Fall 2026 Anime Rankings – Week 5

STEEL BALL RUN JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure 2nd-3rd STAGE has won its first weekly poll of Fall 2026, climbing from seventh to first with 10.42% of the votes. It’s the third anime to top the rankings this fall, after Even the Student Council Has Its Holes! and Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity each won twice.

Even the Student Council Has Its Holes!moved up to second with 9.41%, just 0.09 percentage points ahead of Firefly Wedding at 9.32%. Black Clover Season 2 took fourth with 7.39%, while The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 stayed in fifth with 5.40%.

These rankings reflect votes from the Anime Corner community. If a series catches your eye, give it a try and let us know what you’re enjoying in the next weekly poll.

The race for first was much closer than it was last week. STEEL BALL RUN led by 1.01 percentage points, compared with Bleach’s 19.41-point lead in Week 4. Firefly Wedding finished third after three consecutive weeks in second, extending its run in the top three to four weeks.

Black Clover Season 2 earned its best placement of the fall so far, moving from sixth to fourth as its vote share rose from 3.39% to 7.39%. Three titles also moved into the top ten this week: I’m a Witch Who’s Crush Requested a Love Potion in eighth, A Certain Dark Side’s Item in ninth, and Reincarnated as a Sword Season 2 in tenth.

You can find the complete Week 5 results, along with voting insights and demographic breakdowns, on Anime Corner Polls. Browse earlier results and vote for your favorites at animecorner.me/polls.

Featured image:
STEEL BALL RUN JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure 2nd-3rd STAGE ©LUCKY LAND COMMUNICATIONS/SHUEISHA, JOJO’S Animation SBR Project
Even the Student Council Has Its Holes!© Muchimaro / Kodansha, Aniplex
Firefly Wedding © Oreco Tachibana / Shogakukan / “Firefly Wedding” Anime Production Committee