The other day I admitted in a thread that I rate anime such that 7 = average. I came back a few hours later to find that I had been chosen subject of the exclusion ceremony. Apparently, this is a forbidden practice, and 5 is objectively the average.
So, after brooding for a significant amount of time, I went ahead and renormalized my list such that 5 = average (using what I consider to by my "model average anime", Angel Beats). This produced a list with an average score of ~7, compared to a previous average of ~8. I also produced another utilizing a "stack ranking" normalization method, such that the average of all the anime I've watched comes out to be 5:
| anime | 7 = average | 5 = average | Stack ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome to the NHk | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| NGE | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Haibane Renmei | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Madoka Magica | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| YKA | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| Spirited Away | 10 | 9 | 7 |
| Bakemonogatari | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| FMA: B | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| Oregairu | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| Howl's Moving Castle | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| Madoka Magica Rebellion | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| Shirobako | 8 | 7 | 5 |
| K-On! | 8 | 7 | 5 |
| Kokoro Connect | 8 | 7 | 5 |
| KC: MC | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| Toradora | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| Spice and Wolf | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| FMA | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Chuu2 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| Angel Beats | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Attack on Titan | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Sakurasou | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Laputa | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| SAO II | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| SAO | 4 | 2 | 0 |
The third normalization method is utterly ridiculous from an objective perspective (I highly enjoyed Chu2, seems ridiculous to give it a 3 just because I don't watch a lot of garbage anime to pad out the bottom), but reveals the most information about how I actually rank anime.