Anime you hate but everyone seems to like?

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One Piece. Most annoying show I’ve ever seen. Everyone keeps telling me it’s because I saw the 4Kids dub, but I took a look at the original Japanese version, and even that sucked. I don’t like the artwork, either…

[Nergol]

Haruhi Suzumiya. Sorry, but I can't stand Haruhi herself - she's a loudmouthed, abusive, self-centered bitch who I find about as appealing as Athlete's Foot. If the show didn't have her in it, I'd probably like it, but she's pretty hard to get around.

Evangelion. Cliche + Pretension does not = Genius.

Azumanga Daioh. It's like listening to a four year old trying to tell a joke - they know it's supposed to be funny, but don't have the whole "punchline" concept really down yet.

Sailor Moon after the first season. The first season was good, and I genuinely liked it, but after that it got stupid and repetitive. I exempt the R and S movies from this - they were both good - but otherwise it was Monster of the Week, and gender benders. No thanks.

Naruto. I liked it the first time I saw it, when it was called Dragonball. Oh wait - no I didn't.

Spice and Wolf. I'm not a furry, I don't like tsunderes, and I'm tired of hearing the Catholic Church blamed for everything from Male Pattern Baldness to the early cancellation of Firefly.

MariMite. Just about as boring as you would expect a lesbian porno that had all the sex cut out - which is exactly what it is - to be.

One Piece. Reminds me of the American cartoons of the 80s that I realized were all suckfests when I started watching anime (except GI Joe - which still rocks).

And lastly, most Miyazaki movies. They don't even really come across as anime to me, more like something created by someone who's really jealous of Disney movies and wanted to try to copy them, at least in spirit. Beside, anyone in the anime industry who's on record as hating moé can kiss my fat boy.

[yezhanquan]

Originally Posted by Nergol

Haruhi Suzumiya. Sorry, but I can't stand Haruhi herself - she's a loudmouthed, abusive, self-centered bitch who I find about as appealing as Athlete's Foot. If the show didn't have her in it, I'd probably like it, but she's pretty hard to get around.

Evangelion. Cliche + Pretension does not = Genius.

Azumanga Daioh. It's like listening to a four year old trying to tell a joke - they know it's supposed to be funny, but don't have the whole "punchline" concept really down yet.

Sailor Moon after the first season. The first season was good, and I genuinely liked it, but after that it got stupid and repetitive. I exempt the R and S movies from this - they were both good - but otherwise it was Monster of the Week, and gender benders. No thanks.

Naruto. I liked it the first time I saw it, when it was called Dragonball. Oh wait - no I didn't.

Spice and Wolf. I'm not a furry, I don't like tsunderes, and I'm tired of hearing the Catholic Church blamed for everything from Male Pattern Baldness to the early cancellation of Firefly.

MariMite. Just about as boring as you would expect a lesbian porno that had all the sex cut out - which is exactly what it is - to be.

One Piece. Reminds me of the American cartoons of the 80s that I realized were all suckfests when I started watching anime (except GI Joe - which still rocks).

And lastly, most Miyazaki movies. They don't even really come across as anime to me, more like something created by someone who's really jealous of Disney movies and wanted to try to copy them, at least in spirit. Beside, anyone in the anime industry who's on record as hating moé can kiss my fat boy.

Wow, looks like animators should look at your list to get an idea of what stuff to make. Eva merchandise still selling like hot cakes (As an Eva fan, I'm not proud of this.) One Piece is still a best seller. Miyazaki films.. Well, adjusted for inflation, I'm sure Disney films are still best sellers. But, I guess I've outgrown Walt's films.

I guess I'm lumping the whole franchise into the discussion, instead of just the anime. But, to talk about anime without touching on other related stuff is like eating hotdogs without the sausages: It isn't complete.

[HayashiTakara]

Clannad - Thought it sucked
One Piece - I don't get it, why is it popular? I think the designs are terrible and annoying
Lupin the 3rd - Again I dont get it.
Gundam (all of them) - How many times can you recycle the same garbage?
Neo Evangelion - I thought it sucked

... I'm sure theres more, but this is just off the top of my head right now..

[Bou]

Neon Genesis Evangelion
One Piece
Naruto
Inuyasha
Bleach
I dislike these animes. there just awful.

[yezhanquan]

Originally Posted by HayashiTakara

Clannad - Thought it sucked
One Piece - I don't get it, why is it popular? I think the designs are terrible and annoying
Lupin the 3rd - Again I dont get it.
Gundam (all of them) - How many times can you recycle the same garbage?
Neo Evangelion - I thought it sucked

... I'm sure theres more, but this is just off the top of my head right now..

