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Sep 24, 2017 2:33 PM
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I'm curious if anyone else has avoided an anime for just one reason only , excluding prequels and sequels of shows ie if you watched season 1 of an anime but didnt like it and so you avoided any other season of the anime because you didn't like the first season.

I've avoided Shingeki no Kyojin / Attack on Titan for sole reason of the titans looking weird and gross.
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Sep 24, 2017 2:37 PM
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None so far. Most of the series I avoided gets picked up by me after some time.
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Sep 24, 2017 2:38 PM
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I avoided PS for a while because a design this ugly feels like an insult to my gender

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Sep 24, 2017 2:38 PM
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I avoided mushishi cuz its slice of life , Im not into SOL shows


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Sep 24, 2017 2:39 PM
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if you include reasons like "it looks like shit [read: i wouldnt like this]" as single reasons im pretty sure everyone did

there is only so much seisen cerberus one can take in a lifetime, and the mal page is usually enough
Sep 24, 2017 2:39 PM
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I've avoided anime if they are feminist.
Sep 24, 2017 2:39 PM
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I avoid every A-1 picture show because of that story with one of their employees who worked 600 hours in a month and commited suicide. I know overworking deaths are a thing in every studio but that one was just overkill.
Sep 24, 2017 2:41 PM
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Savajho said:
I avoid every A-1 picture show because of that story with one of their employees who worked 600 hours in a month and commited suicide. I know overworking deaths are a thing in every studio but that one was just overkill.
one of the interesting thing i heard about a-1 pictures is "Being owned by Sony, this is basically a mercenary group with different key staff most of the time. Add to the fact that their third/fourth series on the rank always suffers means that the name rarely means anything."
Sep 24, 2017 2:42 PM
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Yeah I guess so. I avoid watching NGE cause it's all about muh symbolism apparently, and all the references tend to fly over my head each time so no, thank you. I'm not going to waste my time on another 3deep5me show.
Sep 24, 2017 2:43 PM

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Nope but if it ever happens, i'll just bite the bullet and watch it.
Sep 24, 2017 3:15 PM
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oh boy... here comes the "the fanservice" crowd :/
Sep 24, 2017 3:18 PM

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I avoid Clannad cause the character designs are nightmare inducing.
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Sep 24, 2017 3:19 PM

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Garbage main love interest or shitty art
One of them is enough for me to avoid any anime
Sep 24, 2017 3:19 PM

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Looking at the page and guessing there is not enough fanservice in a show that need fanservice. This happened 3 or 4 times already.
Sep 24, 2017 3:20 PM

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I avoid action/fantasy/medieval because I know I'll get bored of it.
Sep 24, 2017 3:22 PM

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I have been avoiding stuff like Naruto, DBZ, One Piece, etc. for a single reason: they suck.
Sep 24, 2017 3:23 PM

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I avoided code geass for a while because i never liked the sharp chin, and tall pencil arms and legs designs everyone has.
Sep 24, 2017 3:32 PM

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I avoid finishing Detective Conan because there are almost 900 episodes. I've watched 200ish episodes and enjoyed them... But 700 more episodes feel like an immense mountain that I'm not presently prepared to climb.
Sep 24, 2017 3:36 PM

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I avoided https://myanimelist.net/anime/2159/Ookiku_Furikabutte because the facial expressions in the picture look insanely gay
Sep 24, 2017 3:44 PM

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I avoid Naruto, Bleach, and One Piece (read part of the manga anyways) because they're too long and I have a completionist complex. If I start, I'll only regret it.
Sep 24, 2017 3:52 PM
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There aren't really any single qualities that a show could have that it couldn't compensate for with other traits, in my eyes. There are a lot of shows where I can point out a single most prominent flaw, where I would probably watch the show if the flaw weren't there, but I would also watch the show, flaw and all, if it excelled in other respects.
Sep 24, 2017 3:55 PM
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I've avoided Fairy Tail and don't have any intention on watching it in the near future purely based on the fact that an annoying as fuck guy kept shoving it down my throat about how its the best anime and nothing else comes close to it, the characters are the best and the concepts are the best and I won't find anything half as good. Im all good with people having their favourites, hell my favourite is Dragon Ball/Z/Super and I know for a fact that is far from perfect or the best. Anyway little rant, this guy was and is the only reason I don't want to watch it.
Sep 24, 2017 4:02 PM

