What's considered a low Mal Score, I don't watch below 7.5. Im willing too though?, What's your cutoff score?
DesolatePsyche said: Yeah, that's essentially what I do. Or what I try to do, at least.1. Ignore scores. 2. Pick what seems interesting or risk random sometimes to find hidden gems. 3. For entertainment check scores/reviews after watching something. At least that's how I've watched past 10+ years. |
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| Don't really have a cutoff score. It'd have to be a pretty low for that to keep me from watching something. |
| i actually don't care, if I want to watch it then I do. |
Pullman said: Trypo said: 3? i purposely look through the anime ranked the worse lol You might be interested in this bottom 100 list then. It's a few years old but it's not like any of the shows on there have gotten any better since :> https://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=760397 Oh thank you! I have alot on my plan to watch list so that is a nice list!!! |
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| Anything below a 7 is "Really Bad" because anime reviewers, influenced by school grades of "anything below a 70 is a failing grade!!!", dole out 9s and 10s to anything passable. If you remove OVAs and shorts, there are a single digit number of shows rated less than a 6, if memory serves correctly. HOWEVER. Do NOT be afraid to try out shows that are below a 7.5, or even below a 6.5, on MAL. Some of this stuff is legitimately pretty bad, but some of it is actually just incredibly controversial, or just divisive. Shows with gay and lesbian characters tend to get review-bombed by certain parties who go "ew squick I didn't want gay people!", and mecha shows often face lower ratings from anti-fans. Some of the highest-rated MAL shows are garbage, so the average review score is pretty tough to gauge. Use it not as a measure of how much you will like a show, but how much the average MAL user (a 16 year old white boy) likes it. |
| I'd say I don't have one because most times when I did watch something below a 5 it was just to see if it's really that bad, or for a challenge, or something. If the score is below 6, though, I'm uncertain about giving it a shot compared to something else on my list. A title, or the premise sounding interesting enough to me can lead to me watching a show scored below 6 on average, like with "Chaos Dragon". It can be generic as hell, pretty damn stupid at times, and it's scored between 5-6, but I still actually really liked it and it has really good opening and ending for how hated the show tends to be. |
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| Yeesh, people taking MAL ratings seriously in 2019? Amazing. Anyway stop letting other people dictate if something is good or worth your time. It's boring as shit. Just watch whatever YOU think sounds good. |
| I think low to the point where I doubt I would watch it anytime soon would be 7.4 and below |
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| I don't always go by score. But in my experience, anything between 6.5 and 7 could be questionably decent, and anything below 6.5 is more often a no-go. |
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| Anything below a 6. However, I think I rate too many anime positively and actually have yet to rate anything below a 7. That’s because if I don’t like it, I just drop it, and sometimes never bother to add it to my dropped list. I do have a couple of low rated anime I plan to watch just so I will know what a bad anime really looks like. |
| I have two rules I go by. Rule 1 is usually used when looking for something different or has been recommended to me. Rule 2 is when I am looking for a particular story. 1. If the premise does not interest me, then is the score 6.00 or higher? 2. If the premise does interest me, then is the score above 4.0? I also must agree with gigaparsec's experience a little, though I would lower the no-goes to be below 6.2 for my own experience. |
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| My cut off is 7.25 for recent series and for old classics from the 70s/80s at least 6.80 since the userbase is usually smaller for those shows. |
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| the majority of my list is 5 and 6 that should show you how much i give af about high ratings infact, a low rating is more likely to interest me, i actually don't get excited when i see a high score, the cover art and pv are whats important |
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| A low MAL score is around an 8, which is also my cutoff score. This also happens to be when more of those older anime start showing up. I just can't handle bad animation that looks old and weird robots. The 8.0 cutoff line is great as I get to see a lot of newer anime made this decade which I believe are improvements upon older anime. For example, KonoSuba which is an isekai comedy is funnier and better animated than Abenobashi in my opinion. Hopefully there'll be new good anime movies that meet my cutoff point like Pancreas and Your Name too. |
| As of this writing, there are 10502 anime on MAL that have a "normal" score (there are a couple thousand more that have a score but with a low vote count and are listed alphabetically). Of the normal scores, here's the breakdown by deciles Top - 9.24 90% - 7.73 80% - 7.39 70% - 7.14 60% - 6.86 50% - 6.64 (the median score on MAL) 40% - 6.40 30% - 6.15 20% - 5.81 10% - 5.34 Bot - 1.90 Here's the breakdown by half-points. Numbers are the rank of the lowest at that number and include all higher scores: 9.00 - 13 8.50 - 110 8.00 - 581 7.50 - 1692 7.00 - 3715 6.50 - 5897 6.00 - 7883 5.50 - 9143 5.00 - 9965 4.50 - 10319 4.00 - 10422 3.50 - 10466 3.00 - 10490 2.50 - 10498 2.00 - 10501 |
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| I think the mal scores are pretty accurate for the most part. So I'd probably proceed with caution if a score is below 7.2. (I've seen plenty of good shows in 7.5 range) |
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| I don't even look at the scores, I just watch whatever anime I find interesting. |
| "It's not like I wanted a signature or anything...BAKA!" - A MAL user. |
| None. Never cared about that before I joined MAL, and wasn't going to start giving a damn now. Synopsis, trailers/PVs are infinitely more useful in determining whether I'm interested in watching a show. |
