Anime that you refuse/avoid to watch?

Jun 11, 2013 12:56 PM

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Reverse Harems
Yaoi
Long running anime (except Naruto because I started watching it at the beginning and want to see how it ends)

Jun 11, 2013 1:13 PM

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The other 2 seasons of Bakuman that I haven't seen.
and I don't dislike Bakuman but there is just something about it that gives me zero motivation to finish the rest.

As for other "sequels" I won't watch they include:
Black Butler 2
Darker than Black: Ryuusei no Gemini

Jun 11, 2013 1:17 PM

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Hiryu12

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One Piece as well as Bleach. Both are still running and I wasn't able to watch earlier on unlike Detective Conan and Naruto. But I also stopped watching Naruto since something happened there that made me wanna stop watching... =(

Jun 11, 2013 1:19 PM

#1404

ihateeveryone

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Yaoi hentai.

Jun 11, 2013 2:14 PM

#1405

vinroy1000

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Hetalia: ..................

DBZ: Its just grown men yelling all the time.

Fruits Basket: The blue-haired dude is ugly and the story doesnt intrest me.

Chobits: A dude loving a robot is just perverted and weird.

Elfen Lied: Too much blood and gore.

Vinroy1000

Jun 11, 2013 2:20 PM

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FluffyFlesh

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I avoid Death Note,it bored me when I viewed about 20 episodes,thou' I doubt they were chronologically correct since it was transmited by a television,animax.I avoid watching the full extent.To me it looks like a student on crack that thinks of himself highly.The only episodes I'm sure of are episodes 35,36 and 37 that were on animax about 5 years ago,I think.

FluffyFleshJun 11, 2013 2:25 PM

"Love is a drug to our brain , it stops the thinking function and when you realize it wether you acomplish it or not you'll enter in one of the 3 withdrawal states : happy , sad or anger. Once this drug gets hold of you you'd better be prepaired beforehand." - Me

Jun 11, 2013 2:30 PM

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gamer2710

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At first I was interested, but now I'm avoiding Legend of the Galactic Heroes. The biggest reason is that it is fan-translated only and was never licensed. The other more trivial reason is the elitists. I know I should ignore them, but they're like that elephant in the room.

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Jun 11, 2013 4:29 PM

#1408

Exaccus

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- Yaoi/shounen-ai

- Any hentai with rape, bestiality, scat, guro, loli, shouta, and other unsettling shit

- Most shows that look like clones of other shows....that are clones of other shows....

- Hyper-mainstream anime like Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, and Fairy Tail

- Ecchi shows like Ikki Tousen, Vivid Red Operation, Strike Witches, Queen's Blade, To-Love-Ru, etc

Salmon is delicious.

Jun 11, 2013 4:47 PM

#1409

Unchou

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DBZ, LoGH

Anything shounen-ai

So, What do you think is on the other side?

Jun 11, 2013 4:57 PM

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Mushmallow

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Walshey said:
Crap like Bleach and Naruto.

That stuff isn't bad, it's just too long, that's why I prefer the manga.

Anime with more than 70 episodes. I could literally spend years and still not finish One Piece.

Little busters. It just sounds stupid.

Shows that basically have no plot or direction (School Rumble, Lucky Star, etc.) I still watched them but I hated them. I guess that would be avoid.

I don't get why people seem to dislike ecchi; as long as they don't go overboard with fan-service, it's usually pretty good.

Jun 11, 2013 5:00 PM

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Cupquake said:
I don't get why people seem to dislike ecchi; as long as they don't go overboard with fan-service, it's usually pretty good.

Something's wrong here...

The Internet is a very bad place, you should never go there.

Jun 12, 2013 1:03 AM

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- The other seasons of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. It's repetitive. They keep changing the story in the first season and I wasn't impressed. I grew very impatient and was SO close to dropping it. The first part of the season was good but then it kept going like nothing happened. I was confused.
- Madoka Magica: Read the manga and it was boring.
- Kiss x Sis: HELL NO. FUCK INCEST
- To Love Ru: Looks annoying

Jun 12, 2013 1:06 AM

#1413

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M00nRise said:

- Kiss x Sis: HELL NO. FUCK INCEST

They aren't blood related though.

Jun 12, 2013 2:39 AM

#1414

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Mar 2013

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Black Butler. Just no.

Jun 12, 2013 2:45 AM

#1415

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M00nRise said:
- Madoka Magica: Read the manga and it was boring.

