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Mar 29, 5:25 AM
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Ok so as the title says I had this idea recently

What is/makes an average anime?

Theres a few ways to look at this and honestly Im not sure

For myself looking at my list im kinda biased so im not really sure if i can say

So I been wondering what is the example of average anime

1: Of course the existence of "average" implies there is also "below average" anime
Which is kind of difficult as well

2: The other question is what makes an anime neither below or above average and just average

I think a related problem is at some point you go from not having enough anime to too many and the middle just gets lost(?)

So yeah if you guys have any suggestions I would like to hear some anime that you guys think is average (preferably at least 5 or 10 though feel free to list as many as you want)
Anime that are not bad/below average
And at the same time not your favorites/etc

EDIT: *Whats the worst anime that you would still genuinely in good faith recommend to people
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Mostly a boring story. For me, it's usually the reason why a certain anime feels average.
Mar 29, 7:03 AM
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"Average" means... whatever you want. It depends on how you want to shape your list: some people drop every anime they rate 5/10, I personally enjoy my 5/10 because anything above 4 is "not bad".
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CocoaGalaxy said:
Ok so as the title says I had this idea recently

What is/makes an average anime?

Theres a few ways to look at this and honestly Im not sure

For myself looking at my list im kinda biased so im not really sure if i can say

So I been wondering what is the example of average anime

1: Of course the existence of "average" implies there is also "below average" anime
Which is kind of difficult as well

2: The other question is what makes an anime neither below or above average and just average

I think a related problem is at some point you go from not having enough anime to too many and the middle just gets lost(?)

So yeah if you guys have any suggestions I would like to hear some anime that you guys think is average (preferably at least 5 or 10 though feel free to list as many as you want)
Anime that are not bad/below average
And at the same time not your favorites/etc


One can take a look at any modern Anime franchise that is already scored at an average rate a little over 5 years at the least such as "Isekai Cheat Magician". Noticing over 180,000 Users have actually watched and scored this Anime too. Where even I have given this anime a score of '5'. I think that would be justifiably an Average Anime. lol

I also think there is caveats to this because Japanese Anime has been around far longer than the existence of MAL. As an example, where titles that are in the database shouldn't even matter in the 1st place when it comes to scoring that existed long before MAL was even a platform.

Though this doesn't necessarily mean I don't find average Anime relatively entertaining at times. Though, Average Anime certainly is not something I would likely ever want to watch again. "Isekai Cheat Magician" was so average to a person like me that I know I would have had a better time watching something else.

But really scoring is so arbitrary, being 'average' really doesn't even mean a damn thing in the 1st place. All scoring does on a place like MAL is act as a popularity contest like trying to vote for who will be the Prom Queen at a high school. When one can find the most superficial, shallow, conceded, fake looking barbie doll cheerleader trophy wife material being crowned the Queen over a true Goddess of kindness, purity, intellect, and beauty simply because the other girl got more votes. lol
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Something that does nothing new, is reasonably competently executed and doesn't have any standout features like a good soundtrack...

Most shows are average, because that's what words mean lol a good example of a show which should be average but is not is https://myanimelist.net/anime/49612/Ningen_Fushin_no_Boukensha-tachi_ga_Sekai_wo_Sukuu_you_desu where the story is nothing new, the characters nothing new, the outro is great but the real craft is in the way it wrings every drop out of its little story by referencing back and making sure every thread gets tied off.
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Boring show are average they are not terrible but you know just meh nothing crazy or memorable happens like your average fantasy going on same format something like that
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Average = I neither like nor dislike it
Mar 29, 7:51 AM
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I guess I can use Pokémon as my baseline. It's to anime what Garfield is to newspaper comics: a prominent face of the medium and decently enjoyable in short bursts, but mostly inoffensive, unambitious, static, and has a ton of filler. Like Garfield, there was a time when this was considered the worst insult to anime around, but I personally can think of so many worse things to watch.

