Best bets for:

Devilman Lady

Rating Average: 3.0000
Rating Stddev: 0
Review Count: 1
Existing Best Bet #: 3
( $rating_average - $rating_stddev ) + ( log($reviews) / log(5) )
( 3.0000 - 0 ) + ( 0 / 1.6094379124341 )
( 3 ) - 0
Proposed Best Bet #:
( ( $rating_average - ( $rating_stddev / 2) ) - ( ( $stddev==0 and $reviews<5)? .5: 0 ) * $similarity
( ( 3.0000 - 0 ) - 0.5 ) * $similarity
( 3 - 0.5 ) * $similarity
2.5 * $similarity
In English: Average rating minus half the standard deviation of the ratings, with a penalty of half a rating point if there are fewer then five reviews with no variation in their ratings.
Discussion: This uses the average rating as the base, lowering the overall rating based on the amount of variance in the ratings. Additionally it lowers the rating if only a few people have rated it and they've all given it the same score. Perhaps shows with few ratings shouldn't even show up in best bets.

Keywords: 12 - 1999, 1998, TV, Modern, Acquired Taste, Action, Dark, Drama, Supernatural, Surreal, Violent, Weird

For reference, Devil Doll's similarity calc is this:
( $matching_keys * ( $matching_keys / $total_keys ) * $total_keys ) / ( $total_keys * $total_keys )
Pool of potential series:
TitleKey MatchRatingRating - stddevDevil Doll's Similarity CalcNew bbetNew bbet * SimilarityOld bbetOld bbet * Similarity
Loveless (TV) 8 3.50 3.25 44% 3.25 1.44 3.43 1.52
xxxHOLiC Kei 8 3.33 3.10 44% 3.10 1.38 3.54 1.58
sola 8 3.40 3.00 44% 3.00 1.33 3.60 1.60
Gunslinger Girl 7 3.67 3.33 34% 3.33 1.13 4.37 1.49
Speed Grapher 8 3.00 3.00 44% 2.50 1.11 3.68 1.64
Elfen Lied 7 3.50 3.07 34% 3.07 1.04 4.18 1.42
Kurozuka 9 2.25 1.71 56% 1.71 0.96 2.02 1.14
xxxHOLiC - Manatsu no Yoru no Yume 7 3.17 2.72 34% 2.72 0.92 3.38 1.15
Meitantei Conan 7 3.20 2.71 34% 2.71 0.92 3.22 1.10
Shoujo Kakumei Utena 6 3.83 3.65 25% 3.65 0.91 5.26 1.31
Kiddy Grade 7 3.12 2.66 34% 2.66 0.91 3.49 1.19
xxxHOLiC 8 2.40 2.00 44% 2.00 0.89 2.60 1.16
Cowboy Bebop 6 3.81 3.55 25% 3.55 0.89 5.74 1.44
Interlude 6 3.75 3.53 25% 3.53 0.88 4.18 1.04
Boukyaku no Senritsu 7 3.00 2.55 34% 2.55 0.87 3.11 1.06
X (TV) 6 3.75 3.47 25% 3.47 0.87 4.91 1.23
Karas 6 3.67 3.43 25% 3.43 0.86 3.88 0.97
Narutaru ~Mukuro naru hoshi Tama taru ko~ 7 3.00 3.00 34% 2.50 0.85 3.86 1.31
X-Men 6 3.50 3.25 25% 3.25 0.81 3.43 0.86
Master Keaton 6 3.50 3.25 25% 3.25 0.81 3.43 0.86
Madlax 6 3.25 3.03 25% 3.03 0.76 3.68 0.92
Heppoko Jiken Animation Excel Saga 6 3.42 3.01 25% 3.01 0.75 4.44 1.11
Serial Experiments Lain 6 3.45 2.98 25% 2.98 0.74 4.77 1.19
Shin Seiki Evangelion 6 3.38 2.93 25% 2.93 0.73 4.86 1.22
Bleach 6 3.43 2.90 25% 2.90 0.73 3.59 0.90
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid 5 4.00 4.00 17% 4.00 0.69 5.29 0.92
Yami No Matsuei 6 3.29 2.71 25% 2.71 0.68 3.33 0.83
Blood Plus 6 3.11 2.67 25% 2.67 0.67 3.60 0.90
Jin-Roh 5 3.92 3.78 17% 3.78 0.66 5.18 0.90
High School of the Dead 6 3.00 2.55 25% 2.55 0.64 3.11 0.78
Kite 6 3.05 2.55 25% 2.55 0.64 3.94 0.99
Chikyu Shojo Arjuna 5 3.83 3.65 17% 3.65 0.63 4.57 0.79
Kurogane Communication 6 3.00 2.50 25% 2.50 0.62 2.43 0.61
CANAAN 6 3.00 3.00 25% 2.50 0.62 3.00 0.75
Chainsaw Man 6 3.00 3.00 25% 2.50 0.62 3.43 0.86
Texhnolyze 6 3.00 2.50 25% 2.50 0.62 2.43 0.61
Darker than Black - Kuro no Keiyakusha 5 3.80 3.60 17% 3.60 0.62 4.40 0.76
NHK ni Youkoso! 6 2.83 2.49 25% 2.49 0.62 3.26 0.81
Angel Beats! 6 2.91 2.46 25% 2.46 0.61 3.50 0.87
Kuuchuu Buranko 5 4.00 4.00 17% 3.50 0.61 4.00 0.69
Gangsta. 5 4.00 4.00 17% 3.50 0.61 4.00 0.69
Aku no Hana 5 4.00 4.00 17% 3.50 0.61 4.00 0.69
Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori 5 4.00 4.00 17% 3.50 0.61 4.68 0.81
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 5 3.70 3.47 17% 3.47 0.60 4.67 0.81
Saber Marionette J to X 5 3.67 3.43 17% 3.43 0.60 3.88 0.67
Jigoku Shoujo 5 3.60 3.36 17% 3.36 0.58 4.11 0.71
Rahxephon 5 3.55 3.30 17% 3.30 0.57 4.54 0.79
ID: INVADED 5 3.50 3.25 17% 3.25 0.56 3.43 0.60
Kiba 5 3.50 3.25 17% 3.25 0.56 3.43 0.60
Ergo Proxy 5 3.50 3.25 17% 3.25 0.56 3.86 0.67

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