Death Note (Madhouse, 2006, completed) Not gonna lie—if this show ended at episode 25 (and you weebs should know which one I'm talking about), I would've given this a positive rating, easily. I was actually enjoying myself for the first half. It has a really clever and captivating story at first, with lots of really cool and unique yet oddly sympathetic characters, but after that ONE episode, things start to get REALLY fucking retarded really fast. Obviously I've known about this show for ages, and I honestly think it has the coolest and most interesting premise of all time when it comes to anime (even if it's a little Hot Topic)—but even that can't save it from the typical anime trappings that drown it to death by the show's end, and I'm glad to hear that, among weebs, I'm not alone when it comes to feeling this way—so I highly doubt my thoughts are really going to upset anybody. 5/10
You should add Tiger & Bunny to the list. I'm rewatching it rn, and I can't believe that I forgot how good it was.
Quote from: Me on October 07, 2017, 01:54:16 PMYou should add Tiger & Bunny to the list. I'm rewatching it rn, and I can't believe that I forgot how good it was.#1 highest ranking anime according to japan, apparentlyi'm sure it's just great
Quote from: Me on October 07, 2017, 02:08:09 PMQuote from: Verbatim on October 07, 2017, 02:01:16 PMQuote from: Me on October 07, 2017, 01:54:16 PMYou should add Tiger & Bunny to the list. I'm rewatching it rn, and I can't believe that I forgot how good it was.#1 highest ranking anime according to japan, apparentlyi'm sure it's just greatCorporate super heroes (with logos plastered on them like it's Nascar) that have to get good ratings to stay afloat financially. The protagonists are an old-school super hero that relies on instinct and always tries to do well despite it disadvantaging him, and a new, younger hero who is more strategic and thinks about how to propel them forward. It's still got some Japanisms, like most anime, but it's still a fun ride.yawn
Quote from: Verbatim on October 07, 2017, 02:01:16 PMQuote from: Me on October 07, 2017, 01:54:16 PMYou should add Tiger & Bunny to the list. I'm rewatching it rn, and I can't believe that I forgot how good it was.#1 highest ranking anime according to japan, apparentlyi'm sure it's just greatCorporate super heroes (with logos plastered on them like it's Nascar) that have to get good ratings to stay afloat financially. The protagonists are an old-school super hero that relies on instinct and always tries to do well despite it disadvantaging him, and a new, younger hero who is more strategic and thinks about how to propel them forward. It's still got some Japanisms, like most anime, but it's still a fun ride.
I still need to watch the Blade Runner anime episodes they put out.
Quote from: TBlocks on October 07, 2017, 03:31:43 PMI still need to watch the Blade Runner anime episodes they put out.no you don't
Quote from: TBlocks on October 07, 2017, 03:31:43 PMI still need to watch the Blade Runner anime episodes they put out.They're on Crunchyroll IIRC if you want to use my account (IDK if you have one).
Quote from: Verbatim on October 07, 2017, 03:33:30 PMQuote from: TBlocks on October 07, 2017, 03:31:43 PMI still need to watch the Blade Runner anime episodes they put out.no you don'tWhy not?
Quote from: TBlocks on October 07, 2017, 03:34:29 PMQuote from: Verbatim on October 07, 2017, 03:33:30 PMQuote from: TBlocks on October 07, 2017, 03:31:43 PMI still need to watch the Blade Runner anime episodes they put out.no you don'tWhy not?you don't NEED to
decided to get some toonami shit out of the wayLupin the Third Part I (Tokyo Movie, 1971, fourteen episodes) - Japanese Hanna-Barbera makes a show for adults in the early '70s and flounders spectacularly. It's not just the extremely dated visuals, or the fact that the animation has aged like an underage alcoholic—it's also very serialized and offers little in terms of plot, and offers no likable characters with a particularly insufferable protagonist. I know it's extremely old, but that doesn't excuse it for me when there are movies and TV shows much older than this that are still worth watching today. It doesn't help that the show's original director for the first batch of episodes was fired (or something), and the new director steered the show in a more family-friendly direction. That's where I had to stop—at that point, I knew I wasn't going to get anything out of this. 3/10FLCL (Gainax, 2000, completed) This is the perfect show to watch if you ever need to teach someone a lesson in style-over-substance, and why that's not something you ever want. You know things are grim when the best thing about your show is the music (and even that's not as good as people seem to think it is). The plot is too obtuse for its own good, and I'm given very little reason to care about anything that's happening, thanks to the terrible characters (especially Haruko). I understand that this is a show that's best viewed multiple times in order to piece everything together, and that's fine, but if I'm not enjoying myself the first time around, and it hasn't given me any desire to continue watching it—then, well, why the fuck would I? What EXACTLY will doing this add to my quality of life? Probably not a single goddamn thing. And the Invader Zim-style humor is a huge problem when the show is meant to be a comedy. Absolutely migraine-inducing, but mercifully, it's only six episodes. 3/10Zatch Bell (Toei Animation, 2003, two episodes) 2/10Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (Toei Animation, 2003, one half-episode) 1/10One-Punch Man (Madhouse, 2015, completed) - 1/10
Fuck you, one punch man is a national treasure.
The search for anime that isn't complete and utter dogshit
