[Julian]

I'm aware that there is a anime discussion made already but it would be a bit messy if i were to ask in that topic. But to you, what's the worst anime ever?

- SD Gundam
- Hamtaro
- Yugioh
- Duel Masters
- Beyblade

[ForteGX]

Duel Masters, big time. It's just another Yu-Gi-Oh ripoff.

[Linear]

;) I agree. Duel Masters is...B A D. x.x; I was going to say it's a discrimination to Anime, but that would be hurting the people who MADE the anime. (>> still, it's not a good anime)

[Venus_Man1]

Naruto maybe. I don't know really. No, Evangelion is the badest. Hate it. Please don't throw stuff at me.

[Linear]

Venus_Man1, on Dec 4 2004, 03:27 PM, said:

Naruto maybe. I don't know really. No, Evangelion is the badest. Hate it. Please don't throw stuff at me.

O_O You dont like Naruto??? But...but...but... ;) Naruto is a cool anime! ;.; I'm not throwing stuff at you. x.X i guess people have their own opinion in things.

[Venus_Man1]

Yeah, I guess. But the thing is there is so many people that like Naruto and many people would take it as good as you, Linear.

[Kikuichimonji]

Naruto is so good, it's still number one rated

I hate "product" anime, eg beyblade, it's like, what's the point?

[Sea of Time]

Duel Masters, I mean Yu-gi-oh was bad, but why would you copy it? Just buy a stock and watch your money grow.

[Ravenblade]

duel masters was so bad it was funny^^

so im going to go for beyblade cos it annoys the living hell out of me.

Im not a huge fan of evangelion myself cos its synonymous with a bad time in my life. but anyways beyblade sucks cos its an anime about spinning tops...nuff said

[Julian]

I personally luv Naruto... O_O
anyways

Pokemon
|
idea for Trading Cards
|
Yugioh
|
Duel Masters

Basically, each time, it gets worse.

[Linear]

xX ugh, card games or anything like that. What could be next?

[Julian]

it's weird though, why lisence crappy anime?

[Silo STATIC]

They just try to get into the competition. Mainly, Japan sees the young American audience as a big boost in their financial development. The plan? Make a product-based anime and start to sell it in America. It's from a no-brainer to a loss when the younger audience begins to mature.

The scary thing is that a friend of mine that's one year younger than me (I'm 15) actually watches the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime. I mean, c'mon--you grew out of Pokémon with me, but you can't grow out of that stupid anime?

... Also, sometimes just half of the deal in a franchise works. For example, the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise's card game is deep and addictive, but when it's stuck within the anime's standards, everyone begins to shun it. So you can imagine how stupid Takahashi was to even do this to a good card game, that's only second to Magic: The Gathering.

[Elliott]

Deul master's pwns j00. You wouldn't know good anime if it bit you in the ass.

</sarcasm>

I don't like any anime really. I don't watch it. DBZ is ok, but other than that I'm no real Anime fan.

[Silo STATIC]

Agatio, on Dec 5 2004, 06:31 AM, said:

Deul master's pwns j00. You wouldn't know good anime if it bit you in the ass.

</sarcasm>

I don't like any anime really. I don't watch it. DBZ is ok, but other than that I'm no real Anime fan.

*acts just like him* "Deul"? Never heard it. Is it part of your n00bish vocabulary? :P

Also, that was just as rude to make a comment like that to the people who do watch anime. Refer to why you don't have any manners instructed by me.

... Wait, why am I even bickering to you? I can just dust you off so easily as if you weren't even there. You're starting to really be described as the "internet bully" that Max coins all the time. So, just stop wasting my time and the rest of the forums'.

[Elliott]

1.) The first part was humor, obviously it is lost on you.

2.) Rude? How so, I was just saying I don't like anime. Are you saying that Julians comment about how Yu-Gi-Oh is a bad anime, is rude to Yu-Gi-Oh fans? Or is this some personal problem you have with me? if so, talk to me in private.

3.) "Dust me off"? I'm not even gonna comment on that. (*laughs ass off*)

4.) Well, Max has never said anything to me about me being an "internet bully", so if he has problems with me, then let him say it to my face, rather than you.

[Ravenblade]

its all down to opinion...like i was saying earlier - evangelion is ranked as a very good anime in most circles but i just cant enjoy it. The same thing stretche to anime itself i guess. Either you like it or you dont.

[Silo STATIC]

I saw .hack//SIGN become more of a franchise nowadays. Although the anime is over, and so is its original video game saga, it's still going strong ... somehow.

[Echo_djinn]

HAHAH lets see:

Dual masters(just plain stupid)
Sd Gundam force(It gives the whole Gundam series a bad name)
Beyblade was ok then I saw the second episode and well....
Hamtro...hmmm...thats more for younger kids so meh.

Thats all I got for now.

[gsninja]

Duel Masters: It really is a damn stupid anime!
SD Gundam: I used to like it a bit...but it now stinks. I agree with you ED, it does give the Gundam series a bad name...
Yu-Gi-Oh: Dumbass anime. 'Nuff said.

[Wild Fox]

*locks charachters from Yu Gi Oh and Duel Masters in a closet and then sets on fire*

There...that takes care of that.

O____o Oh poo-cakes...

I forgot SD Gundam and the VA's from Gundam Seed. Oh noes!

