The Anime UK News team choose their favourite anime from 2023 – let us know what your favourites are too!

After attending the 2023 edition of Scotland Loves Anime, AUKN writers reflect on both the best and the worst of what this year's festival had to offer.

Toriko and Sorawo return to Station February to save what remains of the stranded US Marines, but with 5 km between them and their escape point filled with traps, glitches and monsters, will Sorawo and her mystical eye be able to get them out, or will they meet an untimely demise?

With Toriko missing, Sorawo and Kozakura plunge into the Otherside to search for her, but end up fighting for survival themselves as they have to face the alternate reality’s harsh swamps, forests and other things that go bump in the night, all while being followed by the mysterious Space-Time Man.

While the Asahigaoka girls’ summer adventure in Okinawa may be over, there’s still plenty of fun to be had before the holidays end, yet when they do, the new school term brings in some new faces as the girls discover both the highs and lows of growing up.

Love Live! returns with an all-new generation! Despite loving to sing, Kanon Shibuya struggles to perform in front of others and has given up on her dream of being a singer. Yet after bumping into idol enthusiast Keke Tang she might have another chance. Facing down stern student council president Ren Hazuki, the pair have to win an idol contest for Keke to form the school idol club, but with so little time and experience will they be able to make it, or will their idol dreams be dashed forever?

It’s the summer holidays and the kids of Asahigaoka are bored. The remedy? Suguru winning a 4-day trip to Okinawa in a lottery! Get ready to follow our cast on a life-changing adventure in this fun and cosy tropical film.

It’s a double review from Anime UK News! Darkstorm and Onosume give their opinions on the highly anticipated first volume of the Miraculous Ladybug manga adaptation!

In this coming-of-age romantic adventure, the young confectioner Anne Halford aims to become a Silver Sugar Master by competing at the Royal Candy Fair in Lewiston. With the pretty but dark warrior fairy Challe Fen Challe at her side, Anne sets off to face not just her rival Silver Sugar confectioners, but also the injustices and corruption that fill the world around her.

We return to the peaceful village of Asahigaoka in this strong and consistent follow-up where Renge, Hotaru, Natsumi and Komari continue to learn, laugh and grow through a variety of fun and engaging adventures in the Japanese countryside.

Relaxing and heartfelt, Non Non Biyori depicts the lives of a group of young girls who live in a sleepy faming village as they learn, grow and embark on a range of fun adventures in the idyllic Japanese countryside.

Taking an entertaining but critical look at the world of video game QA testing, Quality Assurance in Another World sees a group of testers, along with main character Haga, trapped in the video game they were working on. After losing several of his colleagues and friends to the bugs and glitches caused by the forbidden “Debug Mode”, Haga resolves to continue to test and go through the entire game, hoping that when he eventually clears it, all those trapped within will finally be able to log out.

New Spring Season anime series galore – but which ones are worth your attention? The Anime UK News writers have a few suggestions to get you started…

After bombing hard at their big live concert at the Ekimae Fudōsan Stadium, Franchouchou find themselves deep in debt while their manager is drowning himself in a mixture of alcohol and depression. With the end of Saga prefecture nigh, can the group pull each other up out the doldrums and save their fans, the townsfolk and each other from certain doom?