Bleach Dominates Summer Anime Rankings Again

Spoiler warning: This post discusses recent developments in Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War.

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity has taken back the top spot in the latest Summer 2026 anime rankings, and this time it didn't just win — it broke a record.

The latest Week 8 ranking has Bleach sitting comfortably at No. 1 with an enormous 25.75% of the vote.

That is its second weekly victory of the season.

Bleach Leaves the Competition Behind

The gap between Bleach and the rest of the ranking is the most striking part of this week's results.

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 finished second with 7.94%, while Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 dropped to third with 7.58%.

That means Bleach received more than three times the percentage of votes earned by the second-place anime.

The top 10 also included:

1. Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Calamity — 25.75%
2. Mushoku Tensei Season 3 — 7.94%
3. Re:ZERO Season 4 — 7.58%
4. Though I Am an Inept Villainess — 5.79%
5. Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You — 4.84%
6. Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia — 4.47%
7. Saga of Tanya the Evil II — 4.45%
8. You and I Are Polar Opposites Season 2 — 4.20%
9. The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You Season 3 — 3.53%
10. Love Unseen Beneath the Clear Night Sky — 3.06%

Bleach Just Broke an Anime Corner Record

The result becomes even more impressive when compared with previous seasons.

Bleach's 25.75% is now the highest vote percentage ever recorded in the weekly Anime Corner rankings.

The previous record belonged to Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2, which reached 25.07% during Winter 2022.

So Bleach didn't merely return to No. 1.

It set a new benchmark.

Why Is Bleach So Dominant Right Now?

The timing couldn't be better for the series.

The final cour of Thousand-Year Blood War is currently adapting The Calamity, and the story has reached some of its most important battles.

Recent episodes have placed Ichigo and the remaining characters in increasingly desperate situations as Yhwach's plans threaten the fate of the Three Worlds.

The anime has also been adding material beyond what was shown in the original manga, giving longtime readers additional reasons to watch closely.

That has created a situation where even fans who already know the ending are paying attention to see what the anime changes or expands.

Episode 46 Is About to Push Things Further

The momentum comes just before Episode 46 overall, the sixth episode of The Calamity.

The episode is titled "THE END" and is scheduled to air on August 29, 2026.

The preview teases a major shift in the battlefield.

As morning arrives over Wahrwelt, Ichigo is confronted by what is described as a "new world."

At the same time, the battle between Uryu Ishida and Jugram Haschwalth continues toward its conclusion.

That makes the timing of Bleach's latest ranking victory particularly interesting.

The anime is currently entering another major stretch of the final battle, and fans are clearly responding.

Ichigo's New Power Still Has Fans Talking

The recent episodes have also brought one of the most discussed developments of the final cour: Ichigo's new Blood Chains Bankai form.

The new form was revealed earlier in the cour, but its appearance hasn't simply solved Ichigo's problems.

In fact, the story has made it clear that even with his new power, the battle against Yhwach remains overwhelmingly dangerous.

That is part of what makes the current episodes so unpredictable.

Ichigo has grown dramatically throughout Bleach, but the final battle continues to introduce situations where even his strongest abilities aren't enough.

Bleach Has One More Big Run Ahead

With The Calamity now dominating the weekly rankings and Episode 46 approaching, Bleach is entering the final stretch of its television adaptation.

The remaining episodes will determine how the anime handles the conclusion of Tite Kubo's final arc — and how much additional material the production adds before the story reaches its ending.

For now, though, the message from viewers is extremely clear.

Bleach is back on top.

And with 25.75% of the vote, it isn't simply winning the Summer 2026 rankings.

It's rewriting the record book.

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