| As the title suggests, which factor is the most important into making an anime good like plot, characters, art, music, etc. I know that all of these factors are a necessity, but if you had to pick the most important factor that makes an anime good, what would it be |
| A good main character and premise. Something like AOT's premise of humanity being trapped in three walls against a mysterious and unknown force of titans hooks you right in. |
riverolf said: A good main character and premise. Something like AOT's premise of humanity being trapped in three walls against a mysterious and unknown force of titans hooks you right in. Yeah but there are anime with great premises that fail spectacularly in execution.So I'd say execution is still more important than a premise that sounds good on the surface. |
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| To me enjoyment is still the most important,even though it's extremely subjective.Because after all if i am bored to death watching the anime,it doesn't matter if it's objectively good ,i am going to dislike it.Good enjoyment requires the culmination of all of the elements done well such as animation,characters,story etc. |
SummerynDec 17, 2019 12:08 AM
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| Good characters can carry an entire show. Even if the story is bad but characters good it will be decent but if it is the otherway around, it will be bad. |
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| Cute girls. If an anime has cute girls, it's a masterpiece by default. |
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Missaliensan said: riverolf said: A good main character and premise. Something like AOT's premise of humanity being trapped in three walls against a mysterious and unknown force of titans hooks you right in. Yeah but there are anime with great premises that fail spectacularly in execution.So I'd say execution is still more important than a premise that sounds good on the surface. Would you mind to post any examples? |
riverolf said: Missaliensan said: Yeah but there are anime with great premises that fail spectacularly in execution.So I'd say execution is still more important than a premise that sounds good on the surface. Would you mind to post any examples? There are loads of threads made on this,I think that is enough proof. https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1811623 https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=427555 https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1329941 |
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| Characters , even if the plot is average , If they manage to write intriguing characters that can get us emotionally invested in them then it's going to be enjoyable to watch. A good plot with dull characters or poorly handled characters can ruin the show. Music is also underrated |
| "In this world, wherever there is light – there are also shadows. As long as the concept of winners exists, there must also be losers. The selfish desire of wanting to maintain peace causes wars, and hatred is born to protect love." -Madara Uchiha  |
| It depends on the genre. Drama's and SOL anime are obviously character-driven, so character development tend to be the most important aspect of those particular shows. A battle-shounen, on the other hand, doesn't necessarily need the same qualities for it to be an attractive series to viewers, and can rely on other factors to move it along, although it does obviously help. A well-executed premise plays a big factor on whether I know I'll like something within the first few episodes. Creating a world with grounded, believable rules also allows me to immerse myself in the show. The OST is really important as it can really make or break how immersed I become in the show I'm watching. A catchy, emotional soundtrack that fits with the feel of the anime really helps. |
| For me the most important aspects are the females , I only want my adorable cute girls! They are very strong characters and with them all the rest will falls in place!! And I want the anime to be male free!! All the girls in the anime belongs to me. And I dont want males around them!! I DONT share MY girls!! They are mine!!All of them!!! I watch them as a crazed fucking hawk!! And I fiercely protect their purity mind souls and body! I want them to be lesbians and go for each other!!I like my lesbian angels they are cute as hell!! And sometimes if you are lucky they even kiss or having sex!!!,,,YEEEEES!!!!! Pure Yuri's that follow this concept get 10/10 on my list!! So male free anime with good behaving lesbians are the most important factors for me!! My girls are everything!! Dont need a complex story or anything else as long as I have them!!  |
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| All of the following components are equally important to make an Anime "good": - Plot - Chracter - Art - Sound - Presentation The Anime Title must also be faithful to its intended genre and not have excessive amounts of slap-stick comedy and fanservice scenes. |
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| Quality characters. Give me an average or inconsistent story with quality characters and I won't even notice the problems. |
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| Decent story, plot, philosophy behind it are the most important to (art) Japanese animation. Story is like a vitamin, while everything else is merely food. You can chug tasty burgers like Violet Everdarden or... any other Kyoto Animation studio work, sit down in your fatmobile and drive off into the sunset while shouting "MURICA MURICA MURICA". OR You can in-take something from Gainax, which is a vitamin for your mind that stays with you forever, letting you put things into retrospective and perspective. Rough examples no need to roast. The theory stands. CreativeNam3 said: Quality characters. Give me an average or inconsistent story with quality characters and I won't even notice the problems. The thing is... this is kinda impossible. On a conceptual level. Characters are an ingrained part of the story. Surely you do not want to look like a fool and will be able to provide examples of poor plot/interesting characters story. I will be your witness. CreativeNam3 said: Quality characters. Give me an average or inconsistent story with quality characters and I won't even notice the problems. RonnyZapata said: A premise is nothing without good realisation. I've seen movies where nothing happens. But the camera movements, flat, effects. Etc. They are excellent and keep you attentive without anything happening inside the script. A good premise, characters and intentions are useless if there is no realisation. So you say that empty stupid action stories like 90% American action films, while being utterly obsolete and thematically drained, if executed well (the camera movement, flat, effects. Etc.) are going to be better than rather straightforward plot-based series? |
Daniel_NaumovDec 17, 2019 1:17 AM
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| There's no such thing as one aspect more important than the others because anime are separable by genre. A good anime just need a good studio. Or simply just a good director . |
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| Definitely a good story. Great animation and music will not compensate bad story. |
| I just want to see something I haven't seen before made interesting. |
| creativity, if you just have premise and substance what good will it do if it's generic and basic. something that challenges the norm and unexpected plot twists are bonuses/examples. |
