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What are the LEAST popular completed anime you've watched?

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Sep 9, 2024 6:14 PM
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Note: Not counting 1-3 minute shorts.
Mine are:

Movie:
Kidou Senshi Gundam: Twilight Axis - Akaki Zanei (Technically it's a 26 minute compilation of a bunch of 3-minute ONA's, so not much of a movie in practice) otherwise Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island
OVA: Dream Hunter Rem (Technically Mahoutsukai Tai! vs. Shamanic Princess, but it's just 5 minutes long.)
ONA: Shiyakusho
Special: Kidou Senshi Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory Picture Drama - Uchuu no Kagerou 2 Correction: Kaette Kita Top wo Nerae! Kagaku Kouza
TV Anime: Lostorage Conflated WIXOSS
Non-sequel TV Anime: Mahoujin Guruguru (2017) (When it ends, it seems that Grendizer U will win the spot by a lot).

How do I check that?
If you're a MAL supporter, simply go to Settings -> List -> Popularity and you'll be able to check directly on your list.
If you're not, just check every anime season, filtered for only completed anime.
If you're not, you can just go into your List and then Filters -> Sort -> Primary -> Popularity -> Desc (Thanks Vaturna for the tip)
thewiruSep 9, 2024 11:59 PM
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OVA: Saishuu Shiken Kujira Progressive - It feels just like a promo for a visual novel

TV anime: PriPri Chiichan! - it's more like a kid show, I'm just glad it got fully subbed

Movie: eX-Driver the Movie - just accidentally saw it started on TV when I was a kid, and decided to watch
Sep 9, 2024 6:54 PM
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I've only got a few shows listed so far on here (I haven't added the stuff I've watched since before finding this site), so it looks like Master Keaton. It's really good! Even my wife who doesn't like anime much was enjoying it.
Sep 9, 2024 6:56 PM
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It was this Korean anime movie called 'The Senior Class' (#11589, 533 users completed) https://myanimelist.net/anime/36021/Joleobban

Absolutely terrible movie, it was like an incel wrote it. 1/10
Sep 9, 2024 7:12 PM
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Ah yes, first 20 I see are hentai 😂

Hentai: Subarashiki Kokka no Kizukikata

TV Anime: Tsuyokiss
Sep 9, 2024 7:27 PM
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Some of these aren't subbed, so be ready to either git gud at Japanese, or learn AI subtitling.

OVA = Koha Ginjiro: A very obscure one, but honestly pretty good. No subs though, so you're on your own with nothing but raws. With only 662 Members, it's right there at the bottom of my list. MAL won't even show the amount of users here, or a score.

TV Special = Mogura no Adventure: It's a charming '50s anime, nothing more. 864 Members, 421 users, and a MAL score of 4.51/10.

TV Anime = Oi! Ryouma: Very good anime from what I've seen. Like Koha Ginjiro, no subs, just the raws. 1,206 Members, 456 users, and a MAL score of 6.44/10.

Special = Nanaka 6/17 Special: It's filler. 2,169 Members, 891 users, and a MAL score of 6.54/10.

Movie = Koneko no Rakugaki: A very fun and cute '50s anime. 2,329 Members, 1172 users, and a MAL score of 5.78/10.

ONA = Robot Girls Z Episode 0: It's... an anime. One that is better described with the GIF attached below, as opposed to trying to explain it. 3,724 Members, 1,447 users, and a MAL score of 6.08/10. It's also 4 minutes, a whole MINUTE more than your "Not counting 1-3 minute shorts" bit.



Does the Go Nagai-ness make itself clear, here? Somehow it's only his 29th most obscure work.
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Sep 9, 2024 7:42 PM
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TV: Chiro and Friends
OVA: Mado Kara Okurimono (if still short, then next up with different length is Shirayukihime Licca-chan
Movie: Yiban er Wangguo
Special: Xinxin (if still short, then Uracon III)
ONA: Ni Hao Ji Zhi
Sep 9, 2024 7:55 PM

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I've only managed to add 156 on Mal out of 5123 anime completed
This is because I can't export my list from AniList to Mal without installing some shady scripts ..


So according to my stats on anilist

Heisei Inu Monogatari Bow
Asari-chan
Akane-chan
Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Totsugeki! Pappara-tai
Hatsumei BOY Kanipan
Gakkyuu-Ou Yamazaki
Sep 9, 2024 8:31 PM
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Well mostly my list ate least unpopular but I tell you my favorites

Tv Series
- Tobe Isami
- Flower witch Mary Bell
- The Third The Girl with the Blue Eyes
- Goldfish Warning
- Allison and Lilla
- Princess Principal
- Kurau Phantom Memory
- Magic Fairy Persia
- Rune Soldiers

Ova
- Dream Hunter Rem
- R.O.D Read or Die
- Ruin Explores
- Assemble Insert
- Dessert Rose

Movie
- Motorcycle Legends

Sep 9, 2024 10:04 PM

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TV: Dotto! Koni-chan #8490 - Also non-sequel anime.
Movie (Feature length): The Flying Luna Clipper #11276
OVA (excluding experimental shorts): Shiawase tte Naani #11989
ONA (excluding experimental shorts): Azumanga Web Daiou #3883
TV Special: Helen Keller Monogatari: Ai to Hikari no Tenshi #13686

