The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Aug 26-Sept 1
by Daniel DeLorme,Our team of reviewers are following 27 anime series of the Summer 2015 crop. And this season, at the top of each Daily Streaming Review, we added a little rating widget to let our readers chime in. So let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season.
Keep in mind that these rankings are based on how people rated individual episodes, not on the overall quality or popularity of the series. Sometimes a series is better than the sum of its parts, but this ranking is not about that. Also, being near the bottom of the list does not necessarily mean a title is bad; just that the others are liked better. Even the 'worst' was at least good (or hyped) enough to have people wanting daily reviews.
Episode Rankings for the week of August 26-September 1
This mish-mash of lines chronicles the change in ranking from week to week. While some series are stable, others swing wildly in the rankings depending on the strength of each episode. Click to highlight a particular series. This week there was no episode for Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace.ranking change from week to week (episode numbers as labels; clickable) |
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11 | #1. | Overlord |
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6 | #2. | Charlotte |
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2 | #3. | Non Non Biyori Repeat |
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6 | #4. | Durarara!! ×2 The Second Arc |
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1 | #5. | Wagnaria!!3 |
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13 | #6. | Ushio & Tora |
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2 | #7. | Gatchaman Crowds insight |
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6 | #8. | Gintama |
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4 | #9. | School-Live! |
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7 | #10. | My Love Story!! |
21
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4 | #11. | Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers |
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4 | #12. | God Eater |
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10 | #13. | Actually, I Am… |
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5 | #14. | Snow White with the Red Hair |
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— | #15. | Castle Town Dandelion |
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1 | #16. | Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma |
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1 | #17. | Monster Musume |
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6 | #18. | Naruto Shippūden |
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1 | #19. | Classroom Crisis |
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14 | #20. | GATE |
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3 | #21. | Prison School |
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Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace
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11 | #22. | Gangsta. |
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2 | #23. | Chaos Dragon |
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2 | #24. | SHIMONETA |
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12 | #25. | The Heroic Legend of Arslan |
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24 | #26. | One Piece |
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Series Cumulative Ranking as of September 1
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 to highlight a particular series.ranking change from week to week (episode numbers as labels; clickable) |
prev week change |
this week rank |
anime series |
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— | #1. | Non Non Biyori Repeat |
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— | #2. | Gintama |
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285
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1 | #3. | My Love Story!! |
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1 | #4. | One Piece |
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4 | #5. | Durarara!! ×2 The Second Arc |
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1 | #6. | School-Live! |
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— | #7. | Wagnaria!!3 |
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2 | #8. | Snow White with the Red Hair |
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1 | #9. | Gatchaman Crowds insight |
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1 | #10. | Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers |
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3 | #11. | Gangsta. |
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— | #12. | Charlotte |
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— | #13. | Ushio & Tora |
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— | #14. | Prison School |
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— | #15. | Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma |
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— | #16. | GATE |
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— | #17. | Monster Musume |
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— | #18. | Overlord |
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— | #19. | The Heroic Legend of Arslan |
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2 | #20. | Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace |
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2 | #21. | Actually, I Am… |
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1 | #22. | God Eater |
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2 | #23. | Castle Town Dandelion |
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2 | #24. | Classroom Crisis |
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5 | #25. | SHIMONETA |
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2 | #26. | Naruto Shippūden |
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— | #27. | Chaos Dragon |
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