It's an anime original. It doesn't follow the manga and a lot of time, the manga doesn't follow the anime either.

Jun 12, 2013 5:36 AM

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Foxclore

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Bleach

Ive heard too much about it being garbage and judging from the fact that it's a shonen with more than 100 episodes that isn't Gintama, it's pretty much guarenteed to be cliche and lacking a good story/plot.

Jun 12, 2013 5:42 AM

#1417

Manganese

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Clannad and Clannad: After Story

Tear-jerkers hold no appeal for me whatsoever

Jun 12, 2013 5:43 AM

#1418

dlonc

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Foxclore said:
Bleach

Ive heard too much about it being garbage and judging from the fact that it's a shonen with more than 100 episodes that isn't Gintama, it's pretty much guarenteed to be cliche and lacking a good story/plot.

This

Also case closed,crayon shin chan - I watched it as a kid but it's too long,and any new anime adaptation of stuff like beyblade,pokemon,digimon.

It's insane how awesome Fate/Zero is.

Jun 12, 2013 7:30 AM

#1419

FluffyFlesh

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Foxclore said:
Bleach

Ive heard too much about it being garbage and judging from the fact that it's a shonen with more than 100 episodes that isn't Gintama, it's pretty much guarenteed to be cliche and lacking a good story/plot.

Maybe Gintama is a cliche over Bleach.Bleach was launched 2 years before Gintama.
Bleach was launched in 2004,Gintama in 2006.

"Love is a drug to our brain , it stops the thinking function and when you realize it wether you acomplish it or not you'll enter in one of the 3 withdrawal states : happy , sad or anger. Once this drug gets hold of you you'd better be prepaired beforehand." - Me

Jun 12, 2013 7:44 AM

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dlonc

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BloodyNightsky said:

Foxclore said:
Bleach

Ive heard too much about it being garbage and judging from the fact that it's a shonen with more than 100 episodes that isn't Gintama, it's pretty much guarenteed to be cliche and lacking a good story/plot.

Maybe Gintama is a cliche over Bleach.Bleach was launched 2 years before Gintama.
Bleach was launched in 2004,Gintama in 2006.

No one said that bleach is a bad,if you like it it's fine,speaking for my self I said that I won't watch bleach, as far as I know it's about demons,sword fighting,and shonen battle action while gintama indeed is a shonen it is focused more on commedy with few shonen battles and on some slice of life elements.So in my opinion there aren't many similarities to from a action to a commedy show.And meaning that bleach came before gintama doesn't mean anything,it would be like saying that naruto,bleach,one piece are a ripoff and cliche from dragonball,which is not true but all dragonball fanboys say it :)

It's insane how awesome Fate/Zero is.

Jun 12, 2013 8:17 AM

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BloodyNightsky said:

Maybe Gintama is a cliche over Bleach.Bleach was launched 2 years before Gintama.
Bleach was launched in 2004,Gintama in 2006.

When an anime was launched is irelevant.

Are you going to tell me that Madoka Magica is cliche over Sailor Moon because Sailor Moon was released earlier?

Jun 12, 2013 8:20 AM

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Smirking said:

M00nRise said:

- Kiss x Sis: HELL NO. FUCK INCEST

They aren't blood related though.

even their dad said it was ok

Jun 12, 2013 8:55 AM

#1423

Krunchy

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SSman anime

-Slice of Life
-Shounen
-Sport

Jun 12, 2013 9:23 AM

#1424

Lampadaire

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A lot of Shoujo. \o/
ESPECIALLY HAREMS like Amnesia, Starry Sky ans others like that~
Kimi to Boku. 2 ( I hate the first.)
Hentaï. \o/ I like Ecchi but I can't watch an Hentaï (like Yaoi too.)
Silly stories ~

Jun 12, 2013 10:12 AM

#1425

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3 things:

1- Anime with an all Female/Male cast.
2- Anything with a lame pathetic protagonist(usually modeled after the typical child)
3- Anime that portray woman as more powerful. From a purely physical combat perspective mind you. I like strong women but when they take on that type of role it becomed too unrealistic and/or must feature a shit tier male hero.

Jun 12, 2013 10:19 AM

#1426

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Reverse harems, really.

Jun 12, 2013 10:28 AM

#1427

tsudecimo

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ihateeveryone said:
Reverse harems, really.

They are aimed at you though.

