{"rewrite":{"id":"r_d0cb2e27769b46f62edfbd7a","clusterId":"c_82b0226c708449442a10a7db","slug":"anime-news-network-names-its-top-11-anime-of-summer-2026","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Anime News Network Names Its Top 11 Anime of Summer 2026","summary":"Anime News Network closed out the Summer 2026 season with a staff top 11, after a season that opened with high expectations for Science SARU's The Ghost in the Shell and Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia and Kinema Citrus' Goodbye, Lara. Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 lands at No. 11, with Kaiju Girl Caramelise at No. 10.","whyItMatters":"The list is the outlet's own record of how the season's pre-season headliners and its long-running sequels sorted out in practice, and it sets the baseline for the year-end Best of the Year debate ANN says it is already having.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eAnime News Network assembled eleven titles from the Summer 2026 season, a count the outlet put to a reader question about which shows made their own top tens. The staff writeup opens on the pre-season expectations: Science SARU\u0026#39;s The Ghost in the Shell, Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia, and Kinema Citrus\u0026#39; Goodbye, Lara. The ranking runs from No. 11 to No. 1, and the entries are individual staff writeups rather than a single pooled vote. ANN notes internally that it is debating how many of these titles will carry into its Best of the Year feature in December.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRe:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4\u003c/strong\u003e: No. 11\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKaiju Girl Caramelise\u003c/strong\u003e: No. 10\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 lands at No. 11 and Kaiju Girl Caramelise at No. 10. The staff top 11 puts both below the season's opening headliners, The Ghost in the Shell and Goodbye, Lara.","twitterPost":"Re:ZERO Season 4 places No. 11 and Kaiju Girl Caramelise No. 10 in the staff top 11, both below the season's opening headliners.","threadsPost":"Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 sits at No. 11 and Kaiju Girl Caramelise at No. 10. Both landed below the season's opening headliners, Science SARU's The Ghost in the Shell and Kinema Citrus' Goodbye, Lara, which shaped expectations before the list ranked them.","newsletterBlurb":"Anime News Network published its Summer 2026 top 11, the season that opened with Science SARU's The Ghost in the Shell and Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia and Kinema Citrus' Goodbye, Lara. Re:ZERO Season 4 sits at No. 11 and Kaiju Girl Caramelise at No. 10. ANN says it is already debating how many of the season's titles reach its December Best of the Year list.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/seasonal/2026/summer/.242007\",\"title\":\"The Best Anime of Summer 2026\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5013,"outputTokens":684,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791079164,"createdAt":"2026-10-04T01:55:46.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T01:58:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T01:58:22.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_82b0226c708449442a10a7db","canonicalTitle":"The Best Anime of Summer 2026","representativeArticleId":"a_25d982290502b045600bbf58","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"other\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":true}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-23T09:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-23T09:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T01:58:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/seasonal/2026/summer/.242007","title":"The Best Anime of Summer 2026"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"other","domain":"anime","is_roundup":true},"keyFacts":null}