In my experience there are two that come to mind and those are…
Ergo Proxy
Blood+
And having played the game first, Zone of the Enders was extremely difficult to take seriously. If they had kept it true to the dark nature of the game and made the plot a little more mature it probably could have been really good.
Blood+
EP disappointed me because at the time I was having a hard time finding a new anime to get into and it had been described as Blade Runner except with a female main character, so I actually purchased the first dvd and it never really hit my g-spot and for the fact that I had paid for the expensive dvd, I was doubly disappointed.
I loved the Blood film, so I thought the series would be more of the same but it turned out to be more of a show for pre-teens. I wanted a much more adult-oriented story without the comedy nor the romantics.
I can’t remember for the life of me how in the world an anime got me pissed, but it did. Guess it just wasn’t my stuff.
agreed.
i read the manga before watching the anime, so i thought i would gie it a chance.
my, it was so bad!
the onyl episode i enjoyed was of the ancient robot doll.
i read the manga before watching the anime, so i thought i would gie it a chance.
my, it was so bad!
the only episode i enjoyed was of the ancient robot doll.
It started out okay, just slightly varying from the manga like most anime adaptations do which is fine. But after like the 6th episode it all starts going downhill with just random filler.
But I’ll read the manga over watching the anime any day of the week.
The rest of the cast is pretty enjoyable, but when the show starts depending too much on the Mary Sue main character, it becomes a letdown. More so when he wins the last match of the show by 6-4 without breaking a sweat. -_-
you best be trolling, nigga
naw nigga i be fucking serious! Samurai Pizza Cats was the worst piece of shit to come out of Japan! Straight up and talking like some stereotyped Urban black american…boiiiyyyeeeee!!!
You should really post this kind of stuff in the Worst Anime? (Thread 328) thread. The Most Disappointing Anime thread is more for anime that you thought would be great and wasn’t even close. I mean, how good did you think Samurai Pizza Cats was going to be, it’s called Samurai Pizza Cats, for christ’s sake.
Like I said…five minutes of it and i wanted to puke. But hey you are right lets talk about disappointing. Yeah…love hina was very disappointing I had read the manga first spent more then 30 dollars renting the episodes and they didn’t even finish the anime!! *sigh*
wtf. that was the first anime i ever watched and SPC was what sucked me into the anime universe. that show was awsome. its supposed to be crazy, ironic, just straight up lol
And Egro Proxy and Blood + were awsome imo. What did you find so disappointing about them?
The Persona anime was a letdown tbh.. that was a proper mess.
This.
I dropped it after two episodes. The insane fan following still baffles me.
And Egro Proxy and Blood + were awsome imo. What did you find so disappointing about them?
lol @ this guy wanting someone else to justify disliking something in the same post he trollishly bashes something else that’s popular without saying why he didn’t like it.
Elements of it were pretty good to watch… but it was a long, long way away from the gritty original.
I would have to say Kimagure Orange Road(still don’t get it to this day), Ninja Resurrection(after watching Ninja Scroll, expectations were high…plus, I think my personal beliefs played a part in its ‘downfall’), and Ayane’s High Kick(only because there aren’t any more episodes of it, lol).
Most others still haven’t managed to disappoint me, but then again, I’m VERY picky about what I watch…guess I’m not much of an anime fan as you guys, huh? 😀
Yeah lol @ this guy! ok Spock.
Sorry for not bothering to expand on why i think they are good and why Haruhi is bad. The thread is dissapointing anime, and i asked why he thought they were bad.
It’s all opinion at the end of the day. Blood + And egro proxy to me had decent storys, great artwork, interesting characters and good soundstracks. that’s what makes a good anime for me anyway dunno about you? probably a hating Haruhi fan? Harui just seemed the complete opposite of what i enjoy in anime. One of the only anime i dislike as well.
My explanations here (http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1243789&postcount=7).
Sorry for not bothering to expand on why i think they are good and why Haruhi is bad. The thread is dissapointing anime, and i asked why he thought they were bad.
It’s all opinion at the end of the day. Blood + And egro proxy to me had decent storys, great artwork, interesting characters and good soundstracks. that’s what makes a good anime for me anyway dunno about you? probably a hating Haruhi fan? Harui just seemed the complete opposite of what i enjoy in anime. One of the only anime i dislike as well.
Moron. I’m not defending anything. Just pointing out your hypocrisy. Don’t be an idiot and I’ll probably never say another word to you.
Alright, I’ll give it another shot.
Gotta love that answer! lol. I think the most disappointing are Tenchi Muyo, Kyou Kara Maou, Code Geass, or any anime where love interest are introduced and they develop with th main character, but in the end; NO ONE IS TOGETHER!!! That is really annoying, the main guy or girl of alot of animes never pick or choose a lover, just keep leading people on. Not cool!
commercials made it look like an epic mecha anime.
not only its not a mecha anime, but its anti-epic.
the soundtrack is boring as hell, the pace of the plot is slow.
i cant believe i actually wasted a dvd on this crap.
and dbz… you can just tell that ppl nowadays (or back ten) really love macho guys with imba powers that could destroy the world in one hit….
i mostly didnt like it bec everyone there is overly muscular…yah
really?? i really enjoyed the haruhi anime seriously and i also read the light novels 😀 maybe it was bec of the first ep? as in episode 00 yea…it supposed to be like that…like some cheesy movie that a high schooler made but yea the light novels are better…
and persona trinity of souls…it wasnt what i expected either i really lykd the persona games but the anime was….not that good. the persona where see trough? y? i can barely see them fighting… 🙁 but p3 and 4 were epic!!!
Guyver: Chavy robot rave lol
Dragonball GT dissapointed me because the epic atmosphere in Z didnt traced the atmosphere in GT maybe because i am much older…
i watched when i were 7-9 years old and now there are several years gone!
And the "german" dub of GT and censors cut the film lots of time so that i couldnt see the last moments of sin shin long?
And the end of GT! Dont want to spoiler but its very very very very dissapointing…
Dragonball GT dissapointed me because the epic atmosphere in Z didnt traced the atmosphere in GT maybe because i am much older…
i watched when i were 7-9 years old and now there are several years gone!
And the "german" dub of GT and censors cut the film lots of time so that i couldnt see the last moments of sin shin long?
And the end of GT! Dont want to spoiler but its very very very very dissapointing…
Agreed, it was fucking lame, so lame i forgot to mention it.
Back to the days of old DB they rocked.
Well, I’d say the same about Haruhi. In the first season, the episodes are, or rather seem to be, sorted by how much of facts they reveal. And at some point IMHO it became really interesting.
But back to the topic. I think I was most disappointed in Naruto and Ayashi no Ceres.
Naruto was very interesting for the first 50 or so eps, but I slept through next 150… Then there were few interesting ones and again boredom.
Ayashi seemed interesting from the beginning, but later on the story was chaos. Each action seemed terribly irrational :/ At least the OSTs are nice.
