Popular and acclaimed anime that you do not understand the hype of?

I will never understand what's the big deal with Attack on Titan, Frieren and Legend of the Galactic Heroes.

@Spunkert What did you not like about frieren? i personally cannot watch slow paced shows but frieren got me hooked from the first episode. Its really immersive and while watching, it feels like we are on a journey as well alongside frieren. In my opinion, its worthy of being #1 on mal, as long as we get new seasons with high production value by madhouse

Attack on Titan, Demon Slayer, Fullmetal Alchemist are among worst "popular" shows I ever watched. I guess I'm simply not their target audience, but still I can't understand that hype. I wouldn't enjoy anything like that even at the age of 10.

I will never understand what's the big deal with Attack on Titan, Frieren and Legend of the Galactic Heroes.

@LoveYourSmile This is the first time i have seen someone hate or not enjoy fmab. It may have a cringe, annoying humour but i feel like the reason its so highly acclaimed is because it does everything well-from plot, characters, world building, pacing, animation etc. It is not the best at anything but great at everything if that makes sense. Its also kinda rare for a shonen anime to stick or land a great ending like fmab

@Spunkert Watch Attack on Titan. If you don't get why its so good, watch it again. Still don't get it watch it again.

And nobody even think of using the mainstream bs on me, I've been watching it since episode 1 aired. We need to stop hating on stuff just cause it got popular. (Not saying you do this, my bad).

No, but seriously, give AOT another try you might just not have enjoyed it the first time but a new time/ perspective helps enjoy different things.

@MysticBatl


I watched all of season 1 and found it tiresome. I have no interest in re-watching or watch the rest of it. Plus there is 94 episodes of it anyway and i for the moment have no time or will to watch long shows like that anymore.

Attack on Titan, Demon Slayer, Fullmetal Alchemist are among worst "popular" shows I ever watched. I guess I'm simply not their target audience, but still I can't understand that hype. I wouldn't enjoy anything like that even at the age of 10.

@Spunkert @Ratris_Decision @LoveYourSmile

Attack on Titan is known for its fantastic storytelling. If you haven't watched until Season 3 Part 2, you won't fully understand the hype. It's common not to understand it initially; I didn't either. Despite enjoying the edgy action, animation, and dark atmosphere of earlier seasons, these aspects alone didn't clarify why it was considered one of the best anime by many fans. It wasn't until I experienced Season 3 Part 2 that my entire perspective on the show changed.

@LoveYourSmile
Two of those three anime share a director. It could be that you have a problem with the director, who I also dislike.

@Lucifrost That might be, I'm not deep enough into anime yet to check for directors and stuff. I simply thought that "battle shonen" might be not my genre. At least neither of top 20 hooked me with a trailer/teaser.
If you have an example of a really good one, and not similar to those - please share, I'll give it a try.

Attack on Titan, Demon Slayer, Fullmetal Alchemist are among worst "popular" shows I ever watched. I guess I'm simply not their target audience, but still I can't understand that hype. I wouldn't enjoy anything like that even at the age of 10.

@LoveYourSmile

Demon Slayer is 90% its animation and art style. Ufotable is a very popular studio. That being said, in defense of Demon Slayer, I do think a small part of it is that Tanjiro is an empathetic protagonist who still kills his opponents. This is personally my reason, as I found too many series to be incredibly cynical, and I personally hate cynicism being elevated to wisdom in my media, be it through asshole protagonists or 4th wall reference humor.

Rick and Morty, for one.

For me, it would be That time I got reincarnated as a slime. It's not about it being slow and boring(all SOL anime are) it's the lack of interesting characters and character development. All characters without exception are just cardboard cutouts whether it is the benevolent OP protagonist or his allies who are always fawning over him or the cartoonishly evil villains. Even the "fights" are just one-sided beatdowns with no stakes at all. Even when it felt like there were some stakes or consequences in season 2 it was immediately retconned to be "Yeah it was nothing it never mattered lol". Honestly, after listening to all of the hype I thought it would have something going for but it turned out to be just another garbage isekai with the same reused plot and characters, there is no substance, no creativity just a cash grab for the producers who know that the target audience is so stupid it won't question anything and just lick it clean like a hungry dog. Hell, even the songs are uninspired and boring.

And before any of this "target audience" says that the world-building, politics, etc. are good IT'S NOT. If you believe that you seriously need to watch some good political dramas then you would realize the actual meaning of these terms.