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Let's see... Only the freaking, misleading cover! Due to art distortions! Like Youjo Senki
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Sep 24, 2017 4:41 PM

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I don't watch Ballroom because of the neck.

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Sep 24, 2017 4:45 PM

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I avoid harems because of harem fans.

Sep 24, 2017 5:06 PM

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I've avoided anime because of:

-:Length: I rarely feel like getting into something with hundreds of episodes after numerous disappointments
-Fugly art
-Boring plot descriptions that don't sound interesting
-Depression: I know it's depressing and I don't feel like subjecting myself to it.
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Sep 24, 2017 5:25 PM

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Usually I just don't feel like watching it, if you consider that a reason.

I don't bother thinking hard about a reason not to watch something, if I don't then I don't. Maybe I'll come back in the future when I feel like it
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Sep 24, 2017 6:31 PM

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You mean specific anime for a very specific reason other than ''it doesn't interest me'' I suppose.

Well yes, there are a few.

- I haven't watched Stein's Gate because I heard it starts slow and boring even though it gets better. I watched only episode one I think and at some point I will watch the rest, but having a slow start is killer. I haven't started the Chimera Ant arc of HxH for the same reason.

- My Teen Romantic Comedy. I watched a few episodes and I think it was really good, but the way the MC is and acts reminds me a lot of myself in school years, and not in a positive way at all, so I kind of get a unpleasent feeling when I watch it. If I ever take the stick off my ass maybe I will continue watching.

- NGE. I watched the movies and they were utter garbage, they are the lowest stuff I rated. I know the anime is better and stuff and stuff, but the MC is the type I hate the most and the female side characters were lame. At some point I will watch, but not anytime soon.
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Sep 24, 2017 6:34 PM
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Any anime with women and their tits hanging out of their shirt. Usually those are shit. Or if they have lollis. Also ugly art styles.
Sep 24, 2017 6:35 PM
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Avoided FMA cause more than 50 episodes/season
Sep 24, 2017 6:38 PM
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For me it was One Piece, a long time ago. At that time I used to just watch the main shounen anime. I was thinking about how a guy who can extend his arms be even compared to dragon ball, naruto, bleach. The moment I started watching One Piece watched continuously till the end (at that time they just had found brook on the sea).
Sep 24, 2017 6:50 PM

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I don't watch Ballroom because of the neck.

+1 This.. XD

- I avoided oregairu because I don't want to be in a wrong ship again.

-I avoided Free!, kuroko, etc. Because I don't want to start shipping male and male.. Lol XD

I think there's a lot of this but I forgot..


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Sep 24, 2017 6:51 PM

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I've avoided anime because it didn't interest me and I didn't want to watch it.


Sep 24, 2017 7:35 PM
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I feel like at some point I'll get to Welcome to the NHK, but what the description of this character hinted at repulses me because it gives me an impression of a sort of implicit preachiness to it that does more than a little to keep me away from it. That's literally the only reason why I've been so completely averted to watching it for a few months now. Kind of petty, but it'll be pretty tough to catch me in the mood for hearing out what this show seems to want to offer me, at least in the realm of using it as entertainment as opposed to on a place like a discussion board.

