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If AOT was just one series (like FMAB) with almost 100 episodes, would it be number 1?

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Jan 28, 2022 10:38 AM

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Tf is your logic? The length of an Anime doesn't matter in terms of ratings at all lmao.

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enrique15896 said:
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Is FMAB even that good? Never got around to watching it beyond an episode but it just seemed to be another shounen
Well, if you like blood, drama, broken characters and some fights, then it is not for you. If you like something like Avatar where everybody is travelling around holding hands together and being happy, then you might like it. FMA>FMAB anyways
it's strange I really liked avatar as a kid and kinda hated fmab, but now watching it again and it's pretty good I even like the fights
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LeonYeager said:
enrique15896 said:
Well, if you like blood, drama, broken characters and some fights, then it is not for you. If you like something like Avatar where everybody is travelling around holding hands together and being happy, then you might like it. FMA>FMAB anyways
it's strange I really liked avatar as a kid and kinda hated fmab, but now watching it again and it's pretty good I even like the fights
Kinda weird, since both shows are pretty alike, Avatar is a bit more family friendly I think.
Jan 28, 2022 12:27 PM

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AOT>>>FMAB no matter if they do complete 90 ep's together or divide it in seasons

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Jan 28, 2022 1:10 PM

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Nah, sequel inflation from smart people noping out early if they don't like it is what is making it be as high as it is. And the series won't be long enough that it would massively benefit from its length disabling early ratings due to the 1/5 total episodes rule as Gintama does either.
Jan 28, 2022 2:06 PM

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No, of course not, having separated seasons is what made some of them be rated so high here on MAL anyway, if it was all a whole series it would probably be rated similar to the manga current's score, maybe even lower.
Jan 28, 2022 9:09 PM
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No,because the mal users and nowadays anime fans don't watch something over 12 episodes.
Jan 28, 2022 9:14 PM
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No, it won't cuz it sucks compared to FMAB at everything it does.
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Jan 28, 2022 9:55 PM
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Mikasa said:
It would be number one either way without the troll accounts


MAL gets rid of troll accounts quite frequently. AoT will never be #1 one way or another
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Jan 29, 2022 12:29 AM

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It'd be way below no. 1 lmao. The first season was pretty average and the second season is waaaay too overhyped. The third and final seasons basically carry the series in terms of plot. The first two seasons are basically just a build up to the climax.
Jan 29, 2022 4:20 AM
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I doubt it. I think it has a better chance of being in #1 as multiple seasons.

Jan 29, 2022 4:38 AM
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Wow, this is pathetic
Jan 29, 2022 5:06 AM
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Nope. The mean score of all the seasons combined is only 8.77, which would place it at #37. The series imo (and popular opinion) goes downhill later, so it would be extremely unlikely that the mean score could be raised to beat FMAB's 9.15.

To put it into another perspective - the manga score of AOT is 8.58 (#86), compared to FMA's 9.07 (#6).
Jan 29, 2022 6:01 AM

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Scordolo said:
Tf is your logic? The length of an Anime doesn't matter in terms of ratings at all lmao.

Tf is your logic? The length of an Anime definitely does matter in terms of rating lmao.
Picture this:
1 season, 100 episodes
vs
4 seasons, 25 episodes

[1 season] If you don't like the anime after around 25 episodes you'll either drop it or power through and rate it appropriately according to you. Either way, it's 1 score over 100 episodes

[4 seasons] However, the only people that are gonna watch the third / fourth season are the ones who already like the show, thus inflating its score.

The longer the anime is, the more likely it is to have multiple seasons. Multiple seasons will lead to score inflation. Score inflation affects rating, therefore, the length of an anime affects the rating
Jan 29, 2022 6:03 AM

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I don't think so, but it would be fun if MAL has a separate ranking system for franchise as a whole like IMDb.

Jan 29, 2022 6:09 AM
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For me it's not a competition which one is #1, i don't care i'm watching for entertainment purpose only.
Jan 29, 2022 6:25 AM

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Hubert_Blaine said:
Scordolo said:
Tf is your logic? The length of an Anime doesn't matter in terms of ratings at all lmao.

