| I'm sure a thread like this has been created before. But truly, I would love to see something like this brought forwards. What is the most generic anime? That would raise light to the question of what is generic in anime? Wouldn't the anime considered generic also be able to be recognized as original, because of the fact that its pure faults and flaws seem to set a standard as to what is and what isn't generic? I dunno. Maybe I'm a little too high to be on a forums site right now. But I do believe that this is quite the interesting topic, and I'd love to see (both see as in recognize and watch) the anime you all present. Thanks. |
| "Talent is something you make bloom, instinct is something you polish." |
| I just started watching Full Metal Panic and it feels really generic so far (in a good way). |
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magikewlgirlz said: Elaborate?it feels really generic so far (in a good way). |
Griffith said: Everything made post 2010. Pretty harsh. Why 2010 exactly? |
| "Talent is something you make bloom, instinct is something you polish." |
Griffith said: Everything made post 2010. Just in time for Hunter x Hunter 2011 |
Griffith said: Hrybami said: Just in time for Hunter x Hunter 2011 What a savage |
| "Talent is something you make bloom, instinct is something you polish." |
mayukachan said: magikewlgirlz said: Elaborate?it feels really generic so far (in a good way). I'm not entirely sure how, to be honest. I guess it's the mix of various things that I feel like I've seen in other anime. You've got the blonde guy who's a perv, there's panty shots, giant robots, a lot of the characters have odd colored hair (like Chidori with her blue hair), a main character who ends up in situations that the girls think are perverted but he doesn't , and the artstyle (I can't really point to anything that looks like it, but it definitely feels like something I've seen before, aside from the lines under their eyes (which is a nice touch, it makes the girls (and even Sagara) cuter)). But there's something about the mixture of all of this that just feels charming, and well, right. I am only 2 episodes deep, so that could very well change. |
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magikewlgirlz said: Oh, in that case, I think it's when a show is executed well even if it uses the most basic cliches.mayukachan said: Elaborate? I'm not entirely sure how, to be honest. I guess it's the mix of various things that I feel like I've seen in other anime. You've got the blonde guy who's a perv, there's panty shots, giant robots, a lot of the characters have odd colored hair (like Chidori with her blue hair), a main character who ends up in situations that the girls think are perverted but he doesn't , and the artstyle (I can't really point to anything that looks like it, but it definitely feels like something I've seen before, aside from the lines under their eyes (which is a nice touch, it makes the girls (and even Sagara) cuter)). But there's something about the mixture of all of this that just feels charming, and well, right. I am only 2 episodes deep, so that could very well change. |
| Wouldn't say there's a 'generic anime' rather a 'generic *insert demography/theme* anime'. Like say a generic romance shojo, generic action shounen, generic school battle harem, etc. |
| I can't think of any anime I've seen that I'd say is super generic. Probably because I cherry pick like 90% of what I watch. Hrybami said: AyyyyyGriffith said: Everything made post 2010. Just in time for Hunter x Hunter 2011 Also in time for Shinsekai Yori too! :) |
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| These are generic. myanimelist.net/anime/30296/Rakudai_Kishi_no_Cavalry myanimelist.net/anime/30544/Gakusen_Toshi_Asterisk Fantasy school echhi anime. These and the harem/slice of life anime takes up most of the seasonal shows. Not saying generic is always a bad thing btw. |
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keragamming said: These are generic. myanimelist.net/anime/30296/Rakudai_Kishi_no_Cavalry myanimelist.net/anime/30544/Gakusen_Toshi_Asterisk Fantasy school echhi anime. These and the harem/slice of life anime takes up most of the seasonal shows. Not saying generic is always a bad thing btw. Yes, I agree. I still mix up Asterisk and Rakudai Kishi with each other because they're so similar. |
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| Absolute Duo. 2generic4me |
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| almost all japanese cartoons are generic they shood sell it cheaper tho bcoz most are generic brands |
