Use cases
Concrete ways to use Anime Stats with your favorite series.
Vizualise and skip fillers
When MAL marks episodes as filler or recap, they are labeled as such. You can then: highlight (making their color pink), hide, or remove them. Removing them is a good option if you want a ready-made list that you can save, with non fillers episodes only. Some examples here with Bleach, where fillers make up 164 of 366 episodes.
Skip weak episodes on long series
Long runners are easier to finish when you can drop episodes the community rated poorly. Those often happen to be filler episodes on long series. Here are some examples with Yu Yu Hakusho, filtering episodes below 8,4/10.
- Open a series, then expand More options.
- Use Filter episodes below rating: enter a 0–10 cutoff and choose Hide, Remove, or Highlight.
- Under Fillers/recaps, choose Remove to drop them from the list and chart, or Hide to mute their scores.
Compare ratings from MAL & IMDb
Switch the data source to see the same show under the other platform. Great when you want a second opinion, and to see how different communities rate the same series. An example here with Demon Slayer.
View score distribution (1* to 5*)
Detailed mode only.
This can help you identify episodes that are highly polarizing or have a lot of 5* or 1* votes. Third image shows you a graph of the average episode ratings vs % of 5* only, so it's easy to spot controversial episodes. Some examples here with Death Note.
