| Tastes shifts and change with newer demographics and older demographics leaving, what i may find groundbreaking and enjoyable others may find boring and mediocre, so it depends. |
| when "entertaining and not boring to watch" is the best thing I can say about a show, I'm slapping a 6/10 on that bitch. |
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Majority of anime get in average 6.5. There was a statistic from a Redditor that post that in r/anime.  The link is not working for some reason. Here is direct link. https://imgur.com/a/boyyYbS |
unknown_user__Mar 8, 2:36 PM
| There's tons of stuff I think is entertaining that has low ratings. There's tons of things I found entertaining but still gave it a low rating. I think the thing people need to remember is, ratings really only mean anything to the person that's giving them. Even professional ratings. In your head, it makes sense, but someone else might think you're a complete idiot for rating the way you did. |
| Don't trust MAL scores, reviews, top lists, etc. |
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| Animation and controversial themes are the main differences between lowly and highly rated anime, but not every 6.xx anime is an underrated gem ignored by the masses just because it's a bit ugly or too extreme. The anime rated 6.xx are 8 times more than the 8.xx. Did you actually find 8x more good anime rated 6.xx than 8.xx in the last few years? |
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| That's fair. Never paid attention to rating (unless it's to take the piss out of someone). If a show is boring then it can't be good for me. |
"Nobody could laugh at someone who's trying their hardest" -Machio- |
| Anything over a 6.5 is probably good to watch without doing too much research, and you can decide if you continue it or not. A lot of good/decent anime can get lower ratings on any reviewing/rating site, as most things without a ton of fights or sasuga are always rated lower due to the popularity and intentional/unintentional bias of viewers. This also applies to anything with crazy good animation, and I've found that of the few shoujo anime, especially those focused on romance, that come out, anything that's even decently talked about will have a higher rating, whether it's actually worthy of said rating or not. |
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| I've enjoyed several anime with low scores, but they're all obscure titles nobody has seen. Most were made before I was even born. |
| その目だれの目？ |
| I mean, you've kinda answered your own question, haven't you. Anime's been more mainstream than ever since the pandemic, which means like with every other form of media whose consumer base grows large enough, the products which are popular and therefore highly rated are those that are best at pandering to generic predispositions and emotional proclivities of the largest portion of its target demographics. And since we're talking about an intended audience of children and youth, an ideal show for people with barely any notion of coherent taste and atrophied attention spans would be something which is low commitment, has high production quality, exaggerated emotions, and delivers its content in a way that's accessible to people who just want to glance at the screen occasionally and ascertain that something is still happening up there without being inconvenienced by the necessity of keeping up with complex plot or nuanced character subtleties. |
| that means that anime is simple jjust "watchable" and nothing else. seems likr a 6 or 7 to me. |
 The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
| Rating is mostly unreliable on MAL and similar websites. Some masterpieces are set at 7. Some really good works at 6. And a lot of normie slop based on the most common denominators (don't offend anyone, appeal to everyone) is at 8 or even 9. Your guess about normies is correct. Anime went mainstream over the last decade, globally. Ratings and even popularity are unreliable markers for quality. It's like asking random people on the street for their opinion. You will get mostly dreck and nonsense. Welcome to anime in 2024. |
Reply to Nirinbo
Animation and controversial themes are the main differences between lowly and highly rated anime, but not every 6.xx anime is an underrated gem ignored by the masses just because it's a bit ugly or too extreme.
The anime rated 6.xx are 8 times more than the 8.xx. Did you actually find 8x more good anime rated 6.xx than 8.xx in the last few years?
