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 29-August 4

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.

prev week change	this week rank	anime series

5	#1.	CITY The Animation	1 2 3 4 5
—	#2.	Call of the Night	1 2 3 4 5
2	#3.	New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT	1 2 3 4
3	#4.	My Dress-Up Darling	13 14 15 16 17
3	#5.	The Summer Hikaru Died	1 2 3 4 5
8	#6.	See You Tomorrow at the Food Court	1 2 3 4 5
4	#7.	DAN DA DAN	13 14 15 16 17
1	#8.	Anne Shirley	13 14 15 16 17
4	#9.	Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun	13 14 15 16 17
5	#10.	Ruri Rocks	1 2 3 4 5
6	#11.	Kaiju No. 8	13 14 15
8	#12.	Clevatess	1 2 3 4 5
7	#13.	Gachiakuta	1 2 3 4
13	#14.	One Piece	1135 1136 1137 1138
3	#15.	Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus	1 2 3 4 5
—	#16.	Dr. Stone: Science Future	13 14 15 16
6	#17.	The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4	1 2 3 4
29	#18.	Turkey!-Time to Strike-	1 2 3 4
8	#19.	Secrets of the Silent Witch	1 2 3 4 5
2	#20.	Betrothed to My Sister’s Ex	1 2 3 4 5
3	#21.	With You and the Rain	1 2 3 4 5
12	#22.	No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover!	1 2 3 4 5
6	#23.	Witch Watch	14 15 16 17 18
3	#24.	Sword of the Demon Hunter	14 15 16 17
6	#25.	To Be Hero X	13 14 15 16 17
2	#26.	Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra	1 2 3 4 5
3	#27.	Summer Pockets	14 15 16 17 18
10	#28.	The Water Magician	1 2 3 4 5
2	#29.	Sakamoto Days	12 13 14
8	#30.	Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube	1 2 3 4 5
10	#31.	Bad Girl	1 2 3 4 5
7	#32.	Detectives These Days Are Crazy!	1 2 3 4 5
1	#33.	Watari-kun’s ****** Is About to Collapse	1 2 3 4 5
10	#34.	Tougen Anki	1 2 3 4
9	#35.	Dealing with Mikadono Sisters Is a Breeze	1 2 3 4 5
—	#36.	I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince	13 14 15 16
4	#37.	New Saga	1 2 3 4 5
2	#38.	Reborn as a Vending Machine	1 2 3 4 5
5	#39.	Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter	1 2 3 4 5
8	#40.	Nukitashi the Animation	1 2 3
4	#41.	Solo Camping for Two	1 2 3 4
17	#42.	Welcome to the Outcast’s Restaurant!	1 2 3 4 5
1	#43.	A Couple of Cuckoos	1 2 3 4
1	#44.	Rent-A-Girlfriend	37 38 39 40 41
18	#45.	The Shy Hero and the Assassin Princesses	1 2 3 4 5
11	#46.	Nyaight of the Living Cat	1 2 3 4 5
10	#47.	Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer!	1 2 3 4 5
2	#48.	Yaiba: Samurai Legend	14 15 16 17

Series Cumulative Ranking as of August 4

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.

prev week change	this week rank	anime series

—	#1.	One Piece	1135 1136 1137 1138
1	#2.	My Dress-Up Darling	13 14 15 16 17
1	#3.	Call of the Night	1 2 3 4 5
2	#4.	DAN DA DAN	13 14 15 16 17
—	#5.	The Summer Hikaru Died	1 2 3 4 5
—	#6.	New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT	1 2 3 4
—	#7.	Anne Shirley	13 14 15 16 17
2	#8.	CITY The Animation	1 2 3 4 5
1	#9.	Clevatess	1 2 3 4 5
1	#10.	Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun	13 14 15 16 17
2	#11.	Kaiju No. 8	13 14 15
3	#12.	Secrets of the Silent Witch	1 2 3 4 5
4	#13.	Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus	1 2 3 4 5
2	#14.	Ruri Rocks	1 2 3 4 5
3	#15.	To Be Hero X	13 14 15 16 17
1	#16.	With You and the Rain	1 2 3 4 5
5	#17.	Dr. Stone: Science Future	13 14 15 16
4	#18.	No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover!	1 2 3 4 5
2	#19.	See You Tomorrow at the Food Court	1 2 3 4 5
1	#20.	Gachiakuta	1 2 3 4
1	#21.	Betrothed to My Sister’s Ex	1 2 3 4 5
2	#22.	The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4	1 2 3 4
3	#23.	Witch Watch	14 15 16 17 18
1	#24.	Sakamoto Days	12 13 14
7	#25.	Sword of the Demon Hunter	14 15 16 17
5	#26.	Dealing with Mikadono Sisters Is a Breeze	1 2 3 4 5
6	#27.	Summer Pockets	14 15 16 17 18
2	#28.	Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube	1 2 3 4 5
4	#29.	Reborn as a Vending Machine	1 2 3 4 5
3	#30.	Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra	1 2 3 4 5
3	#31.	Welcome to the Outcast’s Restaurant!	1 2 3 4 5
2	#32.	Detectives These Days Are Crazy!	1 2 3 4 5
1	#33.	Bad Girl	1 2 3 4 5
5	#34.	The Water Magician	1 2 3 4 5
—	#35.	New Saga	1 2 3 4 5
—	#36.	Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter	1 2 3 4 5
1	#37.	Nyaight of the Living Cat	1 2 3 4 5
8	#38.	Tougen Anki	1 2 3 4
—	#39.	I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince	13 14 15 16
1	#40.	Turkey!-Time to Strike-	1 2 3 4
4	#41.	Nukitashi the Animation	1 2 3
—	#42.	The Shy Hero and the Assassin Princesses	1 2 3 4 5
—	#43.	Yaiba: Samurai Legend	14 15 16 17
—	#44.	A Couple of Cuckoos	1 2 3 4
5	#45.	Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer!	1 2 3 4 5
1	#46.	Solo Camping for Two	1 2 3 4
2	#47.	Rent-A-Girlfriend	37 38 39 40 41
—	#48.	Watari-kun’s ****** Is About to Collapse	1 2 3 4 5

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.

Your Anime Rankings -Aug 4

Episode Rankings for the week of July 29-August 4

Series Cumulative Ranking as of August 4

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