What are some anime you could see yourself rating higher or considering a favorite (or higher favorite) if they were completed?
| Just as the title states. There's a number of series that have been perpetually unfinished and in limbo for years. Maybe they only went up to a certain point in the manga and it's a long-running manga which is still ongoing. Maybe the manga is completed and finished years ago, but they never released anything more from the anime series. Maybe they only had one season or even two, three, etc., but it's still glaringly unfinished and that can't help but detract from the final product because as of now it's still an incomplete story and is not whole. This doesn't really apply to all anime that don't finish with the manga or their source material, since content is typically left out of adaptations anyway and a lot of anime which finished earlier were given something approximating the ending in coordination with the mangaka, came up with their own anime original ending and so still are "complete" as a TV/OVA seres, or it's an episodic-type show so it doesn't really matter. There is no specific date or time period this is constrained to, by the way. It could be an anime which was released in the 70s, 80s, or 90s and was never finished (and 99.9% probability it won't ever be) or one which just started in recent years like 2017, 2018, 2019, or even 2020 but you can't fully assess until if/when the story is completed. For instance: There are anime I've rated a 7, but could easily see rating an 8 or even possibly a 9 were they brought to completion and whole stories. There are anime I've rated an 8, but could easily see rating a 9 or even possibly a 10 were they brought to completion and whole stories. Or regardless of rating if you don't use the numerical rating system or you do but it's trivial and unimportant to you, then if it being completed would potentially secure it a place in your favorites list or move it up a few slots if you have said list in ranked order. That's assuming the subsequent season/seasons are up to the same quality as the part of the show you already know and love now. For me, it's: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Aku no Hana Kenpuu Denki Berserk Noragami (to an extent - but even though I want the much desired third season, I can't see it necessarily moving up much in my ratings or list ranking since it's already so high) Kodomo no Jikan Gakkougurashi! Kemono Friends Juuni Kokuki Mahoutsukai no Yome Zipang Those are the ones I see really potentially going up were they actually finished. In some cases they've been in limbo for 20+ years and chance of completion is while technically existent still abysmal, but for others it's very likely they will be continued as they are recent series from the past 3 - 5 years with an ongoing or recently completed manga and were successful/popular enough. |
WatchTillTandavaMay 21, 2020 4:32 PM
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| Definitely Gangsta. So many interesting things happened in the manga and I'm mad at the fact that I can't see Worick screwing around with people a little more. |
| Pandora Hearts is what would probably get the biggest jump. Though from what I’ve heard it left a lot of important stuff out from the manga anyway, so at this point it might need a remake more than a sequel. Spice & Wolf is the one I’d most like to see continued even though it’s extremely unlikely to happen. I am perpetually intending to read the LNs, but I never find myself in enough of a mood. I could definitely see myself rating it higher with more content and a more conclusive ending. I could maybe see myself rating Space Brothers a little higher with more content. |
| conclusion is good, but it depends on what sort of conclusion it is. if I'm disappointed, it's worse than just leaving it open ended. imagine watching 12 more episodes of the same stuff, getting teased just to get a slap in the face as the ending. index's S3 was the conclusion I had to wait 8 years for. it was super rushed. I felt no satisfaction watching it. I watched something I love get violated, rewritten and then getting swept off the table in a flash. it was the most exciting part of the whole series for me, and they destroyed it. |
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KushHaze said: Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Meiou Shinwa This. I wonder why they stopped, it was so good. |
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| The first one that immediately comes to mind is Juuni Kokuki. The abrupt ending that leaves so many plot threads hanging is the only reason I rated it nine instead of ten. Another is Little Busters: Refrain. While it's not exactly an incomplete ending, it's a rushed adaptation crammed into 12 episodes that doesn't do justice to the source material. If it was 24 eps it would easily rival Clannad After Story. Finally, the Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai series. Season 3 was incredibly rushed, it skipped over a bunch of stuff that happened in the manga and didn't even bother to have a proper ending. There's nothing more frustrating about being an anime fan than the incomplete adaptations. It's no fair that only battle shounens ever get 100+ episode counts. |