Bleach
One Piece
Shamen King
Pokemon (the new stuff, eww)
DBZ/GT
D.gray man – they kill 5x times someone and he stand up and kick asses to all bad guys. It starts good it has mystic atmosphere in dark misty london but in 1/3 of series it starts lacking the atmosphere and mysticism and it become more comedy with new super ultra uber weapons and super ultra uber enemies which can be beaten only with advanced super ultra uber weapons
true, true
Gantz had SO much potential, but the ending just spoiled everything. Compared to this, Neon Genesis Evangelion’s ending was conclusive
Well, geez, now I’m actually interested in it.
Gantz had SO much potential, but the ending just spoiled everything. Compared to this, Neon Genesis Evangelion’s ending was conclusive
it seems theres always something studio GONZO fucks up in its anime adaptations.
the most memorable being HELLSING and gantz.
however, the only series that i consider perfect as it is, is yukikaze.
i have not (or think will ever) read the novel (yes, novel, not a manga, a novel) but the animation, the music… everything was extremely superb, surpassing GANTZ in animation. i suggest pisces knight sees this masterpiece.
sure, the animation in gantz was excellent, but yukikaze has better ones, and thats saying something.
Okay, gave Ergo Proxy another try. I watched the first 2 dvds and I can’t go no mo’. It’s depressing, boring, and all over the place in terms of story. Plus the show is in desperate need of COLOR!!!
I can’t remember for the life of me how in the world an anime got me pissed, but it did. Guess it just wasn’t my stuff.
I know what you mean. I had the manga and I thought it was pretty funny but when I saw the anime it all seemed so boring.
Elfenlied started out okey but after the first half of the episode it just made a 180 turn into some kind of haramfest with generic leading characters.
And at parts where it got stale they would introduce a new girl with a tear-jerking backstory on how she was raped or never got enough hugs.. baawwww.
There was just so much I didn’t like about it, it tried to be something it was not.
And Ergo Proxy.. well I got to be honost, I didn’t give it anytime to sink in. I watched the first episode and for me it didn’t have anything going on for it self. I found it to be boring, bland, slowpased without any mystery.
just my 2 cents
-An example of no matter how good your animation is, its crap if there are plot holes/unfleshed out characters/uneven pacing. This anime disappointed me very much. To me it felt like it was trying to be like Miyazaki’s film Princess Mononoke and just failed.
Sousei no Aquarion – episode 1 sucked me in with its immersive CG and animation…and yet by the last episode I felt it was too cliche how it ended…it just didn’t feel right. I didn’t see the second season so I don’t know if things get better.
Escaflowne (is that the right spelling?). Don’t get me wrong, I love steampunk mecha as much a the next guy, and the plot was interesting enough, but the ending just pissed me off. I mean, really?
Escaflowne was decent, but the way it ended left a bad taste in my mouth…don’t understand why Escaflowne ended with Newton talking like that or w/e…so confusing.
On that note, Record of Lodoss War…how can they change Woodchuck like that. It makes me so mad. Ending felt unsatisfying.
Tokko. This ocular diarrhea was made by the guy behind GTO. Only 13 episodes and lot of unresolved issues.
Ocular diarrhea…haha yeah well it is pretty gritty at many parts and I guess there were some awkward frames…I was so engrossed with TOKKO, and then the way it ended…ugh! If you go to the wikipedia entry for it, it tries to make some clarity but not good enough:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOKKO
Sometimes I wonder if "disappointing" is a relative term? To me (or people like me) here in the USA we think some anime is disappointing cuz we don’t get a satisfying conclusion or fleshed out characters or unnecessary filler, but I wonder if, to the Japanese audience they appreciate it ‘cuz it leads to open interpretation in their mind as to what could happen next or alternate outcomes, or what could become of someone/something? I don’t know I’m just speculating…anyways though I’m in agreement with many of you on this thread that I don’t like certain animes cuz they feel unfulfilled or think/feel it could have ended better…just disappointing cus there seemed to be potential…
Code Geass could have been show much instead of a barely coherent plot with a super genius anti hero who happens to be a bishonen and basically achieves world peace in the most convoluted way possible complete with fanservice.
As for Escaflowne, I thought it was well done! Aside from a very few anime that have come out after the 80’s early 90’s, I rather liked it!
Code Geass could have been show much instead of a barely coherent plot with a super genius anti hero who happens to be a bishonen and basically achieves world peace in the most convoluted way possible complete with fanservice.
shaman king doesnt have an ending in the manga
And a reply to the post above. Shaman King already has an ending, you should check it out. :p
And a reply to the post above. Shaman King already has an ending, you should check it out. :p
my mistake, its just that i bought the original 32 volume edition, because its the only one we got and probably will get.
however, i still think the anime’s ending is better
I guess it served me right for being young & stupid & thinking it would be anything like Ninja Scroll.
tenjou tenge was also disappointing for me. it’s also one of the most popular anime in north america according to sales but it sucks.. it started out well in the first 10 episodes but then they lost it and it doesn’t even have an ending.
Hunter x Hunter is pure garbage… seriously, I can’t believe they put out this shit after YuYu Hakusho, which is an all-time classic fighting anime.
Someone just mentioned FF:Unlimited. I have to agree.. that anime is practically unwatchable.. I think I made it to episode 7 or so and I regret not quitting after the first ep.
Naruto is also extremely overrated/disappointing. The manga was overhyped as it was but the anime is inferior to the manga…
The list can be endless.. I always have to do research before watching a new series these days because of how low the standards for anime have been in recent years. The best anime series I ever watched all came from the 80’s and 90’s, with few coming post 2000. You would think the animation would improve greatly from the 80’s but it’s not true.. even now in 2009 we have anime with inconsistent art style and animation inferior to that of the mid 90’s, and the general direction/execution in some of these recent anime are downright horrible. They can really kill a good story from a great manga.
I loved the anime so much.
Just hated one character that ruined it all for me.
While the nanoha series (specifically A’s) may be entertaining on some level, it is difficult for me to grasp that nanoha was 9 when she started yet has a mature outlook on life. I hate that she has that notorius "befriending" trope via blast them and I will make them my friends also she is known as the White Devil because of this trope. The characters are so ridiculously flat that I don’t know if they actually grow at all, even if nanoha is a break from traditional–no, it is not even a magical girl show, it is a Super Robot War references with magical girls mixed in. It subverts some tropes but it plays them straight most of the time. She comes from a family of basically ninja in the Triangle Hearts game also she (and the rest of cast) are ridculously overpowered that the bad guys (if there is any "real" villains) are cannon fodder for heroines. Even Sakura form Cardcaptors is a little realistic, I am very annoyed at this show.
The Idea is a great and original one but the story never develops anywhere and doesn’t do anything original with the characters , the show just kinda goes "we have a crazy situation which gives us a reason to do all the standard anime hi jinx"
I really wanted to enjoy it too 🙁
Darker than black.
When I heard from the makers of wolf’s rain I just jumped at watching this anime but than it ends up being average as hell and the end of the anime comes out of nowhere and seemed thrown in at the last second and not to mention the main character suppose to be an assassin but he seems to give in to his heart every freaking episode that its boring.
Heck my brother is darker than this anime.
Average and boring.
Unfortunately I ended up un-impressed, specifically the last episode, whether it’s a cliff hanger or not was "meh" at best. 11 Episodes was simply not enough to accomplish what the series should have been.
