ToxxicTeardrop said: I swear the words "Overrated" and "Underrated" should be rendered null in the "Create new topic" section. It's disappointing to know that the probability of an anime getting a topic like this every time theres a boom in its rating is around 99%. People love the eye-candy. Get over it. Holy Shit thank you. The word "overrated" has been used so many fucking times by whining little kids who want attention on the internet, it doesn't even have worth in it anymore. Underrated is used less, but I think it's still better than calling something overrated. Underrated =positive. Overrated = negative. Which is the only reason why something called underrated has more value to me. sweetbunny34 said: ] not really, his points are completely valid about people claiming it as the best anime after only one episode. different opinion =/= trolling But using that argument there are also PLENTY and more than a SHITLOAD amount of reasons to why it is an anime worth watching. Opinions, opinions~ What will happen to e-rage without them. |
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stoylz said: I love this anime because it's something that hasn't been done before and also because zombies is one of my fav genres. Something that hasn't been done before in ANIME. This has been done a million times by Hollywood and it seems no one gave a fuck then. If it wasn't from Japan, anime fans wouldn't like it. |
BlackPhantom said: Who cares if a lot of people think it's the best of the season. Everyone has different taste, don't ever hate on that. Overall, I think people are upset due to the difference of opinion about this series. This ^ plus people bashing it non-stop, or calling fans Weeboos, seriously the term weeboo is offensive in my books, it's just like saying the N word or a racial slur, seriously they need to lock all these thread before a flame war happens. |
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| LOL NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN. Well, I personally think this rating of 8.41 is absolutely ridiculous for this kind of first episode. I mean seriously. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't something to be called masterpiece, either. All we got was cliche romance, cliche survival drama and boob/panties. 1/3 rated this anime 10. It means its overrated. fufufu. |
| I fucking loved the first episode. Its got violence, gore, tits, and fanservice, if you are a man you might as well chop your dick off if u didnt like it. If it has 11 more episodes like the first one it Id say it has the potential to be rated #1 on MAL, if it has 11 better episodes than the first I MIGHT (and this is a longshot) consider giving it my top favorite above Bebop. If I were to rate based on the first episode Id give it a 10, but i refuse to rate until completion, i learned my lesson with soul eater. But Im not getting my hopes up. from some of the posts I read the manga goes to shit so I expect ratings to plummet. |
| The amount of elitist pretentiousness among anime fans is staggering. I find it strange that people have the tendency to dismiss anything that garners a natural following and then they feel the need to denigrate others just to reaffirm their own superior preferences. It's as to say, "since I don't like this show, no one can. I'll post my thoughts in a non-constructive manner by just reprimanding the audience for having no "real" taste. Forget actually critiquing the show. My preference in anime is superior to yours, and therefore I know what I'm talking about." I'm guilty of this too, but it's really reared it's ugly head in several threads pertaining to the HOTD anime. Has respecting other people's taste become a lost tradition, or rather are we all so high-brow that we can't accept anything less than perfection these days? Like I said earlier, if people are butt-hurt about the score, don't worry. Fans tend to rate first while more objective viewers rate after the show is done. The scores always fluctuate. So in the meantime let people who enjoy the show enjoy it, and those who disagree can speak up with critiques and criticism, but there is no reason to shit on another persons taste. For instance, I consider both HOTD and LOTGH to be great, but they are trying to execute two different things and succeeds in their respective goals. In a redundant analogy to get my point across. Citizen Kane is to LotGH as, Kill Bill is to HOTD. Both good, for very different reasons. |
| *clap* *clap* Yay, generic troll thread about popularity OP's ANime list said: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai 10 K-ON! 8 Clannad 10 And he criticizes overrated-ness. Gotta love the hypocrites!~ seraphjei said: Has respecting other people's taste become a lost tradition, or rather are we all so high-brow that we can't accept anything less than perfection these days? This is mal~ the land where people hate the opinions of others, happily act as elitists, denominate something they do not like without any real arguments or reasons AND jump on your throat if you dare to say something bad about something they like and |
AhenshihaelJul 10, 2010 11:24 PM
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wheresthehandle said: I don't see what all the fuss is about. It's pretty generic and unimaginative in its presentation... Sticking with it b/c of Marina Inoue. Kuromii said: I think its more overhyped than overrated. akai-kitsune said: An extremely cliché zombie story, fanservice, gore, nice animations and that's pretty much it. I can tell before even starting this that it isn't something special. dvp89 said: d00dz, if you read the manga...you'll know that this anime will be not that good. I mean, the manga is not that bad, but is not the best thing ever made. ¬¬ I keep my expectations down to earth because i've heard the same long before the anime was even confirmed and personally saw nothing i haven't seen before in zombie flicks, games, media nor in other anime. It was still a rather solid start for a show. They played the cards right and did pretty much everything "by the book". It was entertaining and i'm hoping it stays on the "right" path. Veethorn said: I think the problem here are the zombies. Sir, if that was intentional, i applaud. Best quote by a long shot. |
