Horrible Horrible Anime Endings

[TwistedEllipses]

GITS is the Summa Cum Laude of anime. The only problem is you may need to watch it twice to fully understand it.

Remember this was in 1996, not 2006. Artistically and technically, it was head and shoulders above everything else and still is in most cases. Visually it was a marvel.

Often times it's exposition went on a huge tangent with seemingly no reason but, like I said, on second view you can see the purpose. It's full of intelligent social, political and philosophical commentary that can be a little far reaching at times, but isn't over the moon like Hideo Kajima.

But if you're a Jerry Bruckheimer fan, then no, you probably won't like it. Sometimes you need to wait 20 minutes for an explosion.

Thank you for saying this. I'm not a fan of anime but GITS caught my eye because it's intelligent and asks questions. What other anime or tv programme or film or anything does that on the same level? They're are some but they are rarities. Value GITS.

If that doesn't interest you it also has semi-autonomous tanks called 'Tachikoma' that talk like toddlers...

 

[GloatingSwine]

GITS is the Summa Cum Laude of anime. The only problem is you may need to watch it twice to fully understand it.

Remember this was in 1996, not 2006. Artistically and technically, it was head and shoulders above everything else and still is in most cases. Visually it was a marvel.

No, it really isn't. It's a leaden, plodding, hodgepodge of stories from the first 12 manga volumes with a heady dash of Mamoru Oshii's pretentious codswallop (on top of Shirow's), odes to his dog, and love of circles inexplicably present in every interface element that could possibly contain circles. Not only is the manga not Shirow's best, though it's a quantum leap over the movie (that would be Appleseed) the movie isn't Oshii's best (that would be Patlabor).

And whilst it was pretty, it's not ZOMG groundbreaking, it's a small development of the techniques first used in Macross Plus in 1994.

Really, it took until Stand Alone Complex for someone to make good on the promise of Ghost in the Shell. The movie isn't a patch on Miyazaki or Satoshi Kon's work, and in the case of the latter, Perfect Blue is a far better study of identity and humanity in the manufactured digital age than Ghost in the Shell could hope to be, as well as being a great thriller in it's own right. (Satoshi Kon's movies tend towards realism, rather than the excesses of animation, there's nothing in Perfect Blue, Tokyo Godfathers, or Millennium Actress that couldn't be done for real)

 

[KaZZaP]

In the end of the second Afro Samurai Afro is about to fight... the final fight of the movie and instead of showing it you go into some kind of bizarre acid trip and have no idea wtf happens. Was a pretty big let down.

 

[Graustein]

Three animes that spring to mind are Rurouni Kenshin, Neon Genesis Evangelion and Full Metal Alchemist.

The ending to the FMA anime seemed incredibly rushed. Too much was happening in the one episode, and I noticed a general decline in quality. The "final revelation" seemed pretty contrived, as well.

The Rurouni Kenshin anime caught up with the manga, so the last few arcs were anime-exclusive filler that just declined, to the point that there's never been an anime-isation of the final (and my favourite) manga arc.

Finally, Neon Genesis Evangelion. That is all.

 

[cainx10a]

Gundam Seed, they killed MWU, oh wait then they brought his ass back in Seed Destiny, never bothered to explain how he survived, since you see his busted helmet floating in space.

Pokemon, because as far as I know, it has not ended.

It is a fine line to walk really, you never want to see the favorite characters die but sometimes it gets hard to advance the series without it.

Gundam 00 season 2- Not over yet, 9 episodes left I believe, but this is seriously starting to get messed up, the protagonist is turning into a wussy.

How exactly is Setsuna turning into a wussy?

Edit: Personally I prefer Setsuna in S2 than S1. He is more mature in S2 than he ever was in S1. And if there is one character turning into a wussy, that would be Allelujah ever since his crazy alter-ego went to "sleep". He is not even getting any damn screen time now, just chilling with his gf =D

Seconded, I never liked Al to begin with but without Hal (who I did like) he's a nobody with no personality. I like Tieria a lot more this season, ditto Setsuna. Lockoff isn't as cool as Lockon but still lol.

Also I thought CG ending was fucktacular, mostly because I'd been going WTF for the past few eps and I thought that was a good way for Lelouch to redeem himself.

