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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) 9.14 537
2 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (TV) 9.07 6138
3 Steins;Gate (TV) 9.03 4894
4 Clannad After Story (TV) 9.02 5393
5 Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (OAV) 8.96 6712
6 your name. (movie) 8.93 1376
7 Spirited Away (movie) 8.92 10739
8 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (TV) 8.92 8010
9 Cowboy Bebop (TV) 8.89 12485
10 Mushishi: The Next Chapter (TV) 8.86 574
11 Princess Mononoke (movie) 8.86 9997
12 (The) Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (movie) 8.84 2853
13 (The) Legend of the Galactic Heroes (OAV) 8.82 785
14 Mushi-Shi (TV) 8.78 5062
15 Death Note (TV) 8.77 13132
16 Maria Watches Over Us 3rd Season (OAV) 8.76 738
17 Maria Watches Over Us Season 2: Printemps (TV) 8.74 1356
18 Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (TV) 8.73 9325
19 Monster (TV) 8.70 3567
20 A Silent Voice (movie) 8.70 764
21 Maria Watches Over Us 4th Season (TV) 8.69 523
22 Bunny Drop (TV) 8.68 1849
23 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG (TV) 8.67 2661
24 anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (TV) 8.67 3377
25 Made in Abyss (TV) 8.66 850
26 Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (movie) 8.66 2193
27 Grave of the Fireflies (movie) 8.65 4678
28 Gintama (TV 4/2015) 8.65 195
29 Hajime no Ippo (TV) 8.65 1662
30 Gintama' (TV 2/2011) 8.65 470
31 Fullmetal Alchemist (TV) 8.64 13537
32 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (movie) 8.63 5170
33 Cross Game (TV) 8.62 702
34 (The) Girl Who Leapt Through Time (movie) 8.61 5607
35 Gurren Lagann (TV) 8.61 7094
36 Nodame Cantabile (TV) 8.61 2799
37 Summer Wars (movie) 8.61 3479
38 Gintama' (TV 3/2012) 8.60 293
39 5 Centimeters Per Second (movie) 8.59 5869
40 My Neighbor Totoro (movie) 8.59 4807
41 Hunter × Hunter (TV 2011) 8.57 1211
42 Baccano! (TV) 8.57 4285
43 (The) Garden of Sinners (movie series) 8.56 1750
44 Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger (TV) 8.56 737
45 GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (TV) 8.55 4278
46 Star Blazers 2199 (TV) 8.55 366
47 Howl's Moving Castle (movie) 8.54 6964
48 Kino's Journey (TV) 8.54 2701
49 Kanon (TV 2/2006) 8.54 3675
50 Natsume's Book of Friends (TV 4) 8.54 612
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 (7.4776). 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 7.4776)

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