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Notes re ratings:
1. Dropped shows are rated only for the episodes I watched.

2. I generally do not rate ads, music videos and recaps. Some anime I watched a long time ago do not have ratings because I don't remember enough about them.

3. Anime are rated at the time of watching (or my recalled thoughts when I watched them, as I started rating anime in October 2018). My approach to rating has changed dramatically over the years. Maybe one day I will update all my ratings, but who's to say my approach won't change again?

Guides for Advanced Scoring

I used Advanced scoring on AniList to better inform my ratings. All anime with advanced scores are tagged with 'Advanced scores' on AniList. The shows below are quintessential of their respective score in the category they are listed. These guides are incomplete and probably never will be complete, as I don't want to list a less than ideal show as a guide.

Comments on Rating System

I'm in the process of thinking more critically about the ratings I give, so I'm not sure if all the shows I've rated really deserve the scores they have been given. I think I often gave 9s and 10s to shows that deserve 8s. This is not to say they aren't that good, I'm still saying they are excellent, which is high praise. I think I should be giving out more 6-8s. 6 is still a good score and 7 is better than good. I'm not sure if I like the word 'great' for 7, but it's somewhere between good and excellent, so still praiseworthy. (28/3/21)

I think I can pinpoint the shift in how I rate anime to Akudama Drive and Appare Ranman. (5/4/21)

I think the hardest part for me rating things well is not being too strongly swayed by my enjoyment of an anime. It's hard to get a show a lower score than what reflects how much I enjoyed it, even if that's what it deserves, or a show that was good, but I didn't enjoy a 6. Now that I've realised this I think I'll be able to score better. This shift can be marked from With a Dog AND a Cat, Every Day is Fun. With this scoring mentality, 9s and 10s should be very scarce indeed. (31/1/22)

After watching Kaguya season 3 I think the true mark of a 10 is an anime I don't hesitate to give a 10. In light of that I made a number of modifications mostly moving 10s to 9s. The modifications have been tagged with Mod and Mod2. These shows that were modified I really ought to rewatch: Code Geass, Code Geass R2, Death Note, Madoka, Re:Zero S2pt1. And that's a lot of 9s... I'm sure not all of them deserve a 9. (23/7/22)

Shorts are difficult to score. I think it's much easier to make a good short than it is to make a good movie or good TV show, because there's a lot less content. Something that would be boring or whose flaws would rear their head in a movie doesn't overstay its welcome in a short, leaving before one stops appreciating it. This means it feels like their scores are somewhat inflated... The shorter the media, the less there is to, and therefore the harder it is to, mess up. (10/6/23)

Tags
Dub - watched in English dub (otherwise watched in Japanese with English subtitles)
Year - the year(s) in which I watched the anime
Website - a note of where I can watch the show (used for 'plan to watch')
Rewatch - watched as part of a reddit rewatch
Discord - watched together on discord with mates
Name - watched with a certain mate
Cinema - watched in the cinema
Mod - modified score a significant time after watching
Mod2 - second round a modifications on 23/7/22