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'.
Series that lack enough user votes will not qualify for the ranking.
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 May 6-12
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)
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anime series
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#1.
Dorohedoro
1
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6
1
#2.
Witch Hat Atelier
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
#3.
Nippon Sangoku The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun
1
2
3
4
5
6
15
#4.
MAO
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
#5.
Akane-banashi
1
2
3
4
5
6
20
#6.
An Observation Log of My Fiancée
1
2
3
4
5
6
20
#7.
Go For It, Nakamura-kun!!
1
2
3
4
5
6
3
#8.
Farming Life in Another World 2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
#9.
Daemons of the Shadow Realm
1
2
3
4
5
6
20
#10.
MARRIAGETOXIN
1
2
3
4
5
6
6
#11.
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-
1
2
3
4
5
7
#12.
Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 3
1
2
3
4
5
5
#13.
One Piece
1156
1157
1158
1159
1160
1161
4
#14.
I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class
1
2
3
4
5
6
13
#15.
Needy Girl Overdose
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
#16.
Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk
1
2
3
4
5
5
#17.
Always a Catch!
1
2
3
4
5
6
2
#18.
Gals Can't Be Kind to Otaku!?
1
2
3
4
5
4
#19.
A Hundred Scenes of Awajima
1
2
3
4
5
7
#20.
The Ramparts of Ice
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
#21.
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
1
2
3
4
5
10
#22.
Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun
1
2
3
4
5
6
9
#23.
Dr. Stone: Science Future
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8
#24.
Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
#25.
The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King
1
2
3
4
5
19
#26.
Wistoria: Wand and Sword
1
2
3
4
5
9
#27.
Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
#28.
Klutzy Class Monitor and the Girl with the Short Skirt
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
#29.
Classroom of the Elite 4th Season
1-4
5
6
7
8
9
5
#30.
Kill Blue
1
2
3
4
5
6
#31.
Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring
1
2
3
4
5
6
2
#32.
Snowball Earth
1
2
3
4
5
6
2
#33.
The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch
1
2
3
4
5
5
#34.
Yowayowa Sensei
1
2
3
4
5
2
#35.
The Beginning After The End
1
2
3
4
5
6
2
#36.
Strongest Job is Apparently Not a Hero or a Sage
1
2
3
4
5
6
13
#37.
Kusunoki's Garden of Gods
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
#38.
Killed Again, Mr. Detective?
1
2
3
4
5
6
Series Cumulative Ranking as of May 12
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.
Witch Hat Atelier
1
2
3
4
5
6
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#2.
Dorohedoro
1
2
3
4
5
6
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#3.
Akane-banashi
1
2
3
4
5
6
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#4.
Nippon Sangoku The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
#5.
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-
1
2
3
4
5
1
#6.
Daemons of the Shadow Realm
1
2
3
4
5
6
2
#7.
One Piece
1156
1157
1158
1159
1160
1161
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#8.
A Hundred Scenes of Awajima
1
2
3
4
5
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#9.
The Ramparts of Ice
1
2
3
4
5
6
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#10.
MARRIAGETOXIN
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
#11.
Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 3
1
2
3
4
5
1
#12.
MAO
1
2
3
4
5
6
2
#13.
Dr. Stone: Science Future
25
26
27
28
29
30
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#14.
Wistoria: Wand and Sword
1
2
3
4
5
—
#15.
Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun
1
2
3
4
5
6
—
#16.
Always a Catch!
1
2
3
4
5
6
—
#17.
I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class
1
2
3
4
5
6
—
#18.
Gals Can't Be Kind to Otaku!?
1
2
3
4
5
8
#19.
An Observation Log of My Fiancée
1
2
3
4
5
6
4
#20.
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
1
2
3
4
5
1
#21.
Klutzy Class Monitor and the Girl with the Short Skirt
1
2
3
4
5
6
3
#22.
Farming Life in Another World 2
1
2
3
4
5
6
2
#23.
Kusunoki's Garden of Gods
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
#24.
Needy Girl Overdose
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
#25.
Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
#26.
Classroom of the Elite 4th Season
1-4
5
6
7
8
9
5
#27.
Kill Blue
1
2
3
4
5
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#28.
Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon
1
2
3
4
5
6
—
#29.
Go For It, Nakamura-kun!!
1
2
3
4
5
6
—
#30.
Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk
1
2
3
4
5
—
#31.
The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King
1
2
3
4
5
—
#32.
The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch
1
2
3
4
5
—
#33.
Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten
1
2
3
4
5
6
—
#34.
Snowball Earth
1
2
3
4
5
6
—
#35.
The Beginning After The End
1
2
3
4
5
6
—
#36.
Killed Again, Mr. Detective?
1
2
3
4
5
6
—
#37.
Yowayowa Sensei
1
2
3
4
5
—
#38.
Strongest Job is Apparently Not a Hero or a Sage
1
2
3
4
5
6
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 Ranked pairs 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.
