Most disappointing anime you've watched

[Kai Robin]

[quote="Mave"]Nominated Victims of the following categories:

3) "Ehhh....I don't get it." The Guessing Game Award: Utena The Movie & Evangelion (in general)
Haha...I don't have a problem admitting that I'm not smart enough to figure out what exactly happens in a title sometimes. These titles are not bad but sometimes I feel I spend too much time trying to figure out the “Who? What? Where? Why?â€

[Debitt]

To add again...I'm a touch discouraged with the D.Gray-man anime thus far. It started off well, though it garbled the order of a events from the manga....then it went into fillers at episode 14. I haven't stopped crying about that yet, but I hope it redeems itself with the Crowley arc, as it's one of my favorite arcs in the manga.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

Pfffft. If you think the titles you guys listed were bad.....

Go watch Futakoi. Probably one of the worst anime titles ever.

[Fish and Chips]

To add again...I'm a touch discouraged with the D.Gray-man anime thus far. It started off well, though it garbled the order of a events from the manga....then it went into fillers at episode 14. I haven't stopped crying about that yet, but I hope it redeems itself with the Crowley arc, as it's one of my favorite arcs in the manga.

They've got someone reviewing the series on Memento. Looks like it's shaping up good again.

I still haven't seen past episode 3, though, so what do I know?

[SnoringFrog]

.Hack//Signs - This had to be one of the most boring things I ever watched. I couldn't stand that absolutely nothing interesting ever happened. The first tiem I saw Legend of the Twilight and saw someone running, I immediately knew it was loads better than Signs.

[TriezGamer]

Pfffft. If you think the titles you guys listed were bad.....

Go watch Futakoi. Probably one of the worst anime titles ever.

At least Futakoi Alternative was mildly amusing.

[Tenshi no Ai]

.Hack//Signs - This had to be one of the most boring things I ever watched. I couldn't stand that absolutely nothing interesting ever happened. The first tiem I saw Legend of the Twilight and saw someone running, I immediately knew it was loads better than Signs.

It's actually interesting. The first time I watched through SIGN, I thought it was boring, just had dialogue and nothing too interesting, but kept watching it for Yuki's awsome music. But, when I started to play through the first 4 set of games, I went back and revisited the show again, and it wasn't until then that I appreciated SIGN. *shrugs* Maybe it just fits together nicely like that and you gain more appreciation for it, I dunno^^ Sort of like when I watched through .hack//Roots I was like "..." but after playing GU I actually want to watch it again^^ *waits for boxset*...

[MasterDias]

To add again...I'm a touch discouraged with the D.Gray-man anime thus far. It started off well, though it garbled the order of a events from the manga....then it went into fillers at episode 14. I haven't stopped crying about that yet, but I hope it redeems itself with the Crowley arc, as it's one of my favorite arcs in the manga.

Well, this is what one gets when they adapt an on-going Jump manga that only has like 10/11 volumes worth of material. They should have waited awhile.
To its credit, I didn't think the fillers was that bad. Pointless yes, but I found them watchable, although 18 was rather random.

[Shadowalker]

My most disappointing anime was probably Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. I echo the sentiments of others here who were disappointed by it..

The visuals and voice acting (I saw the English dub of it) were exceptional, but it was just too slow for my liking, which is why I only saw about three episodes of it. At the very least, I thought it would have action on par with Kiddy Grade, but it didn't.

[Sami_jane]

hmm most dissapointing for me personally would be ah my goddess. i know a lot of people really like that show but i just couldnt get into it. i got about half way through the series. as for most dissapointing ending though i would have to say tokyo underground. it really made me mad the way they ended that one.

[EricTheFred]

I just read through this thread and was amused to find almost every single favorite anime of mine dissed by at least one person somewhere along the way. Just goes to show how much tastes vary I suppose.

For me, the greatest disappointments are not shows I disliked when others liked them, even though that seems to be the norm here. I read several "I heard this was supposed to be good, but I didn't like it" posts. My disappointments are shows which I liked... until they royally screwed them up.

Top of my list is "Magicano". I loved this one all the way up to the middle of the last episode. Then it tanked.

And honoroable mention goes to:

"Ikkitousen" - Really, seriously good anime that has so much fanservice I couldn't keep watching it. Literally just too distracting.