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| Pandora Hearts It would definitely need a remake way more than a sequel tho. |
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| Densetsu no yuusha no densetsu, I loved the show but having so much content out of the screen and the anime leaving SO MANY FKING loose ends makes it kinda hard to give you satisfaction at the end. I thinking about reading the LN, the thing is that they are still ongoing... after all these years |
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| The first one that instantly comes to mind is Twelve Kingdoms. I loved that show but the loose ends and unfinished story really annoyed me. It really deserved a better ending or to be properly completed because it's great. It has some of the best world-building I've seen in anime. |
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| Baccano!, there are a lot of things left out, the huge cast hasn't had the time to all interact together. 3gatsu no Lion, the 2nd season had interesting development, but Nikaidou was left behind and the conflict with Rei's step sister still hasn't wrapped up. Made in Abyss, more exploration and maybe more stuff concerning Bondrewd. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, the prophecy at the end hints towards a longer saga and there is definitively space for more world building. Honestly I really dislike this "trend" to not fully adapt stuff, it feels like the anime lowers itself to simple advertisement. |
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| No Game No Life, Noragami, Hinamatsuri. To this day I'm still hoping for new seasons. |
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| I already gave it a 10 but people would definitely rate it higher if it was complete. Hoshiai no Sora |
epidemia78 said: The first one that immediately comes to mind is Juuni Kokuki. The abrupt ending that leaves so many plot threads hanging is the only reason I rated it nine instead of ten. horridhendy said: The first one that instantly comes to mind is Twelve Kingdoms. I loved that show but the loose ends and unfinished story really annoyed me. It really deserved a better ending or to be properly completed because it's great. It has some of the best world-building I've seen in anime. Juuni Kokuki is one that jumps out at me to something that which while I enjoyed, could be leagues better, on a whole other level really, if it were actually a full and completed story. To me it's the difference between something good because it has entertaining, thought-provoking, and/or emotional content and something which brings all those together to make a complete package. It's like tasting the ingredients separately versus putting them all together to make one amazing dish and grand banquet. It's a whole other planet of goodness in scale to me. And it's a shame how so many, including that one, are marred by this phenomenon and leaving viewers wanting. With Juuni Kokuki, if the other novels which followed were ever adapted and it was ever completed or rebooted entirely (which in the case of the latter would be a shame to me too since it would be sad to see the parts they already have just scrapped in favor of a newer version that probably wouldn't be as good anyway), what I most wanted to see continued was the story of Taiki and the arc around Tai (the black-haired kirin and his kingdom). And how it and other parts of the story continued to intersect with present-day Japan. nyugvo6 said: conclusion is good, but it depends on what sort of conclusion it is. if I'm disappointed, it's worse than just leaving it open ended. imagine watching 12 more episodes of the same stuff, getting teased just to get a slap in the face as the ending. index's S3 was the conclusion I had to wait 8 years for. it was super rushed. I felt no satisfaction watching it. I watched something I love get violated, rewritten and then getting swept off the table in a flash. it was the most exciting part of the whole series for me, and they destroyed it. Yes, that's also an important point which warrants mentioning. I wouldn't say only the ending itself has the potential to be ruined by being rushed or badly written. By having a cheap and incompetent, way too thin and fast-paced, or otherwise just unintelligent and unimpressive ending, I would say the risk is retroactively ruining the whole show. Even if I could still enjoy the earlier parts of the show which I already enjoyed in isolate, knowing it was building up to a trainwreck insultingly stupid or rushed ending would lower the overall enjoyability, rewatch value, and my overall opinion and estimation of the show as a whole. And that's awful. |