Jun 12, 2013 10:32 AM

#1428

-RealDeal-

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Apr 2013

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Boku no pico

Jun 12, 2013 10:34 AM

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Sanjur0

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TheAsap said:

Smirking said:

M00nRise said:

- Kiss x Sis: HELL NO. FUCK INCEST

They aren't blood related though.

even their dad said it was ok

Yeah, got to love this guy ;)

Jun 12, 2013 10:37 AM

#1430

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Mar 2013

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K-On!! - Moe and highschool comedy, a combination of the worst anime has to offer.

Jun 12, 2013 10:45 AM

#1431

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Slimek said:
Moe and highschool comedy, a combination of the worst anime has to offer.

Mmmk.

Jun 12, 2013 10:54 AM

#1432

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I will NEVER watch Naruto or One Piece, I've seen enough unwanted clips to know that both are just going to be irritating and long as hell.

I have less aversion to Bleach, but its so long and its older episodes are just dull

Jun 12, 2013 7:37 PM

#1433

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Sakurasou no Pet: watched up till 6th episode or something but..... the female lead just... *brings out kitchen knife*
One Piece: Mannn that was just.... boring?
Boku No Pico: Innocent me clicked on an innocent looking video = scarred for life.

Jun 12, 2013 8:37 PM

#1434

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mintdragon123 said:
Sakurasou no Pet: watched up till 6th episode or something but..... the female lead just... *brings out kitchen knife*
One Piece: Mannn that was just.... boring?
Boku No Pico: Innocent me clicked on an innocent looking video = scarred for life.

How are we supposed to know, how much of it did you watch?

You do know this is anime you refuse to watch not which anime you regret watching.

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Jun 13, 2013 2:06 AM

#1435

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Gintama and Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei , because I don't think it's my type of humor.

Naruto, One Piece etc. they are too long to pick it now, by the time I finish them I'll grow out of them and well just imagine how many different series one can watch instead of these long ones.

Also from now on I'm avoiding all kind of harems, don't really have the time to shuffle through them in hopes of finding something that will work for me.

figuetteJun 13, 2013 4:28 AM

Jun 13, 2013 12:54 PM

#1436

esena

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Gintama or Fairy Tail cause they have just too many episodes. And also any mecha anime.

Jun 13, 2013 3:29 PM

#1437

Krizzo

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general anything yuri or yaoi.

Jun 13, 2013 3:33 PM

#1438

Hase0

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Krizzo said:
general anything yuri or yaoi.

Jun 13, 2013 3:37 PM

#1439

KneelBeforeMe

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Gintama: it may look good but there's just way too many episodes and I don't feel like catching up

Jun 13, 2013 3:45 PM

#1440

Jaguer91

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School days.

I luv u

Jun 13, 2013 3:47 PM

#1441

Flan-chan

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Sports Anime.

No...Just...No...

Though now I wonder if Initial D falls into that category.

Jun 13, 2013 5:34 PM

#1442

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One Piece.... WAY TOO LONG and still airing...
ALL Hentai

EDIT - Aha the the topic creator started watching Angel Beats (2/13). Way to give in!

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Jun 13, 2013 5:40 PM

#1443

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OfficialGuts said:
Gintama: it may look good but there's just way too many episodes and I don't feel like catching up

Watch 1 episode when you feel like, it doesn't become a chore.

Jun 13, 2013 5:44 PM

#1444

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Lucky Star doesn't feel appealing to me tbh. Even looked up a few clips on YouTube, and didn't see the humor...

Just this once, I'll fulfill whatever your wish is.

Jun 13, 2013 5:46 PM

#1445

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Tavor said:
Lucky Star doesn't feel appealing to me tbh. Even looked up a few clips on YouTube, and didn't see the humor...

Yeah it's kind of slow paced and a lot of the comedy is based on anime, game, and japan pop culture references.
I don't think it's great, but I admit I had fun going through after watching hundreds of anime and catching a lot of sometimes subtle references.

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Jun 13, 2013 5:48 PM

#1446

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Tavor said:
Lucky Star doesn't feel appealing to me tbh. Even looked up a few clips on YouTube, and didn't see the humor...