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| I still don't understand why would anyone write a review based on the first episode, instead of doing the same thing in the episode disscusion thread, but you just get used to it. Good reviews will come eventually, and ratings will change when the hype is gone. |
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| While the first episode may be good, if the director chooses to follow the plot of the original manga, then this series is eventually going to go downhill. The manga starts to get more and more boring and generic after a dozen or so chapter, the plot is almost a direct clone of Dawn of the dead. I'm thinking a lot of people's bubbles may soon burst. But again, the start was pretty good. It's just sad how so many people like to jump on the band wagon when a series has barely even started. |
OShoranO said: While the first episode may be good, if the director chooses to follow the plot of the original manga, then this series is eventually going to go downhill. The manga starts to get more and more boring and generic after a dozen or so chapter, the plot is almost a direct clone of Dawn of the dead. I'm thinking a lot of people's bubbles may soon burst. But again, the start was pretty good. It's just sad how so many people like to jump on the band wagon when a series has barely even started. Im sorry but Ill just have to disagree. With each chapter manga gets better and better and more and more unique. |
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| You know what, we all should go and watch a double rainbow and just put this in the pass. |
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TomDawn said: You forgot to add:The first episode had: Good directing Amazing animation Interesting presentation Good fanservice Original concept for an anime Something interesting happening every minute God-tier OP So yeah, its obvious the first episode will whip people up into a frenzy. Besides, most of the other shows this season were decent, but nothing that really catches your attention like HoTD. We'll just have to wait and see. I predict they will fuck up the ending. Uninteresting/annoying character designs Terrible interaction between characters Unfitting atmosphere (can't really explain it, but there was no emotion in anything) Massive overreactions multiple times without knowing the full situation A plot without any depth (There may be some developments later on which will allow depth, but as of the first episode there is not.) If you add those, change "Amazing animation" to "Amazing background and gore animation, but bad character animation (faces, body shape etc)", and put emphasis that it's only original for an anime, than I would agree with you. Not that it makes any difference, as it seems today people only care about animation quality, fanservice, action scenes with gore and how close an anime sticks to the manga. |
llamabenJul 11, 2010 7:26 AM
| personally I got fucking annoyed with this already all about giant bouncing boobs and ass shots. Not my type of anime seriously? the anime would've been fine with just the violence. |
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| lol jiggle boobs. |
Project_MkUltra said: 32 [mostly positive] reviews, 1,111 replies in the episode 1 discussion thread, ranked #113 for the top anime list already, etc... Seriously, What.The.Fuck. I'm hearing people saying that this is (literally) THE best anime of the year, and if not, EVER. I wouldn't mind if the anime already finished, but only 1 episode aired so far. Don't get what the huge fuss is about. IMHO the episode was mediocre and is probably going in my drop list by episode 5. Maybe it'll go in my favorite list, who knows. You can't judge the entire anime by one episode. All those reviews should get deleted. I'm now atleast 50% sure that some of the fans are going to get butthurt for me expressing my opinion. You hardcore fans remind me of Narutards for some reason. Project_MkUltra said: 32 [mostly positive] reviews, 1,111 replies in the episode 1 discussion thread, ranked #113 for the top anime list already, etc... Seriously, What.The.Fuck. I'm hearing people saying that this is (literally) THE best anime of the year, and if not, EVER. I wouldn't mind if the anime already finished, but only 1 episode aired so far. Don't get what the huge fuss is about. IMHO the episode was mediocre and is probably going in my drop list by episode 5. Maybe it'll go in my favorite list, who knows. You can't judge the entire anime by one episode. All those reviews should get deleted. I'm now atleast 50% sure that some of the fans are going to get butthurt for me expressing my opinion. You hardcore fans remind me of Narutards for some reason. Clannad puuffffff! LOL Haters gonna hate |
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| haters gonna hate. besides, you don't see a zombie anime every now and then unlike the usual rom-com, moe, and harem stuff that's been released every season. all this hype HSOTD is getting is because of its theme. zombie apocalypse. we know HSOTD is similar to original zombie flicks like Dawn of the Dead, but like i said, you hardly ever get to see a zombie apocalypse anime released. IMO, i'm liking the anime so far. no complaints from me. and as a candidate for AOTY, possibly, but i don't see it winning. probably AOTS |