Tf is your logic? The length of an Anime definitely does matter in terms of rating lmao.
Picture this:
1 season, 100 episodes
vs
4 seasons, 25 episodes

[1 season] If you don't like the anime after around 25 episodes you'll either drop it or power through and rate it appropriately according to you. Either way, it's 1 score over 100 episodes

[4 seasons] However, the only people that are gonna watch the third / fourth season are the ones who already like the show, thus inflating its score.

The longer the anime is, the more likely it is to have multiple seasons. Multiple seasons will lead to score inflation. Score inflation affects rating, therefore, the length of an anime affects the rating

Steins gate automatically disproves your logic. Season 1 itself had 9+ rating.

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Who cares honestly? As long as you like it then it's whatever. You shouldn't really pay so much attention to ratings because, as someone here already mentioned, people rate some anime low just so it doesn't overtake their favorite. That alone makes ratings worthless in my opinion. Why should it matter if it's below or above 9? It's probably still a good anime, and you'll find lots of people that like the lower-rated anime more over the higher-rated.
Jan 29, 2022 7:19 AM
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FMmatron said:
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Black clover is poop, animation wouldnt save it.


I have to disagree. It got many merits as a battle shounen and an appealing production would definitely elevate it to the next level.
but #1....not even in top 50 lol....just see the manga ratings (ig it got a good artwork)
Jan 29, 2022 7:37 AM

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I have to disagree. It got many merits as a battle shounen and an appealing production would definitely elevate it to the next level.
but #1....not even in top 50 lol....just see the manga ratings (ig it got a good artwork)


You can think what you want, but you shouldn't underestimate the power of an outstanding adaptation. The score for the Demon Slayer(lower again after the ending) and Jujutsu Kaisen manga also went up after their respective anime series. Black Clover managed to get people hyped despite limited production. Not to mention that the sequel effect of a 4th season would kick in like crazy.

But yeah, this is of course merely a hypothetical scenario akin to the example in the opening post, therefore I'm hyperbolizing. Still, not even top 50? Lol. Easily top 20.
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On IMDB it has about a 9.0 rating, so maybe somewhere around there. Probably not number one though
Jan 29, 2022 8:03 AM

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i think AOT should and would be number 1
Jan 29, 2022 8:41 AM

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No, the seasons are inconsistent in quality everything before s3 part2 was not great.
FMAB was even more inconsistent. The only part I consider really impressive are the last 20 episodes
Jan 29, 2022 8:48 AM
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FMmatron said:
Fkyourmom said:
but #1....not even in top 50 lol....just see the manga ratings (ig it got a good artwork)


You can think what you want, but you shouldn't underestimate the power of an outstanding adaptation. The score for the Demon Slayer(lower again after the ending) and Jujutsu Kaisen manga also went up after their respective anime series. Black Clover managed to get people hyped despite limited production. Not to mention that the sequel effect of a 4th season would kick in like crazy.

But yeah, this is of course merely a hypothetical scenario akin to the example in the opening post, therefore I'm hyperbolizing. Still, not even top 50? Lol. Easily top 20.
u can think whtever u wnt but it's never gonna get the spotlight like demon Slayer.... also it doesn't stand much chance against new gens lmao....also bad adaption should not affect Manga to that extent....we got Tg here
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Fkyourmom said:
FMmatron said:


You can think what you want, but you shouldn't underestimate the power of an outstanding adaptation. The score for the Demon Slayer(lower again after the ending) and Jujutsu Kaisen manga also went up after their respective anime series. Black Clover managed to get people hyped despite limited production. Not to mention that the sequel effect of a 4th season would kick in like crazy.

But yeah, this is of course merely a hypothetical scenario akin to the example in the opening post, therefore I'm hyperbolizing. Still, not even top 50? Lol. Easily top 20.
u can think whtever u wnt but it's never gonna get the spotlight like demon Slayer.... also it doesn't stand much chance against new gens lmao....also bad adaption should not affect Manga to that extent....we got Tg here


You missed the point of "what if" entirely.

P.S.: A bad adaptation won't necessarily affect the manga negatively(see Berserk), but an outstanding adaptation usually contributes a lot to boosting the source.
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It's really not about splitting but time of release. If FMAB was released today, it would sit at 8.5-9. Or say, if a new website is made today and most anime fans migrated there, it would not be in top 5.

