Biggest Letdown in Anime

[Shadowstar38]

It would have to be Bleach and Naruto.

Bleach started out amazing and then it just seemed to lose its way. I went into the arc where they rescue Rukia and by the end I question why no body died. These people were trying to cut each other down and there wasnt a single fatality. After that they went into all these other story lines that had nothing to do with finding Aizen and when they did go after him the story just dragged its feet.

Naruto has a similar problem with pacing. It takes forever to get anything done in that universe. Its "are they still on Nameak" all over again. And by Shippuden all the side characters get put into the background, which was in really stark contrast to the Sasuke retrival arc.

 

[ZehMadScientist]

-SNIP-

R2 was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the thread title.

But after some thought, the Soul Eater anime easily takes the cake. Unlike most of its fanbase, I didn't really like Soul Eater all that much. I just thought the art style was flippin' awesome, it had a catchy OP, and aside from having its few moments, not much praise worthy elements remain.

And then came the ending, which was such a piece of ridiculous major fuckwad, I couldn't help but laugh in a dry tone at the fact that people actually enjoyed it.

Spoiler: I'm talking, of course, about...

Killing the ultimate omnipotent super demon, after episodes of fruitless stuggle, with A FIST OF COURAGE!

There are much worse anime out there, easily. It's just that Soul Eater actually had potential, and ended like this. Raising hope to smack it down even harder.

 

[Qitz]

EDIT- Oh I just remember the ending to Soul Eater was a huge let down. Why didn't they just start airing it several more months after the manga so at least they could of maintain is as a on going series?

This, god damn this. I loved the rest of the series but that ending was guh.

Hey, we're up against the biggest monster in our world, one that even rivals death itself, how can we beat it? By being a brave!

NO! You don't beat a beast made out of fear and power by being a white knight and ONLY that. You beat it by turning the damn thing inside out! I'd rather have to sit through another Excalibur episode then an ending like that.

 

[Auron225]

OT: A lot of the first Fullmetal Alchemist series, after finishing it and watching some of Brotherhood. Looking back, the first show had a lot of boring filler that really didn't fit the flow of the show. It spent too many episodes on nonsense that served no purpose. It did handle

Spoiler

Maes Hughes'

death a little better, though, I thought. Might have just been seeing it for the first time, though. The first show also gave little in terms of personality to Mustang's officers.

Ninja'd =P I was gonna say that. More-so the very end though, I was enjoying it up until the last episode. Then I read the manga, and all was right with the world again X) When I heard Brotherhood was being made, it made my week =D

Also, the end of Soul Eater (anime) - the very last episode was just stupid. 2nd last episode? Freaking awesome. Last one? Bullcrap.

 

[Kinokohatake]

I'll have to go with the ending for Soul Eater. One of Maka's ending lines for the anime is "I'll defeat you with the power of friendship and our fists". Seriously they throw out the Power of Friendship ending so hard it's stupid.

 

[Genericjim101]

Neon Genesis for just really not being my thing : S, along with the original FMA. The fact FMA was made in the middle of the manga and fairly slapdash shows since I watched FMA Brotherhood first.

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

I'll have to go with the ending for Soul Eater. One of Maka's ending lines for the anime is "I'll defeat you with the power of friendship and our fists". Seriously they throw out the Power of Friendship ending so hard it's stupid.

I agree. I did not like how the anime adaptation was handled. The first season (i.e. the introduction of the SE universe and the Kishin being released) followed the manga perfectly (minus one annoying Excalibur filler). Then, they just made a complete mess of the second season and had to finish the season and bury the remains.

I don't completely blame them for what they did. Season 2 (i.e. the Arachnaphobia arc) had a lot more dialogue than action in the manga and I believe that the anime people wanted to include more action in to the anime, thus, the gravest changes that ultimately became the show's downfall.

Where they went wrong:
-BJ was never killed (why? he does NOTHING in the anime!)
-Crona runs away instead of rejoining Medusa
-Maka's demon wavelength is never properly explained
-Black Star never "grows up" (i.e. gets stronger) after Kid beats him up
-Arachne discovers and is later eaten by the Kishin
-Medusa does not lead the invasion of Baba Yaga Castle and is later killed off by Maka
-Kim is never revealed to being a witch
-Maka becomes a demon scythe and defeats the Kishin with a single punch

 

[Sandytimeman]

Powerpuff girls Z that show was terrible. Oh man, it was like watching a show that was for pre-teens with adult humor tucked away.

However Anime picked the ball back up with Panty & Stocking w/ Garder

 

[Weaver]

Full Metal Alchemist. For years I heard people say it was the best anime ever. It was alright.

 

[Sean Hollyman]

Soul Eater got slightly boring after the Keishin got released.

And I haven't finished it yet, so no spoilers.

 

[ModReap]

First Fullmetal Alchemist ending: Just left me with a feeling of "What? That's it?"
Darker than Black 2nd season: first season was ok, but the second season is an abomination.
Bleach: Not ending after Ichico essentially defeated Aizen.

Edit: Neon Genesis Evangelion. What. The. F.