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| I watch this anime and I think is fine, but making reviews like that? People, reviews are made once the series is finished. You never know how fucked up might the anime become. |
Slowdude said: I read to chapter 25 after watching the 1st ep. It becomes more and more cliche as the series goes on. Just another horror where there are a bunch of survivors that fight to stay alive. Been done before, it'll be done again. Nothing special about it. This. If anyone here actually read the manga, then they would know that this series eventually gets worse and worse. There are way to many ZOMFGILOVETHISANIMEEVENTHOUGHIOLNYSAW1EPISODEOFIT people on MAL. |
| Have you tried not giving a fuck? |
| Too lazy. Maybe later. |
| Also a word from the director: http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/07/11/i-want-jiggling-breasts-in-every-scene/ Looks like this series is doomed for fan service. Oh well, I'm in it for the jiggling boobs as well! |
OShoranO said: And with sound effect..Also a word from the director: http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/07/11/i-want-jiggling-breasts-in-every-scene/ Looks like this series is doomed for fan service. Oh well, I'm in it for the jiggling boobs as well! |
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OShoranO said: Also a word from the director: http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/07/11/i-want-jiggling-breasts-in-every-scene/ Looks like this series is doomed for fan service. Oh well, I'm in it for the jiggling boobs as well! ^sarcasm most likely is unknown to the above poster. |
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| lots of stuff is overrated but i like it so what ever if u wanna crap all over it go ahead thats what the net is for bad mouthing stuff and porn... |
Its better to have burned out than to have never really shined... |
| Hell is ovarrated? I wasn't on par with that.. |
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| Oh, yeah...as always someone's buthurt that the show they're watching and this is much better is getting a lower score. Grow up. |
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seraphjei said: The amount of elitist pretentiousness among anime fans is staggering. I find it strange that people have the tendency to dismiss anything that garners a natural following and then they feel the need to denigrate others just to reaffirm their own superior preferences. It's as to say, "since I don't like this show, no one can. I'll post my thoughts in a non-constructive manner by just reprimanding the audience for having no "real" taste. Forget actually critiquing the show. My preference in anime is superior to yours, and therefore I know what I'm talking about." I'm guilty of this too, but it's really reared it's ugly head in several threads pertaining to the HOTD anime. Has respecting other people's taste become a lost tradition, or rather are we all so high-brow that we can't accept anything less than perfection these days? Like I said earlier, if people are butt-hurt about the score, don't worry. Fans tend to rate first while more objective viewers rate after the show is done. The scores always fluctuate. So in the meantime let people who enjoy the show enjoy it, and those who disagree can speak up with critiques and criticism, but there is no reason to shit on another persons taste. For instance, I consider both HOTD and LOTGH to be great, but they are trying to execute two different things and succeeds in their respective goals. In a redundant analogy to get my point across. Citizen Kane is to LotGH as, Kill Bill is to HOTD. Both good, for very different reasons. You must be the one out of a million of the people with computers and an internet who actually gets out of the house. Completely agreed. There is no respect at all for people or content PROVIDED FOR THE PEOPLE by others who have the decency in this time and age to actually want to share something. I wasn't aware that when discussing anime it comes down to dissing on other's interests and likes and taking a piss on other's opinions. I haven't seen a thread here on this site that doesn't have that one kid who wants to get some bad attention by spouting retarded things like "this is so bad I want to puke" or bs like that. Really, people need to start to realize that if you want someone to respect you, you need to respect them. |
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| i seriously won't say some anime as underrated or overrated... how many people rate based on things such as good storyline, animation, sound, good seiyuu bla bla etc? imo, most of them rate based on enjoyment (i do) it got high score means lot of people enjoy the show :) |
| Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 - Popular! First anime with a disaster movie/earthquake theme! Sucked balls. Rainbow - Popular! First anime with teens in prison! So over the top it's terrible. Highschool of the Dead - Popular! First anime with a zombie disaster theme! Sucks ass. |
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Kagurawr said: rechajulay said: i seriously won't say some anime as underrated or overrated... how many people rate based on things such as good storyline, animation, sound, good seiyuu bla bla etc? imo, most of them rate based on enjoyment (i do) it got high score means lot of people enjoy the show :) I don't know about you, but my enjoyment comes from factors storyline, characters, etc... the key is how you adjust your expectation. you can't expect stuff from Seirei no Moribito if you watch ecchi anime do you ? |
