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Aug 4, 2014 3:06 PM

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all the harems besides monogatari and haruhi
Aug 4, 2014 3:47 PM

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Yaoi needs to die because it's spawned many horrible fanfics and stupid hambeast fangirls.

Incest is very common in anime and should just stop, why do Japanese people find that interesting? It's weird.
Aug 4, 2014 3:53 PM

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People that want to destroy a genre are intolerant and silly.
Anime is good because have so much genre. We only need to see the cartoons.


SEE THAT YOU LIKE AND BE HAPPY.
Aug 4, 2014 4:16 PM
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chaosdanub said:
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Harems.

Every last fucking one.

EVERY SINGLE ONE.


You do realize more than half of your favorite shows are harem right? very ironic.

No game no life, Sword Art Online, Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Skip Beat!, Nisekoi etc.
Aug 4, 2014 4:20 PM

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definitely mecha
Aug 4, 2014 4:26 PM
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SarahIlayda said:
definitely mecha


That is strange since you haven't seen one besides Guilty Crown (which is just half mecha).
Aug 4, 2014 5:03 PM

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maybe harem but there are some harem shows out there that are actually pretty good(The world god only knows is a good example) so none really. Just tone it down with the moe and ecchi stuff.
Aug 4, 2014 5:15 PM

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Harems. You all pretty much the same thing every single time. . . the same bad thing.

Aug 4, 2014 5:31 PM
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Saburo-kun said:
Harems. You all pretty much the same thing every single time. . . the same bad thing.


Bakemonogatari is harem, so is sword art online. Even Steins;Gate and Code geass have harem elements. Fate universe are semi-harem due to its VN nature.

Harem have been deeply entrenched in anime, you might as well not watch anime at all.
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Aug 4, 2014 5:35 PM

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bighandxyz said:
Saburo-kun said:
Harems. You all pretty much the same thing every single time. . . the same bad thing.


Bakemonogatari is harem, so is sword art online. Even Steins;Gate and Code geass have harem elements.

Harem have been deeply entrenched in anime, you might as well not watch anime at all.


I said pretty much, not always. SAO is not a harem, and I don't see how Steins;Gate and Code Geass have harem elements unless having a few girls make them a harem. Maybe you just see a harem in every series you watch.

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Saburo-kun said:
bighandxyz said:


Bakemonogatari is harem, so is sword art online. Even Steins;Gate and Code geass have harem elements.

Harem have been deeply entrenched in anime, you might as well not watch anime at all.


I said pretty much, not always. SAO is not a harem, and I don't see how Steins;Gate and Code Geass have harem elements unless having a few girls make them a harem. Maybe you just see a harem in every series you watch.


Of course SAO is harem. Literally the new heroine of every single novel falls in love with kirito at the end. It is touma-isk type of harem, what makes you think otherwise? edit: Well, actually maybe the anime have not gotten that far, but he's building his harem country like touma.

Having an harem element simply means more than 3 girls is in love with a guy. There is CC, karen, and Shirley for obvious ones (plus the hoard of girls from his school)

Romance isn't a focus point of Steingate, but it is a harem. See last few episodes, there are at least 4 girls who likes Okarin
Aug 4, 2014 5:45 PM

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What: Sport
Why: It sucks
Aug 4, 2014 7:03 PM

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bighandxyz said:
Saburo-kun said:


I said pretty much, not always. SAO is not a harem, and I don't see how Steins;Gate and Code Geass have harem elements unless having a few girls make them a harem. Maybe you just see a harem in every series you watch.


Of course SAO is harem. Literally the new heroine of every single novel falls in love with kirito at the end. It is touma-isk type of harem, what makes you think otherwise? edit: Well, actually maybe the anime have not gotten that far, but he's building his harem country like touma.

Having an harem element simply means more than 3 girls is in love with a guy. There is CC, karen, and Shirley for obvious ones (plus the hoard of girls from his school)

Romance isn't a focus point of Steingate, but it is a harem. See last few episodes, there are at least 4 girls who likes Okarin


I don't know who Touma is, but. . .
Oh, I guess SAO, I only watched S1 but I know that more novels exist. As for Steins;Gate, I'm going to be honest and say I watched it a long time ago but don't recall four girls liking Okarin. And Code Geass, I guesss so, I didn't think CC liked him in that way, and I didn't get that harem feeling maybe because it's not a romance.
but yes I guess it is limited since I now know the definition of harem, I just thought of them as those mediocre comedies with the dense male lead and stuff.

