Name your overrated anime

[DarkRyter]

But I can't even read the manga anymore, you know, to avoid fillers.

I don't think you quite understand what a filler is.

Filler is when an anime gets too far ahead of the manga. The anime producers decide that, in order to keep interest up, they'll create a whole new storyline seperate from the manga. Fillers USUALLY don't advance the overall plot at all, and are often subpar. This is not always the case as there are exceptions, but they are widely disliked for this reason. When the manga is far enough ahead, the anime concludes its filler session and then continues on with the original, intended storyline.

The point was that Naruto is riddled with filler, so if I liked Naruto but hated filler, I would be able to read the manga and not have to deal with that sort of trash. However, I can't even like the storyline without pointless BS.

But the manga is the source material. It can't have filler. How would avoiding the manga avoid fillers?

Though I guess avoiding the manga WOULD avoid fillers, whether one experiences filler or not does not relate to whether one reads the manga.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Gurren Lagann

I saw it and thought it was okay except for the weird forced sad ending, which every Gainax show needs to have since NGE even when it's totally uncalled for. But before I knew it I was up to my elbows in a fanbase that treated it like the greatest thing since bees had knees.

Also, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

Could've been a great show if not for the titular character.

 

[Shadu]

But I can't even read the manga anymore, you know, to avoid fillers.

I don't think you quite understand what a filler is.

Filler is when an anime gets too far ahead of the manga. The anime producers decide that, in order to keep interest up, they'll create a whole new storyline seperate from the manga. Fillers USUALLY don't advance the overall plot at all, and are often subpar. This is not always the case as there are exceptions, but they are widely disliked for this reason. When the manga is far enough ahead, the anime concludes its filler session and then continues on with the original, intended storyline.

The point was that Naruto is riddled with filler, so if I liked Naruto but hated filler, I would be able to read the manga and not have to deal with that sort of trash. However, I can't even like the storyline without pointless BS.

But the manga is the source material. It can't have filler. How would avoiding the manga avoid fillers?

Though I guess avoiding the manga WOULD avoid fillers, whether one experiences filler or not does not relate to whether one reads the manga.

Ha, I think we're sort of on two pages here. Hmmm...

Yes, reading the manga would avoid fillers. That is why I tried to give Naruto a chance through the manga after seeing a few fillers. But after reading a while with the main story, no fillers, I still don't like it. That is why I avoid the manga, because I'm avoiding the series all together.

 

[newwiseman]

Aoi No Exorcist - It starts off strong, then takes a left turn into confusing. I read the manga after watching it and right when the shit begins is when it goes off the manga.

Naruto & Bleach (only because over half of both of them have been shit filler.) I love both of their stories so far, thought bleach was going to end after the Aizen resolution, had a nice ending with all the story wrapped up in a bow, now the story just feels forced.

Berserk - the manga owns but Kentarou Miura needs to hire some assistance or something because he takes way to long to put out new chapters (it started in 1990 (21 years ago) and only has 325 chapters). My only complaint with the anime it's not brutal enough and it ends when the real struggle begins.

HSOTD - I love what there is of High School of the Dead but there are only 30 chapters, how it got green lit for an anime I can't begin to understand, at least it's better than "The Walking Dead", and it didn't turn to filler shit to pad out its episodes.

Serial Experiments Lain - I'm still not quite sure WTF that show was about and I watched it three times...

 

[Fanfic_warper]

I guess if I had to go for overrated, I'd say the Devil May Cry anime.

Otherwise I find most anime to be decent at least. I personally love the Naruto and BLEACH mangas, but can't get into the anime too much, but I wouldn't call them overrated.

 

[CODE-D]

One Piece, Cowboy Bebop, D.Gray man, 07-ghost(that one's truly terrible), and.. yeah, that's about it. Oh, and it's funny how most of the people saying that Death Note is overrated, are mostly pissed-off because (spoiler alert) L dies and gets replaced by a kid and a teenager (to be honest, that kind of pissed me off too, but that still wasn't enough for me to diminish the tremendous atmosphere it had build-up to that point, and not to mention its well-developed, relatable characters). And to the 'gentlemen' claiming that it's an anime for 12 year olds... Why? And how, more precisely? Yeah, you could enjoy it if you were 12... You know, if you could understand all the SYMBOLYSM and all the METAPHORES...

Oh sorry I forgot to mention: DOT FUCKING HACK! That was just so... corny and moral and cheesy and... and just ahhh boring!

