Anime News Network Readers Rank Spring 2026: Iruma-Kun Holds Top Spot
The weekly reader poll tracks which Spring 2026 episodes resonated most with ANN's audience, with Iruma-kun maintaining its lead and several series showing notable week-to-week movement.
Reporting from 1 sources: Anime News Network.
Anime News Network published its weekly reader poll for the Spring 2026 season, covering episodes aired May 13-19. Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun held the number one spot for episode rankings, followed by Witch Hat Atelier and Dorohedoro. The cumulative ranking also reflects scores from previous weeks.
Anime News Network's weekly reader poll for the Spring 2026 season, based on episode ratings submitted through the site's Daily Streaming Reviews and Your Score pages, covers episodes that aired May 13-19. The rankings reflect how viewers rated individual episodes, not overall series quality. Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun held the top spot for the week, with Witch Hat Atelier and Dorohedoro rounding out the top three. The cumulative ranking, which incorporates scores from earlier weeks, also shows Iruma-kun leading.
- Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun: #1
- Witch Hat Atelier: #2
- Dorohedoro: #3
- Nippon Sangoku The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun: #4
- Akane-banashi: #5
- An Observation Log of My Fiancée: #6
- Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 3: #7
- Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon: #8
- Classroom of the Elite 4th Season: #9
- The Ramparts of Ice: #10
- Needy Girl Overdose: #11
- Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-: #12
- Daemons of the Shadow Realm: #13
- One Piece: #14
- That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: #15
- A Hundred Scenes of Awajima: #16
- Wistoria: Wand and Sword: #17
- MAO: #18
- Gals Can't Be Kind to Otaku!?: #19
- Kill Blue: #20
- Farming Life in Another World 2: #21
- I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class: #22
- MARRIAGETOXIN: #23
- Kusunoki's Garden of Gods: #24
- Always a Catch!: #25
- Go For It, Nakamura-kun!!: #26
- The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch: #27
- Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring: #28
- Dr. Stone: Science Future: #29
- The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King: #30
- Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten: #31
- The Beginning After The End: #32
- Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk: #33
- Klutzy Class Monitor and the Girl with the Short Skirt: #34
- Yowayowa Sensei: #35
- Snowball Earth: #36
- Strongest Job is Apparently Not a Hero or a Sage: #37
- Killed Again, Mr. Detective?: #38
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network Your Anime Rankings - Best of Spring 2026, May 13-19