Your Anime Rankings -21
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 July 15-21
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
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week
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anime series
no ep.
this week
One Piece
1135
1136
1
#1.
My Dress-Up Darling
13
14
15
1
#2.
Call of the Night
1
2
3
2
#3.
DAN DA DAN
13
14
15
—
#4.
Anne Shirley
13
14
15
3
#5.
New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT
1
2
6
#6.
The Summer Hikaru Died
1
2
3
5
#7.
Clevatess
1
2
3
6
#8.
Ruri Rocks
1
2
3
12
#9.
CITY The Animation
1
2
3
3
#10.
Witch Watch
14
15
16
no ep.
this week
Kaiju No. 8
13
3
#11.
Secrets of the Silent Witch
1
2
3
1
#12.
Dr. Stone: Science Future
13
14
1
#13.
Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus
1
2
3
4
#14.
To Be Hero X
13
14
15
7
#15.
Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun
13
14
15
6
#16.
The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4
1
2
2
#17.
With You and the Rain
1
2
3
no ep.
this week
Gachiakuta
1
2
12
#18.
No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover!
1
2
3
10
#19.
See You Tomorrow at the Food Court
1
2
3
1
#20.
Reborn as a Vending Machine
1
2
3
8
#21.
Detectives These Days Are Crazy!
1
2
3
1
#22.
The Water Magician
1
2
3
5
#23.
Welcome to the Outcast’s Restaurant!
1
2
3
1
#24.
Dealing with Mikadono Sisters Is a Breeze
1
2
3
13
#25.
Sword of the Demon Hunter
14
15
4
#26.
Summer Pockets
14
15
16
5
#27.
Bad Girl
1
2
3
10
#28.
Betrothed to My Sister’s Ex
1
2
3
7
#29.
Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra
1
2
3
8
#30.
New Saga
1
2
3
10
#31.
I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince
13
14
no ep.
this week
Sakamoto Days
12
13
#32.
Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube
1
2
3
no ep.
this week
Nukitashi the Animation
1
8
#33.
Rent-A-Girlfriend
37
38
39
5
#34.
The Shy Hero and the Assassin Princesses
1
2
3
—
#35.
A Couple of Cuckoos
1
2
4
#36.
Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter
1
2
3
8
#37.
Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer!
1
2
3
5
#38.
Watari-kun’s ****** Is About to Collapse
1
2
3
6
#39.
Turkey!-Time to Strike-
1
2
7
#40.
Nyaight of the Living Cat
1
2
3
7
#41.
Tougen Anki
1
2
4
#42.
Solo Camping for Two
1
2
12
#43.
Yaiba: Samurai Legend
14
15
Series Cumulative Ranking as of July 21
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
—
#1.
My Dress-Up Darling
13
14
15
3
#2.
DAN DA DAN
13
14
15
1
#3.
The Summer Hikaru Died
1
2
3
—
#4.
One Piece
1135
1136
1
#5.
Call of the Night
1
2
3
1
#6.
Anne Shirley
13
14
15
4
#7.
New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT
1
2
—
#8.
Kaiju No. 8
13
—
#9.
Clevatess
1
2
3
—
#10.
Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus
1
2
3
—
#11.
With You and the Rain
1
2
3
6
#12.
Dr. Stone: Science Future
13
14
1
#13.
Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun
13
14
15
1
#14.
To Be Hero X
13
14
15
1
#15.
No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover!
1
2
3
1
#16.
Secrets of the Silent Witch
1
2
3
1
#17.
Ruri Rocks
1
2
3
1
#18.
CITY The Animation
1
2
3
1
#19.
Witch Watch
14
15
16
3
#20.
Sakamoto Days
12
6
#21.
See You Tomorrow at the Food Court
1
2
3
6
#22.
The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4
1
2
1
#23.
Reborn as a Vending Machine
1
2
3
5
#24.
Betrothed to My Sister’s Ex
1
2
3
4
#25.
Gachiakuta
1
2
4
#26.
Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube
1
2
3
2
#27.
Nukitashi the Animation
1
2
#28.
Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra
1
2
3
—
#29.
Welcome to the Outcast’s Restaurant!
1
2
3
1
#30.
Detectives These Days Are Crazy!
1
2
3
1
#31.
Dealing with Mikadono Sisters Is a Breeze
1
2
3
12
#32.
The Water Magician
1
2
3
1
#33.
Summer Pockets
14
15
16
1
#34.
Bad Girl
1
2
3
1
#35.
Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter
1
2
3
—
#36.
New Saga
1
2
3
—
#37.
Yaiba: Samurai Legend
14
15
2
#38.
Sword of the Demon Hunter
14
15
1
#39.
Turkey!-Time to Strike-
1
2
5
#40.
Nyaight of the Living Cat
1
2
3
4
#41.
The Shy Hero and the Assassin Princesses
1
2
3
—
#42.
A Couple of Cuckoos
1
2
4
#43.
Tougen Anki
1
2
3
#44.
Solo Camping for Two
1
2
2
#45.
I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince
13
14
—
#46.
Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer!
1
2
3
—
#47.
Rent-A-Girlfriend
37
38
39
—
#48.
Watari-kun’s ****** Is About to Collapse
1
2
3
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.
