| I mean, I am a picky person, and to watch an anime, I want that anime to have a minimum rating of 7.15 (average). Is anyone picky like me or is it just me? Also, If yes, What is the minimum rating An anime should have to please/tempt you to watch it. |
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| I'm not really too picky. I barely even look at the scores. |
| 0.00 I don't care about what ratings other users give anime here. I watch anime so I can appraise it for myself, without any prejudice or bias. |
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| I only watch masterpieces so it has to be at least 8.60 |
| If you're a fanboy, please don't waste my time. Watch more movies, please. Perhaps, this is hell. |
| I don’t really care about score but maybe at least a 5, if a show is below 5 then I would assume that I’m probably not going to enjoy it. |
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| No I'm too old to depend my decisions on other people's opinion. |
| I ignore ratings while watching a series so I have no minimum. I think relying on scores stops one from consuming a lot of great media. |
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| more than 6 at least. if it's below that it's definitely a waste of time in majority of the cases, anyone who thinks otherwise is a fool. ratings can tell most of the time what to expect. |
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| I will watch any trash that looks interesting. 5.5 is a perfectly reasonable rating for a good show, the average taste of MAL is pretty garbage. |
| The scores are easily manipulable. The Revue Starlight Movie (https://myanimelist.net/anime/40664/Shoujo%E2%98%86Kageki_Revue_Starlight_Movie) was ranked #100 on July 7th with an 8.55 rating and was placed above several spots higher than other shows with the same rating despite having a much smaller sample size. At the time I posted my comment in this thread (https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2104793) only 6,604 people had scored the show and it was placed higher on the rankings than Fate Zero, Fruits Basket Season 2, and another show which I have forgotten the name of. And that was with only 6,604 people scoring it and 16,642 users even interacting with the show in any capacity. As of July 11th, it now sits at #110 with an 8.54 and seems to be falling further with 6,634 people scoring the show. Why do I bring this up? Because what I said proves how meaningless MAL scores are. Anything can be scored highly, lowly, or however people want to score it and those scores mean nothing. The only opinion that matters when I want to watch a show is my opinion, not the shadow people living inside my router. It is 2023, we need to stop caring about dumb metrics like MAL scores or AniList scores. |
| I really don't care about ratings, i only watch by genre and theme. |
| The more I'm interested in the premise, the less I'll care about the score. It could be 4.xx or 5.xx, it doesn't matter. When choosing which seasonals I'm gonna watch, if I'm not too fond of the genre, the line is usually between 7.00 and 7.50 (I mean above 7.50 watch, below 7.00 skip, between the two maybe). Of course, if there's any other reason that might make me interested like someone's recommendation, I'll still give it a try regardless of the score. |
| I don't care about MAL scores, ratings, etc. I care about interesting synopsis and genres/themes. |
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| I watch stuff based on premises, posters, genres and staff. I don't care about ratings, as the average often don't match with my own. |
| oh this site, a 3.6 now apparently. Anything above an 8.5 on release nowadays on the other hand almost dissuades me from touchin it pero~ |
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| If I'm scanning a seasonal chart for shows I've never heard of and don't find interesting from the key visual, title or description, I think an 8 could get me to watch the first episode anyway. |
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| I mean most have mine were 7 plus, but a couple might be below that. I go more by synopsis, genre and my general interests than paying attention to user scores. |
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Kalllopp said: I never told I watch anime based ONLY on its ratings. I am telling that if an anime has this specific rating, it is more likely I will start watching the anime to decide whether is it worth by myself. You have the herd mentality if you are deciding to watch anime only based on its rating. Being picky is a different thing altogether. You may be right but Rating is itself used to determine whether the anime might be worth your expectations. People watch AOT and FMAB because they believe they can have a fun experience from it. It is the testimony of thousands who watched the anime and tells the people who still haven't watched the series what to expect and whether it would fulfill their expectations. Don't tell me people have fun watching a 2/3 rated anime instead of a 9 rated anime. |
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| Score doesn't matter that much to me. If I read the synopsis of a show and it sounds interesting to me, I watch it, even if the score is below a 5. If a show doesn't sound interesting to me, it doesn't matter, even if it had a 10, I'm not going to watching it. |
| I do care for scores as to what to expect in overall quality, but nothing much. Who knows? I rated 8 to anime scored 5.74 and rated 4 to anime scored 7.86 and I even have several anime rated <8 among my favorites. A low or high rating can depend on several factors like obsessive fans, a peculiar animation style or a story that might not be of everyone's taste. |
