Oh yeah, I regret reading 20th Century Boys. Mostly because of the incredibly underwhelming, utterly disappointing second half.
Animes (or manga) you regret that you watched
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Let's see… besides Naruto and Bleach.
-Soul Eater : I dunno... I can't seem to care about anyone other than the heroine. It could be better since I did not read it all.
At first, I was gonna call you out, as Soul Eater is an awesome manga, but I kind of understand where you're coming from. She's a kind of Mary-Sue in some respects and remins me too much of Hermione Granger from Harry Potter.
But if that bugs you and Naruto bugs you, I'm minorly shocked you don't really care about Black Star. But in any case, to each his/her own, ja?
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This is an easy answer for me, its Eiken. Those giant boobs are scary. That is all.
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Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure, too weird for me, and I watched the entire series of Bobobo-Bo Bo-Bobo XD
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That I'm ashamed of watching?
Uuuuuuh…
Maze
Those Who Hunt Elves
Jungle de Ikou
Revolutionary Girl Utena....... but mostly Maze XD "I WANT TO FUCK YOU!!!!" -shot-
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This is an easy answer for me, its Eiken. Those giant boobs are scary. That is all.
I SO FREAKIN TOTALLY AGREE. While I've watch other animes that have bored me (Zero no Tsukaima, Akagi, Chi's Sweet Home) the only one that has scarred me, and I kinda wish could be unseen is Eiken. That little kid (and most of the other girls) with the one cubic meter-sized boobs and hugeass eyebrows really, really, really scared me.
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Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure, too weird for me, and I watched the entire series of Bobobo-Bo Bo-Bobo XD
which part did you read?
and it is pretty off putting at times though.. hence the title.
Didn't Gainax make TTGL? I thought that show was pretty good despite a few short comings.
and yeah, Yoko was 14 now that you mention it. :/
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Two words: Gundam Wing. I honestly don't know what I saw in this anime when I was 12. I was so convinced that it was a great show that I bought the boxed set 5 years later. Rewatching that, I realized how damn boring the show was. I swear, it nearly put me to sleep.
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Read almost a whole chapter of FAKE before my friend opointed out it revolved around homozexual detectives…
She got a good laugh out of that.
Naruto part1- If i hadnt seen it, perhaps i wouldnt be so FUCKING pissed about how bad part 2 is. -
I got two more. And I don't even have to type it out! They're reviews I wrote for AnimeTV. Possible TLDR warning.
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya review for Anime TV
Visuals: 05
There’s nothing really remarkable about the visuals here. At all. Character designs are all in stereotypical anime style, and the animation flows well enough. This is no visual tour de force here, and after seeing the unique looks of current anime series like Samurai Champloo, and One Piece, the art in Melancholy left me feeling, well, melancholy. Maybe I’m just jaded, or spoiled… There’s really not much else to say about the art and animation here; it’s anime. That’s it. Vanilla anime, and nothing more. The dancing animations in the OP are nice, though.Story: 04
Grk–…! Okay, okay, could someone please explain to me the appeal that these “head trip comedies” seem to have?! I mean, the general anime fandom loves these things, and I have no idea why…! Watching Melancholy made me feel like I was watching FLCL all over again… It’s supposed to be funny, but here I am, head in my hands, not laughing, and at times, even growing irritated (okay, not as much as when I saw FLCL, but still, I was irked). The show tries to teeter the line between artistic and comedic, and never really goes into either realm, instead remaining in some laughless limbo full of raised eyebrows and me wishing the episode would end, so I can go watch some episodes of Heat Guy J just to balance out the day (nice rhyme, huh?). I mean, I get where the humor is supposed to be, and where I’m supposed to laugh, but the jokes just aren’t good. I feel like I need a laugh track just to remind me I’m watching a comedy, sometimes. Really, the only time I laughed was when the witch-looking kid jumped the maid girl in the first episode, and all that could get out of me was a “heh”…The characters are decent. I hate to admit that, but it’s true. In fact, the only thing keeping me from giving the story a score of 01 was the dialogue. The characters play off each other well, the male lead is a likable guy, and the dialogue is better than most anime. Still, good script writing can’t save a premise that feels like it came as the result of heavy drug use, and an exhausted Barrel-O-Premises. The episodes are out of order. I’m gonna just throw that out there. There’s really no reason for that, either. Not even an artistic one. Back in high school we called that “retarded”. Now, after all the book learnin’ I’ve done over the years, I’ve learned new things to call it. Ridiculous; pointless; mind-boggling; baffling; antidisestablishmentarianism… Okay, maybe not that last one; I just wanted to show off… Anyway, all this does is make the series very disoriented, and harder to follow than it should be. The first episode will leave you confused, and wondering what the eff is going on. Then the second one comes along, and now the series seems to have begun proper, but you still have no idea what the a’eech was up with episode one. There’s really no reason for this. It doesn’t add some sort of air of fake mystery, or whatever. All it does is further my belief that illegal substances had a hand in this show’s creation and direction.
