The Best and Worst of Spring 2018, Apr 1-21

Our team of reviewers are following 28 anime series of the Spring 2018 season and readers are rating each episode as the reviews go up. So let's have a look at what ANN readers consider the best (and worst) of the season.

Keep in mind that these rankings are based on how people rated individual episodes of the current season, not on the overall quality or popularity of the series. Only the titles legally streaming in North America and popular enough to be reviewed are being ranked, so the bottom of the list might represent 'watchable' rather than 'bad'. See the notes for further details.

Episode Rankings for the week of April 15-21

Along the actual ranking for this week's episodes, this graph chronicles the change in position from week to week. While some series are stable, others swing wildly in the rankings depending on the strength of each episode. When a series has no episode for a given week, the previous week's episode is used instead as a placeholder. The first episode of each series is considered as part of the first week, even if it really aired during the second week. Click on the numbers to highlight a particular series.

ranking change from week to week (episode numbers as labels; clickable)	prev week change	this week rank	anime series
	4	#1.	Steins;Gate 0	1 2
	—	#2.	HINAMATSURI	1 2 3
	2	#3.	MEGALOBOX	1 2 3
	1	#4.	Lupin the Third: Part 5	1 2 3
	1	#5.	Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory	1 2
	12	#6.	DARLING in the FRANXX	13 14 15
	1	#7.	My Hero Academia (season 3)	39 40 41
	—	#8.	Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku	1 2
	1	#9.	Legend of the Galactic Heroes	1 2 3
	—	#10.	Golden Kamuy	1 2
	4	#11.	Food Wars! The Third Plate	13 14
	1	#12.	Sword Art Online Alternative: GGO	1 2 3
	2	#13.	Tada Never Falls in Love	1 2 3
	5	#14.	Record of Grancrest War	13 14 15
	5	#15.	Real Girl	1 2 3
	—	#16.	PERSONA 5 the Animation	1 2 3
	2	#17.	Boruto: Naruto Next Generations	52 53 54
	4	#18.	GeGeGe no Kitarō	1 2 3
	2	#19.	High School DxD Hero	0 1
	1	#20.	Comic Girls	1 2 3
	1	#21.	Magical Girl Ore	1 2 3
	3	#22.	Black Clover	26 27 28
	1	#23.	One Piece	830 831 832
	3	#24.	Caligula	1 2
	14	#25.	Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card	13 14 15
	9	#26.	Tokyo Ghoul:re	1 2 3
	—	#27.	Cutie Honey Universe	1 2 3

Series Cumulative Ranking as of April 21

Each week's ranking takes into account the scores given to previous weeks' episodes. As we reach closer to the end of the season, each series' rank will start to solidify and we'll get a look at the real winners and losers. Click on the numbers to highlight a particular series.

ranking change from week to week (episode numbers as labels; clickable)	prev week change	this week rank	anime series
	—	#1.	MEGALOBOX	1 2 3
	3	#2.	Steins;Gate 0	1 2
	1	#3.	Lupin the Third: Part 5	1 2 3
	—	#4.	Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory	1 2
	1	#5.	HINAMATSURI	1 2 3
	3	#6.	DARLING in the FRANXX	13 14 15
	1	#7.	Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku	1 2
	1	#8.	Food Wars! The Third Plate	13 14
	1	#9.	Golden Kamuy	1 2
	—	#10.	Sword Art Online Alternative: GGO	1 2 3
	—	#11.	Legend of the Galactic Heroes	1 2 3
	1	#12.	Record of Grancrest War	13 14 15
	2	#13.	Tada Never Falls in Love	1 2 3
	2	#14.	PERSONA 5 the Animation	1 2 3
	5	#15.	My Hero Academia (season 3)	39 40 41
	1	#16.	High School DxD Hero	0 1
	5	#17.	One Piece	830 831 832
	1	#18.	GeGeGe no Kitarō	1 2 3
	5	#19.	Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card	13 14 15
	2	#20.	Boruto: Naruto Next Generations	52 53 54
	2	#21.	Tokyo Ghoul:re	1 2 3
	1	#22.	Real Girl	1 2 3
	—	#23.	Black Clover	26 27 28
	—	#24.	Comic Girls	1 2 3
	—	#25.	Magical Girl Ore	1 2 3
	1	#26.	Caligula	1 2
	1	#27.	Cutie Honey Universe	1 2 3

Notes

Disclaimer: the rankings are just an average of opinions, published for entertainment and information purposes. ANN makes no claims regarding statistical significance.

The rankings are computed using the Schulze method, with the variation that unrated titles are considered as abstentions instead of lower than the rated titles. This roughly means that if, out of all people who rated both A and B, 60% preferred A, it will be ranked higher than B.

The rankings indicate relative quality (A is preferred to B), not absolute quality (B is good/bad). While the titles are ranked from 'best' to 'worst', sometimes the difference between #1 and #10 can be very thin. So if your favorite is near the bottom of the list, don't take it personally. It doesn't mean it's a bad show, it just means that ANN readers, on average, have preferred the ones above.

If a series has no episode for a given week, we use the rating data for the previous week's episode in order to compute the weekly ranking. This is not officially counted as a position in the ranking (it has no impact on the cumulative ranking), but it makes it easier to compare weeks if they each have the same number of series ranked.

It should be noted that long-running series (and sequels) have an advantage in the sense that only people who like the series are still watching it, and they are likely to give each episode a high rating. But if such a series is going through a low-quality filler arc, the season will get low rankings that are not indicative of the true overall quality of the series.