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?
| There's no mathematical formula in doing this. You just follow your heart and pick the number you "feel" suits the most to your watching experience. Or if you want to be more rigurous and procedural, you can identify the most common and general feelings you can experiment towards a show or movie, arrange them in a hierarchical way, assign the corresponding scale number to each, and then follow those own rules you just established every time you finish anything. |
| I weigh both the good and bad aspects of it. The resulting number is the net reaction. |
| I use my built-in quantum computer positioned in in the left-right part of my computational module of my ranking capacitor with examiner mechanism, which is part of my cyborg second generation cross-cloned brain. |
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| You just have to feel it.... Pretty straightforward stuff, tbh. |
| Easy: by not thinking too much about it. |
| Just roll a dice. Simple and effective. |
| Remember guys, I AM NOT A PARAGON OF TASTE. I HAVE SHIT TASTE LIKE THE REST OF YOU. |
| I take the sample of 1-10, place in a random sorter and the best of three wins. Works 99.9% of the time guaranteed |
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| 4: Shitty characters with shitty personalities. 5: Shitty MC or too short. 6: Ending sucked ass or there was a cringeworthy moment. 7: Alright, but lacked more interaction between certain characters. 8: Lots of boner moments. 9: Packed with extended lewd scenes. 10: Outlier. If it's not ecchi, 8 and 9 are enjoyment-based. |
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| I have the entire process detailed out in my profile. |
"I'd take rampant lesbianism over nuclear armageddon or a supervolcano any day." ~nikiforova |
| Are you fucking kidding me? lol it's not so hard you just put a damn number you find appropriate for the anime you watched. It's not rocket science. |
| LIKE IF IT MADE U FEEL ALOT OF FEELINGS THAT U LIKE ITS AMAZING BUT IF ITS NO BIG DEAL FOR YOUR FEELINGS FOR THE SHOW THEN DOWN WITH IT (ups caps lock is on) |
| Sonic X is basically an isekai |
| My rating system is: 10- "holy shit that was fkin great" 9- it had a few flaws, but it's still a blast to watch 8- i enjoyed it a lot, but don't feel like giving a 9 or a 10 for some reason 7- quite pleasant. Might have gotten a bit boring at times 6- decent, but has at least one big flaw that makes it "not that good" in my opinion (example: code geass' character design 5- Average 4- boring and/or generic but has some good things 3- it's 4 but a bit worse 2- has a few things that save it from being a truly horrible show 1- SAO level of horribleness I think that except for some rare cases, the more anime you watch, the easier it is to rate. |
| Whether I liked or hated it determined which half of the 1-10 scale it's in and how good or bad the the quality of the show is determines which one of those 5 ratings it gets. I don't find it very difficult at all. |
| "The name's Gambit. Remember it." -Gambit "X-Men '97"  |
| The numerical rating scale is inherently deeply flawed. It's difficult to rate on the same scale when different shows have entirely different objectives. It seems odd to evaluate a comedy using the same criteria you use for a tragic drama. Then you consider that, no matter how fancy and sophisticated one makes their criteria look, it's still totally subjective. So really I think you can only rate on personal enjoyment. I attempt to also factor in staying power - if I'm still thinking about it after finishing it, that means it gets a higher score because it had some effect on me. |
| I try to break up the show into different aspects or "parts". I've listened to several YouTube Reviewers use this formula to break up their series. It allows you to compare very different genres by holding them within the expectations of their genre. In other words, you can't compare a romantic comedy to a action/thriller with the same expectations - they're meant to make you react differently. But you can break both of them into components and look at the pieces critically if you want to. Some sections I like to consider are: Animation quality - was it pleasant to watch, eye candy, stunning, smooth transitions between settings? If CG was involved did it blend well with the other animation or stick out? Plotline - was the plot interesting, the episode conclusions leaving you wanting more? Was it complicated enough to maintain your focus? Was it boring, predictable, or way too complex to understand? ( Characters - are the characters relatable, enjoyable, and entertaining? Do they convey their characteristics consistently, or is their personality incoherent? Do they develop, grow, or learn in any way? Acting - the quality of direction can lead any talented cast astray to a poor performance. Did you feel sincere effort from the actors? Music - did the OST complement and/or complete the world that the story takes place in? Can you hum melodies to yourself after the show is complete? And of course, personal enjoyment has to be considered. Otherwise it wouldn't be YOUR rating scale. If I find myself thinking about a show long after I've finished it, then that story indeed had an impact on me. And quite frequently those will receive a higher rating. |
| "My hope is to always be the kind of person my dog thinks I am." "Ever since Free! swept through the anime community in 2013, a new group of fans emerged louder than ever when the industry realized that maybe, just maybe, a good portion of people who watch anime also have vaginas." - Gigguk, Anime in 2016 Part 2 |
| I separate emotions from the facts... I rate based on facts but I do add in the tag option scores for plot, development, originality, characters, animation and soundtrack... The overall score is an average |
| Tbh, I hate scoring shows, so I usually just.. don't, I guess? And even if I do score them, it isn't as if I actually bother calculating that score out anyway. |
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| Just personal preference and whether it was enjoyable or not |
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| Pretty much the same way how i rate the taste of food I have. |
tohsakaa said: Tbh, I hate scoring shows, so I usually just.. don't, I guess? And even if I do score them, it isn't as if I actually bother calculating that score out anyway. Just looking at your completed anime list, You rated the series so I don't know if you are just bullshitting about the rating system. If you dislike the rating system then should you not score them? |
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Renaultclio101 said: tohsakaa said: Tbh, I hate scoring shows, so I usually just.. don't, I guess? And even if I do score them, it isn't as if I actually bother calculating that score out anyway. Just looking at your completed anime list, You rated the series so I don't know if you are just bullshitting about the rating system. If you dislike the rating system then should you not score them? Yeah that's sorta what I meant - I don't really 'calculate them out', or act as if they're entirely accurate or relevant. They're all, for the most part, impulse ratings. |
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| It's a way of representing your feelings about a show in a scale. If you want to extend about it you do so talking or doing a review. |
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Revvie-chan said: Pretty much the same way how i rate the taste of food I have. Do you really rate food? That would seem a lot harder to me than scoring anime, havent tried tho |
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HamburgerSpike said: Revvie-chan said: Pretty much the same way how i rate the taste of food I have. Do you really rate food? That would seem a lot harder to me than scoring anime, havent tried tho Not to the point of actually scoring it lol. It was just an analogy. If I enjoy it I rate it high, if I don't then no matter how good it is it'll never get pass my standard number. (though I'm the pretty generous type since I always rate most show that... doesn't end up on a negative note for me an 8.) |
-Mahesvara said: I rate on enjoyment. Nothing more, nothing less. Same goes for me. I do not look for much reason in it. I rate as I feel like. |
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