| MAL's Top 50 shows will be updated on a monthly basis here. Updated on: 04/2023 MAL SCORE 1[N] Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season – Kanketsu-hen 2 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood 9.11 3 [-2] Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen 9.08 [-0.05] 4 Steins;Gate 9.08 5 Gintama� 9.07 6 [-3] Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Ultra Romantic 9.06 [-0.02] 7 [-1] Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Part 2 9.06 8 [-1] Gintama: The Final 9.05 9 [-1] Gintama' 9.04 10 [-1] Hunter x Hunter (2011) 9.04 11 [-1] Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu 9.03 12 [-1] Gintama': Enchousen 9.03 13 [-1] Fruits Basket: The Final 9.01 14 [-1] Gintama. 8.99 15 3-gatsu no Lion 2nd Season 8.94 16 [+1] Gintama 9.94 [+1] 17[N] Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: First Kiss wa Owaranai 18 Koe no Katachi 8.94 19 [-3] Clanad: After Story 8.93 [-0.01] 20 Gintama Movie 2: Kanketsu-hen - Yorozuya yo Eien Nare 8.92 21 Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2 8.91 22 [-8] Bocchi the Rock! 8.89 [-0.09] 22 [-3] Violet Evergarden Movie 8.91 [-0.01] 24 [-1] Gintama.: Shirogane no Tamashii-hen - Kouhan-sen 8.88 25 [-3] Owarimonogatari 2nd Season 8.88 [-0.01] 26 [-1] Monster 8.86 [+0.01] 27 [-3] Kimi no Na wa. 8.85 28 [-1] Gintama.: Shirogane no Tamashii-hen [-8.81] 29 [-3] Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yuukaku-hen 8.81 [-0.01] 30 [-2] Kingdom 3rd Season 8.81 31 [-2] Mob Psycho 100 II 8.80 [-0.01] 32 [-2] Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season 8.80 [-0.01] 33 [-2] Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu-hen 8.79 [-0.01] 34 [-1] Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi 8.78 35 [-3] Haikyuu!!: Karasuno Koukou vs. Shiratorizawa Gakuen Koukou 8.78 [-0.01] 36 [-1] Monogatari Series: Second Season 8.77 37 [-3] Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season Part 2 8.77 [-0.01] 38 [+2] Hajime no Ippo 8.76 [+0.01] 39 Cowboy Bebop 8.75 40 [-2] Kingdom 4th Season 8.75 [-0.01] 41 [-4] Shiguang Dailiren 8.74 [-0.02] 42 [-6] Mob Psycho 100 III 8.73 [-0.03] 43 [-1] Mushishi Zoku Shou 2nd Season 8.73 [-0.01] 44 [-1] Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu: Sukeroku Futatabi-hen 8.73 [-0.01] 45 [-1] Vinland Saga 8.73 46 [+2] 86 Part 2 8.71 47 [+2] Ashita no Joe 2 8.71 48 [-1] Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuioku-hen 8.71 49[N] Mushishi Zoku Shou 2nd Season 8.70 50 [-5] Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu Part 2 8.70 [-0.01] Evictions: - Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch 8,70 - Spy x Family 8,69 [-0,06] - Made in Abyss: Retsujitsu no Ougonkyou 8,68 [-0,08] - Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 8,63 [-0,12] - Spy x Family Part 2 8,39 [-0,41] MAL SCORE (NO SEQUELS/MOVIES/OVA) 1 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood 9,11 [-0,02] 2 Steins;Gate 9,08 3 Hunter x Hunter (2011) 9,04 4 Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu 9,03 5[N] Bocchi the Rock! 8,98 6 [-1] Gintama 8,94 7 [-1] Monster 8,85 [+0,01] 8 [+1] Cowboy Bebop 8,75 9 [+2] Hajime no Ippo 8,75 10 [+2] Vinland Saga 8,73 11 [+2] Odd Taxi 8,71 [-0,01] 12[N] Chainsaw Man 8,70 13 [+1] Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch 8,70 14 [-6] Spy x Family 8,69 [-0,06] 15 Great Teacher Onizuka 8,69 16 [+3] One Piece 8,68 [+0,01] 17 Made in Abyss 8,67 18 Mushishi 8,67 19 [+1] Violet Evergarden 8,67 20 [-4] Jujutsu Kaisen 8,66 [-0,01] 21 Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso 8,65 [-0,01] 22 [-12] Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 8,63 [-0,12] 23 [-1] Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann 8,63 24 [-1] Ping Pong the Animation 8,62 25 [-2] Death Note 8,62 |
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| Kewl, guess we can do this too Why not make it a ranked list instead of just "▶" though? |
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| Has this post been forgotten or is it just too much work to update? I found this pretty interesting tbh |
JJSpitzi said: Err good question actually @Zee530Has this post been forgotten or is it just too much work to update? I found this pretty interesting tbh |
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JJSpitzi said: Has this post been forgotten or is it just too much work to update? I found this pretty interesting tbh February Update Done :) |
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| Cool, thanks! |
SkyDrop said: Scores that high are almost impossible to reach with MAL's rating system, and if it would ever happen you can rest assured that there will be quite a lot of salty people giving it 1/10 downvotes, and 1s have a *huge* impact on scores that highWe need more anime in rating 9.35-10.00! Why those gaps not filled yet? The rating too tough and cruel. The highest score I've ever seen screenshoted on MAL is 9.51 for Gintama' (2011) right after its first episode aired, but realistically for a finished series I think Kimi no Na wa's peak of 9.41 is about as high as you can reasonably ever reach |