Death Note was a good ending too but it was a little irksome, the second movie (live action) had a cool take on it, but not as dramatic.

OH! Hellsing. Double-u Tee Eff. Seriously, I couldn't tell what the heck happened in that last episode and then there was the stupid cliffhanger of sorts. I hope Ultimate is better.

Dude. Ultimate follows the manga storyline. And it's fucking extreme. London getting attacked by vampire nazis who raped, killed and murdered every single soul in their path pretty much. Not to mention, even the Catholic knights start killing all the remaining survivors, because they are protestant christians, which is sort of hilarious in it's own way. Ultimate shows why Alucard is a badass =D

 

[Raziel_Likes_Souls]

I'm not a fan of anime at all, and racking my brain the only anime I've watched right to the end are Akira (crummy ending in comparison to the rest of the movie, but not BAD), the Cowboy Bebop movie (which I remember almost nothing about), Ghost in the Shell (which was uniformly terrible, not just the ending), and Trigun (which did have a pretty bad ending, but the ending was only the end of the long downward spiral that started about halfway through the series).

I just don't like anime, I guess. Except Akira, it's pretty decent.

TETSUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Anyways I have to say witch hunter robin. Because the leg of someone walking out of a car is not how to end a series.

 

[Elim Garak]

Lelouch is dead. And that was the only logical outcome of his personality.

The reason it's a "bad end" is because it's not dramatically satisfying, Lelouch fucks off and dies, and leaves a new world order which is as stable as an upturned pyramid. Made of jelly.

Anyone with a Zero costume can issue an order to Schneizel. Literally anyone can arrange a coup at any time, and for all of Suzaku's hax, he has to sleep sometime.

I disagree - Schneizel (hilarious name BTW) knew who Zero was. I would say that in his mind Lelouch is Zero - not the mask. It is sort-of like that rather awful movie "The Shadow" - the target of hypnotism knows who the man behind the mask is - and therefore the mask is just a facade. So Schneizel's loyalty is to Lelouch, not to a person who wears the mask of Zero. I think Lelouch simply ordered Schneizel to obey one particular person - Schneizel may even know the who Zero is at the moment.

Of course there is no evidence one way or the other, but the point can be argued either way. Its just that my explanation does not leave a huge hole in the logic of the series. Say what you will about the events, Lelouch was pretty much always right, and didn't make such obvious and dumb mistakes. Why would he make one this large at the very end?

Furthermore, your assertion that Lelouch is dead does not explain half a dozen strange things that happen in the end. Who is CC talking to? She hasn't been able to talk to dead people. Why is she happy? How did the sister get a memory dump from Lelouch? Why is Orange happy and content with the plan? Why doesn't he show any emotion about Lelouch's death? Who is the driver of the cart at the end? Etc.

All of these things point in the opposite direction from your statement. Plus, as somebody mentioned on this thread, the author's statement can be interpreted in several ways. If this was supposed to be THE END too many signs that point in the opposite direction.

 

[Lyiat]

I don't really have a horrible one to point out... but I can give a great example of a good anime that ended really well, even if its utterly sad. Chrono Crusade, or Chrno Crusade if your from Japan.

 

[lapan]

ChäoS;HEAd, it has a horrible, cliched ending for a anime that is supossed to be of the mystery kind.

 

[GloatingSwine]

I disagree - Schneizel (hilarious name BTW) knew who Zero was. I would say that in his mind Lelouch is Zero - not the mask. It is sort-of like that rather awful movie "The Shadow" - the target of hypnotism knows who the man behind the mask is - and therefore the mask is just a facade. So Schneizel's loyalty is to Lelouch, not to a person who wears the mask of Zero. I think Lelouch simply ordered Schneizel to obey one particular person - Schneizel may even know the who Zero is at the moment.

Lelouch used his geass to compel Schneizel to absolute loyalty to Zero. And the series already established, in 2x08, that Zero is anyone who wears the Zero mask (remember the million Zeros). That's the whole reason the plan works, because Schneizel does not know that it's Suzaku in the Zero mask, no-one does.

The ending was rushed and crap thanks to the whole plot of season two being shifted back eight episodes to reintroduce the whole series after a timeslot shift. (Episodes 1-8 of R2 are a retread of the significant points of the first season). That's why it doesn't gel as well as the rest of the series.

