For example, assuming >>0's favorite was Looney Tunes: That's not an anime, dumbshit. However, it is crippled by lack of a central plot, nonexistant character development, and inability to focus on a single set of characters.
My fave: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
No protracted arguments in this thread please, just keep it going.
Straightness shown through Lesbianism. GAY STATEMENT?
Death Note
>>300 I gave up after 3 eps, too stupid. The moronic teacher. The moronic parents. The moronic male friend. The moronic girl friend. The moronic hero. The moronic science. The moronic aliens... etc.
Zoe Dolores.
>>303 Slow anime is slooow. The rape scene would maybe have woken me up a little, but I can't find an uncut release anywhere... (damn censors)
Steamboy.
If Steamboy were an hour shorter, it would have been awesome. Otherwise, it's too long to hold enough interest.
>>305
Forgot to add an anime. It's painful for me to list my favourite anime, because I know it's gonna get bashed real good.
Honey & Clover.
Yaoi-flavored chick flick (schlick flick?) with fake & fugly loli, I could not even finish ep1.
Ghost Talker Daydream.
Yeah, Otomo really dropped the ball on that one, Meaningful characters have never been his strong point, but I mean come on, at least they were interesting in Akira, here they're just rag dolls.
that and the plot was ridiculous.
And yes, I know I'm breaking the rules.
>>308 If the rape scene hadn't been cut it would have made more sense: guy meets girl, guy wants girl/family, girl stuck up in religious crap, guy gets desperate, guy tries to force girl, girl breaks down (maybe - I haven't seen the cut scene), guy feels guilt, guy wants escape, guy goes in space despite launch very risky, guy regains peace of heart when up there, the end.
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>>307 Manga strong, anime weak!
Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru.
Should have been about a girl who has to dress as a boy… wait…
Ouran High School Long Name
Viewers don't have the attention span to remember "Ouran High School Host Club", because they keep getting distracted by teh bishies.
Popotan
>>312
Loli needs to see a dentist
Rose of Versailles
Oscar isn't a very nice name for a girl.
Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito
Animated porn without porn in it just shows how bad the original h-game plot was. It's like wine without alcohol, it looks good but tastes like crap.
Futakoi.
Blatant fetish pandering like 75% of anime these days.
GUN-dou Musashi
Has the dubious honor of being called 'the worst anime of the century' in Japan itself. Bad animation, horrible backgrounds, crummy plot... wait, did they get anything right in this one??
Brigadoon
Shameless moeblobbery.
Seikimatsu Kyuuseishu Densetsu - Hokuto no Ken 2
No more good humor like in Hokuto no Ken 1, no more bare handed fights (=no more hokuto in Hokuto no Ken ...what?), weak soundtrack, low quality animation, uglified mugs, Ken no more invincible is beaten up but luckily for him the bad guy decides to [spoiler] himself at the end (how's that a manly win??)
You have to be a real tough guy to watch this POS.
TOKKO
Special police force girls are overdone.
Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei
>>320 "Kill yourself" is not funny anymore in 2007. I have yet to laugh at any of the dumb, thick "jokes". It's stupid. And the lack of a coherent storyline doesn't help. "What if I had died?" was not funny the first episode, not funny in the second, etc. I don't care one bit about that teacher. Please fleshen up the characters a bit. And stop with the ugly faces plastered everywhere. It's just grotesque.
Star Ocean EX
Another failed game adaptation.
Rocket Girls.
never seen it...
Heroic Age
"never seen it" is not a reason why it sucks. If you haven't seen it, you've got four options:
That said, Heroic Age fails it for the ugly dark-haired girl in the picture on its AniDB page.
Ojamajo Doremi
>That said, Heroic Age fails it for the ugly dark-haired girl in the picture on its AniDB page.
It's a man, baby!
>Ojamajo Doremi
Kiddies show. For kids, or for pedophiles.
Tenshi na Konamaiki.
Couldn't get any further than the OP sequence due to the horrible Ricky Martin ripoff theme.
