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Aug 20, 2013 1:45 PM
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For me they are Studio Deen, Toei animation and Studio Pierrot. So the guys at Studio Deen were like Rurouni Kenshin's anniversary is coming up and the last part of the manga the Jinchu arc was never animated so let's not make a Jinchu arc OVA but make two OVAs based on the first two seasons of the anime which are perfect already, change up the story for the worst and slap on some terrible animation. I know that all mainstream battle shonen anime must have fillers so that they don't catch up to the manga but what possessed Toei to put the majority of the fillers into the canon fights in DBZ. Toei caused DBZ to be nicknamed Drag On Ball Z. DBZ is the only shonen anime I have seen where the fillers are placed like that. Then to add insult to injury they create GT and then tease fans with the Kai op and talk about "refreshed" and "updated" then when you watch it you find out it's the same art style and animation just remastered with a few newly animated scenes. Lastly Studio Pierrot, Studio Pierrot isn't a bad company but it likes to play favorites. Bleach gets all the good animation and interesting fillers while Naruto Shippuden gets inconsistent animation and mainly boring waste of time fillers ( there are a very few exceptions however).
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Aug 20, 2013 1:52 PM
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STUDIO DEEN, GODDAMMIT!
They screw up everything. Higurashi with that shitty animation and adaptation problems, Fate/Stay night with horrendous animation and butchered script, Rurouni Kenshin became a filler hell and finished it with that Seisou Hen garbage, Groove Adventure Rave only had its beginning adapted and with shit animation too.
Aug 20, 2013 1:55 PM
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Every production studio has its highs and lows (though people only pay particular attention to the lows), so I wouldn't call any particular studio "the worst."

Anyhow, I've yet to see any anime so bad that I'd feel qualified to say that its production studio is the worst ever (and doubt I ever will).

Aug 20, 2013 1:56 PM
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I felt that Studio Deen could have done a MUCH better job with Fate Stay Night. However, are they the worst studio ever? Probably not.
Aug 20, 2013 1:59 PM
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Every company has there ups and downs. There isn't a worst.
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Aug 20, 2013 2:02 PM
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I don't particularly hate a production company, though I do dislike some of them sometimes.

First, there's A-1 Pictures
While I really like a lot of A-1's Pictures(iDOLM@STER, AnoHana, Working!, Shinsekai yori)

They also have the tendency of making me hate them with all my existence.(The handling of some Shinsekai episodes, the handling of Magi...)

They often... Piss me off in one way or another.

Another one is DEEN.
DEEN haven't produce anything good recently, and pretty much fall off somewhere after the end of Higurashi...

They produce occasional interesting title like "Kore wa Zombie" but... it's not enough.

Their current anime is Rozen Maiden... Which imo, is probably their best work since the end of Higurashi Kai.


Really, company have their ups and downs... Heck! I love KyoAni, but Tamako Market is just so.... Boring! GIMME A HYOUKA MOVIE DAMMIT!
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Aug 20, 2013 2:07 PM
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The studio that blatantly overuses the violent loli tsundere voiced by Rie Kugimiya.
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Aug 20, 2013 2:07 PM
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Yeah I'm gonna agree with some of these guys saying DEEN. Also, it depends on the budget the studio has for the anime
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The studio that blatantly overuses the violent loli tsundere voiced by Rie Kugimiya.


Well... She's kinda the biggest VA of the time. God knows how much $ they made out of her. (Heck, Toradora was good!)

While they're not quite the spectacular company, they often produce nice titles. E.g. Railgun and Index, Nodame Cantabile, Honey and Clover etc.

I'd say they're not bad.
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DrGeroCreation said:
AndyRayy said:
Every production studio has its highs and lows (though people only pay particular attention to the lows), so I wouldn't call any particular studio "the worst."

Anyhow, I've yet to see any anime so bad that I'd feel qualified to say that its production studio is the worst ever (and doubt I ever will).


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AirStyles said:
DrGeroCreation said:
AndyRayy said:
Every production studio has its highs and lows (though people only pay particular attention to the lows), so I wouldn't call any particular studio "the worst."

Anyhow, I've yet to see any anime so bad that I'd feel qualified to say that its production studio is the worst ever (and doubt I ever will).


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Lol that is exactly what I was trying to post.
Aug 20, 2013 2:16 PM

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Gonzo used to be good, but now they are abysmal since they lost Strike Witches and haven't made an anime that I like since.


Aug 20, 2013 2:16 PM

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kyoani for using that gorgeous animation on the wrong shows
and studio deen for existing
Aug 20, 2013 2:16 PM

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DateYutaka would probably hate me for this, but man, Toei Animation screwed up a lot of my favourite shonen(Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, Dragon Quest: Dai no Daiboken...), and I can't accept that.
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AirStyles said:
DrGeroCreation said:
AndyRayy said:
Every production studio has its highs and lows (though people only pay particular attention to the lows), so I wouldn't call any particular studio "the worst."

