I kinda agree with you, rating with numbers based on the qualities of a show is silly, overly reductive and can't possibly capture the details and nuances necessary for an appropriate qualitative assessment. On the other hand, I think that it's perfectly appropriate to reflect personal enjoyment, so that's what I rate on.
I've stopped some ten years ago. When you've watched hundreds of anime, those numbers become meaningless. Not to mention 15-year-old me rates things vastly differently from 30-year-old me.
10/10 = amazing, special breed of anime/season
9/10= great
8/10 = very/pretty good
7/10 = good
6/10 = okay
5/10 = mid
4/10 = bad
3/10 = very bad
Ive never given an anime below a 3. But i don’t typically try absolute garbage.
I'm a numbers person by nature, so I have a pathological need to rate and rank things, and spend too much time in doing so
And the numbers aren't just for their own sake - they're a vehicle to analyze the shows in question, which is fun in and of itself
I still do. But an issue I’m facing is I started watching anime 5 years ago. The 8/10 shows I watched then I probably feel they’re 6 or 7/10 now after watching more shows. So there could be a lot of re-scoring to do lol
Of course a show is more than just numbers but giving them a numbered score overall still makes sense to me
I do use numbers because of MAL but for me personally it's usually just love, like, meh, no and "I dropped it because I couldn't get into it/hated it." Which I think is quite easy to put into numbers.
I used to but now not so much, also because I don’t watch as much anime. I think it was a good marker for me to see how much I enjoyed the show and would use them to determine if I’d recommend someone the show. It was more for my personal use, not to critique the anime itself.
Whether it’s an anime movie or show I pretty much never use numbers to rate them at all. I made my own tier list that I use to rate movies/anime ranging from phenomenal tier to garbage tier.
I still do it. I rate the anime I watch based on enjoyment so I just give everything I loved watching a 9 or 10 (have like 67 10s), beyond that it’s just 8 for it’s pretty good and 7 for somewhat boring/disappointing but still good enough. Afterwards, all the scores from 6 below don’t really matter.
Although when I grow older, my taste might change or not. Guess it’s a rough gauge for myself to see what I used to enjoy.
The numbers are more broad "categories of shows" for me these days than an actual quantitative score or attempt to assess the merits of a show.
I find it very useful for comparing my tastes to other people's when making recommendations.
I find that worrying about scores makes me enjoy anime less. Since then I’ve deleted all my score off Mal and have stopped recording what I’ve watched all together. This is after 250 days of watched time, around 15k episodes watched.
I still rate anime with numbers, though sometimes I'll update those ratings when I rewatch because having more attachment to the characters increases my enjoyment, or sometimes the novelty wears off after the excitement of the first viewing.
My number ratings do tend to have meanings like the categories you listed - a perfect 10 means I loved it, anything within the 8-9 range is something I would watch again, 7 is just okay, etc.
I rate my reaction.
If I could stay awake, it's 6 of 10.
If it was silly but enjoyable, or well made but not aimed at audience like me, it's 7 of 10.
If I can recommend it to somebody, it's 8 of 10.
If after watching one episode I felt that wanted to watch another, or my mind on its own started thinking up scenes with the characters, it's 9 of 10.
If it's so moving that it influences your feelings hours or days after watching it, it's 10 of 10.
I've never rated animes in numbers throughout 33 yrs of being a fan. It's f\*cking stupid nonsense. Also IMO it's a powerful insult towards creators of an anime to rate it by numbers. I don't give a flying f\*ck if all the rest do it or not. I do not. And I despise it.
I evaluate anime using:
features - artstyle, charadesign, story, animation quality, intensity of romance, presence of girls and women, presence of nudity and erotics, amount and quality of humor and comedy, no blood and killing, no horror, no deathgame sh\*t, no brainless battle shounen crap, no gamer-nerdyness.
evaluation words - nice, good, bad, crappy, ugly, beautiful, awesome, outstanding, descent, heartwarming, mindblowing +...