The anime rated 6.xx are 8 times more than the 8.xx. Did you actually find 8x more good anime rated 6.xx than 8.xx in the last few years?
| @Nirinbo Tis time for Torture Princess has Great Art style and animation, and premise is unique and its a wholesome anime (No controversy what so ever) BUT its only a 6.7 here on mal! |
| If an anime looks and sounds interesting I will give it at least one episode regardless of it is score on MAL. |
Dije said: I used to skip 6 rated anime because they were boring, but I've noticed that since the pandemic many good anime are getting a 6 overall rating now. So now I'm watching 6 anime too. Of course, by "good" I mean entertaining and not boring to watch. I don't care much about the rest, that's all I'm looking for in a show. And actually, the opposite is also true most of the times. Anime with a rating of 8 were always interesting to watch until few years ago, but now is a bet. Sometimes they are interesting to watch, sometimes they are boring. I don't know why this changed? Is it because of the increasing number of normie on this site? For something else? Have you also noticed this trend? Let's talk about it It's because ratings are extremely arbitrary to begin with and most MAL Users who do take the time to score Anime likely over think it in the 1st place and try to mentally act like some "Siskel and Ebert". Where entertain is not a paramount factor for something that is suppose to be inherent entertaining by nature when one is trying to act like some critic mentally dissecting something just to give it a number. This is not even diving into the possibility that Users do not use or follow a uniformed standard for scoring in the 1st place. As a hypothetical example one User could simply give an Anime a Score of 10 simply because they got to see a lot of animated panties and uncensored boobs in it. While another User could have given an Anime a 10 because they just liked a certain character in it. It could even be possible someone scores an Anime a 10 just for the hell of giving an Anime a 10 because something in their list needs a 10 right? lol Same thing applies with low scores too where Users feel the need to simply just give a lot of Anime low scores now based on the Anime they have already scored the highest using their own list as a way to measure and justify their own scoring basically cementing their own standard. Simply MAL scoring is an inherent flawed system and wildly inconsistent. There is basically no uniform standard that everyone follows. |
ColourWheelMar 9, 5:51 AM
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@Nirinbo Tis time for Torture Princess has Great Art style and animation, and premise is unique and its a wholesome anime (No controversy what so ever) BUT its only a 6.7 here on mal!
| @RjtheGreat14 Animation and controversies are the main factors, but not the only ones. I like Himesama Goumon too but the lack of stakes and the lack of comedy (people are enjoying it for the wholesomeness, not for the one joke repeated over and over) will prevent it from being rated much higher; considering the good animation I'd have expected a bit more, like 7.1-7.2, but maybe it will get there once it finishes airing. |
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| 6 isn't bad tbh everybody is always rating stuff highly That's why they don't search enough. |
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| You gave 1/10 to Bocchi the Rock and Carole and Tuesday so I don't think you can question anyone's ratings. |
 Personally, they mean absolute diddly-squat. |
Cold-hearted orb that rules the night Removes the colours from our sight Red is grey and yellow white But we decide which is right And which is an illusion. |
| For some shows, probably it has to do with lack of exposure with its presumed target demographic. Or that it was seen primarily by a demographic that wasn't its intended audience. |
| Might just be your tastes. some shows are for specific demographics, if you're not in that demographic then it's not as appealing. Older shows can age badly if the artstyle becomes to dated or if the show doesn't go anywhere and anime in general is bad at storytelling. It's hard for me to give a good rating if the show is just an advertising for the manga or if the parts that made it popular become more industry norms and it loses what made it unique. Like elfen lied, it was often rated much higher because it was one of the few "adult" anime and anime in general was much harder to come by, so people would value it more. or like love hina, it becomes outdated as newer shows do it better |
| "Why so many good anime are relegated to the 6 rating now?" 6/10 is good, even 5/10 is good. |
alshuMar 12, 2:59 AM
| Like a few others said, 6 isn't bad. If anything, a lot of shows must be enjoyable for a lot of people since they've received enough 7-10 to bump from 6.00 to 6.54 or something like that. |
ow + nw = 90-2000s |
| Dunno, still I watch them and I even score them 8-9. Probably people are comparing them with top-tier titles or it's just a small sample of votes, especially when anime doesn't target specific type of public (when that happens we actually see scores like 8-9). |