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| Nogizaki Haruka no Himitsu It's about a rich, athletic, meek, popular, intelligent, internationally recognized, cultured, clumsy, beautiful otaku waifu, and it stars an average high school boy who happens to be the only one who understands her through romcom ecchi hijinks. I'm genuinely interested to see if anything can top that. 15poundfish said: Love Hina That was written in 1998 and adapted in 2000, so I'm not sure if it counts as generic. Then again, I'm not too familiar with romcoms pre-2000s that aren't Rumiko Takahashi, so I can't say if there was something else before that set any trends. |
| How did no one mention Infinite Stratos yet? Its like the granddaddy of all these appalling light novel adaptations. |
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amateur said: Comparatively I still think it's way better than stuff like High School DxD which are just as shitty and generic but are also packed to the brim with borderline hentai levels of fanservice which they censor so people will either get ATX or buy the Blu-rays.How did no one mention Infinite Stratos yet? Its like the granddaddy of all these appalling light novel adaptations. |
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Artwork said: If you're still mixing them up after watching about half of their episodes then you are not paying enough attention, because even if they share the school-battle-type setting and some tropes they are still a lot different, especially when it comes to the characters and fighting.keragamming said: These are generic. myanimelist.net/anime/30296/Rakudai_Kishi_no_Cavalry myanimelist.net/anime/30544/Gakusen_Toshi_Asterisk Fantasy school echhi anime. These and the harem/slice of life anime takes up most of the seasonal shows. Not saying generic is always a bad thing btw. Yes, I agree. I still mix up Asterisk and Rakudai Kishi with each other because they're so similar. Rather the question should be "which Anime is unique". Nowadays there are many Animes which appear generic just because there are Anime in the past who were similar in terms of setting/tropes. Just what I don't get is why the school battle harem type of shows get heavily criticized because of that. Obviously in other genre/type of shows there are also a lot of repeating stuff. |
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| 2015 anime in a nutshell. |
| Brace yourself. Soon as LotGH 2017 comes out. The anime community is going to become so cancerous you will need to take cover and hide. |
skill00matic1 said: Vampire Holmes is far from being generic2015 anime in a nutshell. |
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| Generic shows (i still enjoyed): A-Channel, the generic slice-of-life school comedy with no defining features. Nanatsu no Taisai, a recent generic battle shounen. Seiken Tsukai no World Break, a generic highschool magical battle anime. Jitsu wa Watashi Wa, a generic urban-fantasy romantic comedy. 15poundfish said: In what way is it generic? It's quite unlike what I usually watch.Kyoukai no Rinne RayAdha said: I liked the part where the female lead is not the generic high-spec girl Tomoe, but an unemotional rei clone Julie. And the first girl didn't win, but was eliminated almost from the start. That alone makes it stand out among the rest.Absolute Duo. 2generic4me |
skill00matic1 said: 2015 anime in a nutshell. 2015 summer has gatchaman crowds insight, rokka no yuusha, akagami no shirayukihime already. 2015 anime doesn't sounds really generic to me. |
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| SAO for sure. Tokyo Ghoul. Shingeki no Kyoujin too but I guess many would disagree. Basically those anime that those Youtube gamer girls watch in order to get more nerds fapping to them by being a "sexy nerd". Oh that annoys me so fucking much. |
| A-Channel is pretty generic for a CGDCT. Most shows like that have at least something interesting about them. |
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Shirayukishi said: SAO for sure. Tokyo Ghoul. Shingeki no Kyoujin too but I guess many would disagree. Basically those anime that those Youtube gamer girls watch in order to get more nerds fapping to them by being a "sexy nerd". Oh that annoys me so fucking much. *facepalm* Someone needs to go look up the meaning of the word generic. This thread isn't about the most popular anime you hate thread. *roll eyes* |
