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 Reviewsand 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.
For the last week we're comparing all the final episodes
With the week of March 26-31, the Winter 2025 season is now over.But many of the series already ended the previous week, so we're adding an extra "final" week where all the last episodes are ranked against each other.With this we can see which series ended on a strong note and which ones ended more weakly.That means the "final ep." column is a repeat of the last episode from Mar 19-25 or Mar 26-31.And the "prev week change" is the difference in position between the "final ep." column and the penultimate episode.
The ranking doesn't include some episodes from the trailing end of the season streaming in April:My Happy Marriage #25 #26 and Momentary Lily #14.For completeness' sake we'll update this ranking as the episodes are reviewed and rated in the coming days.
Episode Rankings for the final episodes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #1. | The Apothecary Diaries | 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 36 |
| 5 | #2. | Medalist | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 13 |
| 3 | #3. | The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You | 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 |
| 1 | #4. | Dr. Stone: Science Future | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 4 | #5. | Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- | 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 |
| 5 | #6. | Zenshu | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| — | #7. | Orb: On the Movements of the Earth | 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 |
| 9 | #8. | Ave Mujica - The Die is Cast - | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 13 |
| 3 | #9. | Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 1 | #10. | Dragon Ball Daima | 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 |
| 11 | #11. | Blue Exorcist: The Blue Night Saga | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 3 | #12. | My Happy Marriage | 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 |
| 7 | #13. | Honey Lemon Soda | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 1 | #14. | Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 3 | #15. | From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated! | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 5 | #16. | Tasokare Hotel | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 3 | #17. | The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 9 | #18. | Blue Box | 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 |
| 4 | #19. | Shangri-La Frontier | 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 50 |
| 1 | #20. | Tying the Knot With an Amagami Sister | 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 |
| 4 | #21. | Flower and Asura | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 1 | #22. | I May Be a Guild Receptionist | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 8 | #23. | Sorairo Utility | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| — | #24. | Sakamoto Days | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 |
| 5 | #25. | Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four! | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 2 | #26. | I'm a Noble on the Brink of Ruin, So I Might as Well Try Mastering Magic | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 1 | #27. | Magic Maker: How to Make Magic in Another World | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 10 | #28. | Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 5 | #29. | I'm Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 6 | #30. | Unnamed Memory Act.2 | 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 |
| 2 | #31. | Bogus Skill <<fruitmaster>> | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 6 | #32. | Grisaia: Phantom Trigger the Animation | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 13 |
| 10 | #33. | Okitsura | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 3 | #34. | Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
| 3 | #35. | The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 |
| 5 | #36. | Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 2 | #37. | I Left My A-Rank Party | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 |
| 5 | #38. | I'm Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!? | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 13 |
| 7 | #39. | Beheneko: The Elf-Girl's Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster! | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 9 | #40. | Übel Blatt | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 1 | #41. | I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 2 | #42. | Even Given the Worthless ''Appraiser'' Class, I'm Actually the Strongest | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 2 | #43. | Momentary Lily | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 13 |
Series Cumulative Ranking for Winter 2025
Each week's ranking takes into account the scores given to previous weeks' episodes.With the last episode duplicated in the "final ep." column, it means that the votes for the last episode of each series are counted twice, which intentionally gives a boost to series that ended strongly.This somewhat compensates for the fact that the first episode of each series has more votes, which favors series that started strongly.
So this is it, the final ranking, the winners and losers of the Winter 2025 season.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 | #1. | The Apothecary Diaries | 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 36 |
| 1 | #2. | Orb: On the Movements of the Earth | 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 |
| — | #3. | The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You | 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 |
| — | #4. | Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- | 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 |
| — | #5. | Zenshu | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| — | #6. | Medalist | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 13 |
| 2 | #7. | Dr. Stone: Science Future | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 1 | #8. | Blue Box | 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 |
| 1 | #9. | Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| — | #10. | My Happy Marriage | 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 |
| — | #11. | From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated! | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| — | #12. | Shangri-La Frontier | 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 50 |
| — | #13. | Blue Exorcist: The Blue Night Saga | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 4 | #14. | Ave Mujica - The Die is Cast - | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 13 |
| — | #15. | The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 2 | #16. | Sakamoto Days | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 |
| 2 | #17. | Honey Lemon Soda | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 3 | #18. | Flower and Asura | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 1 | #19. | Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 3 | #20. | I May Be a Guild Receptionist | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| — | #21. | Dragon Ball Daima | 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 |
| — | #22. | Tasokare Hotel | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| — | #23. | Tying the Knot With an Amagami Sister | 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 |
| — | #24. | Sorairo Utility | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| — | #25. | Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
| — | #26. | Grisaia: Phantom Trigger the Animation | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 13 |
| — | #27. | Okitsura | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| — | #28. | Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four! | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| — | #29. | Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 2 | #30. | I'm Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 1 | #31. | I Left My A-Rank Party | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 |
| 1 | #32. | Übel Blatt | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 3 | #33. | Unnamed Memory Act.2 | 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 |
| 1 | #34. | Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 1 | #35. | The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 |
| 1 | #36. | Bogus Skill <<fruitmaster>> | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| — | #37. | I'm a Noble on the Brink of Ruin, So I Might as Well Try Mastering Magic | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 1 | #38. | Magic Maker: How to Make Magic in Another World | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| 1 | #39. | Even Given the Worthless ''Appraiser'' Class, I'm Actually the Strongest | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| — | #40. | Beheneko: The Elf-Girl's Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster! | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| — | #41. | I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 |
| — | #42. | Momentary Lily | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 13 |
| — | #43. | I'm Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!? | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 13 |
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.
