Your most hated anime cliche
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The estereotypical "World of Warcraft" episode, though this might apply to every animated show, it tends to be a plague amongst animes.
It's not because of how they portray the videogame, which I am totally fine with. It's because the main protagonist, who has never played the game, who is a level 1 mage/warrior/rogue, decides to take on the biggest bad guy of the entire game single handed...and wins. I hate it when that happens!
It's not because of how they portray the videogame, which I am totally fine with. It's because the main protagonist, who has never played the game, who is a level 1 mage/warrior/rogue, decides to take on the biggest bad guy of the entire game single handed...and wins. I hate it when that happens!
For me, I don't mind individual clichés. It's the combination of certian ones that annoy me. Some examples:
1: Big boob chick + putting guy in awkward situations + nosebleed. WE GET IT. She has big boobs. If you want to show off, just have her constantly around. Or at least go completely over the top.
2: Mexican Standoff + Monologue. No need to state you're in a bad position, or the fight was brutal, we saw all that. And we don't give a damn about any mutual respect or newfound hatred. Just kill him.
3: Buckets of Blood + Band-aids Heal Everything. All that carnage and he's back to 100% after putting on some Band-aids? At least come up with a mystical heal-all item or something, not just Band-aids.
There are plenty more but these three were the first that came to mind.
1: Big boob chick + putting guy in awkward situations + nosebleed. WE GET IT. She has big boobs. If you want to show off, just have her constantly around. Or at least go completely over the top.
2: Mexican Standoff + Monologue. No need to state you're in a bad position, or the fight was brutal, we saw all that. And we don't give a damn about any mutual respect or newfound hatred. Just kill him.
3: Buckets of Blood + Band-aids Heal Everything. All that carnage and he's back to 100% after putting on some Band-aids? At least come up with a mystical heal-all item or something, not just Band-aids.
There are plenty more but these three were the first that came to mind.
arbitrarily placed Christian symbolism. What the hell has Light Yagami got to do with Christianity? Why is he annointing L's feet? Why is there all those crucifixes everywhere?
Also, most fanservice in a cerebral anime. It implies the writers don't think we have an attention span long enough for us to keep watching the show without the promise of titties every other minute.
Also, most fanservice in a cerebral anime. It implies the writers don't think we have an attention span long enough for us to keep watching the show without the promise of titties every other minute.
I find it very annoying that they have to spell out everything for you, you need to know how the attack works, why a character is fighting, why my retarded plan is better than your plan. But of course, the audience already knows this shit because we have been watching the show from the beginning or the anime companies belive we are pants on head retarded.
Definitely the "this is the best thing around in X, at least until the next battle" cliche. Animes like Bleach and Naruto were notorious for this. That's why I prefer animes of that type to end in a timely manner, because I just can't take a most powerful attack seriously when there was a most powerful attack two minutes before it and there will be a bigger one next episode.
1. Awkward, unfunny, and unnecessary comic relief that serves no point other than to waste time and ruin the pacing.
2. Casting female characters with voices so high-pitched that they make chipmunk Justin Bieber on helium sound like Christopher Lee.
3. Casting male characters with voices so high-pitched that they make chipmunk Justin Bieber on helium sound like Christopher Lee.
2. Casting female characters with voices so high-pitched that they make chipmunk Justin Bieber on helium sound like Christopher Lee.
3. Casting male characters with voices so high-pitched that they make chipmunk Justin Bieber on helium sound like Christopher Lee.
Usually large breasted women. The fact if they are 'OMG my boobs are soo big! Let's direct my entire story, jokes and lines around my breasts!'
The "I won't ever forgive you speech" often given by characters to character who don't really give a shit but still stand there why this awkward speech about how bad the are for such and such reason is spouted.
Any sort of card, battle monster, spinning top anime where they talk about how awesome the attack is then the competitor goes ha ha my attack is much cleverer than yours and totally nulifies it and they'll go back and forth with this for several episodes while their friends stand around give running commentaries about how amazing each attack is also the that whole heart of the cards/fighting spirit/connection to their power animal annoys as well, seriously how do you control anything a spinning top does after you let it go?
Any sort of card, battle monster, spinning top anime where they talk about how awesome the attack is then the competitor goes ha ha my attack is much cleverer than yours and totally nulifies it and they'll go back and forth with this for several episodes while their friends stand around give running commentaries about how amazing each attack is also the that whole heart of the cards/fighting spirit/connection to their power animal annoys as well, seriously how do you control anything a spinning top does after you let it go?
I rather enjoy the DBZ bullshit that Kubo is doing now with Bleach. I mean, let's follow Aizen's most recent transformations:ReaperzXIII said:
I has crystal that loves me.
I am now a power ranger.
I now sport a mullet.
I am now a beautiful butterfly.
I am now Greed from FMA.
He went through all those in like, 4-5 chapters. Ichigo almost as many.
As for Naruto. If he could convince Pain(the guy named himself Pain for christs sake!)
that life as a morally and physically decrepit living zombie isn't bad, then maybe they should just make him give a speech to the entire Ninja world.
There, problem solved, world peace.
Regarding the whole friendship speeches thing, I have know someone who would disagree with you:
I don't know if it's a cliche but, the main charactor NOT getting a love interest despite the fact that 5+ DIFFERENT girls fall so deeply in love with him that all he'd need to do to get laid was to acknowledge the fact!
*stares at Ash from Pokemon*
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AND YES, I know he's supposed to be 10 or 11 years old but a lot of the kids in that show act older than their apparent age that they might as well be 15 or 16.
*stares at Ash from Pokemon*
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AND YES, I know he's supposed to be 10 or 11 years old but a lot of the kids in that show act older than their apparent age that they might as well be 15 or 16.
I'd say filler, but that's not so much a cliche as a stalling tactic.
I'll go with trying to make lots and lots of characters. Mind, it works sometimes (Negima), but it often just makes a hard-to-track, not very interesting cast (this is part of the reason I couldn't get into Shakugan No Shana, not to mention a fundamental problem with Bleach). This applies to other mediums.
I'll go with trying to make lots and lots of characters. Mind, it works sometimes (Negima), but it often just makes a hard-to-track, not very interesting cast (this is part of the reason I couldn't get into Shakugan No Shana, not to mention a fundamental problem with Bleach). This applies to other mediums.
The fucking Weeaboos that attack western cartoons for the sole reason of not being anime. The ones who are willing to overlook the admittedly atrocious framerates and animation cutbacks just to rip on other animation endeavors.
Just listen to this guy, he points out a lot of technical problems in a lot of anime series.
Not to mention his attack on Weeaboos is hilarious.
Just listen to this guy, he points out a lot of technical problems in a lot of anime series.
Not to mention his attack on Weeaboos is hilarious.