One Punch Man leads October, with My Hero Academia and SPY x FAMILY close behind for an anime-heavy opening stretch. Eight returning shows give the month a familiar feel, while Mayor of Kingstown and IT: Welcome to Derry bring crime and horror into a list where comedy and drama are equally prominent.
By PremiereLens
Ranked by IMDb rating captured when the month closed; release date breaks ties.
The month's strongest pick: a 8.6-rated season 3 return on TV Tokyo with comedy / sci-fi & fantasy appeal.
The story of Saitama, a hero that does it just for fun & can defeat his enemies with a single punch.
8.2 audience rating, 41 wins & 70 nominations total, and a proven season 8 return make this a credible shortlist choice.
A superhero-admiring boy enrolls in a prestigious hero academy and learns what it really means to be a hero, after the strongest superhero grants him his own powers.
8.2 audience rating, 25 wins & 71 nominations total, and a proven season 3 return make this a credible shortlist choice.
A spy on an undercover mission gets married and adopts a child as part of his cover. His wife and daughter have secrets of their own, and all three must strive to keep together.
8.1 audience rating, 4 nominations total, and a proven season 4 return make this a credible shortlist choice.
7.9 audience rating, Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. 4 wins & 29 nominations total, and a proven new-series entry make this a credible shortlist choice.
7.8 audience rating, Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys. 9 wins & 41 nominations total, and a proven season 4 return make this a credible shortlist choice.
7.7 audience rating, Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys. 5 wins & 46 nominations total, and a proven season 2 return make this a credible shortlist choice.
7.7 rating on France 2, anchored by drama / crime, with enough signal to earn shortlist space.
7.6 audience rating, 4 wins & 12 nominations total, and a proven season 2 return make this a credible shortlist choice.