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Kagurawr said: fertygo said: the key is how you adjust your expectation. you can't expect stuff from Seirei no Moribito if you watch ecchi anime do you ? Nope, but I can still expect the anime to somehow make up for its lack of plot and its shit characters. However, this anime has failed at doing so. How can you judge just from two eps ? One for sure, this title never aimed to be masterpiece or whatever. what this title mindless fun, Gun, tank, boobs that its. Its another case if you watch title which aimed to offer wonderful story and some mindfuck, but the script is shitty and messy, like certain title from previous title does. Know what you're gonna watch/read is important, but how shitty can that subject became its another story. My problem with the haters on here, they just don't want to know this title just purely stupid but people can enjoy it. Seriously none of you gonna rate anime like Ikkitousen in ecchi anime context huh ? Boobs Galore = shit that right, but you already forget what that subject aimed to be and in what context they belong. |
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seraphjei said: Another fellow MALer who dislikes the word overrated. I'm with you bro, except the amount of topics about x anime being overrated is so outrageous I don't really bother to post in any of them about why people shouldn't use the word with what it implies; a superior complex. :[The amount of elitist pretentiousness among anime fans is staggering. I find it strange that people have the tendency to dismiss anything that garners a natural following and then they feel the need to denigrate others just to reaffirm their own superior preferences. It's as to say, "since I don't like this show, no one can. I'll post my thoughts in a non-constructive manner by just reprimanding the audience for having no "real" taste. Forget actually critiquing the show. My preference in anime is superior to yours, and therefore I know what I'm talking about." I'm guilty of this too, but it's really reared it's ugly head in several threads pertaining to the HOTD anime. Has respecting other people's taste become a lost tradition, or rather are we all so high-brow that we can't accept anything less than perfection these days? Like I said earlier, if people are butt-hurt about the score, don't worry. Fans tend to rate first while more objective viewers rate after the show is done. The scores always fluctuate. So in the meantime let people who enjoy the show enjoy it, and those who disagree can speak up with critiques and criticism, but there is no reason to shit on another persons taste. For instance, I consider both HOTD and LOTGH to be great, but they are trying to execute two different things and succeeds in their respective goals. In a redundant analogy to get my point across. Citizen Kane is to LotGH as, Kill Bill is to HOTD. Both good, for very different reasons. |
| Why do so many people who hate a show fail to change the channel? |
Kagurawr said: YOU CANNOT CALL LACK OF PLOT WHEN IT IS FREAKIN ZOMBIENope, but I can still expect the anime to somehow make up for its lack of plot and its shit characters. However, this anime has failed at doing so. YOU CANNOT CALL THIS SHIT CHARACTER WHEN IT HAS FATTY OTAKU AND INOUE MARINA /rage I loved zombies, boob jokes, Yoko+Viral+Celty voices, blood fest, actions, "plot is at least flowing", bunch of awesome promises, whatever. The only things I hated are censors, overuse of girl screaming that destroys my ear and fag Pink Haired girl. More pluses; so, I'm enjoying this anime so far, thus rating it 7/10 for now. I call it overrated, since the mean rating in MAL on HOTD is bigger than 8. Simple as that. I mean... can't someone just enjoy without being bothered about being overrated or not? It's "mindless" fandom and haters that is truely annoying; but not this since it is purely based on standards of one's opinion. |
ringoo4 said: shit whey I luv you braw <3Kagurawr said: YOU CANNOT CALL LACK OF PLOT WHEN IT IS FREAKIN ZOMBIENope, but I can still expect the anime to somehow make up for its lack of plot and its shit characters. However, this anime has failed at doing so. YOU CANNOT CALL THIS SHIT CHARACTER WHEN IT HAS FATTY OTAKU AND INOUE MARINA /rage I loved zombies, boob jokes, Yoko+Viral+Celty voices, blood fest, actions, "plot is at least flowing", bunch of awesome promises, whatever. The only things I hated are censors, overuse of girl screaming that destroys my ear and fag Pink Haired girl. More pluses; so, I'm enjoying this anime so far, thus rating it 7/10 for now. I call it overrated, since the mean rating in MAL on HOTD is bigger than 8. Simple as that. I mean... can't someone just enjoy without being bothered about being overrated or not? It's "mindless" fandom and haters that is truely annoying; but not this since it is purely based on standards of one's opinion. |
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Tachii said: Another fellow MALer who dislikes the word overrated. I'm with you bro, except the amount of topics about x anime being overrated is so outrageous I don't really bother to post in any of them about why people shouldn't use the word with what it implies; a superior complex. :[ It's fine if someone calls out a show for being overrated as long as they provide substantial evidence to back up his claim. Otherwise their claim remains just that, a subjective statement determined by their preferences, and not by critical analysis or critique. |
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