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Re:Zero Season 4 Holds Top Spot in Spring 2026 Week 9 Rankings

The divergence between Anime Corner's poll and ANN's reader rankings highlights how different polling methods and voter pools produce distinct pictures of the same season's reception.

Key Facts

  • Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 won Anime Corner's Spring 2026 Week 9 poll with 13.32% of over 6,000 votes, its sixth weekly win this season.
  • Witch Hat Atelier placed second with 6.34%, climbing back from outside the top three the previous week.
  • Classroom of the Elite IV took third with 5.88%, its second consecutive top-three finish.
  • The gap between second and seventh place was 1.53 percentage points, with seven shows between 6.34% and 4.81%.
  • Anime News Network's separate reader rankings for May 27-June 2 showed Dorohedoro first for weekly episodes and Witch Hat Atelier first in cumulative ranking.

Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.

Re:Zero Season 4 Holds Top Spot in Spring 2026 Week 9 Rankings

Anime Corner's ninth weekly poll for the Spring 2026 season, drawing over 6,000 votes, placed "Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4" in first place for the sixth time this season. "Witch Hat Atelier" climbed back to second after falling off the podium the previous week. "Classroom of the Elite IV" took third, marking its second consecutive top-three finish. The gap between second and seventh place was just 1.53 percentage points, indicating a tight race among the season's most popular shows. Anime News Network's separate reader rankings for the week of May 27-June 2 showed a different leader: "Dorohedoro" topped the weekly episode chart, while "Witch Hat Atelier" led the cumulative ranking. ANN's methodology ranks individual episode ratings rather than overall series popularity, and only titles streaming legally in North America with enough votes qualify.

Anime Corner's poll, which collects votes from a global audience, has seen Re:ZERO dominate the season with six weekly wins. The margin between second and seventh place narrowed to 1.53 percentage points, with Witch Hat Atelier at 6.34%, Classroom of the Elite IV at 5.88%, Daemons of the Shadow Realm at 5.37%, Wistoria: Wand and Sword Season 2 at 5.06%, Dr. Stone: Science Future Part 3 at 4.95%, and I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class at 4.81%.

ANN's ranking, based on user ratings of individual episodes, placed Dorohedoro first for the week, followed by Witch Hat Atelier and Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk. The cumulative ranking, which averages scores across all weeks, showed Witch Hat Atelier in the lead, with Dorohedoro second and Nippon Sangoku: The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun third. ANN notes that long-running series and sequels may have an advantage because only viewers who already like them tend to rate them.

  • Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4: 13.32% of votes, first place, sixth weekly win
  • Witch Hat Atelier: 6.34% of votes, second place
  • Classroom of the Elite IV: 5.88% of votes, third place
  • Daemons of the Shadow Realm: 5.37% of votes, fourth place
  • Wistoria: Wand and Sword Season 2: 5.06% of votes, fifth place
  • Dr. Stone: Science Future Part 3: 4.95% of votes, sixth place
  • I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class: 4.81% of votes, seventh place
  • Marriagetoxin: 4.15% of votes, eighth place
  • The Ramparts of Ice: 4.12% of votes, ninth place
  • Agents of the Four Seasons: 4.01% of votes, tenth place
  • The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten Season 2: 3.90% of votes, 11th place
  • Gals Can't Be Kind to Otaku!?: 3.88% of votes, 12th place
  • Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 4: 3.47% of votes, 13th place
  • That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4: 3.00% of votes, 14th place
  • The Warrior Princess and the Barbaric King: 1.31% of votes, 15th place
  • Aishiteru Game wo Owarasetai: 1.20% of votes, 16th place
  • One Piece: 1.13% of votes, 17th place
  • Akane-banashi: 1.07% of votes, 18th place
  • Even a Replica Can Fall in Love: 1.05% of votes, 19th place
  • Nippon Sangoku: The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun: 1.04% of votes, 20th place

Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.

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