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| i’ll watch an anime regardless of mal score, those are pretty artificial anyway. I am more tempted to watch stuff with higher praise in the anime community as a whole though |
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| None now, but it used to be 7+ when i started. |
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| "What is the minimum avg.rating needed for an anime to tempt you to watch it?" X as unknown. I never check the average score. |
Dr_Orpington said: Pretty much the same here along with reading other people's opinion and reviews. Overrated or underrated as long it's interesting or enjoyable.Score doesn't matter that much to me. If I read the synopsis of a show and it sounds interesting to me, I watch it, even if the score is below a 5. If a show doesn't sound interesting to me, it doesn't matter, even if it had a 10, I'm not going to watching it. |
| Considering the scores are inflated, anything below a 7 is likely to be suspect, so I would avoid most of it. |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
| If no writers/directors/original creators I know and like are working on it, then usually a 7.5 is the minimum that will get me thinking about watching something. Of course the concept has to interest me for me to even consider watching it. On the other hand I'm willing to watch nearly anything as long as someone I respect worked on it. |
| i don't pay much attention to mal ratings, which is just a dumb average anyway (a more informative statistics would be the average score from people with similar taste, but i guess that would be too much work) if the series looks interesting enough, i will at least give it a try. |
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| bruh anybody who doesnt watch 5s or 6s is just missing out thats not necessarily a sign that an anime is bad, it can also mean that its divisive, and therefore INTERESTING as u said it urself 7s are average so most of them are an equivalent of a mcdonalds cheeseburger challenge urself at least a little bit cuz yal a missing out, half of my favs are below 7 and thats ignoring the 5s and 6s i wholeheartedly enjoyed that didnt get to be in my top ten its the same with manga lots of really interesting shit is under 7 because ppl miss the point or simply get triggered and score it a 1 all the while others give those 10s u know |
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| If you need the masses' approval to watch something then you're lame. Just read what it's about, if it seems interesting see the first episode, then decide for yourself if it's worth it.. |
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| MAL rating has no influence on my anime selections. Rationale: MAL is heavily dominated by people half my age and younger, and I'm simply not compatible with their taste on average. It's still one of several indicators, but by far not the most important. E.g. anidb's rating fits my taste much better. |
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DarkShame2 said: Yes totally agreeDr_Orpington said: Pretty much the same here along with reading other people's opinion and reviews. Overrated or underrated as long it's interesting or enjoyable.Score doesn't matter that much to me. If I read the synopsis of a show and it sounds interesting to me, I watch it, even if the score is below a 5. If a show doesn't sound interesting to me, it doesn't matter, even if it had a 10, I'm not going to watching it. ateks said: Yes I cannot say anything better than thisNo I'm too old to depend my decisions on other people's opinion. |
LostSpectre said: Considering the scores are inflated, anything below a 7 is likely to be suspect, so I would avoid most of it. Considering how bad the average taste of MAL is, anything with a too high rating is more sus. |
| None in special. I just watch anything remotely interesting |
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| 0 I watch whatever interests me, that's all |
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| I don't consciously avoid shows based on their score, but upon reflection I think I use a sliding scale. If a show is one of those genres I tend to be more lenient since the low rating could be indicative of people finding the genre itself subpar rather than the quality of the show within its genre. Anything from a more mainstream genre probably needs to be a 7.00 or better to be good since I imagine those are more palatable to the general population and thus their average score is inherently higher. So in short, I'll give something with a 6.00 a shot if I'm in the mood for something low brow, but otherwise I tend to need at least a 7.00 to feel the investment will be worthwhile. |
JaniSIr said: That doesn't quite mean it's bad though, if you knocked it down a full point or so it would still be considered "good", probably. LostSpectre said: Considering the scores are inflated, anything below a 7 is likely to be suspect, so I would avoid most of it. Considering how bad the average taste of MAL is, anything with a too high rating is more sus. |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
LostSpectre said: JaniSIr said: That doesn't quite mean it's bad though, if you knocked it down a full point or so it would still be considered "good", probably. Considering how bad the average taste of MAL is, anything with a too high rating is more sus. I didn't say bad, I said sus. Most of my highly rated shows also have rather high average ratings, but so do many of my lowest ones... |
| Rlly depends, I'd say 7, but some anime get rated higher than I think they should and others get rated lower |
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