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I have a question for, well, most of you, who rate anime... How do you manage to translate the whole spectrum of emotions and opinions you had while you had something watched into a single number?

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Jan 24, 2017 2:45 PM
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I pretty much said everything in title...

So...

Yeah, enjoy in thread...

I guess.
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Jan 24, 2017 2:47 PM
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It all ammounts to a personal formula that considers the ammounts of Kyaas, Doki-Dokis, Hyans and Unf Unf Kimochis
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Jan 24, 2017 2:48 PM
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I have no emotions while watching anime, i just throwing numbers on it.

So...

Yeah, i enjoy this thread...

I guess.
Jan 24, 2017 2:49 PM
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My happiness is directly related to the number of lolis and imoutos there are in an anime.
Jan 24, 2017 3:09 PM
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I just ask myself how did I feel about it after finished or dropped the show.

I'm usually generous, if the show didn't offend me the lowest I will give is a 5.
Jan 24, 2017 3:14 PM
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Just compare the large spectrum of whatever you feel while watching to your other shows and rate it accordingly lower or higher


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Jan 24, 2017 3:35 PM
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Because I don't translate the whole spectrum of emotions and opinions I had while watching a show. I only care about my ending impression of it.
Jan 24, 2017 3:42 PM
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You just do? Not entirely sure what the question is even asking.

I do want to know what kind of anime you've been watching where even giving it a 10/10 rating isn't doing it justice, though.


What's the difference?
Jan 24, 2017 3:45 PM
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is all about the overall enjoyement
Jan 24, 2017 3:52 PM

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I count the number of gasps or grunts and then subtract that with the number of highschool bells.
Jan 24, 2017 3:52 PM

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Enjoyement fam,I rate on how much I liked the anime so it can only go from 6-10 since I usually pick shit I like.
Jan 24, 2017 3:55 PM
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10 masterpiece
9 great
8 very good
7 good
6 fine
5 average
4 bad
1-3 lol
Jan 24, 2017 3:57 PM

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By making a list of indicators and making questions for each of them. Next, I rate those questions with 1-10 likert scale which is the level of agree/disagreement I have related to those questions, which is resulting ordinal scores. Since ordinal scale can't be quantified, I give those raw scores a weight assuming the data follows gaussian distribution by using z-score, which is resulting interval scores that can be quantified. After that, by sum up each every items weighted score for each likert scale, I make ten interval categories which I gives a number (1 - 10, same as Mal's rating scale) which do not have any special meaning. Then, I gives a score to an anime based on which interval it's summed weighed score fallen.
Kurniawan_KtrJan 24, 2017 11:48 PM
"People who don't see that anime has changed are either wearing "glasses" or watching only a certain type (and or era) of anime"
"Having a low mean score doesn't necessarily mean one doesn't enjoy anime. Rating system is not a school grading system."
"Elitist is people who think he is superior than others. Not necessarily ones who insulting/critisizing your favorite anime or people who enjoy a certain type of anime"
"Fanboy is people who translating "your favorite anime is shit" into "you are shit".
"Being a fanboy is an indication of elitism"
Jan 24, 2017 4:04 PM
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I rate on enjoyment. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Jan 24, 2017 4:07 PM
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I don't. I make an approximation based on where it places among the other anime I like or don't like. Therefore my ratings tend to change if I for example watch something that's an 8 compared to the best shows I watched but better than some other shows that also got 8's from me, meaning I might move them down a step or if I want to give an anime a 4 but can't in good conscience put it below and anime I've rated 5.
Jan 24, 2017 4:09 PM

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I am a pessimistic, so there everything gets a 1 at the beginning, and for each time I found my self smiling, it got +1 point while each time I got pissed, it gets -5 points.
Jan 24, 2017 4:18 PM

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I personally use a review system, I'll sometimes go back over the list looking at the scores, if I see something that seems odd I'll open it up and remember what the show is. I use this opportunity to reflect back on the show and determine if the score it has is appropriate, if not it gets adjusted. For instance, if remembering the show I think to myself, man I really should watch that again, and then do, there is a chance I'll raise the score, however if I look back and can't remember much at all about the show and have zero desire to watch it again, the score (if not already low) will be lowered.
Don't really get around to this all the often though, as the list keeps getting bigger :P
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Jan 24, 2017 4:57 PM

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Well, normally you have something that "Sets the Bar." This will usually be an anime that you found to be really fucking good - that anime has officially set the bar for anime that you consider to be "really fucking good" and you give that a number, like a 9.

