Your most hated anime cliche

[Twad]

Just one? unfair!

Combat nearly always end up in melee/extremely close range... Even space ships get to fight in melee. Long range weaponry never gets anything done.

Fan service (gratuitious boobs and stupid stuff like that)

Where the rival and/or hero are shown being so badass that nothing, not even common sense or overwhelming odds can touch them. (aka the trope of "boring invincible hero/villian") the only thing that can slow them down is eachother.

Underaged teens being far better at everything (absolutely eveything) than battle-tested veterans.

The bad guy always have white on him somewhere (hair, coat, wings ect). Always.

 

[William Dickbringer]

I don't have any...

I actually sort of like the over the top reactions, if they're well done.

I'll just use this space to complain that Death Note went downhill halfway through.

Edit: Oh wait. The main character that knows nothing about girls and messes up his relationship by being too agressive and such. Examples: Suzuka and what little I have seen of School days.

oh that show goes in a downward spiral so fast and there are so many faceplam moment that you begin to wonder "why is every girl in this show an idiot"

O.T. transformation sequence seriously just transform and be done with it

 

[Furbyz]

Panty shots. Mostly underage panty shots but god damnit I hate them all.

 

[The Stonker]

Sojo eyes.

And that all the guys look like girls, no matter what guy that is.

 

[Deleted]

It grinds my gears when people prefer to watch anime in Japanese instead of a language they, you know, understand? You will not become more japanese if you hear japanese people talk, just letting you know. And the excuse they always use (translation errors) are negligible since some japanese word plays won't work in english. And again, laughing at these jokes doesn't make you japanese either, they aren't important to the story.

Yeah I hate it when people use the translation errors as an excuse if you've ever compared 2 different fan subs they say 2 completely different things half the time...

Alright fansubs may be crap but that's because they're done by fans. Official dubs are usually great.

 

[kaveradeo]

Kaaaaahhhhhh!!!

Next week on Dragonball Z: Maaaayyyyyyy!!!!

Haaaahhh!

 

[IsraelRocks]

this

 

[Stabby Joe]

No matter the plot, characters, style, tone and script... it somehow comes back to some sort of rehashed high school-esque setting.

 

[Lamppenkeyboard]

I have only a few problems...



5) When it's just a commercial for a really sh*tty toy line.

Shameless product placement in kid's shows isn't quite a trend just in anime. It happens pretty much everywhere. Although it is annoying as hell.

Anyway, I get pretty annoyed whenever the main character reaches too deep into his bag of deus ex machina tricks, and he suddenly gets all "edgy" and dark looking, then after he wins in a matter of seconds they decide that the ability is bad because it makes him to vicious or aggressive.

 

[allways2edlast]

Charators how get noise bleeds, because of a girle. it makes not scene! because they somehow got to see them naked or in skipe clothen. I'm told that its old joke or something that when a virgen gets in this kind of problem they get a nose bleeds. I now that not even the japanese Believe it. But it bugs me.

 

[Avelestar]

Pointless fanservice. Case in point is High School of the Dead. Stopped watching halfway through, couldn't stand 75% of the show just being about showing some very jiggly, oversived, cartoon T'n'A.

 

[-Samurai-]

this

Aw come on. Those Excel Saga moments don't count because that entire show is a parody of anime.

 

[deonte9109]

- Annoying fanservice. Unlike most people, I will be the first to admit that a bit of fanservice doesn't necessarilly hurt a show. But when it is done frequently and/or in a "in your face" manner, it starts to get annoying even when you are the intended audience....especially when you are the intended audience. I can't recall her name, but there is a female character in Bleach who's breasts are so enormous that you literally have trouble paying attention to the show.

Spoiler: You mean her?

Rangiku Matsumoto

No, I mean another character. The one with the bandana on her head, who keeps smoking something and provides a rocket for Ichigo and his friends so they can get into Soul Society.

Spoiler: Oh ok, so you mean her?

 

[Mr.Mattress]

I hate anime period, but there are 2 main problems with it.

1: They have to explain EVERYTHING! like for example:

A simple Yu-Gi-Oh battle would be

Place Card
Say something
Enemy Places card
Says something
Certain cards are blocked and or destroyed, making them pointless
Repeat till one is defeated

In Anime:

Thinks about what the enemy has just done or has done in the past
Place card explaining every little detail about the card
Enemy talks about his past with other character and/or his own mission
Enemy places card explaining every detail
Several times the cards block one another, but the characters are like "THIS WILL FINISH YOU AND MAKE ME STRONGER!!" making the pointlessness even more visable
Throw in Philosophical Ideals that seem so ridiculous for a card game to have
Enemy looses and it's the biggest deal in the world to both sides!

And 2: Every anime is either over the top or realistic and boring. You either get the Monster Battling Fantasy style Big Robot anime, or the anime about a character simply living a life that you or I could have.

