Seasons
Japanese TV anime airs in four quarterly cours, and the season is the unit the medium is actually organised around — a show competes with whatever airs alongside it. Every title is therefore also ranked within its own season, so a standout in a thin season reads as one.
10,022 titles carry a broadcast season across 110 seasons. Films, ONAs and music videos usually do not — they were never part of a seasonal slate.
Is one season stronger?
Fandom says Spring and Autumn carry the prestige shows. The data agrees, but narrowly.
| Season | Months | Titles | Ranked | Median | S+/S | Strongest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | January – March | 2,230 | 1,557 | 48.7 | 48 | Mob Psycho 100 II |
| Spring | April – June | 2,712 | 1,868 | 49.3 | 46 | Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood |
| Summer | July – September | 2,307 | 1,662 | 48.6 | 38 | Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc |
| Autumn | October – December | 2,773 | 1,921 | 49.6 | 48 | Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End |
Every season
| Year | Winter | Spring | Summer | Autumn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 21 The King of Braves: GaoGaiGa | 44 FLCL | 35 Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust | 45 Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting |
| 2001 | 25 Initial D 3rd Stage | 57 Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness | 49 Spirited Away | 66 Hikaru no Go |
| 2002 | 42 Hunter x Hunter: Yorknew Cit | 64 Azumanga Daioh | 39 Millennium Actress | 60 Naruto |
| 2003 | 37 HUNTER×HUNTER: Greed Island | 65 Kino's Journey | 40 Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu | 72 Tokyo Godfathers |
| 2004 | 51 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Al | 74 Monster | 50 Ojamajo Doremi Na-i-sho | 70 Howl‘s Moving Castle |
| 2005 | 63 Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapt | 67 One Piece: Baron Omatsuri an | 56 Full Metal Panic! The Second | 72 MUSHI-SHI |
| 2006 | 64 Hellsing Ultimate | 106 NANA | 70 Welcome to the N-H-K | 89 Death Note |
| 2007 | 48 Naruto: Shippuden | 100 Gurren Lagann | 66 Baccano! | 102 Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor |
| 2008 | 56 ARIA The ORIGINATION | 93 Code Geass: Lelouch of the R | 70 the Garden of sinners Chapte | 100 Clannad: After Story |
| 2009 | 78 Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting | 99 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brother | 85 Bakemonogatari | 99 InuYasha: The Final Act |
| 2010 | 72 The Disappearance of Haruhi | 98 The Tatami Galaxy | 86 The Secret World of Arrietty | 109 Princess Jellyfish |
| 2011 | 88 Puella Magi Madoka Magica | 121 Steins;Gate | 94 Natsume's Book of Friends Se | 93 Hunter x Hunter (2011) |
| 2012 | 81 Natsume's Book of Friends Se | 123 Fate/Zero Season 2 | 95 Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: | 135 Gintama Season 2 Part 2 |
| 2013 | 78 Chihayafuru 2 | 116 Attack on Titan | 116 Monogatari Series Second Sea | 107 Puella Magi Madoka Magica th |
| 2014 | 128 MUSHI-SHI OVA | 120 Ping Pong the Animation | 119 Barakamon | 122 Your lie in April |
| 2015 | 88 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: St | 108 Gintama Season 3 | 118 Kamisama Kiss◎ OVA | 142 HAIKYU!! 2nd Season |
| 2016 | 123 Assassination Classroom Seco | 128 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Di | 114 A Silent Voice | 161 HAIKYU!! 3rd Season |
| 2017 | 100 Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reike | 152 Attack on Titan Season 2 | 118 Owarimonogatari Second Seaso | 121 March comes in like a lion S |
| 2018 | 112 Violet Evergarden | 122 Steins;Gate 0 | 113 Attack on Titan Season 3 | 121 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Go |
| 2019 | 111 Mob Psycho 100 II | 101 Attack on Titan Season 3 Par | 96 Vinland Saga | 108 Chihayafuru 3 |
| 2020 | 102 Made in Abyss: Dawn of the D | 91 Kaguya-sama: Love is War? | 72 Violet Evergarden: the Movie | 110 JUJUTSU KAISEN |
| 2021 | 119 Gintama: THE VERY FINAL | 117 Fruits Basket The Final Seas | 101 That Time I Got Reincarnated | 118 86 EIGHTY-SIX Part 2 |
| 2022 | 106 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yai | 111 Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ul | 105 Cyberpunk: Edgerunners | 99 BOCCHI THE ROCK! |
| 2023 | 111 Vinland Saga Season 2 | 108 Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Th | 98 JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 2 | 133 Frieren: Beyond Journey’s En |
| 2024 | 95 The Dangers in My Heart Seas | 105 LOOK BACK | 98 OSHI NO KO Season 2 | 117 ONE PIECE FAN LETTER |
| 2025 | 96 The Apothecary Diaries Seaso | 114 Umamusume: Cinderella Gray | 103 Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Re | 110 My Hero Academia FINAL SEASO |
| 2026 | 96 Frieren: Beyond Journey’s En | 98 Re:ZERO -Starting Life in An | 100 BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood | 90 |
| 2027 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 2 |