In the year 2007 A.D., a fire was brewing in the Kyoto Animation studio. Fresh off the success of Haruhi Suzumiya and smelling of farts and ramen-scented body odor, the staff of KyoAni developed an ingenious plan to further milk countless wads of cashmoney from pathetic losers and pedophiles on both sides of the pacific: take a popular 4 panel comic series ripe with the elements that made Suzumiya a financial success (pandering to shut in weeaboos with lolicon action figure collections and terabytes of hentai) and turn it into an equally horrendous anime series. After spending tireless hours handcrafting only the stalest jokes, the blandest artwork, and the most mindnumbingly boring scripts in Japanese television history, Yushiro Takemoto opened his anus and took a massive shit onto a nearby Tokyo sidewalk. Millions gawked at the magnitude of his feces: proportions this great hadn't been seen since U2 released the waterboarding-like torturefest that was "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" in 2004. Once Norwegian scientists had been given proper time to mass, perform tests on, and take pictures with said shit, Takemoto was told he needed to give it a name. He chose Lucky Star.

Much like those gag electric shock pens you gave out to your friends as a prank in the 4th grade, Lucky Star tricks you into watching it under the guise that it's a "comedy", but in reality it's less of a laugh-fest and more of an exercise in sadomasochism. Half-way through the first episode I was convinced that having to watch this must be the wrath of a vengeful God, intent on punishing me for my past missteps and failures. By episode 2 I had been reduced to a vegetable, as the show had literally sucked all the energy from me. By episode 9 this condition became chronic, as I had turned my once-lovely living room into a wasteland and my once clean underwear into a net for catching the diarrhea that seeped from my petrified asshole. By episode 16 I had gathered enough energy to attempt suicide. After a short recovery stint in the hospital, I was put on anti-depressants and bear tranquilizers, and sooner or later I told my therapist that I needed to conquer my demons once and for all and finish this series. He approved, but only on one condition: that I watch it with him present in the room. I tried to talk sense into him, but he insisted that "he's seen a lot of things in his time, alot of them a lot worse than anything a Japanese cartoon could throw at him."

He later shot himself in a Staples parking lot.

To put it plainly, Lucky Star is the antithesis of entertainment. There is nothing funny, clever, witty, or remotely interesting about the show. Weeaboo faggots will desperately try to convince you that this series is a comedic masterpiece and a pinnacle of artistic achievement, but as the first five minutes clearly establish, this couldn't be farther from the truth. Lucky Star is only revolutionary in how much it's able to bore anyone that isn't a drooling fuckstick with social anxiety disorder---you will truly think that this anime transcended time and space to deliver you a universe-shattering kick in the nuts, unless you find Meet The Spartans type reference jokes funny and obviously pre-pubescent anime girls hot, in which case you will love this show like the fucking loser you are. Many have compared this show to Seinfeld because the two share a "show-about-nothing" approach to narrative storytelling, but this is where all logical comparisons end. Seinfeld is a groundbreaking TV series about the hilarious exploits of a group of really big assholes in New York. Lucky Star is a show about the various non-incidents in the lives of a bunch of "this-is-what-weeaboos-wish-girls-were-like" high schoolers that have dull-as-fuck conversations, fit neatly inside cliche archetypes without ever evolving, and make a lot of cringe-worthy pop culture references.

But pure shittiness alone is not enough to propel this anime to the bottom-of-the-barrel status it's currently at. What really gets me about Lucky Star is just how much the "FEED ME MORE MONEY" attitude of Kyoto Animation leaks into the actual production. Every time I endure a painfully boring discussion about some every-day life topic, another unfunny Lucky Channel skit, the explanation and, in turn, ruination of what otherwise would've been a passable joke, or some reference to Haruhi/[insert video game and/or anime here] it brings me back to the actual intended purpose of this series. The characters, situations, and jokes are all purposely written to be engaging to shut-in dorks who spend most of their lives watching anime, playing video games, and posting on internet message boards. It's the hollowest anime I've ever watched; it soullessly and maliciously appeals to people who are too pathetic to realize that they're being pandered to for cash---if you paid money to see any part of this show and AREN'T one of these people, you will walk away from the experience feeling like someone shot you in the knees and proceeded to steal your house, car, identity, and wife. It's an anime designed to be watched amongst anime club meetings filled with people who force out dry heaves of laughter so they can feel like they fit in with everyone around them, and on projector screens at anime conventions filled with freaks dressed up as animals and Sailor Moon characters. This show was not created out of passion, or a general love for the medium, or an actual belief that the show would be funny, it was created to exploit the lowest common denominator of anime fans for a quick buck. It's taking money from people who don't know any better, it leaves a bad taste in your mouth and takes away any respect you might've had for anyone involved in making the series.

