Re:Zero Dominates Week 10 of Spring 2026 Anime Rankings
The divergence between the two polls-ANN's preference for Akane-banashi and Witch Hat Atelier versus Anime Corner's continued Re:Zero dominance-highlights how different voting populations and methodologies produce distinct pictures of the same season.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
Two major fan polls for the Spring 2026 anime season have released their Week 10 results, covering episodes aired from June 3 to June 9. Anime News Network's reader poll ranked Akane-banashi at number one for the weekly episode ranking, with Witch Hat Atelier and Nippon Sangoku: The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun rounding out the top three. In the cumulative ranking, Witch Hat Atelier held the top spot, followed by Dorohedoro and Nippon Sangoku. Anime Corner's separate poll, which collected over 6,000 votes, showed a different leader: Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 took first place for the seventh consecutive week with 12.63% of the vote. Wistoria: Wand and Sword Season 2 climbed to second place at 5.88%, narrowly beating Witch Hat Atelier at 5.85%. Anime Corner noted that Marriagetoxin achieved its highest placement of the season at sixth place, and Akane-banashi entered its top ten for the first time this spring.
Anime News Network's weekly ranking is based on user ratings of individual episodes from the current season, using the Ranked Pairs method, and only includes titles legally streaming in North America with enough votes to qualify. The site also publishes a cumulative ranking that accounts for all episodes aired to date, where Witch Hat Atelier has held the number one position. Anime Corner's poll is a straightforward vote share system, drawing from over 6,000 global participants each week. The gap between the two polls' top results is stark: Akane-banashi, which ANN readers placed first for the week, ranked ninth in Anime Corner's poll with 4.48% of the vote. Conversely, Re:Zero, which won Anime Corner's poll handily, did not appear in ANN's top ten weekly list. Both polls agree on the competitive nature of the season's middle ranks, with Anime Corner noting that less than a percentage point separated second from sixth place.
- Akane-banashi: ANN weekly rank #1
- Witch Hat Atelier: ANN weekly rank #2, Anime Corner rank #3
- Nippon Sangoku: The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun: ANN weekly rank #3
- Dorohedoro: ANN weekly rank #4
- Needy Girl Overdose: ANN weekly rank #5
- An Observation Log of My Fiancée: ANN weekly rank #6
- Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4: ANN weekly rank #7, Anime Corner rank #1 with 12.63%
- Farming Life in Another World Season 2: ANN weekly rank #8
- Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk: ANN weekly rank #9
- A Hundred Scenes of Awajima: ANN weekly rank #10
- Dr. Stone: Science Future Part 3: ANN weekly rank #11, Anime Corner rank #12
- Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 3: ANN weekly rank #12
- That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4: ANN weekly rank #13, Anime Corner rank #7
- Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun Season 4: ANN weekly rank #14, Anime Corner rank #25
- One Piece: ANN weekly rank #15, Anime Corner rank #20
- The Ramparts of Ice: ANN weekly rank #16, Anime Corner rank #10
- Go For It, Nakamura-kun!!: ANN weekly rank #17
- Daemons of the Shadow Realm: ANN weekly rank #18, Anime Corner rank #4
- MAO: ANN weekly rank #19
- Wistoria: Wand and Sword Season 2: ANN weekly rank #20, Anime Corner rank #2
- I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class: ANN weekly rank #21, Anime Corner rank #8
- Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Season 2: ANN weekly rank #22, Anime Corner rank #13
- Gals Can't Be Kind to Otaku!?: ANN weekly rank #23, Anime Corner rank #14
- Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring: ANN weekly rank #24, Anime Corner rank #11
- Classroom of the Elite 4th Season: ANN weekly rank #25, Anime Corner rank #5
- The Beginning After The End Season 2: ANN weekly rank #26, Anime Corner rank #35
- Kusunoki's Garden of Gods: ANN weekly rank #27
- Kill Blue: ANN weekly rank #28, Anime Corner rank #26
- Snowball Earth: ANN weekly rank #29
- MARRIAGETOXIN: ANN weekly rank #30, Anime Corner rank #6
- Always a Catch!: ANN weekly rank #31
- Klutzy Class Monitor and the Girl with the Short Skirt: ANN weekly rank #32
- Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon Season 3: ANN weekly rank #33, Anime Corner rank #51
- The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch: ANN weekly rank #34, Anime Corner rank #28
- The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King: ANN weekly rank #35, Anime Corner rank #21
- Killed Again, Mr. Detective?: ANN weekly rank #36, Anime Corner rank #38
- Yowayowa Sensei: ANN weekly rank #37, Anime Corner rank #18
- Strongest Job is Apparently Not a Hero or a Sage: ANN weekly rank #38, Anime Corner rank #50
- Aishiteru Game wo Owarasetai: Anime Corner rank #15
- Mistress Kanan is Devilishly Easy: Anime Corner rank #17
- Ponkotsu Fuki Iin to Skirt-take ga Futekisetsu na JK no Hanashi: Anime Corner rank #19
- Mission: Yozakura Family Season 2: Anime Corner rank #22
- Even a Replica Can Fall in Love: Anime Corner rank #24
- Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 5: Anime Corner rank #33
- Haibara's Teenage New Game+: Anime Corner rank #34
- Liar Game: Anime Corner rank #36
- Rooster Fighter: Anime Corner rank #39
- Petals of Reincarnation: Anime Corner rank #40
- The Food Diary of Miss Maid: Anime Corner rank #41
- Ace of Diamond Act II Season 2: Anime Corner rank #42
- Ichijoma Mankitsugurashi!: Anime Corner rank #43
- Kirio Fanclub: Anime Corner rank #47
- Scenes from Awajima: Anime Corner rank #48
- Eren the Southpaw: Anime Corner rank #52
- Pardon the Intrusion, I'm Home!: Anime Corner rank #53
- My Wonderful Ribcarnation: Anime Corner rank #54
- Kujima: Why Sing, When You Can Warble?: Anime Corner rank #55
- Magical Sisters Lulutto Lilly: Anime Corner rank #56
- The Drops of God: Anime Corner rank #57
- Ghost Concert: Missing Songs: Anime Corner rank #58
- FIST OF THE NORTH STAR: Anime Corner rank #59
- Onegai AiPri: Anime Corner rank #60
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network Your Anime Rankings Best of Spring 2026, June 3-9
- Anime Corner Spring 2026 Anime Rankings - Week 10