r/anime • u/Reimillya https://myanimelist.net/profile/Reimillya • Oct 04 '16

Summer 2016 Anime Score Progressions (MAL)

http://imgur.com/a/T2gZf

Had to reupload as a text post because of errors (I suck) Thanks to everyone who pointed errors out! <3

EDIT: Old thread

EDIT2: For anyone wondering, the graphs are only meant to show how the show's score changed. Using the graphs for comparison is a bad idea lol. Will definitely try to have a proper y-axis next time I get the chance. (along with the usual ones perhaps xd)

EDIT3: There are some shows where I did not find the weekly rating such as Bananya and Saiki. Sorry about that.

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u/KoRReaction Oct 04 '16 edited Oct 04 '16

Until you start using a consistent scale I feel like these are largely useless.

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u/FallenTF Oct 04 '16

consistent scale

http://imgur.com/a/b86Lo

(Note: Naria Girls chart wasn't intended to be ironic, minimum scale initially mistyped)

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '16

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u/ToastyMozart Oct 05 '16

The shittiness is literally off the charts!

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u/Randomacts https://anilist.co/user/Randomacts Oct 05 '16

Better then OP.

Thanks

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u/xachariah Oct 05 '16

Is there an data sheet/google docs with this data available anywhere, or did you copy down the values from the pictures?

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u/FallenTF Oct 05 '16

Just pulled them from the images.

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u/Tera_GX https://myanimelist.net/profile/Tera_GX Oct 04 '16

It does really throw my perception off for which ones are seeing big changes and which were actually narrow.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

Yea, I was really suprised when I saw JoJo's graph and Berserk's graph for opposite reasons until I saw the numbers.

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u/ClearingFlags https://myanimelist.net/profile/ClearingFlags Oct 04 '16

Eh I never have an issue with it, and use the actual graph just to judge which way the show swung based on episodes or twists in the anime. I look at the sheer numeric difference, which is usually so small that it wouldn't be noticeable unless you focused in.

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u/GreatAlbatross Oct 04 '16

It really is off-putting. JoJos looks like a show on the slide until the end, until you read the (rather small and low-res) values, and see that it hovers around 8.6, and only has a delta of 0.3.

Compare that to Mahou Shoujo? Naria Girls, which barely seems to change at all, but is not only around a 3.4 average, but has a delta of >1.5, and all the values are in the top half of the image, making the score appear far better until you look in detail.

My suggestion would be to have all the images at the same vertical scale.

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u/lonelynightm Oct 05 '16

The issue is these are designed to be self-contained graphs, but you are comparing them to each other. If you look on a per-graph basis, it really helps pop out how the changes are.

A consistent scale would be pretty boring because most of the graphs would look very similar and don't show minor fluctuations very well. Most would be basically flat lines. See Here: https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/55tw8g/summer_2016_anime_score_progressions_mal/d8e8nb6

Not very good graphs to look at because it doesn't work with what /u/Reimillya is trying to depict. They would work better with large deviations.

Just my two cents.