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EcchiGodMamsterP said: Holy crap, you and I are actually agreeing on something.the majority of my list is 5 and 6 that should show you how much i give af about high ratings infact, a low rating is more likely to interest me, i actually don't get excited when i see a high score, the cover art and pv are whats important Well, aside from the first sentence. I think most of the stuff I watched has a MAL average of 6 to 7.99. But I definitely agree that a low rating is more likely to interest me, though for me it's because it just makes it more intriguing to find out what other people didn't like about it. mwalimu said: Ooh, these stats are pretty neat.As of this writing, there are 10502 anime on MAL that have a "normal" score (there are a couple thousand more that have a score but with a low vote count and are listed alphabetically). Of the normal scores, here's the breakdown by deciles Top - 9.24 90% - 7.73 80% - 7.39 70% - 7.14 60% - 6.86 50% - 6.64 (the median score on MAL) 40% - 6.40 30% - 6.15 20% - 5.81 10% - 5.34 Bot - 1.90 Here's the breakdown by half-points. Numbers are the rank of the lowest at that number and include all higher scores: 9.00 - 13 8.50 - 110 8.00 - 581 7.50 - 1692 7.00 - 3715 6.50 - 5897 6.00 - 7883 5.50 - 9143 5.00 - 9965 4.50 - 10319 4.00 - 10422 3.50 - 10466 3.00 - 10490 2.50 - 10498 2.00 - 10501 |
| Avatar character is Gabriel from Gabriel DropOut. |
| probably 6, but damn i watch anime for free, i dont need restrictions. it’s not like watching a low rating anime hurts me and my money. just my time maybe, but i know that i already sign up for this long ago but yeah, lower than 6 i probably need like a month or two to finish that |
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| Don't watch anything that is below a 4..... trust me... I've seen some shitty... shitty shorts. |
| "Even if there isn't a God or meaning behind life. That doesn't mean you can't create your own meaning and make the best out of life." |
| I think it's stupid to limit yourself to what shows you watch. Not to mention that MAL scores are a joke most of the time. Fight Ippatsu! Juuden-chan!! is sitting at a 6.74 right now and I think that show is amazing. Meanwhile The Promised Neverland is sitting at an 8.60 and I think that's not only the worst show of the season, but one of the worst things I've ever seen in general. If I had limited myself to a certain score limit, I wouldn't have ended up watching Juuden-chan, which I would take any day of the week than a lot of newer highly rated shows. |
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| I don't really rely on the scores in MAL, as long it's interesting for me is enough reason to watch and enjoy a show. |
| Dismissing anime because of other people's scores is idiotic imo. A 6.2 could resonate with you a lot, and a 8.4 could turn out to be your least favorite show ever. Guys, please wake up. Community scores shouldn't mean anything to an individual. |
| Whatever seems interesting, I give it a try. There are some shows that is 6.00 and under but I find it as an amazing show. While some that are 8.00+ were crappy for me. |
| I don`t believe in ratings ,but as a reference I don`t watch shows below 6 |
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| Why would i trust a scoring system that puts fairy tail on 8. That smells insult to me |
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| I am willing to watch below 6.5, but I rarely watch anything rated under a 6.5. |
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| I've watched some <7 anime that I enjoyed (like Photokano) so I don't let it discourage me. Below 6 I assume something has to be wrong. Ofc that's just speaking about series - specials etc usually have low ratings anyway. |
GlennMagusHarvey said: EcchiGodMamsterP said: Holy crap, you and I are actually agreeing on something.the majority of my list is 5 and 6 that should show you how much i give af about high ratings infact, a low rating is more likely to interest me, i actually don't get excited when i see a high score, the cover art and pv are whats important Well, aside from the first sentence. I think most of the stuff I watched has a MAL average of 6 to 7.99. But I definitely agree that a low rating is more likely to interest me, though for me it's because it just makes it more intriguing to find out what other people didn't like about it. lol thats definitely not agreeing, since idgaf what others didn't like, i just care what i know ill like i mean, if i see hot girls on the cover and a low rating, i generally always know im gonna like it |
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| Surprised by the number of people thinking that the average score of users is high and they don't use the scale to full extent. People do some research before watching anything and are just going to watch stuff that they are likely to enjoy. So a high average rating is expected. |
| taking into account that i'm watching like 6 seasonals below 5.5 and i kind of enjoy them... ofc i don't really care much about the scores :v |
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| I don't have a cutoff and many of my favorites are definitely rated below 7.5. |
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| Usually below 6 is my cutoff. People here usually don't score shows lower than 6. So if there is a show that is like 5.5 there is usually reason for it, I occasionally have given those shows chance but I haven't really enjoyed any of them so far (Good ex. is Glasslip) |
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| I don't rely on the MAL score at all because I tend to disagree with a lot of them, especially a lot of the "popular" stuff. I watch things that catch my interest or that friends recommend for the most part. |
| Lol, I've never looked at a MAL score in my life. I watch something if it looks interesting to me. I don't care what others think about it. I watched and enjoyed "RErideD," even though it has a low score, and apparently a bunch of people didn't like it for some reason, but I thought it was just fine. I wish someone could explain to me why they didn't like it. |
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| generally above 7, or, if it's around 5 or under, i'll watch it as entertainment. though, honestly, i don't care too much about the score. |
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| 1 to 3 = crap 4 = so bad it's good >5,5 mediocre > 6 average 6 = fine but not something I'd completely recommend 7 = good, but not exactly a genre classic 8 = genre classic 9 = excellent independently of any categorization, even if you are not fan of the genre it belongs to 10 = masterpiece Then cutoff is at 3 for me. |
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| My caring about mean scores fluctuates. Generally I'll watch whatever catches my attention, bad score or not. However if it's a series that I'm iffy about and it's below 5, I tend not to bother with it. Mean scores don't always reflect the actual quality of the anime. It all depends on your personal preferences. However if it's below 5 that means well over a good portion of half the community watching it didn't enjoy it and if I'm iffy about it to begin with, chances are I won't like it. |
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