Which anime was the biggest waste of your time?

Aho Girl still makes me want to break something. Why did I watch the whole thing? Why did I think it would get better? It's not even fun to make fun of, it's just painful.

Re:Zero and the second place is not even close.
Unfortunately the show starts out rather interesting at the beginning, at which point I made the mistake of watching further, but the show just repeats the same formulaic time loop over and over, and I have never seen such bad character writing, with insane amount of flashbacks for all the irrelevant side characters in season 2...
The worst is, I even watch the movies, and those also add literally nothing to the plot!
Let's just say that I became extremely liberal with my drops after this point.

Re:Zero and the second place is not even close.
Unfortunately the show starts out rather interesting at the beginning, at which point I made the mistake of watching further, but the show just repeats the same formulaic time loop over and over, and I have never seen such bad character writing, with insane amount of flashbacks for all the irrelevant side characters in season 2...
The worst is, I even watch the movies, and those also add literally nothing to the plot!
Let's just say that I became extremely liberal with my drops after this point.

self insert novel imo lolollol I used to have crush on Beatrice, as well. But I felt they made her stupid and I didn't like where it went when I read fan-translated WN chapters with her crying.

Shaman King remake and Digimon Adventure 2020

Pokemon the Ash era series, especially after the Diamond and Pearl series.

Probably the non-plot related episodes i watched on Detective Conan....

& i swear...

THE SHOW HAS LITTLE TO NO PLOT AT ALL...

Yet another "let's shit on the popular anime we don't like" thread with a different name.

Gundam Mercury Witch

Not the worse thing I have ever seen, but because I really tried to get into it and like it I watched until episode 9, so I wasted a lot of time. Other anime that I have dropped I just give one episode or 2, so it is not that much of deal.

Naruto Shippuden or Yu-Gi-Oh ARC-V. Both examples of sunk cost fallacy by being absurdly long with trite writing that made the payoffs not worth it.

Nana is the longest anime (being 47 episodes) I've given the minimum rating of 1 to, so have to default to it as my answer. Easily one of the most narratively superficial and stagnant anime in terms of meaningful character development I've ever watched, topped off with sporadic insertions of bizarre "comedic" moments into the middle of scenes intended to be suspenseful and/or dramatic. Convinced I would've been more entertained watching a fly groom itself for the duration of time I watched it instead.

Great Teacher Onizuka.

I kept going and never lost hope till like the final 2 episodes because I thought there must be something redeeming about the show to make it so praised/highly-rated. I was shocked to find there was absolutely nothing.

hoshiai no Sora

星　合　の　空

I know I keep bringing this up because it's one of my least favorite anime, but the wallflower. XD

For me it's probably Shinsekai yori and Madoka.

Only Yesterday. So much of the Studio Ghibli library is amazing, in fact I'd say all of them. Except one. Only Yesterday, though quaint and easy going.... It's very.... bland, in comparison. It's what you get when you take out the magic and mystery of a Studio Ghibli film and get its milquetoast bland remains. I really appreciate the effort and heart that went into it, but if I went my life without watching it again, it wouldn't bother me.

In all of my life, for me, it honestly takes a lot for an anime to be considered a waste of time. When it's this movie, that's saying something. You could give me the most outrageous and bawdy OAV ever or a story with a lot of flash but a lot of plotholes and I'd still have a blast. Only Yesterday, again, while it isn't awful, this is what I think of when all of the tourists and naysayers go "there's too many boobies! it's too lewd! there's too much violence! it's too dark and colors should only be used for happy stuff! tone it down so hollywood can take me seriously!" You get stuff like this, extremely goes nowhere and on the head boring attempts of "let's go back to nature and live like hippies" and tries to appease everybody. It makes me want to puke the remains of dry toast, unflavored oatmeal, and buttermilk thinking about it.

Edit: Sorry, the english title is Only Yesterday.

Yet another "let's shit on the popular anime we don't like" thread with a different name.

@HokutoMumyoZan I get that "Only Yesterday" is not for everyone and it's not in my top favorite Ghibli films, but that movie has a lot more merit than you're giving it credit for. It doesn't have a dramatic destination (or even a dramatic journey), but it's not aimless either and I highly doubt Isao Takahata was pandering to anyone or anything when he made the movie. It sounds like you're saying that "Only Yesterday" is generic and plays it too safe, but I'd disagree. An older audience who can reflect back on their childhood and relate to feeling echoes of the past in their present would likely get the most of watching it, which will narrow the number of people who enjoy this movie, but that was likely intentional. It does not have a broad appeal, but it took that risk and that's part of its charm.




EDIT: Also note-worthy that apparently Disney didn't release this film because it included discussions of menstruating. Not sure if it's true or not, but I wouldn't put it pass Disney to be like that.