The search for anime that isn't complete and utter dogshit

MarKhan · August 29, 2017, 04:50:42 PM

Quote from: Paul Andersen on August 29, 2017, 01:56:16 PM

Quote from: MarKhan on August 29, 2017, 01:15:37 PM
Can I have your opinion on Serial Experiments Lain if/when you'll watch it?
if you want me to prioritize it, i'll need reasoning

It was popular during it`s release in 1998, and I noticed that you picking some staff basing on it`s popularity. I also like it due to stuff presented in this anime

SPOILER

or to be more precise: concepts and predictions about internet and technology described in it and how indirectly it was presented

so I guess I want you to watch it for that too. Now, do I want you to prioritize it? No, because I think it would be unfair to other people, waiting for your opinion on shows they requested. Serial Experiments Lain is 13 episodes long though and I think at least it's worth watching.

Verbatim · September 10, 2017, 08:32:33 PM

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (David Production, 2012, first two seasons) There are a lot of words in the English language that have become overused to the point of near-meaninglessness. I'm going to attempt to sum up this show in three of these words, and I can assure you that I intend to use them in their fullest and most undiluted form: Terrible. Stupid. Garbage. If you're familiar at all with how I tend to feel about anime in general, you already know why I hate this show—it's a storm of retarded tropes and clichés that tries to hide under the safety veil of "BUT IT'S SELF-AWARE!!!" like painting a log of shit gold somehow changes the fact that it's still shit. Yet with every headache-inducing moment of this gratuitous, over-the-top, and excessively homoerotic fuckfest of a show, I'm reminded that people actually enjoy this for the exact same reasons that I hate it. I guess I just hate fun, huh? Let's just ignore the fact that NOTHING about the plot makes any sense. Ignore the fact that the dull, unlikable characters make you want to pull your hair out. Ignore the fact that it has the worst artstyle in the entire fucking industry, and the ugliest and cheapest-looking character designs ever. Even the voice acting sucks. But "THAT'S THE POINT," right? Yeah, go fuck yourself. One of the worst shows I've ever seen, ever. 1/10

Hunter x Hunter (Madhouse, 2011, fist arc + a few random episodes) When my favorite thing about a show is that it's relatively low on fanservice, you know the show doesn't really have a whole lot else to show for it. Gon is probably my new favorite shonen protagonist—even though that's an extremely low bar—because not only does he actually feel like a character with genuine strengths and genuine weaknesses, there's something oddly human about his character, too. I say "oddly" human because it's very uncommon for an anime character to show any humanlike traits whatsoever, instead of a ridiculous caricatured gingerbread man of a person. That said, I don't really care for the story all that much, which is why I got bored after the first arc and started watching random episodes instead before I decided the show wasn't for me, as per usual. It's definitely not the worst thing I've put myself through, but I just don't really think it's gonna be worth another 100+ episodes. 4/10

Digimon Adventure (Toei, 1999, ten episodes + change) I saw a few episodes of this as a kid, so I decided to revisit a few as an adult. Honestly, I wish I watched more of it as a kid—I would've fucking loved it. 5/10

My Hero Academia (Bones, 2016, four episodes) Retarded. I don't understand why this is so popular right now. 2/10

Love Live! (Sunrise, 2013, five episodes) 1/10

Mint · September 10, 2017, 08:35:23 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on September 10, 2017, 08:32:33 PM

Love Live! (Sunrise, 2013, five episodes) 1/10

lol why did you even need to watch this?