[Echo_djinn]

Does Teen Titans count as a anime show? Anyways they really got to stop making this show go from original Batman paint job to anime style faces, bodies, and attitude. This show is starting to bug me but it seems to be getting on track with a new character added to the mix.

[Linear]

Echo_djinn, on Dec 8 2004, 10:14 PM, said:

Does Teen Titans count as a anime show? Anyways they really got to stop making this show go from original Batman paint job to anime style faces, bodies, and attitude. This show is starting to bug me but it seems to be getting on track with a new character added to the mix.

TT is a O.k anime to be. I dont consider it as a bad anime, but I dont watch it anymore. (I dont watch T.V as much anymore either)

[Silo STATIC]

Teen Titans isn't really anime, but it attempts to appear like anime. All of the popular western cartoon publishers here in America are trying to get in with the craze, but it looks like they're failing miserably ... only by trying the young audience gig.

[Echo_djinn]

Hmm I still don't know why they continue to dothat. I like it better as a normal, dark colour, Batman style drawings. Like Batman Beyond.

[Linear]

Echo_djinn, on Dec 13 2004, 08:06 PM, said:

Hmm I still don't know why they continue to dothat. I like it better as a normal, dark colour, Batman style drawings. Like Batman Beyond.

I never liked Batman...or anything before that. It seemed...boring in my way of thoughts.

[Someone Else]

In WD's opinion:

-Any show (including anime) based on a toy line or video game (*cough Pokemon!*) or card game (*cough Yu-gi-oh!*) is stupid.

-Any anime that is an excuse to draw nudity is stupid.

Pretty much sums it up for me, I don't watch anime much, but I do know what's cool and what's not cool for anime.

[Echo_djinn]

Wind Dude, on Dec 14 2004, 10:22 PM, said:

In WD's opinion:

-Any show (including anime) based on a toy line or video game (*cough Pokemon!*) or card game (*cough Yu-gi-oh!*) is stupid.

-Any anime that is an excuse to draw nudity is stupid.

Pretty much sums it up for me, I don't watch anime much, but I do know what's cool and what's not cool for anime.

I would have to agree with there. I don't understand those types of anime shows. Is it really needed? No but they still continue to do it.

[Linear]

Chobits contains a bit strange things like that, but not really. Humorous, and sad at the same time. Give it a slack already, it's a good anime to meish. :P

[Echo_djinn]

Chobits was the only anime show that I think didn't go to far with its nudity. She was a robot after all but still does a robot really need to have everything a woman has? The second episode went pretty far. X|(he didn't have to look up there)

[Linear]

Echo_djinn, on Dec 14 2004, 08:40 PM, said:

Chobits was the only anime show that I think didn't go to far with its nudity. She was a robot after all but still does a robot really need to have everything a woman has? The second episode went pretty far. X|(he didn't have to look up there)

Yeah, but later in the series, it does get out of that nudist stuff, and into serious stuff, so you cant say the entire thing was perverted like.

[Kikuichimonji]

Lin, I think he might have meant hentai orientated anime :P that's bad too

[Linear]

Kikuichimonji, on Dec 14 2004, 08:54 PM, said:

Lin, I think he might have meant hentai orientated anime :P that's bad too

Let's move Chobits out in what were talking about.
And I do know that it's bad. (Like those pop-ups of anime hentai, never go to those sites that are fake).

[Echo_djinn]

Ok I was talking about Chobits not Hentai anime but you do bring up a god point about that. You could draw the most sexiest girl on paper and I wouldn't be attracted to it. Same goes with Hentai pictures.

[Linear]

One thing that I really dislike: HENTAI ANIME!
That's why I stay close to my hentai free saying avatars.

[Kikuichimonji]

I was talking about...meh

but chobits is definitely not hentai. period.

but thats what I don't get, why do some men...like that?

[Linear]

Not every single person likes that, for one, they might not even know what anime is.

[Echo_djinn]

Meh its what they imagine is what that gets them. Not only men look at those site Kik don't forget that. These things are better left alone because of what they can do to you and the people around you.

[Kikuichimonji]

*shudders* lets not talk about...yeh

I also don't like sport orientated anime either, it's funny at first but then it's like...blagh

[Linear]

I mostly like fantasy like animes. I dunno, like Inuyasha and FMA or Ranma! And others.

But the others like Gundam, Pokemon, or Yugi-Oh, no. Dont like those sort of kinds.

[Echo_djinn]

You know anime that lean towards a team of superheros like Sailor Moon and Mew Mew Power are starting to get on my nerves. Lets just stick with one guy/girl through the anime and let him/her deal with his/her own problems.

[Linear]

Sailor Moon was ok, I just didn't like the strange...."evil problem" going on. It didn't have a good theme to it.

[Illidan]

I didn't like Gasaraki. I found it really boring. =/

[Mewt]

I saw an anime film once called 'Adventure Duo'. It was the worst thing I have ever witnessed. It was so bad I couldn't physically watch more than ten minutes of it. The intro consisted of a very old man and a young woman 'at it' with (thankfully) blurred out bits. Need I say more?

They don't show many anime shows over here. :P But they do show stuff like Beyblade and Yu-Gi-Oh. Why oh why subject us to that stuff? *cries*

[Echo_djinn]

Mewt, on Dec 15 2004, 02:08 PM, said:

They don't show many anime shows over here.  :agitated:  But they do show stuff like Beyblade and Yu-Gi-Oh. Why oh why subject us to that stuff? *cries*

I know how you feel*cries* They show the same type of shows down here. Though some times you get a decent show like Inuyasha or Gundam Seed. Who here has seen Escaflowna(I don't know how to spell it) I never got the story plot. Where do the angels come from?!?!?!

