Vote in Anime of the Week, brackets and the seasonal awards
Vote for a show of the week once you've watched its episode, nominate and back characters in a bracket, and see each season's awards.
Anime fansUpdated October 11, 2026
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Everything on Polls & Awards comes from what members watch and vote on — nobody posts polls by hand.
Before you start
- Shows you're watching in your library, with episodes marked watched (see Add a show and track it).
Vote in Anime of the Week
Open Polls & Awards
In the Anime Realm's rail, choose Polls & Awards.Find this week
Under Anime of the Week, each show with an episode out that week is listed with Episode ….Vote
Press Vote on one you've watched. A show you haven't says Watch ep … to vote.
Check it worked
It reads Your vote. You can change it until the poll closes — the Wednesday after (UTC) — and results show then, under Recent winners.
Back a character in a bracket
Open a bracket
Under Character brackets, open one that is Taking nominations.Nominate
Find up to three characters under Find a character in the Atlas. The most nominated make the bracket. Remove mine takes a nomination back.Vote each round
Once it's Voting, press Vote in each match. Change it until the match closes; counts show then, and a tie goes to the better seed.
See the seasonal awards
Under Seasonal awards, See the … awards → opens the season's Most tracked, Top rated, Most discussed, Most Anime of the Week wins and Best character. Step back through earlier seasons with ← ….
If something's off
- “Mark episode … watched to vote for it.”
- Mark the episode in your library or on the show's Atlas page, then vote.
- “You've made your three nominations…”
- Remove one to nominate someone else.
- “No scheduled episodes this week yet.”
- The week's poll fills as episodes air.
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