Your Anime Rankings
Best of Summer 2025, Aug 12-18
by Daniel DeLorme,
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 August 12-18
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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| 19 | #1. | New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT |
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| 1 | #2. | The Summer Hikaru Died |
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| 4 | #3. | CITY The Animation |
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| 2 | #4. | My Dress-Up Darling |
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| 4 | #5. | DAN DA DAN |
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| 6 | #6. | Ruri Rocks |
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| 2 | #7. | Call of the Night |
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See You Tomorrow at the Food Court |
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| 2 | #8. | Clevatess |
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| 4 | #9. | Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun |
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Anne Shirley |
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| 2 | #10. | Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus |
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| 25 | #11. | Turkey!-Time to Strike- |
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| 4 | #12. | Gachiakuta |
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| 4 | #13. | Secrets of the Silent Witch |
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| — | #14. | Witch Watch |
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| 8 | #15. | The Water Magician |
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| 3 | #16. | One Piece |
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| 10 | #17. | Sword of the Demon Hunter |
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| 20 | #18. | To Be Hero X |
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| 12 | #19. | With You and the Rain |
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| 5 | #20. | Dr. Stone: Science Future |
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| 19 | #21. | No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! |
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| 2 | #22. | Sakamoto Days |
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| 2 | #23. | Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube |
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| 13 | #24. | Kaiju No. 8 |
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| 12 | #25. | Betrothed to My Sister's Ex |
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| 3 | #26. | Dealing with Mikadono Sisters Is a Breeze |
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| 5 | #27. | Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra |
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| 6 | #28. | Reborn as a Vending Machine |
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| 3 | #29. | The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 |
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| 1 | #30. | Detectives These Days Are Crazy! |
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| 2 | #31. | New Saga |
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| 7 | #32. | Nukitashi the Animation |
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| 9 | #33. | The Shy Hero and the Assassin Princesses |
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| 6 | #34. | Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant! |
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| 10 | #35. | Nyaight of the Living Cat |
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| 7 | #36. | Tougen Anki |
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| 8 | #37. | Summer Pockets |
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| 8 | #38. | Bad Girl |
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| — | #39. | Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer! |
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| 1 | #40. | Watari-kun's ****** Is About to Collapse |
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| 1 | #41. | A Couple of Cuckoos |
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| 2 | #42. | Solo Camping for Two |
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| 6 | #43. | Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter |
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| 10 | #44. | Rent-A-Girlfriend |
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| 10 | #45. | I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince |
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Series Cumulative Ranking as of August 18
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) |
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| — | #1. | My Dress-Up Darling |
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| — | #2. | DAN DA DAN |
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| — | #3. | Call of the Night |
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| — | #4. | The Summer Hikaru Died |
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| — | #5. | New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT |
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| — | #6. | Anne Shirley |
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| — | #7. | CITY The Animation |
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| 1 | #8. | Clevatess |
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| 1 | #9. | One Piece |
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| — | #10. | Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun |
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| 1 | #11. | Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus |
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| 1 | #12. | Ruri Rocks |
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| 1 | #13. | No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! |
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| 1 | #14. | Secrets of the Silent Witch |
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| 4 | #15. | Kaiju No. 8 |
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| — | #16. | With You and the Rain |
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| — | #17. | See You Tomorrow at the Food Court |
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| — | #18. | Dr. Stone: Science Future |
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| — | #19. | Gachiakuta |
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| — | #20. | Witch Watch |
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| — | #21. | To Be Hero X |
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| — | #22. | Betrothed to My Sister's Ex |
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| — | #23. | Sakamoto Days |
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| — | #24. | The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 |
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| 5 | #25. | Sword of the Demon Hunter |
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| 1 | #26. | Dealing with Mikadono Sisters Is a Breeze |
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| 1 | #27. | Summer Pockets |
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| 1 | #28. | Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube |
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| 1 | #29. | Reborn as a Vending Machine |
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| 1 | #30. | Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra |
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| — | #31. | Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant! |
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| — | #32. | Detectives These Days Are Crazy! |
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| 1 | #33. | Bad Girl |
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| 1 | #34. | The Water Magician |
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| 1 | #35. | New Saga |
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| 1 | #36. | I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince |
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| 2 | #37. | Turkey!-Time to Strike- |
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| — | #38. | Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter |
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| 6 | #39. | Nukitashi the Animation |
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| 1 | #40. | Nyaight of the Living Cat |
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| 5 | #41. | The Shy Hero and the Assassin Princesses |
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| 2 | #42. | A Couple of Cuckoos |
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| 1 | #43. | Tougen Anki |
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| 1 | #44. | Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer! |
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| 1 | #45. | Solo Camping for Two |
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| 1 | #46. | Rent-A-Girlfriend |
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| — | #47. | Watari-kun's ****** Is About to Collapse |
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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.