 

[Sparrowsabre7]

I look forward towatching it then =D

 

[DoW Lowen]

Kenshin had the most unsatisfying bullshit ending as well. The last episode looks like it was done using paint.

Have you watched the second OVA, "Reflection"?

Well i was mainly talking about the anime series, OVA excluded, but I watched reflections and I really did not understand it, then I read the manga synopsis and things began to tie in together. Reflection was good I suppose, albeit depressing. But I feel that I shouldn't have had to read the manga to understand the anime, especially since I watched the entire thing from episode 1 and as a loyal fan, i feel that i deserve to see what happened. The third series was just a filler, some of the episodes were nice, but essentially not satisfying at all. The fourth series was meant to be a great as the second one, but they axed it because the third one was so shit. Fuck em seriously, I would have gladly waited for the fourth series and skipped the third one entirely.

 

[rekabdarb]

Berserk's ending pissed me off. I mean, what the hell, the series was basically just getting started and then it's over? That was a rip.

Berserk was just fine. It only covered a few chapters in a particular volume about Gatz's meeting with Griffith. And if I remember correctly, was pretty faithful to the manga, except Gatz's little pocket elf wasn't around during the first episodes, and was the sex-scene with the succubus missing as well?

the anime cut out a lot of the beginning of the series, but when it actually got to the whole Hawk's part, remained "pure and faithful"

but yeah the beginning cut out Guts's childhood, the fight where he cuts a little girl in half, and the second demon fight where the belherit (oh god i probably spelt that wrong) started to cry

 

[Rodger]

I'm going to have to go with Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and GaoGaiGar FINAL since they're the only animes I can recall watching where I didn't like the ending.

Both animes are incredibly optimistic, with Gurren Lagann spending the entire series "going beyond the impossible" and GaoGaiGar drilling in the message that those with courage can do anything. And they both end on a rather sour/tear jerker note. Gurren Lagann ends with Nia being erased from existance after getting married to Simon and GaoGaiGar ends with almost the entire main cast trapped in a dying alternate dimension or something like that. In GaoGaiGar's case it even came absolutely out of nowhere. Epic final battle rivaling that of TTGL's (or at least coming as close as you're ever going to get while still using typical-sized mecha) followed by "oh yeah and now they're all going to die here, hope you enjoyed the anime!"

Is it so much to ask that an anime that spends its entire run in an upbeat mood end on a similar note?

 

[Sirisaxman]

It was mostly based on the Genesis? And, the upper echelon of the government themselves were aiming for the death and rebirth of mankind (Seele), and Nerv was just the tool to make it happen, hence the reason other form of weaponry capable to destroying the angels were not created.

Except for the 9-12 clones of the Evas that were used in End of Evangelion, mainly as a catalyst for the coming rebirth of mankind (-cough- Shin as Adam and Asuka as Eve).

And the Enemy mecha, or angels, oh dear, rewatch the anime, it was explained that mankind was the Number XXth Angels, and those Mechas all had a certain number assigned to them, hence why they keep coming back, mainly to free Lilith or was it Adam, who was imprisoned in the Nerv base.

Yes, Adam/Lilith was the bait. Meh, going to bed. Hmm, Rei X Asuka hentai, hmmm -collapse-

I watched it once - it was enough. I know it is all "explained". I read the summaries and explanations after watching it, trying to figure out what the hell was going on. But it makes less sense than normal religion! Less sense than all that creationism crap!

So the conclusion of the story from what I understand is that angels are giant androids, god hates humans, and retarded religious fanatics are in charge of the government. Yea, that makes sense.

Sounds just like real life to me, lol.

 

[Siegreich]

Shaman king started out as a really kick ass manga, that was actually quite dark when you got into it with some great characters that were quite different from the usual anime archetypes and then they make an anime filled with giant robots and they defeat the final villain with the power of friendship, then again the manga ended recently with the biggest cliffhanger in history there is literally no resolution to any of the conflicts.

 

[Actual Charlie Nash]

i also agree with outlaw star i loved the whole series but the ending made me feel....meh

 

[Owned by 3 year olds]

Well an ending that couldve been better Death Note

I agree.I hate it when the good guys win.