Lucky Star's art is sickeningly sweet moe-trash. For a studio that is clearly focused more on animation than story, the level of mediocrity shown here is unacceptable. At least when I watched that shitheap Haruhi Suzumiya I could compliment aspects where it was clear that an effort was made to produce a quality product---here, we have a prime example of the new-age, assembly style artwork that is plaguing modern anime. With our huge advantages in technology, one would think that the seemingly limitless possibilities would spark breathtaking results, and while we have seen glimpses of that (i.e. 2009's Summer Wars), most of what has prevailed in the industry has been streamlined, sterilized, and soulless.

I do have to give the anime props in the sound department, however. The OP is probably the most engaging part of the entire show, as each time you hear it you will be pumped for what has to be the episode where the series starts to pick up. Although it never does, I can't fault the OP for giving us hope. The various EDs run the gauntlet in terms of quality, but overall they're a nice break away from the mouth breathing dynamics that are the actual show. As for the voice actors, they all came and turned out respectable performances, giving the show at least one bearable quality in between credits. This is one of the few anime that I watched subbed however, so I have no idea if the American VAs are any good.

The fact that people say they can relate to characters on this show is frightening. They literally amount to little moeballs stuffed with every possible high-school girl cliche the writers could dig up, and never develop past that point. Konata, however, is not only that, but something much, much worse. While the rest of the characters seek to appeal to the section of the anime market that fawns over overt cuteness, Konata is an interesting look at how far an animation studio will go to squeeze money out of otaku fucks. She was created solely so weeaboos would have someone on the cast they could identify with, and keeping in tune with Kyoto Animation's opinion of their viewers, she's painfully one-dimensional. Her hobbies include video games, anime, and being a bitch. That's it. Unfortunately, not much else can be said about the rest of their characters either. Miyuki is the intellect of the group, but she's also moe. Tsukasa is the shy one, but she's also moe. Kagami is the fiery tsundere, but she's also moe. At the very least, when you give a one line description of Seinfeld's characters, you're leaving out a lot of character information. They may not really change as time progresses, but you certainly learn a lot more about them. In Lucky Star, one line descriptions define our characters for the entire show. There's more character development on an episode of Cops than there is here.

As I reached the end of the final episode, I turned to my therapist who was, at that current moment, sobbing into my shoulder due to sheer, unfettered boredom. His bloodshot eyes looked up at me and as I looked down at him with a mix of pity and remorse, I could see his lips faintly whisper out "save me". As the girls geared up their cheerleading performance of the opening song, I could see his last glimmer of hope, of faith in humanity, slip away from him and float towards the abyss.

He thought he could save me.

I refuse to believe that Kyoto Animation could, as they watched over the series for the last time before officially releasing it, say with complete honesty that this series was not only acceptable for public consumption but also legitimately enjoyable. It's possible to relish in a show's badness if you're able to respect the sincerity of the people that made it. It's why I love movies like The Room and Batman and Robin, and it's why I think Mars of Destruction deserves to be shown nightly on HBO. However, when something this bad is actually just a cruel joke at the expense of a bunch of weeaboo faggots, the insincerity of it all taints what could've just been a run of the mill bad show and turns it into something mean-spirited and unlikeable. I don't think otaku realize that this show isn't actually celebrating the things they love, it's passive-aggressively making fun of them and their interests, and they're actually paying to have it happen to them in real time. Has this community sunk so low that even the people making this shit can get away with calling you all fucking losers? At what point will you stop yelling "FEED ME MORE MOE GIRLS" and start clamoring for real, quality entertainment? Don't you want to know what it feels like to laugh without having to force it out?

What's that? K-ON!!'s on? Sorry, I'll come back when you're finished.

Jun 13, 2013 6:00 PM

#1447

Shoryu

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IntroverTurtle said:

Tavor said:
Lucky Star doesn't feel appealing to me tbh. Even looked up a few clips on YouTube, and didn't see the humor...

Yeah it's kind of slow paced and a lot of the comedy is based on anime, game, and japan pop culture references.
I don't think it's great, but I admit I had fun going through after watching hundreds of anime and catching a lot of sometimes subtle references.

Hm, probably would be the best to watch after doing that then. I'll take that into consideration in the future.
However:

tsudecimo said:

Tavor said:
Lucky Star doesn't feel appealing to me tbh. Even looked up a few clips on YouTube, and didn't see the humor...