Verbatim · September 10, 2017, 08:37:15 PM

Quote from: Mint on September 10, 2017, 08:35:23 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on September 10, 2017, 08:32:33 PM
Love Live! (Sunrise, 2013, five episodes) 1/10
lol why did you even need to watch this?

i'm watching everything

EVERYTHING

Mint · September 10, 2017, 08:48:40 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on September 10, 2017, 08:37:15 PM

Quote from: Mint on September 10, 2017, 08:35:23 PM
Quote from: Verbatim on September 10, 2017, 08:32:33 PM
Love Live! (Sunrise, 2013, five episodes) 1/10
lol why did you even need to watch this?
i'm watching everything

EVERYTHING

lmao you watched 5 episodes of it too lol

Verbatim · September 10, 2017, 08:49:11 PM

next:

fma:b
death note
attack on titan
colorful
91 days

Verbatim · September 10, 2017, 08:50:03 PM

Quote from: Mint on September 10, 2017, 08:48:40 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on September 10, 2017, 08:37:15 PM
Quote from: Mint on September 10, 2017, 08:35:23 PM
Quote from: Verbatim on September 10, 2017, 08:32:33 PM
Love Live! (Sunrise, 2013, five episodes) 1/10
lol why did you even need to watch this?
i'm watching everything

EVERYTHING
lmao you watched 5 episodes of it too lol

i noticed it only had 26 episodes and thought to myself "this will be easy"

Mint · September 10, 2017, 08:55:45 PM

I am actually surprised and disappointed that you watched even one second Boku no Pico.

Verbatim · September 10, 2017, 08:57:15 PM

Quote from: Mint on September 10, 2017, 08:55:45 PM

I am actually surprised and disappointed that you watched even one second Boku no Pico.

like 2girls1cup, it's kind of like a rite of passage at this point

mad boring though

i think it was iberian who asked me to watch and review a hentai, though, so maybe i'll go more in-depth on it

Verbatim · September 13, 2017, 07:13:42 PM

YouTube

fuck me dead this shit is grating

Mint · September 13, 2017, 08:48:40 PM

poor Verbatim is torturing himself for literally no reason

Big Boss · September 14, 2017, 06:23:37 AM

Watch Garo

Flee · September 14, 2017, 09:07:04 AM

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Turkey · September 14, 2017, 09:20:57 AM

Verb is anime Jesus

Hahahaha very funny Zonda · September 14, 2017, 09:39:32 AM

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MarKhan · September 14, 2017, 09:53:32 AM

Quote from: Turkey on September 14, 2017, 09:20:57 AM

Verb is anime Jesus

Spoiler

Verbatim · September 14, 2017, 10:38:06 AM

Quote from: ねこ on September 14, 2017, 09:39:32 AM

Verb once you're done with your list will you compile them in alphabetical order into one thread and shit post about it in everysite imaginable

yeah check the OP

Big Boss · September 14, 2017, 11:06:26 AM

Did you at least like the opening of JoJo though?

I think Sono Chi No Sadame is easily in the top 5 hypest anime OPs.

Verbatim · September 14, 2017, 11:29:28 AM

Quote from: Big Boss on September 14, 2017, 11:06:26 AM

Did you at least like the opening of JoJo though?

I think Sono Chi No Sadame is easily in the top 5 hypest anime OPs.

nope

the original pokémon opening is so far the only one that i like, and that's purely nostalgia-based

Verbatim · September 14, 2017, 11:57:09 AM

i also like this song they used for one of the naruto openings

everything else, i just skip, because it's too grating

MarKhan · September 14, 2017, 12:04:05 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on September 14, 2017, 11:57:09 AM

i also like this song they used for one of the naruto openings

everything else, i just skip, because it's too grating

For people getting region restriction on link, it is Asian Kung-Fu Generation -- Haruka Kanata

Elai · September 14, 2017, 12:21:20 PM

*R*O*C*K*S* is still my favourite Naruto Opening.

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Weirdly enough I like the first openings for both Naruto and Shippuden the most from their respective series.

Flee · September 14, 2017, 12:57:45 PM

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Elai · September 14, 2017, 02:06:40 PM

Quote from: Flee on September 14, 2017, 12:59:06 PM

Quote from: Snake on September 14, 2017, 12:21:20 PM
*R*O*C*K*S* is still my favourite Naruto Opening.

YouTube

Weirdly enough I like the first openings for both Naruto and Shippuden the most from their respective series.
How many episodes do I have to watch again before it gets good?

