Tenkuu Danzai Skelter+Heaven

Too long, have I been watching shows where I understood what was happening.
Too long also, have I been watching fully animated shows, when instead I should have been watching the glorious mix of visual novel and non-animation that this OVA delights viewers with.
For an 18 minute OVA I'm glad they didn't fall in to the trap that previous writers have, in actually trying to tell a story, instead, showing me several flashbacks and a good 3 minutes of scenery.

Is this really the worst anime of all times, according to MAL?

I took my time to watch this 19 minute OVA for the sake of curiosity of understanding why this anime is on the bottom of the bottom of the ranking of MyAnimeList. To try to understand why is it the only anime with a score below than 2.0, even worse than Abunai Sisters (something that gives me eye cancer just by looking at the characters). It turns out that it's not as terrible as I was expecting.

Is the anime bad? Yes it is. Is it the worst thing that ever existed? Nah, far from ... it.

First of all, you have to mind that this OVA is based on a PS2 game, something created especifically for the fans of the game. You can't really expect it to develop a well structured plot, even because you don't have enough time to do something like that in 19 minutes. So without knowing the context of the story of the game, you can't really take the anime too seriously on that regard.

The art is okay considering this was released in 2004, though I have to say the 2D animation is very low budget. The thing that is dreadful, however, is the 3D animation of the show. Be it the mechas or the giant alien squid, there's no action, no motion at all. It feels odd and out of the place, and I believe those CGI graphics are bad even for 2004 standards. It's so terrible, even the dramatic parts of the OVA felt comic from just how bad the CGI was animated.

The characters are okay, neither good or bad. The only one that stands out is the girl that said she loved the guy, it was a somewhat beautiful scene.

All in all, I found this anime unecessarely underated. If the score was fair, I believe this OVA would be rated around 5.5 in MAL. I don't see a feasible reason for it to get a score that low, like if it was hated by everyone.

From my perspective, this is just a very low budget mecha OVA from a PS2 game. It's not something you should take too seriously in the first place. It's just a fanservice bonus for the players of the game of that time.

I even dare to say that, if this had more production budget than it had, given a proper 12 episode story to work it, it could turn out to be something decent. But it's not what happened. The budget is low, and so is the quality. That's just how it is.

From all that being said, I DO recomend watching it if you're bored with nothing to do. It's just 19 minutes after all. You can easily find it subbed on YouTube and take your own conclusions. My conclusion was that this is NOT the worst anime of all times.

For anyone who has watched and completed Mars of Destruction and thought it was the worst thing you have ever laid your eyes on, I (and probably anyone who has seen this) invite you to experience the joy of wasting 20 minutes of your day and watch Tenkuu Danzato Skelter Heaven. I was completely blown away at how terrible Skelter Heaven really is... it was so terrible that its funny, 10 minutes later and I'm still laughing

I could bore you with how terrible the animation is, or how poor and lackluster voice acting is, or even how they managed yet again to skip a plot ... only to later try to create one at the end... I shall not do that.

If you're in for everything you love and hate in an anime all rapped up into 19 minutes, or you just need a laugh, even if you find yourself with too much time on your hands then this is the right anime for you.

At times like this why isnt there a zero rating?

I really recommend that everyone watch this, it's only 19 minutes but remember, there are no refunds