In my experience there are two that come to mind and those are…
Ergo Proxy
Blood+
I’d say I’m most disappointed by "Hanaukyo Maid Team" and "Love Hina" because only because neither actually finished the storyline…heck, Hanauko Maid Team, even in the original 15min epi series, just cut off in the middle of a storyline. "Candidate for Goddess" for that matter feels like the producers forgot to do the next episode. But then I’d have to add "Ai Yori Yoshi" because likewise, it never finished the storyline, just left us hanging.
Then, there’s "Lucky Star". I couldn’t make it past epi 2, for all the hype that it received, and all the gags it supposedly represents…it just seemed inanne, and felt that the animators had no idea what they wanted to do, except create a parody slice of life that does nothing. and goes nowhere.
I don’t know about other conventions, but at Anime Weekend Atlanta every year there’s a panel for totally lame anime that shifts through the really bad stuff every year.
So why were you disappointed by Maria-sama ga Miteru? I though it delivered what it promised.
And they’re still releasing bits of the story. Hasn’t the author produced something like 11 or 12 volumes of the light novel series that inspired both manga and anime?
Both were supposed to be the creepiest anime out there, I instantly thought something in the way of I don’t know Silent Hill and Forbidden Siren at least thats what the first episode of the latter felt like, but then came in the shit blender with girls with high pitched voices, bright colored hairs and faces shaped like pears.
I vomited and deleted everything I had mistakenly downloaded.
Gurren Lagaan – I haven’t gotten past the first 3 episodes, and even then I could hardly get into any of the episodes. It seemed like almost TOO much was happening all at once, characters seemed a bit too zany, I can’t get myself to watch any more of it. Maybe I just need to be in the mood for it, but it seemed so popular it must be good somewhere along the series…I just can’t seem to get into it. :/
Escaflowne – Great series, awesome fights, awesome music. Ending…just left me feeling like I got jipped.
Naruto – I used to be into Naruto a whole lot more, and it’s not just the anime, but the manga. It doesn’t have the same appeal as I used to love it for. Hate Sasuke, and all the "air time" he gets throughout the story, most of the really interesting characters get no more time in the story anymore. I also heard the anime started incorporating filler characters. I don’t hate Naruto like some people do, but I feel like it’s lost it’s luster.
RahXephon: starts out interesting, but gets incredibly boring in the middle (around episode 8 onwards). Haven’t finished it after all these years.
Wolf’s Rain: see my entry on RahXephon
Bleach: I am quite the maniac during the Soul Society arc; unfortunately, the series went downhill afterwards. Although there’s a possibility that I might pick it up again in the future
Naruto: not the most… cerebral of anime, but it has its moments. For example, I absolutely love the Invasion of Konoha arc (episode 79 is pure sex, I gotta admit). But too many fillers eventually turned me off. Haven’t looked back since.
Wolf’s Rain: see my entry on RahXephon
I couldn’t make it to the third episode.
Also:
Cowboy Bebop
Eureka Seven
Fullmetal Alchemist
Neon Genesis Evangelion
All overrated pieces of shit.
EDIT: Forgot to include RahXephon and Wolf’s Rain
x2 except I’m saying several of the things on your list are good.
-overhyped 😛
Gambler tetsuya
-The opening is a bit missleading. Made me think there was more to the show then there acutally was 😛
Code Geass
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Bleach
Full Metal Alchemist
Wolf’s Rain
Scryed
Yu Yu Hakusho
.hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet
Brain powered – oh. my. god. This will test your sanity. Order Ritalin and Valium before attempting to see it.
Paradise Kiss – had high hopes, but didn’t like the animation style (damn creepy eyes drawn by 4 year olds!)
Soul eater – story was ok, but it seemed more like a caricature anime
Better man–Can’t stand the plot format, plot development and ending.
One piece–It started out all right then it got a little childish and boring.
It started off well for a typical Slice Of Life anime but the ending was poorly done and rushed. They need to stop adapting unfinished/ongoing mangas…
It wasn’t predictable but instead it was the opposite and it made you feel down or angry afterwords.
Gilgamesh
It was just so dull and boring and the opening theme didn’t suit the tone of the anime, at all!
School Days – Darn you Makoto I want to slash his head.
Ga-Rei-Zero – Characters that shouldn’t die is dead.
Evangelion (TV) – Story isn’t clear.
There are more but I can’t recall the titles.
i also have no love for エルゴプラクシー (ergo proxy), serial experiment lain, ドラゴンボール (dragonball), or アキラ. though アキラ (akira) is very much influence by fan reactions when i managed to acquire it (summer’88=アキラ overload).
how people here can claim マリア様がみてる (mariasama), きまぐれオレンジ☆ロード (kor), スクールデイズ (school days) or らき☆すた (lucky star) are bad is beyond me. those are some of my favorite.
I have expected more interesting and not so boring for me
Minami-Ke (first season) was funny, but it was also boring most of the time. I really expected more of them.
Kinda funny how people hate One Piece, Bleach, Full Metal Alchemist and Naruto lol.
Kinda funny how people hate Ghost in the Shell lol
Fixed
well it is true most people hate Bleach, One Piece, Naruto, and Full Metal Alchemist but have not a clue what it is about that is whats funny.
Kinda funny how people hate One Piece, Bleach, Full Metal Alchemist and Naruto lol.
FMA is great but the end is sh!t.
How is the end?
You didn’t watch it or why are you asking?
Ed and Al being together again on the "other" side (our world) without alchemy and stuff.
A really disappointing end (to me)
Ed and Al being together again on the "other" side (our world) without alchemy and stuff.
A really disappointing end (to me)
I watch it but im only on episode 43.
So why did you ask for the end. Now I ruined it to you 🙁
Its okay for FMA though. You didn’t really ruin it for me though but the others on the otherhand i don’t want a spoiler for.
For example, transformation sequences edited out the body lines to take out any hint of breasts or a pubic area and there were also scenes of violence that were taken out such as the deaths of the Sailor Senshi or one being slapped by another. They even took out scenes of them sticking their tongues out because it "might have a negative influence on children".
The original season finale of the first season was two episodes called "The Day of Destiny", in which each of the Sailor Senshi sacrificed themselves for Sailor Moon and eventually ended in the death of Sailor Moon herself. And although they were all resurrected at the end, DiC decided to remove every reference to death. So much editing was needed that the two episodes were merged into one.
one of the reasons why i find them disappointing is that MANY of the background music arent there in any of their OSTS,that burns me faster than paper in a forest fire.
You mean the 5 part OVA? Ya, that seemed more like an epilogue than a new season. At least the girls got to see Keiichi naked.
indeed,i suppose that was the only thing taken to note from that OVA xD
I thought they would show some light on the (dimention?) rena was inside when she was an adult in the first episode of season 2,that was what i was hoping for,but it doesnt really matter in the long run because the 2 series anime was very well made and had a good ending anyway.oh back on topic,did anyone find kara no kyoukai movie 6 a bit disappointing?i mean after watching the first 3 movies i was just drooling for more,the 3 one especially had a huge emotional package imo,the one with the magician in the strange building was "ok" ,worth watching ,though not even close to the first 3.but 6 sucked tbh,not worth it’s hype.
