One Punch Man S03, My Hero Academia S08, and SPY x FAMILY S03 go one-two-three, the most anime-heavy top three we've had. IT: Welcome to Derry and Nobody Wants This S02 balance it out, but October's list is really one for the anime crowd first.
By Premiere Lens TV
Ranked from audience rating, release timing, and editorial fit. Updated May 29, 2026.
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, 34 wins & 60 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, 22 wins & 65 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.
8.2 audience rating, 4 nominations total, and a proven season 4 return make this a credible shortlist choice.
8.1 audience rating, 5 wins & 14 nominations total, and a proven season 13 return make this a credible shortlist choice.
7.9 audience rating, 3 wins & 10 nominations total, and a proven new-series entry make this a credible shortlist choice.
7.9 audience rating, 2 nominations total, and a proven season 6 return make this a credible shortlist choice.
7.9 audience rating, Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys. 9 wins & 38 nominations total, and a proven season 4 return make this a credible shortlist choice.
