Every year, the Japanese anime cable channel AT-X polls viewers in Japan on their favourites. Here are the ones for 2023 (via Anime News Network). The categories are divided into two broader groups: AT-X Anime Ranking 2023 and AT-X 25th Anniversary. For the 2023 polls, the categories are: Anime Ranking 2023 and Anime Ranking 2023 Second-half. For the 25th Anniversary, the categories are: Favorite Anime Series, Recommended Series, Anime that Changed Your Life, Series that Scream AT-X!, and Favorite Anisong.

Starting with the 2023 rankings, Oshi no Ko, Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, and Otaku Elf take the top three for Anime Ranking 2023. In turn, the Second-half sees The Apothecary Diaries, Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, and The Eminence in Shadow take the podium. Meanwhile, for the 25th Anniversary polls, starting with Favorite Series, A Place Further Than the Universe, Aria the Animation, and Oshi no Ko were the top three. Recommended Series came with the same top two, but The Apothecary Diaries edged out Oshi no Ko to take the number three spot.

As for Anime that Changed Your Life, at the top lies Neon Genesis Evangelion, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, and A Place Further Than the Universe. For The Series that Scream AT-X! category, the top three are Aria the Animation, Yosuga no Sora, and Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World. For the final category of the 25th Anniversary group of polls, Favorite Anisong, the number one through three are “Idol” from Oshi no Ko, “On my Railgun” from A Certain Scientific Railgun, and “Shukufuku” from Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury.

AT-X isn’t available outside of Japan, but there are some of the most popular picks amongst the Japanese. which can be different from rankings outside of Japan.