[minakichan]

Hmm... I'm sure I have really strong feelings, but I can't think of them off the top of my head.

Houshin Engi -- loved the manga, if for the awesome art style and characters more than the story. The anime tanked on all three parts, but definitely on the story. I bought the DVD full-price expecting it to be awesome, and I was severely disappointed; the dub was also possibly the worst I've seen (and I've seen bad dubs), with terrible ad-lib puns and painful voice acting.

Spiral -- just because it got the whole "manga's not finished, don't know how to handle the ending" treatment. It's pretty common I suppose, but Spiral treated it the worst.

Kashimashi -- .......ok, yes, it's yuri, but I heard great things about it, along the lines of "even a yuri-hater can enjoy it!" and "watching this will change your outlook" and "it's such a deeply moving love story that you'll forget it's about girls." I went in open-minded, expecting something I could still enjoy or at least sit through, and ...It was so full of painfully pastel colors; idiotically melodramatic childish angst; unfitting and unfunny comic relief and sci-fi and fanservice, and an insanely and inanely contrived and convoluted, sorry excuse for a plot. Even if it was het romance, it would have been beyond terrible. It's sort of the reason I'm staying away from yuri (and yes, I HAVE seen other yuri, so I kind of know what's going on)-- it's homosexual, yes, but at the same time, it's mostly just BAD.

[~darkelfgirl~]

Well...I think Mar and Figure 17 was the worse I've seen. For Mar, I expected more is all (then again, I watched only one episode and was turned off). Figure 17 was unlike the manga, because it was more of the school life of Tsubasa and Hikaru (there was this one drawling episode about them playing soccer). I wanted more of the sci-fi alien action. The manga is better if you're thinking of checking it out, in my opinion.

[ADXC]

Paranoia Agent- Really do I need to say more? Some of the episodes made no sense. It was okay sometimes, but the ending was stupid.

Tokko- Bad ending, I sorta liked the story but it had a horrible ending.

[Tyrel]

Basilisk.. That end.. yeah sure it was sort of poetic and stuff... but man.. what a waste of time.

[SnEptUne]

[quote="minakichan (post: 1193321)"]Hmm... I'm sure I have really strong feelings, but I can't think of them off the top of my head.

Houshin Engi -- loved the manga, if for the awesome art style and characters more than the story. The anime tanked on all three parts, but definitely on the story. I bought the DVD full-price expecting it to be awesome, and I was severely disappointed]

I didn't get to see the ending of Houshin Engi, but it was quite interesting. But then again, I was just a kid, who find anything new interesting.

As for Kashimashi, I agree. It wasn't as horrible as ... say, green green or Macross Zero, but it isn't anything "deep". At least it isn't about stupid stereotypical pigheaded "boys" looking for villians to defeat. Blue Drop is better for a yuri, but it isn't anything deep either.

On the other hand, Maria-sama ga Miteru is probably the most well done borderline-yuri I have seen, probably because I used to go to school like that.

[minakichan]

Houshin Engi-- I think I was probably spoiled by the manga; still, the art quality really made me mad (although the anime pinups are OK), and the story was kind of destroyed. ><

Kashimashi-- It was just ridiculous and insulting to what little intelligence I may have, and it totally didn't live up to my expectations. I only watched the first four eps of Blue Drop, but it was MUCH better; I thought the relationships were pretty believable, and I even found myself cheering for the main character (but the whole alien-fighting machines thing kind of ruined it for me). (I didn't continue because I read the first chapter of the "boy version" manga, and that really make my head hurt.)

[the_wolfs_howl]

For the most disappointing anime I've seen, first you have to understand something. As anyone who really knows me could tell you, I'm a huge fan of Full Metal Alchemist. I doubt it will ever stop being my favorite anime ever, even if Arakawa completely botched up the ending to the manga (please, please don't, Arakawa-san! ). That being said, the most disappointing ending to any anime I've ever seen was FMA. I was expecting SO much, but none of it was fulfilled!!! I've seen horrible anime endings, but nothing will ever top FMA's.