The main theme of the show is basically one of three things; trying to hard to be cute, trying too hard to be funny, and trying too hard to be different. And, of course, the token boob jokes and fanservice-y moments. Yawn. Oh, and I can’t stop hating what the SOS Brigade stands for. It doesn’t even work as a joke…
Performance: 07
I was only able to watch the show in Japanese, and I can’t profess to be able to understand proper inflection in that language to a 100% degree of success, but from what I could gauge, the acting was good. One performance that did stand out was that of Tomokazu Sugita as Kyon, the male lead. His performance really helped me relate to this guy, and his deadpan deliveries helped (in vain) many of the jokes he delivered, even if it was all in a language I didn’t understand…Soundtrack: 07
Admittedly, the soundtrack is infectious. Even the first OP, although I don’t like it, it stays with you. The tunes are jazzy, and set the upbeat mood of the show. If you like this show, by all means, snag the soundtrack. However, it’s nothing I’d recommend to anyone who collects soundtracks, like myself, or anyone just looking for general music to own. Still, the tunes are recognizable, and not half bad, really. As long as it doesn't contain vocals, anway…Overall
This show may have garnered a monstrously loyal fanbase, but I’m just not seeing the appeal. On the one hand, I’d like to just blame it on the fact that this just isn’t my thing; most of my favorite anime franchises involve violence of some kind, and my favorite manga of all time is chock full of graphic sex and violence. So, maybe a saccharine, magical, high-school comedy just isn’t my thing. However, I can’t overlook the utterly bad direction of this show, and the undeniably trite feeling this show gives off. Everything in here that we haven’t seen before is just ridiculous (double-you tee eff is up with that out-of-order crap?!), and everything that’s not ridiculous, we’ve seen a bajillion times before. You don’t get much more overrated than this, folks! Still, whoever wrote the dialogue in this thing would do a bang-up job writing for a good anime. That, I’d like to see…!Eureka Seven review for Anime TV
Visuals: 06
Reasons: Normally, this rating would be quite high. The animation is crisp and smooth, and makes good use of computer effects and modern technology to produce visuals that the folks down south would describe as “purdy”. The biggest problem with the visuals, however, is the character designs. In a problem that will be addressed in detail later in the review, the show heavy-handedly panders to the young, college age, “we think we’re rebellious” crowd. The main cast all look rather ridiculous; they’re either trend-obsessed campus-dwellers, or out-and-out hippies, with the exception of one guy that looks like Captain Lou Albano as he looked in the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, except that he’s dressed as a Siberian foot soldier. Oh, and another guy who’s completely bald, with an inexplicable square of color on his bottom lip. Like that chick from Star Wars, but weirder. The designs never go into the realm of stylistic, but instead teeter between “no thought put into them”, and “stupid”. And I still have no idea why the main villain has two assistants that are little kids wearing the puffy shirt from Seinfeld. And can someone explain why, besides to be clichéd in their evilness, the military would color all their mechs black? I would’ve loved to be there for that meeting…“Sir, our war machines are finished, we just need to give them a paint job. Now, the boys were kicking around the idea of camouflage…”
“No! Too practical! Let’s paint all our machinery black! Then, it’ll be all intimidating, and scary-looking, and no one will dare oppose us!”
