For people who think that Clamp can do no wrong. You need to watch RG Veda..... the most boring anime ever made. The most exciting part is when a butterfly flies around.
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Okay fine, Inuyasha could probably be skipped, but I won't say it's terrible. Elfen Lied same thing. Grenadier is skippable. The Pokemon anime is VERY skippable. Code Geass is skippable.Aeriath said:
Even saying that, I wouldn't (with the exception of 9/10ths of Pokemon) say this stuff is absolutely terrible. I guess there's not much I really hate.
Ok this is getting annoying... it's like the only reason you're on this thread is to tell people that they're wrong without providing any real argument or reason as to why...Eri said:
the best argument you've given is...
which is off base... it's perfectly reasonable to complain about something that a show is supposed to have... Elfen Lied is a perfect example, it's supposed to have a tons of nudity but that actually makes the show worse, it could've been much better without it...Eri said:
And Spice And Wolf got very good reviews across the board... most of the scores I've seen for it are quite high...
Also I agree with just about everything on that list with the exception of... no, nevermind I completely agree with that list... including what he said about Spice and Wolf and Elfen Lied...
I not really sure what the point of this discussion is.
There are obviously going to be shows that a lot of people like and dislike. It is all opinion. If you want to know what anime's are good or bad just watch the first episode or you can just endure it like the rest of us.
There are obviously going to be shows that a lot of people like and dislike. It is all opinion. If you want to know what anime's are good or bad just watch the first episode or you can just endure it like the rest of us.
Doesn't appear to be any [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/spice-and-wolf/dvd-season-1] particular [http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1055] consensus [http://www.mania.com/spice-wolf-season-1-complete-collection_article_116943.html] about it being mediocre amongst professional reviewers.Eri said:
Niche appeal, sure, but hardly something unanimously branded inferior and in poor taste. Hell, not even Elfen Lied is universally considered so [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/elfen-lied/dvd-4], despite its fairly commendable story about the horrors of discrimination arguably drowning in limited runtime, needless nudity, and cardboard characters.
Street Fighter. I'm pretty sure there's multiple Street Fighter animes, but there was one particular one I ended up watching due to a movie club I go to. It was the first time I felt angry with what I was watching. It was made worse by that being my first real exposure to anime.
Damn you and your avatar! Thanks to it, I read every single one of you comments in the voice of fluttershy! Damn you!Eri said:
Now that that's out of the way, time to contribute. I really don't understand what is with the hate against bleach and one piece. Naruto I sorta understand, I grew bored of it after episode 185, but if you don't mind the story going kinda slow every now and then. Check it out. Same for bleach and one piece. Also, if you hate fillers, just skip them. Or go read the manga.
This is the case with MOST anime. When they come from being manga to anime, the creators just mess it up big time, throw in stupid filler and change the ending so it's so stupid it ruins the whole thing. Rurouni Kenshi was a great series but the last episode was almost entirely pictures from the real world thrown together and you just sit there going "wha....?" Of all the animes I've watched, most of the great ones are ruined toward the end because the creators just seem to give up.the_green_dragon said:
As for any to avoid: I'm going with Bleach, Naruto, and One Piece. Over all I DO like these shows, though I honestly don't watch them much because there is so much goddamn filler. When it's not filler it's actually pretty good. Another is the new Guyver. That series pissed me off so bad. The reviews all over the box talk about "The greatest hyper violence ever," and call it a great series and what not. It was so damn boring and cuddling kittens seems more violent than this.
I actually enjoyed Rozen Maiden, despite expecting that I wouldn't. Has a much darker undertone than you'd expect given its appearance and general light-hearted style. But you are correct, it lacks an ending...which is very disappointing.moretimethansense said:To avoid?
Erm, Rozen Maiden I guess, not that it's bad as such, just that it doesn't have an ending, it got cancelled
Just like Justin Bieber is at the top for a reason, I guess.Rakkana said:
I have been trying to read One piece for a while now. I'm at chapter 158. It's really tedious to be honest. It's just the regular boring shonen stuff.
What if you like that kind of stuff? Clannad, one of the best animes I've ever seen has a scene where it plays with this fetish. Does that make it bad? No, the scene is hilarious.
From what I hear, it doesn't sound like Naruto, Bleach and One piece are exactly avoiding the cliches. They're truly generic shonen anime in my opinion.
Truly not the kind of stuff I'd recommend. Particularly not to a grown man who's going to watch it with his wife.
The ending of Soul Eater. You can watch the first three quarters though, they're pretty good.
But because the manga didn't catch up with the speed at wich the anime came out, the makers of the anime had to make up their own ending. BIG mistake. While the manga is still running with a better ending and sequals, the anime died a silent death with no remorse.
But because the manga didn't catch up with the speed at wich the anime came out, the makers of the anime had to make up their own ending. BIG mistake. While the manga is still running with a better ending and sequals, the anime died a silent death with no remorse.
Awhile back, my wife brought home a sampler that had the first episode of Full Metal Panic! on it. The first five or so minutes of it was FREAKING AMAZING. I mean effin' EPIC. The next twenty or so minutes had a lot of the standard crap of kids in positions of great power and teenagers saving the world, mixed in with a healthy dose of girl-secretly-likes-boy-but-treats-him-like-a-pervert that you see in about 99.99% of all Anime all the time.
That said, it was all done quite well. So I took a chance and asked for it for Christmas and my wife dutifully bought me the "Complete Series" Blu-Ray box set.