| It seems like it just depends on taste, whenever I watch an anime rated a 6 it seems like the anime will either be terrible, surprisingly good, or a mix of both. Sometimes an anime that a lot of people don't like/thought was mediocre might actually be good depending on your taste and what you like in an anime. There's also a chance it is as bad as people say, but again, really depends on what you enjoy in anime. |
| MAL scores are already inflated as it is, there may be some exceptions, but the majority of shows under 7 are trash. |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
| Imo I avoid rating something 7-10 unless it's really good. If I genuinely like something a lot, it'll be a 7 at least, and a higher rating depending on how much I like it and just how good of a show it is both objectively and subjectively. For anything that's just "entertaining and not boring to watch," I'll give it a 6. Sometimes even a 5. I don't really think it's a bad rating. It could also be because of how other people vote. If a bunch of people only vote at extremes (1 for "bad", 4 or so for "mid", 8 or so for "good"), it'll generally start to even out at around a 6. |
| hey |
| Well, even one of my favorite anime has 6,95 for the rating (as I make this reply) Some 6 rating anime is good for me, and some of 8 or even 9 isn't my type In my opinion, many people think that 6 is already trash, but some people like me could find treasure from anime with rating below 7 Even spam rating 1 or 10 is a thing now👀 |
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| 6 isn't a bad score. 6 itself is an "okay" score, and you could possibly classify a score of 6.5 as "decent" too. Either way, it's still positive reception. Weighted scores here are dictated by hype and mass appeal, not a balanced evaluation of all the elements that compose a series. I'm as skeptical of anything rated 8.00 or above as I am anything rated 6.00 or below. |
  ｲ乇刀乇乃尺ﾑ乇 ㊎   ㊰☽ Shaded Horizon ☾ |
Reply to Nirinbo
@RjtheGreat14 Animation and controversies are the main factors, but not the only ones. I like Himesama Goumon too but the lack of stakes and the lack of comedy (people are enjoying it for the wholesomeness, not for the one joke repeated over and over) will prevent it from being rated much higher; considering the good animation I'd have expected a bit more, like 7.1-7.2, but maybe it will get there once it finishes airing.
| @Nirinbo its a comedy show, so expect a high stakes story is kinda dumb. Heck Bocchi the rock has no stakes what so ever and story is very predictable and and characters is one dimensional, and its premise is not very original BUT people gaving it a 9/10 or 10/10! while Tis time for torture Princes arguably have a unique premise and its mal score is a 6.7/10. It definitely not smart phone isekai level! Anime fans right now have really questionable taste! |
Reply to RjtheGreat14
@Nirinbo its a comedy show, so expect a high stakes story is kinda dumb. Heck Bocchi the rock has no stakes what so ever and story is very predictable and and characters is one dimensional, and its premise is not very original BUT people gaving it a 9/10 or 10/10! while Tis time for torture Princes arguably have a unique premise and its mal score is a 6.7/10. It definitely not smart phone isekai level! Anime fans right now have really questionable taste!
| @RjtheGreat14 You made a good example to prove my point. Bocchi the Rock! became the highest rated CGDCT of all time because people adore the comedy and laugh out loud at every scene (not the funniest anime for me but still above average considering that the comedy in anime is usually abysmal). If BtR were a iyashikei (I mean keeping the same plot and characters but removing almost all the comedy), it would be rated much lower. On the other hand, Himesama Goumon is not funny; the one joke became stale after one episode. If you enjoy this anime it's because of the wholesomeness, but wholesomeness alone is not something that makes an anime rated higher (= the average MAL user doesn't care about it). I repeat, I am liking it way more than the three non-sequel 8+ anime that started airing this season, but I'm not surprised it's rated lower. |
NirinboMar 14, 4:53 AM
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| It's the top rankings that hold my distrust, but 90% of those you mentioned are mediocre at best. |
Help! I need somebody. Help! Not just anybody. Help! You know I need someone. Helpppppp!  |
| Ratings are subjective. It's not very useful. For example, in the Top10 you have Hunter x Hunter and FMB. I saw both, I gave the first a 4 and the second a 5. Most people liked it, I thought they were bad. Well, the same with the animes you watch. |
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| MAL scores is a joke anyway. I never look at them because of that. Especially on a anime that i plan to watch. |
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| You'll realize soon enough that many of these low-rated shows aren't watched by many people. People who do get to it have already completed a good amount of anime to know what's considered "good" and "bad". Thus, they give a low score that accumulates to the overall score. Just a theory. |
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