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Mar 7, 2021 1:43 PM
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When you sort anime on MAL by aggregate score I regret to inform y'all that "Pui Pui Molcar" an absurd show about CGI hamsters shaped like vehicles now finds itself cemented in the top 200 with a score that's rising daily. At first I thought it was a meme, or being boosted by what I call "Irony 10s" untiil I started reading the actual reviews and forum posts and came to the aneurysm inducing conclusion that these people are actually serious.

Yes, folks. A 2 minute show about CGI hamsters shaped as cars that randomnly cuts to cringy Koreans (real living Koreans) in the backseat of these things dancing is now ranked AHEAD of actual masterpieces such as Gankutsuo, Shinsekai Yori, Katanagatari, and honestly God knows what else.

MAL has reached peak levels of autism and officially lost the plot.

Congrats, I didn't think y'all could go any lower.



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Mar 7, 2021 1:51 PM
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They're not CGI, they are stop motion animation. They are also cute and fun.
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Is that the new pingu in the city or something?
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Is that the new pingu in the city or something?


I thought so at first, but at least Pingu had identifiable characters, and Pingu himself was kinda like a "mascot" with his famous catch phrase NOOT-NOOT. Also there was a more discernible "plot" And Pingu's absurdly high score, i do think was intentionally boosted by Reddit and as a meme / Irony 10's

Whereas RE: Pui Pui Molcar i actually get the feeling these troglodytes are serious. It's really sad tbh



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Johan said:
When you sort anime on MAL by aggregate score I regret to inform y'all that "Pui Pui Molcar" an absurd show about CGI hamsters shaped like vehicles now finds itself cemented in the top 200 with a score that's rising daily. At first I thought it was a meme, or being boosted by what I call "Irony 10s" untiil I started reading the actual reviews and forum posts and came to the aneurysm inducing conclusion that these people are actually serious.

Yes, folks. A 2 minute show about CGI hamsters shaped as cars that randomnly cuts to cringy Koreans (real living Koreans) in the backseat of these things dancing is now ranked AHEAD of actual masterpieces such as Gankutsuo, Shinsekai Yori, Katanagatari, and honestly God knows what else.

MAL has reached peak levels of autism and officially lost the plot.

Congrats, I didn't think y'all could go any lower.



Coming from the guy that has SAO as one of their favorites... anyways, it unironically has soul...
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well holo no graffiti is 8+ rated so honestly i'm not surprised.
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Mar 7, 2021 1:56 PM
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sounds pretty good, thanks for the recomendation
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Johan said:
When you sort anime on MAL by aggregate score I regret to inform y'all that "Pui Pui Molcar" an absurd show about CGI hamsters shaped like vehicles now finds itself cemented in the top 200 with a score that's rising daily. At first I thought it was a meme, or being boosted by what I call "Irony 10s" untiil I started reading the actual reviews and forum posts and came to the aneurysm inducing conclusion that these people are actually serious.

Yes, folks. A 2 minute show about CGI hamsters shaped as cars that randomnly cuts to cringy Koreans (real living Koreans) in the backseat of these things dancing is now ranked AHEAD of actual masterpieces such as Gankutsuo, Shinsekai Yori, Katanagatari, and honestly God knows what else.

MAL has reached peak levels of autism and officially lost the plot.

Congrats, I didn't think y'all could go any lower.



Coming from the guy that has SAO as one of their favorites... anyways, it unironically has soul...


What's wrong with SAO? I'm sure the guy that joined MAL 9 months ago can recite some good Digibro talking points I havn't heard yet.

SAO has more quality in one episode of Aincrad or Mother's Rosario than the entirity of this senseless shit.

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well holo no graffiti is 8+ rated so honestly i'm not surprised.


Haven't seen that yet, tbh. I'd have a hard time envisioning it being worse than Pui Pui Molcar. Aren't Vtubers cute? Idk i don't have much experience in that field.



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Mar 7, 2021 2:00 PM
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Ever since I saw that ranking for the 1st time in 2016 I’ve thought it doesn’t make any sense so stuff like this is nothing new to me.
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Johan said:
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Coming from the guy that has SAO as one of their favorites... anyways, it unironically has soul...


What's wrong with SAO? I'm sure the guy that joined MAL 9 months ago can recite some good Digibro talking points I havn't heard yet.