In the year 2007 A.D., a fire was brewing in the Kyoto Animation studio. Fresh off the success of Haruhi Suzumiya and smelling of farts and ramen-scented body odor, the staff of KyoAni developed an ingenious plan to further milk countless wads of cashmoney from pathetic losers and pedophiles on both sides of the pacific: take a popular 4 panel comic series ripe with the elements that made Suzumiya a financial success (pandering to shut in weeaboos with lolicon action figure collections and terabytes of hentai) and turn it into an equally horrendous anime series. After spending tireless hours handcrafting only the stalest jokes, the blandest artwork, and the most mindnumbingly boring scripts in Japanese television history, Yushiro Takemoto opened his anus and took a massive shit onto a nearby Tokyo sidewalk. Millions gawked at the magnitude of his feces: proportions this great hadn't been seen since U2 released the waterboarding-like torturefest that was "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" in 2004. Once Norwegian scientists had been given proper time to mass, perform tests on, and take pictures with said shit, Takemoto was told he needed to give it a name. He chose Lucky Star.

Much like those gag electric shock pens you gave out to your friends as a prank in the 4th grade, Lucky Star tricks you into watching it under the guise that it's a "comedy", but in reality it's less of a laugh-fest and more of an exercise in sadomasochism. Half-way through the first episode I was convinced that having to watch this must be the wrath of a vengeful God, intent on punishing me for my past missteps and failures. By episode 2 I had been reduced to a vegetable, as the show had literally sucked all the energy from me. By episode 9 this condition became chronic, as I had turned my once-lovely living room into a wasteland and my once clean underwear into a net for catching the diarrhea that seeped from my petrified asshole. By episode 16 I had gathered enough energy to attempt suicide. After a short recovery stint in the hospital, I was put on anti-depressants and bear tranquilizers, and sooner or later I told my therapist that I needed to conquer my demons once and for all and finish this series. He approved, but only on one condition: that I watch it with him present in the room. I tried to talk sense into him, but he insisted that "he's seen a lot of things in his time, alot of them a lot worse than anything a Japanese cartoon could throw at him."

He later shot himself in a Staples parking lot.

To put it plainly, Lucky Star is the antithesis of entertainment. There is nothing funny, clever, witty, or remotely interesting about the show. Weeaboo faggots will desperately try to convince you that this series is a comedic masterpiece and a pinnacle of artistic achievement, but as the first five minutes clearly establish, this couldn't be farther from the truth. Lucky Star is only revolutionary in how much it's able to bore anyone that isn't a drooling fuckstick with social anxiety disorder---you will truly think that this anime transcended time and space to deliver you a universe-shattering kick in the nuts, unless you find Meet The Spartans type reference jokes funny and obviously pre-pubescent anime girls hot, in which case you will love this show like the fucking loser you are. Many have compared this show to Seinfeld because the two share a "show-about-nothing" approach to narrative storytelling, but this is where all logical comparisons end. Seinfeld is a groundbreaking TV series about the hilarious exploits of a group of really big assholes in New York. Lucky Star is a show about the various non-incidents in the lives of a bunch of "this-is-what-weeaboos-wish-girls-were-like" high schoolers that have dull-as-fuck conversations, fit neatly inside cliche archetypes without ever evolving, and make a lot of cringe-worthy pop culture references.

But pure shittiness alone is not enough to propel this anime to the bottom-of-the-barrel status it's currently at. What really gets me about Lucky Star is just how much the "FEED ME MORE MONEY" attitude of Kyoto Animation leaks into the actual production. Every time I endure a painfully boring discussion about some every-day life topic, another unfunny Lucky Channel skit, the explanation and, in turn, ruination of what otherwise would've been a passable joke, or some reference to Haruhi/[insert video game and/or anime here] it brings me back to the actual intended purpose of this series. The characters, situations, and jokes are all purposely written to be engaging to shut-in dorks who spend most of their lives watching anime, playing video games, and posting on internet message boards. It's the hollowest anime I've ever watched; it soullessly and maliciously appeals to people who are too pathetic to realize that they're being pandered to for cash---if you paid money to see any part of this show and AREN'T one of these people, you will walk away from the experience feeling like someone shot you in the knees and proceeded to steal your house, car, identity, and wife. It's an anime designed to be watched amongst anime club meetings filled with people who force out dry heaves of laughter so they can feel like they fit in with everyone around them, and on projector screens at anime conventions filled with freaks dressed up as animals and Sailor Moon characters. This show was not created out of passion, or a general love for the medium, or an actual belief that the show would be funny, it was created to exploit the lowest common denominator of anime fans for a quick buck. It's taking money from people who don't know any better, it leaves a bad taste in your mouth and takes away any respect you might've had for anyone involved in making the series.