Aug 4, 2014 7:08 PM

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Yaoi needs to die.
Aug 4, 2014 7:30 PM

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Aug 4, 2014 7:43 PM

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Zymf said:
What: Sport
Why: It sucks

Sep 4, 2014 2:40 AM

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Yaoi. Don't make me say that word again.
私 は あ な た が 私 を 養 う た い !


Sep 4, 2014 2:45 AM

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Yaoi and Yuri are basically in the same boat,its extremely hypocritical to hate one and love the other....
Sep 4, 2014 2:46 AM

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Moe for sure and anything related to lolis.
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Sep 4, 2014 9:00 AM

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Would have said fighting/action before but Hunter x Hunter changed me...

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What: Sport
Why: It sucks

So sad.
Sep 4, 2014 9:02 AM

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Harems goddamnit.
Anyone who doesn't hate anime hasn't watched enough anime.
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Sep 4, 2014 9:04 AM

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mayukachan said:
Would have said fighting/action before but Hunter x Hunter changed me...

Zymf said:
What: Sport
Why: It sucks

So sad.


What's wrong with action?
Sep 4, 2014 9:05 AM

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SuperRed said:
What's wrong with action?

I don't like it, and it gets repetitive for me. I can watch a lot of shows without the action and fight scenes and it would have been better (FMA:B and SAO for example)
Sep 4, 2014 9:09 AM
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mayukachan said:
SuperRed said:
What's wrong with action?

I don't like it, and it gets repetitive for me. I can watch a lot of shows without the action and fight scenes and it would have been better (FMA:B and SAO for example)
Sao without fight scene would be basically a slice of life anime except its in a virtual world with no way to get out of lol.Have not watched fma to comment on it but I doubt it would be better without action IMHO
Sep 4, 2014 9:12 AM

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SAO would be better if it was like Log Horizon or even NGNL where it focused on game aspects more and sci-fi rather than "FIGHT THE BOSS YEAAAAAH."

FMA:B - One of the only reasons why I even took off points was for it dragging out for too long with multiple fight scenes back to back when the the story was really well written. It could have been as great as Monster which is something that didn't need that much action to tell a good tale.
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bighandxyz said:
Saburo-kun said:


I said pretty much, not always. SAO is not a harem, and I don't see how Steins;Gate and Code Geass have harem elements unless having a few girls make them a harem. Maybe you just see a harem in every series you watch.


Of course SAO is harem. Literally the new heroine of every single novel falls in love with kirito at the end. It is touma-isk type of harem, what makes you think otherwise? edit: Well, actually maybe the anime have not gotten that far, but he's building his harem country like touma.

Having an harem element simply means more than 3 girls is in love with a guy. There is CC, karen, and Shirley for obvious ones (plus the hoard of girls from his school)

Romance isn't a focus point of Steingate, but it is a harem. See last few episodes, there are at least 4 girls who likes Okarin
3 girls 1 guy u mean since ruka is a trap haha
Sep 4, 2014 9:13 AM

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mayukachan said:
SuperRed said:
What's wrong with action?

I don't like it, and it gets repetitive for me. I can watch a lot of shows without the action and fight scenes and it would have been better (FMA:B and SAO for example)


I'm sorry mayuka but this time you're talking nonsense. How would these shows develop their plot, their conflicts, their villains without any action? Without action the stuff you can write is extremely limited, I see no way this would result in more interesting shows even if you dislike the action scenes themselves. FMAB and SAO would just not exist, period. Or FMAB would be 20 minutes long about the s-o-l of Edward and Al living with their mother on the countryside. The end. We would have seasons filled only with down-to-earth romance, s-o-l and sports shows, which would be incredibly one-sided even though I enjoy those genres.
Taking action out of the equation is like taking comedy or any kind of romance out of every story, it can only have negative effects.
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Sep 4, 2014 9:17 AM

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^ I'm not saying it should omit all of the action out. I just felt like it was a bit too much. Maybe I'm just not the target audience. No, I don't think FMA:B should be remotely close to SOL. If you've seen something like Monster, it does it effectively. Cutting all the lengthy fights to a minimum while still having conflicts, villains and a good plot.