Story: 02
Reasons: I still can’t stomach watching this show. From the very beginning, it feels like the show is a write-off. It’s set in a world that doesn’t grab your attention, focuses on a boy who does nothing but whine, and fails miserably to get the viewer to care about anything that’s going on. The story never manages to introduce a single story element that doesn’t come off as ridiculous. Now, before I address the characters, or story, I have to bring this up… The robots fly by riding unseen energy waves on giant surfboards. Now, maybe I’m just old fashioned, but wouldn’t built-in thrusters, or even an anti-grav engine of some kind, make way more sense?! How badly are you trying to rope in the “hip kids” crowd, here?! Surfing robots?! In this oh-so advanced future, didn’t the thought of even a single thruster cross anyone’s mind at any point?! I mean, Mobile Suit Gundam was made back in ’79, and their futuristic technology was more practical than this! And what’s even weirder is that the military’s mechs use the surfboards, too! Now, the ship full of hippies I can see having a surfing robot, but the military?! In all their black, scary-robot glory?!The storyline is filled to the brim with nonsense that exists for the sole purpose of trying to look deep, and meaningful. Unfortunately, everything just comes off as ridiculous, and almost comical at times. The show’s got a big, overstuffed burlap sack of dark pasts, moral ambiguity, and people you’re supposed to feel sorry for. However, it throws that heavy sack at you without warning, and hits you hard with that heavy load. The story, as I’ve pointed out, seems to pander hard to the hip crowd. The main characters are trendy rebels fighting against “the man” to save mother earth from their monochrome evil (black robots, and a silver-haired villain?! Was eight seconds too much to ask to come up with an antagonistic force? Or a storyline in general). And when spoilerific plot points begin to appear, one word will cross your mind; “what?!” Oh, and prepare yourself for the most heavy handed, yet strung out, romance subplot since Inuyasha’s protagonists. And the fact that it actually ties into the “save the world” plot rings of the corny stuff that anime stopped doing in the eighties (when the “partners” plot point comes up, your eyes will hurt from all the rolling).
The characters do nothing to hide the crowd this show is going for. You’ve got your hippie characters, complete with names like “Gidget” (wasn’t that the name of a cartoon alien?), “Moondoggie” (try not to laugh too hard at that one…), and my PERSONAL favorite; Stoner. Yes, Stoner. Not making that up. Eureka and Renton are walking, talking archetypes that grow old by the time the first episode is over. Renton won’t stop whining, and Eureka is every “alien girl naïve to our ways” you’ve ever seen, but shorter, and always whispering in monotone. There are more blatant attempts to appeal to the “kidz”, but to list all of them would turn this review into a novel, so let’s move on. The cast is basically one archetype after another, but with goofy names (a villain named “Dewey”, for instance), and a lack of subtlety. Anemone tries way too hard to be crazy, Gidget makes Mihoshi from Tenchi Muyo look brilliant and headstrong, and I guarantee you that, after the first few minutes they’re on screen, you will be praying those three kids that call Eureka “mama” don’t make it to the series’ end. The characters spend the whole series in three emotional “modes”; casual mode, introspective mode, and righteous indignation mode. The story even pulls the old “drop a pregnancy bomb” yanked right from The Young and the Restless. And, there’s this profoundly creepy, “this is what a dad smells like” moment that still haunts my dreams…
And one last thing that deserves addressing; there is a character named Talho. She is tall. She dresses like a prostitute. Her name is Talho. Say that name out loud. Now laugh with me…
Performance: 09
Despite the ridiculous storyline these actors are playing out, they play it very well. Johnny Bosch plays a convincing child in his role as Renton, and even his whining sounds authentic (which may, or may not, be a good thing). Stephanie Sheh plays Eureka well, but honestly, it’s not hard to portray a whispering robot. Crispin Freeman, as far as I know, can’t fail at playing whatever you need him to. This guy could give personality to a character in a 4Kids dub, I swear. Most characters are portrayed flawlessly (despite one or two iffy jobs), and do their best to sell even the goofiest of the plot points. No matter how bizarre the moment, the actors pull it off without a hitch.Soundtrack: 02