SAO has more quality in one episode of Aincrad or Mother's Rosario than the entirity of this senseless shit.

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well holo no graffiti is 8+ rated so honestly i'm not surprised.


Haven't seen that yet, tbh. I'd have a hard time envisioning it being worse than Pui Pui Molcar. Aren't Vtubers cute? Idk i don't have much experience in that field.

they are to a lot of people, but their character animation is jarring, and each ep is 1 min so after watching 60 of them i just gave up. it's funny at times, but 8.5+? no way.
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Mar 7, 2021 2:01 PM

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At least this show is not a generic shounen.
And I'm sure it's better than half of top 100 on MAL. I'm not even joking.

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Ever since I saw that ranking for the 1st time in 2016 I’ve thought it doesn’t make any sense so stuff like this is nothing new to me.


LOL nah considering I've been on MAL for... what 11 years now? This is one of the most absurd rankings I've ever seen. MAL's rankings were generally good .. for the most part. Most shit rated super high (in the top 100) were either masterpieces or Gintama.

Most of the shit rated super low - below 7, usually ranged from very poor to mediocre at best.

Were there discrepancies - or times where i didn't understand MAL rankings? Well , yeah of course- but those used to be anomalies or exceptions.

Recently they've been occurring with far greater frequency and no example illustrates that more eminently than Pui Pui Molcar.



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Why is your name Johan when your favourites are brainlet shows like clannad and SAO? Truly disgraceful.
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At this point, MAL top ranks list isn't even accurate anymore.
And honestly it's painful seeing this above Wonder Egg Priority in top airing anime. I said it.
Mar 7, 2021 2:09 PM

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At this point, MAL top ranks list isn't even accurate anymore.
And honestly it's painful seeing this above Wonder Egg Priority in top airing anime. I said it.


There's a lot of shit painful about Pui Pui Molcar's ranking lol



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I have no interest at all for the show but i will not begrudge anyone who chooses to watch this show.

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that is a bit weird lol , to me MAL scores are usually accurate and useful , so is changing to a site like Anilist a better idea or is almost the same thing?
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I have no interest at all for the show but i will not begrudge anyone who chooses to watch this show.
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I have no interest at all for the show but i will not begrudge anyone who chooses to watch this show.


I don't begrudge anyone for watching anything; however i will begrudge people who say that it's a 10/10 and AOTS ahead of Re:Zero, AoT, Non non Biyori or w/e else. Not sorry.

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There are 18 replies on this thread and 2 of them complain why OP has SAO in the favorites. Yikes.

Anyway, I won't add anything other than I'm watching Arnold Schwarzenegger's Commando.

Fucking great film.


First of all, Arnold Schwarzenegger is a D tier actor at best.

Second of all, yeah hating on SAO is nothing new. Digibro kinda made the cool and hip thing to do about 7 years ago. Glad you could catch on.



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that is a bit weird lol , to me MAL scores are usually accurate and useful , so is changing to a site like Anilist a better idea or is almost the same thing?


I made a post earlier about how generally good MAL's aggregate scores were. But inexplicable anomalies like this continue to occur more and more frequently.

The only other site I have experience with is Anime-Planet right now, and their ranking system surely has plenty of issues.

Almost everything on there is above an 8 lol.So it becomes super hard to actually differentiate series based on scores.

I think SAO has an aggregate score of 4.13/5 (8.26/10) and that doesn't even put it in the top 1000.



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I gave up when I saw the top 10. I won't even try to imagine what's in the top 200
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I gave up when I saw the top 10. I won't even try to imagine what's in the top 200


Well... the top 10 surely isn't my top 10, but its not terrible?

Well you can now imagine that this rubbish is in the top 200 lol. Ahead of a plethora of shows it has absolutely no business being mentioned alongside.




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To be fair I find it quite strange how MAL hasn't done anything about it, maybe if it gets high enough, the same thing as Tian Guan Ci Fu will happen where people just downvoted it lol.

Honestly, I was confused as hell when I saw those scores, even the reviews take no acknowledgement of the general audience who will certainly come across it. I plan to review it myself when it finishes because that is kinda strange.

In saying this, I love the show, but it isn't 10/10 on a universal scale.
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Eeeh, remember when the trolls voted freaking Pingu in the City #1 on MAL?!?