What a hysterical, outlandish letdown. The series sells itself - especially with that first episode - as a sort of semi-romantic Robo Action show, but it really is basically just a girl-thinks-boy-is-pervy peep show with occasional Robo Action thrown in as an afterthought. One suspects they came up with this cool idea, then got shot down by the Anime Gods, who decided we needed yet even more shows with the girl smacking the guy each time he accidentally squeezes her boob (probably for the purpose of selling it to the ever-growing Anime girl crowd to make enough money to buy another yacht). The first episode sets a mystery up, for instance, THAT THE ENTIRE REST OF THE SHOW NEVER, EVER COMES BACK TO OR EXPLAINS. (For the old timers, imagine Twin Peaks started with the death of Laura Palmer, then moved off to the investigations of the deaths of other girls, switched suddenly to romantic comedy, then told you who murdered the other girls at the end, but never mentioned Laura Palmer again. EVER.)
I have a friend who is shocked that I don't recommend the show. He says the later, inevitable OVA and other direct-to-video series are great. To my mind, that is counterintuitive. If the first show, with a setup that could have rocked the socks off of the biggest Anime haters ever, couldn't follow through, then how could the sequels?
That said, it was all done quite well. So I took a chance and asked for it for Christmas and my wife dutifully bought me the "Complete Series" Blu-Ray box set.
What a hysterical, outlandish letdown. The series sells itself - especially with that first episode - as a sort of semi-romantic Robo Action show, but it really is basically just a girl-thinks-boy-is-pervy peep show with occasional Robo Action thrown in as an afterthought. One suspects they came up with this cool idea, then got shot down by the Anime Gods, who decided we needed yet even more shows with the girl smacking the guy each time he accidentally squeezes her boob (probably for the purpose of selling it to the ever-growing Anime girl crowd to make enough money to buy another yacht). The first episode sets a mystery up, for instance, THAT THE ENTIRE REST OF THE SHOW NEVER, EVER COMES BACK TO OR EXPLAINS. (For the old timers, imagine Twin Peaks started with the death of Laura Palmer, then moved off to the investigations of the deaths of other girls, switched suddenly to romantic comedy, then told you who murdered the other girls at the end, but never mentioned Laura Palmer again. EVER.)
I have a friend who is shocked that I don't recommend the show. He says the later, inevitable OVA and other direct-to-video series are great. To my mind, that is counterintuitive. If the first show, with a setup that could have rocked the socks off of the biggest Anime haters ever, couldn't follow through, then how could the sequels?
That list is just the stuff I have access to but haven't watched. I think I'm just going to marathon Angel Beats and Rin and get them out of the way (yay for a week off school, even if it's packed with homework), then I'll get Clannad so it joins the ranks of "you can watch this to catch up."Thaius said:
I'm not a crying kind of guy, not with stories... or not that often, with the exception of a favorite character getting hit with something horrible (see: Major Hughes untimely demise in FMA, episode 8 of Gurren Lagann), or when something hits way too close to home to be comfortable. (see: Welcome to the N.H.K!'s last 4-5 episodes)
And actually, I just finished watching one of those series. Last episode of the season came out on the 27th. And one of those is a movie (Black Rock Shooter). Down to 27! 12 of which are comedy and/or rom-com. So... Lighthearted fare for a good chunk of 'em.
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Mars of Destruction.
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Actually, scratch that, watch it. it's so unintentionally hilarious, and fails on every level. If any of you want to know what a truly terrible anime really is, then you must watch this.
Also, Tenkuu Danzato Skelter Heaven, which is made by the same people and is just as horrible.
As for one I wouldn't recommend, probably Eiken.
My god, it's so horrible it's not even funny, unlike Mars of Destruction.
And Apocalypse Zero. I couldn't get through the first episode, it was so hideous, and is one of the worse things I've ever seen.
None of you people know what a bad anime is until you've see any of these shows.
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Actually, scratch that, watch it. it's so unintentionally hilarious, and fails on every level. If any of you want to know what a truly terrible anime really is, then you must watch this.
Also, Tenkuu Danzato Skelter Heaven, which is made by the same people and is just as horrible.
As for one I wouldn't recommend, probably Eiken.
My god, it's so horrible it's not even funny, unlike Mars of Destruction.
And Apocalypse Zero. I couldn't get through the first episode, it was so hideous, and is one of the worse things I've ever seen.
None of you people know what a bad anime is until you've see any of these shows.
I liked where Rozen Maiden was going in terms of the internal conflict of the main dolls in having to win this contest at each other's expense.LawlessSquirrel said:I actually enjoyed Rozen Maiden, despite expecting that I wouldn't. Has a much darker undertone than you'd expect given its appearance and general light-hearted style. But you are correct, it lacks an ending...which is very disappointing.moretimethansense said:To avoid?
Erm, Rozen Maiden I guess, not that it's bad as such, just that it doesn't have an ending, it got cancelled
I could care less of the reek of fetish in it. I am not a prude in any way, and I have no problem with an honest fetish or two. But Rozen Maiden is another example of how anything and everything taboo can be too-easily commercialized and trivialized by an Anime market that I consider to be too big for its own good.
The end of this trend will be that Anime runs every gimmick it sniffs out into the ground until the whole human race becomes so bored with its trivialized existence that we all simultaneously commit suicide. Really, the industry needs to slow down and take a look at itself.
