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Best of Summer 2024, Jul 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 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 change	this week rank	anime series
	no ep. this week		One Piece	1111 1112
	7	#1.	My Hero Academia	148 149
	2	#2.	NieR:Automata Ver 1.1a	13 14 15
	no ep. this week		Yatagarasu: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master	14
	1	#3.	Spice & Wolf: merchant meets the wise wolf	14 15 16
	3	#4.	Oshi no Ko	12 13 14
	—	#5.	Twilight Out of Focus	1 2 3
	1	#6.	Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!	1 2
	7	#7.	The Elusive Samurai	1 2 3
	6	#8.	MONOGATARI Series: OFF & MONSTER Season	1 2 3
	8	#9.	Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest	1 2 3
	8	#10.	Senpai is an Otokonoko	1 2 3
	1	#11.	Suicide Squad ISEKAI	1 2 3
	1	#12.	Wistoria: Wand and Sword	1 2 3
	4	#13.	Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian	1 2 3
	5	#14.	The Magical Girl and The Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies	1 2
	3	#15.	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	62 63
	4	#16.	Days With My Stepsister	1 2 3
	4	#17.	Shoshimin: How to become Ordinary	1 2 3
	—	#18.	Mayonaka Punch	1 2
	10	#19.	Dahlia in Bloom	1 2 3
	11	#20.	Bye Bye, Earth	1 2
	5	#21.	The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses	13 14 15
	14	#22.	The Ossan Newbie Adventurer	1 2 3
	2	#23.	Quality Assurance in Another World	1 2 3
	9	#24.	Dungeon People	1 2 3
	11	#25.	Mission: Yozakura Family	14 15 16
	11	#26.	Tower of God	1 2 3
	—	#27.	Narenare -Cheer for you!-	1 2 3
	2	#28.	Pseudo Harem	1 2 3
	7	#29.	Love Is Indivisible by Twins	1 2
	2	#30.	Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World	1 2
	7	#31.	Failure Frame	1 2 3
	7	#32.	No Longer Allowed In Another World	1 2
	1	#33.	I Parry Everything	1 2 3
	6	#34.	Sakuna: Of Rice And Ruin	1 2 3
	8	#35.	ATRI: My Dear Moments	1 2
	1	#36.	2.5 Dimensional Seduction	1 2 3
	2	#37.	The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord's Army was a Human	1 2 3
	2	#38.	VTuber Legend	1 2 3
	2	#39.	Shy	13 14 15
	7	#40.	Why Does Nobody Remember Me in This World?	1 2
	11	#41.	My Deer Friend Nokotan	1 2 3
	—	#42.	Plus-Sized Elf	1 2 3

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.	The Elusive Samurai	1 2 3
	—	#2.	NieR:Automata Ver 1.1a	13 14 15
	—	#3.	Oshi no Ko	12 13 14
	—	#4.	Yatagarasu: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master	14
	1	#5.	Spice & Wolf: merchant meets the wise wolf	14 15 16
	1	#6.	MONOGATARI Series: OFF & MONSTER Season	1 2 3
	—	#7.	Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!	1 2
	—	#8.	My Hero Academia	148 149
	—	#9.	One Piece	1111 1112
	—	#10.	Wistoria: Wand and Sword	1 2 3
	1	#11.	Suicide Squad ISEKAI	1 2 3
	1	#12.	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	62 63
	1	#13.	Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian	1 2 3
	1	#14.	The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses	13 14 15
	4	#15.	Bye Bye, Earth	1 2
	2	#16.	Twilight Out of Focus	1 2 3
	1	#17.	Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest	1 2 3
	3	#18.	Shoshimin: How to become Ordinary	1 2 3
	3	#19.	Mayonaka Punch	1 2
	5	#20.	Senpai is an Otokonoko	1 2 3
	2	#21.	The Magical Girl and The Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies	1 2
	8	#22.	Days With My Stepsister	1 2 3
	4	#23.	Dahlia in Bloom	1 2 3
	7	#24.	Quality Assurance in Another World	1 2 3
	5	#25.	Mission: Yozakura Family	14 15 16
	7	#26.	Tower of God	1 2 3
	3	#27.	Sakuna: Of Rice And Ruin	1 2 3
	2	#28.	Pseudo Harem	1 2 3
	3	#29.	Dungeon People	1 2 3
	2	#30.	No Longer Allowed In Another World	1 2
	2	#31.	ATRI: My Dear Moments	1 2
	3	#32.	The Ossan Newbie Adventurer	1 2 3
	1	#33.	Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World	1 2
	3	#34.	Narenare -Cheer for you!-	1 2 3
	3	#35.	Love Is Indivisible by Twins	1 2
	3	#36.	I Parry Everything	1 2 3
	1	#37.	Why Does Nobody Remember Me in This World?	1 2
	1	#38.	My Deer Friend Nokotan	1 2 3
	—	#39.	2.5 Dimensional Seduction	1 2 3
	—	#40.	The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord's Army was a Human	1 2 3
	2	#41.	Failure Frame	1 2 3
	1	#42.	VTuber Legend	1 2 3
	1	#43.	Shy	13 14 15
	—	#44.	Plus-Sized Elf	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.