Yeah, i believe this is the same thing, no way in hell these people are serious, they are just trolls or bots made specifically to up voted it untill it reaches #1 or something, the mods will take care of it in due time, so no worries.

Not that i really care about the top on MAL anyway.


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To be fair I find it quite strange how MAL hasn't done anything about it, maybe if it gets high enough, the same thing as Tian Guan Ci Fu will happen where people just downvoted it lol.

Honestly, I was confused as hell when I saw those scores, even the reviews take no acknowledgement of the general audience who will certainly come across it. I plan to review it myself when it finishes because that is kinda strange.

In saying this, I love the show, but it isn't 10/10 on a universal scale.


I would review it myself tbh, but honestly I don't even know if I could give an objective review anymore. The show just simply isn't good, and its general reception and aggregate score kinda make me even more partial towards hating it. Hopefully some other people can step up and give some fair reviews.

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Eeeh, remember when the trolls voted freaking Pingu in the City #1 on MAL?!?

Yeah, i believe this is the same thing, no way in hell these people are serious, they are just trolls or bots made specifically to up voted it untill it reaches #1 or something, the mods will take care of it in due time, so no worries.

Not that i really care about the top on MAL anyway.


I thought the same thing as you at first - but if you read the actual reviews and discussion threads for it, these people are genuinely serious. Hopefully you're right though.



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Let throw that headline right back at you. Some of us love the these, I believe they are guinea pigs. And if you can't even recognize the art of stop motion, maybe you missed something.

Hot take, not so hot take. The Rosario Arc is only weak tragedy porn for teens. Pretty laughably how desperate that show was. Just had to add this. Hah. I'd much rather watch these 2 min shorts of stupidity
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Bruh who cares... let people like what they like and just like what you like
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The amount of people who actually look and care whether something is in the Top ___ or how high something is scored /ranked is a lot more than I thought.
I was not aware that it was such a big thing tbh. But sucks I guess? I've never seen that show so I can't really judge how bad or good it is. Is it that awful?
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My guy, you are acting like it is in the top 10 or even top 100 or the show gave you AIDS... it is fine if you don't like, but there is no point in getting angry over literal scores... but whatever
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Johan said:
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Bruh who cares... let people like what they like and just like what you like


LOL I don't care what people "like" I care what people say is "better" than something else. Kind of boring these kind of replies. I like a Mcdouble from Mcdonalds. That being said is it a 5 star Angus burger from Parkside? Hell No. And you're goddamn right I'd judge someone if they said it was better, and probably not want to take that person's "opinion" regarding food too seriously.
Well then you don't need to take their opinions seriously. If someone has a vastly different taste from you then they're probably not the right person to ask for an opinion on a related matter. I think most people get this and that's why they don't care about an entry's score on MAL. Based on what I've read about the anime you're talking about it seems like no one is scoring it high for its "critically introspective writing" but they still find enjoyment in another aspect
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> sees thread
> complaining about something as trivial as rank

welp. I guess the community really has lost the ability to make threads that actually encourage discussion.
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I assume it’s because of how few people have actually seen it, only 1,521 users. The score will probably go way down if a considerable number of people watch it and add it to their list.
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When will you manchildren learn that scores don't matter.
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Who the hell cares about rankings.
Most of us watch shit regardless of their ranks in top 100.
It's a very trivial thing to worry and/or complain about, man.
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I assume it’s because of how few people have actually seen it, only 1,521 users. The score will probably go way down if a considerable number of people watch it and add it to their list.



Another thing to possibly be hopeful for, however as more and more people rate it ; its score only appears to be increasing.



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Johan said:
Theo1899 said:
Is that the new pingu in the city or something?


I thought so at first, but at least Pingu had identifiable characters, and Pingu himself was kinda like a "mascot" with his famous catch phrase NOOT-NOOT. Also there was a more discernible "plot" And Pingu's absurdly high score, i do think was intentionally boosted by Reddit and as a meme / Irony 10's

Whereas RE: Pui Pui Molcar i actually get the feeling these troglodytes are serious. It's really sad tbh


you have rem in your favs, I don't think you are serious either
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It's either the show is actually good, or this is just Pingu in the City all over again.

Well, nothing new i guess.


