Top 20 anime airing in early 2023 most anticipated by fans

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Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko! - Tomo-chan Is a Girl!

Tomo-chan Is a Girl! - Trailer

• Japanese:トモちゃんは女の子!
  English: Tomo-chan is a girl!
  Type: Television
  Episodes: 13
  Status: Not aired yet
  Air: January 5, 2023
  Premiere: Winter 2023
  Source: Web manga
  Genre: Comedy , Romance
  Subject: School
  Content:

  Tomo Aizawa and Junichirou "Jun" Kubota are the tightest brothers you'll ever see. They are rough and fighting, but thick or thin, they support each other. However, there is only one small problem: Tomo loves Jun!

  From a young age, Tomo tomboy was just one of the boys; due to her extremely muscular nature, Jun doesn't notice any of her progress—even if she explicitly confesses. Worse, for the longest time, he didn't even realize that she was a girl.

  Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko! follow the funny hoaxes of Tomo and her friends as she tries to catch Jun's eye and escape the infamous brozone.

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The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Trailer

• Japanese:お隣の天使様にいつの間にか駄目人間にされていた件
  English: The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten
  Type: Television
  Episodes: Unknown
  Status: Not aired yet
  Air: January 7, 2023
  Premiere: Winter 2023
  Source: Light novel
  Genre: Comedy , Romance
  Subject: School
  Duration: Unknown
  Rating: PG-13 – Teens 13 and older
  Content:

  After catching a cold while giving her only umbrella to a girl sitting in the rain, Amane Fujimiya just wishes she would eventually return it. However, Mahiru Shiina, the "Angel" of Amane's school and his neighbor, gives him more. Instead of just the umbrella, she insists on returning the favor by helping him recover from a cold. However, she did not know the battlefield was Amane's apartment.

The only word Mahiru finds from her mouth to describe the chaos is "unsightly." But despite her unsympathetic portrayal, Mahiru continues to help the hopeless Amane. Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsunomanika Dame Ningen ni Sareteita Ken follows Amane as he is cared for by Mahiru, who takes on a variety of jobs—from cleaning the apartment to cooking dinner.

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Spy Kyoushitsu - Spy Classroom

Spy Classroom - Trailer

• Japanese:スパイ教室
  Type: Television
  Episodes: Unknown
  Status: Not aired yet
  Air: January 5, 2023
  Premiere: Winter 2023
  Source: Light novel
  Genre: Action , Comedy , Mystery , Romance
  Content:

  After a terrible war devastated the general population, governments around the world turned to a more elusive tactic to further their agenda—a war fought in the shadows.

  Lily, a beautiful girl with white curls, is a student at one of the many academies that train young men to become capable spies. Unfortunately, despite scoring well on the written test, she barely passed her practice section. With no practical skills to speak of, her graduation hopes are bleak until she is given the opportunity to join the mysterious team "Tomoshibi" and participate in the Mission Impossible.

Excited by the prospect of working with the elite, Lily enthusiastically accepted. However, she is dumbfounded when she arrives at Kagerou Palace and Tomoshibi's true purpose and its hopeless situation come to light. Joined by other problematic female spies along with a mysterious young man leading the operation, Lily realizes that this is not the ideal prison escape she had envisioned.

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Kubo-san wa Mob wo Yurusanai - Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible

Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible - Trailer

• Japanese:久保さんは僕を許さない
  Type: Television
  Episodes: Unknown
  Status: Not aired yet
  Air: January 10, 2023
  Premiere: Winter 2023
  Source: Manga
  Genre: Comedy , Romance
  Subject: School
  Duration: Unknown
  Rating: PG-13 – Teens 13 and older
  Content:

  Junta Shiraishi High School students have a simple goal of living a fulfilling youth. However, achieving this goal seems to be more difficult than expected, since people around him often do not pay attention to him due to his absence. In fact, Shiraishi's absence is so severe that people think his seat in class is always empty and mistakenly believe that he often skips school. There was even a strange rumor circulating in the class, claiming that those who successfully discovered Shiraishi would be blessed with the day.

So far, the only person who has noticed his existence is Nagisa Kubo, the girl sitting next to him. Unfortunately for him, however, Kubo enjoys teasing him daily and often puts him in stressful and unprecedented situations. However, as Kubo's farcical antics continue to involve the reluctant Shiraishi, he may soon discover that his youth may not be as boring as he initially thought.

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Flaglia: Natsuyasumi no Monogatari

Flaglia: Natsuyasumi no Monogatari - Trailer

• Japanese:『FLAGLIA』~なつやすみの物語~
  Type: Television
  Episodes: 6
  Status: Not aired yet
  Air: January 17, 2023 to January 31, 2023
  Premiere: Winter 2023
  Source: Mixed Media
  Genre: Fantasy
  Content:

  Iko, a third-grader, lives with her four older brothers in an old house in Tateyama. Iko's family had no parents, and according to her brothers, their mother worked in Tokyo. Although a bit eccentric, Iko loves her brothers, who take good care of him, but they have a secret: they are witches who almost live forever... The story unfolds about a family's summer vacation in a coastal town, they live happily together while being caught up in the world of magicians.