The Best and Worst of Winter 2022, Jan 1-Feb 4

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.

Don't forget to head over to Your Score to rate the episodes you've watched this week

Episode Rankings for the week of January 29-February 4

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.	Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2	76 77 78 79
	—	#2.	My Dress-Up Darling	1 2 3 4
	2	#3.	Ranking of Kings	12 13 14 15 16
	1	#4.	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba	5 6 7 8 9
	1	#5.	Princess Connect! Re:Dive	1 2 3 4
	2	#6.	Teasing Master Takagi-san	1 2 3 4 5
	1	#7.	Akebi's Sailor Uniform	1 2 3 4
	1	#8.	The Case Study of Vanitas	13 14 15 16
	2	#9.	Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt	1 2 3 4
	7	#10.	Total Fantasy Knockout	1 2 3 4
	8	#11.	Slow Loop	1 2 3 4 5
	4	#12.	Arifureta	1 2 3 4
	1	#13.	How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom	1 2 3 4
	4	#14.	Sasaki and Miyano	1 2 3 4
	—	#15.	Miss Kuroitsu	1 2 3
	5	#16.	CUE!	1 2 3 4 5
	3	#17.	One Piece	1005 1006 1007 1008
	11	#18.	Sabikui Bisco	1 2 3 4
	1	#19.	In the Land of Leadale	1 2 3 4 5
	5	#20.	Police in a Pod	1 2 3 4 5
	5	#21.	Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man	1 2 3 4
	1	#22.	Requiem of the Rose King	1 2 3 4
	2	#23.	Love of Kill	1 2 3 4
	6	#24.	Yashahime - The Second Act	14 15 16 17
	2	#25.	Strongest Sage With the Weakest Crest	1 2 3 4
	5	#26.	Girls' Frontline	1 2 3 4 5
	5	#27.	Tokyo 24th Ward	1 2 3 4 5
	4	#28.	Tribe Nine	1 2 3 4
	—	#29.	Blade Runner: Black Lotus	8 9 10 11 12
	—	#30.	World's End Harem	1 2 3 4 5
	3	#31.	Platinum End	13 14 15 16 17

Series Cumulative Ranking as of February 4

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.	Ranking of Kings	12 13 14 15 16
	—	#2.	Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2	76 77 78 79
	—	#3.	My Dress-Up Darling	1 2 3 4
	1	#4.	Teasing Master Takagi-san	1 2 3 4 5
	2	#5.	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba	5 6 7 8 9
	2	#6.	One Piece	1005 1006 1007 1008
	1	#7.	The Case Study of Vanitas	13 14 15 16
	—	#8.	Princess Connect! Re:Dive	1 2 3 4
	—	#9.	Sabikui Bisco	1 2 3 4
	1	#10.	Akebi's Sailor Uniform	1 2 3 4
	1	#11.	Sasaki and Miyano	1 2 3 4
	—	#12.	Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt	1 2 3 4
	—	#13.	How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom	1 2 3 4
	4	#14.	Slow Loop	1 2 3 4 5
	1	#15.	Total Fantasy Knockout	1 2 3 4
	1	#16.	Arifureta	1 2 3 4
	1	#17.	Miss Kuroitsu	1 2 3
	1	#18.	Yashahime - The Second Act	14 15 16 17
	2	#19.	In the Land of Leadale	1 2 3 4 5
	1	#20.	Police in a Pod	1 2 3 4 5
	1	#21.	Tokyo 24th Ward	1 2 3 4 5
	—	#22.	Love of Kill	1 2 3 4
	—	#23.	Requiem of the Rose King	1 2 3 4
	1	#24.	CUE!	1 2 3 4 5
	1	#25.	Tribe Nine	1 2 3 4
	—	#26.	Strongest Sage With the Weakest Crest	1 2 3 4
	—	#27.	Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man	1 2 3 4
	—	#28.	Girls' Frontline	1 2 3 4 5
	—	#29.	World's End Harem	1 2 3 4 5
	—	#30.	Blade Runner: Black Lotus	8 9 10 11 12
	—	#31.	Platinum End	13 14 15 16 17

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.