A reason why HxH changed my perspective of it is because its fights are short enough to keep my attention span and it even has explanations and strategies instead of just nakama power fighting.

This thread is just based on opinions, btw. I'm not saying I'm correct but this is what I would have preferred.
Sep 4, 2014 9:21 AM

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yaoi. It's disgusting.

There are quite a few genres that anime could do without, but that's the worst of the worst.
Sep 4, 2014 9:22 AM
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mayukachan said:
SAO would be better if it was like Log Horizon or even NGNL where it focused on game aspects more and sci-fi rather than "FIGHT THE BOSS YEAAAAAH."

FMA:B - One of the only reasons why I even took off points was for it dragging out for too long with multiple fight scenes back to back when the the story was really well written. It could have been as great as Monster which is something that didn't need that much action to tell a good tale.
I don't really agree on that sao point since sao was meant to be a survival type anime,and defeating the boss on ever floor is also a key element of an rpg/mmo game like dungeons and dragons so u can't really say there wasn't game aspects.But I can see why people would prefer an anime like log horizons and ngnl over sao since I too really liked the tones of ngnl and log horizon but IMO sao with its action wouldn't be sao at all
Sep 4, 2014 9:24 AM

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^ But I think SAO had too many boss battles when it could have had more time in the game world. Most of what I remember off season 1 was Kirito getting all the bitches and him defeating multiple boss battles.

If we're comparing survival anime, BTOOOM!! did it way better as it didn't have repetitive fights, switched up the villains, had the strategy and still keep me entertained.

kay i gotta go out so i'll reply to your posts in 8 hrs later probably
Sep 4, 2014 9:32 AM

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mayukachan said:
^ I'm not saying it should omit all of the action out. I just felt like it was a bit too much. Maybe I'm just not the target audience. No, I don't think FMA:B should be remotely close to SOL. If you've seen something like Monster, it does it effectively. Cutting all the lengthy fights to a minimum while still having conflicts, villains and a good plot.

A reason why HxH changed my perspective of it is because its fights are short enough to keep my attention span and it even has explanations and strategies instead of just nakama power fighting.

This thread is just based on opinions, btw. I'm not saying I'm correct but this is what I would have preferred.


Well, since the thread title indicates 'destroying' a genre, that's how I interpreted it. Whittling down the action in some parts is an entirely different thing though, that's something that can be argued.
I still don't see FMAB successfully going down the Monster route though. Alchemy would just be hardly used if it couldn't be used for action. Plus the theme of war was a big one in FMAB, hard to depict that without action. Monster was too different in terms of setting (realistic) and focus (psychological) that you couldn't really make those two series similar without robbing one of them of their essence.
I probably regret this post by now.
Sep 4, 2014 9:42 AM
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mayukachan said:
^ But I think SAO had too many boss battles when it could have had more time in the game world. Most of what I remember off season 1 was Kirito getting all the bitches and him defeating multiple boss battles.

If we're comparing survival anime, BTOOOM!! did it way better as it didn't have repetitive fights, switched up the villains, had the strategy and still keep me entertained.

kay i gotta go out so i'll reply to your posts in 8 hrs later probably
Yea I can agree with u on that point about spending more time in the game world,one of the things I believe sao did wrong was it skipping the daily life of kirito when he was still alone it would have really helped in building his character.but I think that although btooom did the survival aspect better,sao was the overall better show since I honestly think that the sao characters were more entertaining and that it did a better job at implementing the "game" element
Sep 4, 2014 3:15 PM

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I wouldn't destroy any genre. There are genres I watch and genres I refuse to watch.But I am not going to fault anyone for watching what they like.
Sep 4, 2014 3:48 PM

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mayukachan said:
^ But I think SAO had too many boss battles when it could have had more time in the game world. Most of what I remember off season 1 was Kirito getting all the bitches and him defeating multiple boss battles.