Escaflowne: A Girl in Gaea (movie). I didn't really like the animation style (are you sure you were in on it, BONES?), and the whole story was kind of botched and weird. And it didn't help anything that I watched it to the atrocious English dub ><

Okay, probably people are going to hate me for this or at least not understand, but another disappointing anime for me was Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. I'd heard that it was a masterpiece, Miyazaki's finest, etc. etc. But I didn't think it was actually all that great. Everything it did that people were raving about, Princess Mononoke did so much better. And one thing I've always liked about Miyazaki's movies is how sweet the romances are - either selfless love that allows Sophie to save Howl's life, or childlike love that causes Pazu to twirl Sheeta around when they're tied together. And while there was a romance in Nausicaa, it never really felt as sweet or even as realized as I've come to expect in Miyazaki movies. Overall, Nausicaa was a letdown for me.

[RidleyofZebes]

Gundam Seed. - A lot of people died at the end of everything. I probably wouldn't have been so disappointed if I had realized that the movie I watched was the end of the series instead of a standalone before I watched it. I really have no reason to watch the rest of the series now. ;_;

Saishuu Shiken Kujira - I'm not sure if this even counts as an anime. What with the fanservice, and the HUGE gap between episodes 7 and 8 where the world falls apart... This 5 min. x 12 episode series left me feeling confused and sad.

[Stephen]

Trigun for me. I hated the theme the series had. And as others have said, the only worth while character died. So yeah.

[Doubleshadow]

Ergo Proxy- I had such high hopes for it, but couldn't follow the dub at all. Maybe it was the time slot and repetition of episodes. I want to see a subbed version.
I have seen other disappointing series, but the reason for this is mostly poor editing for the American audience.

[EricTheFred]

Ergo Proxy is very confusing. I think to follow this one, you need to see some of the episodes multiple times. I like this one, but I know what you mean.

Okay, probably people are going to hate me for this or at least not understand, but another disappointing anime for me was Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. I'd heard that it was a masterpiece, Miyazaki's finest, etc. etc. But I didn't think it was actually all that great. Everything it did that people were raving about, Princess Mononoke did so much better. And one thing I've always liked about Miyazaki's movies is how sweet the romances are - either selfless love that allows Sophie to save Howl's life, or childlike love that causes Pazu to twirl Sheeta around when they're tied together. And while there was a romance in Nausicaa, it never really felt as sweet or even as realized as I've come to expect in Miyazaki movies. Overall, Nausicaa was a letdown for me.

I didn't care for Nausicaa, either, although I thought the animation was gorgeous, possibly some of his best. I put several of his films higher on the list (including another one dissed by someone here, 'Whisper of the Heart'.)

[Shadowalker]

I just read through this thread and was amused to find almost every single favorite anime of mine dissed by at least one person somewhere along the way. Just goes to show how much tastes vary I suppose.

For me, the greatest disappointments are not shows I disliked when others liked them, even though that seems to be the norm here. I read several "I heard this was supposed to be good, but I didn't like it" posts. My disappointments are shows which I liked... until they royally screwed them up.

Top of my list is "Magicano". I loved this one all the way up to the middle of the last episode. Then it tanked.

And honoroable mention goes to:

"Ikkitousen" - Really, seriously good anime that has so much fanservice I couldn't keep watching it. Literally just too distracting.

I'm surprised that there's at least one other poster on CAA that's seen Ikkitousen besides myself, as it really walks the line between ecchi and downright hentai, imo.

I agree with you, though - Ikkitousen actually had a really cool storyline, and a neat cast of characters, but the ecchi aspects of it are so heavy that I often found myself wondering if the viewer was meant to take the story all that seriously or not. The fanservice was distracting, as you wrote.

Some posters have mentioned Mar on this thread. I myself was a little bit disappointed in the anime. It was just a bit too kiddy for me.

[EricTheFred]

I'm surprised that there's at least one other poster on CAA that's seen Ikkitousen besides myself, as it really walks the line between ecchi and downright hentai, imo.

I agree with you, though - Ikkitousen actually had a really cool storyline, and a neat cast of characters, but the ecchi aspects of it are so heavy that I often found myself wondering if the viewer was meant to take the story all that seriously or not. The fanservice was distracting, as you wrote.

Some posters have mentioned Mar on this thread. I myself was a little bit disappointed in the anime. It was just a bit too kiddy for me.

I fought my way though one disc (I can't remember how many episodes) on the assurance that I ought to like the story if I got past the "Issues". I couldn't. What I saw stayed just barely on this side of H.

