The Anime Trending Community has once again voted for their most anticipated anime of the upcoming season! Here are their picks for the Winter 2026 Anime Season.
The following features the Top 10 + an extended list with the corresponding vote share that they got out of all those who voted. Voters were allowed to vote for more than one anime. Polls were conducted from December 1 – 31, 2025.
For those familiar with Anime Trending’s process for determining the Anime of the Season (AOTS) — the results from the Most Anticipated Polls HAS NO BEARING in deciding the AOTS winner. The AOTS is determined solely by the votes gathered from the 1st to 11th week of the season.