Rating stats
Best Rated (bayesian estimate)
Worst Rated (bayesian estimate)
Best Rated (weighted average)
Most Popular
Most Viewed
Most Underrated
Most Overrated
Most Diverging Opinions
Worst Rated (bayesian estimate)
Best Rated (weighted average)
Most Popular
Most Viewed
Most Underrated
Most Overrated
Most Diverging Opinions
| Top 10 Best Rated (bayesian estimate) (Top 50) | |||
| # | title | rating | nb. votes |
| 1 | Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal (OAV) | 9.02 | 4902 |
| 2 | Clannad After Story (TV) | 8.96 | 1332 |
| 3 | Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (TV) | 8.94 | 3464 |
| 4 | Spirited Away (movie) | 8.89 | 6370 |
| 5 | Cowboy Bebop (TV) | 8.88 | 7968 |
| 6 | Death Note (TV) | 8.86 | 7254 |
| 7 | Bakemonogatari (TV) | 8.85 | 153 |
| 8 | Princess Mononoke (movie) | 8.83 | 6309 |
| 9 | Mushi-Shi (TV) | 8.83 | 3024 |
| 10 | (The) Girl Who Leapt Through Time (movie) | 8.83 | 2854 |
| This rating only includes titles that have at least 10 votes. The bayesian estimate is a statistical technique used to reduce the noise due to low sample counts. In effect, the less a title has votes, the more it is pulled towards the mean (7.5281). In other words, these are the titles that many people agree are great. bayesian rating = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × C where: R = average for the anime v = number of votes for the anime m = minimum votes required to be listed (currently 10) C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 7.5281) | |||
| Top 10 Worst Rated (bayesian estimate) (Top 50) | |||
| # | title | rating | nb. votes |
| 3187 | SD Gundam Force (TV) | 2.71 | 406 |
| 3186 | Psychic Wars (OAV) | 3.18 | 69 |
| 3185 | MD Geist II - Death Force (OAV) | 3.20 | 175 |
| 3184 | MD Geist (OAV) | 3.31 | 300 |
| 3183 | Duel Masters (TV) | 3.33 | 497 |
| 3182 | Tekken: The Motion Picture | 3.39 | 556 |
| 3181 | D.I.C.E. (TV) | 3.42 | 111 |
| 3180 | Hametsu No Mars (OAV) | 3.44 | 50 |
| 3179 | Ninja Resurrection (OAV) | 3.46 | 376 |
| 3178 | Reign: The Conqueror (TV) | 3.50 | 591 |
| This rating only includes titles that have at least 10 votes. The bayesian estimate is a statistical technique used to reduce the noise due to low sample counts. In effect, the less a title has votes, the more it is pulled towards the mean (7.5281). In other words, these are the titles that many people agree are awful. bayesian rating = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × C where: R = average for the anime v = number of votes for the anime m = minimum votes required to be listed (currently 10) C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 7.5281) | |||
| Top 10 Best Rated (weighted average) (Top 50) | |||
| # | title | rating | nb. votes |
| 23 | Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal (OAV) | 9.02 | 4902 |
| 42 | Clannad After Story (TV) | 8.97 | 1332 |
| 43 | Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (TV) | 8.95 | 3464 |
| 44 | Bakemonogatari (TV) | 8.94 | 153 |
| 45 | Spirited Away (movie) | 8.89 | 6370 |
| 46 | Cowboy Bebop (TV) | 8.88 | 7968 |
| 47 | Death Note (TV) | 8.86 | 7254 |
| 49 | Princess Mononoke (movie) | 8.83 | 6309 |
| 50 | (The) Girl Who Leapt Through Time (movie) | 8.83 | 2854 |
| 51 | Mushi-Shi (TV) | 8.83 | 3024 |
| Titles with less than 4 votes are removed from the listing but are still counted in the ranking. This explains why there are gaps in the "#" column. The rating is an average of the scores given by voters, weighted to give less importance to users who tend to only rate very high or very low. | |||
| Top 10 Most Popular (Top 50) | |||
| # | title | rating | nb. votes |
| 1 | Fullmetal Alchemist (TV) | 8.86 | 9221 |
| 2 | Cowboy Bebop (TV) | 8.91 | 7968 |
| 3 | Death Note (TV) | 8.92 | 7254 |
| 4 | (The) Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV) | 8.74 | 7131 |
| 5 | Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV) | 8.36 | 6914 |
| 6 | Spirited Away (movie) | 8.94 | 6370 |
| 7 | Princess Mononoke (movie) | 8.91 | 6309 |
| 8 | Elfen Lied (TV) | 8.53 | 6278 |
| 9 | Bleach (TV) | 8.26 | 6208 |
| 10 | FLCL (OAV) | 8.25 | 5858 |