On the plus side, it was one of the most imaginative "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" derivatives I've ever run across. On the minus side, the very idea of a girl having such rush of "chi" during combat her clothing can't take it and explodes off her... let's just say I can only roll my eyes so much before they start hurting. (This was described to me from a later episode, I think. I don't remember the scene or scenes, so I think it was in parts that my friend synopsized for me after I gave up trying to watch it. But, the stuff I had witnessed so far was just as bad, so...)

[Doubleshadow]

For me, the greatest disappointments are not shows I disliked when others liked them, even though that seems to be the norm here. I read several "I heard this was supposed to be good, but I didn't like it" posts. My disappointments are shows which I liked... until they royally screwed them up.

Well, if that's your basis for evaluation, I have to go with Death Note. I loved the idea of settling down for a thinking anime and then someone spoiled the ending for me, revealing something that totally trashed the whole series in my mind. *mumbles incoherently things that can't be said aloud*

[SnEptUne]

[quote="minakichan (post: 1193368)"]Houshin Engi-- I think I was probably spoiled by the manga]

"boy version"? I hope it isn't perverted... as that's what boys are stereotypically supposed to think of. I just can't understand people when it comes to lust or what not.

[animewarrior]

[quote="RidleyofZebes (post: 1193436)"]Gundam Seed. - A lot of people died at the end of everything. I probably wouldn't have been so disappointed if I had realized that the movie I watched was the end of the series instead of a standalone before I watched it. I really have no reason to watch the rest of the series now. ]

I would recommend you watch the series (Gundam SEED) from the beginning. Also EVERYONE DOESN'T DIE.... I admit that alot of characters do....sadly:(... made me cry...but the sequel would have NO basis whatsoever if they killed everyone. *I watched Gundam SEED Destiny first but now I'm going back and watching Gundam SEED cuz there's some background story for some of the characters and yeeeaaahh... please realize although this is a mecha anime that doesn't mean that everyone fights 24/7... there is quite a bit of character developement but that doesn't bother me....

*Note on Sub vs. Dub - I prefer the dub but thats only because the voice actors actually seem to be ACTING! that seems to be a rare quality in Dub these days....sad

NOW onto my anime dissapointments list:

- Black Cat: I still have all the episodes because I love the manga so much but the DUB IS HORRIBLE.... at least watch the sub if you want to see the series... but I personally prefer the manga... I marathoned the show and well I was rather dissapointed in the portrayal of the main character. However I still watch the anime because its still OK...meh enough has been said....

- One Piece: I didn't really like this anime since the beginning... the art style is defintely different than the average..which is fine... but the series drags ON AND ON.... I don't really like it at all... manga either... meh

- A note on Naruto:
Some people are saying that they didn't really like the series... me I tune in every week and still like the anime but I'm not obsessive over it.... Season 1 was REALLY lame...luckily I started watching the anime in the second half of Season 2... trust its REALLY good...but if you want to watch a random episode i recommend you read the manga up to the point that you're gonna start watchin the anime... that's what I did anyway... meh you don't like you don't like...

[minakichan]

"boy version"? I hope it isn't perverted... as that's what boys are stereotypically supposed to think of. I just can't understand people when it comes to lust or what not.

Heh. "Girl" Blue Drop can actually have nice romance drama. "Boy" Blue Drop is all about the sex liek whao. Perverted isn't even the first word that comes to mind; mind-bogglingly shallow is more like it, along the lines of "well, I have no clue who she is or what she wants, but she IS really cute, I guess I should have sex with her." I am neither joking nor exaggerating; I am practically quoting the character's line.

[SnEptUne]

[quote="minakichan (post: 1193645)"]Heh. "Girl" Blue Drop can actually have nice romance drama. "Boy" Blue Drop is all about the sex liek whao. Perverted isn't even the first word that comes to mind]

Oh my. I am glad I didn't know of such version. What a way to kill a story.

[Roy Mustang]

Gundam 79 and Gundam 0083.

I know that Gundam 79 was the series to start it all, but I felt that UC gundam fans hype this series up too much.

Gundam 0083 was another too much hype OVA that I just didn't care for.


[color="Red"][font="Book Antiqua"]Col. Roy Mustang[/font][/color]