"In the first episode: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh…..( more five episodies)aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh…..(more five episodies)aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh…..(more five episodies)aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh….BOOM! The bad guy dies. begin a new saga. It’s a noob things.
…since Abel didn’t kill Cain.
And then there’s The Twelve Kingdoms, which is unfinished.
They’re not bad anime in my books, but their endings are quite a disappointment.
and Eden of the East (because it was so short)
"ya well like, that’s just like your opinion man."
The same thing happened to Inuyasha but now there working on the finale series so who nows.
As a fan of just the games and the cards, I could never get into the show. It started out cheesy, Ash was too much of a pushover for himself. The pokemon? In the games, each pokemon had similar but many different noises that would fit their type. The show, would depict the pokemon saying it’s name in various tones.
I’d feel so retarded if I were ever of the voice actors having to do any of those pokemon voices. I’m surprised none of them have even killed themselves. "My god I’ve spent a countless number of episodes saying "Pika! Pikachu!" over and over again!"
Sure, it may seem like the newer shows are getting better. But, even they are going downhill with boring plots, if the first handful of seasons of the first shows weren’t enough.
That’s about the only anime I’ve ever found disappointing.
As a fan of just the games and the cards, I could never get into the show. It started out cheesy, Ash was too much of a pushover for himself. The pokemon? In the games, each pokemon had similar but many different noises that would fit their type. The show, would depict the pokemon saying it’s name in various tones.
I’d feel so retarded if I were ever of the voice actors having to do any of those pokemon voices. I’m surprised none of them have even killed themselves. "My god I’ve spent a countless number of episodes saying "Pika! Pikachu!" over and over again!"
Sure, it may seem like the newer shows are getting better. But, even they are going downhill with boring plots, if the first handful of seasons of the first shows weren’t enough.
That’s about the only anime I’ve ever found disappointing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHk52RvpOLw
You could try looking into the original comics . I’ve only read a few from various continuities but it’s a more mature kids thing with death and seriousness, plus James gets Jesse Preggers in the end.
(http://www.pimpandhost.com/index.php/image/3173374-original.html)
Aren’t CLAMP the ones doing the art for xxxHolic?
Oh, and about shitty anime seeing the light of day … well, I’m trying my best not to say "fanservice", but there you go.
Barely any animation, but a pretty strong story with, I guess, a really good soundtrack…
…brought to an end right before things started to get REALLY interesting.
Just saying.
This is incorrect. Right after that, the manga turned to pretty terrible shit.
I don’t know why some people love this series so much, is just really disappointing how this show is so lacking and "meh" with each episode. I rather watch Hellsing anyday of the week (you know, the new adaptation) instead of that thing.
I don’t know why some people love this series so much, is just really disappointing how this show is so lacking and "meh" with each episode. I rather watch Hellsing anyday of the week (you know, the new adaptation) instead of that thing.
Do you mean Elfin Lied?
Haha, yeah. The series is so bad that i forgot the name. :p
Either way, my vote goes to Neon Genesis Evangelion for instead of granting me an ending in which I understood everything, I was given completely the opposite, as well as a mind-numbing headache from trying to figure it all out.
EDIT: I do also have to give props to Hirugashi, because honestly… I was waiting for it to "start being good" and after I’ve watched a few episodes patiently waiting… the story seems to… reset… to which I just cannot be bothered to continue watching it.
Also, to those whom hate Naruto, you should at least try to watch Naruto Shippuuden. Just ignore Naruto as a character because there isn’t that many that actually like him it seems. I mean if he isn’t mass cloning himself he’s using his Rasengan jutsu. Meanwhile all the other half decent characters actually have more than two abilities. And if he isn’t feeling sorry for the other people that are burdened with the Tailed Beasts… he’s seemingly getting a righteous hard-on for Sasuke. But yeah, I watch it for everything BUT Naruto :P.
Either way, my vote goes to Neon Genesis Evangelion for instead of granting me an ending in which I understood everything, I was given completely the opposite, as well as a mind-numbing headache from trying to figure it all out.
EDIT: I do also have to give props to Hirugashi, because honestly… I was waiting for it to "start being good" and after I’ve watched a few episodes patiently waiting… the story seems to… reset… to which I just cannot be bothered to continue watching it.
Also, to those whom hate Naruto, you should at least try to watch Naruto Shippuuden. Just ignore Naruto as a character because there isn’t that many that actually like him it seems. I mean if he isn’t mass cloning himself he’s using his Rasengan jutsu. Meanwhile all the other half decent characters actually have more than two abilities. And if he isn’t feeling sorry for the other people that are burdened with the Tailed Beasts… he’s seemingly getting a righteous hard-on for Sasuke. But yeah, I watch it for everything BUT Naruto :P.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Ninjabridge#p/a/430A373AEC894701/2/S-JCSWR5Cyc
~It’s a god-awful small affair
said the girl with the bright pink hair
But Sasuke is so emo
and he’s macking on old Naruto~
When the Cicadias Cry is based off a chose your own adventure PC game, the start overs are for the different endings. Don’t bother with When the Seagulls Cry cuz it’s the same but even more random.
Is really "sad" when people don’t get Evangelion, because is really not that hard to understand. But you really need to get into it with passion in orden to understand the story.
But, now with the new Movies of Rebuild of Evangelion i don’t see an excuse to not understand the story.
Also, to those whom hate Naruto, you should at least try to watch Naruto Shippuuden. Just ignore Naruto as a character because there isn’t that many that actually like him it seems. I mean if he isn’t mass cloning himself he’s using his Rasengan jutsu. Meanwhile all the other half decent characters actually have more than two abilities. And if he isn’t feeling sorry for the other people that are burdened with the Tailed Beasts… he’s seemingly getting a righteous hard-on for Sasuke. But yeah, I watch it for everything BUT Naruto :P.
Seriously, Naruto sucks monkey balls. The manga is horrible, the anime even is worse… is just a waste of time in my opinion.
Why people don’t watch Yu Yu Hakusho or Shaman King? Those two are one of the most entertaining and awesome shonen series ever made. I think that they even better than any of the Dragon Ball sagas.
Ugh… wtf was THAT?
Also Ergo Proxy was a disappointment.
Also Ergo Proxy was a disappointment.
Even Azumanga Daioh?
Now, I’ll tell you an anime I’m disappointed with. Kimi ni Todoke. It was supposed to be a really cute romantic anime. They teased you the entire anime.
And they never kissed. They never got together. They never even admitted to liking each other.
Fucking bullshit.
What’s wrong with it? I thought it was passable.
That is all.
=-O How so?
So far I’ve only watched the first three volumes in the series, but would be interested to know your reasons!
The story started nicely, and the plot was intriguing, but somewhere in the middle everything went down the drain. The pace slows down and fails to pick up. I remember, there even was one filler episode where the characters somehow magically ended up in some kind of game show, and in the next episode they’re magically back on the road. And I couldn’t forgive something like that, when story already was moving in turtle speed.