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HaXXspetten said: The highest score I've ever seen screenshoted on MAL is 9.51 for Gintama' (2011) right after its first episode aired, but realistically for a finished series I think Kimi no Na wa's peak of 9.41 is about as high as you can reasonably ever reach This seasons Gintama actually had a score of 9.58 on they first day of its release lol. I guess AOT Season 2 and OPM Season 2 will have similar results on the first day. |
JJSpitzi said: That was only right when it was set to Airing though. When the actual recording of it was made (I.E: two days later), it was already down to 9.18HaXXspetten said: The highest score I've ever seen screenshoted on MAL is 9.51 for Gintama' (2011) right after its first episode aired, but realistically for a finished series I think Kimi no Na wa's peak of 9.41 is about as high as you can reasonably ever reach This seasons Gintama actually had a score of 9.58 on they first day of its release lol. I guess AOT Season 2 and OPM Season 2 will have similar results on the first day. |
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| Removing sequels entirely seems way too extreme. I could see condensing duplicates into one spot, but complete removal leads to a nonindicative list imo since franchises like LotGH and Clannad are only known for a specific widely-acclaimed sequel. Further, considering alternative versions like FMAB as "sequels" is... infuriatingly annoying, to put it mildly. They are standalone and should be treated as such. |
TripleSRank said: Removing sequels entirely seems way too extreme. I could see condensing duplicates into one spot, but complete removal leads to a nonindicative list imo since franchises like LotGH and Clannad are only known for a specific widely-acclaimed sequel. Further, considering alternative versions like FMAB as "sequels" is... infuriatingly annoying, to put it mildly. They are standalone and should be treated as such. This was the only one size fit all rule we can use, you're either a premiere or you're not, we can't change the rules for some and ignore others. Be it a sequel or alternative we can't deny that the original influenced the score, would definitely not be as high without it. |
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Zee530 said: TripleSRank said: Removing sequels entirely seems way too extreme. I could see condensing duplicates into one spot, but complete removal leads to a nonindicative list imo since franchises like LotGH and Clannad are only known for a specific widely-acclaimed sequel. Further, considering alternative versions like FMAB as "sequels" is... infuriatingly annoying, to put it mildly. They are standalone and should be treated as such. This was the only one size fit all rule we can use, you're either a premiere or you're not, we can't change the rules for some and ignore others. Be it a sequel or alternative we can't deny that the original influenced the score, would definitely not be as high without it. I'm not proposing that you ignore the rule for some and not others. I'm proposing that sequel rule is a bad one altogether because sequels are not the problem with MAL's toplist. Only duplicate sequels are. I'm also proposing that, even if the sequel rule remained as it is, alternative versions should not be considered sequels. I absolutely can and do deny that alternative versions are influenced their original's score to any significant degree: There are many, many, many people who have watched FMAB but have never seen the original FMA, or people who have seen HxH (2011) but not the original. That's because they're standalone; people will often watch an alternative version whether or not they liked the original or have even seen the original, unlike with sequels. There is therefore no "mean score inflation" or "sequel effect" in play. Look at the example's pages, then look at Gintama. Both of the newer alternative versions have a lot more members than the original (in HxH's case, nearly 4x more), whereas Gintama sequels have fewer and fewer members the further along you go, which demonstrates my point. |
TripleSRank said: Zee530 said: This was the only one size fit all rule we can use, you're either a premiere or you're not, we can't change the rules for some and ignore others. Be it a sequel or alternative we can't deny that the original influenced the score, would definitely not be as high without it. I'm not proposing that you ignore the rule for some and not others. I'm proposing that sequel rule is a bad one altogether because sequels are not the problem with MAL's toplist. Only duplicate sequels are. I'm also proposing that, even if the sequel rule remained as it is, alternative versions should not be considered sequels. I absolutely can and do deny that alternative versions are influenced their original's score to any significant degree: There are many, many, many people who have watched FMAB but