Mai-HiME
I skipped the second half of Mai-HiME when they all turn evil. I hated, hated it (of course that's the part some dudes prefer, because it's nasty). Then I came back when it returned to comedy and fun... which was the last 2 episodes. What a waste. Mixing genres midway is a bad idea.
Cutie Honey
I'm assuming you're referring to the 1973-74 TV show. While the first three episodes were quite novel for their time, the programme quickly degenerated into formulaicity.
Aishiteruze Baby
In actuality, pancakes are made out of flour, milk and eggs.
Potemayo
Seems like a transmutation of Di Gi Charat to me...
Monster
Too much drama.
Yakitate!! Japan
>Yakitate!! Japan
Not enough action.
Neon Genesis Evangelion
> Neon Genesis Evangelion
As an atheist this anime offends me deeply.
Kannazuki no Miko
"Villains" more sympathetic than the protagonists? Meh.
Cowboy Bebop.
(as an aside to >>335, I too am an atheist, but enjoyed NGE muchly; I saw the themes and messages as being humanistic rather than religious in nature, though there is much superficial religious imagery and many gratuitious references to occult Christian eschatology, Kaballah, and similar silliness)
As a Native American this anime offends me deeply.
Shaman King.
Starts with an interesting premise then rapidly turns into a typical shounen fighter game, meaning the author has run out of ideas.
Jungle wa Itsumo Hare nochi Guu.
As a Pokute this anime offends me deeply.
Tetsuko no Tabi
I never even heard of it until I googled it, and after I read it's description it sounds damn stupid.
Utawarerumono
It has furries! 'Nuff said.
Cinderella Boy.
>>341
Starring Lupin in a white suit and Fujiko in a blonde wig... Monkey Punch needs another character design.
Master Mosquiton
>>342
Catgirls don't have dog tails either.
>>343 Which one? The OVA was some nice nearly-porn, the TV series was a stiff, ugly P.O.S.
Cyborg 009.
Violence for the sake of violence! Actually, I liked the first episodes. Then I stopped watching for some reason. Why? I dunno. Maybe all that violence got to me. Or that I felt this was going nowhere. Or that the series lost its steam midway.
Air Master.
Nothing really new to offer just like any brawler anime. Oh, and bad chemistry mix of old school character designs.
GTO
GTO? GTFO!
Love Hina
>>350
While an undeniably witty pun, I would argue that "some of the cheapest, ugliest-looking animation in the last fifteen years" would be a stronger condemnation of GTO.
Oh, and as for LH: Not nearly enough fanservice to stay true to Akamatsu-sensei's vision.
FLCL
>>352
Ugly trap
Happiness
When one realizes that the sexiest and most intelligent girl in the show is a true homosexual wearing female clothes, one knows the show is being desperate. All those magical girls weren't the brightest bulbs, and the main hero wasn't very likeable. How did it end? I doubt he'd end with the gay guy... I dropped out early, out of sheer boredom.
Ouran High School Host Club
DURR HURR CROSSDRESSING IS HILARIOUS
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
I'm sorry for the Gainax apologists, but ep04 sucked hard. Everything was wrong, the character faces; the lazy, out of tune rhythm; the out of sequence cels; the furries; the men-don't-work lame "jokes"; the "you don't understand my art" response. 'Need to check the DVD to see if they fixed it.
Dirty Pair Flash.
If only the Dirty Pair WOULD flash.
Those Who Hunt Elves
Could they have found a more transparent excuse for naked elves?
Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan
Blood and gore does not equal good comedy.
Infinite Ryvius
Infinite boredom.
Crayon Shin-chan.
Pen-sized Chinchin(dick) indeed. The jokes and the plot. Also sucky art.
Narue no Sekai.
More like Narue no Most Inappropriate Panchira Yet, amirite?
Millennium Actress
See Spot.
See Spot Run.
Run, Spot, Run!
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Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo
The time travel physics were inconsistent within the show itself. That bike fall was overdone. That panting running was overdone. That ending was... underdone. In the end, we have a cake that's half baked and still raw in places. Bon appetit!