Originally Posted by Miyoko

Neon Genesis Evangelion
One Piece
Naruto
Inuyasha
Bleach
I dislike these animes. there just awful.

I'm pretty much sure it's a cultural thing. Like I mentioned in my previous posts, these series are still racking in big bucks for their studios (Come to think about it, the title tends to point to such anime in the first place. Oops.).

For the record, I'm a 22 year old Chinese living in Singapore.

All I can say is: If any animation studio follows the guide on this page, they'll go broke very quickly.

[SeedFreedom]

Hence why this topic is called anime everyone loves bout you hate. I can't agree more about Haruhi. Seems more like a split with a ferociously devoted fanbase than a everyone loves anime after reading this topic. Couldn't stand the character or the show. Never found One Piece to be that popular but cant stand it either. I do however love gundam and clannad.

[qtipbrit]

Originally Posted by Nergol

I'm tired of hearing the Catholic Church blamed for everything from Male Pattern Baldness to the early cancellation of Firefly.

Oh right, because everything in anime is also against Catholicism, right?
And it's never even implied that it was the Catholic church in Spice and Wolf, was it?
For all we know, it could have been Jehovah's Witnesses.

Originally Posted by Nergol

MariMite. Just about as boring as you would expect a lesbian porno that had all the sex cut out - which is exactly what it is - to be.

I lol'd so hard that I might need a new lung.
Just goes to show how many people assume that anime was made purely to cater to them.

Originally Posted by HayashiTakara

One Piece - I don't get it, why is it popular?

It's because it's mainly popular in Japan, where most of the people who watch anime are children.
Notice how Futari wa Pretty Cure is a popular series in Japan and hardly anyone outside has seen any of its several seasons.

Or it could be because everyone knows how good Toei is outside.

[HayashiTakara]

I don't know about that, meaning that only children watch it.. theres tons of western teenagers and above are rapid about One Piece no matter how stupid it really is.. at least to me.

[catrlgirl]

In Japan anime and manga are targeted slightly younger than here. It is a cultural thing. Anime and Manga are more popular to teen and young adults here because they normally have a slightly more adult theme and deeper plot.

[Spectacular_Insanity]

Originally Posted by SeedFreedom

Hence why this topic is called anime everyone loves bout you hate. I can't agree more about Haruhi. Seems more like a split with a ferociously devoted fanbase than a everyone loves anime after reading this topic. Couldn't stand the character or the show. Never found One Piece to be that popular but cant stand it either. I do however love gundam and clannad.

I think it largely depends who you talk to. As far as I've seen, all such issues tend to be extremely polarized. You either love it or hate it; there is no middle ground upon which to stand.

One Piece. I'll just say it: I thought it is/was crap. I don't know if it's still on going, but either way I don't care because I couldn't watch past the first season. American cartoons are drawn better, the character designs are juvenile at best, and the voice acting is annoying for both english and japanese. And every episode I want to strangle Luffy for some reason or another, whether because of his ignorant naivete or his incessant "I wanna be Hokage King of the Pirates" speech.

Hated Haruhi. For all reason already stated. Harihi herself was a bitch, and then the show got too psychedlic for me to grasp what the heck was going on. I think I already said this earlier, but I'll back up what you guys said.

Gundam. It was so-so for me. I like Gundam Wing and G Gundam, and that was it. Oh, and Gundam 00 was okay, I guess. It just I'm tired of overpowered mechas taking over everything. I hate overpowered things in general.

Evangelion... already overstated in this thread so i will not spam yet more of it.

Personally I loved Clannad, but I could see why some people might not like it, I would guess largely due to the Fuko arc.

There are others I hate, but I hope other people hate them just as much as I do. I am SERIOUSLY beginning to hate any anime with exccessive female characters with high pitched voices that shatter dogs' ears and rattle the stratosphere.

Originally Posted by qtipbrit92

Oh right, because everything in anime is also against Catholicism, right?
And it's never even implied that it was the Catholic church in Spice and Wolf, was it?
For all we know, it could have been Jehovah's Witnesses.

And I think Nergol's main problem was the fact that they RESEMBLED the Catholic Church just enough. I admit that I thought of the Catholic Church as well. Simply put, no other large scale religious organization, that has both political and monetary power enough to influence a government comes to mind. But then again, I refer to the older Church, of course.