From now on you compare other anime you watch to this bar you set earlier. That simple, brotha.

Jan 24, 2017 5:02 PM
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Do you expect me to ask all 100+ million potential children I release and wipe away how they felt?
Jan 24, 2017 5:09 PM
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I compare to other things that have the same rating, like If I wanted to give Arakawa Under the Bridge a 7/10 I would compare it to Ah! Megami-Sama (TV), they're both rom-coms and give me a similar feeling.

As for never giving a show a 5/10 and now suddenly not knowing where to put it, generalize. "I didn't like it as much as this similar 4/10 but not enough like this similar 6/10"

Hope that helped!
Jan 24, 2017 5:13 PM

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The Anime Rating system for dummies:

Jan 24, 2017 5:15 PM

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It's quite simple. You just set a scale for yourself. Then you ask yourself, "Was the anime good/bad, what did it do right/wrong, what did you like/dislike, and did the good outweigh the bad/bad outweigh the good." Then you insert the "number" you think it falls under, based on what you thought about it. The end.





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Jan 24, 2017 5:15 PM

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((How good I thought it was/10)+(how much I enjoyed it/10))/2=rating

This is why 5 is both my most common and my most ambiguous rating. 10/10 means both were extremely high and 1/10 means both were extremely low, but 5 can be a product of a lot of different combinations of numbers.
Jan 24, 2017 6:58 PM

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Mm.. mostly feeling..








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Jan 24, 2017 6:59 PM

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I don't have any complicated formulas its all just based on my subjective opinion and impression.

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Jan 24, 2017 7:09 PM

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Many people rate it differently and for different reasons. I rate it in a way that allows me to get a good grasp on my taste.

How I summarise it all into one number? No, I summarise it into 5 numbers then average them.
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Jan 24, 2017 7:26 PM
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If teacher can marked our essay writing, why don't we can mark anime? Try to think everything simple!
Jan 24, 2017 7:29 PM

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Psantajdak said:
I pretty much said everything in title...

So...

Yeah, enjoy in thread...

I guess.

You watch one anime. You give it a 10. It's the best anime you've watched overall.
You watch two anime. Maybe the second wasn't as good as the first, so you give it a 9.
Etc. Etc.

This simply means that you involuntarily compare them at some point. And you end up having "pedestals" for each grade. Like, you compare an anime you just watched to a solid 8 in your list, and then you ask yourself in your head if it's clearly more or less than that and you end up with a number. There. It's all about how many anime you've watched and comparing them subconsciously
Jan 24, 2017 7:30 PM

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The Anime Rating system for dummies:

OMG I love you for sharing this ahahah tho it needs something for 3 or lower (like her throwing up or something ahah)
Jan 24, 2017 7:36 PM
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I don't feel like a rating is to be treated as a score, but more as a means of comparison. My 10's are the shows I have found to be the best and most enjoyable shows in the medium thus far, and everything I've rated a 10 is of similar quality. If I find something I like even more than that, then I will adjust my scores accordingly. If I don't like something quite as much as something I gave a 10, then it's a 9. I just keep scoring stuff and as I find better and worse shows I adjust my scores to represent that. For example, I had Shigatsu at a 10 for a while, but as I found shows that I liked a bit more I adjusted my score to match and now it is at a 9, and I find it to be of similar quality to everything else I've rated a 9.

Basically, I compare how much I enjoyed a show to how much I enjoyed every other show and the number I give says that I liked it as much as everything else I rated that same score.
Jan 24, 2017 7:37 PM

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Why over complicate things? Enjoyment is always the chief factor that I am concerned with when rating.
Jan 24, 2017 7:38 PM

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It depends on the person her/himself no one's way of rating is the same.
Here ya go i just summed up all the answers in this thread.
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Jan 24, 2017 7:46 PM

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I just pick a number based on how I felt immediately after the final episode. Sometimes I'll go back and change it once I've had more time to reflect or make more realizations.
Jan 24, 2017 8:51 PM

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A caterpillar was asked - how do you walk with all those legs?
A caterpillar started thinking about it, and found it could not make a step anymore.

