The Anime Trending Community has once again voted for their most anticipated anime of the upcoming season! Here are their picks for the Summer 2026 Anime Season.
The following features the Top 10 + an extended list with the corresponding vote share that they got out of all those who voted. Voters were allowed to vote for more than one anime. Polls were conducted from June 1 – 30, 2026.
1
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation S3
20.92%
2
You and I Are Polar Opposites S2
20.79%
3
BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity –
19.62%
4
Saga of Tanya the Evil S2
15.40%
5
Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You
14.36%
6
The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You S3
13.71%
7
Though I Am an Inept Villainess
13.52%
8
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia
12.35%
9
I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day
11.57%
10
Sparks of Tomorrow
10.20%
11
THE GHOST IN THE SHELL
9.42%
12
Grand Blue Dreaming S3
8.77%
13
Clevatess S2
7.80%
14
The Elusive Samurai S2
7.02%
15
Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games
6.24%
16
Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs S2
5.85%
17
Hana-Kimi S2
5.26%
18
Skeleton Knight in Another World S2
5.13%
19
Goodbye, Lara
4.94%
20
The World is Dancing
4.61%
21
KAIJU GIRL CARAMELISE
4.42%
22
Chainsmoker Cat
4.35%
23
Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky
4.29%
24
My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren’t Wicked
4.22%
25
Rich Girl Caretaker: I’m Secretly the Caregiver of the Most Popular Girl in This Rich Kid School
4.22%
26
BLACK TORCH
3.96%
27
The Ogre’s Bride
3.64%
28
Red River
3.25%
29
From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman S2
3.12%
30
The Cat and the Dragon
3.12%
31
The Neat and Pretty Girl at My New School Is a Childhood Friend of Mine Who I Thought Was a Boy
3.12%
32
BanG Dream! Yume?mita
2.99%
33
The Oblivious Saint Can’t Contain Her Power
2.92%
34
A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoires
2.86%
35
Heroine? Saint? No, I’m an All-Works Maid (And Proud of It)!
2.86%
36
The Duke’s Son Claims He Won’t Love Me Yet Showers Me with Adoration
2.79%
37
Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. S2
2.73%
38
Victoria of Many Faces
2.60%
39
HELL MODE: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing S2
2.53%
40
The Villager of Level 999
2.53%
41
Hanaori-san Still Wants to Fight in the Next Life
2.34%
42
Draw This, Then Die!
2.21%
43
The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System
2.21%
44
Saved by the Ice Cold Prince’s Embrace
2.14%
45
From Overshadowed to Overpowered: Second Reincarnation of a Talentless Sage
2.08%
46
The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects
1.95%
47
GROW UP SHOW -Sunflower Circus-
1.88%
48
The Forsaken Saintess and Her Foodie Road Trip in Another World
1.88%
49
Magical Girl Lyrical NANOHA EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance
1.82%
50
Please Excuse My Younger Brothers
1.82%
51
I Became a Legend After My 10 Year-Long Last Stand
1.75%
52
The World’s Strongest Rearguard: Labyrinth Country’s Novice Seeker
1.69%
53
Recommendation from Mr. Iwamoto
1.30%
54
Dodgeball Girl Danko
1.23%
55
KAMUI —He’s behind you
1.17%
56
Iron Wok Jan!
1.10%
57
Dara-san of Reiwa
1.04%
58
The Insipid Prince’s Furtive Grab for The Throne
1.04%
59
Mebius Dust
0.91%
60
Let’s go KAIKIGUMI
0.84%
For those familiar with Anime Trending’s process for determining the Anime of the Season (AOTS) — the results from the Most Anticipated Polls HAS NO BEARING in deciding the AOTS winner. The AOTS is determined solely by the votes gathered from the 1st to 11th week of the season.
The Summer 2026 Anime Polls begin officially on July 5, 2026.
