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Anime Top 10

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
1Clannad After Story (TV)9.083696
2Steins;Gate (TV)9.071491
3Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (TV)9.063367
4Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (OAV)8.976008
5Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (TV)8.956080
6(The) Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (movie)8.941745
7Spirited Away (movie)8.918872
8Cowboy Bebop (TV)8.9010350
9anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (TV)8.901586
10Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (movie)8.871289
This rating only includes titles that have at least 11 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 (7.5461). In other words, these are the titles that many people agree are great. formula
bayesian rating = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × C
where:
R = average for the anime
v = number of votes for the anime
m = minimum votes required to be listed (currently 11)
C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 7.5461)

Top 10 Worst Rated (bayesian estimate) (Top 50)
#titleratingnb. votes
3951SD Gundam Force (TV)2.69469
3950Psychic Wars (OAV)2.96109
3949Hametsu No Mars (OAV)3.0297
3948MD Geist II - Death Force (OAV)3.18239
3947MD Geist (OAV)3.33393
3946Tekken: The Motion Picture3.38660
3945D.I.C.E. (TV)3.41136
3944Duel Masters (TV)3.41598
3943Reign: The Conqueror (TV)3.51662
3942Ninja Resurrection (OAV)3.53465
This rating only includes titles that have at least 11 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 (7.5461). In other words, these are the titles that many people agree are awful. formula
bayesian rating = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × C
where:
R = average for the anime
v = number of votes for the anime
m = minimum votes required to be listed (currently 11)
C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 7.5461)

Top 10 Best Rated (weighted average) (Top 50)
#titleratingnb. votes
36Saint Seiya the Movie9.275
37Clannad After Story (TV)9.083696
38Steins;Gate (TV)9.081491
39Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (TV)9.073367
58Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (OAV)8.976008
59Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (TV)8.966080
60(The) Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (movie)8.951745
61Spirited Away (movie)8.918872
62anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (TV)8.911586
63Cowboy Bebop (TV)8.9010350
Titles with less than 4 votes are removed from the listing but are still counted in the ranking. This explains why there are gaps in the "#" column. The rating is an average of the scores given by voters, weighted to give less importance to users who tend to only rate very high or very low.

Top 10 Most Popular (Top 50)
#titleratingnb. votes
1Fullmetal Alchemist (TV)8.7811799
2Cowboy Bebop (TV)8.9410350
3Death Note (TV)8.8610284
4Spirited Away (movie)8.958872
5(The) Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV)8.649047
6Princess Mononoke (movie)8.938438
7Elfen Lied (TV)8.418745
8Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV)8.328836
9Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (TV)8.887229
10Bleach (TV)8.027929
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)8.7120233
2Bleach (TV)7.8517754
3Cowboy Bebop (TV)8.9017615
4Death Note (TV)8.8017410
5Naruto (TV)7.4315653
6Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV)8.2115351
7Elfen Lied (TV)8.2713896
8(The) Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV)8.5813590
9Princess Mononoke (movie)8.8613104
10FLCL (OAV)8.0912958
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
+4167Doraemon: Shin Nobita to Tetsujin Heidan - Habatake Tenshi-tachi (movie)8.1322
+3850Ring ni Kakero 1: Sekai Taikai-hen (TV)7.8627
+3798Ring ni Kakero 1: Shadow (TV)7.7625
+3671Heartcatch Precure! Hana no Miyako de Fashion Show…Desu ka!? (movie)7.8733
+3533Anime Shōnen Maid Curo-kun - Tenshi no Uta (OAV)7.8438
+3526You Are Umasou (movie)7.8639
+3472Chō Gekijōban Keroro Gunsō 3: Keroro Tai Keroro - Tenkū Daikessen de Arimasu! (movie 3)7.5329
+3442Toriko 3D: Kaimaku Gourmet Adventure!! (movie)7.4223
+3430Uchūsen Sagittarius (TV)7.8141
+3399Doraemon: Shin Nobita no Uchū Kaitakushi (movie)7.7138
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
-3745Dragon Ball GT (TV)5.357319
-3718Pokémon (TV)5.356063
-3688Yu-Gi-Oh! (TV 1/1998)5.194136
-3688Hamtaro (TV)4.533358
-3517Beyblade (TV)4.032105
-3517Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (TV)4.692259
-3501Final Fantasy: Unlimited (TV)5.052313
-3481X (movie)5.573293
-3426Pilot Candidate (TV)5.392369
-3390Duel Masters (TV)3.411639
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)4.22 ± 4.505129
2Sekai Meisaku Dōwa: Mori wa Ikiteiru (movie)7.23 ± 4.36812
3Manga Sekai Mukashi Banashi (TV)7.22 ± 3.94211
4Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas (OAV 2)6.96 ± 3.74268
5Bosco Daibōken (TV)7.09 ± 3.48016
6Bondage Game (OAV)5.57 ± 3.46870
7Vixens (OAV)5.33 ± 3.44119
8Ikkyū-san (TV 1975)6.87 ± 3.40123
9Sentou Mecha Xabungle (TV)6.82 ± 3.39211
10Triangle Blue (OAV)5.96 ± 3.34822
Only includes titles with at least 11 votes. The rating column contains the baysesian rating ± the standard deviation, with the order of the titles being determined by the standard deviation.