not the most well put together show, but still fun.
Personally I enjoyed S1 much better, but I should catch up with more of S2. But it didn't grip me, and was a bit disappointing.
Good for the drama surrounding it if nothing else. I haven't seen it, but looked at some of the comments. Funny to see people who seem like leftists start calling everyone else pedophiles. Not my type of show, but the people raging about it are funny at least.
Nice. I think this is the only one I haven't at least heard of; I'll have to check it out. Looking forward to it.
Thanks for the list!
I knew I left one off! Metallic Rouge, caught the first episode of it.
It was very 'look than tell' as the description revealed more than the first episode lol but could tell the quality.
Yeah The Witch and the Beast passed me like Brave Bang Braven ALMOST did, have to check out the first episode, see if it clicks.
Yeah, it develops some of it slowly, which I'm personally a big fan of when it comes to cyberpunk; atmosphere and setting are very important, so if it's slow it introduce all the surrounding elements it keeps you guessing while keeping you immersed in the world.
Honestly, I've been super impressed in general with specifically the tone/feel of anime this season. A lot of shows have just been nailing it. Undead Adventurer, Metallic Rouge, Witch and the Beast, Ninja Kamui, and to a lesser extent Solo Leveling just feel great.
Do at least two. It tells different stories, so the second episode is from a different angle than the first one.