Your most hated anime cliche

[Blindswordmaster]

- Annoying fanservice. Unlike most people, I will be the first to admit that a bit of fanservice doesn't necessarilly hurt a show. But when it is done frequently and/or in a "in your face" manner, it starts to get annoying even when you are the intended audience....especially when you are the intended audience. I can't recall her name, but there is a female character in Bleach who's breasts are so enormous that you literally have trouble paying attention to the show.

Spoiler: You mean her?

Rangiku Matsumoto

No, I mean another character. The one with the bandana on her head, who keeps smoking something and provides a rocket for Ichigo and his friends so they can get into Soul Society.

Spoiler: Oh ok, so you mean her?

Yeah, there's like seven or eight characters like that in that show.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

How a character can lose enough blood to fill a stadium and yet still be able to stand, walk, run, fight and win. Then they heal over the course of 20 minutes.

...Or after putting a single band-aid over it (bruises included) to make it all better.

 

[OceanRunner]

Angst.

 

[Avelestar]

Pointless fanservice. Case in point is High School of the Dead. Stopped watching halfway through, couldn't stand 75% of the show just being about showing some very jiggly, oversived, cartoon T'n'A.

I think the fanservice does serve a point... an important plot point. The series doesn't take place on the normal planet earth. It takes place in a world where the physics are extremely broken. One bullet can knockdown a wave of zombies and the slightest bit of movement will make the breasts of any woman jiggly violently and uncontrollably for what seems like hours...

... yeah... I'm just messing with you. That show really is a piece of shit. lol

I'm impressed you managed to hold off bursting out with laughter for that long. I'm still giggling! =p

 

[nYuknYuknYuk]

Kind of unrelated, but does anyone know the name of that anime series that was on Saturday or Sunday mornings that had something to do with having ghost guardians? I think it was on WB or some antennae channel.

 

[Sangtrain]

Man loves woman, woman doesn't notice.


or
Woman loves man, man doesn't notice.


That's the most infuriating thing especially since it feels like 90% of the time they forget they had a couple "matched" for each other and never finish it up.

 

[Abe_Z]

If there is only ONE thing I have to complain about in anime cliches, it's that EVERYBODY FLIES! Why do they find it necessary for characters to fly, hover, levitate, etc.!? Even when they have no super powers of any kind, at one point, they will be suspended in air for an unrealistic amount of time for "dramatic" effect... >x(

 

[deonte9109]

Personally I've got no problem with the BIG BOOBS issue (It gives me a reason to watch); I just hate it when they "self censor" everything.

I don't mean when the studio makes a TV version then a M-rated DVD version.

I mean like Eiken Club... All those huge mamms and not an exposed nipple in sight!

Hear, Hear
Countless oppurtunities no true nudity. What a shame.

 

[deonte9109]

Kind of unrelated, but does anyone know the name of that anime series that was on Saturday or Sunday mornings that had something to do with having ghost guardians? I think it was on WB or some antennae channel.

You might be thinking of Shaman King

 

[Jonluw]

I don't have any...

I actually sort of like the over the top reactions, if they're well done.

I'll just use this space to complain that Death Note went downhill halfway through.

Edit: Oh wait. The main character that knows nothing about girls and messes up his relationship by being too agressive and such. Examples: Suzuka and what little I have seen of School days.

oh that show goes in a downward spiral so fast and there are so many faceplam moment that you begin to wonder "why is every girl in this show an idiot"

Suzuka or School days, that is?

I haven't seen the anime of Suzuka, and I've only seen the two first episodes of School days, so please don't spoil anything.

I still think Suzuka was a rather good manga though.

 

[Kiju]

Hm...I can't think of one that I dislike.

I like the reactions, the art style, some of the many cliches are what I find charming and enjoyable about Anime.

I suppose, what I do hate about Anime, are the extremist fans. You know, the ones that have a Haruhi pillow-cover. :\ *Shudder* Those people are creepy.

 

[Throwitawaynow]

Inner monologues that happen in real time. Pause between fight and 5 minutes of 1 char going "Omg he is so strong, but I got to protect my friends" while the villian just stands there. Just once I want to see a pause and they zoom in on the characters face, "He's much stronger than I thou.." enemy blows his head off.

 

[mr-fix_it]

Inner monologues that happen in real time. Pause between fight and 5 minutes of 1 char going "Omg he is so strong, but I got to protect my friends" while the villian just stands there. Just once I want to see a pause and they zoom in on the characters face, "He's much stronger than I thou.." enemy blows his head off.

There is once in balck lagoon when a enemy goes "my guns is awesomit it is made of gold and is super nazi and shit" and then he gets shot mid sentence.

 

[Isaac The Grape]

Ironic considering your avatar is from Gurren Laggen.

THAT'S NOT HOW MINDMILLS WORK! I mean, that's not what irony means. It means using the words with different meaning than literal.

Also, Gurren Lagann (..spelling, man) goes over the top the right way.

Gurren Lagann is one of the best things to come out of Japan in recent years. Behind the over-the-top action (and fanservice) is actual meaning, something most anime lack. I love TTGL Similar with Cowboy Bebop.

Here here. I actually agree with both of your statements. Gurren Lagann is a favorite show of mine. The constant upping of scale, ridiculously heroic deaths, and surprising depth will keep it in my mind for a quite a while.

 

[Isaac The Grape]

I hate when a show with a good idea is ruined by being childish or perverted.
Seikon no Qwaser is the best example. I loved the idea of characters each having their own element from the periodic table, but I couldn't watch more than five minutes without wanting to pull my hair out from the obsession with breasts.

