Nico Nico Pedia has announced the results of the annual “Top 100 Buzzwords of 2023”, which seeks to determine the most popular franchises, trends, events, or memes of the year.
The ranking is a convenient way to learn about the most popular things of the year, including things that might have slipped past unsuspecting internet dwellers.
Here are the top ten winners of the ranking:
1. Oshi no Ko (a popular anime)
2. “Kimi wa Kanpeki de Kyuukyoku no Getter” (“You are the most perfect and ultimate Getter” – Lyrics from Oshi no Ko’s opening song “Idol”, which ended up becoming a meme, example below)
3. Ousama Sentai King-Ohger (a Japanese tokusatsu television drama)
4. Ai (Oshi no Ko) (the main heroine from Oshi no Ko)
5. Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon
6. Satsuma Hogwarts (a viral Twitter trend where users imagined what it would be like if a wizarding school was located in the Satsuma Province of Harry Potter’s world)
7. Hirogaru Sky! Precure (a Precure anime)
8. Blue Lock (an anime)
9. “Mou Tsukarechatte Zenzen Ugokenakutee” (“I’m already tired and can’t move at all” – a quote from a Korok in video game The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom)
10. Blue Archive (a video game)
Here are the 90 other entries, for those curious:
Blue Archive clocks in at number 10, and an anime series based on the game is set to premiere soon.