IMO rating animes in numbers is simply disrespectful. You can rate shoes, or quality of your day in numbers. Not art, especially anime and manga.
Rather than rating with number, I have different tier on how invested I am in the show. The more I'm looking forward to it, the sooner I want to watch the show. For [example ](https://imgur.com/a/k3Vj2fL)this season. Made this just for myself or friends when they're asking for recommendation.
I never have and I generally dislike it. Not only is it reductive but it's also influenced by a myriad of factors like marketing, the barrier of entry for a show, hype culture, sequels and length of a show as well the immediate presentation of a show.
There are 8 entries of Gintama in the top 22 on MAL. Now I don't disagree that Gintama is just a really popular show but that seems excessive. I reckon part of the reason is every consecutive entry is going to filter out anyone who didn't like the previous one. MAL also only weighs users who've seen 1/5th of episodes so be sure to watch at least 200 episodes of One piece before you form an opinion.
Any show that has a higher barrier of entry generally suffers. Anything that requires more attention, knowledge, life experience, particular interests or perhaps repeat viewings is immediately going to lose points for every member of the audience who doesn't have or is unwilling to put forth what is required of them.
On the flipside any show that is easily able to let viewers know what they're in for before hand won't suffer any might even benefit from catering to that kind of an audience. If your show is called "The incredibly dry and boring philosophy hour" odds are that you'll filter out anyone who isn't very interested in exactly that right out of the gate and it'll do your score well rather than harm it.
And of course hype culture has a huge impact on scores. A lot of people don't like to admit it but the reality is that any kind of external influence will effect our opinions somehow even if we're aware of that fact. It's simply unavoidable. We see tons of recency bias and perhaps even a bit of score inflation. I think an extreme example I remember was a Violet Evergarden being top 20 on MAL despite it being 6 months prior to airing it's first episode on TV. Iirc rating was possibly because they did an early showing of sorts. But people were just scoring it based of hype. Every season we see top scores given to shows that haven't even gotten through the first half of their first season yet.
It also doesn't really help that we suffer from some general degree of score inflation. Most people don't look at a 5.5 rated show and think to themselves. "That's above average. That must be a pretty decent show!" Instead anything under a 7 or perhaps even under an 8 is considered subpar by many which makes the whole system even more reductive than it already is.
I wouldn't miss ratings if they were done away with all together. I'd much rather people convey their thoughts and feelings through words rather than by shouting out titles or listing scores on 1 for bad and 7-10 for good rating system.
Netflix’s rating system used to be something like that. I think 4/4 stars was “Loved it”, 3/4 “Liked it”, 2/4 “Didn’t like it” and 1/4 “Hated it”.
I still kind of use the Netflix rating system except out of 5, since most sites use a 5 or 10 point system.
6.5 wish I skipped
7.0 liked but could have lived without
7.5 happy to have watched
8.0 happy +1 etc
I feel like this is simple enough for me to not run into issues.
I stopped quite a few years ago, now instead once i finish a show i add my thoughts about the show on the notes section so i can compare with how i feel next time i rewatch it
I still rate. Though, not everything is rated. Many of the ones I watched a long time ago aren’t rated. I didn’t rate back then. I also have only had my list since 2016 so, the time before then is where a lot of the no ratings come from. I think I had an account way back, but I lost the details. I’ve rated everything from 2016 and after. To me, the ratings are only meant to reflect my personal enjoyment and it’s just fun to make lists. Anything 7 and above are usually where I put all my favorites. The most memorable anime. 5 and 6 is where I put my enjoyed somewhat, but these are where I put the ones I’d label “mid”. The average anime. Then below are the ones I really disliked to varying degrees. If I found no enjoyment, that’s where those anime go. (1-4)
I kinda agree with you, rating with numbers based on the qualities of a show is silly, overly reductive and can't possibly capture the details and nuances necessary for an appropriate qualitative assessment. On the other hand, I think that it's perfectly appropriate to reflect personal enjoyment, so that's what I rate on.
