[stormydelight]

One I absolutely hated the most,

Which F*cking sucks beause at first I loved it so much

His and Her Circumstances, it started out so awesome and good,

But then, They Just give you the biggest Middle Finger ending I've ever seen (Except Evengellion, then again I still enjoyed it)

So It went from being in my top 5, to the header of my bottom 10

[Shirker]

It's not like azumanga, which is the thing: Azumanga was good, so there's one big difference right there

A more accurate and factual statement would be that Lucky Star relies mainly on references and Japanese pop culture for its humor, while Azu relies more on the characters.

[RaenirSalazar]

I can't think of any anime I've actively disliked, except for maybe Slayers and Evangelion but my reasoning for that isn't fair to them and I haven't seen them in full.

There's plenty I haven't finished, but that's usually not the fault of the anime, usually because either while alright wasn't interesting enough for me to watch it to the finish before some other anime came up and caught my interest OR it was GOOD and thus intimidated me from finishing it as whenever I finish watching a good anime I always feel a bit depressed.

Although Pokemon and Metabots warrant mention, the former for its ridiculous amount of filler for its north american dub and Metabots for pissing away its potential for a great shonen series and simply went the cheap copout shonen route.

[jinzo64]

A more accurate and factual statement would be that Lucky Star relies mainly on references and Japanese pop culture for its humor, while Azu relies more on the characters.

thats true.
but there are alot of simularities in the character line up.

yomi = miyuki

sakaki = minami

yukari = nanako

chiyo = yutaka (kinda)

to a certain exstent

tomo = konata there both nutters

osaka = tsukasa there special in there own ways

[Kuni Linguist]

Anyone here hate the "American" Idea of anime? like yu-gi-oh, and beyya blades and such? I hope they don't suck so hard in other countries, but like with Poke-mon and One-piece I feel like something has been edited in the translation and adaptation. like worth, or entertainment

[jinzo64]

but yu-gi-oh is japenese and not american.
pokemon is just to long to much of it going of course.
never watched one peice as it's to big.

[Kuni Linguist]

but yu-gi-oh is japenese and not american.
pokemon is just to long to much of it going of course.
never watched one peice as it's to big.

I am referring to the adaptations, as I said "American" in quotes like that and I said I feel all value is lost in translation and adaptation. when they made it for north America and more censored countries, they messed it up and made it kind of a parody of it's own

[jinzo64]

oh i see.i get your point they do loose some of there value due to bad voicing and editing.

p.s were not all good at grammer.
so
http://www.anivide.com/thumb/c344.jpg
and
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii247/jinzo64-1/anime/haruhierm.jpg?t=1285457598

[RaenirSalazar]

Eeeeeeh... I disagree, I think the dubbed versions of Anime are generally pretty good when done by the right people; Escaflowne, Haruhi Suzumiya, Gundam Wing, Code Geass, FLCL, and many more, YuGiOh while the adaption in terms of editing, censorship, etc was terrible and 4Kids is bad and should feel bad the voice actors themselves were well chosen and grew on me to the point that I wish they would redo it "properly" with the same VAs, Dan Green's Haminess is inspirational.

"This just isn't your day weevil!"

[XelaisPWN]

Anyone here hate the "American" Idea of anime? like yu-gi-oh, and beyya blades and such? I hope they don't suck so hard in other countries, but like with Poke-mon and One-piece I feel like something has been edited in the translation and adaptation. like worth, or entertainment

One Piece dub....

NEEERRRRRDDD RAAAAGGGGEEEEEE

Anyway, now that that's out of my system, I do believe most of them do have their place. If it weren't for Pokemon and Yugioh, I wouldn't be watching anime today. Along with Dragonball Z, Inuyasha, and Digimon, they're what got me hooked on anime at a young age, so I kept coming back for more as I got older!

Now, if 4kids would just clean up their act, maybe we could get some better children's anime all up in hnyah.

[domo18]

ghost in the shell seems so boring to me

[TheDmon]

Soul eater

[RaenirSalazar]

Someone hold him down while I hit him!

[Backmask]

Soul eater

Agreed.

[SleeplessPanda]

Someone hold him down while I hit him!

How about you hold him down while I cut him open and remove his kidneys. :D

[Fortissimo]

I really meant to watch Soul Eater, and I still read the manga, but I hear it had a horrible ending.

[Shirker]

Most anime do, unfortunately. Damn budget limits.

If you're lucky, you get popular enough to get a revamp that follows the manga closer, ala Haruhi, FMA, Inuyasha or DBZ (arguably)

[Backmask]

I didn't like Inuyasha's ending. I like the endings that contain the death of a protagonist, or, in some cases, protagonists.

[Leef]

In anime it is wasting the characters if you don't kill them at the end of the show.

[LOLWTFBBQ]

which is why it would have been better if the ending of Lucky Star was a nuke

[Shirker]

I wonder what the reception would've been if at the end of Azumanga, Yume didn't get accepted into a college, snapped and committed mass homicide followed by a suicide.

[Backmask]

Pretty bad because that is not the tone of the show.

[LOLWTFBBQ]

Pretty bad because that is not the tone of the show.

which is why it would be so great

[Kajimura]

what wouldve been awesome is if Chiyo and Yotsuba turned into like Alma and Lucy or some ****

[jinzo64]

the idea would work if it had been osaka that failed to get in to college but yomi.

[RaenirSalazar]

I really meant to watch Soul Eater, and I still read the manga, but I hear it had a horrible ending.

Its ending was alright on its own merits, a bit loopy but thats because it overtook the manga and had to make its own, rumors abound of a eventual reboot, along FMA lines.

[Riaki]

I loled at every azumanga ending XD you guys said that could come true commit homicide WTF XD

[jinzo64]

ninja scroll
apparently you only watch it once because of tree rape

[Riaki]

I didnt like O____O shuffles ending maybe cause it was depressing..

[jinzo64]

i havn't seen shuffles.
what made the end depressing?

[tanis_lionheart]

Escaflowne - The Movie

I LOVE the anime and enjoy the mangas, but the movie was total ****.
Only improvement was Merle.

[jinzo64]

the third naruto movie was lame

[Riaki]

Naruto is lame *drool*

[jinzo64]

so lame it makes you drool like an idiot.

[Backmask]

Ha.

[jinzo64]

don't HA down at me sir it's just rude.
you should lol instead it's more polite.

[Riaki]

Ha lol derp a furrrrrrrrr hail hitler

[jinzo64]

i'll hail hitler with rocks and bricks.
also pardon you

[SarcotarascusN]

Umineko and Kekkaishi are my personal all-time lows.

People call Umineko "sophistocated" "suspenseful", "shocking", and all that. I would only agree on the last one: it was a lot of pointless gore thrown in for shock-value, and it made this badly-written mystery into an uncomfortable slaughter-fest.

