Winter 2024 Anime of the Season Rankings

The Winter 2024 anime rankings are complete, and the spring season has begun. Time flies, and we at Anime Corner have completed our final seasonal ranking calculations for the previous season. The Dangers in My Heart Season 2 received the most votes, with over 62,000 people participating. It is followed by Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End and Ragna Crimson.

From January 5, 2024 to March 29, 2024, Anime Corner conducted weekly polls to gather community feedback and rank weekly episode releases, followed by a final “Anime of the Season” poll from March 29 to April 5, 2024. Throughout the process, our polls gathered information from 62,120 people; our findings are based on the total amount of data collected.

From Week 1 to Week 12, we polled weekly, followed by the aforementioned “Anime of the Season” (Winter 2024 AOTS) poll. The final poll results accounted for 55% of the weight in the score ranking, with the remaining 45% coming from weekly poll results. The 45 percent weight is distributed over a 12-week period, and the results are combined to create the list.

We chose a weighted ranking to ensure a more balanced final result.

We’ve taken steps to reduce spam and data duplication while maintaining data integrity, such as logging each user’s IP address and allowing only one vote per option per IP address per poll.

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Winter 2024 Best Anime Rankings

We’d like to remind you that the rankings below should not influence your choice to watch low-ranked anime series. Each show has a distinct style, and everyone’s anime preferences vary.

Top 10 Anime of the Season – Winter 2024 Ranking

Check out the full list below:

Rank	Title	Score
1st	The Dangers in My Heart Season 2	12.8%
2nd	Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End	7.68%
3rd	Ragna Crimson	6.56%
4th	The Apothecary Diaries	6.16%
5th	Solo Leveling	5.27%
6th	Classroom of the Elite Season 3	4.14%
7th	Mashle: Magic and Muscles Season 2	4.05%
8th	7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!	3.18%
9th	A Sign of Affection	2.83%
10th	Delicious in Dungeon	2.67%
11th	Shangri-La Frontier	2.51%
12th	Chained Soldier	2.35%
13th	Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I’m Not the Demon Lord	2.21%
14th	Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy- Season 2	2.14%
15th	The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic	2.12%
16th	Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!	2.02%
17th	Gushing over Magical Girls	2%
18th	Undead Unluck	1.94%
19th	Ninja Kamui	1.57%
20th	The Unwanted Undead Adventurer	1.52%
21st	My Instant Death Ability is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me!	1.26%
22nd	The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil	1.26%
23rd	Banished From The Hero’s Party, I Decided To Live A Quiet Life In The Countryside Season 2	1.26%
24th	The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash	1.25%
25th	The Witch and the Beast	1.23%
26th	Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady with the Lamp	1.21%
27th	Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki Season 2	1.14%
28th	Tales of Wedding Rings	1.07%
29th	Sasaki and Peeps	0.99%
30th	Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga	0.97%
31st	Fluffy Paradise	0.86%
32nd	Mr. Villain’s Day Off	0.85%
33rd	Ishura	0.78%
34th	Urusei Yatsura (2022) Season 2	0.75%
35th	‘Tis Time for “Torture,” Princess	0.75%
36th	The Strongest Tank’s Labyrinth Raids: A Tank with a Rare 9999 Resistance Skill Got Kicked from the Hero’s Party	0.74%
37th	Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!	0.74%
38th	Metallic Rouge	0.74%
39th	Bucchigiri?!	0.69%
40th	The Demon Prince of Momochi House	0.67%
41st	The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse	0.67%
42nd	Sengoku Youko	0.53%
43rd	Kingdom Season 5	0.52%
44th	High Card Season 2	0.51%
45th	Bang Brave Bang Bravern	0.39%
46th	Pon no Michi	0.38%
47th	Synduality: Noir Part 2	0.35%
48th	Shaman King: Flowers	0.34%
49th	Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange	0.27%
50th	Meiji Gekken: 1874	0.24%
51st	Delusional Monthly Magazine	0.19%
52nd	Snack Basue	0.18%
53rd	Chou Futsuu Ken Chiba Densetsu	0.15%
54th	The Fire Hunter Season 2	0.14%
55th	Sand Land: The Series	0.11%
56th	Cardfight!! Vanguard: Divinez	0.09%

We’d like to thank everyone who participated in our polls and voted.

