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Best of Fall 2024, Oct 1-21

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'. See the notes for further details.

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Episode Rankings for the week of October 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 change	this week rank	anime series
	no ep. this week		One Piece	1121 1122
	4	#1.	Orb: On the Movements of the Earth	1 2 3
	1	#2.	DAN DA DAN	1 2 3
	6	#3.	MONOGATARI Series: OFF & MONSTER Season	13 14
	2	#4.	Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-	51 52 53
	5	#5.	Blue Box	1 2 3
	—	#6.	Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V	1 2 3
	1	#7.	Ranma ½	1 2 3
	2	#8.	Shangri-La Frontier	26 27
	7	#9.	Demon Lord 2099	1 2
	3	#10.	Negative Positive Angler	1 2 3
	11	#11.	Natsume's Book of Friends	1 2 3
	11	#12.	Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms	1 2 3
	14	#13.	The Most Notorious ''Talker'' Runs the World's Greatest Clan	1 2 3
	10	#14.	Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 - The Conflict	27 28 29
	6	#15.	Magilumiere Co. Ltd.	1 2 3
	1	#16.	Dragon Ball Daima	1 2
	10	#17.	Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II	1 2 3
	7	#18.	Arifureta - From Commonplace to World's Strongest	1 2
	2	#19.	Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest	14 15
	4	#20.	365 Days to the Wedding	1 2 3
	—	#21.	I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History	1 2 3
	4	#22.	As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill	13 14 15
	3	#23.	Acro Trip	1 2 3
	4	#24.	Nina the Starry Bride	1 2 3
	3	#25.	Yakuza Fiancé	1 2 3
	3	#26.	The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor	1 2
	7	#27.	Tying the Knot With an Amagami Sister	1 2 3
	12	#28.	Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions	14 15 16
	14	#29.	Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga	1 2 3
	—	#30.	TsumaSho	1 2 3
	6	#31.	2.5 Dimensional Seduction	14 15 16
	1	#32.	Seirei Gensouki - Spirit Chronicles	1 2 3
	1	#33.	The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians	1 2 3
	3	#34.	Let This Grieving Soul Retire!	1 2 3
	—	#35.	The Healer Who Was Banished From His Party, Is, in Fact, the Strongest	1 2 3
	7	#36.	Tower of God: Workshop Battle	14 15 16
	3	#37.	Loner Life in Another World	1 2 3
	2	#38.	BLUE LOCK vs. U-20 JAPAN	25 26 27
	—	#39.	You are Ms. servant	1 2 3
	2	#40.	Good Bye, Dragon Life	1 2 3
	—	#41.	Demon Lord, Retry! R	1 2 3

Series Cumulative Ranking as of October 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.	One Piece	1121 1122
	—	#2.	DAN DA DAN	1 2 3
	1	#3.	Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-	51 52 53
	1	#4.	Orb: On the Movements of the Earth	1 2 3
	2	#5.	Natsume's Book of Friends	1 2 3
	2	#6.	Blue Box	1 2 3
	3	#7.	MONOGATARI Series: OFF & MONSTER Season	13 14
	2	#8.	Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V	1 2 3
	2	#9.	Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 - The Conflict	27 28 29
	3	#10.	Ranma ½	1 2 3
	1	#11.	Shangri-La Frontier	26 27
	3	#12.	Magilumiere Co. Ltd.	1 2 3
	2	#13.	Dragon Ball Daima	1 2
	1	#14.	Demon Lord 2099	1 2
	2	#15.	Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II	1 2 3
	2	#16.	Arifureta - From Commonplace to World's Strongest	1 2
	1	#17.	Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest	14 15
	—	#18.	As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill	13 14 15
	—	#19.	Negative Positive Angler	1 2 3
	1	#20.	Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms	1 2 3
	1	#21.	365 Days to the Wedding	1 2 3
	2	#22.	Acro Trip	1 2 3
	3	#23.	Nina the Starry Bride	1 2 3
	1	#24.	Yakuza Fiancé	1 2 3
	5	#25.	Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga	1 2 3
	3	#26.	The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor	1 2
	2	#27.	2.5 Dimensional Seduction	14 15 16
	—	#28.	The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians	1 2 3
	1	#29.	I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History	1 2 3
	2	#30.	Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions	14 15 16
	4	#31.	Tower of God: Workshop Battle	14 15 16
	1	#32.	TsumaSho	1 2 3
	—	#33.	BLUE LOCK vs. U-20 JAPAN	25 26 27
	—	#34.	Seirei Gensouki - Spirit Chronicles	1 2 3
	3	#35.	Tying the Knot With an Amagami Sister	1 2 3
	1	#36.	The Healer Who Was Banished From His Party, Is, in Fact, the Strongest	1 2 3
	2	#37.	You are Ms. servant	1 2 3
	2	#38.	Let This Grieving Soul Retire!	1 2 3
	2	#39.	Good Bye, Dragon Life	1 2 3
	1	#40.	The Most Notorious ''Talker'' Runs the World's Greatest Clan	1 2 3
	1	#41.	Demon Lord, Retry! R	1 2 3
	2	#42.	Loner Life in Another World	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.