Short descriptions:
10 - Masterpiece.
9 - Awesome.
8 - Consistently great.
7 - Awesome but flawed. Great but flawed. Good with some great bits.
6 - Consistently good.
5 - Average. Good but flawed. Good with a stretch of boring episodes.
4 - Below-average, tolerable. Some good moments.
3 - Bad. Boring. Not nearly enough good moments.
2 - Very bad, but I can see someone liking this for a semi-legitimate reason (example: because they like ecchi or robots). Consistently boring with no good moments or salvageable qualities.
1 - There's no legitimate reason for anyone to like this.
On unrated stuff:
Most of the stuff that is unrated on my profile is in this state because I am about to rewatch it and rerate it. There is an exception to this, related to shows that are part of a franchise where I have rated at least one other show from the franchise.
I consider OVAs, movies, second seasons etc mandatory if one liked the original installment. Hence, I do not rate them unless there is very significant discrepancy. The rate/not-rate margin depends on the length of the segment - a 2-minute special can be 3 scores higher or lower than the original show and still be unrated, whereas a second season will probably get its own rating if the difference is more than one grade.
For example:
Show A season 1 - rated 4.
Show A transition special - unrated (actual rating would be 6)
Show A season 2 - unrated (actual rating would be 5)
Show A season 3 - rated 6 (notably different quality from the last rated installment, that is, season 1!)
Show A season 4 - rated 3 (notably different quality from the last rated installment, season 3!)
Show A movie - unrated (actual rating 3)
For unrated stuff that is part of a franchise, refer to the first rated show of that franchise that came before the unrated show, and assume a possible score deviation of 1 for full seasons and 2-3 for movies, specials, OVAs.
Yeah, I am still struggling to remember some of the shows that I have seen, looking through other peoples lists I always come across titles that I have forgotten to add. :( So, I imagine I won't finish adding onto my list for a while.
And scoring them and everything else.
Anyway, it is good to be here amongst other anime fans such as yourself. xD
I think I will get over it though.
Wow, you've seen quite a few anime. I've always been proud of the amount I have seen but I feel kind of inconvenient here.