Probably some of the stuff I rated 6-7 as well (e.g. Love Live Sunshine), stuff that I guess was decently charming, but isn't going to stick with me. Ironically, Yu-Gi-Oh, which I rated 5, is significantly more memorable because it's the card game nerd's answer to pro wrestling melodrama.
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For me, an "Average" Anime is something that tells a basic story (something that has already been told a thousand times) with the usual kinds of characters and doesn't really do anything new or special with it. It could be a properly told basic story, but it's still "average", unless it does greatly in some aspect, i.e. high production values, VA performances, good directing and writing that could make basic stories and characters feel more than, etc.


Mar 30, 12:37 AM
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Mostly a boring story. For me, it's usually the reason why a certain anime feels average.
For me personally

While its mostly a hindsight thing I am leaning towards boring = bad rather than average

Though I agree yeah

Its just that where does an anime go from "its boring its average" to "its boring its bad/below average/mediocre"

In the same thought does average=mediocre?
Mar 30, 12:39 AM
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"Average" means... whatever you want. It depends on how you want to shape your list: some people drop every anime they rate 5/10, I personally enjoy my 5/10 because anything above 4 is "not bad".
Its complicated

I mostly drop anime because I dont have time

Ironically boring anime tends to not get dropped precisely because they are boring enough that I can just watch them without brain

At the same time thats not necessarily a good thing I find just because I didnt drop an anime also doesnt mean its good or not bad

I think the way to look at this/rephrase is

Whats the worst anime that you would still genuinely in good faith recommend to people
Mar 30, 12:42 AM
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From the replies in general it seems(?) like the only thing we can agree on is that ...something

In the sense that its not just that I dont know nobody knows (or everyone is desensitized to the point that it lost its meaning)(?)
Mar 30, 12:46 AM
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Average = I neither like nor dislike it
I feel like at that point is it apathetic?

If it is Apathy is definitely something and an anime like that I would consider as having kinda failed

Its hard to say is it 1-1=0 or just 0 or something

What makes an anime valuable and at the same time not
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Something that does nothing new, is reasonably competently executed and doesn't have any standout features like a good soundtrack...

Most shows are average, because that's what words mean lol a good example of a show which should be average but is not is https://myanimelist.net/anime/49612/Ningen_Fushin_no_Boukensha-tachi_ga_Sekai_wo_Sukuu_you_desu where the story is nothing new, the characters nothing new, the outro is great but the real craft is in the way it wrings every drop out of its little story by referencing back and making sure every thread gets tied off.
From your description I feel like that should be like the minimum although by then it sounds liek above average?

Its average and then it has just that which makes it (slightly) above average

Meanwhile

I think its normal that a lot of anime either gamble and bomb

Or they play too safe

Or worse both

Part of it is also that I feel maybe my patience has gone to the point where as I feel anime really does both at the same time they try to both play it safe and gamble and the whole thing blows up either gradually or quickly
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I guess I can use Pokémon as my baseline. It's to anime what Garfield is to newspaper comics: a prominent face of the medium and decently enjoyable in short bursts, but mostly inoffensive, unambitious, static, and has a ton of filler. Like Garfield, there was a time when this was considered the worst insult to anime around, but I personally can think of so many worse things to watch.

Probably some of the stuff I rated 6-7 as well (e.g. Love Live Sunshine), stuff that I guess was decently charming, but isn't going to stick with me. Ironically, Yu-Gi-Oh, which I rated 5, is significantly more memorable because it's the card game nerd's answer to pro wrestling melodrama.
Pokemon is something I guess

Although it has so many episodes I think its really difficult since there are some episodes that are slightly better and some that are worse and its not really like a typical anime

Though I can kinda see

Inoffensive and unambitious I guess

Apathetic and lack of emotions seems to be the trend filler episodes that arent terrible(?) nor particularly valuable

Now if the entire anime was like that then uh hmmm
Mar 30, 12:53 AM
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Also I was really hoping you guys would give me some examples it seems im not the only one finding it difficult

We usually only remember the good and the not so good ones so trying to find anime in the middle iss tough
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Do you mean qualitywise or contentwise?

