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Your Anime Rankings
Best of Fall 2023, Dec 3-9

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'. 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 December 3-9

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
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#1. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
1-4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
5 #2. The Apothecary Diaries
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
5 #3. Power of Hope: Precure Full Bloom
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
20 #4. One Piece
1078
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1080
1081
1082
1083
1084
1085
1086
#5. The Ancient Magus' Bride
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
8 #6. The Faraway Paladin
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
5 #7. Dr. Stone: New World
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
1 #8. The Eminence in Shadow 2nd Season
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
23 #9. Jujutsu Kaisen
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
1 #10. Undead Unluck
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
10 #11. Rurouni Kenshin
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
6 #12. Migi & Dali
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
10 #13. Spy×Family
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
10 #14. Overtake!
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
7 #15. Girlfriend, Girlfriend
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
3 #16. The 100 Girlfriends Who Really(x5) Love You
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
12 #17. Stardust Telepath
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
12 #18. Shy
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1 #19. Goblin Slayer II
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
8 #20. Dark Gathering
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
10 #21. Helck
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
5 #22. Under Ninja
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
5 #23. I'm in Love with the Villainess
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
13 #24. Shangri-La Frontier
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
10 #25. The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 #26. I'm Giving ... a Crash Course in Naughtiness
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11 #27. Ragna Crimson
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
3 #28. Dead Mount Death Play
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
2 #29. The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
4 #30. 16bit Sensation: Another Layer
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
12 #31. The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1 #32. Berserk of Gluttony
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
23 #33. Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 3
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11 #34. My Daughter ... S-Rank Adventurer
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
#35. Tearmoon Empire
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
2 #36. A Returner's Magic Should Be Special
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
5 #37. You Were Experienced, I Was Not
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
2 #38. Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1 #39. Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
12 #40. Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
2 #41. Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1 #42. The Kingdoms of Ruin
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Series Cumulative Ranking as of December 9

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. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
1-4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
#2. The Apothecary Diaries
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
#3. The Eminence in Shadow 2nd Season
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
#4. Spy×Family
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
#5. Power of Hope: Precure Full Bloom
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
#6. The Ancient Magus' Bride
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
#7. Dr. Stone: New World
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
2 #8. Undead Unluck
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
2 #9. The 100 Girlfriends Who Really(x5) Love You
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
2 #10. Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 3
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
2 #11. Jujutsu Kaisen
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
#12. Dark Gathering
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
#13. The Faraway Paladin
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
#14. I'm in Love with the Villainess
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
#15. One Piece
1078
1079
1080
1081
1082
1083
1084
1085
1086
2 #16. Overtake!
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1 #17. Dead Mount Death Play
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
1 #18. Shangri-La Frontier
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
#19. Goblin Slayer II
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
#20. Helck
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
1 #21. Migi & Dali
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1 #22. Rurouni Kenshin
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
#23. Shy
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1 #24. Ragna Crimson
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1 #25. Tearmoon Empire
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
#26. The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
2 #27. Girlfriend, Girlfriend
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
2 #28. My Daughter ... S-Rank Adventurer
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1 #29. The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1 #30. Under Ninja
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
4 #31. Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
#32. Berserk of Gluttony
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
#33. Stardust Telepath
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
#34. 16bit Sensation: Another Layer
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
#35. The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
#36. You Were Experienced, I Was Not
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
#37. Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
#38. I'm Giving ... a Crash Course in Naughtiness
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
2 #39. A Returner's Magic Should Be Special
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1 #40. The Kingdoms of Ruin
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1 #41. Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
#42. Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

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 Schulze 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.


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