[Linear]

When I went Christmas Shopping, I went to get a manga, and I saw manga's of Yu-Gi-Oh. I didn't like it at all...just seeing the DVD's of the card anime show. :agitated:

[Silo STATIC]

Actually, the manga's pretty good, since it's about Yugi in his more maturer days (blood, drugs, fighting, etc.).

... Unless you think DVDs are manga. :agitated:

*sigh* Why is the manga always better than the anime it's linked with ... ?

[Echo_djinn]

Its because they have to hook people with their manga then get a company to make it into a anime show. Its usually the producers who change it or mess it up. :D Thats my guess anyways. Don't take it seriously.

[Silo STATIC]

Well, no, you're right there. I can understand the producers of an anime publishing company sometimes screw up a masterpiece manga series when they turn it into a frame-by-frame show.

I'd like to make the upcoming live-action DBZ movie, being produced by 21st Century Fox, as an example. It's being filmed here in America, but mainly the producers don't know a thing about the anime, nor the main idea anyway.

[Illidan]

I didn't like digimon much either. I guess it was just like an imitation of pokemon back in it's time.

[Silo STATIC]

Well, it realy wasn't an imitation. It was based off it's original Tamagotchi-like virtual pet, not Pokémon. So that's based off two different sides.

[I'm Always BROKE]

The worst anime would be Beyblade, Yugioh and Hamtaro... So lame I can't explain...

[Someone Else]

OMG, Hamtaro! >_<

*it's Hamtaro time!!*

God... but is Hamtaro really an anime?

[Echo_djinn]

Yes its anime. Anime can be described in many ways. Usually if its made in Japan its an anime show but thats not always the case. to sum it all up yes Hamtaro is based on anime style drawings and yes it is very sad to watch. I did watch some shows when I thought it was getting better but then I grew off it.

[Silo STATIC]

I grew off Hamtaro very quickly. I admit I usually took out my hamster just to watch it with her, but when she had to be put out of her misery, I stopped watching it.

[Illidan]

Silo STATIC, on Dec 19 2004, 03:14 AM, said:

Well, it realy wasn't an imitation. It was based off it's original Tamagotchi-like virtual pet, not Pokémon. So that's based off two different sides.

Well if you think about it this way... The pokemon series was aired before digimon and it was based on trainers and their own little monsters. Digimon was similar in that way so people thought it was like pokemon somehow.

[Echo_djinn]

Illidan, on Dec 19 2004, 05:04 AM, said:

Well if you think about it this way... The pokemon series was aired before digimon and it was based on trainers and their own little monsters. Digimon was similar in that way so people thought it was like pokemon somehow.

I thought so to. Digimon and Pokemon seemed similiar in many ways. I if I had to choose between Pokemon and Digimon I would watch Pokemon.(Though I don't either of these anime shows) Who here saw Power stone? This has to go up there with the worst anime show list. I liked the idea of magic stones but the characters that were played were just plain stupid.

[Linear]

I heard Power Stone somewhere in a web-site, and really, I didn't like it when looking at the story line actually. Hamtaro...I just watched it because it was kawaii, but hamsters...eheheh...yeah, that can talk. (NO!)
I used to watch Digimon, etc, and those other kinds, but I sorta grew off of me.

[Silo STATIC]

Echo_djinn, on Dec 20 2004, 02:49 PM, said:

Who here saw Power stone? This has to go up there with the worst anime show list. I liked the idea of magic stones but the characters that were played were just plain stupid.

A perfect example not to make a game into an anime. I mean, the Power Stone series on the Dreamcast was awesome, but as an anime? How can you be so light-headed to screw it up ... ?

[Linear]

If Power Stone turns downwards once it turns into an anime...
...
I dont think I want to really watch it...but still, the game was good for it, right?

[Silo STATIC]

Linear, on Dec 20 2004, 09:03 PM, said:

If Power Stone turns downwards once it turns into an anime...
...
I dont think I want to really watch it...but still, the game was good for it, right?

The game seems more worth it than the anime. And besides, if Edwardo says that it's bad, then I'm not watching it.

[Neo]

Pokemon is baddest anime ever, together with beyblade and digimon!... I hate tat crap >_<

[Linear]

:o Eheheh, and I can't believe I used to like Pokemon. But I was just a little kid back then! I didn't figure out the other animes once I began snooping through my sister's computer.
:lol: I dont like a lot of games if they're turned into animes...it ruins them.

[Echo_djinn]

Hey hey. Pokemon isn't all that bad. The way you guys are talking makes it sound like its a complete bust(which its not). I remember when I was little I had alot of Pokemon cards and me and my friends would play tons of games. Yes pokemon isn't the greatest anime show out there but remember it for kids and is not really meant for people in our age group. Just look how many episodes have been made. If it was that bad then why are there so many episodes?

[Linear]

Echo_djinn, on Dec 21 2004, 05:18 PM, said:

Hey hey. Pokemon isn't all that bad. The way you guys are talking makes it sound like its a complete bust(which its not). I remember when I was little I had alot of Pokemon cards and me and my friends would play tons of games. Yes pokemon isn't the greatest anime show out there but remember it for kids and is not really meant for people in our age group. Just look how many episodes have been made. If it was that bad then why are there so many episodes?