No sir, I didn't like Death Note not because of the plot twist, that part was actually interesting to me.

No, what I HATED about Death Note, was that you knew where it was going from episode 1, and it was 37 episodes long. They dragged it out with a brutally boring, uneventful pace. If the show was 16 episodes, I would've loved it. But no, it was too freakin' long, and I got the point of the show right off the bat. The ending? It was great. The plot twists? Blew my mind. The premise? Pretty cool. The pacing? Horrendous and dragged out.

It lags a bit in the second season(with near and mello spying which is basically an excuse to catch up to what L knew) but it is so beautiful and original I have to disagree.

 

[Jazoni89]

Naruto, Bleach, One piece, Dragonball Z, and pretty much every mainstream anime that goes on for longer than it should.

I would also like to add fooly-cooly, six episodes of pure, and utter tripe. No disrespect to those who like it, it's just that I really don't feel the love for that series. It feels quite perplexing to me that it's so liked, and so praised especially on these forums.

High school of the dead is also pretty overrated for what it is, the walking dead with fanservice. It really doesn't do anything for me at all.

 

[MammothBlade]

Soul Eater and Naruto, probably. Naruto has such an annoying protagonist and I can't stand most of the characters. Soul Eater... well I'm not sure if it's completely justified as I've only watched 4 episodes, but I didn't like its sense of humour much, and didn't find the story or characters particularly compelling. Cowboy Bebop was still quite good, but the episode format and lack of continuity between most episodes (weak story arc) ultimately left a sour taste in my mouth.

 

[-KC-]

I just wanted to say that I hate Naruto filler episodes...



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OT:

DBZ is overrated, most of its fans(including me) like it cuz they used to watch it when they were kids, now I understand how bad that anime was. Compared to Naruto DBZ is overrated. It's remarkable anime but Americans ruined it with their voices (fucking give us subtittles on english and Japanese voices, not english, their voices are vbad).

 

[Scarim Coral]

Just to be clear, I don't like dark anime well to a certain degree (I like Death Note) so I didn't like Neon Genesis Evangelion (no one better quote me on this the last time I admitting this, I just don't like it plain and simple. deal with it). I found the church like undertone and the ending confusing and I really hated the depressing characters (since it make me depress).
I also didn't like FMA since it was too dark for my taste (before Brotherhood came out which I guess I'm somewhat relief that the fate of those characters were not canon well they went away from the manga.

 

[SckizoBoy]

Most underrated is Ergo Proxy, seriously people hate on it for the dumbest reasons.

I actually like Durarara!!... however, I love Ergo Proxy... fucking awesome series (I rewatch episode 11 a lot to remind myself that anime can actually be that good).

Gurren Lagann

Damnit, I wanted to be the first to lay on the hate for that series...(!) But yeah, while it was a ridiculous ride of mindless fun (with a little less 'fun' than I would've liked), I seriously don't get why loads of people big it up. Ah well...

To be brutally honest, I think most of it in general is over-rated. It's just, the way I see it anyroad, what makes anime so special above any other, for example, Western cartoon? I don't really see the big deal anymore. Sure, I used to watch some back in the day and yes, some of it was quite funny but I don't think it's worth getting as worked up over as some people do.

Sure though, whatever floats other people's boats. Anyway, I hope you can see what I'm getting at at least, haha.

... you mean, the medium's overrated? I think you'll find that equal numbers of people love it and loathe it so... nnnnnnn? Still, I do agree that too much of it (like any other medium) is just rehashed garbage that just will not DIE!!.

OT: And in so saying - Bleach, Death Note, Soul Eater, Naruto, One Piece, Gurren Lagann, Code Geass (though I do think it's a pretty good series) and every fricking harem comedy ever made!

And on the other other side (those series that are criminally underrated) - Ergo Proxy (as mentioned), Hourou Musuko, Le Chevalier D'Eon, Infinite Ryvius and Haibane Renmei.

 

[Wolfwood1203]

I'm not going to say Akira is overrated, albeit I didn't like the movie at all. For me Akira had way too much stuff crammed into it. And all of it was done in a really graphic animation that was completely distasteful for me, which was probably the biggest factor. And that I can't really factor into my level of "overrated" estimation. Some people like it, some people hate it. To me Akira is like Koyaanisqatsi, it's like an experience more than like a message given.

Personally, I think Akira was highly overrated. I got into anime and always heard how great it was, and that if you were an anime fan you have to watch Akira. But if I had see this overrated trash first, I wouldn't watch anime now. There was just nothing about that movie that I liked, and I tend to enjoy most anime. This one just wasn't for me.