Lucky Star's art is sickeningly sweet moe-trash. For a studio that is clearly focused more on animation than story, the level of mediocrity shown here is unacceptable. At least when I watched that shitheap Haruhi Suzumiya I could compliment aspects where it was clear that an effort was made to produce a quality product---here, we have a prime example of the new-age, assembly style artwork that is plaguing modern anime. With our huge advantages in technology, one would think that the seemingly limitless possibilities would spark breathtaking results, and while we have seen glimpses of that (i.e. 2009's Summer Wars), most of what has prevailed in the industry has been streamlined, sterilized, and soulless.

I do have to give the anime props in the sound department, however. The OP is probably the most engaging part of the entire show, as each time you hear it you will be pumped for what has to be the episode where the series starts to pick up. Although it never does, I can't fault the OP for giving us hope. The various EDs run the gauntlet in terms of quality, but overall they're a nice break away from the mouth breathing dynamics that are the actual show. As for the voice actors, they all came and turned out respectable performances, giving the show at least one bearable quality in between credits. This is one of the few anime that I watched subbed however, so I have no idea if the American VAs are any good.

The fact that people say they can relate to characters on this show is frightening. They literally amount to little moeballs stuffed with every possible high-school girl cliche the writers could dig up, and never develop past that point. Konata, however, is not only that, but something much, much worse. While the rest of the characters seek to appeal to the section of the anime market that fawns over overt cuteness, Konata is an interesting look at how far an animation studio will go to squeeze money out of otaku fucks. She was created solely so weeaboos would have someone on the cast they could identify with, and keeping in tune with Kyoto Animation's opinion of their viewers, she's painfully one-dimensional. Her hobbies include video games, anime, and being a bitch. That's it. Unfortunately, not much else can be said about the rest of their characters either. Miyuki is the intellect of the group, but she's also moe. Tsukasa is the shy one, but she's also moe. Kagami is the fiery tsundere, but she's also moe. At the very least, when you give a one line description of Seinfeld's characters, you're leaving out a lot of character information. They may not really change as time progresses, but you certainly learn a lot more about them. In Lucky Star, one line descriptions define our characters for the entire show. There's more character development on an episode of Cops than there is here.

As I reached the end of the final episode, I turned to my therapist who was, at that current moment, sobbing into my shoulder due to sheer, unfettered boredom. His bloodshot eyes looked up at me and as I looked down at him with a mix of pity and remorse, I could see his lips faintly whisper out "save me". As the girls geared up their cheerleading performance of the opening song, I could see his last glimmer of hope, of faith in humanity, slip away from him and float towards the abyss.

He thought he could save me.

I refuse to believe that Kyoto Animation could, as they watched over the series for the last time before officially releasing it, say with complete honesty that this series was not only acceptable for public consumption but also legitimately enjoyable. It's possible to relish in a show's badness if you're able to respect the sincerity of the people that made it. It's why I love movies like The Room and Batman and Robin, and it's why I think Mars of Destruction deserves to be shown nightly on HBO. However, when something this bad is actually just a cruel joke at the expense of a bunch of weeaboo faggots, the insincerity of it all taints what could've just been a run of the mill bad show and turns it into something mean-spirited and unlikeable. I don't think otaku realize that this show isn't actually celebrating the things they love, it's passive-aggressively making fun of them and their interests, and they're actually paying to have it happen to them in real time. Has this community sunk so low that even the people making this shit can get away with calling you all fucking losers? At what point will you stop yelling "FEED ME MORE MOE GIRLS" and start clamoring for real, quality entertainment? Don't you want to know what it feels like to laugh without having to force it out?

What's that? K-ON!!'s on? Sorry, I'll come back when you're finished.

This gave me a chuckle.

Just this once, I'll fulfill whatever your wish is.

Jun 13, 2013 6:25 PM

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Pietru

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Atm I'm kind of avoiding ef a tale of memories/melodies, I'm afraid that I will have wasted my time :|

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to shoulder the burden
of their own fate can
be called a hero.."

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