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Grading Criteria

Anime is scored on the following:

Story/Plot

The story is the main component of any Anime out there. Lousy or inconsistent plot can chop the score a bit. The story has to be interesting or enjoyable. If not, it will score poorly.

Animation

Animation is another important component below story since it’s the medium on how the studio presents the story. Poor animation tends to take a hit with scoring. However, if the story turns out to be strong, I will be lenient on Animation.

Characters

A story won’t exist there are no characters… so characters go hand to hand with story. If the characters are interesting or pleasing to watch, it’s going to help boost the overall quality/enjoyment of the story. Flat and bland characters tend to make the story stale, thus reducing the score.

Music

Music is the final component of the show that helps with the story presentation. If the Opening and/or Ending theme turns out bad, it won’t look good for the whole show. If it has good music, it will definitely help with the show. Music is done last in the review since it’s the least important.

Other Things

Excessive and unnecessary fanservice can reduce the rating of the show since it adds absolutely no value to the show… I don’t need to watch pantyshots every 5 seconds or boob groping… and I tend to avoid those shows that have excessive fanservice with certain exceptions (like Nogizaka Haruka).

Scoring Scale

Scores are done on a 1-10 scale with decimals.

> = 9.4 – Masterpiece (A to A+)

8.45-9.39 – Very Good (B to A)

7.45-8.44 – Good (C to B)

6.45-7.44 – Average (D – C)

6-6.44 – Below Average (D- – D)

< = 5.99 – Failure (F)

Note: Decimal scores are rounded down if it’s less than or equal to #.54 and rounded up if the score is greater than or equal to #.56. # represents the corresponding grade.

Anime

(I’m in the process of remaking the review list table so pardon our appearences)

Anime Title Rating Review Date
5 Centimeters Per Second Masterpiece (9.4/10) September 14, 2010
A Channel Very Good (8.8/10) June 26, 2011
Air Masterpiece (9.5/10) October 3, 2010
Air in Summer Masterpiece (9.5/10) September 11, 2009
Angel Beats! Good (7.8/10) July 12, 2010
Clannad (Series) Masterpiece (9.7/10) March 29, 2009
Clannad (Movie) Average (6.8/10) September 20, 2009
Dog Days Good (7.6/10) July 25, 2011
Fractale Average (7/10) July 16, 2011
Gosick Very Good (8.7/10) July 9, 2011
Haibane Renmei Very Good (8.9/10) December 24, 2010
Hidan no Aria Good (8/10) July 10, 2010
Ikoku Meiro no Croisèe Masterpiece (9.4/10) September 25, 2011
K-ON! Very Good (8.8/10) June 27, 2009
K-ON! Live House (OVA) Very Good (8.7/10) January 19, 2010
Kanon (2006 Remake) Masterpiece (9.6/10) July 29, 2010
Kobato Very Good (8.7/10) March 28, 2010
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Very Good (8.5/10) August 6, 2011
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 1st Very Good (9.0/10) July 22, 2011
MM! Very Good (8.6/10) January 25, 2011
Nogizaka Haruka no Himitzu (2009) Good (7.8/10) December 22, 2009
Pocket Monsters – Giratina and the Sky’s Bouquet Shaymin Average (7.2/10) June 10, 2010
Puella Magi Madoka Magica Masterpiece (9.5/10) June 1, 2011
Seitokai no Ichizon Very Good (8.79/10) December 27, 2009
Shinryaku! Ika Musume Very Good (8.8/10) January 20, 2011
Sora no Woto Very Good (9.04/10) March 23, 2010
Suzumiya Haruhi (2009) Fail (5.93/10) September 17, 2009
Tamayura (OVA)
Part I, Part II		 Very Good (8.5/10) September 21-23, 2011
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Very Good (9.0/10) January 12, 2011
Working!! Very Good (8.65/10) June 30, 2010

Below is a histogram showing the distribution of all completed/dropped anime’s scores.

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