Basically the whole Ergo Proxy story is about a group of people who go on a long journey to a city that holds answers. And when they finally do get there, it turns out they must go back to where they started, but it only takes 1 or 2 episodes for them to get back. Wow, talk about story progression huh.
Have to say so far I’m finding it to be quite good! But then know some show’s can start off that way and then go downhill later. If that’s what happened with this one, then that is a shame. Still, will probably finish watching it at some stage anyway – just to satisfy my curiosity!
I’m actually kinda happy there’s no gory violence, lol.
I’m actually fairly disappointed with FMA Brotherhood…which is really sad because I love the original anime and I loved the manga. I wanted this to be good so bad, but the direction is just off. They hired a relative newcomer to do this one (and I like it that Bones does that), but he’s not performing.
The timing is really awkward. We’ll go from comedy to serious and back in the strangest ways that feel forced and inconsistant. They switch between normal animation and exaggerated shots every two seconds. I know they said they wanted to stick to the manga…, but some of the stuff in the manga just does not work on television. A frame by frame adaptation of the manga is far more faithful than I needed, but that’s what we’re getting, for better or for worse.
The casting is changed up (besides a few key players, thank goodness), and I kinda liked the original actors better. Good thing Funimation kept the dub cast the same as the original or I wouldn’t be able to bear watching this. And finally and most disappointingly, the soundtrack sucks. The OPs and EDs are ok to meh. Mixed in general, but the orchestral score is just emotionless. It’s big and brassy, and sounds well composed classically, but there’s no heart and soul in it. It might work in a formal concert setting, but it’s classical music, plain and simple, and NOT fit for soundtrack material. It’s just soul-less.
I’m still watching it when I can because the story and action is still top-notch, but I was so hoping this would at-least match the original in-terms of direction and composition, but it’s just two steps behind and it’s really relying purely on the story to save it’s ass. I sadly won’t be buying this one.
its Dragon Ball Z Kia you need to be baffled about not Z
OH! and I also despised Gundam SEED, it was like watching a gay teen soap opera, stop fighting, stop raping this and that person blah-blah-blah! I was so disgusted I stopped watching after the 3rd or something episode. More disappointing animes on my list, but I won’t bore people with mad rants.
nothing worse than be waiting more than a decade for something great and turned out being such a piece of s*** … truly disappointing…
Ring ni Kakero…
Lain
Sorcereus Stabber Orphen and the Loddoss TV series both for the same reason, because they have the most liying openings ever! The opening sequences are absolutely awesome, but the series is soooo lame.
if it would just end then it probably wouldn’t be as disappointing but for one who loved Yu-Gi-Oh from duel monsters to GX I have to say that all continuations of Yu-Gi-Oh at this point are very disappointing because they’re taking the same path as pokemon.
Gundam SEED DESTINY was arguably a lot worse than SEED. There were quite a few clip shows, as well as glaring overuse of plot armour, especially in the original final episode, when no fleet assets in Terminal (i.e. Kira Yamato and allies) took damage.
but most of all i think the panzer dragoon anime was the biggest dissapointment of my otaku life. being such a fan of the games, i was so excited to get it. but it ended up being a terrible version of the first games plot.
There’s a PD anime?
O_o
You should get ready for Gundam SEED HD remaster, that’s gonna be ready to be shown in 2012. I’m here hoping that lot’s of changes to be made. If this is a success in sales, then by all means we might get Destiny to be re-worked, as I know that we all saw the bad writing/animation problems on this series (lot’s of drama on the production, low budget, etc.) or if Destiny is not next on their priority list, then the Movie needs to come out of hiatus mode.
I waited so long for this to be something very good, but only the first episodes and last episodes seemed like they had a lot of work to make pretty and cool things. :/
2seasons made me get sick of it :/
I liked the manga, though, except of the abysmal last arc. Which made me wonder if Watsuki’s totally retarded for toying with the Shounen genre the way he did.
As far as its animated adaptions go, you’re stuck with a beautiful OVA with a less-than-satisfactory ending or a decent TV series with a limited budget and an after-episode gag to close out each and every episode. Most people are slightly more familiar with the few episodes of the OVA shown on the Sci-Fi Channel back when they bothered with an anime block (they never aired the OVA in its entirety, though). Then again, we’re not exactly here to defend our personal favorites. :p
Since I’m here, I might as well throw out another anime that I’m disappointed in: Highschool of the Dead. It had an interesting set-up that was sadly bogged down by a severe overdose of unnecessary fanservice. I was only able to stomach through the first episode before I stopped caring. From what I heard, the fanservice only gets "worse" in later episodes, so I guess I left at a good time?
Speaking of fanservice, there’s Master of Martial Hearts. I don’t remember too much about it, but that might have more to do with my efforts to block out that experience from my memory. I vaguely recall it being very bitter about a lot of things, particularly the last 2 episodes. It was a very short, yet bitter, anime series.
Finally, there’s E’s Otherwise. The plot is hideously slow even for a 26-episode series, the characters are incredibly generic and unmemorable, and the English dub sucks like you wouldn’t believe.
dont read the manga, ever.
Dragon Ball Z or Kai?
I suppose its matter of preferences… For most of the otakus DBZ is the greatest thing ever done (myself is included there, haha). Kai is the "Remake", Timeline: Dragon Ball-Z-(GT)-(KAI).
Perhaps, My standards for anime are not exactly high. If I can watch and enjoy a show like 11eyes or Girls un panzer, Pretty much anything except the extremely bad I can watch. Dragon Ball Z unfortunately for me fell far into that category. The first thing I noticed is that all the character are duplicates of 3 basic models. Goku, Vegeta, Trunks and Gohan… Take the hair and eye brows off and they are identical. Very lazy in my opinion. Granted This is not the only show to do this. It’s just an example. That’s just the first thing that got on my nerves. As you said however, It’s a matter of preference. This probably does not matter to most of the anime fandom.
Perhaps, My standards for anime are not exactly high. If I can watch and enjoy a show like 11eyes or Girls un panzer, Pretty much anything except the extremely bad I can watch. Dragon Ball Z unfortunately for me fell far into that category. The first thing I noticed is that all the character are duplicates of 3 basic models. Goku, Vegeta, Trunks and Gohan… Take the hair and eye brows off and they are identical. Very lazy in my opinion. Granted This is not the only show to do this. It’s just an example. That’s just the first thing that got on my nerves. As you said however, It’s a matter of preference. This probably does not matter to most of the anime fandom.
True. Most of heroes was done like that. Just remember 80’s anime was always like this. Then some series did the difference…
Also, how many animes are saved by their music? A lot IMO.
True. Most of heroes was done like that. Just remember 80’s anime was always like this. Then some series did the difference…
Also, how many animes are saved by their music? A lot IMO.
A fair point. Gal force is the best example for a show with everyone looking pretty much the same. As for the music, also an good point. 11eyes is a great example of this. Pretty disappointing show in terms of story and character development. It did however, have rad music, which made up for its short comings.
I am also reconsidering most disappointing anime. Eureka Seven AO is becoming a huge let down. I absolutely loved Eureka Seven and I am fast losing interest in Eureka Seven AO, faster then I did with Dragon Ball Z. 4 Episodes in and I pretty much lost interest in it already.
