| There are a lot of shows every season and although quite a few get talked about not all end up being memorable and it can be argued most are forgotten after finishing airing. Many times the actual merit of the show does not warrant how much it gets talked about. In order for people to manage their expectations and not be deceived by the hype I think its important to talk about some signs to look out for. This may include -High rating after just 1 episode. Mal ratings shouldn't be taken seriously in general but one should especially be wary when an anime gets a very high score after just a few eps. Its not uncommon for a show to start out great and end up disappointing -Manga/LN readers hyping it up. Probably the biggest reason a series gets overhyped are the manga readers. It should be noted that these disgusting creatures live in a different world than anime onlys and see the world in a different way i.e in black and white. They probably don't even watch anime anymore so you don't wanna take their opinion on an upcoming series too seriously or anyones for that matter. Proof that they don't even watch the anime they hype is that the arc they are hyped for won't even happen for another season or two -Its a romance anime Would you agree that a lot of shows are overhyped? If so, what are the signs you would look for |
| The general audience common legacy media outlets start talking about it. |
| Signs that your mother is in heat? She sends me texts out of nowhere and tries to persuade me for an appointment. |
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| High rating after one episode usually happen because die-hard fans of a fairly popular source material or of previous seasons will watch the anime as soon as possible and rate it highly. As time passes, more people without this bias will watch and rate it, and the score will certainly fall regardless of the quality of the anime. The way you put it, any anime with a large enough pre-existing fanbase will be overhyped. |
Nirinbo said: Yet terminally online MAL lunatics will blame the dropped rating on being downvoted by bots, while in reality it is the result of the anime's score leveling out after more people watch it.High rating after one episode usually happen because die-hard fans of a fairly popular source material or of previous seasons will watch the anime as soon as possible and rate it highly. As time passes, more people without this bias will watch and rate it, and the score will certainly fall regardless of the quality of the anime. The way you put it, any anime with a large enough pre-existing fanbase will be overhyped. |
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| You know a show's been overhyped when there are 30 posts explaining why or questioning whether it's overhyped or not. High rating = bad for MAL. We can only enjoy shows that are below a 7.63 rating. |
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| When Gigguk or SuperEyePatchWolf make a video about it. |
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| There is no such thing as an overhyped show. Anybody using that word is just a delusional elitist, who complains about people finding enjoyment and excitement in anime. |
| The fact that it's hyped at all means that it's most likely overhyped. |
| If it's done by Ufotable or Studio Mappa |
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| Pokémon XY/XYZ came after a series that was negatively received (BW) so with Ash acting 'matured' and 'badass' in XY/XYZ, most of its negative aspects are mostly ignored by the majority of the fanbase and it has alot of negative aspects that mostly tie into the status quo of Ash losing leagues, countless fillers and rehashed filler plots, and Team Rocket being nothing but padding to fill out the time for each episode every week, pretty much the same complaints that I've had about this anime since AG. |
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| The more backlash the more overhyped. |
| "Signs that an anime is being overhyped?" I would say that an anime is overhyped when: - It's very high in popularity, and I have no plans to ever watch it because it doesn't look interesting to me - It's very high in popularity, I completed it, and ended up not liking it If an anime is very high in popularity, I completed it, and I really liked it, then it's not overhyped. |
DEMSpirit said: Spy x family I understand but the Konosuba spinoff?dead giveaway if there is a lack of spoilers in this story and it is predictable. Spy X Family, Konosuba spinoff are good examples whose positive reception is purely media hype. |
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| Any form of hype can potentially lead to overhypeness. |
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| would take too long to explain. but the short of it, "the audience that is praising it". 9/10 times I can tell if I'm gonna think the show is good or not based off of that alone |
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| Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...I watch it and I don't think it's that good? Hmm....yeah maybe that. |
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| When it does not offer anything truly exceptional and/or memorable and even then it still somehow manages to see both its popularity and appreciation levels skyrocketing. |
| No wonder since i nvr saw hype from original anime except it came from well known studio, director, or script writer like Madhouse, Shinkai, Jun Maeda |
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| A yes, who doesn't know the "Romance of the Season", which gets re-broadcasted every season, with a new name and reskinned characters. It also has a twin! That one "revolutionary" show which "is nothing like it's average *insert genre* trash"! And if you combine the two, you get Kaguya-sama: Love is War. (Please don't take any of this too seriously.) |
| if even normies know about that anime. only applies in the case of a new anime not sequel. |
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| It can be anything basically but from my experience: - has a vocal fanbase from it's source material singing extreme praises for it eg calling it "the anime adaptation will change the medium" - particularly on MAL where the top reviews not matching its reputation - big name creator/studio(s) making it like Takt Op. and Bubble |
| In my case "overhyped show detector" 🤪 reacts when the following signs occur: - extremely high mean score of an entry after just 1 episode; - seeing people spamming by calling a certain show (no matter whether it's a newly released one or an old anime) as masterpiece in various places, not only in the place dedicated to such show (here it'd be a specific anime's subforum); - overhyped fans gatekeeping fans that do not share their joy by acting hostile towards pretty much anyone who doesn't say that their favorite cartoon is "10/10 anime of the century" or stuff like that; - fans familiar with the source material hyping up an anime adaptation of it. |
| Besides what others have mentioned: - A show sees a sudden upsurge of accounts that rate it 10/10, with most of those accounts having less than 5 entries on their anime list. Even more suspicious if the other entries on those accounts' anime list comprise almost entirely of the top rated anime being given a 1/10. |
| It has a Shonen or isekai fantasy tag.. These days it's even offensive to have a contradicting opinion on hype anime...mods here adore isekai.. |