WatchTillTandavaMay 21, 2020 7:02 PM
| Arslan Senki, such a captivating historical war epic. Shame that its not very popular. |
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| Eh, almost everything I guess, if they remain its quality why I don't want more? But here's are the most important ones (if I'm not missing something): Somali and the Forest Spirit: It really had the potential of being among my favorites because the story is kinda the ideal thing I want (Adventure+SoL+Parenting) but the anime it just felt very short Dorohedoro, Hinamatsuri,Houseki no Kuni, Made in Abyss and a 2-cour (or even more) remake of Angel Beats! @WatchTillTandava I don't think there will be a good chance but let's just have some hopes |
mhkrMay 21, 2020 8:50 PM
| Hoshiai no Sora definitely could've been a big fav if it continued or even if it was 24 eps like it was originally meant to be. Only real let down was a lack of development which can easily be fixed with more eps. I think if His and Her Circumstances got a full adaptation it may even end up being one of the best romance series' from what I've heard a few others like Arakawa Under the Bridge and Say I love You because they left off at really good spots and could've been great if they continued also Love Lab, because the real romance starts after the anime part finished |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
| Red Baron would probably be higher if it was fully subbed |
mhkr said: Somali and the Forest Spirit: It really had the potential of being among my favorites because the story is kinda the ideal thing I want (Adventure+SoL+Parenting) but the anime it just felt very short Well, the show only premiered and finished airing in the current year, 2020, so isn't it very possible it will continue onward with another season in the next one to two years? |
| Rurouni Kenshin and Aku no Hana are some I really wish got finished. |
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| HxH 2011 - If this had like 100-200 more episodes with a fully realized narrative that explored every nook and cranny of its world, it would probably be my all time favorite. No Game No Life Haruhi Suzumiya - though it's pretty satisfying Land of the Lustrous |
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| Elfen Lied, would still probably get the same rating from me, but I would have like to have seen it end. Possibly giving it a better score by a point... Naruto: Shippuden, Gantz, Blood-C, Bleach = would have been great, maybe even a solid 8, but they didn't really have endings. Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni: Probably doesn't deserve a second season, but if they could improve on it and wrap up that cliffhanger, that would be great. I might even change the score of 3 I gave, to a 4. And then there is Neon Genesis Evangelion, the worst "ending(?)" I have ever seen ever, ever. I don't even know wth I watched on the last 3 episodes, and the movies didn't help either. Did it even end? I was so confused, that I don't even know if that was the ending... I gave this show a score of 2, the lowest score imaginable. If they finished this show, I would change its score to a 3, possibly a 4 or 5 because it did have potential unrealized. |
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NO_U_ETC said: Elfen Lied, would still probably get the same rating from me, but I would have like to have seen it end. Possibly giving it a better score by a point... I love my currently usually much maligned Elfen Lied, but I have to say that I wanted to see more of it in the form of a second season or at least a concession of a single follow-up OVA or something until I read about the manga's ending. And if that's what they would have went with, now I do believe I'm happier with the anime original ending settled on at the end of episode 13. I like the measure of ambiguity, but it very strongly framed as |
WatchTillTandavaMay 21, 2020 11:40 PM
| I hated the last few seasons of gintama but after the it was starting to get good again but the idiots had to end it and produce a ten minute segment on why the production was a mess and they had to end it at this point. Gundam X has an ending but it's shit because the series was cancelled and they had to cram the final arc in fewer episodes. The original gundam is the same but they were given more episodes and did a better job at it. |
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| Classroom of the Elite, BTOOOM! and Highschool of the Dead (rip). I also add Pandora Hearts to it because yes, it needs more but forgot about it. |
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| How would I know? they might aswell turn to shit if they continued the story. I guess I'll go with Eromanga Sensei as I've spoiled myself of what's gonna happen. |
| Kaibutsu Oujo Mermaid Forest I'd also really like Devilman as a whole to be fully adapted. |