 

[WorldCritic]

The mysterious girl who meets the main male protagonist and together they get involved in some adventure and fall in love.

 

[-Samurai-]

a few months back i tried to watch bleach 192 in Japanese because the ending to 167 annoyed me greatly and i really had trouble telling the voices apart i must be out on some joke because i really don't understand how the original Japanese is better. i know that like me a lot of viewers don't speak Japanese so how can the Japanese versions of a program be considered greater when a lot of people viewing them cant understand them please im asking for more of a clarification then any real dig at any one

I actually prefer the original audio. I've learned quite a bit from it.

I feel that with many shows, the Japanese voice actors better convey the emotions of the character. You don't need to speak the language to understand how they're feeling. Then there are those odd moments where the character should pause while they're talking, but for some reason, they don't. It creates weird run-on sentences.

Also, I get sick of hearing the same 5-6 English voice actors in every show. I get it, you're an awesome voice actor, but I don't want my Lelouch to sound like Vash.

 

[Tonythion]

Every anime, no matter how weird has to have some kind of fan service, and girl see the need to put couples together because they are cute together despite it being canon or not...
Oh and in many the girls are always "kyaaaa!" or too tough so they seem like dikes. Median anyone?

 

[Cavouku]

Oh shit, let me get The Fucking List.
(Please note that not all of these are exclusive Anime, and can be, or are sometimes prevalent, in western cartoons)

Item 1-10, covering Romantic Situations

1. Accidents that result in apparently perverted behaviour
2. Female assaulting male for unintentional perverted behaviour
3. Unnecessarily large and/or undeserved harem
4. Love interest resurrection
5. Pathetic male leads
6. Annoyingly chauvinistic male leads
7. Constant interruption of romantic acts (hugging, kissing, etc.)
8. Overly Unintelligent/ignorant/naive female lead
9. Overly aggressive female lead
10. Poor female self image about breast size (large or small)

Item 11-20, covering General

11. Overly glossy art style (personal distaste)
12. Group "falling over" reaction
13. Weakening/forgotten character over series
14. Undeservedly long series span
15. Completely expected "surprises"
16. Overpowered/underpowered characters
17. Personally dislike Giant Robot animes
18. Hairstyles/colours
19. Revealing skirt school uniform/casual clothing
20. Standing around doing absolutely jack, other than thinking or listening to someone talk

I will return tomorrow with items 21-50, for now, it is late and I must go home.

EDITED FOR EXTRA IN GENERAL**

 

[TheLaofKazi]

That really shocked, glaring, twitchy look a character get's in their eyes when something detrimental or terrible is happening. And the shot always looks at their face as it loops the same 2-frame eye twitch as the antagonist or someone says something bad.

And poorly done comedic scenes that random just jump away from the actual story to be "SOOOOO RANDOM!!!! ZOMG!" Don't get me wrong, I love comedy as much as the next guy, but some animes do it in such a disgustingly generic way that I can't stand it. But I loved it in shows like FLCL, it felt like they incorporated that kind of comedy into the carefree and youthful style of the show as opposed to just shoving it in there to cater to a particular demographic, and I actually found it hilarious.

 

[Saulkar]

Where to start?

Well first off I hate it how characters with glasses overtly push them up their nose while facing to the side while acting all cool under pressure or just plane arrogant.

Second I cannot stand how regardless of whether she is a tough go to women or a whiny *****, all girls need to be rescued by a man.(Except for Cowboy Beebop!)

Third, I know martial arts and katanas are an intrical part of their culture but its overuse in addition to appearing out of place in space and zombie environments just for the sake of being there is a royal pain in the ass.

Fourth, every goddamn person is a thin skinned, self doubting emo, or pose striking arrogant villian.

Fifth is the complete forgoing of reality when it comes to mechs, destroying all hope of suspension of belief in addition to the impossible manueving capabilities they posses regardless of size.

Sixth is how almost all characters despite being human are capable of super human feats thru sheer will alone. Bullshit!

Seventh is how Japanese take Western and European media and adapt it into shit, does not work when we do it to you so what makes you think you can do any better (Looking at you Halo Legends)?

Eighth is how numerous characters maintain rediculous poses at seamingly every possible and/or inapropriate moment.

Ninth is how many episodes are artificially elongated for absolutely no reason with a single fight taking nearly a quarter of a season!

Tenth is all the damn taking opponents do during fighting to lengthen the episode.

Eleventh is that damn annoying reacuring theme where an opponent wants their rival to reveil their true power and the rival does not want to.

Twelth is the god awful dialogue! Quoted to the best of my memory from Bleach. "Do not go easy or I will not let you live!" Who the hell talks like that?!

And finally thirteenth is the absolutely horrible repetitive happy go lucky music and lyrics that happen during intense scenes. If you are going to use happy music in a fight scene at least let it be Polysics.

Are there any anime I actually like? Yes.

Cowboy Beebop
Digimon
Black Lagoon