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I watch anime based on how the MAL community has rated it.
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Apr 22, 2015 5:58 AM
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Sadly yes
anything above Rank 1000 I don't watch
Apr 22, 2015 12:11 PM
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The fact that the top ten is shit (except FMAB and hxh i haven't seen it yet) kinda made me not so reliant on ranks. Samurai Flamenco is better than CAS
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Apr 22, 2015 1:29 PM

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yes, the site that has hentai and battle shounen crap as some of the highest rated anime on it.
indeed, why am i NOT following the ratings blindly, i ask myself.
Apr 23, 2015 8:14 AM
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Most of the time, yes. I also read the reviews people write and if the art style of the anime is to my liking.
Apr 30, 2015 3:29 AM

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I don't look at the score so no, only read reviews after as well.
Apr 30, 2015 3:36 AM

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The ratings seem to be exaggerated by fanboys/girls or haters often. I read the synopsis and make my own mind up. Sometimes the if you liked you might like...are helpful. I don't look at the ratings til after I've rated. I don't read the reviews til I've watched it.
Apr 30, 2015 4:27 AM

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I don't have unlimited time, thats why I only watch an anime if it has 7,50 rating or higher, otherwise I might risk wasting my time since it might be bad.
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Apr 30, 2015 4:49 AM

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Yes but it has been wrong on far too many times. There are many animes that are highly rated due to non-response from people with indifferent opinions. There's also "mob mentality" which creates assumptions about some animes, which may cause them to be automatically perceived as good or bad.

Often times individual reviews are a much better indication, I use this site:
http://www.nihonreview.com/anime/
Apr 30, 2015 3:02 PM

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Shows with high MAL ratings do tend to get watched by me if only to see what all the fuss is about. But MAL has terrible taste so if I want to watch something that looks interesting and has a rating below say 7.5 (which for MAL is already damn low), I'll go ahead and watch it and probably enjoy it more than the stuff MAL likes.
May 1, 2015 8:23 PM

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Nope I just list what I think is good to watch
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May 3, 2015 11:06 AM
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If something has a really bad rating I'll pass. I usually watch things that have been adapted from manga so I like to check out the manga ratings on mangaupdates because in my opinion that website has more credibility than MAL.
May 3, 2015 11:27 AM

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No most of the time i look for other things, too get at least clue what anime i picked is about.
May 3, 2015 11:42 AM

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Yukihada said:
I don't have unlimited time, thats why I only watch an anime if it has 7,50 rating or higher, otherwise I might risk wasting my time since it might be bad.


This for me also, I now work full-time so I don't have the time to marathon all day anymore...
May 3, 2015 11:42 AM
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mae-chi said:
Not really.
I watch whatever seems to catch my interest.

Same here. I don't care about ratings.
May 3, 2015 11:51 AM

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To quote Abridged Seto Kaiba: "Sorry, I don't watch crap."
Oct 5, 2022 9:53 PM

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Ya'll overrate literal shit all the time so no.
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Oct 5, 2022 10:15 PM

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Nope, I Don't Let The Ratings Influence What I Watch.
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