AnimeNewsNetwork publishes weekly fan-appreciation reports for seasonal anime episodes released this week: the best and worst of the season so far, according to readers. My Hero Academia 5 stands out for the most viewed, but let’s look at all of the other rankings.

These scores are based on weekly episode ratings for all anime that are being followed. At the end of the season they calculate a cumulative score, ie the average of all episodes in a series. Here are the overall scores for the top-rated anime of the 2021 season:

  1. Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S
  2. Welcome to the demon school, Iruma-kun
  3. Kageki Shoujo !!
  4. Love life! Superstar !!
  5. The aquatop on white sand
  6. The Vanitas case study
  7. For your eternity
  8. It was then that I was reborn as a slime
  9. Sonny Boy
  10. ONE PIECE

In the first place we find Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S, who is returning with a special OVA in 2022, and in tenth place we find the anime by ONE PIECE. However, the average episode rating could often be doesn’t reflect what people actually think of the series as a whole, especially in cases where an ending surprises viewers positively or negatively.

In addition, these weekly episode ratings, especially in the past few weeks, are influenced by whether or not a series can be followed from start to finish. After all, not very popular anime for their readers like IDOLISH7 Third beat! as they are accordingly badly rated.

For these reasons, at the end of the season, they asked their readers to rate the anime as a whole. Here it is Top 10 most popular animes the summer season:

  1. IDOLiSH7 Third beat! (tie)
  2. Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S (tie)
  3. Welcome to the demon school, Iruma-kun (tie)
  4. ONE PIECE
  5. Kageki Shoujo !! (Necktie)
  6. Kingdom (tie)
  7. It was then that I was reborn as a slime
  8. BEASTARS
  9. Love life! Superstar !! (Necktie)
  10. To your eternity (tie)

there Top 10 most watched animes the summer season:

  1. My Hero Academia 5
  2. Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S
  3. It was then that I was reborn as a slime
  4. For your eternity
  5. Welcome to the demon school, Iruma-kun
  6. My next life as a villain: all roads lead to ruin! x
  7. The Vanitas case study
  8. Tokyo Avenger
  9. How a realistic hero rebuilt the kingdom
  10. Tsukimichi – moonlight fantasy

Via we leave our review of My Hero Academia 5, the most watched series of the summer. Find the below Top 10 Least Appreciated Anime the summer season:

  1. The detective is already dead
  2. Ahar! Meisaku-kun (tie)
  3. Fighting game in 5 seconds (tie)
  4. Digimon adventure (tie)
  5. Night head 2041 (tie)
  6. Peach boy on the riverside (tie)
  7. Blue reflection ray (tie)
  8. Drug Store in Another World: The Slow Life of a Fraudulent Pharmacist (tie)
  9. D_Cide dreaming the animation (tie)
  10. Scarlet Nexus (tie)

Only 22 voters (out of 3,300) viewed it Ahar! Meisaku-kun, therefore, its rating would not be considered statistically significant.

there Top 10 unfinished anime from the readers of the summer season:

  1. The detective is already dead
  2. Drug Store in Another World: The Slow Life of a Fraudulent Pharmacist
  3. Scarlet Nexus
  4. The great Jahy will not be defeated!
  5. Girlfriend, girlfriend
  6. Tokyo Avenger
  7. Peach boy on the riverside
  8. The Black Company dungeon
  9. The Vanitas case study
  10. Fighting game in 5 seconds

And finally, the top 10 least viewed anime of the summer season:

  • 44. D_Cide dreaming the animation
  • 45. Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko house
  • 46th Kingdom
  • 47. IDOLiSH7 Third beat!
  • 48. Obey me!
  • 49. Tropical blush! Prepare
  • 50. Getter Robo Arc
  • 51. Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories
  • 52nd SD Gundam World Heroes
  • 53. Ahare! Meisaku-kun

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