In short, just don't think about it too hard. Ratings don't matter much in the grand scheme of things, you just put them there for the hell of it.
Jan 24, 2017 11:00 PM

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I dunno to be honest... Ppl are critical thinkers in which they analyze deep shit, I however look for pantsu shot and the fap quality...
Jan 25, 2017 1:17 AM

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Tbh I don't really know. After I've finished an anime I just look at the rating scale and pick whichever score feels right. Gotta listen to your heart :^)
Jan 25, 2017 4:18 AM

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I don't really. Ratings are not for expressing complicated emotions like that. They're for putting anime in relation to each other, not necessarily give a lot of information about what exactly I thought about them. You'll have to ask me if you want to know the details. The number just means I value it more than the lower rated shows and less than the higher rated shows.
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Jan 25, 2017 4:38 AM

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How I manage to translate the whole spectrum of emotions and opinions I had while I was watching something into a single number? Easy, I just rate. Problem solved.
Jan 25, 2017 4:40 AM

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It's very simple... Just rated it that's all :D
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Jan 25, 2017 4:46 AM

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hmmm... I guess I just finish watching an anime and then I ask myself "How much did I like the anime overall?" then on the numbers there's always the Masterpiece definition for 10, Great for 9, Very Good for 8, etc. So I think "Did I really enjoy it so much as to give it a 10?" or "Did I not like so much as to not give it an 8?" (these numbers are exemples) so wherever I think is a right number for my enoyment that's the number I give :) Sorry it's kind of a long reply, but I do think quite a lot before I give any ratings :p
Jan 25, 2017 4:53 AM

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I figured out that such an amazing industry like anime requires zero expectations whenever you're trying to get into something new. If a show outwits me, it's different, and if it's different my rating grows higher as my expectations.
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Jan 25, 2017 5:04 AM

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I have invented a special dimensionality-reduction function that maps multidimensional data into one number.
Jan 25, 2017 5:07 AM

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My ratings tend to be a comparison of personal enjoyment. I enjoyed Toradora about as much as FMA:B, so they both get the same rating even though they are wildly different genres. Just like Sora no Otoshimono and Tokyo Ghoul. It really depends on how bothered I am with flaws whilst watching. I loved everything about Steins;Gate and Madoka Magica and found nothing I disliked about them whilst watching. This earns them a 10/10 on my list. I found that charlottes ending was rushed, but that was the only problem with it in my opinion, so I gave it a 9/10, and so on.
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Jan 25, 2017 5:10 AM
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First off ignore all other opinions were all rubbish. Your thoughts emotions and feels are your own and only you can quantify them. Numbers are arbitrary. Did you like it? Rate it high. Hate it? Rate it low. Ignore others numbers for your enjoyment of anime will be different from mine and others.
Jan 25, 2017 5:10 AM

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That's a pretty hard process, so, I usually need two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.




Jan 25, 2017 5:13 AM

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MajorZero said:
That's a pretty hard process, so, I usually need two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.


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Jan 25, 2017 5:17 AM

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How do you know my breakfast recipe?

I guess we both learned from the best.




Jan 25, 2017 5:21 AM

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I rate on enjoyment, though I also try to objectively think about the score it should get.
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Jan 25, 2017 5:32 AM
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I dont have that kind of dictionary as a guide to translate those kinds of things but... Im pretty sure, Im not gonna make things complicated for myself...

Jan 25, 2017 6:36 AM

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I just try and remember my overall experience with the show, the numbers might not reflect 100 percent accurately how I felt about a series, but I feel like they can sum up how I generally regard the series, even if I have countless things to say about it. Since the site gives you the option to rate the series I thought I might as well, but the options given such as masterpiece, or great, or bad, can be a good starting indication of my opinion on the series, but I don't consider those ratings the end all be all of my viewpoint on a series, you would have to ask me specific questions to get a clearer outlook on my viewing experience.
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