Winter 2024 Awards – Voter Statistics

This season’s weekly polls drew 62,120 votes. The term “people” refers to the various IP addresses collected during the poll’s submission. We have taken every precaution to avoid spam and protect your information. The demographics of the voters are provided below.

Age Distribution

The table below shows the age distribution of our voters. Because the age option on our polls website has a default setting of less than 13, we’ve marked it as “Unknown” because we don’t know if the respondent is under the age of 13 or simply forgot to change it manually.

Age	Respondents
Unknown	19.33%
13	0.19%
14	0.52%
15	1.24%
16	2.03%
17	3.48%
18	5.97%
19	5.28%
20	5.35%
21	4.53%
22	4.64%
23	4.66%
24	4.66%
25	3.63%
26	4.05%
27	3.02%
28	3.13%
29	2.73%
30	3.72%
31	6.41%
32	1.41%
33	1.06%
34	0.74%
35	0.93%
36	0.77%
37	0.6%
38	0.74%
39	0.65%
40	0.52%
41	0.31%
42	0.24%
43	0.58%
44	0.22%
45	0.44%
46	0.15%
47	0.4%
48	0.14%
49	0.2%
>= 50	1.35%

Gender Distribution

The table below details the gender group members who voted in the poll.

Gender	Respondents
Male	83.17%
Female	16.04%
Others	0.78%

Geographical Data

Similarly, the table below shows the number of people from each continent who were included in our data calculation.

Continent	Respondents
Asia	42.43%
North America	23.93%
Europe	20.57%
South America	6.12%
Africa	4.58%
Oceania	1.32%
N/A	1.06%

Best Anime of the Winter 2024 Season – Categories

We have decided to streamline and expand our Anime Corner Awards system by including a set of categories that you can vote for each season. This list may change in the future (e.g. Winter 2024 didn’t see many sports anime titles).

Best Action Anime

Rank	Title	Votes
1st	Solo Leveling	29.83%
2nd	Ragna Crimson	12.98%
3rd	Mashle: Magic and Muscles Season 2	9.86%
4th	Shangri-La Frontier	9.02%
5th	Ninja Kamui	7.15%
6th	The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic	6.32%
7th	One Piece	6.14%
8th	Chained Soldier	5.88%
9th	The Witch and the Beast	3.86%
10th	Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga	3.43%
11th	Kingdom Season 5	1.85%
12th	High Card Season 2	1.4%
13th	Brave Bang Bravern!	1.16%
14th	Synduality: Noir Part 2	0.66%
15th	Meiji Gekken: 1874	0.47%

Best Adaptation

Rank	Title	Votes
1st	The Dangers in My Heart Season 2	17.53%
2nd	Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End	17.51%
3rd	Solo Leveling	14%
4th	The Apothecary Diaries	11.69%
5th	Mashle: Magic and Muscles Season 2	5.95%
6th	Delicious in Dungeon	4.74%
7th	A Sign of Affection	4.62%
8th	Gushing over Magical Girls	4.37%
9th	7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!	4.29%
10th	Shangri-La Frontier	4.18%
11th	One Piece	3.6%
12th	Undead Unluck	2.86%
13th	Ragna Crimson	2.66%
14th	Urusei Yatsura (2022) 2nd Season	1.28%
15th	Kingdom Season 5	0.72%

Best Adventure

Rank	Title	Votes
1st	Delicious in Dungeon	32.74%
2nd	Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End	30.53%
3rd	Solo Leveling	11.53%
4th	Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy Season 2	6.49%
5th	One Piece	4.84%
6th	The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash	4.48%
7th	The Unwanted Undead Adventurer	3.99%
8th	Sasaki and Peeps	2.35%
9th	The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse	1.58%
10th	Sengoku Youko	1.47%

Best Animation

Rank	Title	Votes
1st	Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End	26.13%
2nd	Solo Leveling	18.25%
3rd	The Dangers in My Heart Season 2	15.19%
4th	The Apothecary Diaries	12.57%
5th	Shangri-la Frontier	5.75%
6th	Delicious in Dungeon	5.69%
7th	One Piece	5.06%
8th	Ninja Kamui	4.79%
9th	Undead Unluck	3.52%
10th	Ragna Crimson	3.05%