The entire concept was stolen (from a play, one that I did several years ago at my middle school, actually), the characters were all either dicks, or if they weren't dicks, they were insane (especially that Maria, who's so creepy that it can make me never want to have kids), and the whole thing is slow as hell. Not to mention that I don't like Victorian anime or mysteries very much, which kind of nails it.

And Kekkaishi just sucks. Watch Bleach if you want Shonen anime. The writing's at least a little more solid.

[Kaiju]

Umineko and Kekkaishi are my personal all-time lows.

People call Umineko "sophistocated" "suspenseful", "shocking", and all that. I would only agree on the last one: it was a lot of pointless gore thrown in for shock-value, and it made this badly-written mystery into an uncomfortable slaughter-fest.

The entire concept was stolen (from a play, one that I did several years ago at my middle school, actually), the characters were all either dicks, or if they weren't dicks, they were insane (especially that Maria, who's so creepy that it can make me never want to have kids), and the whole thing is slow as hell. Not to mention that I don't like Victorian anime or mysteries very much, which kind of nails it.

And Kekkaishi just sucks. Watch Bleach if you want Shonen anime. The writing's at least a little more solid.

The Umineko sound novel was better, most things adapted from 7th Expansion sound novels blow when they are made into an anime. However I did like Umineko, despite it failing in comparison to the sound novel where you had to solve the mystery yourself, and didn't over do the gore (it showed only blood splatter in the BG with some description of the scene)

7th Expansion Anime blow for the most part. Despite my liking for Higurashi.

There hasn't been an Anime I have seen that I hate with a seething passion as of yet... but the Naruto and Bleach anime are coming to be such....

[bloodlover1987]

only anime iv seen and just hated was zatch bell

[Backmask]

And Kekkaishi just sucks. Watch Bleach if you want Shonen anime. The writing's at least a little more solid.

What? Kekkaishi is bad, but at least it didn't make the jump from watchable to utter **** like Bleach. Hell, Kekkaishi's story is more solid than Bleach's. Tite Kubo changed the damn story to Bleach at the end of every arc, and each time he did the series got even worse.

[SarcotarascusN]

Hm. Somehow, from what little I've seen of the two, but Kekkaishi just....astounded me with how cheesy it was, and then I was bothered by the cheap, kiddish animation. The design of the wolves should be a warning sign for people to stay away (at least if you care about design...if you want a show with anatomically correct wolves watch Wolf's rain). And then the writing is the kind of thing that will only appeal to 6 year old boys...perhaps that's the point? but the lines were so unbelievably bad that I could barely keep myself from turning the set off.

I'm no Bleach fan, but the stuff I saw was OKAY at least. Perhaps I never got to the point where it turned into ****.

I'm pretty picky about what I watch, mainly since I don't have too much time, and I tend to drop shows quickly if I'm not too interested. That's what happened with Bleach, and it happened with Kekkaishi even faster. Bleach is really the only other shonen show I've seen much of besides DBZ (which I would never recommend); I make an effort to avoid Naruto, and One Piece looks too silly for me. So that's why I mentioned it.

[Kaiju]

Hm. Somehow, from what little I've seen of the two, but Kekkaishi just....astounded me with how cheesy it was, and then I was bothered by the cheap, kiddish animation. The design of the wolves should be a warning sign for people to stay away (at least if you care about design...if you want a show with anatomically correct wolves watch Wolf's rain). And then the writing is the kind of thing that will only appeal to 6 year old boys...perhaps that's the point? but the lines were so unbelievably bad that I could barely keep myself from turning the set off.

I'm no Bleach fan, but the stuff I saw was OKAY at least. Perhaps I never got to the point where it turned into ****.

I'm pretty picky about what I watch, mainly since I don't have too much time, and I tend to drop shows quickly if I'm not too interested. That's what happened with Bleach, and it happened with Kekkaishi even faster. Bleach is really the only other shonen show I've seen much of besides DBZ (which I would never recommend); I make an effort to avoid Naruto, and One Piece looks too silly for me. So that's why I mentioned it.

From what I heard One Piece is superior to Bleach and Naruto and hell even DBZ in many ways. I never seen it myself as I'm waiting for it to finish before I get involved, but I have heard many good things about it. Whether or not any of which is true is up for debate, it is better than Naruto and Bleach I will say that much.

[Backmask]

It's story and pacing is better than the Dragon Ball series, Naruto, and Bleach, but the art is just too silly.

[Guthix]

It's story and pacing is better than the Dragon Ball series, Naruto, and Bleach, but the art is just too silly.

well the art is silly but its refreshing from all the boys look like girls hd animes, one peace has this thing for moving the story extreemely slow cuz i swear in the pirate war luffy ran for 2 months to save his bro,its too overstreched

[SarcotarascusN]

One review I read said that Luffy was unbearably annoying and that the villains were all cardboard-cutout maniacs. That was a bit of a turn-off.

[humnut]

Marmalade Boy, It was like sailor moon with more story and no sexy transformation scenes. I also hate Boogie Pop Phantom, and, I know I'll most likely get **** for this, I absolutely despise Hellsing.

[Backmask]

One review I read said that Luffy was unbearably annoying and that the villains were all cardboard-cutout maniacs. That was a bit of a turn-off.

I'm not defending One Piece, but that same reviewer probably said Naruto, Bleach, and/or Fairy Tail is a work of art.

[Kaiju]

i'm not defending one piece, but that same reviewer probably said naruto, bleach, and/or fairy tail is a work of art.

HYPOCRISY~ it makes the world spend right round...

[JinVicious]

I am probably gonna take a lot of heat from a few people for these two but.

I watched Excel Saga all the way through because like 3 or 4 people told me it was hilarious, I hardly laughed at all at it, except for the Episode near the end that was a Fist of the North Star Parody, and Nabashin. Other than that I felt like the show was a waste of time.

I also couldn't make it through the first episode of Lucky Star, tried like 3 times because again a lot of people told me it was funny.

[BleachBebopAlchemist]

I tried watching K-on and Lucky Star.......I hated my self after the first episode of each series. Also the first Hellsing series was terrible, glad they remade it to match the Manga.

[XelaisPWN]

The first episode of lucky star IS awful, I recommend skipping to the second to judge whether or not you truly don't like the series. Story really doesn't matter in that, anyway.

But if you couldn't get past the first episode of K-on? Yeah, it doesn't get much better than that. Well, actually, the second season is indeed a bit better, but you're not gonna want to sift through the rest of the first if you couldn't get through the first episode. :P

[animemental1]

But if you couldn't get past the first episode of K-on? Yeah, it doesn't get much better than that. Well, actually, the second season is indeed a bit better, but you're not gonna want to sift through the rest of the first if you couldn't get through the first episode. :P

Better? Season 2 sucked. I liked Season 1.

Oreimo was boring & somewhat of a pain to watch. Hetalia, while it may have a good stereotype joke every once in a while, is also pretty boring as well. I mean the characters are okay, but it's stupid taking the history of two of the most bloody & devasating wars that existed & anthropomorphizing it so that it looks "cute". I can tolerate moe, but it's starting to become the cancer that may just kill anime.