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I wonder what the top 50 would be if we had a "specialized criticism".
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Interesting thought- define what you mean further


You know, people with big knowledge on cinematography who can really judge an anime like they judge a movie, but by MAL standards (sound for example, how a normal person like me judges this, I think it's the hardest criteria) along with art, animation, characters, story and others.
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Interesting thought- define what you mean further


You know, people with big knowledge on cinematography who can really judge an anime like they judge a movie, but by MAL standards (sound for example, how a normal person like me judges this, I think it's the hardest criteria) along with art, animation, characters, story and others.


Yeah I kinda get what you're saying. So something like Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritic where you have a user score and critic score.

MAL does have reviews.. which... i guess is the closest thing to a "critical score" ? But the problem with that is that anyone can make a review, and they're not well regulated. It would involve hand selecting a group of actual trusted voices to be official reviews, and there's really not many that I think would be a good fit. Stark700 is the only one that comes to mind.



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Mar 7, 2021 3:22 PM

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Pui Pui Molcar is a pretty fun show, I don't get why you're mad about its rating.
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It seems to me that the people who aren't encouraging thoughtful discussion are those who are replying to OP themselves. Not all of them, of course.

Anyways, I'm guessing it's just the 'memers' again upvoting obscure anime to look funny and ask for attention. Perhaps the same situation as Ex-Arm, except they are all joining in on the fun to downvote it, or upvote it - depends on whom. Well, opinion differs in the end, so just leave 'em be.
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pui pui molcar is a masterpiece, you're just a hater, people rated it high because they love it, simple as that.
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I never thought MAL has a good "plot" on the topic of ratings when I see Space Dandy has an 8.28.
But you're taking ranks too seriously.
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Just found this forum and...
I don't know where the discussion are going to...

But for me, Pui Pui Molcar is still enjoyable although it just 2 minutes "stop motion" animation (just my opinion).

(And sorry if my English is bad...)
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Also, Pui Pui Molcar has been chosen the anime of the season in Japan according to crunchyroll.

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/02/16/the-fans-have-spoken-pui-pui-molcar-is-the-best-anime-of-winter-2021
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Pui Pui Molcar is a pretty fun show, I don't get why you're mad about its rating.


Define fun? Does it deserve a higher aggregate rating then the ones I mentioned- and a plethora of ones I didnt? Gantz was a fun show. Wouldn't expect to see it higher than those shows either. High School of the Dead was fun too. Not being hostile i'm asking.



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pui pui molcar is a masterpiece, you're just a hater, people rated it high because they love it, simple as that.


LOL you're still one of the weirdest people I've ever met in AD. And yes I am a hater :)

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I never thought MAL has a good "plot" on the topic of ratings when I see Space Dandy has an 8.28.
But you're taking ranks too seriously.


Fair but... That was one of the exceptions tbh. The ratings have gotten worse and worse over the years culminating with this moment.



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Also, Pui Pui Molcar has been chosen the anime of the season in Japan according to crunchyroll.

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/02/16/the-fans-have-spoken-pui-pui-molcar-is-the-best-anime-of-winter-2021



I don't understand the point you're making though. My point is that show is superbly overrated, and you present more evidence corroborating my case.



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Pui Pui Molcar is a pretty fun show, I don't get why you're mad about its rating.

Define fun? Does it deserve a higher aggregate rating then the ones I mentioned- and a plethora of ones I didnt? Gantz was a fun show. Wouldn't expect to see it higher than those shows either. High School of the Dead was fun too. Not being hostile i'm asking.
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Also, Pui Pui Molcar has been chosen the anime of the season in Japan according to crunchyroll.

https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/02/16/the-fans-have-spoken-pui-pui-molcar-is-the-best-anime-of-winter-2021

I don't understand the point you're making though. My point is that show is superbly overrated, and you present more evidence corroborating my case.
Topic is "MAL has officially lost the plot" and I'm saying that it's not some random ratings on MAL, it's a generally liked show. My definition of fun is how much I enjoy watching those shows. To be honest, I enjoy Pui Pui Molcar more than I did Katanagatari. Even though I liked Katanagatari, 40 minutes long episodes were hell.
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lmaooooooo imagine thinking that Gankutsuo, Shinsekai Yori or even Katanagatari can try to compare to PUI PUI MOLCAR, PPM is just on a higher level that those garbage shows. Its not CG, it is stop motion which is quite impressive how fluid it goes for a kids show. PPM is just a masterpiece. This being said, imagine taking seriously MAL ratings.
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It will balance itself out eventually, if more people watch/rate it
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