If we're comparing survival anime, BTOOOM!! did it way better as it didn't have repetitive fights, switched up the villains, had the strategy and still keep me entertained.

kay i gotta go out so i'll reply to your posts in 8 hrs later probably


the first boss battle was in episode 2

the 2nd serious one was around episode 7 or 8

i might even be able to count all the boss battles on one hand

what the fawk is this shiz
Sep 4, 2014 3:51 PM

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Sport
Why: Because i feel like they exaggerate and dumb down sports irl. I am an avid sports fan. Mainly basketball, and kuroko no basket makes it seem stupid. Hajime no ippo was good though

Harem
Why: Better to watch porn then to have a fetish for cartoon tits and just be a general weirdo
Sep 4, 2014 3:51 PM

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my super biased opinion incoming: I'd destroy mechas because I hate mechas.
That's all.
At least I stayed on topic.
Sep 4, 2014 3:57 PM

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It's not my place to "destroy a genre", especially when others take great stock in some of the things I could do without.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
Sep 4, 2014 4:36 PM

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AzuStar said:
the first boss battle was in episode 2

the 2nd serious one was around episode 7 or 8

i might even be able to count all the boss battles on one hand

what the fawk is this shiz

From what I remember clearly, the first cour was mostly boss battles (or "badass" moments) and waifu time with Asuna.

Higashi_no_Kaze said:
Well, since the thread title indicates 'destroying' a genre, that's how I interpreted it. Whittling down the action in some parts is an entirely different thing though, that's something that can be argued.
I still don't see FMAB successfully going down the Monster route though. Alchemy would just be hardly used if it couldn't be used for action. Plus the theme of war was a big one in FMAB, hard to depict that without action. Monster was too different in terms of setting (realistic) and focus (psychological) that you couldn't really make those two series similar without robbing one of them of their essence.

I can see FMA:B cutting a lot of the fighting and having more of the other stuff. I just found some of the fights (esp the homonculus battles) overused and repetitive. It's just my opinion though.
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mayukachan said:
AzuStar said:
the first boss battle was in episode 2

the 2nd serious one was around episode 7 or 8

i might even be able to count all the boss battles on one hand

what the fawk is this shiz

From what I remember clearly, the first cour was mostly boss battles (or "badass" moments) and waifu time with Asuna.



so now your expanding "boss battles" to "when someone looks cool"?
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Qans said:

Harem
Why: Better to watch porn then to have a fetish for cartoon tits and just be a general weirdo
You have steins;Gate in your favorites though
Sep 4, 2014 4:43 PM

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Shounen.

Somebody do a deconstruction and they get 10/10.

No, not SnK.
Sep 4, 2014 4:48 PM

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AzuStar said:
so now your expanding "boss battles" to "when someone looks cool"?

Both.
Sep 4, 2014 5:10 PM

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I'm not sure how we're defining genre here, but If I had to destroy one, I supposed I'd choose romance. It's probably the one I'm least interested in.

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Qans said:

Harem
Why: Better to watch porn then to have a fetish for cartoon tits and just be a general weirdo
You have steins;Gate in your favorites though

Well, none of what he said is intrinsic to harems, so if you consider that he doesn't know what a harem is, it makes sense.
Sieg Zeon!
Sep 4, 2014 5:18 PM

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Why not remove all genres and force the anime industry to reset?
Sep 4, 2014 5:29 PM

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Mecha, I really don't see how 2 big freaking robots fighting each other could be considered "enjoyable" to watch
Sep 4, 2014 5:32 PM

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Moe. D:< If it counts as a genre.
Sep 4, 2014 5:39 PM

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PencilSharpener said:
I'm not sure how we're defining genre here, but If I had to destroy one, I supposed I'd choose romance. It's probably the one I'm least interested in.

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You have steins;Gate in your favorites though

Well, none of what he said is intrinsic to harems, so if you consider that he doesn't know what a harem is, it makes sense.

I dont really consider Steins Gate a harem and most harem are ecchi
Sep 4, 2014 6:25 PM

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well i was thinking yaoi but than they would just have more gay undertones in male friendships (Bro-mances) so better to let the girls have their fap material.
but now that i thought more i would pick romance since too many animes have it and im always less interested when i see that tag.
Sep 4, 2014 6:29 PM

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Shoujo romance, the guys are way too above average to be relatable in the ones I've seen.
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