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Which is funnier? Comedy anime or insanely bad anime?

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Mar 15, 2022 5:59 AM
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You can laugh at comedy anime, you can laugh at anime that are extremely bad.
But which is funnier? When it’s intentionally trying to be funny, or when it’s trying so hard not to look like shit?

Personally, the latter is so much funnier.
(Sword Art Online War of the Underworld part 2 is still the funniest product of entertainment media that I’ve ever seen)
Mar 15, 2022 6:16 AM
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You should try Mayoiga, can't find the "comedy" genre there yet it's hilarious.
Mar 15, 2022 6:17 AM
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Well both have their own kind of comic vibe i personally find shitty shows funnier in big picture since there are more shitty shows than gold comedy shows in animes i mean there are some gems in comedy like kaguya sama, asobi asobase etc. Which appears once a year or maybe even two but shitty shows funny in their own way comes almost every other season.
Mar 15, 2022 6:21 AM
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Since I am not even a fan of comedy I will go with bad anime, but the thing is not all insanely bad anime are funny.
Mar 15, 2022 6:22 AM
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Depends. AOt is currently the funniest ongoing anim tho
Mar 15, 2022 6:23 AM
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A good comedy, like Prison School, is much funnier to me than an extremely bad anime. I don't like wasting my time watching shows that are terrible. I try to steer clear from them.
Mar 15, 2022 6:24 AM
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I've never laughed because a show is bad, I don't see what's funny about it.
Mar 15, 2022 6:27 AM
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A good comedy is always better in my opinion.
Mar 15, 2022 6:28 AM
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Preferably comedy, but bad ones usually knows how to be unintentionally funny at peculiar moments. Take Mirai Nikki as an example, with a bizarre choice of music playing at a suspense scene, that suspense is gone immediately because of it being overplayed and so recognizable. Even shit like Keijo is like that because of its absurd concept being taken so seriously it becomes entertaining to watch.

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Mar 15, 2022 6:28 AM

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Is this even a question??? Comedy has always been one of my favorite genre.. So I would go with first option...
Haven't found a good anime dialogue to copy yet!!
Mar 15, 2022 6:30 AM

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Insanely bad anime, Tokyo Revengers made me laugh more than any comedy anime.
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Mar 15, 2022 6:31 AM

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Japanese comedy is usually unfunny, bad anime are usually boring.

Both have their own fair share of exceptions that are quite funny, though.
Mar 15, 2022 6:42 AM

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Comedy because I usually find comedy anime quite funny.
Mar 15, 2022 6:45 AM

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I'll have to go with insanely bad because the most I have ever laughed at was Arifureta.
Mar 15, 2022 6:57 AM
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Comedy but some unbelievably bad animes like Neverland S2 can be really funny for negative reasons. I just laughed so far in this abomination.
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Mar 15, 2022 6:58 AM

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love is war is pretty funny and it has a comedy genre on it
Mar 15, 2022 7:01 AM

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To be honest both. I just can't decide.
Mar 15, 2022 7:05 AM

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the latter. attack on titan season 4 is the funniest shit i've ever watched xd
Mar 15, 2022 7:16 AM
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I dunno but it looks like that would be something to do with your sense of humour. Some animes have the genre tags 'Comedy' yet don't even present the comedy. Maybe I just don't understand that sense of humour.
E.g Pop Team Epic and Aho Girl. I seriously can't find the humour in these animes.

I can easily get fed with a really bad anime so that doesn't make me laugh.

however, there are some animes that go with the bad anime vibe and it turns to comedy. There are some episodes with Gintama which did this. I have no idea if that was intentional or not. They made some really bad MS paint animations and art but it was funny because the characters were just constantly breaking the 4th Wall in various hilarious ways and comments.

They are some animes that don't even have the comedy tag but have some sense of humour. I enjoyed the little comedies in Naruto (and Naruto Shippuden), Ushio To Tora, Ace of Diamond and even in AOT. You might say the humour in Demons Slayer isn't even that great. but that's to you. for me, I laughed. Hey, I don't expect you to understand my sense of humour and I feel like I don't need to understand your either. In the end, it is all our subjective experience (whether you like it or not).
Mar 15, 2022 7:25 AM

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bad anime , i hardly find any comedy anime actually funny but i do get a good laugh out of something that was poorly produced
Mar 15, 2022 7:29 AM

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DiscordMod said:
I don't like wasting my time watching shows that are terrible.
XRYSNCH said:
I've never laughed because a show is bad, I don't see what's funny about it.
ZeroMajor12 said:
Preferably comedy
if_jerry said:
Is this even a question??? Comedy has always been one of my favorite genre.. So I would go with first option...
takamono said:
Comedy because I usually find comedy anime quite funny.
andiidesu said:
love is war is pretty funny and it has a comedy genre on it
You guys don't get it. This thread works like this:
1) Start by answering any variation of "The latter" or "Bad shows"
2) Proceed mocking whatever title you dislike, whether it's actually funny or not, just because why not
Mar 15, 2022 7:30 AM

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They have their own charms.

