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May 1, 2011 11:28 AM

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The Apple Incident.

Not technically a series, I was expecting the same creator of Tsumiki no Ie to pull off another melancholy, thought-provoking story and all I got was 2mins of unsurpassed annoyance in Anime.
May 1, 2011 12:13 PM

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One Piece I guess. I can't remember any others right now.


Well, judging a series nearing 500 episodes based on a couple of (admittedly) so-so episodes is foolish to say the least.
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May 1, 2011 12:39 PM
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Death Note
i tried it because it's popular and high rated. and dropped after 8 episodes. i think it's very overrated.
May 1, 2011 1:19 PM

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Devil May Cry - I thought CAPCOM characters and universe + Madhouse production team combination couldn't possibly go wrong. My mistake.
Ghost in the Shell, both movie and the TV series. Really hyped, still pretty bad.
Planzet - utter garbage. I don't know why someone decided to waste good CG on that nightmarish plot a two ears old can top in an hour with no problems.
Shingetsutan Tsukihime - action, horror, vampires my ass. The thing is just made of plot holes. I don't know why the score on MAL is that hight.
Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch - hyped as hell. Dropped on the first ep.
Dance in the Vampire Bund - vampires, werewolfs, action, politics, even Shaft production team on-board! How could that go wrong at all?! Still they've succeeded to ruin it. Silly lazy Shaft.
May 1, 2011 1:28 PM

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K-On!
ef series
Yuri Seijin Naoko-san
Fractale
FLCL

They all seemed like shows right up my alley, but proved otherwise.
May 1, 2011 2:52 PM

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Elfen Lied
Ergo Proxy

I expected something more thought provoking,but hey were pretty average show.
Although Elfen Lied's OP will always be one of my all time favorites.
May 1, 2011 7:42 PM

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5 Centimeters per Second-It's a movie split in 3 episodes. I dropped about 15 minutes watching it. It has nice colors/animation movement but the character and perceived story was too melodramatic for me.

Strawberry Panic-Read some comments on youtube of it being very good. Simply didn't like it that much.

Clannad-Received a lot of praises from its fans, my expectations were too high for it.

Mushishi-The most boring anime I've seen.
May 1, 2011 7:57 PM

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Naruto, Naruto, Naruto, Naruto, and Naruto.

Oh, I almost forgot Naruto.
May 1, 2011 8:31 PM
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The Wallflower. My one friend couldn't stop talking about how much she enjoyed it. I watched it and was like "bleh!".
May 1, 2011 8:56 PM

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llxwarbirdxll said:
This is why you completely lower your should not have any expectations before you get into anything.
Fixed?
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Gurren Lagann.


This.

but then 5 or 6 episodes in I was loving it.

Then half way through it was awesome.

And then i puked rainbows during the final battle.
I wish I could puke rainbows... but I was falling manly tears.
May 2, 2011 12:51 AM

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Baman said:
lkeike said:
WAT,
how can you say bakuman??
srslsy very good anime wdf
I would assume it's got something to do with this thing called "Subjective Taste". Apparently, it's some sort of mental disorder that people get from unprotected consumption of entertainment.


Bakuman manga has beautiful art and I still want to read it when I feel like it.
The anime had poor art. And it's slow as fuck...
Wait...
It's SLOWER than fuck.
I'm still interested in the manga making thing though. But screw the romance.
May 2, 2011 2:28 AM

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Last year was Nurahiyon no Mago. My imagination on the anime while reading the manga was better.

Now is Moshidora. This one failed on using Drucker's Management as the key of the story.
May 2, 2011 3:50 AM

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Legend of the Galactic Heroes

lots of ppl said it was good, but when i watched it it was ugly and borring.
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May 2, 2011 4:09 AM
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Ookami Kakushi - i liked higurashi but this was just a horrible,shameless copy of it
May 2, 2011 5:03 AM

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Jubei-chan Season 2, it was pretty horrible, I dropped it after 2 episodes.
May 2, 2011 5:31 AM

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May 2, 2011 8:58 AM

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Love Hina. I just couldnt get into it.
May 2, 2011 9:13 AM

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Beelzebub
Fairy Tail

These are probably the only ones for me.
May 2, 2011 11:47 AM
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Other than the one I've already mentioned before, Freezing, I think it should be said that half of the fans went into Xros Wars with (very) high anticipation only to come out feeling meh. The problem was that we expected something quality to come along after the dull fest that's Frontier and Savers.
May 2, 2011 11:54 AM

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Got bored of Deadman Wonderland after 2nd ep.
May 2, 2011 12:19 PM

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Blassreiter. I read the summary and thought: "Sci-fi zombie robots, decent art, and it's all set in germany? Sounds awesome!"
But it was a shitty contrived drama story about motorcycles filled to the brim with disgusting CG animation.

I hate it; I hate it; I hate it! Everything that centers around cars, or bikes, or any kind of motorvehicle is worthless!
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May 2, 2011 10:02 PM

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Aishiteruze Baby.

The manga was damn good, my second favourite so i expected the anime to easily be one of my favourites seeing as i loved Lovely Complex and Bokura Ga Ita and i also liked the animes of them.

But nah something wasnt right, it just seemed so cheap.
May 3, 2011 6:11 AM

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My biggest disappointment was Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. I had heard so much about how amazing it was and when I finally decided to watch it I didn't really like it much at all. I struggled to even finish it.

