CATDOLL: Netizens are hotly discussing how to objectively evaluate animations and whether they like it or not is the standard!

As the number of Japanese animations increases, many media outlets will release various animation reviews. Very professional animation reviews may be difficult for ordinary people to do, but ordinary reviews can be posted by almost anyone. Now the discussion around the works has become a hot topic for animation fans. But this also brings up a question, what kind of evaluation criteria can be considered objective and fair? Many times, the comments of anime fans often make animation producers very unhappy, but are the audience's views necessarily wrong? Recently, some netizens raised this question online, and everyone expressed their opinions on this.

The first thing to consider is the ratings. When it comes to movies, we usually use box office revenue as a criterion, and animation is generally broadcast on TV, so the ratings are often very telling. Of course, in terms of ratings, more and more people have watched through video or the Internet in recent years, so the ratings also have to take these aspects into consideration.

Moreover, the Japanese animation industry also includes the sales of BDs. Many people believe that the disc sales provided by ORICON are often the most telling. Of course, many people decide whether to buy a work based on sales or the content of the work, but in recent years, factors such as how many loyal fans a work has and whether the work comes with luxury bonuses can often determine the popularity of the work. However, the reality is that there is often a strange phenomenon in animation evaluation: if you emphasize sales when commenting on animation, you will be considered a "person who is superstitious about sales" and will be criticized. Few people will question the ratings of TV dramas, but animations are always criticized, and some people are even called "sales pigs." Of course, such people often rely on the sales of their works to belittle other works, which may also lead to people's disgust.

In addition, people also evaluate works based on the results of popularity surveys on some anime websites, the number of followers and topics on Twitter, the number of viewers and scores on NICONICO, etc., but I always feel that they lack the effect of finalizing the final word. In addition, the general popularity survey is conducted on the animation of the current season, so it is more difficult to compare with the works of other seasons. It seems that it is really difficult to find a unified standard.

Seeing this, I suddenly feel that it seems impossible to find a so-called "objective evaluation standard" for literary works like animation. Good works are those that can impress readers and audiences, and each audience has different preferences for animation. It is really unrealistic to force such a standard. To put it bluntly, when people choose animation, they just say "I like it", and sales can indeed reflect the popularity of a work. So everyone, what do you think is the evaluation standard for determining the quality of animation? Let's discuss it together~