Saber Marionette J.
The concept of marionettes brings female slavery to a whole new level.
Grave of the Fireflies
For when Evangelion just isn't depressing enough.
Kiki's Delivery Service
Swedish socialist propaganda.
Hamtaro.
Melts your brain more efficiently than a microwave.
Slayers
3 full TV series (78 eps), 2x 3-episode OVAs, 5 movies, and I don't remember the plot of any of them! Forgettable, empty fluff.
Zettai Shonen.
Too taoistic.
Hi No Tori
A couple of depressing stories about how much Mankind sucked, sucks and will suck. How nice.
Okusama wa Mahou Shoujo.
Combining the dutiful housewife cliche with the magical girl cliche. Refreshing. But at least the henshin sequences aren't pedophiliac for a change.
Cat Soup
Watching the time remaining counter on the player was more exciting than this druggie's bad trip.
Condor Hero.
Generic Martial arts anime with characters as three-dimensional as the cells they were animated on. I liked this show better when it didn't exist.
Spirited Away
CHILDISH ANIME IS CHILDIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISH
Angel Cop
Sucks because I haven't watched it.
Serial Experiments Lain
More like Serial Excrements Lain...
Ghost In the Shell
Never find out if main character was originally a guy or girl.
Claymore
The anime ends up mid-story after 24 eps, telling us to wait for the second season... Frustrating.
Kaze no Yojimbo
Generic post apocalyptic anime.
Kanon '02.
>Generic post apocalyptic anime.
Uh, no. Not post apocalyptic at all.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaze_no_Yojimbo
>Kanon '02.
Jay Leno's chins for everybody, even the girls.
Bodyguard of the Wind.
Why would you need to be a bodyguard for the wind?
Hokuto no Ken.
ODA ODA ODA ODA ODA
Wow! The blood effects are amazing! And the Viscera.... This has been a great event in the Beefy Splat Olympics. Also, makes me feel sad and despairing.
Rockman.EXE, Axcess, Stream, Beast.
Shitty dub by Viz.
Seto no Hanayome
The eyes, they look so square... I'm scared.
Defense_Force_Hummingbird
Hummingbirds defending? Lulz.
Mahoromatic.
Ugly character designs=waste of nudity. Also, robot slaves are almost as annoying as artificial/slave girlfriends.
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
A stylish turd is still a turd. Trying too hard to be artsy and "deep". Also, enough with the annoying ever-changing blackboard text in the background.
Kamisama Kazoku.
Goddesses? Been done before.
Busou Renkin.
It's the perfect anime for weeaboos -- it's only good if you watch in original moonspeak and only understand the word DESU.
Star Ocean EX.
Maybe if it had a budget... and some animators to animate it properly to the end... and a decent storyboarder... and a competent writer... it would have been a passable game adaptation. Maybe.
PLANETES
Ai is a fucking retard, and the ending sucks. It can sound preachy to some people
....alright wtf it's my favourite anime :[
Tekkon Kinkreet
Japanese manga hollywoodized by a weeaboo American director + worst character design in existence = the very stuff from nightmares.
Wandaba Style
"At the same time, a young boy genius plans on taking a trip to the moon without using fossil fuels to pollute Earth's atmosphere"
???
says it all really...
Ichigo Mashimaro
Hamtaro without the hamsters. Crapily written storyline. The largest portion of fans are probably lolicon looking for a good fap.
Neon Genesis Evangelion.
I had nightmares after every episode... Each ep apparently describes a different type of mental illness. The anime should have ended with Shinji getting applauded: "Well done Viewer, watching this stream of psychotic unconsciousness without blowing your brains out!"
Read or Die OVA.
Introduced several cool antagonists and chose the lamest of them to be the mastermind of it all. As a patriot, I was offended by the unflattering portrayal of the President of America (fuck yeah!) and the climax was weak. But worst of all, there was a complete lack of Nenene.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai
Hanyuu wasn't in the first arc.
Kaleido Star