The music in Eureka 7 is very forgettable. I know, because I can’t remember a single BGM tune from it. Not a one. Even now, nothing comes to mind. Making matters worse, the OP and ED sequences further the show’s heavy handed attempt to be hip. Japanese rap, Japanese punk rock, Japanese R&B, and just to meet some quota, some J-Pop. What makes things apparent that it’s a marketing ploy is that the tones of the songs don’t match up to the show. When you’ve got a screamin’, hard-rockin’ Japanese guy preparing you for something fast-paced, and the OP transitions right into heaping helping of low-key melodrama, you gotta wonder what you, the viewer, are being sold, here. Either way, the BGM doesn’t stand out, and I can’t think of one actual song in this show I didn’t dislike.Overall
The only thing keeping this show from getting a “1” is that the animation looks terrific. Regardless of its inexplicable popularity, Eureka 7 is an insipid look at what happens when someone makes an anime with marketability in mind, rather than any actual vision, or idea as to what they’re doing. We’ve seen all this before, except now it’s laced with faux-chic and reeks of being a show made by a marketing department, and not anyone who knows how to write an original story that anyone can take seriously. Still, at least it’s well-acted… -
DragonBall (manga) - Whoever thinks this is better than the anime can go to hell.
Texnolyze - What?
Witch Hunter Robin - Double What
Gundam 0080 - Was this trip really necessary?
Gundam MS 08th Team - No punchline to this.
Paradise Kiss - Like Iraq this didn't have much in the way of an Exit Strategy or at least an enjoyable one
Vandread - Dread
Jiraishin - Everything was good til the final arc
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Venus Five. My friend saw it in a store and didn't know what it was, bought it, we watched it, and had to tie each other's hands down so we didn't gouge our eyes out.
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I disagree with Green_vs_Red's opinion about Gundam 08th MS Team. Unless you're also including that bonus disc/episode epilogue. I thought the main series itself was excellent.
Also, Captain Schmeckie, I'd recommend not changing the font to black. Using the Halloween theme, I didn't even realize that you posted something. Had to highlight that whole block of text to see it.
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I disagree with Green_vs_Red's opinion about Gundam 08th MS Team. Unless you're also including that bonus disc/episode epilogue. I thought the main series itself was excellent.
Nope I really did mean MS 08 th team I ain't never heard of or seen episode an epilogue or bonus disc thingy.
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Higurashi no naku koro ni - probably the most overhyped anime i've watched. A waste of time in the form of 50 pretentious episodes that starts well but ends hilariously bad.
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Higurashi no naku koro ni - probably the most overhyped anime i've watched. A waste of time in the form of 50 pretentious episodes that starts well but ends hilariously bad.
I can see what you mean. I actually only have 2 or 3 more episodes to watch of the first season, and I could watch them anytime, but I just keep putting it off. Sometimes it can just be so boring (not to mention repetitive)
Of course I'm a bit of the sadist, so I actually like the gore and the dementia. Overall, I don't think it's horrible, just above average.
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I really liked the first season of Higurashi. The second season… well, I regret watching it.
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann tops that list for me, Waaaaaaaay to much hype for something that bored me half to death. And while not the worst i probably wouldnt have watched the one piece anime if i knew then what i know now and wouldve just stuck with the manga, I mean why eat hamburger when you can eat steak.
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S-Cry-Ed
Black Cat
Bleach
Grenadier
The Melody of Oblivion
Trinity Bloodi watched all of them while i was kinda bored but they were all pretty lame.
Except Bleach, i watched it knowing it was bad, still kept watching it hoping it would get better, but at some point i just couldn't do it anymore. there is a limit to wasting your time. -
Dragon Ball GT…
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann tops that list for me, Waaaaaaaay to much hype for something that bored me half to death. And while not the worst i probably wouldnt have watched the one piece anime if i knew then what i know now and wouldve just stuck with the manga, I mean why eat hamburger when you can eat steak.
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann tops that list for me, Waaaaaaaay to much hype for something that bored me half to death.
