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The season’s highest-rated anime, ordered from tenth place to first using the latest scores.
#10Ze Tian Ji (2026)
The Way of Choices
Chen Changsheng is destined to die before his twentieth birthday. Refusing to accept a life measured by a prophecy, he leaves his master and travels to the Divine Capital carrying a marriage contract and one goal: place first in the Grand Imperial Examination so he can enter the Tomb of Heavenly Books and search for a way to change his fate.The capital gives him enemies long before it gives him answers. His engagement ties him to Saintess Xu Yourong, political factions watch every step he takes, and the demon race moves in secret. With Luoluo, Tang Thirty-Six, and new companions beside him, Changsheng begins climbing through examinations, cultivation, and conspiracies toward a truth connected to his own mysterious birth.
#9Yuusha-kei ni Shosu: Choubatsu Yuusha 9004-tai Keimu Kiroku
Sentenced to Be a Hero: Prison Records of Penal Hero Unit 9004
In this world, the title of Hero is not an honor but a punishment reserved for the worst criminals. Those sentenced to heroism are thrown onto the front lines against the Demon Lords, and death offers no release—they are simply revived and sent back to fight again. Xylo Forbartz, a former Holy Knight commander convicted of killing a goddess, leads Penal Hero Unit 9004, a band of prisoners the state considers disposable ammunition.During one mission, Xylo encounters Teoritta, a mysterious Goddess and living weapon capable of changing the balance of the war. He forms a contract with her that should never have been possible, and every new suicide mission turns their bond into a potential rebellion against the system that has made death itself part of the sentence. To break the chains of heroism, however, Xylo must first keep together a unit whose members have little reason to trust the world forcing them to save it.
#8Fate/strange Fake
Fate/strange Fake
A new Holy Grail War begins to take shape in Snowfield, Nevada, drawing mages from around the world to summon Heroic Spirits and fight for a wish. Almost immediately, the ritual displays irregularities that should not exist: a missing class, impossible summons, and an entire city prepared in advance as a battlefield.The apparent war is itself a counterfeit built from information stolen from the Fuyuki ritual. Beneath it, another set of seven Servants begins forming a genuine Grail War, including a Saber who saves the life of Ayaka Sajou and appears to claim her as his Master. With every participant hiding motives of their own, the fake and true wars start overlapping until even the boundary between the deception and the real conflict becomes dangerously unclear.
#7Seihantai na Kimi to Boku
You and I Are Polar Opposites
Suzuki is cheerful and outgoing, but she is constantly aware of how other people see her and often changes herself to fit the mood around her. Tani, the quiet boy who sits beside her, seems completely unconcerned with anyone’s expectations. That difference is exactly why Suzuki cannot stop thinking about him.As the two grow closer, Suzuki discovers that being opposites does not push them apart; it gives each of them something the other lacks. Through awkward confessions, worries about friends, and relationships developing around them, they learn that understanding someone completely different can also be a way of understanding themselves.
#6Guangyin Zhi Wai
Beyond Time
The world is slowly being consumed by a catastrophe no one fully understands. The sky has fractured, an eerie eye has opened above the land, and every place touched by its influence becomes a forbidden zone where life withers away. Civilization survives in the shadow of extinction, yet even death begins producing strange possibilities for new life.For those still moving through this ruined age, time feels like a traveler that never stops. Survival means crossing boundaries people were taught to fear and confronting the secrets buried inside the dead zones. Somewhere beyond the devastation lies the truth of what changed the world, but reaching it may demand more than any ordinary life can endure.
#5Golden Kamuy: Saishuushou
Golden Kamuy: Final Chapter
The race for the hidden Ainu gold nears its end as rival factions converge on Sapporo in search of the remaining tattooed skins that form the treasure map. Former convict Keiji Ueji brings another piece of the puzzle into the city while a killer imitating Jack the Ripper terrorizes the streets. Sugimoto, Asirpa, and Shiraishi are pushed into a temporary alliance with Hijikata’s group because Lieutenant Tsurumi and the Seventh Division have become too dangerous to face separately.Asirpa struggles to distinguish genuine skins from fakes and decipher the map her father left behind, while Sugimoto vows never to be separated from her again. Betrayals multiply, and every faction wants the gold for a different vision of Hokkaido and the Ainu people’s future. As the pursuit races toward its final confrontation, the question is no longer simply who will find the treasure, but who will gain the power to decide what comes after it.
#4Prism Rondo
Prism Rondo
Lili Ichijoin travels from Japan to early-1900s London to study at the prestigious Saint Thomas Art Academy, carrying both a dream of becoming a painter and a harsh family ultimatum: within half a year she must rank first, or go back to Japan. Talent alone is not enough in a school filled with students from different classes and cultures, each with their own idea of what art should be.Her attention is drawn to Kit Church, a gifted aristocratic student who seems to live entirely for painting and apart from everyone else. At first they share little beyond their love of the canvas, but Lili’s determination begins changing his world just as his ability pushes her beyond her limits. Through rivalry, friendship, and romance, the academy becomes a place where young artists search for the color they want to leave behind.
#3Chou Kaguya-hime!
Super Princess Kaguya!
Seventeen-year-old Iroha Sakayori barely has room to breathe between school and part-time work. Her escape is Tsukuyomi, a virtual world where people can create freely and live as someone new. There she follows her favorite streamer, Yachiyo, and quietly writes music of her own. One evening, Iroha discovers an iridescent telephone pole from which a baby mysteriously emerges, then rapidly grows into a girl her own age.The girl calls herself Kaguya and quickly decides she wants to sing in Tsukuyomi. Iroha becomes her songwriter and producer, and their partnership deepens as Kaguya's voice reaches more people. Yet the brighter she shines, the closer mysterious forces draw, intent on returning Kaguya to the moon and ending the future the two girls have only just begun to imagine.
#2Jujutsu Kaisen: Shimetsu Kaiyuu - Zenpen
Sorcery Battle: Culling Game - Part 1
After the Shibuya catastrophe, the jujutsu world is shattered. Countless curses and newly awakened sorcerers are released across Japan, and the Culling Game begins, a deadly ritual divided among colonies where participants fight for points under rules created by Kenjaku.At the same time, Yuji Itadori's suspended execution is reinstated, with Yuta Okkotsu appointed as his executioner. Yet saving Megumi, Tsumiki, and the country from Kenjaku's plan requires entering the game itself. Yuji and his allies face modern sorcerers and fighters resurrected from ancient eras, each colony carrying new rules and enemies. To end the ritual, they may first have to learn how to rewrite it from within.
#1Ikoku Nikki
Diary of a Strange Land
Novelist Makio Koudai does not feel simple grief when her older sister and brother-in-law die in an accident. Her relationship with her sister was painful and unresolved long before death ended it. At the hospital, however, Makio meets her 15-year-old niece Asa, who has suddenly lost both parents and discovered that no relative is eager to take responsibility for her.Despite having no experience raising a teenager, Makio becomes Asa's guardian and brings her home. Living together does not turn loss into an easy heartwarming story. Asa needs room to understand her grief, while Makio carries contradictory feelings toward the sister who died. Through diaries, silences, and uncomfortable conversations, the two learn that family does not require feeling the “correct” emotion, and that honesty may be a better beginning than pretending either of them is fine.
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