I thought long and hard about my ranking system, but sometimes I still struggle calling a work “Weak” that has many great aspects to it.

My primary ranking is very straight-forward (and very subjective to my tastes): if a work does not compel me to watch it again at some point, then it is “Weak”. Aside from that, if it especially impressed me at many levels, then it is a “Favorite”; everything else is “Good”.

Having felt a little guilty about giving an overall ranking of “Weak” to so many works that were visually impressive, I first created a ranking for each key aspect of an animated work (i.e., “Design”, “Animation”, “Concept”, and “Writing”). I assigned either “Great”, “Good”, “Basic”, or “Weak” to each aspect, and I ordered them on the site to display the most positive aspects first. I then created a section on this site (for shorts only) called “Good Visuals”, representing works with an overall ranking of “Weak” where I ranked the “Design” and “Animation” aspects either “Good” or “Great”.

In the near future, I plan on re-evaluating the existing rankings, since I assigned them at different times (and with slightly different standards) and I would like to ensure they are more consistent.