Open Thread: Top Ten Lists for 2023!

Open Thread: Top Ten Lists for 2023!

It’s time again for the annual wrap-up post. 2023 was a year, wasn’t it? There were some good times, some bad times, and some odd times. Let’s look at those top ten lists!

Top Ten Posts of 2023

1. Book Review: God’s Little Acre
2. Anime Review: Baki (2018)
3. Movie Review: The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
4. Manga Review: Vinland Saga Book Six
5. Manga Review: Doraemon, Vol. 1
6. Manga Review: Ooku
7. Manga Review: Ooku 10 & 11
8. Book Review: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
9. Manga Review: Vagabond Volume 1
10. Book Review: The Financial Expert

The big surprise of the year is God’s Little Acre zooming to the top of the rankings. As far as I can tell there’s no new movie or TV adaptation. Did Erskine Caldwell have some kind of anniversary?

Top Ten Posts All-Time

1. Book Review: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
2. Book Review: The Financial Expert
3. Book Review: The Black Tulip
4. Book Review: The Sea-Wolf
5. TV Review: Mannix
6. Anime Review: Urusei Yatsura
7. Manga Review: Doraemon, Vol. 1
8. Manga Review: Vagabond Volume 1
9. Anime Review: Baki (2018)
10. Book Review: Octavia’s Brood

Long-term Arthurian Mythos fans are still keeping their fellow on top!

Top Ten Books

1. God’s Little Acre
2. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
3. The Financial Expert
4. A Night to Remember
5. The Black Tulip
6. Octavia’s Brood
7. Mary Poppins Comes Back
8. The Fungus
9. The Beast with Five Fingers
10. Wounded Tiger

Some new activity here, though the perennial favorites continued to perform well.

Top Ten Anime and Webtoons

1. Baki (2018)
2. Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac
3. Digimon Ghost Game
4. Case Closed: The Culprit Hanzawa
5. My Love Story
6. Ghost Stories (Dub)
7. Elfen Lied
8. Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (2020)
9. Gegege no Kitaro (2018)
10. Hataraki Man

The Baki franchise had two new installments out this year, including the unfrozen caveman one.

Top Ten Movies and TV

1. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
2. Firecracker (1981)
3. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
4. A Smoky Mountain Christmas
5. Hang ‘Em High
6. Unriddle Season Two
7. Princess Mononoke
8. Big Trouble in Little China
9. Excalibur
10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Ray Harryhausen leads the pack this year. Of note is that the Dolly Parton movie just zoomed up the rankings in December.

Top Ten Manga

1. Vinland Saga Book Six
2. Doraemon, Vol. 1
3. Ooku
4. Ooku 10 & 11
5. Vagabond Volume 1
6. Vinland Saga Book Nine
7. Vagabond Volume 2
8. Dr. Stone
9. Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Volume 1
10. My Dress-Up Darling 1

Vinland Saga had another season of the anime this year, and Ooku got an animated adaptation.

Top Ten Comic Books and Comic Strips

1. Our Army at War
2. The Complete Little Orphan Annie Volume Ten: The Junior Commandos
3. Johnny Comet
4. Enemies
5. Milton Caniff’s Steve Canyon 1948
6. Batman: The Sunday Classics 1943-1946
7. Supersonic Girl
8. Modesty Blaise: The Scarlet Maiden
9. Curse of the Were-Woman
10. No Hero

A war comic did surprisingly well, but it’s obvious that comic book reviews aren’t my main draw.

Top Ten Magazines

1. Oh Reader, Issue 001
2. American Short Fiction Summer 2022
3. Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2021
4. Analog Science Fiction and Fact June 2015
5. Analog Science Fiction Science Fact December 1984
6. The Scots Magazine October 1978
7. The Spider #85: The Council of Evil
8. High Adventure #98: The Crimson Mask
9. Lapham’s Quarterly: A History of Fake News
10. Magazine Review: Famous Fantastic Mysteries March 1944 – SKJAM! Reviews

Magazines did very poorly this year, with the top contender being a fluffy pop culture venture. I hope you folks will check out the magazines I’ve got scheduled for next year!

Top Ten Visiting Countries

1. United States
2. Canada
3. Finland
4. India
5. United Kingdom
6. South Africa
7. China
8. Philippines
9. Brazil
10. Australia

The U.S. as always way in front, but a surprisingly strong showing from Finland. Welcome, Finns! Just one visitor from Belize this year, please come again, and bring a friend!

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What reviews have you enjoyed this year, and what are you looking forward to in 2024?