Anyhow, I've yet to see any anime so bad that I'd feel qualified to say that its production studio is the worst ever (and doubt I ever will).


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Okay, that looked kind of silly, but I wouldn't exactly say that bad animation is always the fault of the studio itself.

I mean, even if you gave Ufotable or KyoAni a show to animate, if they're only given a $10 budget, I promise you shortcuts are going to be taken and it'll look like complete and utter garbage.

I'd say that how good or bad a studio is should be based on the quality of the adaptation itself, not on the animation quality (unless it's really bad or really good).
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kyoani for using that gorgeous animation on the wrong shows
In other words, "kyoani for using that gorgeous animation on shows I don't like."

Am I right?

Aug 20, 2013 2:26 PM

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Gainax I would say, comes to mind. This company is in the business of making good series and then ruining them in various ways, usually the ending.
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Gonzo.
Seriously. All that CGI, and their animation is all over the place. Plus their shows seem to start out slow and take a lot of patience.
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Gainax I would say, comes to mind. This company is in the business of making good series and then ruining them in various ways, usually the ending.

I love Gainax...
Aug 20, 2013 2:44 PM

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Xebec are probably the worst that come to mind with Yamato being the only show I've enjoyed from them. Though to be honest, I haven't watched too many show's made by Xebec, so it might be unfair for me to call them the worst.
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Gonzo.
Seriously. All that CGI, and their animation is all over the place. Plus their shows seem to start out slow and take a lot of patience.
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Gainax I would say, comes to mind. This company is in the business of making good series and then ruining them in various ways, usually the ending.

I love Gainax...
No they suck and you know it. Gonzo is the better one...
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Aug 20, 2013 2:55 PM

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KyoAni;
Either they make boring moeshit or they screw up promising anime like Suzumiya Haruhi
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STUDIO DEEN, GODDAMMIT!
They screw up everything. Higurashi with that shitty animation and adaptation problems, Fate/Stay night with horrendous animation and butchered script, Rurouni Kenshin became a filler hell and finished it with that Seisou Hen garbage, Groove Adventure Rave only had its beginning adapted and with shit animation too.


Agree wiith this

Also about Toei, Going into discussion about fillers/horrible pacing but thats a tactic they have to do to keep timeslots/spread the material.
Aug 20, 2013 5:15 PM

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KyoAni by far, it's a shit factory.
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Deen & Gonzo
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Gonzo because it ruin R+V.
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Well, according to my ratings, my worst rated ones are Studio Perriot, AT-X, Xebec, Zexcs etc.

That said, there aren't any studios that have only made terrible shows, so that's I think it's unfair to blame everything on a studio.

Blame the directors and writers.
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Xebec are probably the worst that come to mind with Yamato being the only show I've enjoyed from them. Though to be honest, I haven't watched too many show's made by Xebec, so it might be unfair for me to call them the worst.


Xebec is just Production I.G. under disguise, because there is some 'quality' stuff like Rio: Rainbow Gate or Upotte!! that the company doesn't want to associate with the name Production I.G.

There is some good stuff Xebec made back in the day, like Stellvia and Nadesico.
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I've learned to lower my expectations if an anime is from Gonzo or Bones.
Aug 20, 2013 8:18 PM

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KyoAni. K-On. That's why.
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Shaft useless comedies that makes me bored
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I'm surprised nobody mentioned JC Staff.

So put it simply, their battle scenes are incredibly terrible. IMO JC is better suited for the slice of life or moe genre (something like Toradora), but for some reason they LOVE action stories. Just to name a few: Hidan no Aria, Shana, Index, Yumequi Marry.... all had huge potential, but in the end are basically completely screwed up.

Although I give credits to them for making both seasons of Railgun so epic.
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KyoAni;
Either they make boring moeshit or they screw up promising anime like Suzumiya Haruhi


Coming from someone with a Little Busters sig....

Anyway I'd have to say Sunrise.
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No one mentioned Silver Link, eh?

They have produced a grand total of 3 good shows (Baka Test, Kokoro Connect, Watamote) and the rest are absolute crap (OniAi immediately comes to mind) or simply not worth mentioning.
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Forgot to mention filler studio Pierot.
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DateYutaka would probably hate me for this, but man, Toei Animation screwed up a lot of my favourite shonen(Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, Dragon Quest: Dai no Daiboken...), and I can't accept that.


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As many people have said: Studio Deen - They just never cease to disappoint me.
JC staff - They've pushed out so many shows that just don't know how to pace the story, or explain what's going on...
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Aug 20, 2013 9:33 PM

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KyoAni. K-On. That's why.


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MEanimaniac1 said:
KyoAni. K-On. That's why.


You're dumbass.


