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Best of Fall 2023, Oct 1-21

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 Reviews and 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.

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Episode Rankings for the week of October 15-21

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.	Frieren: Beyond Journey's End	1-4 5 6
	—	#2.	The Eminence in Shadow 2nd Season	21 22 23
	4	#3.	Dr. Stone: New World	12 13
	1	#4.	The Apothecary Diaries	1 2 3
	2	#5.	Power of Hope: Precure Full Bloom	1 2 3
	2	#6.	Jujutsu Kaisen	35 36 37
	14	#7.	I'm in Love with the Villainess	1 2 3
	5	#8.	One Piece	1078 1079
	5	#9.	Shangri-La Frontier	1 2 3
	1	#10.	The Ancient Magus' Bride	13 14 15
	5	#11.	Dark Gathering	13 14 15
	—	#12.	The Faraway Paladin	1 2 3
	24	#13.	Overtake!	1 2 3
	4	#14.	Rurouni Kenshin	14 15 16
	7	#15.	Undead Unluck	1 2 3
	—	#16.	The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3	1 2 3
	4	#17.	Dead Mount Death Play	13 14
	14	#18.	Stardust Telepath	1 2
	5	#19.	Girlfriend, Girlfriend	1 2 3
	5	#20.	Goblin Slayer II	1 2 3
	20	#21.	I'm Giving ... a Crash Course in Naughtiness	1 2 3
	9	#22.	Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 3	1 2 3
	12	#23.	You Were Experienced, I Was Not	1 2 3
	9	#24.	My Daughter ... S-Rank Adventurer	1 2 3
	—	#25.	The Kingdoms of Ruin	1 2 3
	3	#26.	Helck	13 14 15
	1	#27.	Tearmoon Empire	1 2 3
	—	#28.	The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent	1 2 3
	9	#29.	Migi & Dali	1 2 3
	11	#30.	Under Ninja	1 2 3
	2	#31.	Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions	1 2 3
	15	#32.	Shy	1 2 3
	6	#33.	A Returner's Magic Should Be Special	1 2 3
	4	#34.	Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy	1 2 3
	1	#35.	Berserk of Gluttony	1 2 3
	4	#36.	16bit Sensation: Another Layer	1 2 3
	26	#37.	The 100 Girlfriends Who Really(x5) Love You	1 2
	27	#38.	Spy×Family	26 27 28
	5	#39.	The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess	1 2 3
	2	#40.	Ragna Crimson	1 2 3
	10	#41.	Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange	1 2 3
	—	#42.	Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch	1 2 3 4

Series Cumulative Ranking as of October 21

Each week's ranking takes into account the scores given to previous weeks' episodes. As we reach closer to the end of the season, each series' rank will start to solidify and we'll get a look at the real winners and losers. 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.	Frieren: Beyond Journey's End	1-4 5 6
	—	#2.	The Eminence in Shadow 2nd Season	21 22 23
	1	#3.	The Apothecary Diaries	1 2 3
	3	#4.	Dr. Stone: New World	12 13
	3	#5.	Jujutsu Kaisen	35 36 37
	3	#6.	One Piece	1078 1079
	2	#7.	Spy×Family	26 27 28
	3	#8.	Power of Hope: Precure Full Bloom	1 2 3
	3	#9.	Undead Unluck	1 2 3
	2	#10.	The Ancient Magus' Bride	13 14 15
	1	#11.	Dark Gathering	13 14 15
	3	#12.	Shy	1 2 3
	1	#13.	I'm in Love with the Villainess	1 2 3
	3	#14.	Shangri-La Frontier	1 2 3
	2	#15.	The 100 Girlfriends Who Really(x5) Love You	1 2
	1	#16.	Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 3	1 2 3
	1	#17.	Helck	13 14 15
	3	#18.	The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3	1 2 3
	1	#19.	The Faraway Paladin	1 2 3
	4	#20.	Rurouni Kenshin	14 15 16
	1	#21.	Tearmoon Empire	1 2 3
	3	#22.	Dead Mount Death Play	13 14
	—	#23.	The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent	1 2 3
	—	#24.	Overtake!	1 2 3
	1	#25.	Girlfriend, Girlfriend	1 2 3
	1	#26.	Goblin Slayer II	1 2 3
	2	#27.	Ron Kamonohashi's Forbidden Deductions	1 2 3
	—	#28.	Ragna Crimson	1 2 3
	3	#29.	Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy	1 2 3
	—	#30.	My Daughter ... S-Rank Adventurer	1 2 3
	2	#31.	The Kingdoms of Ruin	1 2 3
	2	#32.	Migi & Dali	1 2 3
	6	#33.	16bit Sensation: Another Layer	1 2 3
	1	#34.	Under Ninja	1 2 3
	2	#35.	Stardust Telepath	1 2
	3	#36.	You Were Experienced, I Was Not	1 2 3
	1	#37.	The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess	1 2 3
	2	#38.	Berserk of Gluttony	1 2 3
	8	#39.	Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange	1 2 3
	—	#40.	I'm Giving ... a Crash Course in Naughtiness	1 2 3
	—	#41.	A Returner's Magic Should Be Special	1 2 3
	—	#42.	Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch	1 2 3 4

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 Schulze 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.