Other disappointments include Clannad, Dance in the Vampire Bund, and Iron Man.
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May 7, 2011 1:06 AM

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Ah! My Goddess (I found it boring for some reason)
Starry Sky (Also find it boring for some reason)
Shakugan no Shana


May 7, 2011 1:18 AM

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Starry Sky. I was looking forward to it a lot, but it turned out to be horribly uninteresting. :(
May 7, 2011 1:30 AM

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High School of the Dead - I didn't know there was going to be a lot of ecchi stuff on it xD, it is a good anime, but I was expecting a lot of actions and I love zombie stories, this dissapointed me because it's more focused on the girl's big breasts instead of surviving.


I know your pain :/ I was really hoping for some <NONSTOP CLIMAX ZOMBIE ACTION>
May 7, 2011 3:22 AM

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Highschool of the Dead and love hina i guess
May 9, 2011 12:48 AM

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like many people here, I despise highschool of the dead :(

for this season, I think the firs few episodes of C kinda disappointing for me
I was expecting battle using wits and Intelligence, instead what I saw was "average teenager got sucked into some battles and wins by luck because he have hidden potential" thing :(
I hope the next episodes will improve that.
May 9, 2011 1:58 AM

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EfiChan said:
Ah! My Goddess (I found it boring for some reason)
Starry Sky (Also find it boring for some reason)
Shakugan no Shana


sad as in bad? or sad as in drama?
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May 9, 2011 6:57 AM

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I dont get why ppl hate Naruto Shippuuden (ok, it was boring on the begining but action after Pervy Hermit died started to be awesome till now), Gintama (it's imba parody of other animes in good fashion when you dont expect deep like ocean story) or Clannad (real tearjerker ^^)

I was thinking to watch first Kanon after watching great refreshed sequel but it turned out it sux badly
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May 9, 2011 12:00 PM
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last season i thought IS infinite stratos was promising from the first ep but then it just sucked and so did the ending :(
May 9, 2011 12:31 PM
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soul eater
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May 9, 2011 4:29 PM

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Oretachi, i was like, there's no way the company that made shuffle can make something SO BAD. Guess i was proven wrong.

I also over hyped TTGL. It let me down so bad. the only thing i liked was the ending.

IS also was a letdown
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May 9, 2011 4:38 PM

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Samurai gun had an amazing trailer but it was really meh. Also Evangelion, I heard so many good things about it and it was good but the ending was just stupid and ruined it .IMO its like they were told "Finish it in three episodes because were out of funding" or something to that effect.
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May 9, 2011 7:00 PM

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Death Note.
My friends were all like "OMGZ YOU MUST WATCH THIS ITS TEH GREATEST THING EVAR!!!" so I started watching it...and I'm on episode 10 and bored to tears .-.

omg omg omg realy? :D maaaaaaan i realy was thinking i was the only one ^^
May 9, 2011 7:04 PM

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Samurai Deeper Kyo

The Anime got offtrack from the manga.
May 10, 2011 4:31 AM

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high school of the dead, i remember i was just disappointed o.o
May 10, 2011 8:28 AM

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I feel that 5cm per second might have its value a little inflated.

I know its resolution wasn't meant to tie together a story in a traditional sense, but in exchange I'd wish I could care about the cast more. It doesn't help that Shinkai made the odd choice to have its characters narrate everything instead of giving reasons for viewer sympathy.

A second look at this movie in the future will be in order though, because it unfortunately came right on the heels of something one scene short of a masterpiece; indeed, how does one follow up the veritable powerhouse that is Clannad: After Story?
May 10, 2011 8:49 AM

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Furine said:
I dont get why ppl hate Naruto Shippuuden (ok, it was boring on the begining but action after Pervy Hermit died started to be awesome till now), Gintama (it's imba parody of other animes in good fashion when you dont expect deep like ocean story) or Clannad (real tearjerker ^^)

I was thinking to watch first Kanon after watching great refreshed sequel but it turned out it sux badly


You might have misunderstood the title.
May 10, 2011 9:11 AM

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Neon Genesis Evangelion: I actually liked the first half but after that it was HUGE disappointment in my opinion.
Haruhi Suzumiya: What's the big deal with this anyway? I mean i kept hearing, reading reviews how great it is etc, etc and when i watched it was like a bunch of ideas thrown together without any connection (I did though enjoy its which i think is far superior to the original).
Elfen Lied: Maybe i shouldn't add this because i watched about 5-6 minutes but i found it way too disturbing to continue watching but it had such a beautiful opening and i heard a lot about it.
May 10, 2011 9:13 AM

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Maria Holic Alive is killing me its like filler and its just bad.
May 10, 2011 9:26 AM
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For this season, Deadman Wonderland. I usually try not to get hyped up though.
May 10, 2011 10:04 AM

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Infinite Stratos from last season. "Harem and Mecha combined? It should be cool!"

But now... I'm hard pressed to continue on to episode 3...

May 10, 2011 10:08 AM

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Mushishi.

Expected much more from the first episode.
May 11, 2011 12:21 AM
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Beelzebub.Its not even funny and I dont care for the characters. Ill keep watching it though.
May 11, 2011 12:22 AM

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I think I forgot Shinrei Tantei Yakumo
May 11, 2011 12:50 AM

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kuroshitsuji
nurarihyon
bartender
pandora hearts
jigoku shoujo
May 11, 2011 3:57 AM

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Full Metal Panic Fumoffu
May 11, 2011 6:00 AM

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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: I heard so much good stuff about this but it bored me to tears after a few episodes. Quite frankly I dont see what the fuss is about if I'm honest.
May 11, 2011 6:23 AM

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Gintama - Not as funny as people made it out to be.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
Death Note - Making it to episode 17 has been the hardest thing I've ever done.
Deadman Wonderland
Steins;Gate
C
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
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