Wait, how does Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, the series whose entire point is to blow your head off with the sheer amount of insane energy jam-packed into every episode, manage to bore someone?
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See thats exactly the kind of hype that fooled me into watching it in the first place, And boy was i ever screwed over by it. Think i watched up to ep 5, Last thing i remember was some underground cult sacrificed children. And thus far there had been little fun and excitment, where were the intresting villains at? and i really cant stand those face shaped robots(cant really stand gigant robots in general). Probably not the worst anime ive ever seen but with all that hype the letdown was sever.
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i watched the whole thing because it was so hyped. i wouldn't say it was terrible. i'll even recommend it, but I don't see why people give it so much credit. I almost feel like Gainix was trying too hard.
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i watched the whole thing because it was so hyped. i wouldn't say it was terrible. i'll even recommend it, but I don't see why people give it so much credit. I almost feel like Gainix was trying too hard.
People have a habit of giving stuff too much One Piece is another example.
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you only watched until episode 5?
Slaps you
Watch until about episode 8-ish
there will be a huge fight, trust me, you'll know what im talking about
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wow the rossiu episodes were the worst, you picked the worst possible spot to stop
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People have a habit of giving stuff too much One Piece is another example.
too much what?????
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the gantz anime.
honestly… it does a pretty faithful adaptation for the first three games, but then they shove the original ending in your face... and boy oh boy did that blow hard.
then I read the manga... and have completely regretted ever wasting my time and money (yup.. bought the damn thing.. sigh..) on that anime
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@Hakuro:
At first, I was gonna call you out, as Soul Eater is an awesome manga, but I kind of understand where you're coming from. She's a kind of Mary-Sue in some respects and remins me too much of Hermione Granger from Harry Potter.
But if that bugs you and Naruto bugs you, I'm minorly shocked you don't really care about Black Star. But in any case, to each his/her own, ja?
I siad "other than the heroine". She's cool. I just can't seem to care about the other chracters right now.
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i never thought that this would get this much post. awesome:) anyways
back on topicBrigadoon
I dont even know why i even watched the whole thing. I mean IT WAS SO BAD. Maybe because it had sci-fi in it. i dont know. it just ewwww uhhh (shudders). nuff said
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School Days. I heard about it, decided to watch it, stuck it through to the end, and regretted it ever since. The first episode didn't seem too bad, but then it got worse and worse, the main character was terrible and hard to sympathize with, and the ending was just messed up.
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School Days. I heard about it, decided to watch it, stuck it through to the end, and regretted it ever since. The first episode didn't seem too bad, but then it got worse and worse, the main character was terrible and hard to sympathize with, and the ending was just messed up.
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Record of a Fallen Vampire.
Exactly the same as the comic posted earlier in the thread. First two volumes had interesting potential– a king losing his state, a thousand-year search for a banished love, although there was way too much cutesy in the side characters.
The third volume, though, let's just jump into madness.
! Vampires who don't drink blood. And we need them to dispatch aliens who want to reside on Earth?
King of Hell (manhwa):
I developed virtually no emotional attachment to the characters in three volumes. It was technically competent, but just fell down in storytelling.
Hellsing:
Couldn't suspend enough disbelief. Yeah, it's pretty, but the story is silly. And that says something coming from a Rebirth fanatic.
Slam Dunk:
I expected another Eyeshield 21, but I got a toned-down Great Teacher Onizuka. While it might work as that, I only really need one series like that to fill my appetite.
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Naruto Shippuden(Boring and dull with stupid music and boring animation i only enjoyed like the first like 7 episodes reuniting all the characters again)
Gantz i saw it at first and i didnt understand what was going on plus the dog and the female character in the first episode was really wierd and dumb. The main character was dumb as shit but had a good dubbed voice thanks to ADV but the characters were bland and dull and the excessive amount of bloodshed and scattered limbs got really uncool very fast.
Sailor Moon(as soon as i heard her say "Moon prism power" i said **** that
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maple story, my god, kill me!