keragamming said: Shirayukishi said: SAO for sure. Tokyo Ghoul. Shingeki no Kyoujin too but I guess many would disagree. Basically those anime that those Youtube gamer girls watch in order to get more nerds fapping to them by being a "sexy nerd". Oh that annoys me so fucking much. *facepalm* Someone needs to go look up the meaning of the word generic. This thread isn't about the most popular anime you hate thread. *roll eyes* Lol yea I realised qhen I was writing but then again it is generic! SAO's second half became fanservice oreimo-like bullshit, SnK is your general shounen without any character development (only things that's "new" are the big fucking titans which is not even that creative) and well Tokyo Ghoul speaks for itself |
| Slice of life shows about school and food. |
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Exowave said: Slice of life shows about school and food. KyoAni stuff yea |
Shirayukishi said: KyoAni? Not really...Exowave said: Slice of life shows about school and food. KyoAni stuff yea |
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| For magic battle highschool harems, I'd say Absolute Duo, Gakusen Toshi Asterisk, Rakudai Kishi No Cavalry, Hidan no Aria to name a few off the top of my head. There's also that abomination called Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan, which was not only generic but just plainly fucking terrible at the same time. Seraph of the End (1st season) was a 10/10 example of genericness too. |
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Shirayukishi said: keragamming said: *facepalm* Someone needs to go look up the meaning of the word generic. This thread isn't about the most popular anime you hate thread. *roll eyes* Lol yea I realised qhen I was writing but then again it is generic! SAO's second half became fanservice oreimo-like bullshit, SnK is your general shounen without any character development (only things that's "new" are the big fucking titans which is not even that creative) and well Tokyo Ghoul speaks for itself This post even made less sense than the last one. Holyshit! I think I lost a few IQ points after reading your post. Again, go google the meaning of the word "generic" geez dude it only takes a few seconds to do that. I can bet my money on it. |
Shirayukishi said: keragamming said: *facepalm* Someone needs to go look up the meaning of the word generic. This thread isn't about the most popular anime you hate thread. *roll eyes* Lol yea I realised qhen I was writing but then again it is generic! SAO's second half became fanservice oreimo-like bullshit, SnK is your general shounen without any character development (only things that's "new" are the big fucking titans which is not even that creative) and well Tokyo Ghoul speaks for itself You know what's generic? your response is. It should be put into a frame and captioned "generic bandwagoning SAO hater". There's more to second half of the 1st season of SAO than Kirito-Suguha romance. Oreimo definitely doesn't have swordfights or tentacle rape. By the way, Oreimo is rather non-generic, but I've only read the novels. In fact, all the media about otaku culture tend to be rather unusual. |
Zefyris said: skill00matic1 said: 2015 anime in a nutshell. 2015 summer has gatchaman crowds insight, rokka no yuusha, akagami no shirayukihime already. 2015 anime doesn't sounds really generic to me. Yeah 2015 may have had it's fair share of trash, but there have been quite a few gems from it as well, especially last season. |
Wynteru said: what is generic in anime? Wouldn't the anime considered generic also be able to be recognized as original, because of the fact that its pure faults and flaws seem to set a standard as to what is and what isn't generic? generic is usually used in opposition to original, so something which reuses previously used themes, and uses them in the same ways they got used before by other shows it's a subtle way to say the generic show did copy other previous shows while not adding nothing new in it it can also be seen as "lack of distinctive traits", since if you were to remove all the "common" themes from a generic show, nothing would be left "Wouldn't the anime considered generic also be able to be recognized as original" differing opinions on what is generic may change based on the previous experience of the people making the opinion, for someone who just started watching animes anything may look new and original, the more experience you have and more shows will start to look generic to you personally i did find psycho-pass 2 extremely generic, cause after having watched the first season i couldn't find anything new in the development they made there, it felt like a bad copy of the first season but that may have been cause to me the main villain did look like a self-insert character :/ (even more than makishima, who at least was a bit bearable) |
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| hmm.. gundam series.. its pretty damn generic, atleast for me. :) |
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