Yeah! late to the party, While the Blog Carnival has ended I would still like to write about how I view my anime.
now a 10/10 anime is something subjective, first of all I want to say that most users ( myself included sometimes ) rate the shows in the following manner:
1/5 if I didn’t like the show and 5/5 if I enjoyed, assuming a 1 to 5 star rating that is common on most sites.
the problem with that is that most users never vote in the range from 2 to 4 starts, either it sucks or it rocks making scores extremely subjective.
also the score will depend on the users genre of interest.
if I like action anime I would probably give it a higher score than a romantic comedy one
now that is unacceptable for reviews, so in most professional reviews the select someone who likes the genre enough to give a critique instead of just bashing on everything.
In my case, I like most of the genres so I try to be fair on all my reviews using the following guide:
Animation
Story
Characters
Ending
but instead of comparing different anime I view them individually since you cant compare production value between genres and /or companies ( Example: Kyoani vs. Toei ) in my case I judge the art style and animation according to the needs of the show.
Animation / art:
one example of a 10/10 in animation is Clannad and Clannad AS, the animation in here is really well done ( its Kyoany DUH!) fluid motions, consistency on the drawings and since it’s a kind of slow show without much action everything is really clear.
another one is puella magi magika madoka , this time the animation is completely different, its not that fluid and sometimes characters look weird , yet because this is an action anime and those scenes are really fast you barely notice, also the art direction compensates those errors.
Story :
this time I’m going to compare K-on”! to Seitokai no Ichizon.
K-on! and Seitokai are both slice of life anime but have a very different approach for the story.
in the case of K-on! there’s a goal in the anime, to become a band and play in a big stage, while on seitokai there’s not much plot going on.
clearly while both offer great comedy, cute characters and nice visuals K-on! in the story area, and while you don’t need a story to make a good comedy anime a good story can make a difference for some people.
Characters:
A character can make of break a story, sometimes the character feels unreal or never reacts like you think it should and these kind of things tend to break the experience.
one anime with 10/10 in the characters is Full Metal Alchemist (2009), the way the characters react and interact with everything makes the world come alive.
one anime with forgettable characters is ( IMO ) No. 6.
Ending:
this is very important since the whole experience leads to this point and if it does not deliver then everything will be for nothing. now this section is completely subjective so I tend to not be to harsh on here. but there’s some serious offenders like School Rumble witch ended in a way that even people who read the manga had a face of disgust and confusion.
Overall:
the most important part is the average of the full experience, for me a 10/10 anime gets a 10 in all those categories and if it was enjoyable. like I said its best to not compare different genres because they tend to have very different approaches and production values.
still the most important thing its to enjoy the series that makes it a 10/10 for that specific person.
now a list of some Anime I think deserves a 10/10:
Haruhi series
K-on!
Fullmetal Panic Fumofu
Fullmetal Panic TSR
Fullmetal Alchemist
Fullmetal Alchemist (2009)
Clannad and Clannad AS
Kaiji
Bakemonogatari
Puella Magi Magica Madoka
serial experiments Lain
and many more but the list would go on for like 4 pages XD.
sorry if I made no sense in some parts, I just couldn’t express everything on words 
, also go check the real Blog Carnival Participants :
Ace Railgun by AceRailgun
Anime B&B by Marina
Anime Viking by Marow
Draggle’s Anime Blog by draggle
Ephemeral Dreams by Ephemeral Dreamer
Hachimitsu by Mira
Leap250′s Blog by Leap250
Lemmas and Submodalities by SnippetTee
Listless Ink by Yi
Mainichi Anime Yume by Yumeka
Nopy’s Blog by Nopy
One Minute of Dusk by du5k
The Otaku’s Study by Sam
Ambivalence, or is it ambiguity? by @fkeroge
Ambivalence, or is it ambiguity? by Valence
World of Yamaguchi Hoshiko by Hoshiko
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Yes, I agree with what you said. Just because it’s not my favorite genre doesn’t mean an anime shouldn’t score higher and likewise. Also, I’m very sure there are anime out there they are in-between so if a person’s list consists of only the lowest and the highest mark, something’s not right. Unless, of course there are only a few anime in that list.
“still the most important thing its to enjoy the series that makes it a 10/10 for that specific person.” <- very true.