This Season's Anime: Rankings and Episode Buzz — 2026-09-25
Mushoku Tensei Season 3 closed the Summer 2026 season with a third straight #1 in Anime Corner's weekly polls, edging Re:ZERO Season 4 by just 0.17 points in the final vote. As Fall 2026 lineups lock in, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 tops anticipation charts, and a brand-new Code Geass 20th-anniversary anime was revealed with a 2027 premiere.
This Season's Anime: Rankings and Episode Buzz — 2026-09-25
Top developments
Mushoku Tensei S3 finishes the Summer season on a three-win streak
Anime Corner's Week 12 poll — voting ran September 18–25 — confirmed Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 as the season's closer, winning first place in Weeks 10, 11, and 12. Its final-week victory over Re:ZERO Season 4 was razor-thin at just 0.17 percentage points, capping a season-long duel between the two sequels.
Summer season's top-3 finales revealed by Japanese aggregator
Anime Hack's end-of-season TV anime ranking for Summer 2026, published this week, names "TenSL" (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime), "Ossan Kensei," and "Yomi no Tsugai" as the season's top three as episodes reach their finales. The list gives a local-market read on which summer shows exited strongest.
New Code Geass "Star Chaser Aspal" anime announced for 2027
Anime News Network reported on September 25 that a new Code Geass anime, "Star Chaser Aspal," has a teaser trailer and a 2027 premiere, with Kazuya Nomura directing for the franchise's 20th anniversary. It's the biggest new-installment reveal of the week and adds a heavy hitter to the 2027 slate.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 leads Fall 2026 anticipation
With the new cour weeks away, Anime Corner's Fall 2026 Most Anticipated ranking puts Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 at #1, followed by The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 and Blue Box Season 2. The result signals that the fall is sequel-heavy — and that the Edgerunners franchise's return is the most-hyped premiere of the season.
Local view
Japan's Animeit Times ran its interim "hegemony prediction" ranking for Fall 2026 this week, with readers weighing dark-horse candidates against tentpole sequels including Kori no Jouheki Season 2, Kusuriya no Hitorigoto Season 3, Tokyo Revengers, Ao no Hako Season 2, and Kantei Skill. Separately, BookLive's press release (September 24) announced a fan-voted anticipation ranking for fall drama/anime/film adaptations of manga, tied to a Noitamina TV premiere on October 9 and the original manga's final volume shipping October 19. Magmix, carried via Yahoo! News, highlighted three long-silent sequels finally airing this fall after extended absences.
Context & numbers
- Final Summer 2026 poll margin: 0.17 percentage points between #1 Mushoku Tensei S3 and #2 Re:ZERO S4 in Week 12.
- Crunchyroll's Oct–Nov home entertainment slate, announced September 25, includes Suzume in 4K, Clevatess Season 1, and a Sailor Moon Steelbook on Blu-ray.
- GIGAZINE's September 22 roundup catalogs the full slate of new series premiering in Fall 2026 (October onward).
On the radar
- Crunchyroll's Fall 2026 sneak-peek event (September 21), where five series — one returning, four debuting — premiered back-to-back, was reviewed by USA Anime on September 22.
- A Book Live–linked noitaminA title debuts October 9, with the source manga's final volume and a gaiden shipping together October 19.
- Anime-song fan site AniShima published a follower-count-based popularity ranking for October shows on September 23 — useful as a soft pre-season buzz proxy.
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