Just how can an anime be overrated? What is overrated anyway? And why isn't it underrated if put on a different perspective?

kurisubestgirl said:
I think some people tend to overhype certain things for themselves when they hear so many good things about it and then when they watch it it didn't blow their minds away as much as they thought it should have. Some people just dislike popular things because they feel the need to think they have different tastes than most people regardless of how the actual work would normally appeal to them.

I think watching things with a clean slate is always important, when you hear too much hype about something you might walk out of it thinking it was just good but not great and then say it's overhyped, rather than compare it to all the works you've seen before and decide for yourself, wow the story, pacing, details, animation and music of this anime is actually really high quality compared to most works and that's why it's rated so high.

Instead people pick at minor details and tropes and plot devices in things like Attack on Titan and NGNL that literally apply to EVERY form of media and totally ignore the fact that the music, animation, attention to detail and overall quality of these anime is indisputably top notch and highly enjoyable to watch.

Korrvo said:
When it comes to MAL rankings then there is no such thing as "Overrated", because MAL's rankings are essentially a popularity ranking, not a quality ranking, so people who have opinions in the minority are actually completely irrelevant.

But regardless, people here still use it as a word to describe an anime that's rated higher than an anime they liked better, according to MAL's rankings, which is rather stupid and conceited.

And then we have those who actually OBSESS over the ranks and blame the "bad rankings" on the "bad taste" of the people who use this site, which is about as conceited as it gets.

keragamming said:
"I wonder if half of these "tastes" are even real or facades used to impress those who always post here and might seem smart, but are entirely empty as can be."

I always sometimes wonder this as well, trying to fit in? Some of these users are definitely following the "elitist crowd" have you ever look at people that call them self elitist and look at their profile and you'll realize a lot of similarities in their anime list? Like giving most of the mainstream anime low score, Like out of nowhere all of them somehow don't like mainstream anime, I bet most of them like some mainstream anime, but they will score them low just to fit in the "elitist group" I bet there is some undercover sao fans that are being elitist around here. ;)