Summer 2026 Anime Rankings – Week 9

The ninth weekly poll for the Summer 2026 anime season has concluded, and Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 has returned to the top of the rankings.

After finishing third last week, Re:ZERO climbed back to first place with 16.39% of the vote, earning its second weekly win of the season. Last week’s record-setting winner, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity, moved down to second with 14.41%, while Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 moved down to third with 11.11%.

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4 made the week’s biggest move near the top, jumping from 11th to fourth place with 4.71%. Though I Am an Inept Villainess followed closely behind in fifth.

As always, these rankings reflect the preferences of the Anime Corner community and are not intended to determine what anyone should or should not watch. Every anime has its own appeal, so we encourage readers to give any series that catches their interest a chance before voting in future weekly polls.

Top 72 Anime of the Week 9 – Summer 2026

Rank	Title	Votes
1st	Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4	16.39%
2nd	Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity	14.41%
3rd	Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3	11.11%
4th	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4	4.71%
5th	Though I Am an Inept Villainess	4.54%
6th	Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia	4.45%
7th	Saga of Tanya the Evil II	4.28%
8th	You and I Are Polar Opposites Season 2	4.05%
9th	Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky	4.03%
10th	Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You	3.88%
11th	The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You Season 3	3.65%
12th	Daemons of the Shadow Realm	3.52%
13th	Clevatess Season 2	1.10%
14th	Grand Blue Dreaming Season 3	0.89%
15th	I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day	0.80%
16th	Chainsmoker Cat	0.77%
17th	Goodbye, Lara	0.74%
18th	Kaiju Girl Caramelise	0.69%
19th	Rich Girl Caretaker: I’m Secretly the Caregiver of the Most Popular Girl in This Rich Kid School	0.63%
20th	Sparks of Tomorrow	0.62%
21st	ONE PIECE	0.60%
22nd	Oh Boy, Was I Wrong About Her	0.57%
23rd	A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoires	0.54%
24th	Black Torch	0.53%
25th	From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman Season 2	0.52%
26th	The Ghost in the Shell	0.51%
27th	Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games	0.46%
28th	The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System	0.46%
29th	BanG Dream! Yume∞Mita	0.43%
30th	Hanaori-san Wants to Have a Fight Even If She Reincarnates	0.42%
31st	The Elusive Samurai Season 2	0.41%
32nd	Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 4	0.39%
33rd	Draw This, Then Die!	0.39%
34th	Skeleton Knight in Another World II	0.38%
35th	Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs 2	0.37%
36th	Victoria of Many Faces	0.36%
37th	The Failed Sage’s Academy Domination	0.35%
38th	Hell Mode: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing Season 2	0.34%
39th	The Ogre’s Bride	0.34%
40th	Tomb Raider King	0.33%
41st	Grow Up Show: Sunflower Circus	0.32%
42nd	The World Is Dancing	0.31%
43rd	Heroine? Saint? No, I’m an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)!	0.31%
44th	Reiwa no Dara-san	0.30%
45th	Hana-Kimi Season 2	0.29%
46th	Liar Game	0.29%
47th	I Became a Legend After My 10 Year-Long Last Stand.	0.28%
48th	The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch	0.27%
49th	The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects	0.26%
50th	The Oblivious Saint Can’t Contain Her Power	0.26%
51st	Bungo Stray Dogs Wan! 2	0.25%
52nd	The Cat and the Dragon	0.24%
53rd	The Duke’s Son Claims He Won’t Love Me Yet Showers Me with Adoration	0.22%
54th	My Mother-in-Law and Sister-in-Law Who Don’t Bully Me.	0.21%
55th	Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance	0.21%
56th	Mao	0.20%
57th	The Insipid Prince’s Furtive Grab for The Throne	0.19%
58th	The Villager of Level 999	0.19%
59th	Azur Lane: Slow Ahead! Season 2	0.18%
60th	Please Excuse my Younger Brothers	0.17%
61st	Red River	0.16%
62nd	KAMUI: He’s Behind Yo	0.16%
63rd	Iron Wok Jan!	0.13%
64th	The Forsaken Saintess and her Foodie Roadtrip in Another World	0.12%
65th	The World’s Strongest Rearguard: Labyrinth Country’s Novice Seeker	0.11%
66th	Let’s Go Kaiki-gumi	0.10%
67th	Hono no Tokyujo: Dodge Danko	0.07%
68th	Mebius Dust	0.06%
69th	Onegai AiPri	0.06%
70th	Recommendation from Mr. Iwamoto	0.04%
71st	The Drops of God	0.03%
72nd	Yoroi-Shinden Samurai Troopers Part 2	0.01%

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 has had a strong run since joining the Summer 2026 rankings. It debuted in second place in Week 6 and has stayed in the top three ever since, now taking its second win of the season.

There was also a noticeable gap between the top three and the rest this week. Re:ZERO, Bleach, and Mushoku Tensei all received over 11% of the vote, while the next four were much closer together, with only 0.43 percentage points separating fourth and seventh place.

You can view the full Week 9 results, including additional voting insights and demographic breakdowns, on the Anime Corner Polls platform. You can also vote in the latest polls and explore results from previous weeks at animecorner.me/polls.

Featured image:
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 © Tappei Nagatsuki,KADOKAWA/Re:ZERO4 PARTNERS
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity © Tite Kubo/​Shueisha, TV TOKYO, dentsu, Pierrot
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 © Rifujinnamagonote/MF Books/Mushoku Tensei III Production Committee