| The most popular titles are determined with a simple summation of all votes. Titles with many votes will tend to be at the top, but this is modified a little by the ratings. In other words, the popularity is the straight average score of a title (the value in the rating column) multiplied by the number of votes. | |||
| Top 10 Most Viewed (Top 50) | |||
| # | title | rating | seen by |
| 1 | Fullmetal Alchemist (TV) | 8.78 | 15060 |
| 2 | Cowboy Bebop (TV) | 8.88 | 13113 |
| 3 | Bleach (TV) | 8.00 | 12825 |
| 4 | Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV) | 8.22 | 11748 |
| 5 | Naruto (TV) | 7.47 | 11651 |
| 6 | Death Note (TV) | 8.86 | 11363 |
| 7 | (The) Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV) | 8.70 | 9798 |
| 8 | Princess Mononoke (movie) | 8.83 | 9679 |
| 9 | FLCL (OAV) | 8.11 | 9635 |
| 10 | Elfen Lied (TV) | 8.35 | 9516 |
| The "seen by" column indicates the number of people who have added the title in MyAnime, either in "seen some", "seen all", or "will not finish" categories. The rating displayed here is the same weighted average as the Top 10 Best Rated by weighted average, but is only displayed for reference and doesn't have anything to do with the order of the titles. | |||
| Top 10 Most Underrated (Top 50) | |||
| # | title | rating | seen by |
| +3094 | Senya Ichiya Monogatari (movie) | 7.86 | 22 |
| +3035 | MURAMASA (movie) | 7.74 | 21 |
| +2971 | Hashire Melos! (movie) | 7.62 | 20 |
| +2892 | Time Trouble Tondekeman! (TV) | 7.63 | 23 |
| +2862 | Manga Sekai Mukashi Banashi (TV) | 7.63 | 24 |
| +2856 | Mei to Konekobasu (movie) | 7.79 | 29 |
| +2852 | Uchuusen Sagittarius (TV) | 7.78 | 29 |
| +2829 | Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiō Shinwa (OAV) | 8.01 | 37 |
| +2824 | Tsuma Shibori (OAV) | 7.65 | 26 |
| +2808 | Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Spiral Labyrinth (OAV) | 8.03 | 39 |
| This is a list of the titles that deserve to be seen more. Based on the premise that titles deserve to be seen in equal proportion to how well rated they are, the value in the "#" column is the number of positions by which this title would climb in the Most Viewed list if it was seen as much as it was liked (according to bayesian rating). | |||
| Top 10 Most Overrated (Top 50) | |||
| # | title | rating | seen by |
| -3032 | Dragon Ball GT (TV) | 5.22 | 5507 |
| -3027 | Pokémon (TV) | 5.08 | 4522 |
| -2973 | Hamtaro (TV) | 4.37 | 2705 |
| -2969 | Yu-Gi-Oh! (TV) | 4.95 | 3121 |
| -2810 | Beyblade (TV) | 3.78 | 1591 |
| -2806 | Final Fantasy: Unlimited (TV) | 5.04 | 1916 |
| -2792 | Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (TV) | 4.71 | 1679 |
| -2791 | X (movie) | 5.55 | 2790 |
| -2774 | Pilot Candidate (TV) | 5.34 | 2042 |
| -2751 | Duel Masters (TV) | 3.33 | 1337 |
| This is a list of the titles that didn't deserve to be seen as much as they have been. Based on the premise that titles deserve to be seen in equal proportion to how well rated they are, the value in the "#" column is the number of positions by which this title would drop in the Most Viewed list if it was seen as much as it was liked (according to bayesian rating). | |||
| Top 10 Most Diverging Opinions (Top 50) | |||
| # | title | rating | nb. votes |
| 1 | Musashi (TV) | 4.57 ± 4.554 | 122 |
| 2 | Sekai Meisaku Douwa - Mori wa Ikiteiru (movie) | 7.59 ± 4.418 | 13 |
| 3 | (The) Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV 2009 renewal) | 6.07 ± 3.876 | 190 |
| 4 | Queen's Blade -Rurō no Senshi- (TV) | 5.06 ± 3.560 | 177 |
| 5 | Bleach: Fade to Black - Kimi no Na o Yobu (movie 3) | 6.71 ± 3.487 | 22 |
| 6 | Shin Mazinger Shōgeki! Z-Hen (TV) | 6.54 ± 3.481 | 36 |
| 7 | Mad Bull 34 (OAV) | 5.83 ± 3.480 | 49 |
| 8 | PoPoLoCrois (TV) | 6.35 ± 3.464 | 14 |
| 9 | Ashita no Joe 2 (TV) | 8.35 ± 3.454 | 25 |
| 10 | Vixens (OAV) | 5.33 ± 3.404 | 16 |
| Only includes titles with at least 10 votes. The rating column contains the baysesian rating ± the standard deviation, with the order of the titles being determined by the standard deviation. | |||
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