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Best Rated (bayesian estimate)
Worst Rated (bayesian estimate)
Best Rated (weighted average)
Most Popular
Most Viewed
Most Underrated
Most Overrated
Most Diverging Opinions

Top 10 Best Rated (bayesian estimate) (Top 50)
#titleratingnb. votes
1Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (TV)9.25335
2Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (TV)9.076122
3Steins;Gate (TV)9.034881
4Clannad After Story (TV)9.025390
5Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (OAV)8.966710
6your name. (movie)8.941355
7Spirited Away (movie)8.9210725
8Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (TV)8.928003
9Cowboy Bebop (TV)8.8912465
10(The) Apothecary Diaries (TV)8.88252
This rating only includes titles that have at least 14 votes. The bayesian estimate is a statistical technique used to reduce the noise due to low sample counts. In effect, the less a title has votes, the more it is pulled towards the mean (7.4792). In other words, these are the titles that many people agree are great. (formula)
Top 10 Worst Rated (bayesian estimate) (Top 50)
#titleratingnb. votes
7260Hametsu No Mars (OAV)1.94220
7259Skelter+Heaven (OAV)2.4581
7258SD Gundam Force (TV)2.93507
7257Psychic Wars (OAV)3.02134
7256EX-ARM (TV)3.2340
7255Utsu-musume Sayuri (movie)3.4230
7254Duel Masters (TV)3.48629
7253Tekken: The Motion Picture (OAV)3.49728
7252M.D. Geist II - Death Force (OAV)3.50301
7251Ki*Me*Ra (OAV)3.60199
This rating only includes titles that have at least 14 votes. The bayesian estimate is a statistical technique used to reduce the noise due to low sample counts. In effect, the less a title has votes, the more it is pulled towards the mean (7.4792). In other words, these are the titles that many people agree are awful. (formula)
Top 10 Best Rated (weighted average) (Top 50)
#titleratingnb. votes
42Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (TV)9.32335
44Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (TV)9.076122
45Steins;Gate (TV)9.044881
47Clannad After Story (TV)9.025390
75Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (OAV)8.966710
76your name. (movie)8.961355
77(The) Apothecary Diaries (TV)8.96252
78(The) First Slam Dunk (movie)8.9211
79Spirited Away (movie)8.9210725
80Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (TV)8.928003
The rating is an average of the scores given by voters, weighted to give less importance to users with unnatural voting patterns. Titles with less than 4 votes are removed from the list but are still counted in the ranking. This explains why there may be gaps in the "#" column.
Top 10 Most Popular (Top 50)
#titleratingnb. votes
1Fullmetal Alchemist (TV)8.7213532
2Death Note (TV)8.8613126
3Cowboy Bebop (TV)8.9312465
4Spirited Away (movie)8.9610725
5Princess Mononoke (movie)8.939987
6(The) Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV)8.5610232
7Elfen Lied (TV)8.2910539
8Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV)8.3210393
9Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (TV)8.859318
10Bleach (TV)7.949250
The most popular titles are determined with a simple summation of all votes. Titles with many votes will tend to be at the top, but this is modified a little by the ratings. In other words, the popularity is the straight average score of a title (the value in the rating column) multiplied by the number of votes.
Top 10 Most Viewed (Top 50)
#titleratingseen by
1Fullmetal Alchemist (TV)8.6423838
2Death Note (TV)8.7722626
3Cowboy Bebop (TV)8.8921402
4Bleach (TV)7.7721163
5Naruto (TV)7.4218781
6Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV)8.2118202
7Elfen Lied (TV)8.1517174
8(The) Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV)8.4815810
9Spirited Away (movie)8.9215693
10Princess Mononoke (movie)8.8615651
The "seen by" column indicates the number of people who have added the title in MyAnime, either in "seen some", "seen all", or "will not finish" categories. The rating displayed here is the same weighted average as the Top 10 Best Rated by weighted average, but is only displayed for reference and doesn't have anything to do with the order of the titles.
Top 10 Most Underrated (Top 50)
#titleratingseen by
+7266Pokémon Concierge (ONA)7.8720
+7143Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Chapter 7: Soshite Kan wa Iku (movie)7.9624
+7004Macross Delta the Movie: Absolute Live!!!!!!7.7320
+6956Aria the Benedizione (movie)8.0229
+6910Nekketsu Saikyo Gozaurer (TV)7.8726
+6690Revue Starlight The Movie7.9533
+6623Detective Conan - Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small (special)7.6022
+6517Genki Bakuhatsu Ganbaruger (TV)7.8433
+6509Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation (movie)7.7831
+6491Vampire Vixen (OAV)7.6024
This is a list of the titles that deserve to be seen more. Based on the premise that titles deserve to be seen in equal proportion to how well rated they are, the value in the "#" column is the number of positions by which this title would climb in the Most Viewed list if it was seen as much as it was liked (according to bayesian rating).
Top 10 Most Overrated (Top 50)
#titleratingseen by
-6972Dragon Ball GT (TV)5.388650
-6943Hamtaro (TV)4.643822
-6878Yu-Gi-Oh! (TV 1/1998)5.334783
-6865Pokémon (TV)5.517199
-6769Beyblade (TV)4.302491
-6757Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (TV)4.742619
-6698Final Fantasy: Unlimited (TV)5.032502
-6616X (movie)5.563570
-6595Pilot Candidate (TV)5.372550
-6590Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly (movie 11)5.412624
This is a list of the titles that didn't deserve to be seen as much as they have been. Based on the premise that titles deserve to be seen in equal proportion to how well rated they are, the value in the "#" column is the number of positions by which this title would drop in the Most Viewed list if it was seen as much as it was liked (according to bayesian rating).
Top 10 Most Diverging Opinions (Top 50)
#titleratingnb. votes
1Musashi (TV)4.27±4.398141
2Space Battleship Yamato 2199 Chapter 7: Soshite Kan wa Iku (movie)7.96±4.07414
3Chargeman Ken! (TV)5.49±3.53427
4Bondage Game (OAV)5.45±3.43684
5Apocalypse Zero (OAV)4.33±3.371195
6Manga Sekai Mukashi Banashi (TV)7.46±3.37118
7Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas (OAV 2)7.39±3.274157
8Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (TV)4.74±3.234894
9Vixens (OAV)5.70±3.21934
10Garzey's Wing (OAV)4.00±3.204145
Only includes titles with at least 14 votes. The rating column contains the baysesian rating ± the standard deviation, with the order of the titles being determined by the standard deviation.
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