If qualitywise, think the following: Imagine that every anime starts a 5 by default.
If it never tries anything, it will never fail, but neither will it go beyond a 5. That's being "average by lacking", I consider Cutie Honey to be this kind of 5.
There's also the ones that start as a five, try something things, some of them succeed and some of them fail in a way that they cancel each-other out. Key the Metal Idol is such anime.

In the end, "quality" is based on how much you succeed and how much you fail.

Contentwise, however, "average anime" means "generic anime", and thus the terms "above" and "below" average don't make sense here.
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Do you mean qualitywise or contentwise?

If qualitywise, think the following: Imagine that every anime starts a 5 by default.
If it never tries anything, it will never fail, but neither will it go beyond a 5. That's being "average by lacking", I consider Cutie Honey to be this kind of 5.
There's also the ones that start as a five, try something things, some of them succeed and some of them fail in a way that they cancel each-other out. Key the Metal Idol is such anime.

In the end, "quality" is based on how much you succeed and how much you fail.

Contentwise, however, "average anime" means "generic anime", and thus the terms "above" and "below" average don't make sense here.
If an anime is truly completely 100% generic then yes I would consider it bad

In practice

I think part of the answer is that for the most part its a spectrum and there is no clear centerpoint that counts as average so "average" anime (if they exist) is either lost and/or apathetic to the point of being lumped in with the bad anime

For me I do agree I think the key points are

1: What is the pros of the anime
2: What is the cons

Fundamentally an anime needs to have at least one pro or it loses by default
At the same time an anime with both pros and cons is kinda unstable although in theory you would think they would cancel out its difficult to say if it does
While a truly bad anime is where the cons just outweight the pros (if the pros even exist at all) by a (large) margin


For example I probably should have led with this

*Whats the worst anime that you would still genuinely in good faith recommend to people
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  1. Average = in between 6-7
  2. Above Average = More than 7
  3. Below Average = Below 6


Anything above 4 and less than 7. I use score descriptions quite literally, like 10 for masterpiece, 9 for great, 8 very good, 7 good, 6 fine, average 5, etc. Except 5, I don't use it because my average score is around in between 6 and 7.

MAL's average is 5. Mine's around 6-7. I think you should find your own average, @CocoaGalaxy.

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From your description I feel like that should be like the minimum although by then it sounds liek above average?

Its average and then it has just that which makes it (slightly) above average

Meanwhile

I think its normal that a lot of anime either gamble and bomb

Or they play too safe

Or worse both

Part of it is also that I feel maybe my patience has gone to the point where as I feel anime really does both at the same time they try to both play it safe and gamble and the whole thing blows up either gradually or quickly
@CocoaGalaxy

I think average is the minimum when you're using a scale of 1 - 10 scale for bad to good? To me less than the minimum would be on the bad side because it's the most neutral description?

I don't think that "a lot" of anime are gambling though, I don't think that's generally how any commercial media works lol, that being said, right now I feel that trend chasing is particularly intense at the moment, whether that trend is slop isekai, reincarnation, fantasy world with inexplicable video game mechanics or (in combination with any of the preceding lol) the goodest boy gets kicked out of the party because everyone else is a big stinky-doo-doo head.


I suppose the point I'm making with Fushin is that its intricacy shows a commitment to it, a passion for it, which just shines through it in a way that so many just churned out shows are just that, rushed out the door kinda hitting the most of the current expected beats.
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  1. Average = in between 6-7
  2. Above Average = More than 7
  3. Below Average = Below 6


Anything above 4 and less than 7. I use score descriptions quite literally, like 10 for masterpiece, 9 for great, 8 very good, 7 good, 6 fine, average 5, etc. Except 5, I don't use it because my average score is around in between 6 and 7.