BESIDES that. Ok, Pokemon is ok, I guess the games are good too, Leaf Version, etc. At least they made the sounds...er...funnier.
(And I remembered when my friend used to collect them nonstop too). Some animes just grow off because...new ones come in OR that they dont show up anymore, or they just seem boring now.

And good point. There are a lot of episodes of Pokemon too...(I dont watch them though XD;)

But what about the animes that are dubbed the english? (Slayers in English is AWFUL).

[gsninja]

A lot of anime sounds HORRIBLE in English compared to Japanese.

[Zxor]

Obviously, I mean it is Japanese, not english, the best is Japanese with english subtitles.

[Linear]

The NUMBER ONE anime that should have REMAINED in Japanese was Slayers!

They made all the voices WRONG! ^_^ I swear, and Slayers was a funny anime too, I cant believe they dubbed it with bad voice acters...Better stick with the Japanese! :agitated:

[Colonel Tycho]

Its so pathetic... almost all the anime shown on public television now sucks. The only exeption is Yu Yu Hakusho, even if its cut and put on Toonami... This is excluding adult swim btw... almost all anime there is good, but... dubbed sucks. Especially FMA and Read or Die. Subbed for those is 10 times funnier and the voices are 10 times better.

[Linear]

Is it because it's in english? :mellow: I rather watch animes that are in Japanese, they seem to be more...I dunno. (Cant put it in the right word!). In RK, they took off the "little" bad words, and the blood. (and that makes it better...bloody -___-^_^

[Silo STATIC]

I'm sure the episodes they have of FMA here in America are subbed. If they were dubbed, they most likely wouldn't be shown on Adult Swim.

[Ivan is my name]

The 'rugshats' oh I mean the rugrats are awful. Who watches that horrible anime?
My fav one is Sonic X though. That is wicked!!!!

This post has been edited by Ivan is my name: 02 January 2005 - 10:07 AM

[Somia]

Rugrats and All Grown up are both bad to me.

[Flamefire]

Rugrats is just plain bad :(

[Ivan is my name]

They are AWFUL!!!!!!! :angry: :( :angry: :D :angry: :agitated:

[Echo_djinn]

Ok now that I think I have gone through the worst anime ever I think its time to"knit pick" some of the good anime shows.

Now Inu-yahsa is so far my favourite anime showbut I still see problems with it.
My list of things that disappoint me about the show:
-All the damn village people look the same
-I lost count at 1 when I see how many people die in the show.(You start to get the sense that every episode starts with a village being destroyed)
-I would like to see other characters fight besides Inuyasha.(His partners just stand and watch him through most of the fights)

I have other problems with the show but these are the main ones.

Edit: Also how do you spell his name? Inuyasha? Inu-yasha? Which one is it? I saw many other ways to spell his name but these were the main ones I saw on the net.

[Silo STATIC]

Echo_djinn, on Jan 2 2005, 11:25 PM, said:

Edit: Also how do you spell his name? Inuyasha? Inu-yasha? Which one is it? I saw many other ways to spell his name but these were the main ones I saw on the net.

It's spelled "Inu-Yasha". You can read the covers of the DVDs, or probably in the anime collector magazines (like Beckett).

By the way, is Beckett over-rated, or do they really know their stuff?

[Ivan is my name]

We have some friends with their 2nd name as Beckett. Wait. Totally off topic. Worst anime is RUGSHATS!!!!!!!

[Silo STATIC]

Ivan is my name, on Jan 3 2005, 02:30 PM, said:

We have some friends with their 2nd name as Beckett. Wait. Totally off topic. Worst anime is RUGSHATS!!!!!!!

First off, that was completely spam and off topic (like you said). Second, Rugrats isn't even anime. It's a cartoon show made in America, which is only shown on Nickelodeon.

[Echo_djinn]

I continue with my "knit picking" of Inu-Yasha. I see a tiny resemblance between Kagome and Kikyo but it's by no chance can you mistake the both of them. Like there faces look to different for you to have to much trouble to tell them apart yet so many people(in the show) always mistake them for each other.

[Kikuichimonji]

well, in the manga ED, they do look extremely similar, but I agree, the anime it's not that similar

normally I don't like dubbed, but after hearing inu-yasha in english for the first time...Richard cox does a good job.

lucky canadians, with YTV

[Echo_djinn]

Kikuichimonji, on Jan 3 2005, 09:53 PM, said:

well, in the manga ED, they do look extremely similar, but I agree, the anime it's not that similar

normally I don't like dubbed, but after hearing inu-yasha in english for the first time...Richard cox does a good job.

lucky canadians, with YTV

Plus on YTV they give you a warning just before the show starts and because they do that they don't really need to cut out the epic scenes like blood and well you know for show like Inuyasha and Gundam Seed.

[Kikuichimonji]

very true, ooo did you see the anime marathon on friday, I managed to see witch hunter robin in english too

oh oh, bit off topic then, erm, I finally saw sgnt frog, I didn't really like that, waaay too weird

[Echo_djinn]

Kikuichimonji, on Jan 3 2005, 10:09 PM, said:

very true, ooo did you see the anime marathon on friday, I managed to see witch hunter robin in english too

oh oh, bit off topic then, erm, I finally saw sgnt frog, I didn't really like that, waaay too weird

Yes we are going off-topic. HAs anyone seen Monster Rancher? The vocies were ok but when I heard the main bad guy's name it completely turned me away from it.(Moo, who names a evil guy MOO!!!!)