MOKUSHI KUSHIMO SHIMOKU KUMOSHI MOSHIKU SHIKUMO.
Sep 9, 2024 11:06 PM

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An opportunity to cry about that more people on MAL should watch my favorite Chinese cartoons 😋
More people should watch Kay's Daily Doodles (2.8k members) and Let Me Check the Walkthrough First (8.1k members). They both have Japanese dubs and the second one even aired on Japanese TV.
While we're at it, it's criminal that they're rated so low. People don't have a sense of humor and hate everything that doesn't look like your standard 23 minute episode anime. ^^

When it comes to Japanese animation:
Either Nijiyon Animation (season 1: 12.8k members; season 2: 6.0k members) (3 min. per episode) or World Dai Star (15.3k members).
Especially with World Dai Star I'm a bit sad that there isn't as big of an audience for these idol/musical type of shows. It's not that deep, but I absolutely love the concept of the anime to take stage actors and to give them superpowers.


(If you're not a MAL Supporter you can also find your least popular anime by going to Filters on your list and sort by "Popularity")
VaturnaSep 9, 2024 11:24 PM
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i got zentrix and the flying house for me
Sep 9, 2024 11:19 PM
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I'm not sure. Gotta do some research first.
Sep 9, 2024 11:21 PM

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Magical Nyan Nyan Taruto 7/10


Giant Gorg 7/10


Patapata Hikousen no Bouken 8/10
Sep 9, 2024 11:35 PM

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FYI, as a non-MAL supporter, I also just had to go to my list, and sort by popularity.

I'm kinda surprised that it's the one Anpanman movie I watched, at 500 some views. Then it's the latest season of the Bakugan Battle Planet reboot, followed by a bunch of Battle Spirits, specifically the sequels (Mirage, then Galette's revolution then Saga Brave, which makes sense).
Least popular non-sequel show was SD Gundam World Heroes, which feels a bit weird to me, since I've only seen this, IBO and GWitch from that series. For some reason or another, the above are all counted as ONAs, so if you discount that, the one right below SD Gundam is a TV show; Acrobunch, a very old Mecha anime (it does not stand up in story, I do not recommend anyone watches it).

Going by the categories set by OP,
Special: Cyborg 009, the one that involves the actual author of the show. I'm pretty sure people just assumed it was part of the actual prequel (series), and not separated as it's own special, though.
OVA: Melty Lancer.

Obviously, some of these have a lot more views, just not by MAL users (the first episode of Mirage (which was a 6 episode series) has 583k views on the official platform on YouTube, and Anpanman is clearly not targeting the same type of audience as MAL, same for Bakugan).
Sep 9, 2024 11:41 PM
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https://myanimelist.net/anime/4187/Megumi - based on the true story about the disappearance of a Japanese girl by North Korean spies

https://myanimelist.net/anime/2088/Nora - This OVA is not as bad as everyone says it is

https://myanimelist.net/anime/1102/Urda - WW2 fiction story, SHIT tier animation

https://myanimelist.net/anime/1940/Outlanders - 51m OVA about an alien marrying a human and stopping humanity's death

https://myanimelist.net/anime/1022/Generator_Gawl - 90s TV anime about time travel, not bad
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Sep 9, 2024 11:42 PM
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Gundam Seed Freedom it's sad that it only has 4k users. Grendizer U with 795 users.
Sep 9, 2024 11:59 PM

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Kuramerukagari and Kurayukaba come to mind.
Those are two gear experimental surrealistic movies (60 minutes each) which take place in a steampunk universe with which I had a lot of fun watching.
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Gundam Seed Freedom it's sad that it only has 4k users. Grendizer U with 795 users.
@Scyfher
Researching my own list for this thread made me realized that:

  1. Either MAL sucks as a metric of what's popular or not past some point.
  2. My metric of what's popular or not sucks

Granted, I'm in Gundam groups so I've seen stuff about Seed Freedom being posted a lot, but I'm still surprised that it's so unpopular here.
That goes for everything Gundam in general here, my list was almost all Gundam stuff.

Grendizer U being almost unknown was also a surprise, considering I learned about it via Twitter comparing it's OP to other stuff Fukuda also worked on.
Granted, I watch it via torrenting not int he usual places I torrent from, and the place I get it from has Arabic as a subtitle choice, so... yeah.
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@Scyfher
Researching my own list for this thread made me realized that:

  1. Either MAL sucks as a metric of what's popular or not past some point.
  2. My metric of what's popular or not sucks

Granted, I'm in Gundam groups so I've seen stuff about Seed Freedom being posted a lot, but I'm still surprised that it's so unpopular here.
That goes for everything Gundam in general here, my list was almost all Gundam stuff.