MAL's average is 5. Mine's around 6-7. I think you should find your own average, @CocoaGalaxy.
*Whats the worst anime that you would still genuinely in good faith recommend to people

Or perhaps from the other angle
Whats the best anime that you still dropped anyway

Even then there might still be a big gap in the middle

I dont really rate anime anymore recently

Im too biased to the point where
Bias is real

Even good anime have flaws and even mediocre anime have (miniscule/minor) value


Part of it is also just unclear if you have bad luck and watch like 5 bad anime in a row it really screws with perspective
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@CocoaGalaxy

I think average is the minimum when you're using a scale of 1 - 10 scale for bad to good? To me less than the minimum would be on the bad side because it's the most neutral description?

I don't think that "a lot" of anime are gambling though, I don't think that's generally how any commercial media works lol, that being said, right now I feel that trend chasing is particularly intense at the moment, whether that trend is slop isekai, reincarnation, fantasy world with inexplicable video game mechanics or (in combination with any of the preceding lol) the goodest boy gets kicked out of the party because everyone else is a big stinky-doo-doo head.


I suppose the point I'm making with Fushin is that its intricacy shows a commitment to it, a passion for it, which just shines through it in a way that so many just churned out shows are just that, rushed out the door kinda hitting the most of the current expected beats.
For me its quantified in words

So to say

Would I recommend the anime to someone? If the answer is no then the anime is bad

So then

*Whats the worst anime that you would still genuinely in good faith recommend to people
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I guess that depends on a lot of things. Like my first thought would be that an average show would have to be smth that I rated 5/10 but my average rating is actually 7.47 so I guess my "average" anime experience is probably closer to a 7? But a 7/10 show is actually "good" in my eyes so saying that it is average doesn't seem quite right, so I will define an average anime as a 6/10 (which MAL defines as fine). Like a fine show with nothing truly good to show for it but it is better than being unwatchable or completely underwhelming in every sense. The 5/10 has kind of a negative connotation for me because I see it as an anime that is neither good nor bad, not quite average, simply a completely tasteless experience overall.
Then for the "worst anime that you would still in good faith recommend to someone" that I actually finished would be either a kind of shitty romance like Nagatoro, or smth like Blue Period, Mob Psycho or Spy x Family, idk. The thing is that I personally don't like Mob or Spy x Family, but I know that the majority of people do, so I would genuinely recommend them (not with joy in my heart or anything like that). Then smth like Blue Period is pretty artistic so I guess that could appeal to someone, and if you like romances and are down to watch anything there are a couple of really shitty one-trick pony ones that could entertain anyone for 12 episodes.
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Do you mean qualitywise or contentwise?

If qualitywise, think the following: Imagine that every anime starts a 5 by default.
If it never tries anything, it will never fail, but neither will it go beyond a 5. That's being "average by lacking", I consider Cutie Honey to be this kind of 5.
There's also the ones that start as a five, try something things, some of them succeed and some of them fail in a way that they cancel each-other out. Key the Metal Idol is such anime.

In the end, "quality" is based on how much you succeed and how much you fail.

Contentwise, however, "average anime" means "generic anime", and thus the terms "above" and "below" average don't make sense here.
@thewiru I do notice you being trashing Key the Metal idol lately what happen you got a problem on this slow pace for I remember they don't have a problem the pacing expect the 14 episode which fair because they don't the budget and ova is crashing, most fan on circle they do like this anime.they deconstruct the idol before perfect blue this studio pierrot they made Creamy Mami if you familiar with Xenogears their guy is the art style (and episode 14 mirror the disc two of Xenogears

If you watch the review of Kaizerbeam it did explain why Key is a slow burn like and how the crash the ova effects it's release
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I guess that depends on a lot of things. Like my first thought would be that an average show would have to be smth that I rated 5/10 but my average rating is actually 7.47 so I guess my "average" anime experience is probably closer to a 7? But a 7/10 show is actually "good" in my eyes so saying that it is average doesn't seem quite right, so I will define an average anime as a 6/10 (which MAL defines as fine). Like a fine show with nothing truly good to show for it but it is better than being unwatchable or completely underwhelming in every sense. The 5/10 has kind of a negative connotation for me because I see it as an anime that is neither good nor bad, not quite average, simply a completely tasteless experience overall.
Then for the "worst anime that you would still in good faith recommend to someone" that I actually finished would be either a kind of shitty romance like Nagatoro, or smth like Blue Period, Mob Psycho or Spy x Family, idk. The thing is that I personally don't like Mob or Spy x Family, but I know that the majority of people do, so I would genuinely recommend them (not with joy in my heart or anything like that). Then smth like Blue Period is pretty artistic so I guess that could appeal to someone, and if you like romances and are down to watch anything there are a couple of really shitty one-trick pony ones that could entertain anyone for 12 episodes.
I think it says something that I (mostly) recommend anime I havent even watched yet
(Can't be disappointed in an anime if you havent watched it yet haha)