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Jan 29, 2022 10:33 AM

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Scordolo said:
Hubert_Blaine said:

Tf is your logic? The length of an Anime definitely does matter in terms of rating lmao.
Picture this:
1 season, 100 episodes
vs
4 seasons, 25 episodes

[1 season] If you don't like the anime after around 25 episodes you'll either drop it or power through and rate it appropriately according to you. Either way, it's 1 score over 100 episodes

[4 seasons] However, the only people that are gonna watch the third / fourth season are the ones who already like the show, thus inflating its score.

The longer the anime is, the more likely it is to have multiple seasons. Multiple seasons will lead to score inflation. Score inflation affects rating, therefore, the length of an anime affects the rating

Steins gate automatically disproves your logic. Season 1 itself had 9+ rating.


Uh... no it doesn't disprove it lol, what are you smoking
You would be correct if I said that an anime with multiple seasons CANNOT have its first season be "highly" rated.....
but I never said that.

I recommend you read my comment again
Jan 29, 2022 12:34 PM
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I don't think so...
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official_brown said:
Mikasa said:
It would be number one either way without the troll accounts


MAL gets rid of troll accounts quite frequently. AoT will never be #1 one way or another


That's patently wrong as they hardly scratch the surface of trolls. And AOT already has.
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Seeing as how the manga is at 8.58, maybe the anime would be too. There are a lot of factors that go into it though, and a lot of ghost scores from abandoned accounts
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Mikasa said:
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MAL gets rid of troll accounts quite frequently. AoT will never be #1 one way or another


That's patently wrong as they hardly scratch the surface of trolls. And AOT already has.


Well you can’t stop real accounts from giving a 1, but bots are wiped out pretty fast these days. But yeah, even if they were, AoT just isn’t good enough to be #1
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Mikasa said:
official_brown said:


MAL gets rid of troll accounts quite frequently. AoT will never be #1 one way or another


That's patently wrong as they hardly scratch the surface of trolls. And AOT already has.
s3 p2 the highest rated aot only has 0.7% of 1s what are you talking about
Jan 29, 2022 3:56 PM

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I usually don't comment on threads about scores but I don't think AOT would do so. The manga score doesn't correlate to FMABs score. Also regarding how shitty the AOT manga ending is, I doubt it'd get a shot.

fenixoide said:
Also I love how everyone in here brings FMAB to the conversation when it has nothing to do with this thread.
Also, can you stop the hipocrisy, jeez


FMAB is mentioned for obvious reasons of the OP mentioning it and what not
Jan 29, 2022 7:10 PM

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probably, it'd definitely have much higher rating
Jan 29, 2022 8:17 PM

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Nah, It would actually be rated lower than it was before. It's cliffhangers will not be that Impactful as before. It would be rated at 8.45 - 8.67 at best
Jan 30, 2022 2:21 AM

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Scordolo said:
Hubert_Blaine said:

Tf is your logic? The length of an Anime definitely does matter in terms of rating lmao.
Picture this:
1 season, 100 episodes
vs
4 seasons, 25 episodes

[1 season] If you don't like the anime after around 25 episodes you'll either drop it or power through and rate it appropriately according to you. Either way, it's 1 score over 100 episodes

[4 seasons] However, the only people that are gonna watch the third / fourth season are the ones who already like the show, thus inflating its score.

The longer the anime is, the more likely it is to have multiple seasons. Multiple seasons will lead to score inflation. Score inflation affects rating, therefore, the length of an anime affects the rating

Steins gate automatically disproves your logic. Season 1 itself had 9+ rating.
You proved nothing. What if S;G 2nd part had even hjgher rating if Steins;Gate was split into seasons
But from my experience some of the most overrated anime on this website aren't sequels (fmab, your lie in april, gintama s1) so there's definitely more to it. It looks to me that majority of people rate based on peak of the series and how it ended
Jan 30, 2022 2:38 AM

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no, actually maybe, wait nvm no.
Jan 30, 2022 3:06 AM
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I will say yes,if the anime was a single piece without seasons,I think he would have a biger popularity and he would be more enjoible,aot fans waited 4 years for season 2 who haved 12 episode,aot is one of the best anime series and in my opinion he would be rank 3 on myanimelist.
Jan 30, 2022 4:31 AM

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Its really hard to say, if you want to see how they compare overall go to IMDB
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