Best bets for:

Bōken! Iczer-3

Rating Average: 2.0000
Rating Stddev: 0
Review Count: 1
Existing Best Bet #: 2
( $rating_average - $rating_stddev ) + ( log($reviews) / log(5) )
( 2.0000 - 0 ) + ( 0 / 1.6094379124341 )
( 2 ) - 0
Proposed Best Bet #:
( ( $rating_average - ( $rating_stddev / 2) ) - ( ( $stddev==0 and $reviews<5)? .5: 0 ) * $similarity
( ( 2.0000 - 0 ) - 0.5 ) * $similarity
( 2 - 0.5 ) * $similarity
1.5 * $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: 6 - 1991, 1990, Action, Sci-Fi, Fan Service, Sequel

For reference, Devil Doll's similarity calc is this:
( $matching_keys * ( $matching_keys / $total_keys ) * $total_keys ) / ( $total_keys * $total_keys )
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Full Metal Panic ~Fumoffu~ 4 4.00 4.00 44% 4.00 1.78 5.59 2.49
Vandread The Second Stage 4 3.80 3.60 44% 3.60 1.60 4.40 1.96
Legend of the Galactic Heroes 4 3.67 3.43 44% 3.43 1.52 3.88 1.72
Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor (1990) 4 3.50 3.25 44% 3.25 1.44 3.43 1.52
Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch Season 2 4 3.00 2.55 44% 2.55 1.13 3.11 1.38
Misaki Chronicle ~ Divergence Eve 4 3.00 3.00 44% 2.50 1.11 3.00 1.33
Top wo Nerae! 2 4 3.00 3.00 44% 2.50 1.11 3.00 1.33
Dirty Pair: Flight 005 Conspiracy (OAV) 4 2.67 2.43 44% 2.43 1.08 2.88 1.28
Dirty Pair: The Movie 4 2.50 2.25 44% 2.25 1.00 2.43 1.08
Read or Die - TV 3 4.00 4.00 25% 4.00 1.00 5.11 1.28
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid 3 4.00 4.00 25% 4.00 1.00 5.29 1.32
Bubblegum Crash 4 2.40 2.16 44% 2.16 0.96 2.91 1.29
Vandread 3 3.89 3.73 25% 3.73 0.93 4.94 1.23
Dirty Pair Flash 2 4 2.33 2.10 44% 2.10 0.93 2.54 1.13
Afro Samurai: Resurrection 4 2.33 2.10 44% 2.10 0.93 2.54 1.13
Scrapped Princess 3 3.88 3.71 25% 3.71 0.93 4.84 1.21
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust 3 3.85 3.59 25% 3.59 0.90 5.38 1.34
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's 3 3.75 3.53 25% 3.53 0.88 4.18 1.04
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (OVA) 3 4.00 4.00 25% 3.50 0.88 4.86 1.22
Armored Trooper Votoms: Shining Heresy 3 4.00 4.00 25% 3.50 0.88 4.00 1.00
Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System 3 4.00 4.00 25% 3.50 0.88 4.00 1.00
Psycho-Pass 3 3 4.00 4.00 25% 3.50 0.88 4.00 1.00
Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory 3 4.00 4.00 25% 3.50 0.88 4.00 1.00
No Guns Life (TV 2) 3 4.00 4.00 25% 3.50 0.88 4.00 1.00
Kidō Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans (TV 2) 3 4.00 4.00 25% 3.50 0.88 4.00 1.00
Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W 3 4.00 4.00 25% 3.50 0.88 4.00 1.00
Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu 3 4.00 4.00 25% 3.50 0.88 4.68 1.17
Seikai no Senki III 3 4.00 4.00 25% 3.50 0.88 4.68 1.17
Tengen Toppa Gurren-lagann 3 4.00 4.00 25% 3.50 0.88 4.68 1.17
Seikai no Senki II 3 3.67 3.43 25% 3.43 0.86 3.88 0.97
Cyber City Oedo 808 3 3.67 3.43 25% 3.43 0.86 3.88 0.97
Lodoss Tou Senki (OAV) 3 3.67 3.43 25% 3.43 0.86 4.74 1.18
Saber Marionette J to X 3 3.67 3.43 25% 3.43 0.86 3.88 0.97
Mahoromatic: Motto Utsukushii Mono 3 3.60 3.36 25% 3.36 0.84 4.11 1.03
Usagichan De Cue 3 3.60 3.36 25% 3.36 0.84 4.11 1.03
Koukaku Kidoutai 2: Innocence 3 3.50 3.25 25% 3.25 0.81 3.86 0.97
Ikkitousen: Great Guardians 3 3.50 3.25 25% 3.25 0.81 3.43 0.86
Koukaku Kidoutai S.A.C. 2nd GIG 3 3.50 3.25 25% 3.25 0.81 3.86 0.97
Hai to Gensou no Grimgar 3 3.50 3.25 25% 3.25 0.81 3.43 0.86
Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor (TV) 3 3.50 3.25 25% 3.25 0.81 3.43 0.86
Megalobox 2: Nomad 3 3.50 3.25 25% 3.25 0.81 3.43 0.86
Fushigi no Umi no Nadia 3 3.50 3.25 25% 3.25 0.81 3.86 0.97
Ranma ½: Kessen Tougenkyou! Hanayomewo Torimodose! 3 3.58 3.20 25% 3.20 0.80 4.37 1.09
Yawara! A fashionable judo girl. 3 3.33 3.10 25% 3.10 0.77 3.54 0.89
Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED DESTINY 3 3.50 3.07 25% 3.07 0.77 3.50 0.87
Elfen Lied 3 3.50 3.07 25% 3.07 0.77 4.18 1.04
Seikai no Senki 3 3.50 3.07 25% 3.07 0.77 3.50 0.87
Ranma ½ 3 3.44 3.03 25% 3.03 0.76 4.41 1.10
Project A-Ko 3 3.00 3.00 25% 3.00 0.75 4.00 1.00
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion 3 3.40 3.00 25% 3.00 0.75 4.28 1.07

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