Name your overrated anime

[AngelArms]

Haruhi Suzumiya

Holy fuck I hate this show, Kyon is a fairly interesting character, and that's it's single good point, Haruhi is a selfish, greedy, whiny, arrogant, sexual harassing *****. Every other character is wholly boring, the plot is frankly stupid when it's even fucking there and FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE IT SO FUCKING MUCH

 

[CODE-D]

Just to be clear, I don't like dark anime well to a certain degree (I like Death Note) so I didn't like Neon Genesis Evangelion (no one better quote me on this the last time I admitting this, I just don't like it plain and simple. deal with it). I found the church like undertone and the ending confusing and I really hated the depressing characters (since it make me depress).
I also didn't like FMA since it was too dark for my taste (before Brotherhood came out which I guess I'm somewhat relief that the fate of those characters were not canon well they went away from the manga.

You are horrible, brotherhood was cheesy and thats all I can say. Bro gave in too many speeches, made homunculi into bosses to fight instead of tragic beings with meaning and everything resolved way too easily.

 

[Jazoni89]

Haruhi Suzumiya

Holy fuck I hate this show, Kyon is a fairly interesting character, and that's it's single good point, Haruhi is a selfish, greedy, whiny, arrogant, sexual harassing *****. Every other character is wholly boring, the plot is frankly stupid when it's even fucking there and FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE IT SO FUCKING MUCH

I think it has a certain charm to it, at least it does for me. I love the artstyle as well, very Japanese.

I don't even want to watch series two, because I've heard so much stupid shit about it.

Wouldn't mind seeing the movie though...

 

[MetaKnight19]

Lucky Star.
Because it pales in comparison to Azumanga Daioh and yet it feels like Lucky Star has far more memes about it scattered across Youtube.

I totally see where you're coming from. I have the Azumanga Daioh manga omnibus (big enough to kill someone with) and the whole Lucky Star series on DVD. They both have their ups and downs, but ultimately Lucky Star doesn't have this...


OT: Probably Elfen Lied. To be honest I kind of liked it but there were numerous things that kept it from being great. It also wasn't the great mindfuck experience I'd heard it was, at times it just looked like they were pushing to see what they could get away with and it turns out they couldn't get away with a lot since most of the time it felt unnecessary and forced.

For example, when Lucy burst into the room completely starkers, I can't remember the last time I face-palmed that hard. Then there's the english dub...the actors couldn't sound more bored if they were watching paint dry with a grass growing documentary on every TV channel.

 

[Rune342]

I would say either Neon Genesis Evangelion or Full Metal Panic.
For Evangelion, the pacing just seemed off. It went from see angel kill angel to suddenly characters are having problems.
Full Metal Panic may be good, I just couldn't seem to get into it. I've only watched a few episodes in, but nothing was happening.

 

[Wolfwood1203]

OT:

DBZ is overrated, most of its fans(including me) like it cuz they used to watch it when they were kids, now I understand how bad that anime was. Compared to Naruto DBZ is overrated.

let me sum up, why id rather listen to nails on a chalkboard, than watch DBZ

"next time on dragon ball z"
it just went on and on and on, some episode having no more than 1 punch thrown, and the rest of the time was just spent floating

How many Dragonball Z characters does it take to change a lightbulb?

Only one, but it takes three episodes.

"Baaaa Dumm Tish"

Lol, nice. But the way that series went, more like a dozen episodes. They start with the first six having short characters try to reach the lightbulb and fail repeatedly, the last 6 involve a tall guy very slowly changing it.

 

[AngelArms]

Haruhi Suzumiya

Holy fuck I hate this show, Kyon is a fairly interesting character, and that's it's single good point, Haruhi is a selfish, greedy, whiny, arrogant, sexual harassing *****. Every other character is wholly boring, the plot is frankly stupid when it's even fucking there and FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE IT SO FUCKING MUCH

I think it has a certain charm to it, at least it does for me. I love the artstyle as well, very japanese.

I don't even want to watch series two, because I've heard so much stupid shit about it.

Wouldn't mind seeing the movie though...

Ah yes, how could I fail to bring up season two?

For a slightly less BLIND RAGE opinion I'd put forward Fruits Basket but I don't really consider it terrible, just a very much deterriorated adaptation of one of my favourite manga of all time. Still enjoyed it though.

 

[Illesdan]

Three pages of this and no one has thrown 'InuYashi' under the bus yet?

*Toss*

I'm not an anime fan in general, but some of it (like Ghost in the Shell Complex) does have some redeeming qualities. InuYashi is just... Bad.