Ahyhh yes, The elite squad of tree hugging man babies trying to live to to the legacy of ultra-man, while only living up to the legacy of ultra-bad.
Some fan service shows can be at least kinda cool. An example is Ikki Tousen, muu-luu alternative – Total Eclipse and Asura Cryin. While they still rank as pretty bad, they are at least fun to watch and at least one of the characters in these shows are some what interesting. But ultimately they are pure fan service, and not to be taken as anything else. SSO failed nearly as bad to fans of the series as Starwars episode: 1 did to starwars fans. Utterly disappointing in every aspect. Not to mention Shainas torpedo titty suit redefined bad art design.
And the characters seem a recicle Idea. Tauro’s is Isaac (Kraken’s Poseidon Arc char), the "New Bronze" Saints are the "Chibi version of the original Bronze ones" and the rest you can imagine. And also… ????????????WHERE IS THE BLOOD????? Does anyone remember how much blood was on the original series??? Its crazy to think that only a hit in Kouga’s face is the ONLY moment which one char in the whole story (till now) spit blood : S.
Ahhh, and now im watching this:
Completo Trailer de Saint Seiya Pachinko Game Maquina – YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_NpESkPnqE)
Why not remake the Saint Seiya ORIGINAL TV Series (and not like Kai please, thats not a "remake") with this quality of Animation. Not too much but for a 80’s TV show will be AWESOME!!
I don’t really agree. the Hades OVAs were pretty good. so is Lost Canvas (at least the manga, never saw the anime). but Omega is just plain, utter shit. Seriously, I love Saint Seiya, I know nearly everything there’s to know about it, and I still hate SS omega. There’s nothing to save.
???Are you serious? ???Did you really like the last animation of Hades?? (I mean, the 2nd and 3rd arc). The scene of the saints "dancing" (VS the gods) is just… Crap.
I liked Lost Canvas in Manga (never see the anime neither), Omega is awful. And the animation of Hades uff… Its impossible to put 10 volumes on 20-30 chapters… The first 13 were good but the rest??
*gag*
look at the first hades episode. now watch any of the last 6.
you will cry blood
Soul Eater, since the way it ended compared to the manga was, to most people, disappointing. 🙂
Soul Eater, since the way it ended compared to the manga was, to most people, disappointing. 🙂
School days… I have seen the face of the bringer of apocalypse in 5 hours. It is school days.
Oh and Souten no Ken, which compared to the manga was one of the worst anime I’ve ever seen.
Come on, Buroson! Respect the Hokuto!!!
BTW I second you guys about Hades. First set with the gold saints was good, almost great. The rest should go to oblivion.
One of the things I liked about season 1 was that in spite of the supernatural elements (gates and contractors) the stories were fairly personal and not overly dramatic; one faction is trying to use a device to destroy the gates and contractors, but other factions don’t want this to happen; still dramatic but nice and easy to follow, even though a lot of the details are missing early in the series and gradually revealed in a very well paced way. Season 2 however the story is that somehow Yin has become some kind of evil super-villain that will destroy the world? Um??? not a fan of that one, as it kind of ruined how she was as a character in season 1, going from this blank emotionless doll and yet starting to remember who she was once again, which was a much more interesting character development.
Season 2 also falls way too far toward generic anime territory, with some terrible J-pop intro, an overly busty cardigan wearing girl with glasses, gratuitous breast jiggle, some intelligence broker with a massive rack that hardly screams "subtle information gathering", various leering at children, groping, a transvestite and a lesbian ninja. The contractors are also very poorly thought out; in season 1 their powers and the penalties they paid for them were all very interesting, and several contractors had similar themes (Mal could transfer into animals and back into his own body, while another could transfer into anyone. One guy could destroy anything his blood landed on, while another could do the same to anything he left hand-prints on, they had similar themes); in this series we get the ninja whose power is to have a light-sabre or something, some guy who can cover himself in masonry yet still apparently move without encumbrance despite no longer being the physical shape of a person anymore, and someone whose ability was quite literally??? magic. Even though every episode mentions how contractors are cold rational people none of them seemed to reflect this at all as they cheerily went around acting blatantly on emotion.
The overall story also makes little to no sense; the gates are supernatural, fine, but everyone pops over to Hell’s gate but there doesn’t seem to be a clear reason why, or why any of what is happening is happening. I dunno, the whole series struck me as extremely sloppy after the first season which, though light at times and with its own clich???s, was generally very grounded and enjoyable. Season 2 is still okay to watch, with one of the new main character’s story being interesting to see unfold, but it really isn’t up to the same standard at all, which is bad for such a short series as well as it wastes a ton of that time.
The character design and the animation are wonderful but the plot could have been a lot more interesting…
Mojo Jojo: On the booklet from the OST, there’s a picture of a weird boy manipulated by a monkey.
Him: I love this character and his outfit is awesome… He was supposed to be a gay man, not a green demon.
What I didn’t like about the story is:
Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup are humans with japanese names (Momoko, Miyako and Kaoru) and they’re not sisters.
Him is weak against cold things and he’s not evil compared to the original version.
Dynamo Z is just a time machine not a fightning robot.
Saint Seiya Omega
Another (TV) – Anime News Network (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=13258)
Horrible plot, and the ending was even worse.
it was the worst anime i’ve ever watched
With it being produced by White Fox, who also did Steins;gate, I was really looking forward to it. They did a great job with the animation, but the story and characters ruined it.
Lady Death – Total shit / Unwatchable. Doesn’t even look like Anime.
Dead Leaves – Not funny / Pointless. Radical style didn’t work.
I’m sorry, but this is the worst explanation for any sort of creative work being "bad" that I’ve ever heard.
I described it is a stinker… There are lots of bad shows, hence this thread and my ‘tonne of crap’ remark… And compared to some other excellent Anime, which is almost exclusively Japanese, this one is poor…
However, I didn’t elaborate an explanation as you’ve inferred. This thread, titled "Most Disappointing Anime", induced me to mention an Anime show that most disappointed, and I elected to omit an explanation as to why it is dire. It seemed like too much effort if you know what I mean.
And you needn’t apologise. If you’ve gone out and purchased the complete box set of "Full Metal Panic" then I should apologise for slamming something you may be enjoying immensely.
I think you mean most disappointing animation (as in the way the series is animated, not the most disappointing animated show)
I have never felt so bad after wasting my life watching "another". The plot was terrible and the ending even worse..
SCHOOL DAYS
Now to everyones opinions that I truthfully respect, if there is one show in the existence of a ride of dissapointment, it is this. I have never come across anything so disgusting, twisted, shocking, completely out of the blue ending ever in my life in the hundreds of anime series that I’ve gone through. The end was just so shocking I wanted to vomit at the shear complete brain f*ck that came out of watching that. I don’t ever want to go through that experience of watching an anime ever again. With the direction the show was going, the last episode completely shoves a spade up your ass. I’m not even lying. What were the directors thinking?