[Zetsubou-Chan]

I'll talk about "Onii-Chan no Koto nanka Zenzen Suki Janain Dakara ne!!" I didn't like it so much, there's too much unessesary stuff throughout the series, I'd say only the first three episodes are worth watching.

[mattroks101]

I couldn't finish the first episode of Bleach because of how freaking boring it is. Also in both english and japanese Luffy's voice from One Piece is annoying and hurts my ears. Stick to the manga.

[Ruby150]

Let's see:
Ouran High School Host Club
Sailor Moon
Case Closed
Berserk
Dragon Ball Z Kai
Full Metal Alchemist
Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Pokemon (nowadays, the original series was awesome)
... And that's all of them, that I can think of

[Fishfreeek]

but fma is so awesome...

[Kaiju]

Let's see:
Ouran High School Host Club
Sailor Moon
Case Closed
Berserk
Dragon Ball Z Kai
Full Metal Alchemist
Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Pokemon (nowadays, the original series was awesome)
... And that's all of them, that I can think of

Woah. WOAH. FMA? BOTH OF THEM? You must be on crack, FMA is highly regarded as one the best anime ever. I cannot tell you how many times I see either the original anime or Brotherhood in many top ten lists of both anime critics, reviewers and casual anime fans alike. The story was awesome, the characters were amazing, the art wasn't bad, The English voice actors are superb, and I have quite a few of the OP and ED songs on my Mp3. I can understand if you hated one but not the other but BOTH series? Wow. Just. Wow. You best be trolling, son.

Berserk...Is also awesome, the anime ending blows (THAT ****ING ENDING) but its Manga is my all time favorites, it caused me to drop my third nut.

The rest...never seen Sailor Moon, I've heard mixed opinions of Case Closed, DBZ Kai...meh, and Pokemon does suck nowadays, although one can argue the original series wasn't much better.

[Sir Fluffykins]

Samurai Pizza Cats. name says it all.

That makes me sad, but having grown up, I indeed can't watch it now without laughing at how bad it is compared to how I remember.

Having finally got Lucky Star, I literally couldn't get through the first episode -which makes it the first show ever to hit me like that. The intro with the super high squeeky girl voices followed by 10 minutes of girls talking about food made me want to die.

[XxFabiGBxX]

Let's see:
Ouran High School Host Club
Sailor Moon
Case Closed
Berserk
Dragon Ball Z Kai
Full Metal Alchemist
Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Pokemon (nowadays, the original series was awesome)
... And that's all of them, that I can think of

Sailor Moon?? FMA??

... you must be kidding.

I think that Black Cat is a waste of time... it's not funny and the plot sucks.

[animemental1]

Let's see:
Ouran High School Host Club
Sailor Moon
Case Closed
Berserk
Dragon Ball Z Kai
Full Metal Alchemist
Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Pokemon (nowadays, the original series was awesome)
... And that's all of them, that I can think of

I can agree with you on Pokemon. However, I must disagree with you on Ouran. While it tends to be a shoujo anime, I found it to be quite funny.

[Backmask]

Let's see:
Ouran High School Host Club
Sailor Moon
Case Closed
Berserk
Dragon Ball Z Kai
Full Metal Alchemist
Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Pokemon (nowadays, the original series was awesome)
... And that's all of them, that I can think of

I somewhat agree and somewhat disagree, but I still respect your opinion.

I mean, Sailor Moon is the pinnacle of the magical girl genre, (Yes, better than Madoka.)but I can see why someone might not want to watch it.

Case Closed's earlier episodes were good, though I haven't watched the older episodes in a while so that might just be nostalgia talkin', but with six hundred episodes, following the series is impossible.

Berserk, well, read the manga.

Dragon Ball Z was just repetitive, and is only called good because of nostalgia.

Full Metal Alchemist, I didn't like it, but it wasn't bad. The fanbase could drive someone away, though.

You hit the Pokemon nail on the head.

[Ruby150]

Sailor Moon?? FMA??

... you must be kidding.

I think that Black Cat is a waste of time... it's not funny and the plot sucks.

No, I am not. Those series just didn't interest me, in the least (more into Romantic Comedy and Magical girls, not Magical teenagers)

[Darthelm]

Witch Hunter Robin and .hack//sign

Only anime that have ever actually put me to sleep.


Clannad...just, Clannad. Incredibly boring and uninteresting.

These two people i just cant understand, yes .hack//sign might not be for everyone. but if you dont like Clannad then you have no heart

[Backmask]

but if you dont like Clannad then you have no heart

Or maybe it's because the person doesn't like the slice-of-life genre.

[animemental1]

I mean, Sailor Moon is the pinnacle of the magical girl genre, (Yes, better than Madoka.)but I can see why someone might not want to watch it.

Full Metal Alchemist, I didn't like it, but it wasn't bad. The fanbase could drive someone away, though.

1. I disagree on the "Sailor Moon>Madoka Magica" thing. While Sailor Moon is the very first magical girl anime & has remained a classic, Madoka had brought out a darker side of magical girl animes that Sailor Moon or Nanoha didn't have, making it, as I would consider it to be, the Gurren Lagann of its genre.

2. I agree with you on the "fanbase ruining an anime" thing. Fanboys & fangirls can get annoying as hell. jinzo, for example.

Edit: I can see why Clannad can be boring to some. I liked the first season, but After Story is tedious & unnecessary. Plus, the series can have some boring moments from time to time.

[mattroks101]

Let's see:
Ouran High School Host Club
Sailor Moon
Case Closed
Berserk
Dragon Ball Z Kai
Full Metal Alchemist
Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Pokemon (nowadays, the original series was awesome)
... And that's all of them, that I can think of

Is it bad that I agree with all but Ouran High and Berserk?

[Ruby150]

Is it bad that I agree with all but Ouran High and Berserk?

I don't know, is it?

[SarcotarascusN]

I'm not defending One Piece, but that same reviewer probably said Naruto, Bleach, and/or Fairy Tail is a work of art.

Actually he didn't. He HAS reviewed Bleach and said that it was decent for Shonen anime, but that he found Ichigo annoying and the plot a bit too derivative. He hasn't reviewed Naruto or Fairy Tail.

I cited him because he's one with whom I generally agree.


Woah. WOAH. FMA? BOTH OF THEM? You must be on crack, FMA is highly regarded as one the best anime ever.

Of course, that doesn't mean it's for everyone. I don't like it very much, myself. Same goes for Ouran. I'll admit both are well-made, but they just don't click for me.

Anyhow.....

Episodes 21-23 of Samurai Champloo are some of the worst episodes I've seen in any anime. And this used to be a good show.

Seriously? Who thought of putting a zombie episode in? Who the hell designed the Americans that way (or voiced them, for that matter)? Why do they keep going into these little side-stories that never develop and have almost nothing to do with the main plot? None of it makes sense. It's just getting boring, and it's been a huge let-down.

