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Re:ZERO Season 4 tops Summer 2026 anime rankings
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 ranked first in the Summer 2026 Anime of the Season results.
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 came second, and Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity placed third.
Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky was fourth and ranked highest among shows that were not sequels.
The rankings reflect community votes on anime airing during the summer season.
Weekly polls ran for 12 weeks, from July 3 to September 25, and the final season-wide vote ran from September 25 to October 5.
A total of 64,382 people took part across the polls.
The final scores combined the season-wide vote, weighted at 55%, with weekly rankings, weighted at 45%.
The results show which series drew the strongest support from voters, but the rankings do not determine what viewers may enjoy.
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 finished first in Anime Corner’s Summer 2026 Anime of the Season rankings.
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 placed second, and Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity placed third.
Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky ranked fourth and was the highest-ranked non-sequel.
The rankings combined the season-wide poll, worth 55% of the score, with 12 weekly rankings, worth 45%.
A total of 64,382 participants took part in the polls.
- Who
- Anime Corner ranked anime based on community votes.
- What
- Re:ZERO Season 4 topped the Summer 2026 Anime of the Season rankings.
- When
- The results were published on October 10, 2026. Season-wide voting ran from September 25 to October 5.
- Where
- Not stated
- Why
- The rankings measured which anime fans enjoyed most, combining season-wide and weekly poll results.
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Anime Corner held weekly polls over 12 weeks as new episodes aired.
Voting for Anime of the Season took place.
Anime Corner published the final Summer 2026 rankings.
- First place
- Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4, 13.13%
- Second place
- Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3, 10.84%
- Third place
- Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity, 10.08%
- Highest-ranked non-sequel
- Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky, fourth place with 8.90%
- Participants
- 64,382
- Final score weighting
- Season-wide poll: 55%; weekly rankings: 45%
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