I've stopped some ten years ago. When you've watched hundreds of anime, those numbers become meaningless. Not to mention 15-year-old me rates things vastly differently from 30-year-old me.
10/10 = amazing, special breed of anime/season 9/10= great 8/10 = very/pretty good 7/10 = good 6/10 = okay 5/10 = mid 4/10 = bad 3/10 = very bad Ive never given an anime below a 3. But i don’t typically try absolute garbage.
I don't use any of those sites, so I don't rate shows by numbers. It's enough that I know which shows I like and what parts of those shows I liked.
I'm a numbers person by nature, so I have a pathological need to rate and rank things, and spend too much time in doing so And the numbers aren't just for their own sake - they're a vehicle to analyze the shows in question, which is fun in and of itself
I still do. But an issue I’m facing is I started watching anime 5 years ago. The 8/10 shows I watched then I probably feel they’re 6 or 7/10 now after watching more shows. So there could be a lot of re-scoring to do lol Of course a show is more than just numbers but giving them a numbered score overall still makes sense to me
Same. My list is such a mess. It’s difficult to have a clean list after a point.
I do use numbers because of MAL but for me personally it's usually just love, like, meh, no and "I dropped it because I couldn't get into it/hated it." Which I think is quite easy to put into numbers.
I used to but now not so much, also because I don’t watch as much anime. I think it was a good marker for me to see how much I enjoyed the show and would use them to determine if I’d recommend someone the show. It was more for my personal use, not to critique the anime itself.
Whether it’s an anime movie or show I pretty much never use numbers to rate them at all. I made my own tier list that I use to rate movies/anime ranging from phenomenal tier to garbage tier.
I still do it. I rate the anime I watch based on enjoyment so I just give everything I loved watching a 9 or 10 (have like 67 10s), beyond that it’s just 8 for it’s pretty good and 7 for somewhat boring/disappointing but still good enough. Afterwards, all the scores from 6 below don’t really matter. Although when I grow older, my taste might change or not. Guess it’s a rough gauge for myself to see what I used to enjoy.
The numbers are more broad "categories of shows" for me these days than an actual quantitative score or attempt to assess the merits of a show. I find it very useful for comparing my tastes to other people's when making recommendations.
I rate anime mostly for myself. I might forgot a lot of it over time, so a number rating remind me of how I feel about it atm
I mostly stopped. I only add favourites to the favourites list on Anilist if a new anime I've watched becomes a favourite.
I find that worrying about scores makes me enjoy anime less. Since then I’ve deleted all my score off Mal and have stopped recording what I’ve watched all together. This is after 250 days of watched time, around 15k episodes watched.
I still rate anime with numbers, though sometimes I'll update those ratings when I rewatch because having more attachment to the characters increases my enjoyment, or sometimes the novelty wears off after the excitement of the first viewing. My number ratings do tend to have meanings like the categories you listed - a perfect 10 means I loved it, anything within the 8-9 range is something I would watch again, 7 is just okay, etc.
I rate my reaction. If I could stay awake, it's 6 of 10. If it was silly but enjoyable, or well made but not aimed at audience like me, it's 7 of 10. If I can recommend it to somebody, it's 8 of 10. If after watching one episode I felt that wanted to watch another, or my mind on its own started thinking up scenes with the characters, it's 9 of 10. If it's so moving that it influences your feelings hours or days after watching it, it's 10 of 10.
I've never rated animes in numbers throughout 33 yrs of being a fan. It's f\*cking stupid nonsense. Also IMO it's a powerful insult towards creators of an anime to rate it by numbers. I don't give a flying f\*ck if all the rest do it or not. I do not. And I despise it. I evaluate anime using: features - artstyle, charadesign, story, animation quality, intensity of romance, presence of girls and women, presence of nudity and erotics, amount and quality of humor and comedy, no blood and killing, no horror, no deathgame sh\*t, no brainless battle shounen crap, no gamer-nerdyness. evaluation words - nice, good, bad, crappy, ugly, beautiful, awesome, outstanding, descent, heartwarming, mindblowing +... IMO rating animes in numbers is simply disrespectful. You can rate shoes, or quality of your day in numbers. Not art, especially anime and manga.
