Neon Genesis Evangelion. The last two episodes are what I would imagine being on drugs to be like. They made no sense at all.
Horrible Horrible Anime Endings
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While the TV series ending was poorly executed due to budget cuts and censorship threats, it goes well with the EoE ending. EoE showing the physical world plot points while the series tells Shinji's final character development in detail. The drawings could have been better, but the dialouge and concepts themselves were pretty good. You have to watch it a few times or read internet discussions, but those are the complex stories I like.
My idea of a bad ending was Elfin Lied, or however its spelt, and R.O.D. The TV. I love the ROD series, and the anime is my second favorite, but the ending was too unexplained, mostly the Joker part.
My idea of a bad ending was Elfin Lied, or however its spelt, and R.O.D. The TV. I love the ROD series, and the anime is my second favorite, but the ending was too unexplained, mostly the Joker part.
Ultrajoe said:
Hahaha, no, I'm not trolling. I watched what I guess was the original Ghost in the Shell movie, and all I saw was excessively gratuitous violence and nudity, with no real reason for either other than the fact that it can sell DVDs. If there was anything more to it, I couldn't see it behind the completely unnecessary tits and gore. I saw the first couple of episodes of Stand Alone Complex, and it was decent enough, but it wasn't enough to keep me watching.Elim Garak said:
And like I said, I think Akira is pretty good, so clearly I don't hate all anime. I also liked Evangelion a lot when I was a kid, Stand Alone Complex was okay, and I liked the first half of Trigun when I was younger. I don't dislike the rest because it's anime; I dislike the rest because it's terrible.
HEY! I liked full metal alchemist ending, it provided closure. Can anyone else seriously tell me a better ending that isn't cliche or overdone?
I just finished watching Wolf's Rain today, it was interesting but the ending was BS. You have no idea what happened, it was like Neon Genesis, where everything just goes to the shitter when it was getting good.
I just finished watching Wolf's Rain today, it was interesting but the ending was BS. You have no idea what happened, it was like Neon Genesis, where everything just goes to the shitter when it was getting good.
Totally - I wish the princess chick and the kids would just SHUT UP! And stop singing! Especially during battles! Just kill them off and be done with it!mattttherman3 said:
"Boo-hoo, I fight wars, boo-hoo, that's all I know." He should wringing his hands and use the tools that he has to achieve his objective. Oh, and sleep with the princess - maybe then she would shut up.cainx10a said:
Elim Garak said:
The writer confirmed he is dead. C.C. can speak to people she has given a Geass to via the World of C.
It's a shit ending for two reasons. One, it creates an inherently unstable system with only Suzaku retaining the identity of Zero as the lynchpin of the global order. Anyone with access to a Zero costume could order Schneizel into performing a coup at any time.
And because it was on the same weekend as the last episode of Macross Frontier, which was at least twenty flavours of fucking awesome.
It's a shit ending for two reasons. One, it creates an inherently unstable system with only Suzaku retaining the identity of Zero as the lynchpin of the global order. Anyone with access to a Zero costume could order Schneizel into performing a coup at any time.
And because it was on the same weekend as the last episode of Macross Frontier, which was at least twenty flavours of fucking awesome.
No, actually on a gallon of bad acid. While locked in a monastery. With drunk nuns reading you the bible 24/7.Ace of Spades said:
Slightly off topic, but it is about as bad as that insane "Universe X" think that Marvel did a while ago - they build heaven and purgatory out of the negative universe? Wolverine is a throw-back to the original humans? Mephisto is a brain-washed time traveling night crawler? Richard's little kid is Galactus?? WTF????
DC's attempt at total insanity - Final Crysis - is a little better. In that it is way shorter. But all that limbo and gods crap? I read most of the FC issues, and still have no idea what happened.
Heh, no worries. Actually in the Japanese culture that doesn't count as nudity - they show that much skin in most kids cartoons. It is often cut out and removed in the US versions though. Also the violence is fairly mild there - most adult movies are the same.Good morning blues said:
BTW, if you try the subtitled version it is a lot deeper. They couldn't bring over all of the concepts in English and fit them into the time that the characters are speaking. Basically, GitS is in many ways where the Matrix came from.
SAC also starts out slow but the philosophical and sociological ideas in it are very cool. I mean with the Stand Alone Complex concept the author basically predicted and described the formation of the Al Queda cells in UK. They completely independently from each other came to the same idea because they had the same stimulus and were synchronized through the on-line medium. Basically it is a mental computer virus that takes over if you are in a certain state of mind. And it is presented as a very cool detective story.
we rekon its better than the "and then i woke up" ending. not cool.
