Best bets for:

Aura Battler Dunbine

Rating Average: 2.5000
Rating Stddev: 0.5
Review Count: 2
Existing Best Bet #: 2.43067655807339
( $rating_average - $rating_stddev ) + ( log($reviews) / log(5) )
( 2.5000 - 0.5 ) + ( 0.693147180559945 / 1.6094379124341 )
( 2 ) - 0.430676558073393
Proposed Best Bet #:
( ( $rating_average - ( $rating_stddev / 2) ) - ( ( $stddev==0 and $reviews<5)? .5: 0 ) * $similarity
( ( 2.5000 - 0.25 ) - 0 ) * $similarity
( 2.25 - 0 ) * $similarity
2.25 * $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: 7 - 1984, 1983, TV, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Mecha

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
Tenkuu no Escaflowne 5 3.56 3.23 51% 3.23 1.65 5.06 2.58
Hagane no Renkinjutsushi 5 3.57 3.21 51% 3.21 1.64 4.48 2.29
Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari 5 3.33 2.86 51% 2.86 1.46 3.07 1.57
Eureka Seven 4 4.00 4.00 32% 4.00 1.31 5.00 1.63
Juuni Kokuki 4 3.90 3.75 32% 3.75 1.22 5.03 1.64
Chrono Crusade 4 3.89 3.73 32% 3.73 1.22 4.94 1.61
Vandread 4 3.89 3.73 32% 3.73 1.22 4.94 1.61
Scrapped Princess 4 3.88 3.71 32% 3.71 1.21 4.84 1.58
Vandread The Second Stage 4 3.80 3.60 32% 3.60 1.18 4.40 1.44
Darker than Black - Kuro no Keiyakusha 4 3.80 3.60 32% 3.60 1.18 4.40 1.44
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha 4 3.75 3.53 32% 3.53 1.15 4.18 1.36
Interlude 4 3.75 3.53 32% 3.53 1.15 4.18 1.36
Rozen Maiden 4 3.75 3.53 32% 3.53 1.15 4.61 1.50
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's 4 3.75 3.53 32% 3.53 1.15 4.18 1.36
Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora 5 2.50 2.25 51% 2.25 1.15 2.43 1.24
Hunter X Hunter 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.43 1.45
Cho Jiku Yosai Macross 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.43 1.45
Avatar: The Last Airbender - Season 2 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.00 1.31
Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.00 1.31
KURAU Phantom Memory 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.00 1.31
Sentou Mecha Xabungle 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.00 1.31
Fairy Tail 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.00 1.31
Zegapain 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.00 1.31
Shakugan no Shana II 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.43 1.45
Saiyuuki Reload Gunlock 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.00 1.31
009-1 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.43 1.45
Hakkenden: Touhou Hakken Ibun 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.00 1.31
Shoukoku no Altair 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.00 1.31
Avatar: The Last Airbender - Season 1 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.43 1.45
Avatar: The Last Airbender - Season 3 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.68 1.53
Naruto Shippuuden (TV) 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.00 1.31
Shining Tears x Wind 4 4.00 4.00 32% 3.50 1.14 4.00 1.31
Senkaiden Houshin Engi 4 3.67 3.43 32% 3.43 1.12 3.88 1.27
Legend of Basara 4 3.67 3.43 32% 3.43 1.12 3.88 1.27
Samurai 7 4 3.67 3.43 32% 3.43 1.12 3.88 1.27
Slayers Try 4 3.69 3.39 32% 3.39 1.11 4.68 1.53
Orguss 6 2.00 2.00 73% 1.50 1.10 2.43 1.79
Mousou Dairinin 4 3.50 3.25 32% 3.25 1.06 3.43 1.12
Brain Powerd 4 3.50 3.25 32% 3.25 1.06 3.86 1.26
Kiba 4 3.50 3.25 32% 3.25 1.06 3.43 1.12
Hai to Gensou no Grimgar 4 3.50 3.25 32% 3.25 1.06 3.43 1.12
Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari 4 3.50 3.25 32% 3.25 1.06 3.43 1.12
Fushigi no Umi no Nadia 4 3.50 3.25 32% 3.25 1.06 3.86 1.26
Slayers 4 3.57 3.21 32% 3.21 1.05 4.73 1.55
Naruto 4 3.62 3.20 32% 3.20 1.04 4.87 1.59
Magic Knight Rayearth 4 3.40 3.16 32% 3.16 1.03 4.34 1.42
Macross: Do You Remember Love? 4 3.50 3.12 32% 3.12 1.02 3.85 1.26
Gun Sword 4 3.33 3.10 32% 3.10 1.01 3.54 1.16
Chikyuu Bouei Kigyou Dai-Guard 4 3.33 3.10 32% 3.10 1.01 3.54 1.16
To Aru Kagaku no Railgun 4 3.33 3.10 32% 3.10 1.01 3.98 1.30

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