20. Then I let you go.

Flee · September 14, 2017, 02:25:29 PM

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Elai · September 14, 2017, 02:40:46 PM

Quote from: Flee on September 14, 2017, 02:25:29 PM

Quote from: Snake on September 14, 2017, 02:06:40 PM
Quote from: Flee on September 14, 2017, 12:59:06 PM
Quote from: Snake on September 14, 2017, 12:21:20 PM
*R*O*C*K*S* is still my favourite Naruto Opening.

YouTube

Weirdly enough I like the first openings for both Naruto and Shippuden the most from their respective series.
How many episodes do I have to watch again before it gets good?

20. Then I let you go.
Well I'm at 10 or so. Watched a bunch while traveling.

I'd still recommend going past that point (everyone I talk to says they were hooked at around 50) but if it feels like a slug after 20 or so just slow your pace down.

What do you think so far?

Flee · September 15, 2017, 04:26:03 PM

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Elai · September 15, 2017, 04:27:52 PM

Quote from: Flee on September 15, 2017, 04:26:03 PM

Quote from: Snake on September 14, 2017, 02:40:46 PM
Quote from: Flee on September 14, 2017, 02:25:29 PM
Quote from: Snake on September 14, 2017, 02:06:40 PM
Quote from: Flee on September 14, 2017, 12:59:06 PM
Quote from: Snake on September 14, 2017, 12:21:20 PM
*R*O*C*K*S* is still my favourite Naruto Opening.

YouTube

Weirdly enough I like the first openings for both Naruto and Shippuden the most from their respective series.
How many episodes do I have to watch again before it gets good?

20. Then I let you go.
Well I'm at 10 or so. Watched a bunch while traveling.

I'd still recommend going past that point (everyone I talk to says they were hooked at around 50) but if it feels like a slug after 20 or so just slow your pace down.

What do you think so far?
It's alright, but I'm not sure I can stick with it. Plenty of things that I'm not too fond of. I'm liking the general story line so far, but that's most of what I can say. Some of the fighting is pretty decent too, but that's about it. Stuff I don't like:

- it's still playing out like a preteen middle school drama of a love/hate relationship between a girl and two boys.

- so much edge. Some of the people in Dragonball (like Vegeta) do this too from time to time, but this is next level shit. Every other person seems to want to be the cool "nothing personnel kid" type of guy very often.

- overplayed elements. Yeah, we get it. You can transform into a rock or a piece of wood and people will attack the wrong thing. We've seen it a dozen times in 9 episodes, so get on with it already.

- teleports behind him. nothing personnel kid. Woah ok it was a log. teleports behind him. woah ok it was water. teleports behind him. woah ok it was another fake?! That was some shite right there.

- the constant explanations and repeats. We literally saw this 3 minutes ago. I don't need two more repeats of the same footage with a gray filter over it while Naruto spends (no joke) a quarter of an episode explaining pretty obvious stuff in the face of this supposedly badass assassin guy doing nothing. Come on now. Half of this could've been scrapped.

There was definitely more stuff that made me roll my eyes or want to skip ahead, but that's what I can remember off the top of my head. Overall, it's not such a bad show and the storyline is pretty decent. The whole thing with Naruto having the fox spirit in him and being an outcast, the ninja ranks and different countries, the escort mission and ninja hunting them (with the one pretending to kill him - decent twist although kind of predictable he wouldn't be dead)... All pretty good. But I'm not feeling that engaged or interested in knowing what happens next, and that's pretty important. Dragonball has its fair share of dumb shit as well, but I keep watching because the other stuff makes up for it and because I want to see what happens next in the big universe tournament. And as it stands now, I kind of doubt Naruto will be the same.

What episode are you at now?

And I think Naruto definitely has the same thing Dragon Ball has of looking forward to the next big event, but unless you had prior knowledge of what the event is, you won't be willing to go through a lot of it. I think Dragon Ball is a worse offender of this because at least original Naruto has no filler inbetween its main arcs. Hopefully you decide to stick with it until 50-60 at least which is where almost everyone agrees it gets hyped. 20 or so is just where I saw the value of the show and decided to stick with the less interesting bits.

Elai · September 15, 2017, 04:29:32 PM

I wish I had access to my anarchy thread where I first started watching it.