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According to MALGraph, my least favourite major studios are JC Staff and Deen. While JC have made just as many good series as they have bad IMO, virtually everything I've seen from Deen sucked. I think that a lot of Deen's failures are due to the poor quality of the source material though (Higurashi excepted) but there's no excuse for the shitty animation that plagues pretty much every show they make.
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I have to say the worst production company would be IdeaFactory, if anyone hasn't heard of them, they are currently working on HyperNeptuniaDimension, but that's not the reason their bad, if you look at the list of the previous works, actually all of their works except Neptunia, the animation in their shows is just bad, it makes flash animes look like a high-budget film

If you have the time, check out one their well-known works (Some people here may already know of it):
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Probably Zexcs, I don't like their character designs at all plus their animation for some of their shows are pretty bad as they are.
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SHAFT, mostly because I feel like they waste their talent on stuff like monotagari and sasami
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Is this even a question? Kyoto Animation. Only good thing to come from there is Full Metal Panic. Everything else is absolute trash.
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Drag On Ball Z sounds so extreme.
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Is this even a question? Kyoto Animation. Only good thing to come from there is Full Metal Panic. Everything else is absolute trash.


But... You only watched K-On! and Lucky Star.
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I wouldn't say kyoto Animation is the worst. Even with their famous otaku-pandering routine but they certainly has some nicely produced animation titles.

I don't know if any of you have noticed. K-On has better animation than overrated garbage like Kara no Kyoukai. ;)
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Pierrot are the worst. Shitty animation, shitty adaptations and an all around shitty studio. Also DEEN

Toei would qualify, but they made Heartcatch Precure so I'll let them go. Gainax also has Gurren Lagann and Airsoft so I can't hate them either

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I have to say the worst production company would be IdeaFactory, if anyone hasn't heard of them, they are currently working on HyperNeptuniaDimension
I do agree that they are an awful animation company, but Hyperdimension Neptunia is being done by David Production who did JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. JoJo had a pretty low budget, but a lot of style (And wubstep) to make up for it.

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Really, company have their ups and downs... Heck! I love KyoAni, but Tamako Market is just so.... Boring! GIMME A HYOUKA MOVIE DAMMIT!
I can't agree with you more on that one.

Also to the people calling KyoAni the worst, you can't say something like that if you simply dislike what they do. That isn't a measure of quality, that's 100% opinion. Sure you may not like K-On, but it was a fantastic adaptation that far surpassed its source material with top notch animation and a great soundtrack to boot.

Calling them the worst implies they're doing a bad job at what they do which they certainly are not. K-On sells more than other moe anime because it's the best of its kind. And it's all because of one word that so many other shows of its kind neglect. Passion. Take away that and you get Tamako Market (Which, in case you didn't know, flopped pretty fucking bad).

You can call them your least favourite and you can think whatever you want about their shows. But unless you think they've failed at the execution of said shows (In relation to what they were going for, not just what you want) you can't really say they're a bad studio let alone the worst.
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According to MALGraph, my least favourite major studios are JC Staff and Deen. While JC have made just as many good series as they have bad IMO, virtually everything I've seen from Deen sucked. I think that a lot of Deen's failures are due to the poor quality of the source material though (Higurashi excepted) but there's no excuse for the shitty animation that plagues pretty much every show they make.


What? But I like Nurarihyon no Mago and Zombie...
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Any studio that did filler for naruto.

That was stupidly horrendous.



Personally I dislike any that anime quality / style that are mainstream shounen, but i understand production limitation on 1 episode per week.
So I kinda get it why those animation are kinda just barebone.
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For me it has to be Shaft. Their quirky art style is a complete eyesore, they have to constantly work around very tight budgets and strict deadlines (which they try to make up for in the blu ray releases, but still fail) and not one of their shows has been good for me.
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>claims that pierrot is definitely the worst

>defends kyoani

That's pretty hypocritical since you didn't even watch the good Pierrot shows like GTO, Yuyu Hakusho, and Mysterious Cities of Gold. They also made other great looking influential anime like Urusei Yatsura, Hikaru no Go and 12 kingdoms. Sure, Kyoani is the leader of the current trend of anime, but there's no point of putting down the ones who had more influence if you're for defending kyoani

Anyway as for me if it's not some random studio that didn't made much like Arms who made Elfen Lied, the worst one is A-1 pictures by far, even if they have good source material in hands they just don't adapt well. Shinsekai Yori didn't work for me since I was too annoyed by the horrible directing and storytelling that made it all, including the thrilling parts look dull, that cut me from the immersion of that pretty interesting setting. Their shounen stuff are also really really bad. Only thing I didn't watch from them is space bros but it kinda seems like just a longer version of Planetes, and given the way they annoy me in the way they handle character interactions annoyed me in all their anime, don't think I'll really like this one either. I think their best was Ano Hana due to overall the dialogues and the like didn't seem as forced or cheesy as SAO's or Fairy tail's for instance, the very bad melodrama still screwed it over
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