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Best of Winter 2024, Jan 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 January 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.	The Dangers in My Heart	13 14 15
	—	#2.	Frieren: Beyond Journey's End	17 18 19
	—	#3.	The Apothecary Diaries	13 14 15
	11	#4.	One Piece	1089 1090 1091
	1	#5.	7th Time Loop	1 2 3
	—	#6.	Bang Brave Bang Bravern	1 2
	1	#7.	The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic	1 2 3
	1	#8.	A Sign of Affection	1 2 3
	5	#9.	Shangri-La Frontier	14 15
	2	#10.	Delicious in Dungeon	1 2 3
	—	#11.	Gushing Over Magical Girls	1 2 3
	1	#12.	Undead Unluck	14 15
	3	#13.	Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki	1 2 3
	9	#14.	Villainess Level 99	1 2
	6	#15.	The Unwanted Undead Adventurer	1 2 3
	3	#16.	Mashle: Magic and Muscles	13 14 15
	7	#17.	Metallic Rouge	1 2
	13	#18.	Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!	1 2
	6	#19.	Doctor Elise	1 2
	14	#20.	Solo Leveling	1 2 3
	2	#21.	Ragna Crimson	13 14
	14	#22.	Meiji Gekken: 1874	1 2
	3	#23.	Sengoku Youko	1 2
	3	#24.	The Witch and the Beast	1 2
	7	#25.	Banished From The Heroes' Party	1 2 3
	8	#26.	Ishura	1 2 3
	11	#27.	Chained Soldier	1 2 3
	6	#28.	The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey	1 2
	2	#29.	Sasaki and Peeps	1 2 3
	—	#30.	Bucchigiri?!	1 2
	1	#31.	Classroom of the Elite	1 2 3
	16	#32.	Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy-	1 2
	9	#33.	Fluffy Paradise	1 2 3
	5	#34.	The Strongest Tank's Labyrinth Raids	1 2 3
	1	#35.	My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered	1 2 3
	3	#36.	The Demon Prince of Momochi House	1 2 3
	12	#37.	Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga	1 2 3
	1	#38.	Tales of Wedding Rings	1 2 3
	15	#39.	Urusei Yatsura	24 25
	3	#40.	'Tis Time for ''Torture,'' Princess	1 2
	1	#41.	The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil	1 2

Series Cumulative Ranking as of January 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.	The Dangers in My Heart	13 14 15
	—	#2.	Frieren: Beyond Journey's End	17 18 19
	—	#3.	The Apothecary Diaries	13 14 15
	—	#4.	One Piece	1089 1090 1091
	2	#5.	7th Time Loop	1 2 3
	1	#6.	A Sign of Affection	1 2 3
	1	#7.	Bang Brave Bang Bravern	1 2
	3	#8.	The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic	1 2 3
	4	#9.	Shangri-La Frontier	14 15
	1	#10.	Undead Unluck	14 15
	1	#11.	Meiji Gekken: 1874	1 2
	—	#12.	Delicious in Dungeon	1 2 3
	2	#13.	Mashle: Magic and Muscles	13 14 15
	6	#14.	Metallic Rouge	1 2
	11	#15.	Gushing Over Magical Girls	1 2 3
	—	#16.	Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki	1 2 3
	6	#17.	Villainess Level 99	1 2
	1	#18.	Ragna Crimson	13 14
	1	#19.	Sengoku Youko	1 2
	6	#20.	Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy-	1 2
	4	#21.	Doctor Elise	1 2
	5	#22.	Solo Leveling	1 2 3
	2	#23.	The Witch and the Beast	1 2
	7	#24.	Classroom of the Elite	1 2 3
	7	#25.	Banished From The Heroes' Party	1 2 3
	4	#26.	The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey	1 2
	1	#27.	Bucchigiri?!	1 2
	4	#28.	Urusei Yatsura	24 25
	1	#29.	Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!	1 2
	1	#30.	The Unwanted Undead Adventurer	1 2 3
	2	#31.	Sasaki and Peeps	1 2 3
	—	#32.	Fluffy Paradise	1 2 3
	—	#33.	Blue Exorcist: Shimane Illuminati Saga	1 2 3
	—	#34.	Ishura	1 2 3
	—	#35.	Tales of Wedding Rings	1 2 3
	—	#36.	Chained Soldier	1 2 3
	1	#37.	The Demon Prince of Momochi House	1 2 3
	1	#38.	The Strongest Tank's Labyrinth Raids	1 2 3
	2	#39.	'Tis Time for ''Torture,'' Princess	1 2
	1	#40.	My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered	1 2 3
	1	#41.	The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil	1 2

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 Ranked pairs 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.