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Huh, I am still not so sure.GloatingSwine said:
Can you give me a pointer to what the author said? It seemed like the studio went to a lot of trouble to leave things open-ended. Apparently there is a ton of other semi-circumstantial evidence that he is alive. I just found this web site - check it out. They mention 4-5 other pieces of evidence that haven't occurred to me.
link [http://animeotaku.animeblogger.net/2008/09/code-geass-r2-25-so-is-lelouch-dead-or-not/]
Plus, CC never talked to dead people. She talked to Marianne who was alive - and I think this was a peculiarity specific to Marianne's Geass. She never talked to Leluche using that method - or to that crazy Chinese kid. Or dozens of other people that she probably gave Geass to over the years. VV never talked that way with Charles. She can do the telepathy things only with people that are alive, and probably even then only with Marianne.
link [http://animeotaku.animeblogger.net/2008/09/code-geass-r2-25-so-is-lelouch-dead-or-not/]
Plus, CC never talked to dead people. She talked to Marianne who was alive - and I think this was a peculiarity specific to Marianne's Geass. She never talked to Leluche using that method - or to that crazy Chinese kid. Or dozens of other people that she probably gave Geass to over the years. VV never talked that way with Charles. She can do the telepathy things only with people that are alive, and probably even then only with Marianne.
Agreed, apart from the fact that I absolutely hated it.AndyMacK said:
Way to go with flushing all the built up tension right down the toilet by
reviving everyone who had died, completely invalidating the sacrifices made.
I also despise FLCL's ending.
Half an explanation that suddenly reveals the most interesting character in the series who then blasts off into space. The end.
Yeah, gotta agree with both of those.thenightgaunt said:
Final Fantasy Unlimited (although that was shite anyway...)
Their mom and dad were working for the Earl? And at the end they all go to sleep or something? WTF was that all about????
and honestly, i HATED HATED HATED the ending to GTO.
He ends up in freakin' California? WHY?
Adult Swim is only 1/3 responsible since Bandai and Sunrise would have to be willing to do it as well. Also AS/CN was the only reason a second season arrived in the first place. It's all...very confusing (much like the ending I guess)Highlandheadbanger said:
But...yeah Big O's ending is a big "wait, what?" but at the same time I liken it to the ending of Stephen King's Dark Tower series in that
things are rebooted but there's a change, making you think that if there is a cycle, it can be broken in time
However I still think Inuyasha wins for having the worst Anime ending of all time because the series after doing absolutely fuck-all for 500 episodes* or whatever does not even end. It just...stops. No ending. No nothing. Then again maybe that's fitting given how little actually occurs in the storyline.
*I know it's not 500...it only seems like that many. It's not even good background noise. It's only good for making fun of...endlessly.
Samurai Champloo. The ending itself was pretty good, but if you think about it, there were actually a huge amount of loose ends left.
That line is just to back up that everything he knows in life is fighting and nothing else. I don't see what's wrong here if he wants a way out. He won't be piloting a gundam forever, and that's exactly CB objective "To end all wars". That said, he sure is kicking some "major ass" with the 00-Raiser. Poor Devine (pew pew dead).Elim Garak said:
And his relation with the princess is more brother-sister than anything else, and he is being influence by her to stop fighting. I know one dood who should thank her for "saving" his life. (-cough- Prince Ali).
Ruruoni(SP?) Kenshin and GTO are those anime that ended prematurely, since they were aired while the manga was on-going and back then, fillers weren't all that popular (not that they are popular today, anyway).
At least in Kenshin, you got closure with the movie
The ending of GTO is passable, if you don't know that the manga existed. He contends with two more vice-principals and more students (including another busty girl with a butterfly tattoo on her chest. Guess how she makes the wings flutter).
Hajime no Ippo would count for this as well, because there is so much wasted potential in terms of story if he stopped at the Nationals. At least now we have a second season (even if it is long-delayed).
At least in Kenshin, you got closure with the movie
Kenshin died in the arms of Kaoru after a very long separation. What he died from was left unexplained, but I bet it's a lethal combination of stress and infection (probably leprosy or tetanus, seeing as he is cut very severely in several places during the course of the series).
The ending of GTO is passable, if you don't know that the manga existed. He contends with two more vice-principals and more students (including another busty girl with a butterfly tattoo on her chest. Guess how she makes the wings flutter).
Hajime no Ippo would count for this as well, because there is so much wasted potential in terms of story if he stopped at the Nationals. At least now we have a second season (even if it is long-delayed).
I thought the Code Geass ending was somewhat clever..
But I hated the Vampire Knight end, it just left me with a wtf expression on my face...
the fact that all that time Lelouch was pretending to be a tyrant just so that the people would hate him and love Suzaku was a nice touch. But his death wasn't as epic as I had expected..
But I hated the Vampire Knight end, it just left me with a wtf expression on my face...
Fucking Gainax.Vauban said:
I think the ending is good drama and consistent with what the characters were fighting for, but totally harshes the buzz.