have never seen the original FMA, or people who have seen HxH (2011) but not the original. That's because they're standalone; people will often watch an alternative version whether or not they liked the original or have even seen the original, unlike with sequels. There is therefore no "mean score inflation" or "sequel effect" in play. Look at the example's pages, then look at Gintama. Both of the newer alternative versions have a lot more members than the original (in HxH's case, nearly 4x more), whereas Gintama sequels have fewer and fewer members the further along you go, which demonstrates my point. One of the things we try to do is to correlate our data as accurately to MAL as possible, so if MAL says something is not original then we tend to go with that even if its against our better judgement. You make a good point regarding the stand alones, but the vice versa could also be said, you could find stand alones where the original was more popular. These might not be rated high enough to enter the list but they do exist. Anyways when i'm updating the thread next (which is due actually), i'll look into as many stand alone non-original shows with a high MAL score that could possible be recorded here in future, if most follow your theory of being majorly more popular than their originals then we can maybe add shows like it into the list. |
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Zee530 said: TripleSRank said: I'm not proposing that you ignore the rule for some and not others. I'm proposing that sequel rule is a bad one altogether because sequels are not the problem with MAL's toplist. Only duplicate sequels are. I'm also proposing that, even if the sequel rule remained as it is, alternative versions should not be considered sequels. I absolutely can and do deny that alternative versions are influenced their original's score to any significant degree: There are many, many, many people who have watched FMAB but have never seen the original FMA, or people who have seen HxH (2011) but not the original. That's because they're standalone; people will often watch an alternative version whether or not they liked the original or have even seen the original, unlike with sequels. There is therefore no "mean score inflation" or "sequel effect" in play. Look at the example's pages, then look at Gintama. Both of the newer alternative versions have a lot more members than the original (in HxH's case, nearly 4x more), whereas Gintama sequels have fewer and fewer members the further along you go, which demonstrates my point. One of the things we try to do is to correlate our data as accurately to MAL as possible, so if MAL says something is not original then we tend to go with that even if its against our better judgement. You make a good point regarding the stand alones, but the vice versa could also be said, you could find stand alones where the original was more popular. These might not be rated high enough to enter the list but they do exist. Anyways when i'm updating the thread next (which is due actually), i'll look into as many stand alone non-original shows with a high MAL score that could possible be recorded here in future, if most follow your theory of being majorly more popular than their originals then we can maybe add shows like it into the list. That's fair enough. |
| Reviving this~ August 2017 update is recorded. |
| Made in Abyss position will be interesting. |
| Wow, I really like this thread, didn't even know it existed. And seeing how everything is in the red (score drop) confirms my suspicion -expressed in a thread a few days ago- that the score of pretty much every series, both old and new, seems to be going down. A 0.01 drop every month or two might not seem like much but it it kind of adds up. I wouldn't be surprised if by 2020, 9.00+ rated shows become as rare as they were a decade ago. Manga/LN seem to be different however (Berserk seems unstoppable). Why are updates so erratic though? |
Agafin said: It's more that everything eventually peaks and then starts to drop off with the passage of time. New shows will come out and climb to the heights of the rankings before going through the same process. By 2020 9.00+ rated shows will not be any rarer than they are today, but many of them will be different (new) ones than they are today as some of the current ones will have dropped below 9 by then and have been replaced by shows that have not yet aired todayWow, I really like this thread, didn't even know it existed. And seeing how everything is in the red (score drop) confirms my suspicion -expressed in a thread a few days ago- that the score of pretty much every series, both old and new, seems to be going down. A 0.01 drop every month or two might not seem like much but it it kind of adds up. I wouldn't be surprised if by 2020, 9.00+ rated shows become as rare as they were a decade ago. Manga/LN seem to be different however (Berserk seems unstoppable). As far as the erratic updates go, that has been brought up before, trust me, but ask Zee if it seems outdated at any point :3 |
