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Anime Relations: Otaku no Video

Everyone seems eager to clarify their own rating system for their lists and it does seem useful to see exactly what some means by their scores so I'll do it too.

The first thing to point out that I rank shows based on how good they are, which for some reason is not a universally accepted format. Do not even mention the word bias, it is not relevant here.

The only way to measure a value is too compare it to other things. To measure distance we compare it to set distances we've agreed on like an "inch" or a "mile". Since we have a 1-dimensional scale to use here we can simply just compare each anime to each other, therefore creating a ranking, listing every anime from worst to least. This is the first step in the process. Then is the problem of where to draw the lines for each number. The two schools of thought in this field are the uniformers and the gaussians. The uniformers are wrong.

My rating distribution is based on Gaussian percentiles, so it is relative to itself rather than arbitrary values that can never translate between individuals. Imagine a Gaussian (or normal) distribution with a variance of Euler's constant (which I denote as exp(1) ) and mean of 5. This would create a continuous distribution from which a discrete one can be built to serve as a perfect model for the distribution of my scoring.

So using the formula:

perfectFreq(score) = 100*(1/(exp(1)*sqrt(2*pi)))*exp(1)^(-0.5*((score-5)/exp(1))^2)

we can easily discern the target frequency of each score by plugging in the range [1..10]. This produces the result perfect percentage distribution of:

1. 5.34% - (Genshiken Nidaime, Pupa, Sekkou Boys)
   
2. 8.57% - (Rail Wars, Eden of the East, Weathering with You)
   
3. 12.02% - (Eromanga Sensei, Monster Musume, Dead Leaves)
   
4. 14.73% - (Moetan, Re-Kan, My Hero Academia)
   
5. 15.76% - (Kannagi, Violet Evergarden, Yuuki Yuuna)
   
6. 14.73% - (Full Metal Panic, Gunsmith Cats, Teekyuu)
   
7. 12.02% - (Diebuster, Midori Days, Gosick)
   
8. 8.57% - (Maid Dragon, GJ Club, Macross F)
   
9. 5.34% - (Ashita wa Joe, Keion, Sailor Moon)
   
10. 2.90% - (Aria, Nausicaa, Zeta Gundam)
    

In layman's, this is the probability of me giving each entry each corresponding score.

Now one thing to note here is that the distribution does not seemed to be aligned perfectly with the scores (despite being averaged at 5, seemingly the average). Due to MAL's system there is no 0, and so to get a perfect normal over the whole score set you must use an average of 5.5. This is what I had originally used but I lately have changed my position on this, the zeroing issue. Instead I use an average of 5, giving a equal distribution from scores 1-9, but leaving 10 as a special category. While the frequency of 10/10 scores is in line with the above described Gaussian distribution, it makes it ever so more special by making it less common in this way, and most of all it lined up with what I thought felt right.

If you map out my current scores (at any moment in time) they will of course not line up perfectly with my preferred distribution, because I do not adjust my entire system every time I score a new anime. However these are the rules I attempt to keep to to build a better future for MAL and it's abysmal scoring system.

I would implore anyone who read this far to use the same system, it's the only one that truly works.

Anime Relations: Hidamari Sketch x ☆☆☆, Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu, Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei, The iDOLM@STER, Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita, Non Non Biyori, Non Non Biyori Repeat, Yoru wa Mijikashi Arukeyo Otome, Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou, SSSS.Gridman

