Dive into what ANN community members consider the highlights and low points of the current season, determined by feedback gathered through our Daily Streaming Reviews and the Your Score hub for the newest simulcasts.
Please note that these standings reflect viewer scores for individual weekly episodes rather than the broad popularity or overall quality of a complete franchise.
Only series with sufficient North American streaming availability and viewer engagement make the list, meaning shows near the bottom are generally still quite watchable rather than outright terrible.
Titles that fail to meet the minimum user vote threshold are excluded from the charts.
Check out the notes section for further details.
Don’t forget to visit Your Score to rate the episodes you watched this week!
Episode Rankings for the week of August 5-11
Alongside the exact standings for this week’s episodes, this visual chart maps out weekly positional shifts.
While certain shows maintain steady ground, others experience dramatic leaps and drops depending on the impact of each specific installment.
If a series lacks a new episode during a given week, the previous week’s score is carried over as a placeholder.
Furthermore, any series’ premiere episode is counted toward the first week, even if it officially premiered during week two.
Click on any number to highlight a specific series on the chart.
Series Cumulative Ranking as of August 11
Weekly standings incorporate the cumulative scores awarded to past episodes.
As the season progresses toward its finale, each show’s overall position stabilizes, giving us a clearer picture of the season’s standout hits and misses.
Click on any number to highlight a specific series on the chart.
Notes
Disclaimer: These rankings represent a simple aggregation of user opinions compiled purely for informational and entertainment value.
ANN makes no guarantees regarding strict statistical perfection or complete immunity to manipulation.
Standings are calculated using the Ranked pairs method,
with one key adjustment: unrated shows are treated as abstentions rather than being pushed below rated titles.
In practical terms, if 60% of viewers who scored both Series A and Series B favored Series A, Series A will rank higher.
These charts measure relative preference (viewers favored A over B) rather than absolute benchmarks of quality (such as defining B as objectively good or bad).
Even though shows are ordered from top to bottom, the margin between the #1 spot and the #10 spot can often be razor-thin.
If your favorite anime is resting near the bottom, please don’t take it personally; it doesn’t imply the series is flawed—just that, on average, the community favored the titles placed above it.
When a series skips a week without a new broadcast, we utilize its prior week’s score to maintain consistency in the weekly chart.
While this placeholder score does not impact the long-term cumulative ranking, it makes side-by-side weekly comparisons much easier to read.
Additionally, long-running franchises and direct sequels often hold a natural advantage: by the time they reach a current season, only dedicated fans are still watching, and those fans tend to rate each episode generously.
However, if such a franchise hits a sluggish filler arc, its weekly scores might dip temporarily—not reflecting its true overall worth.
Conversely, these established shows sometimes suffer from smaller active voter pools, occasionally failing to secure enough votes to qualify for the chart at all.