 

[Ordinaryundone]

Soul Eater loses a lot after the first half. Which is a shame, as the first half of the show (aka everything until the Keishin is released) is really good.

Corpse Princess. It's Gainax, which means great animation and decent writing (FLCL, Evangelion, Gurren Lagann, etc.). However, the main character was boring as hell and the show just felt like a drag. It had some really cool fight scenes and ideas, but it was just so dull overall.

Gankutsuo (The Count of Monte Cristo). The show itself is fine, no complaints there. However, the first few episodes have this absolutely crazy LCD trip animation and art style that more or less disappears after it. It's a shame, its a very pretty show, but it never quite gets back to the surrealness that it started out with.

 

[Marcus Kehoe]

Gundam seed Destiny and Gundam 00.

People fprget how good seed was, because destiny was so mediocre. So much that could have been done that wasen't.

Gundam 0 was really good, it was nice that while the suits were basically invincible for a while, as soon as their weakness was found they were vulnerable. Now in Gundam 00 they still have the weakness but now the suits are back to being invincible because they where kinda upgraded. Make the fight's real, not just these pilots swatting enemies out of the sky.

 

[Captain_Fantastic]

well if anything ever disappointed me in an anime series it would be in gurren lagann.

i cried manly tears!!! and for those of you who dont know

Spoiler

Kamina died,

 

[Ryu-Kage]

Soul Eater's anime ending is pretty damn horrendous, but that's been said many times already.

Neon Genesis Evangelion. You really begin to see how the budget fell apart in the last 3rd or so of the show with such limited or nonexistant animation, and Shinji's ultimate revelation is that as long as he perceives reality to be alright then it will be alright (or something like that; the last two episodes are so confusing, I'm still not completely sure), and that is called "delusion", children. I have not seen End of Evangelion, nor am I really interested in seeing it. I have to say, though, the first two "Rebuild" movies are actually pretty good. Then again, those two covered the parts of the show I actually liked: the monster of the week combat. And there's still another or two to be released (four years, IIRC, after the first two. -_-. I'll check out the third and fourth Rebuild movies whenever they're localized; maybe they'll be worth watching.

For a less predictable choice, though: the fact that FUNimation stopped airing Case Closed on TV (both on Cartoon Network and the FUNimation Channel) after the Kansai Jimmy Kudo lookalike's first appearance (I think his name was Harley Hartwell or something) and never got to this "Kaitou Kid" I've heard about. (I need to start reading the manga again...)

 

[DarkRyter]

Haha, you guys don't know disappointment like I know disappointment.

The director who made animating Death Note interesting. The writers behind Code Geass. Character designs by Redjuice. Music done by Ryo from Supercell*. A prestigous noitminA timeslot.

And they end up making Guilty Crown.

*Even if everyone else did, Ryo did not disappoint. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF3dxVJPKV4&list=FL1m_nVkRWdyqjhmKd9UzEFg&index=8&feature=plpp_video]

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

Bleach having a satisfying conclusion.

Towards the end of the final battle with the main antagonist, Aizen, the main protagonist, Ichigo, overpowers him with his final, forbidden technique and essentially defeats him. After using the technique, Ichigo collapses and wakes up a month later, discovering that he is losing his powers. As his powers begin to completely disappear, he bids farewell to his comrades and friends that he cannot communicate without the aid of his powers.

And that is how the series should have ended.

Instead, they chose to skip forward 17 months, where Ichigo and his friends are attending school and living normal lives. He is then confronted by a shady organization that wants to help him regain the powers that he lost and fight off an new enemy. He regains his powers, betrayal ensues, and his former comrades return to aid him in the fight, only to take down the threat who is no match for them.

The story is still on going and I'm glad that there will be more Bleach, but it really missed one of those rare opportunities to end a series well.

Well, considering that the latest Bleach chapter in Japan mentioned it being 'the beginning of the final arc' I'd say they're going to get another chance..

Yeah, but an ending needs to be fitting, not announced. Chances are that they will try to wrap everything up as quickly as possible and I don't know any better ending for the series to have now than the cliched "hero continues on to fight evil" open ending or the cliched time skip to XX years and having the next generation of heroes fight the good fight.

 

[WayOutThere]

Claymore

The show was alright for the first four episodes but got fantastic for episodes five through eleven. Then something goes wrong. Episodes twelve through fourteen are iffy and then it really descends into shit. Episodes fifteen through twenty six are worthless. They are devoid of any significant plot or character developments consisting only of one drawn-out, dry battle after another all climaxing with an even more drawn-out, dry battle. The fight scenes are hardly even good. It's twelve episodes of utter boredom. I was all prepared to name this my new favorite anime now I think of the show as an enormous letdown.

 

[Kapri]

The end of Soul Eater.

Spoiler

Killed the Kishin with love?! Really?!?!?!

And Trinity Blood just because it's a damn cliff hanger.

 

[Death Carr]

Neon Genesis Evangelion (revival): It still is one of my favorite anime of all time but, with the coming of the revival movies they changed far too much for me to like them asmuch as I do the anime. also, fuck Kaworu Nagisa

Full Metal Alchemist: after having watch the anime and Conqueror of Shambala, the endings felt so..... unsatisfying.