SCHOOL DAYS
Now to everyones opinions that I truthfully respect, if there is one show in the existence of a ride of dissapointment, it is this. I have never come across anything so disgusting, twisted, shocking, completely out of the blue ending ever in my life in the hundreds of anime series that I’ve gone through. The end was just so shocking I wanted to vomit at the shear complete brain f*ck that came out of watching that. I don’t ever want to go through that experience of watching an anime ever again. With the direction the show was going, the last episode completely shoves a spade up your ass. I’m not even lying. What were the directors thinking?
That was kind of…the point.
:/
Turning the ‘harem’ genera on its head.
Psycho pass disappointing? O___o. That anime is a psychological thriller.. And it delivered exactly that.
You think Psycho Pass isn’t disappointing, but Another is?
Ooookay…
Yeah Dragon, it’s a futuristic, psychological thriller. Go for it.
You think Psycho Pass isn’t disappointing, but Another is?
Ooookay…
Lol Psycho-Pass was wonderful, I haven’t seen an anime have character and maintain a sensible plot in a long time and the story isn’t over. Another was an enjoyable anime to watch if you see it as an unintentional comedy but I can see how it was disappointing if you took it seriously and the ending was really, really, really stupid regardless of who you watched it. Psycho-Pass < No Comparison < Another.
Now Magi, that was a disappointment. It started really good for the first 6-7 episodes then it dragged on, the story becoming more childish, the annoying characters becoming more apparent. And the ultimate fail, that death isn’t really a consequence in that anime which turned me off completely.
Everyone always told me that I should watch it, so I did and… it was just boring. I had to force myself to the end and especially the last two episodes were totally unnecessary.
Now I’m told that the movies are so much better than the anime but somehow I doubt that.
Maybe I’ll watch the first movie someday but I don’t have high hopes for it.
I know Saint Seiya was not Studio Ghibli quality, but still…
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Neon Genesis Evangelion
Everyone always told me that I should watch it, so I did and… it was just boring. I had to force myself to the end and especially the last two episodes were totally unnecessary.
Now I’m told that the movies are so much better than the anime but somehow I doubt that.
Maybe I’ll watch the first movie someday but I don’t have high hopes for it.
It’s not bad at all. Granted, the final episodes are heavily "introspective" and "deep" and whatever drugs/depression/shit was going thru the mind of Hideaki Anno, so the movies are there to be more about action and a straight explanation of what is exactly going on. Give them a chance.
In the last season , that one is まおゆう , the original novel is nice , but the anime tempo is not as good as its novel.
This season , no doubt , the 惡の華 , I can not accept the paint style at all……
Everyone always told me that I should watch it, so I did and… it was just boring. I had to force myself to the end and especially the last two episodes were totally unnecessary.
Now I’m told that the movies are so much better than the anime but somehow I doubt that.
Maybe I’ll watch the first movie someday but I don’t have high hopes for it.
Personally, I thought Evangelion was great, but the last two episodes were way out there. The films are even more way out there. Great animation, but conceptually too bizarre. Don’t bother with them if you disliked the series. The first part of the films is a composite of parts of the series along with a few new bits thrown in. And if you hate Asuka, you’ll definitely not like the ending.
Have you checked the new ones? Evangelion 1.0, 2.0 and so on? They’re very interesting.
No. I didn’t realise this was new work. I’ll check them out. Thanks.
Alex Rosewater being put into the forefront didn’t help matters either; I’ve always thought he was such a bland antagonist and the entire deal with him and comparing him and Rodger Smith never struck me as smart so much as it felt like the writers needing to give his existence validation as an enemy of the Negotiator. I could say the same thing about Angel’s stake in the tale, which really felt like the writer’s had no idea what to do with her (or the show, once they got cancelled again) besides make her broodish about Rodger being in love with a robot. (And don’t get me started on the Re-release theme song. Ugh).
At the very least I can say that Toshihiko Sahashi delivered on yet another fantastic score.
SS Omega was ok.. I stopped right where they got to the woman at Geminis, I just didn’t have any interest. I have to agree it did not deliver what fans wanted, the quality is just not there; it felt like watching pokemon. The most recent Saint Seiya Lost Canvas which is GODLY when it comes down to quality, I just could not believe my eyes with the animation. Its so fresh in the fans memory and they release Omega shortly after… It would just end up pissing people off lol.
– Persona 3
Persona 3 is the worst Persona game and the anime is not much better.
– Persona 4 Golden
Persona 4 was quite good, but Golden is cheap.
– Devil Survivors 2
If only they had respected the story and used Shoji Meguro’s music, the result would have been a good anime. Now it’s just a below-average series with only 12 episodes.
I’m not really too disappointed with most animes I’ve watched but most of even my favorites are at least a little disappointing in that they often didn’t last long enough. I’m craving extra seasons of series that lasted only a year or two..
I remember liking it when I watched it a long time ago when it came on Toonami. I recently ran through it again, and it wasn’t pretty to say the least.
To be fair I only watched 5 out of 11 episodes from the second season. But what I saw left me disgusted. It was an utter disgrace compared to the first season.
I have faith in the movie though. It had the original writer and production studio involved. Looking forward when it comes out on blu-ray.
I haven’t been that mad since 2011’s Conan remake. that…thing, on top of being a scenaristic abomination, is hideously designed, had crappy characters and more or less shits on the whole damn original series. It was especially hard to accept considering "The lost canvas" was a decent prequel to Saint Seiya.
that and the fact I grew up with Saint Seiya: it started airing here around 1988, I had the toys, The movies were some of the very first anime tapes I bought around 2000 (along with Venus Wars and Nadia) and I started to read mangas because I wanted to read the Hades arc.
I’m not on any of the sides, but "meh." was a recurring feeling.
(The feeling that they could have done better.)
a dissapointing anime i recently watched was parasyte. the overall story was of my liking, but the fights were boring, and the ending was… bittersweet.
The sundaes I can forgive. Character quirks give life to a world. The anime had a few decent fights, but nothing to write about.
But the director went on to make something even worse…
Its called Berserk (2016). It is the biggest "fuck you" ever given to people with eyes. Its not JUST bad CG. It has horrid sound design, its pacing is just awful. The camera angles are nausea-inducing. You don’t even need to be a Berserk fan to hate this thing. Its literally the worst animated thing in recent history- and I am including American animation in that calculation. This series is a travesty, and I hope every one involved with this production brings it for the next season or goes blind. It would probably improve the final product.
While, in my opinion, SAO has one of the best opening episodes in all of anime, in addition to fantastic music and artwork, this show heavily wasted that potential. Characters get bad, the story gets bad, and the fanservice is appalling.
Everyone always told me that I should watch it, so I did and… it was just boring. I had to force myself to the end and especially the last two episodes were totally unnecessary.
Now I’m told that the movies are so much better than the anime but somehow I doubt that.
Maybe I’ll watch the first movie someday but I don’t have high hopes for it.
Personally, I thought Evangelion was great, but the last two episodes were way out there. The films are even more way out there. Great animation, but conceptually too bizarre. Don’t bother with them if you disliked the series. The first part of the films is a composite of parts of the series along with a few new bits thrown in. And if you hate Asuka, you’ll definitely not like the ending.