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maple story, my god, kill me!
wow that was a new one
Q,ko.chan
i actually like this one but i regret it because it has no f***ing ending.I mean it just suddenly stop's at a freaking cliffhanger. Is it wrong for me that i hate the author(Ueda Hajime) for this. Well i dont care of any ones opinion so, uhhh (shudders).I feel like i want to sell them, because those 2 books bothers me when I see them but who would want to buy this story. -
dragon ball GT (really don't like the whole thing, it messed up the original story)
bleach (the story gets longer and longer without any interesting plot. damn so many characters that have poor build up) (bad story telling.. worst!!) -
i haven't seen bleach, but i thought people really liked it. or is it more the fact that it started awesome but has become a bit stale.
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ok this i should have put in number 1 of shows i regret. a show that started that started"well" but just right now it should f***ing die. Its been americanized to shit(so much so that i bet some fans dont even consider it as an anime), its looooonng and has to me the most stupid main characters(and villans) i can think of. I am talking about Pokemon.
Even though he defeats some gymleaders to qualify for a tournament' he never wins it, they always falls for the same freaking trap, never ever see thru the incredibly lame diguise's of the team rocket crew, the team rocket crew could be looking for other special pokemon but no its all about pikachu(who is the only pokemon i like for some reason)
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^ I'm feeling some Lobolover vibe's.
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what do you mean. i ask because im just a little curisous(hopes he does not sound pissed off)
edit steel angel kurumi 2nd season it just a flop thats all i can say.haaaaaaa(waves head)
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'Samurai Usage' was awful. I mistook it for another Manga I've been looking for.
http://www.onemanga.com/Samurai_Usagi/9/01/
Bad times.(old thread reborn to snipe this atrocity)
Edit: How could I forget 'Gon' shakes head
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series I don't like:
G Gundum (fuck this show was retarted)
Evangelion (not impressed by the storyline took me only 1 watch of the entire series to understand the basic plot of it)
Inuyasha ( why in the hell did people like this crap? i'm still upset as how a shitty series like this got to stay on adult swim and an awesome series like Yu Yu Hakusho got to go to toonami where he became horribly edited)
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Soul Eater - It's funny but i didn't really enjoy the storyline… but the most important... I hate Blackstar/Maka, they're both anoying characters... Blackstar's design is awsome but really, his personality is really lame. Same goes to some of the other characters. Even the main heroine, gets emo all the time/hate her design. I couldn't stand it and i really regret watching it. I liked Soul in the whole anime, but not further beyond.
D.gray man owns this Anime in every possible factor.
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i haven't seen bleach, but i thought people really liked it. or is it more the fact that it started awesome but has become a bit stale.
It basically pushed writing and plot out the way to make room for more characters and fights. Bleach would make a better fighting game than a story.
Also what Kaizoku's Soul said about Pokemon.
It was bad enough when Team Rocket lost to anything that was sent at them in a single hit(including baby Pokemon), or when Ash and co beat them up for stealing food so they wouldn't starve to death, or how beating the crap out of a monster and shoving them in an airtight ball is somehow MORE morally acceptable than simply catching them in a net, unhurt and untrapped.But that's not the worst part. Oh no.
The worst part is the inability to follow it's own rules. Pikachu is an electric type, ergo he couldn't hurt the ground type Cubone or Onix in an early episode. Strangely though, by the end of that season he manages to take down a Geodude, Rhydon AND Cubone's EVOLVED form; Marowak with a single blast from his weakest attack, thundershock. Anyone who knows anything about the game knows this is classic BS.
I think I officially gave up on the anime after Brock Vs. May's contest.
I'd have been fine if Brock had lost to May during the appeals, as she is a contestant so she's had more experience at this kind of thing. But no, Brock aces the appeals and instead ends up losing to her in the battle stage of the contest against her newly born Eevee who magically pulled a move out it's butt it shouldn't know. To make matters worse, he was using his most reliable Pokemon during the Hoenn region, Marshtomp.Brock was meant to be this great breeder who gets the best out of any Pokemon he trains and yet he's losing to newcomer May who just hatched a baby Pokemon in a battle. Bullshit. Screw that show's logic.
TL;DR version: Pokemon anime sucks hard.
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Elfen Lied.
Fate / Stay Night.