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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) 9.08 617
2 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (TV) 9.07 6155
3 Steins;Gate (TV) 9.03 4904
4 Clannad After Story (TV) 9.01 5400
5 Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (OAV) 8.96 6716
6 your name. (movie) 8.92 1391
7 Spirited Away (movie) 8.92 10751
8 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (TV) 8.91 8016
9 Cowboy Bebop (TV) 8.89 12501
10 Mushishi: The Next Chapter (TV) 8.86 578
11 Princess Mononoke (movie) 8.86 10011
12 (The) Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (movie) 8.84 2858
13 (The) Legend of the Galactic Heroes (OAV) 8.82 789
14 (The) Apothecary Diaries (TV 2) 8.79 132
15 Mushi-Shi (TV) 8.78 5067
16 Death Note (TV) 8.77 13148
17 Maria Watches Over Us 3rd Season (OAV) 8.75 739
18 Maria Watches Over Us Season 2: Printemps (TV) 8.73 1358
19 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (TV) 8.73 9334
20 Monster (TV) 8.71 3579
21 A Silent Voice (movie) 8.69 776
22 Maria Watches Over Us 4th Season (TV) 8.68 524
23 Bunny Drop (TV) 8.68 1854
24 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG (TV) 8.67 2664
25 anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (TV) 8.66 3385
26 Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (movie) 8.66 2201
27 Made in Abyss (TV) 8.66 863
28 Gintama (TV 4/2015) 8.65 198
29 Gintama' (TV 2/2011) 8.65 473
30 Grave of the Fireflies (movie) 8.65 4685
31 Hajime no Ippo (TV) 8.64 1667
32 Fullmetal Alchemist (TV) 8.64 13540
33 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (movie) 8.63 5178
34 Cross Game (TV) 8.62 703
35 (The) Girl Who Leapt Through Time (movie) 8.61 5611
36 Gurren Lagann (TV) 8.61 7102
37 Nodame Cantabile (TV) 8.61 2800
38 Gintama' (TV 3/2012) 8.61 296
39 Summer Wars (movie) 8.60 3481
40 5 Centimeters Per Second (movie) 8.59 5874
41 My Neighbor Totoro (movie) 8.59 4813
42 Hunter × Hunter (TV 2011) 8.58 1222
43 Baccano! (TV) 8.57 4293
44 (The) Garden of Sinners (movie series) 8.56 1752
45 Star Blazers 2199 (TV) 8.55 373
46 Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger (TV) 8.55 740
47 GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (TV) 8.55 4283
48 Howl's Moving Castle (movie) 8.54 6973
49 Attack on Titan (TV 4/2019) 8.54 532
50 Kanon (TV 2/2006) 8.54 3676
This rating only includes titles that have at least 13 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 (7.4746). 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 13)
C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 7.4746)

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