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Anime Top 50 Best Rated (bayesian estimate)

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Top 50 Best Rated (bayesian estimate)
# title rating nb. votes
1 Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (TV) 9.26 342
2 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (TV) 9.07 6122
3 Steins;Gate (TV) 9.03 4881
4 Clannad After Story (TV) 9.02 5390
5 Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (OAV) 8.96 6710
6 your name. (movie) 8.94 1355
7 Spirited Away (movie) 8.92 10725
8 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (TV) 8.92 8003
9 Cowboy Bebop (TV) 8.89 12465
10 (The) Apothecary Diaries (TV) 8.87 255
11 Princess Mononoke (movie) 8.86 9987
12 Mushishi: The Next Chapter (TV) 8.86 572
13 (The) Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (movie) 8.84 2844
14 (The) Legend of the Galactic Heroes (OAV) 8.82 781
15 Mushi-Shi (TV) 8.79 5060
16 Death Note (TV) 8.77 13126
17 Maria Watches Over Us 3rd Season (OAV) 8.76 737
18 Maria Watches Over Us Season 2: Printemps (TV) 8.74 1355
19 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (TV) 8.73 9318
20 A Silent Voice (movie) 8.70 753
21 Monster (TV) 8.70 3561
22 Maria Watches Over Us 4th Season (TV) 8.69 521
23 Bunny Drop (TV) 8.68 1849
24 Made in Abyss (TV) 8.67 839
25 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG (TV) 8.67 2657
26 Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (movie) 8.67 2186
27 anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (TV) 8.67 3375
28 Grave of the Fireflies (movie) 8.65 4673
29 Hajime no Ippo (TV) 8.65 1657
30 Gintama' (TV 2/2011) 8.64 470
31 Fullmetal Alchemist (TV) 8.64 13532
32 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (movie) 8.63 5162
33 Gintama (TV 4/2015) 8.63 194
34 Cross Game (TV) 8.62 701
35 (The) Girl Who Leapt Through Time (movie) 8.62 5605
36 Summer Wars (movie) 8.61 3474
37 Gurren Lagann (TV) 8.61 7085
38 Nodame Cantabile (TV) 8.61 2799
39 Gintama' (TV 3/2012) 8.60 292
40 My Neighbor Totoro (movie) 8.59 4800
41 5 Centimeters Per Second (movie) 8.59 5863
42 Hunter × Hunter (TV 2011) 8.58 1202
43 Baccano! (TV) 8.57 4278
44 (The) Garden of Sinners (movie series) 8.57 1747
45 Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger (TV) 8.56 736
46 Star Blazers 2199 (TV) 8.55 362
47 GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (TV) 8.55 4274
48 Howl's Moving Castle (movie) 8.54 6955
49 Kino's Journey (TV) 8.54 2703
50 Kanon (TV 2/2006) 8.54 3671
This rating only includes titles that have at least 14 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 (7.4792). 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 14)
C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 7.4792)

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