[Kikuichimonji]

oh god don't remind me of monster rancher, annoying that

also what about astro boy? I just didn't like it

[Echo_djinn]

Kikuichimonji, on Jan 3 2005, 10:20 PM, said:

oh god don't remind me of monster rancher, annoying that

also what about astro boy? I just didn't like it

I heard that astro boy is quite popular in Japan. Well maybe when it first came out, I don't know about its status today. I tried to like it(yes I actually tried)but then it just wasn't interesting to me anymore.

[KH_Idiot_Kitzune]

+ ENGLISH VERSION INUYASHA IS A NO NO... JAPANESE VERSION IS A YES YES...
+ Marmalade Boy
+ Yu-Gi-Oh
+ Pokemon

[Eugine]

OMG, how could you hate Yu-Gi-Oh! its one of my favorites:

Worst anime though: Uh... actually I don't have one, I read reviews before I start to watch a series.

[Izar]

I like Trigun, Yu Yu Hakusho, and stuff like that. Inu-Yasha is ok, but kinda annoying (yeah, the village thing)

Worste Anime, which are probably either fake anime, or just plain crap:

-Totally Spies :)
-Teen Titans :(
-Anthing that says Teen or Totally <_<

[Eugine]

Teen Titans is one of my favourite anime.

Your right about the "Totally" thing. There's one anime called Totally Spys (I think so, It was so long I forgot the name)... It sucked much.

[Golden Djinn13]

I HATE totally spies too. It is soooooooooooo annoying. The worst anime that i have seen, has to be digimon. ( maybe)

[Izar]

Eugine, I said I hated Toatally spys, lol, in the post right before yous.


Hey, I used to like the old Digimon, but then people became part of their digimon, so it was like utter crap.

[Kwesi]

I liked digimon it was real good before the 4th season where the humnas are the digimon. Inuyasha is one of the best anime i have ever seen. American astro boy was very short.

[Mars Djinni]

The Worst Anime for me was Dragonball Z. It's too repetetive and got boring after the first few episodes. Oh, and you've already said about making Games into Anime like Power Stone, right? I think it was quite a failure. So what about the Megaman Network Transmission? Think that was good?

[Izar]

I used to like DBZ kinda, but yeah, to me, it was too repetative, and the main character evntually becam too old, I mean, his kid became as old as he was in the first few episodes.

[Wild Fox]

Christ I hate Inu-Yasha. I stopped watching anime because of that show. All the otaku kids at my school are OBSESSED with Inu-Yasha and come to school wearing little dog ears and fox tails. Failing that, they run around in karate uniforms and claim that they will save the school from Naraku. They give anime fans a bad name. And the best part is that these kids don't even know how to pronounce the names correctly because the dub is the biggest piece of **** ever made. "OMGZ, the new EENUUU-YEEAAASHAAA episode was sick!"
Or "Dude, when will KAAAHHHGOOOHHHMEEEHHHH and EENUUU-YEEAAASHAAA hook up?" If you are going to be that obsessed with something PRONOUNCE IT CORRECTLY! Go and pick up a Japanese pronunciation guide and do the world a favor.

And TTOTALLY SPIEZZ and Teen Titans (as much as I love that show) are not anime. Please do not classify them as anime. They are psuedo-anime made by some desparate hard-up American animators who couldn't draw themselves out of a paper bag.

I personally find the dubbed version of Gundam Seed as a blight upon mankind. The VAs make me want to hang myself and the animation is pathetic. And I find that Yu-Gi-Oh! has some of the worst animators in their studio. And I think their writing staff died after the first season. *looks desparately for plot*(sorry Eugine) Duel Masters and Beyblades do not deserve to be called anime. Beyblades is about tops. Enough said. And Duel Masters must have hired the same bozos for VAs as Gundam Seed.

I find Bones to be one of the only respectable studios left. Wolf's Rain, Cowboy Beebop, and FMA are superb. However, I find that they are playing the snot out of FMA on Adult Swim and are desecrating its splendor. I fear it becoming the next Inu-Yasha.

</snobby pretentious rant>

[pHantOm]

Wild Fox, on Aug 12 2005, 11:50 PM, said:

Christ I hate Inu-Yasha. I stopped watching anime because of that show. All the otaku kids at my school are OBSESSED with Inu-Yasha and come to school wearing little dog ears and fox tails. Failing that, they run around in karate uniforms and claim that they will save the school from Naraku. They give anime fans a bad name. And the best part is that these kids don't even know how to pronounce the names correctly because the dub is the biggest piece of **** ever made. "OMGZ, the new EENUUU-YEEAAASHAAA episode was sick!"
Or "Dude, when will KAAAHHHGOOOHHHMEEEHHHH and EENUUU-YEEAAASHAAA hook up?" If you are going to be that obsessed with something PRONOUNCE IT CORRECTLY! Go and pick up a Japanese pronunciation guide and do the world a favor.

And TTOTALLY SPIEZZ and Teen Titans (as much as I love that show) are not anime. Please do not classify them as anime. They are psuedo-anime made by some desparate hard-up American animators who couldn't draw themselves out of a paper bag.