In any case
I think it also says something that I can rate an anime 8/10 and still feel conflicted about recommending it to other people

In the end anime is not just a number so trying to compress it into just a number doesnt quite work

From another angle average would be like the episodes are(??) not gret not bad

The thing is I find most anime either actually have good episodes or have this feeling of mediocrity its rare to find anime that is neither good or mediocre

For me personally I think my issue is bias and pickyness combined to cause the padadox
If an anime is merely average I wont actually finish it because I would rather watch something that is actually good
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@thewiru I do notice you being trashing Key the Metal idol lately what happen you got a problem on this slow pace for I remember they don't have a problem the pacing expect the 14 episode which fair because they don't the budget and ova is crashing, most fan on circle they do like this anime.they deconstruct the idol before perfect blue this studio pierrot they made Creamy Mami if you familiar with Xenogears their guy is the art style (and episode 14 mirror the disc two of Xenogears

If you watch the review of Kaizerbeam it did explain why Key is a slow burn like and how the crash the ova effects it's release
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I'm not really trashing it.
I use all the scores, so 5 isn't even bad, it's just... 5.
If I didn't recognize any qualities in it, the score would've been lower.

I disagree that it is slow burn, though: Pretty much the entire "scope" of the anime is used in the first four episodes, and then pretty much nothing happens until the last two, where we get ultra infodumped.
But I'll watch Kaiserbeams video on it.
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Looking at my list

I didnt finish the anime so its kinda unfair(?) to say
Although I did watch 6 eps of it soo

One possible option is giji harem it really is quite average (to me)
I watched 6 eps of it and if I really wanted to I could watch the rest
Its just that Im not really motivated to
The anime isnt even bad its just
Its not really what I normally watch

Could lean either way some people might really like its gimik while for me it goes both ways
Its not even a bad anime I just simply dont have the motivation/interest to keep watching

In a sense it quite literally has ups and downs
Due to the format of the anime each "episode" is most like a bunch of shorts skits combined together and some are more hit and some are a bit miss
So in the end they kinda average out
Kinda

For me I find for most comedy anime they are either 10/10 (or close to it) or the comedy completely misses/flops and bombs
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I think animes with A decent storyline which is enjoyable but the author didnt execute it perfectly, characters that are okey likeable but not enough development and screentime, and overall plot development isnt stable, either too slow or too rushed, animes like that are what i would call average. As for animation, it depends on what time it was aired, you cant complain about a 2000s anime for its animation. Personally, i rate average anime somewhere between 6-8 (of course if i like that too much i often rate it 9 or 10 even though it is mid.

These are some of the animes that i think is average - not too below average- nor better than average :

-Erased
-Charlotte
-Higehiro
-Inuyashiki (oh god the amount of potential this story held is unimaginable but sigh)
-Bottom Tier character Tomozaki-Kun
-A silent voice (Anime)
-Onegai Teacher
-Bunny Girl Senpai
-Terror in Resonance
-More than a married couple but not lovers
-Moriarty The patriot
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An anime that is decent but nothing special- I can find what I see on this anime on others so I probably aren't missing anything if I skip it. But it's definitely not bad, and the experience watching it isn't unpleasant.
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It's an anime which I don't consider interesting or extraordinary (either in visual or story), but also not something I consider bad either.



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For me most average anime is anime that is not attempting anything unique or going above anywhere. No major risks, but no major failure.