Best Character Design

Rank	Title	Votes
1st	Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End	30.11%
2nd	The Apothecary Diaries	18.31%
3rd	Mashle: Magic and Muscles Season 2	9.5%
4th	Gushing Over Magical Girls	7.63%
5th	A Sign of Affection	7.35%
6th	Delicious in Dungeon	7.3%
7th	7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!	6.91%
8th	The Witch and the Beast	3.17%
9th	Urusei Yatsura (2022) 2nd Season	2.48%
10th	Bucchigiri?!	2.18%
11th	The Demon Prince of Momochi House	1.25%
12th	High Card Season 2	1.2%
13th	Great Pretender: Razbliuto	1.07%
14th	Sand Land: The Series	0.79%
15th	SHAMAN KING: FLOWERS	0.76%

Best Comedy

Rank	Title	Votes
1st	Delicious in Dungeon	23.09%
2nd	Gushing over Magical Girls	17.32%
3rd	Mashle: Magic and Muscles Season 2	16.43%
4th	Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but	10.13%
5th	Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy Season 2	7.79%
6th	Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!	7.36%
7th	‘Tis Time for “Torture,” Princess	5.37%
8th	Mr. Villain’s Day Off	5.01%
9th	Urusei Yatsura (2022) 2nd Season	4.36%
10th	Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!	3.14%

Best Drama

Rank	Title	Votes
1st	The Apothecary Diaries	32.9%
2nd	Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End	29.07%
3rd	Classroom of the Elite Season 3	15.74%
4th	Chained Soldier	5.33%
5th	Ninja Kamui	4.84%
6th	Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki 2nd Stage	4.62%
7th	The Witch and the Beast	4.13%
8th	Ishura	1.72%
9th	Synduality: Noir Part 2	1.26%
10th	The Fire Hunter Season 2	0.41%

Best Fantasy

Rank	Title	Votes
1st	Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End	27.41%
2nd	Solo Leveling	14.96%
3rd	Mashle: Magic and Muscles Season 2	8.39%
4th	Delicious in Dungeon	7.32%
5th	7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!	5.84%
6th	Gushing over Magical Girls	5.19%
7th	The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic	4.73%
8th	Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy Season 2	4.71%
9th	Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I’m Not the Demon Lord	4.42%
10th	Chained Soldier	4.27%
11th	Ragna Crimson	4.04%
12th	The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash	2.8%
13th	The Unwanted Undead Adventurer	2.76%
14th	Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga	2.33%
15th	High Card Season 2	0.84%

Best Mystery/Suspense

Rank	Title	Votes
1st	The Apothecary Diaries	51.53%
2nd	Classroom of the Elite Season 3	31.94%
3rd	The Witch and the Beast	10.51%
4th	Metallic Rouge	4.64%
5th	Meiji Gekken: 1874	1.38%

Best Original Anime

Rank	Title	Votes
1st	Ninja Kamui	37.87%
2nd	Metallic Rouge	17.5%
3rd	Bucchigiri?!	15.93%
4th	Brave Bang Bravern!	8.61%
5th	The Way of Pon	7.51%
6th	Wonderful Precure!	4.17%
7th	Meiji Gekken: 1874	2.79%
8th	Delusional Monthly Magazine	2.52%
9th	Cardfight!! Vanguard: Divinez	1.97%
10th	Chou Futsuu Ken Chiba Densetsu	1.14%

Best Romance

Rank	Title	Votes
1st	The Dangers in My Heart Season 2	41.44%
2nd	A Sign of Affection	16.4%
3rd	7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!	13.14%
4th	Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!	7.61%
5th	Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!	4.41%
6th	Banished From The Hero’s Party, I Decided To Live A Quiet Life In The Countryside Season 2	4.21%
7th	Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki 2nd Stage	3.84%
8th	Urusei Yatsura (2022) 2nd Season	3.6%
9th	Tales of Wedding Rings	3.3%
10th	The Demon Prince of Momochi House	2.06%

Best Sci-Fi

Rank	Title	Votes
1st	Undead Unluck	33.92%
2nd	Ninja Kamui	29.25%
3rd	Metallic Rogue	17.03%
4th	Urusei Yatsura (2022) Season 2	14.07%
5th	Synduality Noir: Part 2	5.74%

