{"id":3052,"date":"2009-06-25T00:53:20","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T07:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikoto.wordpress.com\/?p=3052"},"modified":"2009-06-25T00:53:20","modified_gmt":"2009-06-25T07:53:20","slug":"on-how-i-rate-anime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/on-how-i-rate-anime\/","title":{"rendered":"On how I rate anime"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Obligatory random picture of Mikoto and\/or imouto.<\/p>\n

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Now if you haven’t seen the review format on MAL, here it is:<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Yes, this is a post on how I rate<\/strong>, not on how I review<\/strong> anime (I’m saving that for a later post), but it’s basically the same here. \u00a0Those people over at MAL (Xyxil or something?) assume that as you rate\/review an anime, you rate it on Story, Art, Sound, Character, and Enjoyment before giving it a final Overall grade.<\/p>\n

Now this is all fine and dandy, but this is totally the opposite of how I rate anime. \u00a0This is some weird, systematic… system that forces you to take in every aspect of the anime before giving it a score.<\/p>\n

I can’t possibly be that objective.<\/p>\n

Because I believe that visuals are much more helpful than anything else, here’s a picture of what really contributes to my score for an anime (though of course, this is subject to change for every single anime):<\/p>\n

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Take Eureka Seven<\/em> for example. \u00a0I like the music, the art is pretty badly done in some parts, and although there is no tsundere character, Eureka is the next best thing. \u00a0My gut feeling tells me that Eureka Seven is a 10\/10. \u00a0Therefore nothing really matters except for my gut feeling and if there is a cute and\/or weird female character in the series.<\/p>\n

There are, of course, wild cards. \u00a0These include things like “how much slice-of-life is there?” and “is this a slice-of-life comedy?” and “is this slice-of-life?”<\/p>\n

In any case, I do not understand how people can think that so many anime can be considered “perfect” 10s. \u00a0Many MAL users do something like this:<\/p>\n

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When it’s obviously just to spike scores up. \u00a0I don’t understand why people don’t think that things like Isshoni Training are worth more than a 2 out of 10. \u00a0Is it that they’re too scared to give anything lower than a 9? \u00a0Bah.<\/p>\n

Though I complain about people claiming that every single anime can be rated a perfect 10, I’m not much better myself. \u00a0Due to the nature of my rating system, “gut feeling” takes anime like Kannagi and puts them onto pedestals to be worshiped.<\/p>\n

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I try hard to make my group of “perfect” anime really small, though. \u00a0Out of the 130 some series I have finished or dropped, I have only given out seven 10s:<\/p>\n

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  1. Mushishi<\/li>\n
  2. Kannagi<\/li>\n
  3. true tears<\/li>\n
  4. ef – a tale of melodies<\/li>\n
  5. Hayate no Gotoku!<\/li>\n
  6. CLANNAD ~After Story~<\/li>\n
  7. La Maison en Petits Cubes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Of these seven anime, five of them were given automatic 10s out of my gut feeling. \u00a0Mushishi was given a ten because it’s just too damn good to be a mere “9,” and La Maison en Petits Cubes was given a ten based on its runtime handicap. \u00a0But whenever I feel like giving a 10, I resort to a second rating system, which considers things beyond my gut feeling:<\/p>\n