 

[Robertus2210]

Dragonball z is terrible, its suposed to be a show about fighting but all they do is talk and act silly. almost nothing ever happens and when it does it takes 15 episodes.

 

[Heaven's Guardian]

Lucky Star.
Because it pales in comparison to Azumanga Daioh and yet it feels like Lucky Star has far more memes about it scattered across Youtube.

Have to disagree with you there. Lucky Star has probably the best characterization I have ever seen in a fictional work. Do you realize how difficult it is to write a normal seventeen year old girl with confidence issues that male audiences will actually like? The target demographic isn't particularly fond of teenage girls who are worried about their weight for no reason and feel hurt that boys don't seem to be interested in them, and we all probably have taken our fair share of shots at them. Somehow Lucky Star manages to make a show work out of this (although if you think Konata is the main character, you might not see the same show focus as me), and one that works on more levels than just the comedic.

 

[witheringsanity]

Naruto is the grand champion, when taking into consideration it's popularity vs it's substance.

I always thought Akira was really overrated. people seem to hold it in very high regard, but to me it was kinda bleh. overly violent, gross, hard to follow... i dunno. it's not the worst anime i've seen, but i don't feel it deserves any praise, other than possibly being a boundary pusher.

#1 most UNDERrated anime?? Higurashi.

 

[Charli]

Three pages of this and no one has thrown 'InuYashi' under the bus yet?

*Toss*

I'm not an anime fan in general, but some of it (like Ghost in the Shell Complex) does have some redeeming qualities. InuYashi is just... Bad.

Oh good I was struggling for one there, That one brought no joy, I know some people hate the current popular franchises for their filler but Inuyasha was filler incarnate.

The plot LITERALLY went nowhere.

 

[DSK-]

Also, for me the biggest, most overrated show in existence is Gintama. Don't believe me?
http://myanimelist.net/topanime.php Those ranks are accumulated from user votes, and that community has a really strong taste in anime. I tried watching that show, but it was just direct references to other popular shonen anime that I don't give a crap about. Weak.

I'm sorry to hear that. Gintama is probably the funniest thing I've ever seen. May I ask how many episodes you watched?

OT: Probably Naruto followed by Bleach. The first arc of Bleach was better than all the crap that preceded it, and it just got worse especially with all the fillers. Third could possibly be Higurashi or what I've seen of it i should say.

 

[n00beffect]

One Piece, Cowboy Bebop, D.Gray man, 07-ghost(that one's truly terrible), and.. yeah, that's about it. Oh, and it's funny how most of the people saying that Death Note is overrated, are mostly pissed-off because (spoiler alert) L dies and gets replaced by a kid and a teenager (to be honest, that kind of pissed me off too, but that still wasn't enough for me to diminish the tremendous atmosphere it had build-up to that point, and not to mention its well-developed, relatable characters). And to the 'gentlemen' claiming that it's an anime for 12 year olds... Why? And how, more precisely? Yeah, you could enjoy it if you were 12... You know, if you could understand all the SYMBOLYSM and all the METAPHORES...

Oh sorry I forgot to mention: DOT FUCKING HACK! That was just so... corny and moral and cheesy and... and just ahhh boring!

No sir, I didn't like Death Note not because of the plot twist, that part was actually interesting to me.

No, what I HATED about Death Note, was that you knew where it was going from episode 1, and it was 37 episodes long. They dragged it out with a brutally boring, uneventful pace. If the show was 16 episodes, I would've loved it. But no, it was too freakin' long, and I got the point of the show right off the bat. The ending? It was great. The plot twists? Blew my mind. The premise? Pretty cool. The pacing? Horrendous and dragged out.

Well, good sir, it all comes down to taste, does it not? The 'horrendous pacing' is actually what I found to be most intriguing and amusing. You knew where it was going? Oh, what a genius we have in out midst; such powers of clairvoyance and what not! To be able to guess that 'the bad guy gets caught/dies' is no small feat! Come on! We ALL knew where it was going. In almost every story you, in a way, know what's going to happen and where it's going - that's not the point! HOW it gets to that predictable-for-everyone ending is what is important. But, of course, if you dislike it - you dislike it. There is no point in arguing personal tastes and the like. And yes, I'll even go as far as to agree with you, to an extent, about the pacing bit. They could've skipped a few things here and there, cut some corners and so on. But, to me, all of that pacing, and that slow, painful developement is what made it so unique. When I watched it for the first time, that pacing was the reason I continued watching with anxiousness and astonishment. Plus, I myself, like mind-games and scenarios where deductive reasoning is required; and being able to observe said deduction is, as I said earlier, quite entertaining to me.

 

[Slenn]

Lucky Star.
Because it pales in comparison to Azumanga Daioh and yet it feels like Lucky Star has far more memes about it scattered across Youtube.

