Niche & depth

Treasure Hunter

«While you were watching the top-100, I was excavating the industry's basements.»

drawn to the rareplenty of low-popularity titleshunts outside the obvious charts

Rarity

2.1%

1,881 of 90,492 profiles

Class mean score

7.06

across all ratings by the class's viewers

Ratings per list

~310

on average per viewer of the class

Who Treasure Hunter is

While the whole site discusses the season's latest hit, the Treasure Hunter is down in the depths — sifting through nineties OVAs, forgotten films and series with three dozen ratings on the whole site. The pull is organic: he might watch the popular stuff, but the spark only lights at the line «you're one of the few who rated this».

The algorithm identifies him by the share of low-popularity titles in the list: noticeably higher than the average viewer's, and not as chance visits but as a steady course. What separates the Treasure Hunter from the Underground Advocate is motive: the Advocate defends the niche with high marks, proving its underratedness, while the Hunter cares about the dig itself — a find can even get a six, what matters is that nobody found it before him.

Viewers like this are the industry's reconnaissance: nearly everything the crowd «suddenly discovers» years later, Treasure Hunters dug up and mapped in advance. A profile worth befriending: he always has a title in reserve you've guaranteed never heard of — and a couple of stories about the depths he had to drill through to find it.

a list of things nobody's heard of · the further from the top, the better

Characters with the same temperament

If anime characters kept rating lists, these would score titles in the spirit of «Treasure Hunter».

Rintarou Okabe · Steins;Gate

Maomao · The Apothecary Diaries

Kino · Kino's Journey

Anime for Treasure Hunter

Treasures from the catalogue's basements: titles below the 1500th popularity mark that this class dug up en masse — and rated highly.

8,18class score
Hadashi no Gen
movie · 1983 · Shounen, Drama, Award Winning
in the lists of 205 viewers of the class (10.9%) · Shikimori 7.77
8,18class score
8,30class score
Chiisana Penguin Lolo no Bouken
OVA · 1986 · Kids, Adventure, Drama
in the lists of 196 viewers of the class (10.4%) · Shikimori 7.39
8,30class score
8,15class score
Petshop of Horrors
TV series · 1999 · Josei, Horror, Mystery
in the lists of 193 viewers of the class (10.3%) · Shikimori 7.26
8,15class score
7,69class score
Puparia
ONA · 2020 · Avant Garde
in the lists of 181 viewers of the class (9.6%) · Shikimori 7.60
7,69class score
7,59class score
Gunnm
OVA · 1993 · Seinen, Drama, Sci-Fi
in the lists of 172 viewers of the class (9.1%) · Shikimori 7.07
7,59class score
7,85class score
Omoide Poroporo
movie · 1991 · Josei, Drama, Romance
in the lists of 171 viewers of the class (9.1%) · Shikimori 7.45
7,85class score
8,64class score
Douluo Dalu
ONA · 2018 · Action, Adventure, Fantasy
in the lists of 166 viewers of the class (8.8%) · Shikimori 7.94
8,64class score
8,20class score
Tsumiki no Ie
movie · 2008 · Drama, Award Winning
in the lists of 162 viewers of the class (8.6%) · Shikimori 7.99
8,20class score
8,20class score
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S
TV series · 1994 · Shoujo, Romance, Mahou Shoujo
in the lists of 154 viewers of the class (8.2%) · Shikimori 7.92
8,20class score
8,39class score
Guimi Zhi Zhu: Xiaochou Pian
ONA · 2025 · Action, Fantasy, Mystery
in the lists of 152 viewers of the class (8.1%) · Shikimori 8.61
8,39class score

The card is built from the ratings of all 1,881 viewers of the class — each class has its own recipe highlighting its signature. Music videos and 18+ are excluded. The collection recalculates as the base grows.

Even those who dig far from the charts share some treasures. Here are the titles Treasure Hunters find most often — and rate the highest.

8,94class score
Spirited Away
Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi
movie · 2001 · Adventure, Fantasy, Award Winning
in the lists of 797 viewers of the class (42.4%) · Shikimori 8.77
8,94class score
8,89class score
Howl's Moving Castle
Howl no Ugoku Shiro
movie · 2004 · Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
in the lists of 778 viewers of the class (41.4%) · Shikimori 8.67
8,89class score
8,81class score
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
TV series · 2009 · Shounen, Action, Adventure
in the lists of 424 viewers of the class (22.5%) · Shikimori 9.11
8,81class score
8,76class score
Great Teacher Onizuka
TV series · 1999 · Shounen, Comedy, Delinquents
in the lists of 433 viewers of the class (23%) · Shikimori 8.68
8,76class score
8,64class score
Princess Mononoke
Mononoke Hime
movie · 1997 · Action, Adventure, Fantasy
in the lists of 544 viewers of the class (28.9%) · Shikimori 8.67
8,64class score
8,69class score
The Apothecary Diaries
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
TV series · 2023 · Drama, Mystery, Historical
in the lists of 467 viewers of the class (24.8%) · Shikimori 8.85
8,69class score
8,55class score
One-Punch Man
One Punch Man
TV series · 2015 · Seinen, Action, Comedy
in the lists of 651 viewers of the class (34.6%) · Shikimori 8.48
8,55class score
8,60class score
My Neighbor Totoro
Tonari no Totoro
movie · 1988 · Adventure, Supernatural, Award Winning
in the lists of 561 viewers of the class (29.8%) · Shikimori 8.25
8,60class score
8,59class score
Kiki's Delivery Service
Majo no Takkyuubin
movie · 1989 · Adventure, Comedy, Drama
in the lists of 540 viewers of the class (28.7%) · Shikimori 8.24
8,59class score
8,49class score
Your Name.
Kimi no Na wa.
movie · 2016 · Drama, Award Winning
in the lists of 693 viewers of the class (36.8%) · Shikimori 8.82
8,49class score

How the collection is built: we take the ratings of all 1,881 viewers of the class and compute each title's in-class mean score and audience size. The top features titles the class both watches en masse AND rates highly (a weighted rating that cuts off stray single votes). Music videos and 18+ are excluded. The collection recalculates as the base grows.