[mattroks101]

I don't know, is it?

I hope not.

[BopBopBop]

Full Metal Panic.
I love comedy, ecchi, mecha's, all that jazz.
But for some reason FMP just doesnt rub me up the right way.

My list goes on, Naruto, Love Hina (loved the manga though), Bleach, Utawareurmono (it was decent, but it just couldnt hold my attention), and with risk of getting disembowled, FMA, for the same reasons as Utawarerumono.

Im more of a Slice-of-life kinda guy, or just extreme ecchi, a l? Grenadier or Eiken Club, or even Green green.

[jinzo64]

i don't think
d grey man is worth wathing
and darker than black i just couldn't get into it.

[Evo-Sennin]

Well this may be surprising to some but... Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
It just didn't catch me and after 3 eps I dropped it

[jinzo64]

there seems to be a lot of fma in this thread.
which is a pity coz i thought both series were realy good.

[Evo-Sennin]

I managed to watch the original one but just couldn't the brotherhood

[BopBopBop]

The bits where i acctually paid attention were decent bordering on good.

it just seemed sooooooooooooooo slooooooooooooooow paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaced.

I need either a dead guy, or a pair of great mighty mammaries on screen every 3rd minute, or ill get distracted by something shiny

[jinzo64]

still i think it's one off the better anime series.
each to there own.

[BopBopBop]

Certainly, now pardon me while i go watch Eiken Club.
Best anime evar.

[jinzo64]

sorry but the best anime ever is r.o.d the t.v or edan of the east i can't decide between those 2.

[BopBopBop]

Read or Die? never watched it sorry.
And i dont really think there is a "Greatest anime ever"

[jinzo64]

probably isn't
but theres alot i'd like to reccomend.
like strike witches,doki doki school hours,spice and wolf and deathnote

[BopBopBop]

Death Note is strongly overrated.
Dont get me wrong, its an awesome anime.
But i still think it gets a few too many free rides.

[animemental1]

probably isn't
but theres alot i'd like to reccomend.
like strike witches,doki doki school hours,spice and wolf and deathnote

Death Note? Overrated. Strike Witches? Okay, but would've been better, had Gonzo not injected it with concentrated fanservice & and a big amount of yuri.

The other two I haven't seen.

EDIT: ^ This guy beat me to Death Note.

[jinzo64]

i think deathnote would have been better if it had nera and mello first and then L should have been the one to catch kira.

[LOLWTFBBQ]

Id say the best anime ever is Gurren Lagann, but nothing can quite compare to Detroit Metal City

[jinzo64]

i havn't seen either of those.

[animemental1]

Guys, we're talking about the exact opposite of this topic. Isn't this thread supposed to be about bad anime? (Or at least ones you wouldn't recommend?)

[jinzo64]

erm well yes.
we've gone offf topic sorry about that.
i like naruto shippoden but i wouldn't recommend it as theres so much filler in it.

[SarcotarascusN]

Read or Die? never watched it sorry.
And i dont really think there is a "Greatest anime ever"

I haven't seen the TV version, but the OAV is one of the funnest anime I've ever seen. It's got great characters, it looks fantastic, but the main thing is that the plot just....entertains so well. There are a few plot holes at the very end, and you might best go into it preparing to accept what it throws at you (it's not as ridiculous as people like to say it is, but it acts as if anyone watching it already knew everything about its continuity), but it's very, very worth watching.

Anyhow, I will stop digressing and let people get back onto some CRAP. MUAHAHAHAHAH!

[jinzo64]

i havn't seen the ova but i've seen the film and the series which is worth watching and were going off topic again.
dragonball gt. avoid like the black death

[BopBopBop]

... I liked Dragon Ball GT :c

[jinzo64]

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSdovBv8DNXYYwoXXdXo0pNcN98vJhAP bXa0MoHp3Q7r8iTQ1C2&t=1

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IM_58JDpmJQ/TDMyuhIOdSI/AAAAAAAAAn0/PRn6DkVLgSE/s1600/whygodwhy-yotsuba.jpg

[BopBopBop]

What?

[jinzo64]

sorry i was just shocked then i asked god why gt existed i'm glad it was only 2 seasons long.
it was the best of dragonball slammed in the best of dbz at a 100mph and turned into huge car wreck i personaly thought it was a disgrace to the franchise.

[LOLWTFBBQ]

I dont see how anyone could like dragonball. its a shame that it is a forerunner to what people think of when they hear the word "anime" because there are far better series out there

[jinzo64]

yes there is better anime.
but it can make nice back ground noise as you don't realy need to concentrate on it to follow it's basic plot.

[LOLWTFBBQ]

yes there is better anime.
but it can make nice back ground noise as you don't realy need to concentrate on it to follow it's basic plot.

for that matter Friday by rebecca Black is a nice backround noise if I dont listen to the lyrics. though I guess I shouldnt judge DB, never watched it myself

[SarcotarascusN]

It's all childish, but in my opinion the original series is the best you can get. It's silly and cartoony, and it doesn't pretend to be anything besides light-hearted kid's entertainment.

Dragon Ball Z, on the other hand, ends up being hard to watch because it tries, and fails, to be serious. The show starts to center on increasingly violent battles and then proceeds to draw them out to six-times the length they need to be. It only serves to highlight the cheesy plotting and bad writing, and much of the humor is lost. Ultimately it ends up being a snoozefest in spite of the "action".

And then GT....well, it's the bad character design, the misplaced humor, and the annoying new characters. It's just not worth your time.

The whole franchise isn't a complete dud: the cast of characters is surprisingly good, and when I used to watch it (back when I was ten), I had to admit that even when the plot was boring me, I was worrying about what would happen to the people. Sadly, it even manages to mess this up a bit by letting the good guys be resurrected (you know, dragon balls and all that shiznit), which cuts away at the suspense quite a bit.

[jinzo64]

dragonball kai has dealt with all these issues and is much better series for it.

[Backmask]

No it hasn't. Dragon Ball is still the same repetitive, power level ****.
First arc: "This is the strongest opponent ever! I'm going to have to use my number one technique!"
Second arc: "This is the strongest opponent ever! My friends and I are going to have to use that same number one technique that only I knew!"
Wash and repeat. ****ing Girl-chan in Paradise is more interesting than the Dragon Ball series.

Damn this thread got popular.