To me, I never find a bad anime that's funnier than comedy anime.
Yes Ex-arm episode 1 and AoT ch 139 are funny, but they still aren't a match to top tier comedy anime.
Mar 15, 2022 7:33 AM

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Both. Watch Golden Boy dubbed and then watch Garzey's Wing dubbed. You'll find it difficult to decide which is funnier.
Mar 15, 2022 7:35 AM

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Dubbed extremely bad comedy anime.
Mar 15, 2022 7:42 AM

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I like comedy anime more than anime that is so bad it's funny.
Mar 15, 2022 7:58 AM
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To be honest, I have laughed more in seriously bad animes than the comedy ones
Mar 15, 2022 8:29 AM

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RentNoGirlfriend said:
DiscordMod said:
I don't like wasting my time watching shows that are terrible.
XRYSNCH said:
I've never laughed because a show is bad, I don't see what's funny about it.
ZeroMajor12 said:
Preferably comedy
if_jerry said:
Is this even a question??? Comedy has always been one of my favorite genre.. So I would go with first option...
takamono said:
Comedy because I usually find comedy anime quite funny.
andiidesu said:
love is war is pretty funny and it has a comedy genre on it
You guys don't get it. This thread works like this:
1) Start by answering any variation of "The latter" or "Bad shows"
2) Proceed mocking whatever title you dislike, whether it's actually funny or not, just because why not


Why not? I'm still answering the question. The man himself asked which is funnier? Bad anime or comedy?
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Mar 15, 2022 8:37 AM

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RentNoGirlfriend said:

1) Start by answering any variation of "The latter" or "Bad shows"
2) Proceed mocking whatever title you dislike, whether it's actually funny or not, just because why not


Oops. My bad. I meant to say "I prefer the latter". Darling In The Franxx was pretty funny.
Mar 15, 2022 8:56 AM
Insanely bad anime since you don't expect to laugh there.
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Mar 15, 2022 9:07 AM

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Comedy anime, even through anime comedy is not my type it's better than watching bad shit which gets boring or painful after a while.
Mar 15, 2022 9:22 AM

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Finally, we got a real question for once on this thread.
Mar 15, 2022 9:38 AM

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What kind of bad anime is funny? Bad anime are never enjoyable or funny. It's a pain to watch them.
Mar 15, 2022 9:50 AM
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Insanely bad parodies are always funnier.
 

Mar 15, 2022 9:51 AM

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Definitely the former for me. I just drop the show if it's that bad rather than laughing on it and waste my time.
Mar 15, 2022 10:26 AM

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the shows that take themselves seriously the most are the shows I actually laugh at
Mar 15, 2022 10:32 AM

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I find myself laughing a lot more when I'm watching comedy anime than bad anime.
Mar 15, 2022 11:21 AM

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The latter is way funnier to me. I rarely ever laugh when watching anime, but the times when I did chuckle or laugh, were mostly from non-comedies that were unintentionally funny. As for bad anime, I don’t often laugh when watching them. But I will say, bad anime that take itself way too seriously, tend to be pretty hilarious, ngl.
Mar 15, 2022 2:10 PM

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Usually insanely bad anime because the show wasn't trying to make me laugh. I feel lots of comedic anime come off forced.
Mar 15, 2022 3:06 PM

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SAO WoU was pretty funny I will admit. Trying to decide if I got more comedic value out of the second half, or an actual comedy anime.
I think comedy is going to win, but I absolutely love explaining the later seasons of SAO to people who want to hear the spoilers
Mar 15, 2022 5:54 PM

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Insanely bad anime has made me laugh so much, it's not always the same case but certain trash anime were the funniest thing I have ever watched regarding japanese anime series.
Mar 15, 2022 6:35 PM

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Intentionnal comedy is always hit-or-miss. Different people find different things funny. Sometimes a whole comedy will make you roll on the floor, but not another one. But if you have a taste for trash anime, that stuff is always funny.

Comedy = more potential
Bad anime = more reliable
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Mar 15, 2022 6:38 PM
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I guess I’ll go with comedy, even though it’s not always funny. I haven’t yet been blessed/cursed to see an anime so bad that is funny.

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