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