Re:ZERO Season 4 Tops Anime Corner's Summer 2026 Rankings
Anime Corner has published its final rankings for the Summer 2026 anime season, with Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 securing the top spot. The series achieved a final score of 13.13%, outperforming Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3, which finished second with 10.84%. Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity took third place with 10.08%.
The results were determined through weekly polls running from July 3 to September 25, followed by a dedicated season-long vote from September 25 to October 5. A total of 64,382 participants contributed to the rankings. The final scores utilized a weighted calculation where the season poll accounted for 55% and weekly performance made up the remaining 45%.
Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky placed fourth, marking it as the highest-ranked non-sequel of the season. Other notable entries in the top ten included Though I Am an Inept Villainess and Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia. The publication also released winners across 26 additional categories, such as Best Animation and Best Comedy.
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Original headline at Anime Corner: “Summer 2026 Anime of the Season Rankings”
Key facts
- Winner
- Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4
- Runner-up
- Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3
- Third Place
- Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity
- Voting Period
- July 3 to October 5, 2026
- Total Participants
- 64,382
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