[teelotes]

Originally Posted by qtipbrit92

Notice how Futari wa Pretty Cure is a popular series in Japan and hardly anyone outside has seen any of its several seasons.

Yeah, I wouldn't consider getting the series. But I do watch it... cos it's aired on the local kids channel, so I watch it once in a while over late breakfast. They used to show One Piece too; I would watch an episode, get hilarious over its exaggerated plot and drawing, and that's all. Same with Pokemon or any other anime that's shown on TV.

They're not totally awful series, but they do not motivate you to spend any effort to get the series. The power button of my TV set is probably the most effort I'll spend on it.

[Omfgbbqwtf]

Clannad- I just couldn't get into watching this. I stopped at Episode 10, and I finished Episode 9 + 10 in a total of 5 min.
Naruto - Natural born hatred. I cannot explain why I don't like this anime
Marimite - I watched Strawberry Panic first and loved it. Marimite is too peaceful and the art style is just crap in my eyes.

[tempest3991]

Been waiting to unload this list for a long time

Outlaw star - ever since that stupid cat girl showed up and the talking cactus thing

RahXephon - Ugh, don't get me started on this retarded Anime. Flying fortress of bullshit

Almost anything related to high school and harem anymore. Maybe this is an aging thing, i'm 21, and i no longer find almost any of this stuff funny anymore, leading towards deeper anime now

Bleach - After the soul society ark this fell apart faster than george bush's popularity rate

Trigun - The gigantic arm guns we're retarded

dang.....theres gotta be more

[qtipbrit]

Originally Posted by tempest3991

Almost anything related to high school and harem anymore. Maybe this is an aging thing, i'm 21, and i no longer find almost any of this stuff funny anymore, leading towards deeper anime now

High school? Harem?
Kanon, Clannad, and True Tears come to mind. Are these the kinds of things you were referring to?

Originally Posted by tempest3991

Bleach - After the soul society ark this fell apart faster than george bush's popularity rate

haha!
I think I've heard a similar/same comparison before about the filler arcs.

[Mushi]

Originally Posted by Fweakin

Sola - I tried, I really did, but all I found were lackluster characters and an dull plot. That said, I didn't watch it to the end, so I might try and pick it up again one day.......once I've forgotten how much it bored me the first time around.

Yep, same here. I went into it with some expectations based on the "pedigree" of the lineup (writer/seiyuu/character designer) and was disappointed early on when it turned out to be just another cliche filled story with an obvious Air rip-off OP.

I did watch it all the way through and it wasn't until episode 10 that it actually delivered something that made me forget my criticism, and then it just kinda' coasted along from there.

I can't say I "hated" the series, but I did absolutely hate Yurito's character design. I couldn't stand looking at him most of the time because his head is so freakin' distorted. WTF were they thinking with that chin of death!? I like Mitsuri's design in the manga and artwork, but the anime renderings of her aren't very flattering, IMHO. And yes, I'm actually that picky about character designs. If the characters aren't visually pleasing the series has a major strike against it from the start.

Sola is a story that would have been better done as a 3 part OVA along the lines of Le Portrait de Petit Cossette.

[HayashiTakara]

Actually, I didn't like Clannad cause it had a terrible female lead.

[Rookie103]

Naruto - I can't explain why I don't like it. I just watched one episode and hated it.

[xxanimefan4_ever]

Originally Posted by Omfgbbqwtf

Clannad- I just couldn't get into watching this. I stopped at Episode 10, and I finished Episode 9 + 10 in a total of 5 min.
Naruto - Natural born hatred. I cannot explain why I don't like this anime
Marimite - I watched Strawberry Panic first and loved it. Marimite is too peaceful and the art style is just crap in my eyes.

Omg I feel the same way with clannad and actually dropped at the same ep but Iactually watched the whole episode, that show is so boring and slow though it does have its good moments like the comedy...

I guess I can't fairly commento n naruto snice I only saw the first episode but I abasolutely do not want to watch episode 2 because the preview showed an annoying kid following naruto and honestly I tend to hate shonens and popular anime so who nkows...

[Liddo-kun]

Originally Posted by xxanimefan4_ever

Omg I feel the same way with clannad and actually dropped at the same ep but Iactually watched the whole episode, that show is so boring and slow though it does have its good moments like the comedy...

Also never got to finish Clannad because of the boredom it delivered to me.
Only part which I liked was the Kotomi arc.

Kotomi = MOE, has Noto Mamiko's voice talent.