I personally find the dubbed version of Gundam Seed as a blight upon mankind. The VAs make me want to hang myself and the animation is pathetic. And I find that Yu-Gi-Oh! has some of the worst animators in their studio. And I think their writing staff died after the first season. *looks desparately for plot*(sorry Eugine) Duel Masters and Beyblades do not deserve to be called anime. Beyblades is about tops. Enough said. And Duel Masters must have hired the same bozos for VAs as Gundam Seed.

I find Bones to be one of the only respectable studios left. Wolf's Rain, Cowboy Beebop, and FMA are superb. However, I find that they are playing the snot out of FMA on Adult Swim and are desecrating its splendor. I fear it becoming the next Inu-Yasha.

</snobby pretentious rant>

=(

Well...my old girlfriend used to dress up as kagome but that was behind closed doors :blink: Inuyasha does have a great storyline and I will agree that how do I put it "Noob anime" fans are flocking to it. I have all my videos in japaneese and just watch using subtitles (I do wish to speak japaneese someday so I can watch without subtitles, as much as I like them :ph34r:) Voice acting is what makes anime in japaneese so great...dont get me started on Willow Johnson as kikyo in the english version...argh..Other than that though I love watching the show. I also agree with Bebop, I love the show (My girlfriend got me into it) and now Im a huge fan of it, and since its past most little kids bed times I feel thats why its still saved from the 10 year old flock of anime noobs. Im not sure where you live WildFox, but at my school you would get your ass kicked for wearing dog ears LOL....

[Eothain]

pHantOm, on Aug 13 2005, 12:58 AM, said:

Inuyasha does have a great storyline

I think that people many times confuse "good" storyline, with an "evident" storyline. I'll agree that a good storyline is always evident,one that appears much trhoughout the anime. But, that a storyline simply appears in every episode, doesn't make it good. Let's take for example the current topic: Inuyasha. Basically, the storyline is "we gotta collect all the jewel shards so naraku can't have them, and so inuyasha can turn into a full demon (OR a full human)". Now, the storyline is only mentioned when the characters say the words "jewel shard", and "naraku"...but that's IT. 90% of the time they're after some random demon that kidnapped kagome. And then, typical DBZ thing, a fight. And it's always the same. Inuyasha having to fight in order to save that idiotic, completely useless human specimen known as kagome, from death's grasp....where did the jewel shards go? Now, take FMA. *SPOILER ALERT*. Basically, they seek the Philosopher stone so they can return their bodies to normal. Now, along the way, they run into obstacles, and new-found knowledge that makes the characters go back and forth between their different ideas and beliefs. It creates CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. Halfway thru the series, Ed and Al have changed, they're not the same they were before. In Inuyasha? well, they go thru a LOT of trouble, but nothing that happens changes the characters...Inuyasha is always the same ****y save the Queen, kagome is the same stupid female, throughout the WHOLE series. What I'm trying to say, is that, in my opinion, a storyline is good if, however generic, involves itself to some degree in the actual happenings, even in the ones that seem sidetracked, and also generates character development. If a storyline is present just because someone says "ZOMFG!! WE GOTTA GET ZE JEWEL", and MOST events seem sidetracked, AND it doesn't generate character development, then it's not good. Add to that the fact that (for what I've seen) IY has had no plot twists or anything, then I can only consider it a bad storyline.

...another long-@$$ post of mine....

[I'm Always BROKE]

Dragonball Z sucks, Yu-Gi-Oh sucks, I don't know Dual Masters but it just sucks and Digimon sucks. DBZ sucks the most because of the dumb story and the fact that they talk about how strong they are a whole episode... :P

[Eothain]

DiddyKong, on Aug 15 2005, 02:22 AM, said:

DBZ sucks the most because of the dumb story and the fact that they talk about how strong they are a whole episode... :P

yeah...and all ze 3-episode "chrage-ups" i hated that too...i mean...if it took whoever the enemy was 37 days to change into his new form, then why did the spikey hair dude not just go to sleep at his house, relax a bit, and come back with more energy? but nope, gotta be dramatic, so he waited there, awaiting his supposed doom.

[Izar]

Lol. I just like Trigun, Yu Yu Hakusho, Hellsing, Fooly Coolly(it was ok), and... taht's about all... I like Trigun best though.

[Eothain]

Trigun was ok, i guess. Mainly because it's just "different". I didn't LOVE it, but it was pretty fun to watch.

[pHantOm]

Izar, on Aug 16 2005, 06:02 PM, said:

Lol. I just like Trigun, Yu Yu Hakusho, Hellsing, Fooly Coolly(it was ok), and... taht's about all... I like Trigun best though.

I used to love Trigun, I go through spells of shows.

Trigun then Cowboy Bebop and Inuyasha around the same time, Im starting to lean towards Samuri Champloo now. I never saw the show before adult swim and I love the show right now. I cant imagine it in japaneese form, it must rule :D.

[Eothain]

oh, definitely. Well...i guess most shows are better in japanese than the respective dubbed versions.

[pHantOm]

Eothain, on Aug 17 2005, 08:08 PM, said:

oh, definitely. Well...i guess most shows are better in japanese than the respective dubbed versions.

That, my friend is the smartest thing anyones said in a while :D!

[Eugine]

I prefer some english shows, like Yu-Gi-Oh... The Japanese version tend to be better though, so for all the soundtracks.

