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Your Anime Rankings
Best of Winter 2023, Mar 12-18

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

We have removed The Misfit of Demon King Academy II from the ranking, since it stopped streaming after episode 6.

Episode Rankings for the week of March 12-18

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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anime series
1 #1. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV
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13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
1 #2. My Hero Academia
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
2 #3. Vinland Saga
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
7 #4. Handyman Saitō in Another World
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
8 #5. Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
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11
2 #6. Bungo Stray Dogs
38
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41
42
43
44
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46
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48
17 #7. Tsurune: The Linking Shot
1
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6
7
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11
no ep.
this week
One Piece
1046
1047
1048
1049
1050
1051
1052
1053
4 #8. Tomo-chan Is a Girl!
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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5 #9. The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
3 #10. ONIMAI: I'm Now Your Sister!
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
series
is over
Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
5 #11. Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
6 #12. BOFURI Season 2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
3 #13. In/Spectre
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
#14. Endo and Kobayashi Live!
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
9 #15. Sugar Apple Fairy Tale
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
#16. Blue Lock
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
#17. Buddy Daddies
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
14 #18. The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten
1
2
3
4
5
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7
8
9
10
11
1 #19. To Your Eternity
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
5 #20. Chillin' in My 30s
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
#21. Campfire Cooking in Another World
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
14 #22. Ippon Again!
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
4 #23. Trigun Stampede
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
1 #24. Farming Life in Another World
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
8 #25. Adventurers Who Don't Believe in Humanity
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
#26. Urusei Yatsura
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
#27. By the Grace of the Gods
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
#28. Tokyo Revengers: Christmas Showdown
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
1 #29. Spy Classroom
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
4 #30. The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
8 #31. Revenger
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
3 #32. Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
2 #33. The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
3 #34. Reborn to Master the Blade
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
#35. The tale of outcasts
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
2 #36. High Card
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
5 #37. Giant Beasts of Ars
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
1 #38. The Fire Hunter
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
3 #39. Kaina of the Great Snow Sea
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Series Cumulative Ranking as of March 18

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. Vinland Saga
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
#2. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
#3. Bungo Stray Dogs
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
#4. Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
#5. One Piece
1046
1047
1048
1049
1050
1051
1052
1053
#6. My Hero Academia
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
#7. Tsurune: The Linking Shot
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
1 #8. Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
1 #9. In/Spectre
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
1 #10. Buddy Daddies
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
2 #11. Handyman Saitō in Another World
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
#12. Tomo-chan Is a Girl!
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
5 #13. The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
4 #14. Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
1 #15. Trigun Stampede
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
1 #16. Blue Lock
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
1 #17. BOFURI Season 2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1 #18. Endo and Kobayashi Live!
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
#19. Sugar Apple Fairy Tale
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
#20. Campfire Cooking in Another World
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1 #21. Ippon Again!
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
4 #22. The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
2 #23. ONIMAI: I'm Now Your Sister!
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
3 #24. To Your Eternity
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
4 #25. Chillin' in My 30s
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
3 #26. Reborn to Master the Blade
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
3 #27. Revenger
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
3 #28. Tokyo Revengers: Christmas Showdown
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
1 #29. The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
6 #30. Farming Life in Another World
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
4 #31. By the Grace of the Gods
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
#32. High Card
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
#33. Spy Classroom
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
#34. Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
5 #35. Kaina of the Great Snow Sea
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
5 #36. The Fire Hunter
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
#37. The tale of outcasts
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1 #38. Adventurers Who Don't Believe in Humanity
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
1 #39. Urusei Yatsura
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
#40. Giant Beasts of Ars
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
#41. The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

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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