Sep 24, 2017 7:45 PM
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kuroko no basket, and also for a very long time now. i just think that he's boring (personal opinion).
Sep 24, 2017 8:02 PM

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Whatever highly CGI shows for CG (duh)
Sep 24, 2017 8:08 PM

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Haven't watched Special A because of the hideous bodies they have. With their pencil lookin ass bodies, I will never watch that, it hurts my eyes.
I've been told that it's basically Maid-sama before Maid-sama became an anime so it doesn't bother me that I haven't seen it.
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romagia said:
Savajho said:
I avoid every A-1 picture show because of that story with one of their employees who worked 600 hours in a month and commited suicide. I know overworking deaths are a thing in every studio but that one was just overkill.
one of the interesting thing i heard about a-1 pictures is "Being owned by Sony, this is basically a mercenary group with different key staff most of the time. Add to the fact that their third/fourth series on the rank always suffers means that the name rarely means anything."


I know, i've seen that video, but the guy still somewhat worked for A-1 and whether it's a freelancer or an employee this is just unacceptable that sony/aniplex lets that happen.
Sep 24, 2017 8:19 PM

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Sword Art Online: I WATCHED THE ABRIDGED VERSION FIRST AND NOW I CAN'T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. I even tried, but nope.

One Piece: Too many episodes.

Sep 24, 2017 8:22 PM

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I avoid anime with tsundere female lead like a plague
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Obnoxious characters or if it sounds super generic.
Sep 24, 2017 8:27 PM

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Harem with dense MC and no actual plot.

Sep 24, 2017 8:27 PM
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I avoid parasyte because I can't stand looking at the mc's hand. It kind of looks like a slug.
Sep 24, 2017 8:32 PM
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Avoided FMA cause more than 50 episodes/season
There's only one season, what you may think is two seasons, is actually the original and remake versions.

I avoid most stuff by A-1 Pictures (With a small set of exceptions), because after SAO, I realized they basically do just enough to keep it novel, keep you engaged, and keep you distracted from their flaws enough to give it mild praise. Almost everything A-1 Pictures does is unoriginal and poorly made, with an incredible soundtrack, they only have enough original ideas to make it feel fresh, not be fresh.

That said, Your Lie in April is my second favorite anime of all time, and I am really eager to watch Shinsekai Yori.

I also avoid anything longer than 100 episodes, because I without fail get bored a few episodes in. The monogatari series may be an exception, I haven't tallied the episode count up yet.
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I avoided https://myanimelist.net/anime/2159/Ookiku_Furikabutte because the facial expressions in the picture look insanely gay

Holy shit they do.

*adds to ptw list*
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Yeah I guess so. I avoid watching NGE cause it's all about muh symbolism apparently, and all the references tend to fly over my head each time so no, thank you. I'm not going to waste my time on another 3deep5me show.

But for example SnK is full of symbolism too. ^^" Just one thing of them: There is literally a whole zoo and Jurassic Park running through the 3rd OP, just to symbolize Darwinism.
Not to speak of the Virgin Mary statue at the beginning and Eren's mom holding his hand, when he was a kid. Most Japanese aren't Christians, but I think everyone in the world would understand that as motherly love and that's why they have done it? ^^ And all the symbols in the story; the titans per se and the wing of freedom explains it itself ... XD

I understand it nonetheless. It was a little bit too much in NGE sometimes. I just got used to it in media after years of reading and watching haha.
And I mean... symbols could be great too and give you wonderful pictures of the scenes as link between the event and the visual aspect. ^^
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I avoid anime that has sexism/objectification

Ie: shoujo, Josei, reverse harem, Yaoi genre





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Sep 24, 2017 8:43 PM
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I avoid them if the Mc wears glasses.Dunno can't watch them for some reason
Sep 24, 2017 8:48 PM

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I have and will keep avoiding Jojo until i deem myself ready to get around to it...the single most reason i have avoided it is because of it's stupid fucking fanbase that gets on my nerves and pisses me off. The more i see them the more i want to keep avoiding it.

Don't get me wrong, i will one day watch it all but that day is not going to be any time soon.
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Usually because I'm not into the genre or premise, or it has too many episodes (I can't really follow long anime nowadays)
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