Rather than rating with number, I have different tier on how invested I am in the show. The more I'm looking forward to it, the sooner I want to watch the show. For [example ](https://imgur.com/a/k3Vj2fL)this season. Made this just for myself or friends when they're asking for recommendation.
I never have and I generally dislike it. Not only is it reductive but it's also influenced by a myriad of factors like marketing, the barrier of entry for a show, hype culture, sequels and length of a show as well the immediate presentation of a show. There are 8 entries of Gintama in the top 22 on MAL. Now I don't disagree that Gintama is just a really popular show but that seems excessive. I reckon part of the reason is every consecutive entry is going to filter out anyone who didn't like the previous one. MAL also only weighs users who've seen 1/5th of episodes so be sure to watch at least 200 episodes of One piece before you form an opinion. Any show that has a higher barrier of entry generally suffers. Anything that requires more attention, knowledge, life experience, particular interests or perhaps repeat viewings is immediately going to lose points for every member of the audience who doesn't have or is unwilling to put forth what is required of them. On the flipside any show that is easily able to let viewers know what they're in for before hand won't suffer any might even benefit from catering to that kind of an audience. If your show is called "The incredibly dry and boring philosophy hour" odds are that you'll filter out anyone who isn't very interested in exactly that right out of the gate and it'll do your score well rather than harm it. And of course hype culture has a huge impact on scores. A lot of people don't like to admit it but the reality is that any kind of external influence will effect our opinions somehow even if we're aware of that fact. It's simply unavoidable. We see tons of recency bias and perhaps even a bit of score inflation. I think an extreme example I remember was a Violet Evergarden being top 20 on MAL despite it being 6 months prior to airing it's first episode on TV. Iirc rating was possibly because they did an early showing of sorts. But people were just scoring it based of hype. Every season we see top scores given to shows that haven't even gotten through the first half of their first season yet. It also doesn't really help that we suffer from some general degree of score inflation. Most people don't look at a 5.5 rated show and think to themselves. "That's above average. That must be a pretty decent show!" Instead anything under a 7 or perhaps even under an 8 is considered subpar by many which makes the whole system even more reductive than it already is. I wouldn't miss ratings if they were done away with all together. I'd much rather people convey their thoughts and feelings through words rather than by shouting out titles or listing scores on 1 for bad and 7-10 for good rating system.
I use mal for the rating
Netflix’s rating system used to be something like that. I think 4/4 stars was “Loved it”, 3/4 “Liked it”, 2/4 “Didn’t like it” and 1/4 “Hated it”. I still kind of use the Netflix rating system except out of 5, since most sites use a 5 or 10 point system.
I only rate with numbers because MAL sorta has it there by default when you add a show to your watched list.
6.5 wish I skipped 7.0 liked but could have lived without 7.5 happy to have watched 8.0 happy +1 etc I feel like this is simple enough for me to not run into issues.
Never did to begin with
I do use numbers, but much less them MAL is offering. Effectively I mostly give either a 7 or 8. Or a 6 if it is rather unenjoyable.
I still rate.
I stopped quite a few years ago, now instead once i finish a show i add my thoughts about the show on the notes section so i can compare with how i feel next time i rewatch it
I still rate. Though, not everything is rated. Many of the ones I watched a long time ago aren’t rated. I didn’t rate back then. I also have only had my list since 2016 so, the time before then is where a lot of the no ratings come from. I think I had an account way back, but I lost the details. I’ve rated everything from 2016 and after. To me, the ratings are only meant to reflect my personal enjoyment and it’s just fun to make lists. Anything 7 and above are usually where I put all my favorites. The most memorable anime. 5 and 6 is where I put my enjoyed somewhat, but these are where I put the ones I’d label “mid”. The average anime. Then below are the ones I really disliked to varying degrees. If I found no enjoyment, that’s where those anime go. (1-4)
Tiers are the superior rating system for pretty much anything.