Media

1 — Trash
2 — Bad
3 — Weak
4 — Mid
5 — Decent
6 — Good
7 — Great
8 — Excellent
9 — Masterpiece
10 — Transcendent

Before you judge the scores, read the rating system first.
My scale is intentionally harsher and more compressed than most rating systems, so the numbers may not mean what you normally expect them to. Read the full version here: My Rating System

Animation / Anime

Light / Comedy / Easy Watch

Asobi Asobase
Azumanga Daioh
Bocchi the Rock!
City the Animation
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Nichijou
No Game No Life
The Apothecary Diaries

Weird / Experimental / Surreal

Alien 9
Belladonna of Sadness
Cat Soup
Dead Leaves
FLCL
Gankutsuou
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Kaiba
Kemonozume
Kuuchuu Buranko
Lu Over the Wall
Magnetic Rose
Mawaru Penguindrum
Memories
Millennium Actress
Mind Game
Mononoke
Odd Taxi
Paprika
Paranoia Agent
Penguin Highway
Perfect Blue
Redline
Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise
Sonny Boy
Space Dandy
Tekkonkinkreet
The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl
The Tatami Galaxy
The Tatami Time Machine Blues
Tokyo Godfathers

Psychological / Existential

Bokurano
Boogiepop Phantom
Casshern Sins
Death Parade
Devilman Crybaby
End of Evangelion
Ghost Hound
Haibane Renmei
Monogatari Series
Monster
Neon Genesis Evangelion
NieA_7
Now and Then, Here and There
Paranoia Agent
Perfect Blue
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Shinsekai Yori
Texhnolyze
The Flowers of Evil (Aku no Hana)
Welcome to the NHK
Serial Experiments Lain [ 8.12 — Excellent ]

Dark / Intense / Violent

Ajin
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Dorohedoro
Ninja Scroll
Vinland Saga

Philosophical / Slow / Atmospheric

Angel’s Egg
Aria
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
Haibane Renmei
Houseki no Kuni
Kino’s Journey
Made in Abyss
Mushishi
My Neighbor Totoro
Natsume’s Book of Friends
Only Yesterday
Patema Inverted
Princess Mononoke
Raven of the Inner Palace
Spirited Away
The Secret World of Arrietty
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
Girls’ Last Tour [ 8.24 — Excellent ]

Romance / Melancholy / Coming-of-Age

5 Centimeters per Second
A Letter to Momo
A Silent Voice
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Colorful
Girls Band Cry
Honey and Clover
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
In This Corner of the World
Inu-Oh
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Liz and the Blue Bird
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
March Comes in Like a Lion
No Game No Life: Zero
Perfect World
Ping Pong the Animation
Suzume
The Anthem of the Heart
The Garden of Words
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Tokyo Godfathers
Whisper of the Heart
White Album 2
Wolf Children
You and I Are Polar Opposites
Your Name.
The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes [ 6.18 — Good ]

Sci-Fi / Dystopian / System Critique

Akira
Dennou Coil
Ergo Proxy
Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
NieR: Automata
Planetes
Pluto
Psycho-Pass

Crime / Mind Games / Power Struggles

Akagi
Kaiji
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Moriarty the Patriot
No Game No Life
One Outs
The Apothecary Diaries
The Fable
Zankyou no Terror

Manga / Reading

20th Century Boys
Berserk
Bibliomania
Blame!
Blood on the Tracks
Fire Punch
Goodbye, Eri
Homunculus
Land of the Lustrous
Liar Game
Monster
Oyasumi Punpun
Shimeji Simulation
The Climber
The Enigma of Amigara Fault
The Horizon
Ultra Heaven
Usogui
Vagabond

Chinese / Donghua / Chinese Fantasy

Comedy / Slice of Life

Fei Ren Zai
God Troubles Me
Scissor Seven
The Daily Life of the Immortal King
Wildfire Wandering

Action / Martial Arts

Blades of the Guardians
Fog Hill of Five Elements
Rakshasa Street
To Be Hero X
White Cat Legend
Wu Shan Wu Xing

Fantasy / Mythic

Heaven Official’s Blessing
Mo Dao Zu Shi
The Legend of Hei
You Shou Yan
Big Fish and Begonia [ 6.45 — Good ]

Mystery / Modern / System-based

Link Click
The King’s Avatar

Games / Visual Novels

Experimental / Surreal / High-Concept

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Dies Irae
Disco Elysium
Kentucky Route Zero
Killer7
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
Omori
Pathologic 2
Slay the Princess
YOU and ME and HER: A Love Story (Totono)

Psychological / Horror

Chaos;Child
Chaos;Head
Drakengard
Fear and Hunger
Fear and Hunger 2: Termina
Full Metal Daemon: Muramasa
Hanachirasu
Kara no Shoujo
Remember11: The Age of Infinity
Saya no Uta: The Song of Song
Silent Hill 2
Subarashiki Hibi
Swan Song
The House in Fata Morgana
Tsukihime

Sci-Fi / Dystopian

Baldr Sky
Ever17: The Out of Infinity
Muv-Luv Alternative
NieR: Automata
Signalis
Steins;Gate
VA-11 Hall-A
Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward

Crime / Mind Games

AI: The Somnium Files
G-Senjou no Maou
Kara no Shoujo
Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
Raging Loop

Meta / Philosophical / Literary

Fate/stay night
Kajiri Kamui Kagura
Kikokugai - The Cyber Slayer
Mahoutsukai no Yoru
Umineko: When They Cry

Literature / Novels

No Longer Human
The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria
The Setting Sun
Starting Over [ 7.2 — Great ]
Three Days of Happiness [ 7.68 — Great ]

Web Novels / Long Reads

Er Gen Corner — The Vast Expanse Universe

A Will Eternal
A World Worth Protecting
Beyond the Timescape
I Shall Seal the Heavens
Pursuit of the Truth
Renegade Immortal

Canon / Defining Works

A Regressor’s Tale of Cultivation
Deep Sea Embers
Lord of the Mysteries
Mother of Learning
Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint
Pale
Renegade Immortal
Reverend Insanity
Shadow Slave
The Godsfall Chronicles
The Wandering Inn
Worm

Philosophical / Literary / Psychological

Beyond the Timescape
My House of Horrors
My Iyashikei Game
Plague Doctor
Pursuit of the Truth
Throne of Magical Arcana

Xianxia / Cultivation Essentials

A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality
Desolate Era
I Shall Seal the Heavens
Martial World
Reverend Insanity

Influential / Foundational Genre Staples

Coiling Dragon
Release That Witch
The Legendary Mechanic
Warlock of the Magus World

Experimental / Unusual

A World Worth Protecting
Being a Talent in The Chusheng Demon Sect
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Forge of Destiny
Spare Me, Great Lord!
The Experimental Log of the Crazy Lich
The Perfect Run