“what is trending in anime?”
There is no single universal anime chart, so this report reads four current signals side by side: 12 chart-leader snapshots (Aug 29 – Sep 22, 2026) from fan polls, worldwide streaming, and Japanese linear TV, plus 15 upcoming releases from Sep 23 through Oct 31 ranked by how many independent hosts mention each. Rankings come from different audiences and are not directly comparable.
Each mark is a chart-leader snapshot placed at its source date. Large marks are the four freshest signals; small ones give seasonal context. Hover or tap a mark for detail.
Bar length = independent hosts covering each release (corroboration, not audience popularity). Steel Ball Run Stage 2 appears in three title variants across sources, shown together but not summed.
| Type | Title | Position / date | Signal | Source |
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Method: 27 rows drawn from 22 URLs across 15 hosts; the largest single URL supports 14.8% of rows. Chart-leader rows are snapshots taken Aug 29 – Sep 22, 2026 from fan polls, Crunchyroll’s worldwide chart, and Japanese household TV ratings; positions measure rank within each source’s own audience and are not comparable across sources. Release rows count source pages and independent hosts per title through Oct 31; host count measures corroboration, not popularity. Long trend descriptions are shortened in the table.