Let’s have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season,
based on the polls you can find in our Daily Streaming Reviews
and on the Your Score page with the latest simulcasts.
Keep in mind that these rankings are based on how people rated individual episodes of the current season, not on the overall quality or popularity of the series.
Only the titles legally streaming in North America and popular enough are being ranked, so the bottom of the list might represent ‘watchable’ rather than ‘bad’.
See the notes for further details.
Don’t forget to head over to Your Score to rate the episodes you’ve watched this week
Episode Rankings for the week of December 10-16
Along the actual ranking for this week’s episodes, this graph chronicles the change in position from week to week.
While some series are stable, others swing wildly in the rankings depending on the strength of each episode.
When a series has no episode for a given week, the previous week’s episode is used instead as a placeholder.
The first episode of each series is considered as part of the first week, even if it really streamed during the second week.
Click on the numbers to highlight a particular series.
| ranking change from week to week (episode numbers as labels; clickable) |
prev week change |
this week rank |
anime series |
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| 1 | #1. | Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End |
1-4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 |
| 1 | #2. | Power of Hope: Precure Full Bloom |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| — | #3. | The Apothecary Diaries |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 3 | #4. | The Eminence in Shadow 2nd Season |
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 |
| 21 | #5. | Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 3 |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 1 | #6. | The Faraway Paladin |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 6 | #7. | Migi & Dali |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 13 | #8. | I’m in Love with the Villainess |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 2 | #9. | Rurouni Kenshin |
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 |
| 6 | #10. | The Ancient Magus’ Bride |
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 |
| 3 | #11. | Dr. Stone: New World |
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 |
| 3 | #12. | Jujutsu Kaisen |
35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 |
| 2 | #13. | The 100 Girlfriends Who Really(x5) Love You |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
| 8 | #14. | One Piece |
1078 1079 1080 1081 1082 1083 1084 1085 1086 1087 |
| 5 | #15. | Undead Unluck |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 3 | #16. | Under Ninja |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 6 | #17. | Dark Gathering |
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 |
| 1 | #18. | Shy |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 5 | #19. | Berserk of Gluttony |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 17 | #20. | Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 7 | #21. | Helck |
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 |
| 6 | #22. | Stardust Telepath |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
| 17 | #23. | You Were Experienced, I Was Not |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 3 | #24. | Shangri-La Frontier |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 13 | #25. | Spy×Family |
26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 |
| 6 | #26. | Goblin Slayer II |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 3 | #27. | Dead Mount Death Play |
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 |
| 6 | #28. | The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
| 11 | #29. | Overtake! |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 16 | #30. | Girlfriend, Girlfriend |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 2 | #31. | Ragna Crimson |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 9 | #32. | Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 1 | #33. | I’m Giving … a Crash Course in Naughtiness |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 9 | #34. | 16bit Sensation: Another Layer |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 3 | #35. | The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 2 | #36. | Tearmoon Empire |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 1 | #37. | My Daughter … S-Rank Adventurer |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 5 | #38. | A Returner’s Magic Should Be Special |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 8 | #39. | The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3 |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 1 | #40. | Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 1 | #41. | The Kingdoms of Ruin |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 7 | #42. | Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
Series Cumulative Ranking as of December 16
Each week’s ranking takes into account the scores given to previous weeks’ episodes.
As we reach closer to the end of the season, each series’ rank will start to solidify and we’ll get a look at the real winners and losers.
Click on the numbers to highlight a particular series.
| ranking change from week to week (episode numbers as labels; clickable) |
prev week change |
this week rank |
anime series |
|---|---|---|---|
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| — | #1. | Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End |
1-4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 |
| — | #2. | The Apothecary Diaries |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| — | #3. | The Eminence in Shadow 2nd Season |
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 |
| 1 | #4. | Power of Hope: Precure Full Bloom |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 1 | #5. | The Ancient Magus’ Bride |
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 |
| 2 | #6. | Spy×Family |
26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 |
| — | #7. | Dr. Stone: New World |
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 |
| — | #8. | Undead Unluck |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| — | #9. | The 100 Girlfriends Who Really(x5) Love You |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
| — | #10. | Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 3 |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| — | #11. | Jujutsu Kaisen |
35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 |
| 3 | #12. | One Piece |
1078 1079 1080 1081 1082 1083 1084 1085 1086 1087 |
| 1 | #13. | Dark Gathering |
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 |
| 1 | #14. | The Faraway Paladin |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 1 | #15. | I’m in Love with the Villainess |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 1 | #16. | Dead Mount Death Play |
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 |
| 1 | #17. | Shangri-La Frontier |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 2 | #18. | Overtake! |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| — | #19. | Goblin Slayer II |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| — | #20. | Helck |
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 |
| — | #21. | Migi & Dali |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| — | #22. | Rurouni Kenshin |
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 |
| — | #23. | Shy |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| — | #24. | Ragna Crimson |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 2 | #25. | Girlfriend, Girlfriend |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 1 | #26. | Tearmoon Empire |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 1 | #27. | The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3 |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 2 | #28. | The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 1 | #29. | My Daughter … S-Rank Adventurer |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 1 | #30. | Under Ninja |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 2 | #31. | Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 3 | #32. | Berserk of Gluttony |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 1 | #33. | Stardust Telepath |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
| — | #34. | 16bit Sensation: Another Layer |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| — | #35. | The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
| 1 | #36. | Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| 1 | #37. | You Were Experienced, I Was Not |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| — | #38. | I’m Giving … a Crash Course in Naughtiness |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| — | #39. | A Returner’s Magic Should Be Special |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| — | #40. | The Kingdoms of Ruin |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| — | #41. | Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
| — | #42. | Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
Notes
Disclaimer: the rankings are just an average of opinions, published for entertainment and information purposes.
ANN makes no claims regarding statistical significance or invulnerability to spam.
The rankings are computed using the Schulze method,
with the variation that unrated titles are considered as abstentions instead of lower than the rated titles.
This roughly means that if, out of all people who rated both A and B, 60% preferred A, it will be ranked higher than B.
The rankings indicate relative quality (A is preferred to B), not absolute quality (B is good/bad).
While the titles are ranked from ‘best’ to ‘worst’, sometimes the difference between #1 and #10 can be very thin.
So if your favorite is near the bottom of the list, don’t take it personally.
It doesn’t mean it’s a bad show, it just means that ANN readers, on average, have preferred the ones above.
If a series has no episode for a given week, we use the rating data for the previous week’s episode in order to compute the weekly ranking.
This is not officially counted as a position in the ranking (it has no impact on the cumulative ranking), but it makes it easier to compare weeks if they each have the same number of series ranked.
It should be noted that long-running series (and sequels) have an advantage in the sense that only people who like the series are still watching it, and they are likely to give each episode a high rating.
But if such a series is going through a low-quality filler arc, the season will get low rankings that are not indicative of the true overall quality of the series.
Conversely, there are fewer people rating the show so it’s less likely to have enough votes to qualify for the ranking.