| This is really hard. But, I'd probably say that one of the most important things is that the anime makes sense. And that's probably kind of vague, but a lot of anime for me do not get ranked as highly as they would have otherwise because of little things I nitpick that do not make sense. I need to know WHY certain things happen. Things can't just happen for seemingly no reason. It can be a bunch of little small things that don't make sense that eventually add up to me not enjoying the anime as much as I would have otherwise. I honestly can't think of an example right now, so I'll create one. Suzy one day just decides to buy a sword. But there is no reason provided for this. Nothing about her character up to this point would have lead us to believe she had any reason whatsoever for buying a sword. This would greatly tick me off. So just... consistency. In every aspect. Make the anime make sense. Don't just have random things happen with no explanation. If I can't believe that Suzy really wanted to buy that sword, then I'm going to be annoyed that the writers just made her do that for the sake of the story in a way that wasn't believable. Of course, as others said, there are tons of factors that go into making a great anime. This is just one I thought of off the top of my head. (Comedy anime are different most of the time. It's often funnier if things don't make sense, if it's done for humor.) |
| It has to know what it's trying to do. Without a sense of purpose, there's nothing that can be accomplished. |
| Plot and writing. Animes that have mostly unlikeable characters (not badly written simply unlikeable) can be pretty good. For example Mugen no Ryvius & Vinland Saga. In other hand there is animes that have great characters, but plot is bad. These animes can still be enjoyabl to watch, but you kinda admit urself that they are pretty bad. For example K Project and Bleach. |
| If we are talking about adaptation then art style + animation, while originals need premise, plot, pacing. Other important aspects will be decided by the genre. Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou is a perfect example of a good SoL. It has good characters, worldbuilding and atmosphere while action would need vastly different attributes to make it excellent. |
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| If it doesn’t have childish humor, then it’s already solid. |
| These factors must work well with each other: -Characters -Story, plot -Pacing -Soundtracks -OP/ED songs -Consistency -Art and Design -Direction of each episode |
kandi_gloss said: midascruzer said: If we are talking about adaptation then art style + animation, while originals need premise, plot, pacing. Other important aspects will be decided by the genre. Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou is a perfect example of a good SoL. It has good characters, worldbuilding and atmosphere while action would need vastly different attributes to make it excellent. I personally don't read a lot of manga so an adaptation can't get by simply on being an adaptation that I can fangirl over, as it seems like you are talking about. Well, you wouldn't waste you time and money to adapt a garbage manga, would you? Of course I'm not saying that any adaptation would be good enough to please the general audience, what i'm saying is if you trust the manga readers on how adequate other aspects are you can be fairly sure that the anime will be nice with a good director, animation and artstyle If you like the genre and the manga is well praised i don't see how you would have doubts. Although, it's not as if I don't know any exceptions. |
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-Aincrad- said: Cute girls. If an anime has cute girls, it's a masterpiece by default. This man right here is speaking the truth. |
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Takuto_Shindou said: -Aincrad- said: I really hope you're being sarcastic, then again you like Demon Slayer so probably not.Cute girls. If an anime has cute girls, it's a masterpiece by default. You know, people like you are the reason many times I hate this site and its community. |
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kandi_gloss said: midascruzer said: Well, you wouldn't waste you time and money to adapt a garbage manga, would you? Of course I'm not saying that any adaptation would be good enough to please the general audience, what i'm saying is if you trust the manga readers on how adequate other aspects are you can be fairly sure that the anime will be nice with a good director, animation and artstyle If you like the genre and the manga is well praised i don't see how you would have doubts. Although, it's not as if I don't know any exceptions. I don't know, I don't really trust "high praise" since I find I don't really agree with most anime/manga fans as to what's good or bad. Anime fandom in general seems to have tates that run counter of mine anyhow. Based on your list you tend to watch somewhat older anime. I would say that you are in the minority with your taste. Obviously it's not a bad thing but I presume you have a hard time finding new interesting anime to watch or anime that you actually enjoy. I hope I'm wrong though. |
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| Entertainment value. as long as something keeps you going, it's not a wasted effort. There are simply too many factors that make something good, but an objectively good product can still end up incredibly boring. I could insert my own values but it won't even match half of what I watched and liked. Just make a show entertaining. It can be super bad as long as it's fun to watch. |
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| I’d say for any story to be good it at least needs well written and well developed characters. For me this is the most important part in any story for the most part. |
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| structure above all then it comes to the story afterwards characters, thematic focus, visual appeals |
| If the scantily clad girls are doing more than just beating the shit out of each other. Sometimes I actually want a deep and engaging story. ...Sometimes. |
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| Balancing all the elements, so nothing is terrible. An anime with a good story but terrible visuals might as well be a book, and an anime with good visuals but terrible story may as well be a painting. In my mind, a good anime will generally make sure that none of the major elements are below passable at the least. There are some anime that are exceptions, but I think they're far to rare to be made a rule. |
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RonnyZapata said: Daniel_Naumov said: So you say that empty stupid action stories like 90% American action films, while being utterly obsolete and thematically drained, if executed well (the camera movement, flat, effects. Etc.) are going to be better than rather straightforward plot-based series? I never said that. Better in what way? I said one movie may be the worst story in the world but if it narrate you well, it just keeps you hooked. Please bring an example to the table. Such extreme claims MUST be supplemented with some solid arguments. Only Sith deal in absolutes, and as much as I like it I cannot take your word for this to be a part of the natural order unless you have confirmation it happened. |
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| Well executed themes or cute girls are the only things that make anime good. |
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