[Eothain]

aaah....Yu-Gi-Oh...i don't wanna bore any of you, so, basically, re-read my posts against Inu-Yasha, but this time insert Yu-Gi-Oh where it says Inuyasha. And then you have my opinion towards Yugioh

[Eugine]

I have to differ, YU-GI-OH story is not that type. All episode usually reveals something leading towards to main plot. We have yet to see the best of YU-GI-OH honestly, the main main plot is yet to be totally revealed.

I see good things for this show.

[Izar]

Quote

Yu-Gi-Oh. Basically, the storyline is "we gotta collect all the jewel shards so naraku can't have them, and so Yu-Gi-Oh can turn into a full demon (OR a full human)". Now, the storyline is only mentioned when the characters say the words "jewel shard", and "naraku"...but that's IT. 90% of the time they're after some random demon that kidnapped kagome. And then, typical DBZ thing, a fight. And it's always the same. Yu-Gi-Oh having to fight in order to save that idiotic, completely useless human specimen known as kagome, from death's grasp....where did the jewel shards go?

:D :D

I think yu-Gi-Oh bites. it's too much like... Pokemon, and that's not my style at all. I prefer guns, carnage, and the blood-sucking Hellsing...

[Eugine]

LOL. That was the funniest thing I saw in days on this forum Izar!

I watched Bleach today, it wasn't my style. It's not the worst anime ever, but it totally didn't captivate me at all.

[Eothain]

haha, it was indeed a very funny post. Hell, didn't think he'd go thru such lengths to make me look stupid, but hey, it came out right. At least I laughed. Anyways, I hope everyone else got my idea about yugioh, basiccally, i was saying i didn't like it. And don't read izar's post :D

[Izar]

It was a joke. I wasn't trying to make you look stupid, i just thought it was funny. :D Notice the nice smilies.

What is that Anime where there are two forces at war, and people summon these robots/androids and fight each other? I saw a few episodes, one with fighting at a beach. I thought it was pretty good.

[Eothain]

Izar, on Aug 18 2005, 07:00 PM, said:

It was a joke.

I know. And i laughed. And i congratulated you.
About that anime...wow...i'm clueless...haha, i've never heard of an anime like that. But there are so many weird animes out there....

[Mars Djinni]

To me, it sounds like some sort of Gundam-style thing, the one Izar's talking about.

[Laharl]

was going to make a thread on this, but found this relic instead.

*revives*

the worst series i've properly watched are

- Love Hina
- Makai Senki Disgaea
- Kanokon
- Naruto
- Dragonball GT
- Moetan
- Mezzo DSA
- Kodomo no Jikan

with Love Hina taking the crown for being a truely woeful attempt at an anime adaption of an excellent manga

[Lightning Star]

I really don't think there are any bad anime. Though angst and action are my forte, I can completely see how others would like the opposite.

Each anime has it's own personality, so to judge it is like to judge a person. Though we're all guilty of that, I try my hardest to see the best in each one. Anime is the result of imagination and creativity--something that should never be critiqued.

Hence why I don't "hate" any anime, and I think that others shouldn't as well.

[Laharl]

what you say has some merit, but you fail to take into account anime that has ben poorly produced, things like a weak plot and script, rushing the series through development, playing every cliche in the book and pointless filler all make me think a lot less of a series

[Eugine]

It's your opinion that Naruto is one of the worst anime you ever saw, but can someone explain to me why the most popular anime currently sucks? o.o

If it sucks it wouldn't have been so popular imo...

[Laharl]

Nazism was popular in 1930s Germany, therefore it had to be a good thing

[Eugine]

I don't think you could use that comparison -___-

Actually I don't really want comparisons. I need reasons as to why Naruto sucks specifically.

[Folcon]

Why the hell do people always try and pull the damn Nazi card to try and prove a point on whether something is bad. A few months ago, some anti-abortion group was equating abortion to Nazism and racism. And now you compare current popular culture to it. Un-****ing believable.

Now I will concede that compared to some other anime, Naruto aint as good. But just because it's full of filler and cliches does not make it a bad anime.

[Ironsight]

NARUTO SUCKS LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[Laharl]

i cant believe i'm being lectured by two fadbandits.

learn to ****ing read Escout, i used that example to show that popular doesnt mean good, the only direct comparison is the one you're imagining in your ****ing moronic skull

i think you'll find filler and cliches do make a bad series, oh wait, you only watch the popular stuff, so there's no ****ing way you'd have any knowledge of anything else

you'll have to wait Eugine, as the forum where do most of my anime discussion is down and i cant be arsed writing it up again, alternatively you could actually read my posts and you'd know i described that atleast five times

[Lightning Star]

Could you link me to a topic where you've actually said why you hate the show? 'cause all I've heard is "Naruto sucks lolz" without any reason why. (and something about the thousands of shouta yaoi fangirls, which I agree is highly disturbing.)

I agree the whole 50 episode filler towards the end was rather annoying. I believe it was because of the production of the third movie (which I didn't even bother because it looked so stupid. What the HELL were they thinking putting a teenage anime into such a childish movie?!).

The only anime I've ever seen that I can't say I liked at all is Red Garden. Something about the noses just freaked me out...and everyone is all freakishly anorexic and dressed for the eighties...

[Nosferatu]

If Spider Riders counts, jesus christ I PROTEST that. No character devolpment, just plain generic.

[Lightning Star]

I wouldn't count spider riders or pokemon as anime. They're a little too...hm, cartoony to be anime, or at least in my opinion. I suppose they're the baby steps of introducing kids into anime.

