Omnisaur

From 5, first I look for every flaw in the work, from the moment it starts to the moment it ends. Here are some of the things I would look to deduct points for if spotted. They are roughly ordered from the most pressing issues to the least:

• Thematic inconsistencies
• Thematically statements that are objectively incorrect
• Stark tonal inconsistencies
• Characterisation breaks
• Contrived or unnecessary reveals/twists
• Melodrama
• Bad animation/art
• internal logic breaks
• Tropey characters (unless this is the pioneer of a character type or deconstruction of one)
• Exaggeration of any sort; lack of subtlety
• Unfunny and/or repetitive comedy
• Poor pacing
• Poorly timed soundtrack usage
• General shock value
• Unrealism (when taking itself seriously)
• Plot holes
• Messy direction that unintentionally fails to convey the story
• Tastelessness relating to sensitive subjects
• Overly overt dialogue
• Tropey narratives (not including parodies or pioneers)
• Tropey situations (not including parodies or pioneers)
• Tropey settings (not including parodies or pioneers)
• Unanswered questions (some exceptions)
• Trashy romance
• Bad CGI
• Undeserved, forced emotion
• Lack of self-awareness
• Contrived characters (some exceptions)
• Rehashing old material with little to no improvement on it
• Direction that does not fit the tone of the anime
• Repetition that gets stale
• Unintentionally or unnecessarily annoying characters
• Inauthentic dialogue (some exceptions)
• Failure to draw backgrounds when necessary
• Fan service (not necessarily ecchi) with no substance
• Meaningless ecchi
• Plot armour
• Plot contrivances
• Spoiling future episodes with previews and episode titles (some exceptions)
• Recaps to pad out episode runtime
• Bad voice acting
• Overuse of certain soundtrack pieces
• Unintentionally ugly character designs
• Unintentionally ugly art style
• Unintentionally ugly backgrounds
• Making the theme songs longer than 90 secs to pad out episode runtime
• Milking popular IPs
• Overuse of rotoscoping

Once I have reviewed the work for all of these, the entity's initial 5 will inevitably go down to a lower score, whether it's 2, 1, 0 or hell, even in the negatives. If I genuinely can't find any reason to knock it even slightly off a 5, then it is perfect.
After this process is complete, I go look for things I could praise it for. This is the counterpart list to the one above, vaguely ranked from most praiseworthy, to least:

• Nuanced, revealing social commentary
• Relevance to society at the time of release
• Maintaining relevance to society overtime
• Complex and in-depth thematic exploration
• Successful innovation
• A well-executed allegorical narrative
• Subtle and poignant direction
• Creating a distinct, profound atmosphere
• Consistency in quality
• Mature, intelligent plot progression
• Meaningful symbolism
• Meaningful allusions
• Detailed & complex character depth
• Utilization of the medium that it employs
• Innovative ways of exploring characters
• Complex and overlapping plotlines
• Well-handled characterisation
• Thought-provoking dialogue
• Well-executed, unforced emotional payoffs
• Well-executed character development
• Structuring that benefits the intentions of the work
• Realistic stories
• Experimental animation techniques
• Interesting, human character dynamics
• Good animation/art
• Beautiful and/or subtle cinematography
• A fitting, well-placed soundtrack
• Realistic characters
• A gripping plot
• Intricate and realistic world-building
• Foreshadowed and logical twists and reveals
• Funny satire that reveals new perspectives on current events
• Poetic stories
• Creative world-building
• Well built-up, suspenseful mystery
• Creating atmosphere through paneling
• Character designs that encapsulate or add to the character
• Voice acting that captures the character's essence
• Well-edited, well-timed shot transitions
• Genuinely funny comedy
• Charismatic characters
• A defining, unique, aesthetically pleasing art style
• A fitting OP and ED

I then take the anime or manga from the score it was before the point deduction, and boost it up to a much higher one after adding on points for what it did well from the above. Then, that's it. That's what I believe the objective quality of that animanga to be. Because I look for pretty much anything good to say about something, I almost never give out 1s. But for that same reason, I also very rarely give out high scores and most of my ratings end up around the 3-8 mark.

When rating shorts, I start them at 3 but am far more generous with my awarding of points.

"Important Notes" I copy and pasted from someone else's bio lmao:

Of course there are other things that could boost or lower a work's score that I haven't written down here, I've simply forgotten them. Some works have 'X Factors' unique to them that I could not possibly keep note of in the above lists.

My base scores will always be the scores in multiples of 10 (e.g. 60/100, 70/100, etc) but I change the scores to more specific ones depending on whether they are in the upper half or lower half of said category. E.g. If it's in the top half of 60/100, I'll bump it up to 65/100. If it's in the lower half, it stays at 60/100. The only exception to this pattern is for the 90/100s which are so closely contested that I have divided them into three tiers of 90/100, 93/100 and 97/100. 100/100s are among the greatest works of fiction ever created so it is meaningless to divide them into an upper and lower half. And 5/100s are just abyss fiction ig.

I don't rate music videos.