[jinzo64]

conversations do that.
yes your right dragonball z is the same arc over and over with slight differnces and by differences i mean different villians.
this also applys to the 17 movies.
if you were trolling you failed so
http://www.anivide.com/thumb/c344.jpg

[zemoo]

dragon ball was good: the enemies had strengths and weaknesses, and so did goku, there was well choreographed fighting, the characters who weren't goku actually did things, **** happened in most episodes. Dragon ball was about adventure and awesome characters, dbz was about fighting

In dragon ball z the guy with the highest power-level was the fasted, strongest, toughest, had the biggest penis, and the best brownie recipe. And it didn't matter how beat up goku got, he would still turn the fight around by screaming till he was better than his opponent, despite being raped by him for the entire fight thus-far.
But still, with the exception of cell, I liked dragon ball z.

my $0.02

also dragon ball z had the most ****ed up power curve ever

[JinVicious]

Let's see:
Ouran High School Host Club
Sailor Moon
Case Closed
Berserk
Dragon Ball Z Kai
Full Metal Alchemist
Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Pokemon (nowadays, the original series was awesome)
... And that's all of them, that I can think of

I've only watched a few on this list.

FMA I got to like episode 13 I think, it just kinda got boring, hearing an endless list of short jokes and jokes about "You're the OLDER BROTHER?" just kinda seemed like the same thing after a while.

Berserk was the 2nd anime series I ever watched, in hindsight if I stumbled upon it now I probably wouldn't have bothered watching it all the way through. I did enjoy the setting, not many animes are set in that time period and the ones that are are based in japan and no western culture.

Also, as someone who watches dubs exclusively with the sole exception of Fist of the North Star, this is possibly the worst dub I've seen. Quite possibly why I was able to tolerate so many other dubs I saw since that a lot of people insist are terrible.

I don't think I would have liked the show as much as I did if the main character didn't remind me of one of my favorite video game characters from Suikoden, but at a younger age.

Ouran High School Host club it took me a second try to start watching it, the first episode doesn't really make the series very appealing I'd say.

I mainly found it funny because one of the things I love to do on the internet is pretend to be a delusional, egotistic narcissist (Or am I pretending?) either for my amusement, to troll people, to counter-troll someone or to make fun of people who really are egotistical.

Since a lot of the characters in OHSHC are egotistical or even deluded in some cases, I found it rather funny for that aspect of it. Plus I liked all the jokes about rich people, I tend to make jokes about "rich people" myself, only my definition of "rich" is anybody with more money than me....so it'd pretty board.

Definitely more of a girl's anime, I wouldn't have watched it if I didn't see it in AMV Hell 5.

[simpleton216]

This http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYJdWh8OB9c

[Ruby150]

I've only watched a few on this list.

FMA I got to like episode 13 I think, it just kinda got boring, hearing an endless list of short jokes and jokes about "You're the OLDER BROTHER?" just kinda seemed like the same thing after a while.

Berserk was the 2nd anime series I ever watched, in hindsight if I stumbled upon it now I probably wouldn't have bothered watching it all the way through. I did enjoy the setting, not many animes are set in that time period and the ones that are are based in japan and no western culture.

Also, as someone who watches dubs exclusively with the sole exception of Fist of the North Star, this is possibly the worst dub I've seen. Quite possibly why I was able to tolerate so many other dubs I saw since that a lot of people insist are terrible.

I don't think I would have liked the show as much as I did if the main character didn't remind me of one of my favorite video game characters from Suikoden, but at a younger age.

Ouran High School Host club it took me a second try to start watching it, the first episode doesn't really make the series very appealing I'd say.

I mainly found it funny because one of the things I love to do on the internet is pretend to be a delusional, egotistic narcissist (Or am I pretending?) either for my amusement, to troll people, to counter-troll someone or to make fun of people who really are egotistical.

Since a lot of the characters in OHSHC are egotistical or even deluded in some cases, I found it rather funny for that aspect of it. Plus I liked all the jokes about rich people, I tend to make jokes about "rich people" myself, only my definition of "rich" is anybody with more money than me....so it'd pretty board.

Definitely more of a girl's anime, I wouldn't have watched it if I didn't see it in AMV Hell 5.

Well the reason I didn't like Berserk is because I like series that end with closure... Berserk had none, since the ending confused me to no end.

[JinVicious]

I've seen this brought up already, but since it was earlier in the thread I am gonna bring it back up to add my four-thousand dollars worth (Yeah, way more than 2 cents).

Dragon Ball Z...

Now don't get me wrong, there's a lot of things I like about it.

It had many cool characters, a lot of laughs and some of the best fights in anime, also the sound effects, visual effects and background music worked great together.

The thing that really bugs me about the show is how horribly written it was.

First, as the show progress each bad guy it seemed got kept alive longer and longer and longer. Either via transformation, absorption or regeneration they just gave their villains WAY too many 1-UP Mushrooms when it was way past the time to kill them off and introduce a new villain.

How many episodes did it take them to FINALLY finish off Buu for good? Close to 100 I believe, out of like what 400 Episodes in the show? (sorry if those numbers are off) Now ask yourself this question if you've watched the show:

How many times did he:

A) Transform

B) Absorb someone to get stronger

C) Regenerate from near-death

Point is they kept him alive WAY too long as they did with Cell and Frieza.

Also, the further on the show progressed, the more characters became completely useless. By the time it got to the Buu Saga if the character's hair didn't turn gold there was pretty much no difference between them and Yajirobe in a fight.

That's just bad planning on the writers part, in a show with so many characters you gotta spread the spotlight around a bit, otherwise it serves little purpose to even have so many characters.

Also another thing that I really didn't like about DBZ was the whole Dragon Balls and the wishing. Mainly because it let them kill off and resurrect characters pretty much an infinite number of times.

By the time Dragonball - Dragonball GT ended how many times had each character died and be resurrected?

Normally character deaths are supposed to be a pivotal emotional point in the story, but it kinda takes a lot of the emotional response out when you know they are just gonna go gather the dragon balls and bring them back a few episodes down the road. The only deaths in DBZ I really thought were well used as far as story went were when Frieza killed Krillin which served as a catalyst for getting Goku to rage and when Vegeta blew himself up to try to kill Buu. Probably 1 or 2 in the Cell Saga, but I haven't seen that part of the series.

Also, as everyone loves to poke at, WAY too much damn filler. DBZ is the only show that can draw 1 attack out for like 4 or 5 minutes or probably whole episodes in some case and then the bad guy SURVIVES like the whole attack was nothing but a shot from a paintball gun. They were VERY bad at having a lot of build up to stuff that instantly turned out to be unimpressive story-wise, again HORRIBLE Thing to do with a show as far as writing goes, specially if you're drawing out whole episodes around this event.

Probably the reason so many people tout DBZ as being the end all, be all of anime is because it was the first anime for a whole generation of people and got a lot of people into anime. Most people I know who say DBZ is their favorite anime are very young and haven't seen many other animes yet, once you've seen enough other animes and then you go back and watch DBZ you kinda spot all the faults that it has.

[Backmask]

Well the reason I didn't like Berserk is because I like series that end with closure... Berserk had none, since the ending confused me to no end.

That's because Berserk is based on a manga that isn't finished yet. **** like this happens a lot, and don't think that you'll see the end of Berserk in your lifetime, it goes on hiatus all the time.