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HaXXspetten said: Agafin said: It's more that everything eventually peaks and then starts to drop off with the passage of time. New shows will come out and climb to the heights of the rankings before going through the same process. By 2020 9.00+ rated shows will not be any rarer than they are today, but many of them will be different (new) ones than they are today as some of the current ones will have dropped below 9 by then and have been replaced by shows that have not yet aired todayWow, I really like this thread, didn't even know it existed. And seeing how everything is in the red (score drop) confirms my suspicion -expressed in a thread a few days ago- that the score of pretty much every series, both old and new, seems to be going down. A 0.01 drop every month or two might not seem like much but it it kind of adds up. I wouldn't be surprised if by 2020, 9.00+ rated shows become as rare as they were a decade ago. Manga/LN seem to be different however (Berserk seems unstoppable). As far as the erratic updates go, that has been brought up before, trust me, but ask Zee if it seems outdated at any point :3 Quite hard to keep up with this at the start of a new season with the thread creation and other things, but i'll do this soon. |
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HaXXspetten said: It's more that everything eventually peaks and then starts to drop off with the passage of time. New shows will come out and climb to the heights of the rankings before going through the same process. By 2020 9.00+ rated shows will not be any rarer than they are today, but many of them will be different (new) ones than they are today as some of the current ones will have dropped below 9 by then and have been replaced by shows that have not yet aired today Mmm yeah this makes sense. Still though, I'm not totally convinced. If you look at Wayback machine, you can see that seasonal series like Death Note, Clannad: After Story, Steins;gate, Code Geass and CG;R2 etc all kept rising even years after they were done airing before eventually reaching the peak you are talking about. Today, stuff like One Punch man, Erased and pretty much every sequel (not named Gintama_) which ever went north of 9 falls back to Earth almost as fast it got there. Since I joined this site in 2014, no seasonal anime (again, besides Gintama sequels) has ever reached and stabilized at that level. Edit:^^ @Zee530 Just wanted to thank you for the work you are doing :) |
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Agafin said: Koe no Katachi and Haikyuu S3 have both been pretty much stagnant at 9+ since ending. Even the likes of Kimi no Na wa and Owarimonogatari S2 have stabilized now at 9+ even if they had a bit of a dip compared to their initial spike. And a bit lower the likes of Made in Abyss and Rakugo S2 have also been stagnant at about 8.90 since ending. It still happensHaXXspetten said: It's more that everything eventually peaks and then starts to drop off with the passage of time. New shows will come out and climb to the heights of the rankings before going through the same process. By 2020 9.00+ rated shows will not be any rarer than they are today, but many of them will be different (new) ones than they are today as some of the current ones will have dropped below 9 by then and have been replaced by shows that have not yet aired today Mmm yeah this makes sense. Still though, I'm not totally convinced. If you look at Wayback machine, you can see that seasonal series like Death Note, Clannad: After Story, Steins;gate, Code Geass and CG;R2 etc all kept rising even years after they were done airing before eventually reaching the peak you are talking about. Today, stuff like One Punch man, Erased and pretty much every sequel (not named Gintama_) which ever went north of 9 falls back to Earth almost as fast it got there. Since I joined this site in 2014, no seasonal anime (again, besides Gintama sequels) has ever reached and stabilized at that level. |
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YeagerBonebone said: Will this be updated soon? I'm sorry for not being able to update the lists in quite a while, but it's finally done now. |
Dhvanit said: Will it be updated now, because Odd Taxi is up there. Yep soon @Sury |
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Dhvanit said: Will it be updated now, because Odd Taxi is up there. It's updated now. Odd Taxi debuts at #39. |
jiji7878 said: Can we update this now that Kaguya-sama S3 is the current #1? I'm quite curious to keep track of the score progression as the coming weeks roll around. @Sury will get to it soon |
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Zee530 said: jiji7878 said: Can we update this now that Kaguya-sama S3 is the current #1? I'm quite curious to keep track of the score progression as the coming weeks roll around. @Sury will get to it soon It's done now. |
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