Have to disagree with you there. Lucky Star has probably the best characterization I have ever seen in a fictional work. Do you realize how difficult it is to write a normal seventeen year old girl with confidence issues that male audiences will actually like? The target demographic isn't particularly fond of teenage girls who are worried about their weight for no reason and feel hurt that boys don't seem to be interested in them, and we all probably have taken our fair share of shots at them. Somehow Lucky Star manages to make a show work out of this (although if you think Konata is the main character, you might not see the same show focus as me), and one that works on more levels than just the comedic.

To each his own. For me, I watched the entirety of both animes, and I felt like L-Star's characters and episodes were much much drier in material. Few of the episodes were compelling or emotional. And it felt like most of the time the rambling conversations about pop culture just got in the way and made most of the beginning episodes almost the same deal. There wasn't much in the show that made it special for me. In Azumanga, most of the characters I felt I could relate to and reminded me of most of my friends (That may be why I like it better, but I also felt like Azumanga's character traits came out much stronger). In the end of Azumanga, I felt like there was good closure for its cast with the graduation ceremony and the admission exams. It felt like L-Star had too many characters to shove in, and by the end it didn't feel like anything special, albeit the dance at the end.

But like I said, to each his own, and I don't like arguments on the interwebs. XD

 

[Jazoni89]

Lucky Star.
Because it pales in comparison to Azumanga Daioh and yet it feels like Lucky Star has far more memes about it scattered across Youtube.

I totally see where you're coming from. I have the Azumanga Daioh manga omnibus (big enough to kill someone with) and the whole Lucky Star series on DVD. They both have their ups and downs, but ultimately Lucky Star doesn't have this...


OT: Probably Elfen Lied. To be honest I kind of liked it but there were numerous things that kept it from being great. It also wasn't the great mindfuck experience I'd heard it was, at times it just looked like they were pushing to see what they could get away with and it turns out they couldn't get away with a lot since most of the time it felt unnecessary and forced.

For example, when Lucy burst into the room completely starkers, I can't remember the last time I face-palmed that hard. Then there's the english dub...the actors couldn't sound more bored if they were watching paint dry with a grass growing documentary on every TV channel.

Speaking as a fan, Elfen Lied is very flawed. I'm not talking small flaws here, I'm talking huge great big mother flaws, terrible dubbing, over excessive gore and nudity, and two dimensional characters. With all these flaws however, it's all the more surprising is the fact that it's so compelling. It pushes the boundaries of good taste, and becomes something truly unique, and inspiring.

Obviously there were moments in the series of pure generic anime childishness, but in certain places like the beginning of episode four I believe, when it flashbacks to mayu's past, and her sexual molestations in the hands of her step father, and her running away because of it. Now, I hate to sound cliché, but I really felt for her character, and what she went through, because going through something like that must be complete and utter hell. The worst thing about it though, is some people have to deal with that everyday and it is in no way a rare case at all. I was seriously upset by it, and because of my nervous disposition when it comes to that sort of thing, I nearly had to stop it right there. It's that emotional feeling and attachment that I felt is something that I've never truly experienced in any form of media, anime or not. It was hard to stomach in the end, and I completely understand why people would be put off seeing that kind of stuff, but I went through it, and I'll say this now, Elfen Lied changed my life.

Now I can't say that for a lot of things.

Overrated it could be, and by Jo I defiantly understand that's it's not everyone's cup of tea, but Elfen Lied is very personal to me, and I'll stand by it, and defend my opinion of it if needs be.

 

[SckizoBoy]

The question is... what anime isn't overrated?

Are you asking that as a hater of anime? Or as a general critic of media?

If the former, I'd politely ask you to leave. If the latter, there are plenty that aren't overrated, because they do not subscribe to the 'safe tropes' of stock anime series and are subsequently scorned by the general viewer base for not being 'anime' or 'Japanese' enough. There are diamonds in the rough, and while they are few and far between, they are there... you just need to be bothered to look for them, unless you already know where to look.

 

[Lilani]

Naruto, One Piece and Death Note. None of them are any good in any sense.

Bleach could be considered as well.

This guy must really fucking hate Japanese 12 year old boys.

Or I could just have standards.

And the BB Code tags for bold on your clipboard, apparently.

 

[IamLEAM1983]

HellSing.

Precisions.

My experience is with the TV series for the most part, but anytime someone mentions the words "unstoppable force" to me, I'm a little less interested. What can I say, I like my protagonists with a shred of pathos and at least a minimum of vulnerabilities. Otherwise, you might as well re-title the show as "Watch a Godmode Kick Ass".