[JinVicious]

I hated how they ended it too. It's like they opened it in with the world being overrun by demons and then they show you what happened leading up to that. Then they didn't continue it from where the first episode came in, that did greatly annoy me too.

[Ruby150]

That's because Berserk is based on a manga that isn't finished yet. **** like this happens a lot, and don't think that you'll see the end of Berserk in your lifetime, it goes on hiatus all the time.

Exactly, that's why I don't care for it. What's so great about a series that ends on a cliff hanger? It makes you pissed at the creators, for not continuing the series (like with High School of the Dead, except I liked that series)

[Kaiju]

Exactly, that's why I don't care for it. What's so great about a series that ends on a cliff hanger? It makes you pissed at the creators, for not continuing the series (like with High School of the Dead, except I liked that series)

It makes you read the far superior manga, that's why. ;) I wanted to see want happened after (THAT ****ING ENDING) so I started reading the Manga, hot damn Berserk is now my all time favorite manga. Ongoing or no.
http://www.mangareader.net/96/berserk.html

[Ruby150]

It makes you read the far superior manga, that's why. ;) I wanted to see want happened after (THAT ****ING ENDING) so I started reading the Manga, hot damn Berserk is now my all time favorite manga. Ongoing or no.
http://www.mangareader.net/96/berserk.html

You must love Puck (or whatever his name is)

[Kaiju]

You must love Puck (or whatever his name is)

Puck is the only comedy relief that otherwise grimdark story has... the story would be very depressing without him otherwise... whether you like his antics or not his presence is welcome and he does has some CMOA's in some of the arcs and does provide good exposition.

[SarcotarascusN]

That's because Berserk is based on a manga that isn't finished yet. **** like this happens a lot, and don't think that you'll see the end of Berserk in your lifetime, it goes on hiatus all the time.

As far as I know, a new anime movie (which continues the TV series's plot) is supposed to come out sometime in 2012.

[Kaiju]

As far as I know, a new anime movie (which continues the TV series's plot) is supposed to come out sometime in 2012.

I've been hearing that rumor for years now.

[Backmask]

As far as I know, a new anime movie (which continues the TV series's plot) is supposed to come out sometime in 2012.

I saw the preview for it, and the CG, which was used for some of the most minor things, didn't look good outside of the large battles.

[Antonio Black]

Alright. Let me throw in my two cents here then. Let's see how far I get...

1) Naruto.
Let me just say that since its one of Shonen Jump's "Big Five" its hard NOT to like it. But, in accordance with the topic of this thread, let's rant.
Naruto is a show that starts with a great concept, but after so long it becomes a franchise zombie; an overly long series of repetitive gags, predictable plot developments, and for the most part a title character that takes all of the most negative qualities of Peter Parker, Goku, Daniel from "The Karate Kid", and Ash Ketchum...creating a bastard of a character that grates on the nerves until he quote-unquote grows up. And the writer gives him and Sasuke a really annoying "Zack/Cloud" dynamic for the better part of well MOST of the manga/anime. And I hate to say it, but Shippuden is a ****ing cop out. Way to take Rugrats: All Grown Up, and give it ninjas. The two things Naruto does succeed at however are a large, well developed cast of characters and (like most Shonen Jump material) mulit-episode fights which are so over the top and grandiose in scale, that more often than not will be remembered by fans and even casual viewers until the day they die.

2) Season 2 of "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya"
Two words: "Endless Eight". Don't get me wrong, the second season was just as good as the first and this particular story arc opens up one of the most tense and freaky plot developments in the series (The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya) but other than that sitting through the same episode eight times...I was fatigued. Its like buying DBZ on DVD and watching the entire Goku vs. Freiza fight...WHEN WILL IT END?!

3) Digimon
Digimon is a show that stops being fun and interesting after you hit puberty. Try being around anyone in their late teens or early twenties enjoying the first few seasons of the show. The dubbing is annoying, the soundtrack is overblown and ridiculous, the Digivolutions and later power-up became so crazy and convoluted that its a wonder the writers even kept up with them. But don't let that get you down. I don't hate the entirety of the Digimon franchise. I can personally say that Digimon World 3 was one of my favorite PSone RPGs purely because of how many Digivolutions become available to you. But seriously. Unless you're seriously obsessed with Digimon after high school, just TRY NOT TO CRINGE WHEN WATCHING AN EPISODE. Something will get to you. I KNOW it will.

[Kajimura]

Well if Manga is allowed than a definite NO is

Aki Sora: Its a an incest manga where older sister and younger brother fall in love and lose there virginity to each other. Than alot of **** goes down including yuri (which im all for) but then the twin sister of the brother rapes him. So pretty ****ed up right?

[SarcotarascusN]

^That sounds like "Angel Sanctuary: The Manga". And I haven't seen Angel Sanctuary, but it sounds like it's one to avoid unless you have an incest fetish.

[Kaiju]

I like Digimon and I'm not over-obsessed with it :< (I take it by over-obsessed you mean drawing fanart of it on a weekly basis)

Besides, the Digimon anime still beats the Pokemon anime. I'm still sticking to my guns on that one. (but for the most part the Pokemon games far outweigh the Digimon ones)

Also speaking of Pokemon:

The current Pokemon anime...just ugh....
The first season was good, then the second season came... and then the third season...
It was the same thing over...and over...and over again!
First Season: Kid goes on a quest with his first pokemon to become "Pokemon Master" whose main quest involves beating all the gym leaders and going to the league, various side plots and shenanigans ensue. He makes new friends, beats all the gym leaders, meets the current arc villain while meeting a new pokemon every episode. It was good.
Second Season: THE SAME EXACT THING. But in a different place with new pokemon and gym leaders!
Third Season: Main character loses one companion gets two more, new rival, and the secondary characters get their day in the limelight...but otherwise...same thing!
Fourth... he loses the other companions and gets the super loli companion! Otherwise... Same thing!
Oh and after ten years...the main character remains the same...and is the same age...

At least Digimon had the common decency to change the formula and characters up a bit with every new season. Pokemon after the first season just got stagnant, unoriginal and dull. The only additions to the plot came glued on from the (far superior) GB/DS games. (WHICH I Recomend far more than this anime)

The dub was okay, and the first season's OP... BEST DUB THEME EVER. :O
But then 4kids turned the themes into ****ty rap...

In short, watch the first season. Avoid the others. And after the first season, watch "Mewtwo Strikes Back" aka Pokemon the First movie.

[JinVicious]

Fist of the North Star 2

I loved Original Fist of the North Star so much that when I found out it wasn't dubbed all the way, I watched the last 80+ Episodes in Japanese, having NEVER watched subs before, I liked it that much.

Fist of the North Star 2 was just horrible though, an easy Equiv of DBZ GT, but not as long. Basically the show/manga was popular so they kept making it to please fans. Big Mistake, Fist of the North Star 2 was awful I still haven't finished it yet and it's only like 40-50 episodes.