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| I will give all snk seasons a 10 after the final one if it'll as good as the previous ones. Same with Houseki no Kuni, if there will be an adaptation of all remaining volumes, I'll give it a 10, oh but the manga has to have a conclusive ending. I trust the author though, this is not prison school |
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| This is my list: I want than to continue at all costs and I may also increase my ratings. ༼;´༎ຶ ༎ຶ༽ Magi(no future for anime adaptation) Baccano Berserk Tokyo ghoul Spice and wolf Angel beats Beastars Bleach Great teacher onizuka HunterxHunter(may never get another anime) Kino no tabi Konjiki no gashbell(fillers like Naruto) Neon genesis (manga cut its and ending) Youjo senki There are also others but I don't care for them anymore like elfen lied and suzumiya Haruhi and my opinios about them won't change. I already made the disappearance of suzumiya Haruhi best suited ending for me and I am fine if it gets a 3rd season I will watch it anyway it's a slice of life after all. |
Full_anime_FanMay 22, 2020 2:28 AM
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| noragami Saiunkoku monogatari if bleach had adapted ONLY the manga and not the seasons of filler id bump it from a 6 |
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Full_anime_Fan said: This is my list: I want than to continue at all costs and I may also increase my ratings. ༼;´༎ຶ ༎ຶ༽ Magi(no future for anime adaptation) Baccano Berserk Tokyo ghoul Spice and wolf Angel beats Beastars Bleach Great teacher onizuka HunterxHunter(may never get another anime) Kino no tabi Konjiki no gashbell(fillers like Naruto) Neon genesis (manga cut its and ending) Youjo senki There are also others but I don't care for them anymore like elfen lied and suzumiya Haruhi and my opinios about them won't change. I already made the disappearance of suzumiya Haruhi best suited ending for me and I am fine if it gets a 3rd season I will watch it anyway it's a slice of life after all. Berserk is one of the ones I fully and truly don't get. It's one of the most acclaimed manga of all time and would have a nearly guaranteed built-in fanbase larger than many of the shows which have aired since if it ran for multiple more seasons, so I wonder why they seemingly refuse to continue such popular titles. Or is it because it's already popular as a manga that they don't feel the need to continue it in anime form and "promote" it in such a way? That debases anime to little more than a promotional platform when full and complete shows have gone beyond that decades ago to do so much more and become both critically acclaimed and commercially ultra successful cash cow global phenomena in their own right. And the only upside to Kino no Tabi being short in the sense that I don't feel like it hurts it too much is because at least it's episodic, so whether 12 or 13 episodes or 100, I don't think it ever can feel as incomplete as a pure serial which is cut off midstream and left to rot. A lot of people were surprised that Kino no Tabi ever received the reboot/remake in 2017 that it did, but unfortunately I feel like that's likely all there will be in the foreseeable future. And I haven't watched it yet and honestly don't plan or desire to since besides preferring the older animation style, one of the things which made the original so good and special to me was its direction, and I feel like that's something which by default would be lost in any modern continuation. I'd still watch if it looked interesting enough, but a lot of these older series seemed to have captured lightning in a bottle at a moment in time which always ends up getting screwed with in the modern re-imaginings. Like the Berserk reboot. |
| The first one that comes to mind is Yagatte Kimi ni Naru (Bloom in to You). I think everything about that show is amazing but it's worse than unfinished, it doesn't even have a "soft" ending if you know what I mean. I still have it at 9/10 but if it ever got a continuation by the same studio at the same level of production quality (and the story didn't go bad but I doubt that) then it would be an easy 10/10. Others... Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai. Very underrated harem comedy. It's got great characters and real heart with a really positive theme of very different people coming together to become friends. But people dismiss it because it's harem... Anyway, it's unfinished, and, like Bloom above, egregiously so. It ends on a big cliffhanger. Although I don't know if I would rate it higher if it were complete because the ending to the LN is infamously bad. Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san. If it's ever properly finished it might jump up. It would certainly be a relief to actual finally get a conclusion to the most cute yet frustrating romance I've ever seen. |