Grendizer U being almost unknown was also a surprise, considering I learned about it via Twitter comparing it's OP to other stuff Fukuda also worked on.
Granted, I watch it via torrenting not int he usual places I torrent from, and the place I get it from has Arabic as a subtitle choice, so... yeah.
@thewiru in the west or English speaking countries Gundam is not as popular outside of it's niche fandom. I belong to a few Gundam\Mecha groups and it's talked about a lot, but in the other anime groups I'm in it's non-existent.
Sep 10, 2024 2:07 AM

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For me it goes:
Movie: Maken Liner 0011 Henshin Seyo! (1005 members)
Special: Sugata Sanshirou (1275 members)
OVA: Kyomu Senshi Miroku (1792 members)
ONA: Kuromi's Pretty Journey (2186 members)
TV anime: Don Dracula (3269 members)
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Sep 10, 2024 4:12 AM

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Apparently is either the Link Click special episode or the Kaguya Sama teaser PV for the 3rd season. If you are not counting those 2 it is the last 3 ep of Fate/Extra: Last Encore.
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Sep 10, 2024 4:23 AM

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thewiru said:
What are the LEAST popular completed anime you've watched?


10 least popular anime series and movies i've completed (the shortest i included are 20min)

1. Charmmy Kitty
2. Canimals
3. Kiki to Lala OVAs
4. Tamagotchi the movie
5. Tottoi
6. Da Li Si Rizhi s2
7. Shin-chan movie 31
8. Suteneko Tora-chan
9. Baja no Studio 2
10. Neko Nanka Yodemo Konai
Sep 10, 2024 9:33 AM

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there's a anime called VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fire, i remember watching this show when i was a kid, it aired on one of famous television broadcast back then, and i really like the op song, and finding this old anime kinda hard af since it didn't popular as other Mecha anime back then lol


Sep 10, 2024 4:24 PM

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I have no idea how to filter through that, but this is one I know hardly anyone watched
https://myanimelist.net/anime/1082/Hikari_to_Mizu_no_Daphne

Edit:
Okay, it actually was the specials for this. I'll count that.
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1. Once Upon a Time, Popularity: #13092
2. Fairies Album S4, Popularity: #12442
3. Bannertail, Popularity: #11380
4. Calimero, Popularity: #10768
5. Once Upon a Time, Life, Popularity: #10290

My top 20 are basically anime old as dirt and chinese donghua.
Although you all should be ashamed for not knowing Once Upon a Life, Calimero, Bannertail, Vickie, Maya & co. These are core memories.
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TV: Space Pirate Mito 2 #11666, 1980 Members
OVA: Anata ga Furikaeru Toki #14090, 951 Members
Movie: The Little Match Girl #14100, 988 Members
^^ This is only an 18-minute movie, so the least-popular feature-length movie I've seen would be E.Y.E.S. of Mars at 75 minutes (#12218, 1646 Members)
Special: The Daichis ~ Earth's Defense Family: Into the Depths of Martial Hell #15123, 695 Members
ONA: Kigurumikku_V3 (12-minute eps) #10956, 2463 Members

Everything that connects to MAL

Contains Ecchi, but not Tagged Ecchi: Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3

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Yuan Shi Qi Zhuan Qianzhuan: Gloria is my least popular one of some significant length. Only 163 members, 44 of who completed it.
Boo Boo Boy is my least popular TV series with 416 members, although it is a TV short.
Wanpaku Oomukashi Kum Kum is my least popular full length TV anime (26 24 minute episodes) with 1028 members.

I've seen over 1000 anime with fewer members than Kum Kum, but it is basically all shorts with some OVAs and movies in the mix.
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Movie: Namake Gitsune (short movie) or Shounen Sarutobi Sasuke (“real” long movie)

OVA: Ninja Ryuukenden

ONA: BOYs LOVE Nitro+CHiRAL (5 episodes that are around ~4 minutes, so I guess it counts)

Special: Street Fighter IV: Aftermath (4 episodes that are around ~4 minutes, so I guess it also counts?)

TV Anime: Usavich III (I assume this category is for sequels only?)

Non-sequel TV Anime: Tongari Boushi no Memole

EDIT: fixed a small mistake.
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TV: Bishoujo Yuugi Unit Crane Game Girls Galaxy Members 3,606 | Popularity #9743
Movie: i☆Ris the Movie: Full Energy!! Members 1,095 | Popularity #13588
OVA: Alice Gear Aegis: Doki! Actress Darake no Mermaid Grand Prix♥ Members 3,209 | Popularity #10088
ONA: Ryuukyuu Timeline 2: Tedako no Machi Tanbou Members 894 | Popularity #14321
Special: Nijiyon Animation 2 Specials Members 1,327 | Popularity #12895
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It's usually stuff that were added to the DB within the last day or two.
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TV Special: The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls: U149 Recap Ranked: #8325 Popularity: #14039 Members: 968
Movie: Aikatsu Planet! Movie Ranked: #7213 Popularity: #13554 Members: 1,105
ONA: Pole Princess!! Prologue Ranked: #12665 Popularity: #12699 Members: 1,415
TV series: Kiratto Pri☆chan Season 3 Ranked: #3291 Popularity: #10410 Members: 2,900
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Probably 1 Pound no Fukuin 3,106 users

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The anime I’ve completed that seems to be the least popular is sea cat, with only 273 members

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