I never thought I’d see people hating on NGE and Death Note lol. Evangelion is basically a legend, a mecha anime that stood apart from everything with it’s deep thinking and mystery back in the 90s. And up to this day all you see is some kind of copy-cat mecha animes that pretty much try to emulate NGE in one way or another.
Well then…
Evangelion just SUCKS ass.
Evangelion is highly overated and its NOT GOOD!
People praise much for its adult content, rather for the mediocrity it is. Evangelion is Unfocused, obnoxious, which makes sense, because Hideaki himself is obnoxious with the ego the size of the next Galaxy.
Evangelion does have a better plot, going in the background, which is never touched or rarely touched, because it is hidden with false "philosophy" and the so called "deep thinking", that is another proof of being "I am Genious! I am Genious!"
Evangelion is also unbalanced. Doesn’t know if it goes full comedy silliness, or just comedy. Then switch to drama all of sudden, unbalancing the tone of the show. You can have both drama and comedy, as long as you don’t break tone of what you want to deliver. Either you make it one thing or the other.
Main character is not likable. That whiny bitch, i kept waining to see him die.
"dont say that. you did not had his life, you dont kow what it is to be without parents"
Bullshit!!! I know! I as an orphan, my parents did not gave shit about me, and I did not grew up whiny bitch like Shinji. If one thing, I feel offended that character representing me.
Evangelion better episodes are when its not TRYING HARD to be a something deep, when it fails… DEEPLY!!! It comes more of silly and stupid then something plausible and genuine.
I only recorded on vhs, back then, the angel fights. Yeah! The only good thing in that Turd, were the fight sequences.
Oh the movies….
the movies… that made you was money 2 times, when you could have just an OVA release….
"Evangelion Death and Rebirth" is probably the biggest fish hook bullshit ever done, because , you just need to see the end of evangelion, 2 episodes ignoring the last 2 episodes of the show….and even that…
Shinji masturbating while looking at Asuka hurt in hospital….. That’s disgusting and adds more the unlikable character.
"oh you dont get it. He is complex". My ass is complex too, but its balls to walls for the sake of shock and obnoxiousity of Hideaki Anno.
Mecha design is good and interesting but….
you see one, you see them all. Only difference is the Head and the weapons!
I got one to add here: Sailor Moon Crystal. It may be truer to the text, but being reminded of the stuff like this and not giving enough character focus to the Inner Senshi after certain plot points from the Manga is why I felt disappointed. I mean to me, the Manga version after the Inner Senshi’s first appearance just gets more and more flat and don’t really change much at all.
The problem of today "pseudo otakus" is that , if it does not follow the manga , then it sucks. Major problem is, people writing the manga are not gods nor the best people ever to write anything.
So yeah, changes will be made for better.
Chrono Crusade manga, Rosette Brother you dont know much about him, so in the drama cds from the mangas, it was decided to give a proper characterization backstory to rosete and joshua childhood so we could understand the motif of what he does.
Blue Seed Manga, sucks ass. And Yuzo takada admit it. Becasue he only wanted to write novel of blue seed, but since he had finished his last manga he was bound by contract with the magazine to some more manga stuff. So he did not caring about it, just putting his ideas there, and freaking mess of ideas. so on the Blue Seed Anime, he was more serious, because it was done has he had imagined for the novel. A more consistent plot with characters not thrown like from parachute that we could take time to relate, not like teh manga!
Akira Toriyama is cheap ass famous, but he was an ass for the writers of Dragon Ball Z, because he just had no idea what do. He would tell the writers where the story should go. Goku was supposed to die for good, And Son Gohan was going to take is place in story, as it was mention since the start of the show, Gohan was more powerful then Goku. Then Akira decided Vegeta should take Goku place, so teh writers build up his characterization at certain point so we coudl actually accept him as taking Goku’s place. But that was all done already and animated and released to TV and Akira decided, "No, goku stays alive". And then the show turns mediocre because of its false drama. Everyone died, so sad. ist it? Becasue they just need to call namek dragon and resurrect everyone fine. So… why am I worried about those characters? And even if they die, I will still see them in the dead world, and they reaking have martial art tournament there too, so what is the point of creating false drama, and i already know they are not dead at all?
oh a new menace comes…
great. some plot, too much to be handled, overpowered, everyone dies, someone beast the crap of enemy, every comes back to life. I already know the plot before the end of it. What is the FUCKING POINT OF CONTINUING IT?
One of the writers of teh show wanted to fire himself, for being sick of indecisions of Akira Ass Toriyama, but another writer come along to peace out everything.
So yeah. Dragon Ball Z SUCKs!! Akira Toriyama is as much overated as Evangelion. Becasue they both do not deserve in any lifetime being famous! AT ALL!!!
That being said… about the ONLY thing Evangelion has going for it is the mecha designs. They are a unique concept (at the time, but has been overdone since). And the fight sequences are amazing… outside that you could scoop out all the characters and replace them with any other generic character from any anime ever… and you’d not notice a difference. They are that bland and uninteresting… and don’t get me started on the Music… shoot me now… can this guy not even write anything new composition wise anymore?!
If you didn’t like the series you WILL not like the movies. Don’t bother, they are NOT better. If anything some of them actually are worse and more boring than the series… and you’d think that shouldn’t be possible, but it is.
Just watch something that is actually adult. Evangelion was never meant to be adult, it was targetted at young teens of the 90s, and honestly didn’t even apply or sit right with most of its audience even then. There is a lot more dislike for this series than most people would probably like to admit. Most people are too driven by their psycho sex appeal of wanting the bang the two main girls that they don’t even notice how bad the series is. Or the fact that the characters themselves are narcissistic and just overall bad. Most human beings do not act like this, and I don’t know WHO this was supposed to appeal to…
Back when it first came out it seemed not so bad, given what else was also coming out in the 90’s… but even then I didn’t think it was "edgy", "adult" or "deep" it was never anything of the sort. And most people see it for the garbage it is. If you want to watch some amazing animation fight sequences between giant robots, great… there really isn’t anything else to see here, so fast-forward through the rest, and you’ll be better off. Or better yet, just DON’T watch it.
Now, I actually like Evangelion. Its messy, its dumb, but in all honesty, it has a central theme, and it sticks to it super well. That theme, however, is that life sucks, and robots don’t make it better.
So yeah, the show’s kind of a drag.
NOW, SINCE WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HIDEAKI ANNO, I want to talk about his… directorial debut.
Gunbuster is not a good show.
First, calling it a show isn’t quite fair- its a 6 episode OVA.
But you can do a LOT with 6 episodes.
Gunbuster doesn’t.
Gunbuster doesn’t even know what the point of its own series is.
Its main character from depressed to cheery to badass like a metronome.
Its core mecha has no build up and there’s never a proper explanation of what the fuck is going on.
HUMANITY USES BLACK HOLES AS WEAPONS.
Its this bizarre mix of space opera and super mecha, and takes little advantage of either genre. You barely get time to understand the main characters, the world is never really fleshed out, all the politics is reserved for the second half, and it just makes for a really lack luster series.
That said, if you want something that actually takes the themes of Evangelion and actually goes somewhere with it, I recommend Ping Pong: The Animation.
Don’t look up ANYTHING about it. Just go in. Blind. Its a good time.