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WatchTillTandava said: That assumes "unfinished endings" would have an influence on my rating, which they don't.What are some anime you could see yourself rating higher or considering a favorite (or higher favorite) if they were completed? The key argument is: When does a story end anyway? When MC dies of old age in the retirement home? Assume you wouldn't know more source material exists, would you really consider all anime you listen "unfinished"? I'd consider Aku no Hana, Juuni Kokuki, Kenpuu Denki Berserk, and Kodomo no Jikan finished. There is no cliffhanger ending hinting for more. And yea, one arc in Juuni Kokuki has one, but it's a minor one and I can live with it. Others with cliffhanger, e.g. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, hurt a little more. But that doesn't hurt rating with me. |
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inim said: The key argument is: When does a story end anyway? When MC dies of old age in the retirement home? Assume you wouldn't know more source material exists, would you really consider all anime you listen "unfinished"? I'd consider Aku no Hana, Juuni Kokuki, Kenpuu Denki Berserk, and Kodomo no Jikan finished. There is no cliffhanger ending hinting for more. And yea, one arc in Juuni Kokuki has one, but it's a minor one and I can live with it. Others with cliffhanger, e.g. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, hurt a little more. But that doesn't hurt rating with me. To me a story is finished not in accordance with passage of time or biological age of any characters, but when the plot and character development and events feels like they've reached a point that the story itself set up for at its outset, which I realize is something incredibly vague and hard to define because it takes a different form in every unique story, but it's something that's a matter of "I know it when I see it". In the anime you mention, excluding Berserk, if I didn't know of the existence of more source material which go beyond that point, I wouldn't consider them all necessarily unfinished so much as "having an underwhelming ending that noticeably and tangibly feels underwhelming". They would be comparable in that respect to me as the anime which actually are finished and completed in the sense of adapting all their source material and that source material being conclusively finished, but still feel underwhelming or never reaching a certain level. There are a lot of anime like that as well, which are technically complete but I dock several points down the scale (or usually just don't raise above a 7, which is my baseline and starting point) for which I have some potential issues throughout but all or most would be fine if they'd reached a sufficiently cathartic, epic, intelligent, or emotional end, which I feel some never reach. So yeah, the unfinished to me just makes them feel like having limp endings in many cases parallel to those which actually are completed but still have limp and anemic endings. I mentioned Berserk earlier though because I can't agree with that one not ending on a cliffhanger. To me that's like one of the biggest and most infamous cliffhangers in the history of anime and serves the series a glaring flaw and disservice even 22 years later. Maybe if the first episode which was a flash forward in time from the ending of the last episode didn't exist it could be argued as just a tragic ending left deliberately inconclusive/to be inferred and not a cliffhanger, but we know there is plenty beyond that because it's even featured in the very anime itself in the very first episode. |
BiDiGiN said: Baccano!, there are a lot of things left out, the huge cast hasn't had the time to all interact together. 3gatsu no Lion, the 2nd season had interesting development, but Nikaidou was left behind and the conflict with Rei's step sister still hasn't wrapped up. Made in Abyss, more exploration and maybe more stuff concerning Bondrewd. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, the prophecy at the end hints towards a longer saga and there is definitively space for more world building. Honestly I really dislike this "trend" to not fully adapt stuff, it feels like the anime lowers itself to simple advertisement. Agreed on sangatsu. As for abyss, it still seems like it's continuing thankfully. The new movie just came out and it adapted the entire bondrewd which was a pretty great one. As for regarding the post Spice and wolf, waited awhile but ultimately caved in and read it. Was a great read,enjoyed it a lot more than the anime. Maybe the magi series aswell but doubt it'll be anytime soon so picked up the manga and it'd be hard to not mention hxh in here. |
| 1. Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World - The Animated Series (if more of this series gets made, I think it has potential to be a 10) 2. Youjo Senki (its not enough, it can become a 9 easily) 3. Guin Saga (if ever continued it can be a 9 or even 10) 4. Kamisama Dolls (its possible that if it gets a sequel, it might suck. But regardless, I still want a 2nd season) |
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