Top 100 AotD Final

#1 Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, The
#2 Non Non Biyori Season 2
#3 Girls’ Last Tour
#4 Humanity has Declined
#5 Walk On Girl the Night is Long
#6 Non Non Biyori
#7 Hidamari Sketch Hoshi Mittsu
#8 The Idolmaster
#9 Tatami Galaxy
#10 SSSS Gridman
#11 Keion Season 2
#12 Joshiraku
#13 Daily Lives of High School Boys
#14 Yuru Camp
#15 Flip Flappers
#16 Kobayashi’s Maid Dragon
#17 Rolling Girls
#18 Yuru Yuri
#19 Sora no Woto
#20 Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
#21 Kemurikusa
#22 And Yet the Town Moves
#23 Silent Voice, A
#24 Kill la Kill
#25 Nichijou
#26 Mitsuboshi Colours
#27 Tamako Market
#28 Ika Musume
#29 Flying Witch
#30 Space Patrol Luluco
#31 Hitoribocchi
#32 Madoka Magica
#33 Kemono Friends
#34 Penguindrum
#35 Penguin Highway
#36 Yuyushiki
#37 Shirobako
#38 Bakemonogatari
#39 Pandora in the Crimson Shell
#40 Little Witch Academia
#41 Hisone and Maso-tan
#42 Hyouka
#43 Steins Gate
#44 Amagi Brilliant Park
#45 Keion Film
#46 Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo
#47 Nihon Animator Mihonichi
#48 Promare
#49 Girlish Number
#50 Yu Gi Oh The Dark Side of Dimensions
#51 Planet With
#52 Log Horizon
#53 Yama no Susume Season 2
#54 Yuru Yuri Season 2
#55 Katanagatari
#56 Made in Abyss
#57 Girls und Panzer
#58 New Game
#59 Ika Musume Season 2
#60 How Heavy are the Dumbbells that you Lift?
#61 Little Witch Academia Film
#62 Dagashikashi
#63 Hidamari Sketch Honeycomb
#64 Engaged to the Unidentified
#65 Non Non Biyori Film
#66 Kuma Miko
#67 Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai
#68 Inari Kon Kon Koi Iroha
#69 Place Further Than the Universe, A
#70 Zombieland Saga
#71 Psycho Pass
#72 Hitsugi no Chaika
#73 Love Lab
#74 Working Season 3
#75 Monogatari Second Season
#76 Watashi ni Tenshi ga Maiorita
#77 The Girl from the Other Side
#78 Yuru Yuri Ten
#79 Hakumei and Mikochi
#80 GJ Club
#81 Nobunaga no Shinobi
#82 Little Witch Academia Film 2
#83 Wolf Children
#84 Yama no Susume
#85 Is the Order a Rabbit?
#86 Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
#87 Urara Meirochou
#88 Wakaba Girl
#89 Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
#90 Arrietty
#91 Etotama
#92 Keifuku-san
#93 Kokoro Connect
#94 Gakkou Gurashi
#95 Sewayaki Kitsune Senko-san
#96 Ascendance of a Bookworm
#97 D-Frag
#98 Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai Season 2
#99 Mobile Suit Gundam-san
#100 Gosick

Top TV: Non Non Biyori Season 2
Top Film: The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
Top Short: Space Patrol Luluco

Year Ranking (Using My Proprietary Comparative F-Ranking Formula):
#1 2010
#2 2016
#3 2012
#4 2011
#5 2013
#6 2018
#7 2017
#8 2014
#9 2019
#10 2015

Anime Relations: Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden

A list of characters that I specifically look forward to seeing on screen, and am fixated on whenever they are.

Mahoro, Mahoromatic
Youmu, Touhou
Osaka, Azumanga Daioh
Beltorchika, Zeta Gundam
Miyako, Hidamari Sketch
Yayoi, Idolmaster
Chiaya, Rolling Girls
Tomarin, Teekyuu
Matoi, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Akari, Aria
Shimarin, Yuru Camp
Aiko, Ojamajo Doremi
Ranka Lee, Macross Frontier
La Vie-en-Rose, Di Gi Charat
Nobue, Ichigo Marshmallow
Yuuhi, Neo Ranga
Senko, Senko-san
Suiseiseki, Rozen Maiden
Amelia, Slayers
Aru, Hitoribocchi
Iris, Fire Force

Anime Relations: Godzilla 1: Kaijuu Wakusei, Godzilla 2: Kessen Kidou Zoushoku Toshi, Godzilla 3: Hoshi wo Kuu Mono

There doesn't seem to be a MAL equivalent for Tokusatsu, so I'll store them here

Watched

• Godzilla
  
• Godzilla: King of the Monsters
  
• Gridman the Hyper Agent
  
• Return of Ultraman
  
• Shin Godzilla
  
• Son of Godzilla
  
• Ultraman
  

PTW

• Ultraman 7
  
• Ultraman Powered
  
• Gamera
  
• Rodan
  
• Mothra
  
• Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
  
• Godzilla: King of the Monsters
  
• King Kong vs Godzilla
  
• Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters
  

Anime Relations: Hidamari Sketch x ☆☆☆, Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu, Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei, K-On!!, The iDOLM@STER, Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita, Non Non Biyori Repeat, Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon, Yoru wa Mijikashi Arukeyo Otome, Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou

Obviously subject to change to include anime still to air this year, currently still airing anime is particularly subject to change.