[jinzo64]

i didn't know they'd done a fist of the north star 2.
naruto shippoden to much filler.

[SarcotarascusN]

^It's called "New Fist of the North Star" and it's quite a bit glossier than the original. You can see some of it in AMV Hell 3...it's the clip that uses that awful song, "Your'e Beautiful".

[jinzo64]

oh i thought that was from the origional fist of the north star.

[JinVicious]

^It's called "New Fist of the North Star" and it's quite a bit glossier than the original. You can see some of it in AMV Hell 3...it's the clip that uses that awful song, "Your'e Beautiful".

New Fist of the North Star and Fist of the North Star 2 are entirely different.

New Fist of the North Star is the ****ty remake that you spoke of.

Fist of the North Star 2 is the ****ty sequel.


oh i thought that was from the origional fist of the north star.

Most anime sites just lump it together with Original Fist of the North Star, but Episodes 110 and on are Fist of the North Star 2.

Crunchy Roll has em jammed together like that but they are considered separate series, Fist of the North Star 2 is just so damn horrible.

[jinzo64]

so avoid ****ty remake and sequal just watch the origional

[JinVicious]

so avoid ****ty remake and sequal just watch the origional

Yeah the remake and the sequel are both garbage.

[SarcotarascusN]

^My mistake.

And Jinzo, there's also some original Fist of the North Star in there (and in some of the other videos).

[JinVicious]

^My mistake.

And Jinzo, there's also some original Fist of the North Star in there (and in some of the other videos).

AMV Hell was the reason I watched Fist of the North Star, specifically the Another One Bites the dust clip in AMV Hell 3. Sad that it wasn't in AMV Hell 4 and only one clip in 5 from the animated movie =\

[jinzo64]

amv hell is the only place i've seen fist of the north star.

i say pokemon black and white isn't worth watching.

[JinVicious]

Fist of the North Star is extremely old 1983-1989 or so counting Original and the **** sequel.

It's far more popular in Japan, it's had A LOT of manga and spin offs. Nearly every main character has had their own spin off and it's also even had anime series made out of a few of them. They gave the main villain his own series too, which I need to watch some day. Also there's a lot of video games made off it, just they very rarely get released over here since it's not very popular outside of Japan.

They made a Dynasty Warriors game based off of it a couple years ago that made it over here, just haven't gotten a chance to play it yet.

A lot of people just can't appreciate it cause it's so damn old and low budget, even animes today use a lot of the same images to save money and time, but back when anime was REALLY low budget it was a lot more noticeable. That just kind made if funny for me, that and I laugh at people getting beaten up.

[jinzo64]

it's older than me by a year.
the u.k often misses out on anime launches even some our specilist stores don't get full anime series.

[SarcotarascusN]

AMV Hell was the reason I watched Fist of the North Star, specifically the Another One Bites the dust clip in AMV Hell 3. Sad that it wasn't in AMV Hell 4 and only one clip in 5 from the animated movie =\

There's also a clip in the first season of minis. A decent one (especially if you've seen South Park).

[jinzo64]

i didn't watch south park so i'm probably misssing out on a good joke

[SarcotarascusN]

Well, the sound clip is from an episode where the kids get cheap Ninja weapons at the county fair (where all of the parents are) and proceed to stomp around the town attacking whatever they can. Butters Stotch (this very naiive and gullible kid whom they all consider to be rather lame) pretends to be an evil superhero when they refuse to let him join, and he attacks them. They fight, and the predictable result from throwing a ninja star occurs....

.....leading to the "oh god it's stuck in his eye!" line and some gruesomeness.

It's funny because about 2/3 of the episode is animated in this cheap anime-style art (it resembles the street fighter games most closely) and there's this rather ridiculous song (the same one from a DBZ clip in AMV Hell 3, in fact!) with the typically bad Engrish and shouted Japanese lyrics one finds in anime OPs. And the whole thing has a very funny ending, in spite of it being somewhat gross.

[jinzo64]

wait that clips from fist of the north star i thought that clip was from berserk/berserker forget whcih it is.

[AKALink]

Neon Genesis man. I couldn't stand it anymore. I swear they threw in most of those Judo-Christian stuff just to get the Japanese audience interested.

[jinzo64]

i've only ever seen the films.
but didn't they launch a series recently?

[Kaiju]

i've only ever seen the films.
but didn't they launch a series recently?

The Series came before the films. (26 Episodes of Mind ****) I highly recomend it to any anime fan, as it is a "Love it or Hate it" sort of anime. I personally like it. Its ending made less sense than a "Rapture" speech during Sunday mass, so it may take a few watch throughs to understand.

Then there is the new film series. (Which is two episodes of AWESOME) which goes from Mind **** central to Beyond the Impossible Rule of Cool.

[JinVicious]

Well, the sound clip is from an episode where the kids get cheap Ninja weapons at the county fair (where all of the parents are) and proceed to stomp around the town attacking whatever they can. Butters Stotch (this very naiive and gullible kid whom they all consider to be rather lame) pretends to be an evil superhero when they refuse to let him join, and he attacks them. They fight, and the predictable result from throwing a ninja star occurs....

.....leading to the "oh god it's stuck in his eye!" line and some gruesomeness.

It's funny because about 2/3 of the episode is animated in this cheap anime-style art (it resembles the street fighter games most closely) and there's this rather ridiculous song (the same one from a DBZ clip in AMV Hell 3, in fact!) with the typically bad Engrish and shouted Japanese lyrics one finds in anime OPs. And the whole thing has a very funny ending, in spite of it being somewhat gross.

That is one of the best south park eps EVER and I think I know the part in Fist of the North Star they used without even seeing the video xD.

[Backmask]

The Series came before the films. (26 Episodes of Mind ****) I highly recomend it to any anime fan, as it is a "Love it or Hate it" sort of anime. I personally like it. Its ending made less sense than a "Rapture" speech during Sunday mass, so it may take a few watch throughs to understand.

Then there is the new film series. (Which is two episodes of AWESOME) which goes from Mind **** central to Beyond the Impossible Rule of Cool.

They said that they are going to make the ending less mind ****y in Rebuild.

[Kaiju]

They said that they are going to make the ending less mind ****y in Rebuild.

I hope so. At least tell us whats happening, and not the characters talking existentialist metaphors over increasingly bizzare images.
(OR Make it so mind ****y the viewer goes mad from the revelation... but thats never gonna happen. :P)

[jinzo64]

i was thinking of this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Evangelion-1-11-You-Are-Alone/dp/B002T5QMCE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312021658&sr=8-1
and this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Evangelion-2-22-You-Can-Advance/dp/B004L9IDD2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1312021658&sr=8-3

[Backmask]

i was thinking of this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Evangelion-1-11-You-Are-Alone/dp/B002T5QMCE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312021658&sr=8-1
and this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Evangelion-2-22-You-Can-Advance/dp/B004L9IDD2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1312021658&sr=8-3

Yeah, in my opinion, those are great. I'd recommend that you watch it dubbed.