[Nosferatu]

Good. I don't understand how people can like Spider Riders. It's so bad. Pokemon got iffy after the first season, at which point I stopped watching it.

Unrelated: Da-Anime, get back up.

[Folcon]

I thought Spider Riders was okay for the first two or three episodes, but then it was just meh. The concept of it sounds good, but the execution sucked.

[Laharl]

Icy, on May 21 2008, 02:29 AM, said:

Could you link me to a topic where you've actually said why you hate the show? 'cause all I've heard is "Naruto sucks lolz" without any reason why. (and something about the thousands of shouta yaoi fangirls, which I agree is highly disturbing.)

I agree the whole 50 episode filler towards the end was rather annoying. I believe it was because of the production of the third movie (which I didn't even bother because it looked so stupid. What the HELL were they thinking putting a teenage anime into such a childish movie?!).

The only anime I've ever seen that I can't say I liked at all is Red Garden. Something about the noses just freaked me out...and everyone is all freakishly anorexic and dressed for the eighties...

reasons why Naruto is bad (again)

It's the same thing over and over again, stretched out episodes, annoying characters. Its just a lameass neverending shonen nightmare. rather than let the manga get ahead, they do crappy filler arcs instead of just taking a break (Bleach is just as guilty). its core elements are straight from the likes of DBZ. it also has one of the most retarded fanbases in anime. the only thing good about it is the animation

never even heard of Spider Riders, but if its anything like Pokemon it fits into the Kodomo Shonen genre along with things like yu-gi-oh and Beyblade. needless to say i completely ignore the genres existence

[Lightning Star]

Like I said, I agree the filler is rather annoying, but the actual plot is really awesome. I love the theme of revenge (as anyone who's ever read any of my stuff would know) so the whole sasuke super angst strikes my fancy. Yeah, I know, others think he's the whole reason the anime sucks, but meh. To each his own. :D

I actually like shounen more than shojo *shrugs*. If anything seems pointless, it's those luffy-duffy rose-petal shows that make me want to hurl. There was one I saw that was the ultimate shojo horror, but I couldn't be bothered to remember it's name =.=. Something about a princess (go figure).

Ah, so there's a genre for those? Didn't know.

[Ironsight]

The Nazis thought Naruto was good too...

[Lightning Star]

And everyone believes the earth revolves around the sun-- oh wait! IT DOES! D:

By the way, that whole Nazi comparison is what we call a "Logical Fallacy" by comparing two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT topics to each other. It's like saying, If cats are felines, and dogs are canines, then cats are canines. Doesn't work, folks. Just give up already.

And honestly, to each his own. You guys are beating a dead horse and trying to tell us that Naruto or whatever popular anime sucks just 'cause you say so. It's obvious who likes what and who doesn't, and I'm sure when I say that no one is going to change their minds here , so lets just move on already, mkay? ^^

[Laharl]

http://blog.pucp.edu.pe/media/497/20070902-Facepalm1.jpg

[Nosferatu]

I really don't care for Naruto, so I'm not about to argue about it.

I need something new to watch. Any suggestions?

[Laharl]

what kind of genres do you prefer?

[Nosferatu]

I'm good with anything that isn't mecha or magical girl stuff.

[Lightning Star]

You really seem like you'd like Ergo Proxy or Claymore. Both are pretty dark and Ergo Proxy is pretty gory from what I've seen (though it's kinda confusing, but it's a mystery anime so meh).

[Nosferatu]

I've been thinking about looking into Ergo Proxy. I'll probably get the first episode when da-anime comes back up, or I can find a way around it.

Edit: Which I just did. I'd much rather have AVI then RMVBs though.
Edit 2: Holy ****. DivX Player can play RMVBs? I retract my previous edit.

[Laharl]

i second Claymore, even if the ending's a stinker, not seen Ergo Proxy though

i recommend Mnemosyne aswell, its only a 6 episode OVA but its awesome. episode 4 just came out

[Nosferatu]

Just finished the first episode of Ergo Proxy. Not bad I say. I'll look into Claymore now.

Edit: Ew. Serperated into parts for each episode. I think I'll look for a better source for Claymore. Ah whatever. I don't have a download limit for Megaupload anymore so what do I care? I'll just combine them.

[CeruSapph]

Hmmm...i'd say Yu-Gi-OH! G/X. I HATE that show and it just messes up the whole original meaning of the Original YGO. And 4KIDS made it even worse...-shudders-

[Ironsight]

I like watching Go Diago Go! with the Nazi's.

[Toasty]

Nosferatu, on May 22 2008, 12:19 AM, said:

I've been thinking about looking into Ergo Proxy. I'll probably get the first episode when da-anime comes back up, or I can find a way around it.

Edit: Which I just did. I'd much rather have AVI then RMVBs though.
Edit 2: Holy ****. DivX Player can play RMVBs? I retract my previous edit.

NO ****?! *runs to anime folder and ulls out RMVB*

....heck yes!

Anyway, Yugayho is ghey to begin with. It's only redeeming feature was that it was able to made into the hilarious Abridged Series.

Duel Masters was ghey, but it was better than yugayho. Kanokon is only good if you're into soft-core hentai. Which I'm not. I don't like anime that's built around fanservice after fanservice.

....can't think of any others off the top of my head.

I'm partial to mecha and some shonen though. The only problem with the latter is the excess of talking and long, drug out scenes. Seriously, Naruto would be half as long if they didn't spend so much ime focusing on facial expressions.