Echi. My god the Echi in some anime can cause me to almost throw up. Gurren Laggen is a massive example of this. For something even worse try Negima. I am currently forcing myself to read the god-awful manga for a reason I can't remember. Maybe I'm schizophrenic and my other me is a sadist.

I did the EXACT same thing with Negima. Just when I was getting to the point when I couldn't stand it anymore, things started getting good. In the end, it's now one of my more liked manga.

You have renewed my faith. I shall read the 267 chapters I have and report back as long as I haven't bled to death from self-inflicted wounds.

 

[Legendairy314]

Sudden Moments of Realization.

Example: Hm, I just killed him. I knew I would kill him, after all I'm so grea *Gasp* You're alive? Impossible!

 

[Evilsanta]

I dont hate them but one thing that grinds my gear are fanservice. If it is from time to time dished out in small portions i can handle it but if it is over the top and allways in your face then i get annoyed.

 

[neoontime]

Closed eyes and massive smile. I mean who actually does that.
Also the gasps, the horrible gasp! Even DBZ Kai had way, way, way too many of them.
Fan service especially during serious moments like when someones dying (yes those are nice, but I'm trying to pay attention to the plot)
Oh, and who can forget the AMNESIA!!! (oh, I think I remember you from childhood but I can't because it might ruin the plot.)
Oh also super spaced out eyes makes me want to punch the characters in between them! ( I'm looking at you Clannad)

 

[redeemer09]

Boobs. MASSIVE boobs.

Get the fuck out. Now.

First off, I actually like anime, at least most of the ones that I've watched. This is just stuff that I don't get or that pisses me off. I'll try to cite examples where I think of any.

-Androgynous characters(Naruto)
-Increasingly bizarre transformations that make previous forms completely obsolete.(DBZ,Bleach)
-Characters attaining godlike powers, yet still find bad guys that are stronger.(DBZ,Bleach)
-Harem anime where no one fucks.(too many to list)
-Anime where a girl falls in love with a guy that treats her like crap, or is a dick, or both.(Bleach,Naruto)
-Anime where a girl falls in love with a guy she's never said two words to.(Naruto)
-Guys that don't want to fuck the ridiculously hot chicks that constantly surround them.(you know the ones)
-Bad guys that don't die.
-Really bad guys that become good guys.
-Filler(a hell worthy trespass)
-Characters not having the balls to tell someone that they love them.(Seems like every single fucking one)
-Yelling makes you stronger(no it doesn't-DBZ,Naruto,Bleach)
-Friendship(next one to make a friendship speech gets shanked)
-God-like characters that are terrified of their significant others.(DBZ)
-Beach and hot spring episodes(I shouldn't have to list these should I?)
-Destiny
-Underage girls and characters that look like underage girls(Bleach)
-Pairings that don't make any fucking sense(DBZ)
-Collection quests(Dragon Ball)
-I'm dead, now I'm back, now I'm dead again, but I'm really not.(Bleach,DBZ)
-Terrible openings(One Piece)
-Japanese pop music(I hate it like Hitler hated gypsies)
-Teases(Bleach)
-Rapists(DBZ,Bleach,others)
-Pedophiles(no, just no)
-Children doing shit that adults with combat training should do(Gundam)
-Tournaments(Yu-Yu-Hakusho,DBZ)
-Characters that are super powerful, but hate to fight
-Tears
-Not killing irredeemable bad guys
-Plot armor
-Characters with vast untapped amounts of power that only old guys and training can unlock(DBZ,Bleach,others)
-Characters that are angry and anti-social helping people.(Bleach)
-Angst(Emos ruin everything)
-Orphans(keep a hold on your fucking parents

There's more, but I can't think of it right now; I can only let so much hate flow out at one time.

Edit: Wait, I've got another one! Series that don't tell you where or when their shit is happening.(DBZ,Yu-Gi-Oh,others I can't remember)

agree on the gtfo on the massive boobs.its one of japans finest gifts.btw i also agree with"guy who is surrounded by hot girls and doesnt even fuck one'i mean serously you surrounded by hot woman the first thing that should come to you mind is"gigity" not"omg i must not sleep with any of them just becouse i dont want to hurt there feelings".... that stereotype is so played out now.

 

[Isaac The Grape]

NO! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE! I CANNOT BE KILLED!!! NOOOOOOOOOO

*blasted in a huge fireball*

Or.

- My ultimate technique!! YOU ARE FINISHED!!!

boom, booom, booooooom

- There's no way he survived, he must've been destroyed!

Within 15 seconds to 3 episodes from now:

- You thought you could defeat me? Insert Cliche Phrase (worst case - "You are too weak to destroy me!", best being "IT'S MY TURN NOW!!").

Also, what Bleach, Dragon Ball, Slayers and others do - show a super-strong character, then show another even more super character, then EVEN STRONGER.

In Slayers:

Oh, no, it's Gaav, the Demon Lord!! We can't defeat him!!

(mysterious character kills him in 5 seconds after appearing)

Oh no, it's the Hellmaster! We totally have no chance now!!!

(5 minutes before the end of the last episode, new power of the protagonist destroys the previous boss)

IT'S THE MOTHER OF DARKNESS, LORD OF NIGHTMARES... this is getting ridiculous, she's the most powerful being in the universe! Or... could she be just under the top... Well, we'll never know.

Ironic considering your avatar is from Gurren Lagann.

Yes, but Gurren Laggen is a parody of these stereotypes.

Uhhh, Gurrren Lagann (the subbed version I have at least) is in no way a parody of the aforementioned stereotypes.