A current-season field guide
AniNow is an open-source discovery site built for quick comparisons, not a replacement for an anime list. It combines currently airing titles with a compact weekly schedule and title details.
What enters the ranking
Eligible TV anime marked as currently airing are included. Movies, ONA, OVA, specials, and explicit adult or Hentai entries are excluded. A finished TV title stays in the same leaderboard for an inclusive 14-day grace period when its final air date is reliable; otherwise AniNow does not guess.
How rank works
The default order uses MyAnimeList’s supplied score—AniNow adds no rating formula or minimum-vote threshold. Ties are broken by more users scored, then title alphabetically. The canonical rank number stays attached when you filter or sort by popularity, members, newest, or title.
A score of zero or an unavailable score is treated as unranked. Eligible titles without a usable score remain visible under Not Ranked Yet, alphabetically and without a rank number.
Schedule and next episodes
MyAnimeList broadcast fields define AniNow’s recurring weekly schedule. When AniList provides an exact upcoming event matched by MyAnimeList ID, AniNow may show the next episode number, aired progress, exact local time, and a countdown. That event never changes the title’s regular Schedule page group, and AniNow never estimates another episode.
Freshness, honestly labeled
The Cloudflare layer fetches and normalizes primary data from the official MyAnimeList API v2, with an AniNow cache target of 30 minutes. Optional AniList next-airing data has a separate cache and silently falls back to the MyAnimeList presentation when unavailable. The displayed update time reflects AniNow’s primary cached dataset, not second-by-second provider freshness.
Source and independence
Rankings and anime metadata are provided by MyAnimeList. Episode airing information may be supplemented by AniList. AniNow is not affiliated with or endorsed by either service.