Best Slice-of-Life

Rank	Title	Votes
1st	The Dangers in My Heart Season 2	37.39%
2nd	A Sign of Affection	15.45%
3rd	7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!	11.81%
4th	Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!	9.01%
5th	Mr. Villain’s Day Off	5.87%
6th	Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki 2nd Stage	5.74%
7th	Banished From The Hero’s Party, I Decided To Live A Quiet Life In The Countryside Season 2	5.36%
8th	Sasaki and Peeps	3.69%
9th	Fluffy Paradise	3.56%
10th	The Way of Pon	2.11%

Best Storytelling

Rank	Title	Votes
1st	Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End	32.12%
2nd	The Dangers in My Heart Season 2	21.23%
3rd	The Apothecary Diaries	18.12%
4th	Solo Leveling	14.29%
5th	Delicious in Dungeon	6.09%
6th	Ninja Kamui	2.89%
7th	The Witch and the Beast	2.79%
8th	Kingdom Season 5	1.16%
9th	High Card Season 2	0.96%
10th	Meiji Gekken: 1874	0.35%

Best World-Building

Rank	Title	Votes
1st	Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End	38.01%
2nd	Delicious in Dungeon	18.02%
3rd	Solo Leveling	15.94%
4th	Shangri-La Frontier	8.34%
5th	Undead Unluck	6.36%
6th	One Piece	5.74%
7th	The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash	3.73%
8th	Sasaki and Peeps	2.31%
9th	Brave Bang Bravern!	1.13%
10th	Meiji Gekken: 1874	0.43%

Best Soundtrack

Rank	Title	Votes
1st	The Dangers in My Heart Season 2	23.48%
2nd	Solo Leveling	20.33%
3rd	Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End	18.16%
4th	The Apothecary Diaries	13.08%
5th	MASHLE MAGIC AND MUSCLES Season 2	9.95%
6th	A Sign of Affection	4.69%
7th	Chained Soldier	3.51%
8th	Ragna Crimson	3.31%
9th	The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash	2.68%
10th	Kingdom Season 5	0.83%

Best Couple/Ship

Rank	Title	Votes
1st	Anna Yamada and Kyotaro Ichikawa	15.7%
2nd	Fern and Stark	13.06%
3rd	Frieren and Himmel	12.45%
4th	Maomao and Jinshi	9.47%
5th	Übel and Land	6.68%
6th	Kiyotaka Ayanokoji and Kei Karuizawa	5.17%
7th	Yuki Itose and Itsuomi Nagi	5.06%
8th	Rishe Irmgard Weitzner and Arnold Hein	4.57%
9th	Yumiella Dolkness and Patrick Ashbatten	3.91%
10th	Yuki Wakura and Tenka Izumo	3.35%
11th	Fuko Izumo and Andy	2.94%
12th	Tsubasa Shiki and Minami Fuyuki	2.74%
13th	Fumiya Tomozaki and Minami Nanami	2.6%
14th	Yuki Wakura and Kyoka Uzen	2.42%
15th	Rit and Red	2.33%
16th	Starlia and Ragna	2.17%
17th	Yuichi Kurosawa and Kiyoshi Adachi	1.53%
18th	Fumiya Tomozaki and Fuka Kikuchi	1.33%
19th	Lum and Ataru Moroboshi	1.31%
20th	Haruto Sato and Hime	1.22%

Best Voice Cast

Rank	Title	Votes
1st	The Dangers in My Heart Season 2	21.45%
2nd	Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End	20.1%
3rd	Solo Leveling	15.37%
4th	The Apothecary Diaries	13.92%
5th	MASHLE MAGIC AND MUSCLES Season 2	8.36%
6th	A Sign of Affection	5.9%
7th	Delicious in Dungeon	5.61%
8th	Gushing Over Magical Girls	5.59%
9th	Urusei Yatsura (2022) 2nd Season	2.25%
10th	Ishura	1.44%

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We’d like to thank everyone who participated in our polls this season. In case you missed it, we’re compiling information for the best weekly anime episodes for Spring 2024, and you can vote by visiting our polls site here.

Featured image:
The Dangers in My Heart Season 2 © Norio Sakurai (Akita Shoten) / Boku Yaba Production Committee
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End © Yamada Kanehito, Abe Tsukasa /Shogakukan / “Sousou no Frieren” Production Committee
Ragna Crimson ©︎ Daiki Kobayashi / SQUARE ENIX / “Ragna Crimson” Production Committee