[Kaiju]

Yeah, in my opinion, those are great. I'd recommend that you watch it dubbed.

Yeah, the dubs are superb. unlike the first anime where the cast just started out, and was hit or miss the first few episodes, in Rebuild the VA's already know the characters full well (They DID have to endure dubbing EoE afterall) and ace voicing them this time around. Tiffany Grant as Asuka is just superb I must say.

[Backmask]

Yeah, the dubs are superb. unlike the first anime where the cast just started out, and was hit or miss the first few episodes, in Rebuild the VA's already know the characters full well (They DID have to endure dubbing EoE afterall) and ace voicing them this time around. Tiffany Grant as Asuka is just superb I must say.

Mari's voice actor was damn amazing.

[Kaiju]

Mari's voice actor was damn amazing.

Any of the three female EVA pilots VA's were superb. Rei is just..Rei, Asuka speaks for herself, and the newcomer Mari is done well considering its her first appearance in ANY Eva media.

Rebuild 3.33 Y U no come out yet?

[Backmask]

Any of the three female EVA pilots VA's were superb. Rei is just..Rei, Asuka speaks for herself, and the newcomer Mari is done well considering its her first appearance in ANY Eva media.

Rebuild 3.33 Y U no come out yet?

I've heard that 3.33 is supposed to come out sometime in 2012, so, assuming that we do get it in 2012, we should get it dubbed in 2014.

[Kaiju]

I've heard that 3.33 is supposed to come out sometime in 2012, so, assuming that we do get it in 2012, we should get it dubbed in 2014.

Oof. Thats a while...thankfully I shall Skyrim to keep me occupied for those two years. :P

[jinzo64]

i recently got dragonball curser of the blood the worst dragonball movie i've seen realy not worth watching.

[LOLWTFBBQ]

Any of the three female EVA pilots VA's were superb. Rei is just..Rei, Asuka speaks for herself, and the newcomer Mari is done well considering its her first appearance in ANY Eva media.

Rebuild 3.33 Y U no come out yet?

I remember watching Mari's blowing into the scene clad in the obvious miniskirt. the best part is when she gets up and butchers the english language, yeah that was funny.

[jinzo64]

i know i said it before but i just want it to be clear that dragonball gt isn't worth watching.

[SarcotarascusN]

I have to say that while I haven't seen the Evangelion dub, I've always been impressed by how good the Japanese voice acting is. Rei and Kaji's seiyus are some of my favorites (they're also Faye and Spike in Cowboy Bebop, respectively, where they're PERFECT), but nobody's out of place. Even Shinji's actor sounds good, and while he can be annoying sometimes, his actor pulls the reins on the shrillness and whinyness and keeps it bearable.

I can't talk about Japanese tracks in the way I can about English ones just because I don't speak Japanese, but I can usually recognize that a performance is flat, too shrill, or too over-the-top, and I get none of that from Eva's cast. I just get good vibrations, and it's not from the fan service.

[FinalMasterM]

Hey, first time poster, this topic really grabbed my interest as I'm a person who enjoys just about every anime I've watched. Sure, some are slow starting or rough to get into, but only twice, in my anime watching career, have I found series that has made me cringe and drop them.

Glass Mask and White Album. Surely you'll want to know why, Glass Mask just isn't something I found interesting at all, and I happen to like a lot of series posted in this thread other dislike. White Album introduced something around 10 characters, by only giving a name, before doing a 180 and throwing some odd **** at you.

[Thetruecrow]

The Sacred Blacksmith.
Strike Witches.
Dokkoida!?
And even though the manga is good,
Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple.

[jinzo64]

i quite liked strike witches
and kenichi the mightiest disciple looks like it should be good

[abyssion1337]

Strike Witches was really bad, Loli's flying though the air with way too many panty shots.

[Antonio Black]

The Series came before the films. (26 Episodes of Mind ****) I highly recomend it to any anime fan, as it is a "Love it or Hate it" sort of anime. I personally like it. Its ending made less sense than a "Rapture" speech during Sunday mass, so it may take a few watch throughs to understand.

Then there is the new film series. (Which is two episodes of AWESOME) which goes from Mind **** central to Beyond the Impossible Rule of Cool.

Are you into TV Tropes as much as I think you are? Or is their slang just catching on with non-Tropers?

Anyway.
I figure I've got a few more things to rant about.

1) Eden of the East
I love this anime. Its a really cool concept. However, when an anime only runs for eleven episodes and then expects the purchase of two movies...Seriously? What stopped them? Just put it all together! Don't pull a Nintendo and slyly reach out for more money, I hate when any DVD set or show does that, especially animes.

2) Metropolis/Princess Mononoke
Metropolis was a really well made anime movie. But its dubbing was so off that you expect it to be a poorly localized Toho production. And this is a movie that came out in..2001? 2002? It could have had better dubbing. If you're going to dub something with such heavy-handed source material, you could at least treat it with a little respect. Mononoke does something different. The animals talk. But sometimes they're mouths move, sometimes not. They're animals, so you don't REALLY expect them to actually open up and speak. But it switches up so many times you wonder if the animals are talking or just have telepathy.

3) Ponyo
If an anime (especially from the great Studio Ghibli) is going to line up a star-studded cast, which is usually Ghibli's calling card here in the States...make it worthwhile. Give us more lines. Or in the case of Ponyo, cast someone...better. Look, I know Haley Joel Osmond is ALL grown up and voicing Sora now, but had this movie been made back in the early Nineties he would have killed this role. But the youngest Jonas brother? Really? And way to give Matt Damon only five lines in the whole movie. Makes me wonder how much he got payed to lend his voice....

[Kaiju]

Are you into TV Tropes as much as I think you are? Or is their slang just catching on with non-Tropers?


TV Tropes is ruining my life...

[Antonio Black]

TV Tropes is ruining my life...

Its ruining mine too.
I've become the Determinator, constantly browsing the various links; the All Blue Entries. I've become a Blood Knight, fueled by my need to look random **** up, expose a Crowning Moment of Funny, determine Tropes Are Not Tools and what Tropes Are Not Bad. Word of God says I should stop. Its too much High Octane Nightmare Fuel. All the links, spiraling down into oblivion; drawing me into the point where I reach my Moral Event Horizon and experience a Heroic Blue Screen of Death.

Okay enough, I'm losing my grip on reality...

[animemental1]

Loli's flying though the air with way too many panty shots.

I agree, but I found it to be okay.

Edit: Mine too. =D

[jinzo64]

i still enjoyed watching it.
it was a bit light hearted fun after watching deathnote iwas a nice change of pace.

[SarcotarascusN]

If anybody finds an obscure little OAV called "Amazing Nuts" and is tempted to give it a try, don't give into that temptation. Some good animation doesn't save it from being a pretentious piece of crap with annoying music to boot.