ABOVE AVG Gintama, Maoujou de oyasumi, Golden Kamuy, Ojamajo doremi, Penguin Drum,
AVG Genshiken, Frieren, Peace Maker Kurogane, Kamisama no inai nichiyoubi.
UNDER AVG Musaigen no phantom world, blue dragon, Fate Apocrypha, Akiba Meido Sensou.
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From my subjective standpoint, anime I've rated as "average" on MAL are ones that I personally didn't enjoy much overall, but at the same time aren't necessarily outright bad.

Some anime I've rated as "average" are shows that I know some folks would enjoy immensely. Some are titles that might have earned getting a higher rating had it succeeded in turning off my brain.

The most recent anime I've seen that I consider as "average" would be Koi to Uso.
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From a "feel" standpoint, which is what this ultimately is, average doesn't really exist
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Newgen fastfood manufactured battle shonen.

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To me, average is everything that reminds me anime or manga is not always some thought-provoking medium of storytelling whose themes and messages will stay with you, but rather a massively produced medium of entertainment. Average doesn't precissely means boring or not entertaining imo, otherwise my list wouldn't be full of 5/10 works, it just means that what this fictional work represents for me is akin to ocassionally going to a place like McDonald's or eating Cup Noodles. It's important to understand that life would be rather boring if one lived just on homemade meals or high cuisine, you have to balance it out with things that aren't precisely top notch, but nonetheless nice to have once in a while.
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Average is the middle the 5 and 6 score depending on whether you think it's further on the positive or negative spectrum.
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Average Anime to me is "They're fine to watch and have no serious flaws, they're just kind of meh and don't stick out"
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Something kind of ambitious that fell quite short on what it tried to achieve, or something with total lack of ambition, made just to kill some time, harmless and not with major flaws, but nothing to take from it or remember it for. thewiru explained it better than me and with good examples for each case.

Anything below it didn't meet those criteria, anything above surpassed it, in a broad, general sense, of course. Each anime gets a rating for its merits or lack thereof first, and in comparison to others second.
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Here a few entries I'd consider average. They're all 1-cour TV series I've rated 5 and their average rating is currently under 7 (6.99 for the Josei yaay).

https://myanimelist.net/anime/8630/Hidan_no_Aria
https://myanimelist.net/anime/9750/Itsuka_Tenma_no_Kuro_Usagi
https://myanimelist.net/anime/21033/Seikoku_no_Dragonar
https://myanimelist.net/anime/21563/Kamigami_no_Asobi
https://myanimelist.net/anime/28819/Okusama_ga_Seitokaichou

I was watching far more series in 2014-2017, so I guess that's why I watched 2011 and 2014 unpopular series during that time.

They have school settings, they are Comedy Romance Ecchi (except the Josei which is Romance Fantasy ReverseHarem). I love the RomCom genre so it also explains why I watched them. Right off the bat, the tags tell us these aren't going to be shows of the decade, and the characters and acting are going to be bland at times.

Itsuka Tenma no Kuro Usagi is a title I'll always remember as the colors are visually striking but it's still average everything. Average music, average visuals, average acting, average story ... there is nothing particularly badly executed, but nothing stands out when there are better anime out there. Each one of this anime is average, because none of its component is bad enough to make me drop it. Years later, I don't even recall anything from those anime except for Himea Saito's unique visual appeal, Aria's tsundere personality and maybe -just maybe- Kamigami no Asobi as one of the very few Reverse Harem I ever watched (most likely the worst of all).

I would never have remembered Himea as much, if Yuu Kamiya wasn't behind the visuals of this anime btw, the same who is the author of No Game No Life and Clockwork Planet.
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Most anime is average, it's neither serious like arthouse films nor good popcorn trash like Hollywood blockbusters. By pandering to everyone, they specialize at nothing in particular.
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If you can't ejaculate to the anime girls of an anime show, then it's considered average.
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90% of all anime are average at best. I would say if you can't remember anything about the show that you have watch around one week ago then it's just average anime. There is really nothing stood out about it and they are just forgettable at best.
                                                                   




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