Late getting this out as busy but still a good season. Isakai came back in force and a few good heavy hitters, as always disclaimer, I am human so haven't watched everything and not fully caught up with every one of the shows listed but at least past 3 episodes on each. Without futher a do:
The Heavy hitters:
Solo Levelling S2: They went HARD this season, spectacular fights nearly every episode, the MC already at the 'I'm him' stage plus him collecting bodies, literally, for his army.
Shangri-la Frontier S2 Cour 2: Just the start of this season with the showcase of the move armageddon to now we in the pro leagues, it's still a fun ride especially for gamer weebs.
Re Zero S3: It's back and still brutal as fuck in deaths only now some of the bad guys get to die horribly too.
Zenshu I put this new one here as it feels like a passion project for anime artists, an animation artist dies at work and wakes up in a fictional world she once saw as a kid, only she has the power to draw scenes from OTHER work to help her like Valley of the Wind. It's nice just seeing childhood anime scenes be displayed in this work.
Dr Stone: Science Future: Senku returns only he's travelling to America so you know what that means...guns in the stone world! lol.
Isakai zone
Headhunted to another world: from Salaryman to big four!: A looked over but highly skilled salaryman is summoned by the Demon Lord to be his new General. What I like about this is he's summoned BECAUSE of his skills in our world showing the most powerful skill in any world, understanding logistics!
I'm a Noble on the Brink of Ruin, so I might as well try mastering magic: Nothing spectacular, guy wakes up in a fantasy world in the body of a young noble, learns he can use magic and makes ut his focus. It's just average and good filler anime.
The Daily life of a middle aged online shopper in another world: The title speaks for itself but what I like about this is: A: inventive use of his shopping ability like using a magic tool in this world to make biofuel for his vehicles and generators B: He fucks the catgirl.
Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of all time: Our MC gets caught in the path of an illegal summoning so unable to return home, the goddess gives him a new body and the powers to create using magic. What stands out is that the goddess was smart and planning in that she gave the MC a blessing effectively giving him a tutorial mode to reduce danger for a while and plants him a year BEFORE the guys who were summonded.
The Red Ranger becomes an adventurer in another world Title speaks for itself only this ranger runs of the power of relationships so lots of marriage and friendship jokes in his moves plus main girl has very big plot..
Aquired taste
I may be a guild receptionist, but I'll solo any biss to clock out on time: Channeling the feeling of every support and healer main,her nice job is being ruined by adventurers unable to take down a boss resulting in overtime for her so she gets a disguise and onshots the bosses the weaklings can't cope with so she can clock out!
100 girlfriends season 2 After the baby feeding scene I saw, I'm just going to say it's still 'cultured' and move on...
I left my A-Rank party to help my former students reach the dungeon depths: This one gets a higher rating than average as the guy LEAVES himself knowing his worth and the BRUTAL retaliation he does against those that wrong him later on.
Bogus Skill <<fruitmaster>>: This one is weird, it's not particularly good but it's not bad, its a weird middle ground where you can enjoy watching it but know it's lacking
Even given the worthless Appraisal class I'm actually the strongest This does a Goblin Slayer bait and switch in that the first episode is brutal but it doesn't go to that level again really. Not bad, but be aware of that.
And that's what I can talk about, feel free to add in the stuff I couldn't catch up with as there's still A LOT to chose from.
I can't tell if I'm just getting bored of anime or if it's been in a slump the past few years. Isekai doesn't interest me at all, which doesn't help I'm sure. But most these don't either. When's the next great shounen coming? Or great anything? It all seems so mediocre to me. And I don't like how feminized it's become, seems like there's very few masculine animes/manga anymore. I don't follow like I used to though, maybe my perception is wrong idk
Shounen has lost of of its appeal-to-boys-only style (allegedly because it is profitable) in contrast to shoujo. I guess that mirrors changes in western media. I don't know how up-to-date you might be but some recent ones I have watched are Fire Force (fighting fire with fire), early parts of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (punching vampires with the power of sunlight), Food Wars (extreme cooking), and Demon Slayer (slice demons with a katana). I avoid some of them because the fanbases are annoying like Jujutsu Kaisen. Some I just have not seen yet like Baki.
I don't think we are going to have any more shows that run weekly for years like One Piece, Dragon Ball, or Naruto.
I have to gush every time Fire Force gets mentioned. Cool animation, interesting and unique world and, most memorable, the OP and ED are epic, actually top tier.
As for Food Wars, I like things that over overcome their premise. Food Wars is bizarre lewd cooking...which sounds like it's going to be awful and embarrassing, but it's actually pretty wholesome, and the fan service is hilarious and more the cherry on top than the actual focus. And, similar to Fire Force, the S1 ending is awesome. The tone change around halfway through is epic, too, and the animation there is super cute.
One thing I really appreciate about anime is the attention to detail. If it's about a specific subculture, it tries to get it right. If it's about a sport or activity, it often goes into extreme detail. While exaggerated, Food Wars does cooking well.
I don't recall that ED. Did I see a censored version?
Not sure. I looked it up, it looks like it changes half way through S1, so what I linked is for episodes 1-14 only, according to a wiki. So maybe you just remember the other ending song more, I don't know. But a cursory search didn't show me any mention of that song being censored or replaced.