 

[thespyisdead]

OT:

DBZ is overrated, most of its fans(including me) like it cuz they used to watch it when they were kids, now I understand how bad that anime was. Compared to Naruto DBZ is overrated.

let me sum up, why id rather listen to nails on a chalkboard, than watch DBZ

"next time on dragon ball z"
it just went on and on and on, some episode having no more than 1 punch thrown, and the rest of the time was just spent floating

 

[Duruznik]

I gotta Say Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood. I LOVED the original but I found Brotherhood (Which followed the manga) more convoluted and just plain dopey. And then the fandom ordered my death for heresy.

Oh, another fellow lynch-ee? I swear, there's something about Brotherhood that not liking it is akin to saying "I enjoy torturing kittens" in some circles. I just don't get it- the humor felt forced and ill-placed during dramatic moments.

 

[CODE-D]

OT:

DBZ is overrated, most of its fans(including me) like it cuz they used to watch it when they were kids, now I understand how bad that anime was. Compared to Naruto DBZ is overrated.

let me sum up, why id rather listen to nails on a chalkboard, than watch DBZ

"next time on dragon ball z"
it just went on and on and on, some episode having no more than 1 punch thrown, and the rest of the time was just spent floating

I loved that guys voice. Kai cuts alot of that, because at the time they kinda had to do it like that.

 

[Jazoni89]

OT:

DBZ is overrated, most of its fans(including me) like it cuz they used to watch it when they were kids, now I understand how bad that anime was. Compared to Naruto DBZ is overrated.

let me sum up, why id rather listen to nails on a chalkboard, than watch DBZ

"next time on dragon ball z"
it just went on and on and on, some episode having no more than 1 punch thrown, and the rest of the time was just spent floating

How many Dragonball Z characters does it take to change a lightbulb?

Only one, but it takes three episodes.

"Baaaa Dumm Tish"

 

[AngelArms]

Haruhi Suzumiya

Holy fuck I hate this show, Kyon is a fairly interesting character, and that's it's single good point, Haruhi is a selfish, greedy, whiny, arrogant, sexual harassing *****. Every other character is wholly boring, the plot is frankly stupid when it's even fucking there and FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE IT SO FUCKING MUCH

 

[CODE-D]

Just to be clear, I don't like dark anime well to a certain degree (I like Death Note) so I didn't like Neon Genesis Evangelion (no one better quote me on this the last time I admitting this, I just don't like it plain and simple. deal with it). I found the church like undertone and the ending confusing and I really hated the depressing characters (since it make me depress).
I also didn't like FMA since it was too dark for my taste (before Brotherhood came out which I guess I'm somewhat relief that the fate of those characters were not canon well they went away from the manga.

You are horrible, brotherhood was cheesy and thats all I can say. Bro gave in too many speeches, made homunculi into bosses to fight instead of tragic beings with meaning and everything resolved way too easily.

 

[Jazoni89]

Haruhi Suzumiya

Holy fuck I hate this show, Kyon is a fairly interesting character, and that's it's single good point, Haruhi is a selfish, greedy, whiny, arrogant, sexual harassing *****. Every other character is wholly boring, the plot is frankly stupid when it's even fucking there and FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE IT SO FUCKING MUCH

I think it has a certain charm to it, at least it does for me. I love the artstyle as well, very Japanese.

I don't even want to watch series two, because I've heard so much stupid shit about it.

Wouldn't mind seeing the movie though...

 

[MetaKnight19]

Lucky Star.
Because it pales in comparison to Azumanga Daioh and yet it feels like Lucky Star has far more memes about it scattered across Youtube.

I totally see where you're coming from. I have the Azumanga Daioh manga omnibus (big enough to kill someone with) and the whole Lucky Star series on DVD. They both have their ups and downs, but ultimately Lucky Star doesn't have this...


OT: Probably Elfen Lied. To be honest I kind of liked it but there were numerous things that kept it from being great. It also wasn't the great mindfuck experience I'd heard it was, at times it just looked like they were pushing to see what they could get away with and it turns out they couldn't get away with a lot since most of the time it felt unnecessary and forced.

For example, when Lucy burst into the room completely starkers, I can't remember the last time I face-palmed that hard. Then there's the english dub...the actors couldn't sound more bored if they were watching paint dry with a grass growing documentary on every TV channel.