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| If you personally didn’t enjoy it as much as the hype led you to believe. |
| When I see people mentioning it on MAL I know it's overhyped. |
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| If you go into something and come out of it thinking it was overhyped your expectations were probably just too high. |
| When people get mad when you say it's either overrated or underrated. |
| When everyone refers to it as peak fiction |
SkyfallStar said: I wouldn't generalize people using that term. No one is complaining about people enjoying a show but there are people who are let down by the hype and might want to manage their expectations betterThere is no such thing as an overhyped show. Anybody using that word is just a delusional elitist, who complains about people finding enjoyment and excitement in anime. |
Felori said: To me it just means "I didn't like the show as much as most people seemed to". That's it. It's fine if a lot of people liked it and its popular"Overhyped" things don't exist and that's just a dumb buzzword for "I don't like something, therefore I don't think it should be popular." |
Phantomtroupe97 said: For every person not complaining about others there is another one already starting another "overhyped shows" thread. How many times I have heard "how can people like this overhyped garbage" and ect. It's just so funny that people are projecting themselves being influenced too much by the hype into suddenly others hyping anime "too much." And I agree, it's an issue of managing their own expectations, but they don't get that they are the source of the problem, hence why I call them delusional elitists. They are incapable of understanding something that doesn't align with their tastes.I wouldn't generalize people using that term. No one is complaining about people enjoying a show but there are people who are let down by the hype and might want to manage their expectations better |
SkyfallStar said: Yes, unfortunately the word gets thrown around a lot and is used to put down other anime fans which is in poor taste. I still think its a valid term in the right context and of course, is subjective like any other opinion so no need to get offended. Its hard not to notice when there's a lot of hype around something, wouldn't call it projection just observation. Yes, they can be influenced too much and yes, people can hype something too much. It can both be true but the focus should always be to manage your own expectations Phantomtroupe97 said: For every person not complaining about others there is another one already starting another "overhyped shows" thread. How many times I have heard "how can people like this overhyped garbage" and ect. It's just so funny that people are projecting themselves being influenced too much by the hype into suddenly others hyping anime "too much." And I agree, it's an issue of managing their own expectations, but they don't get that they are the source of the problem, hence why I call them delusional elitists. They are incapable of understanding something that doesn't align with their tastes.I wouldn't generalize people using that term. No one is complaining about people enjoying a show but there are people who are let down by the hype and might want to manage their expectations better |
| Overhyped compared to what? To some measurement of quality we should agree on? I don't trust anyone below certain age and or who doesn't have enough experience with fiction and with life in general to decide on that measurement. And certain tropes or whole genres has their target audience which you may not relate to. But if you're the target audience of some genre, and you've seen plenty of its representatives and you understand what exactly works on you within the genre, then your opinion may worth something. For me, a shounen fan, the only show from recent years that has certainly been overhyped is obvious Kimetsu no Yaiba as it's a bare-bones shounen with broken world-building (government doesn't know or aknowledge the group of people who basically fight for humanity's survival? Absolute nonsense) and super typical baby's first shounen tropes and structure spiced with the most stupid humor I've seen in a while (NEZUUKOO-CHAN that lasts for at least half an episode). Other recent "overhyped" shounens are actually well written or executed or somehow unique despite people hating on them (Jujutsu, Chainsawman). |
Phantomtroupe97 said: I feel like using the prefix over- is the problem here. It implies that there is some sort of hype limit being exceeded, but there isn't. It's just hype. If a person feels forced to a watch show or gets annoyed after hearing about the hype, but doesn't see the issue within themselves, it's definetely just projecting. I only see overhyped used to belittle other people and their tastes. Like accusing people of being wrong by being hyped about something. Can't really see a context where it works without being negative towards the excitment of others.Yes, unfortunately the word gets thrown around a lot and is used to put down other anime fans which is in poor taste. I still think its a valid term in the right context and of course, is subjective like any other opinion so no need to get offended. Its hard not to notice when there's a lot of hype around something, wouldn't call it projection just observation. Yes, they can be influenced too much and yes, people can hype something too much. It can both be true but the focus should always be to manage your own expectations |
| Sort of agree with everything except the last point, if it's a romance anime it's a 100% must watch Also I'd prefer overhyped shows to underhyped shows. If a 1st episode is highly rated then it means a good chunk of people like it, so common anime viewers like me who enjoy anime will probably like it as well so it's a good sign |
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SkyfallStar said: Hmm what about saying "I didn't like it as much as most people" because its basically the same thing? Again, i don't agree with belittling others and i don't think the terms overhyped or overrated inherently do that if used in the right context and not taken too seriously. I do think people can hype something too much by throwing around words like 'masterpiece'Phantomtroupe97 said: I feel like using the prefix over- is the problem here. It implies that there is some sort of hype limit being exceeded, but there isn't. It's just hype. If a person feels forced to a watch show or gets annoyed after hearing about the hype, but doesn't see the issue within themselves, it's definetely just projecting. I only see overhyped used to belittle other people and their tastes. Like accusing people of being wrong by being hyped about something. Can't really see a context where it works without being negative towards the excitment of others.Yes, unfortunately the word gets thrown around a lot and is used to put down other anime fans which is in poor taste. I still think its a valid term in the right context and of course, is subjective like any other opinion so no need to get offended. Its hard not to notice when there's a lot of hype around something, wouldn't call it projection just observation. Yes, they can be influenced too much and yes, people can hype something too much. It can both be true but the focus should always be to manage your own expectations |
Phantomtroupe97 said: This is a much better way to word it. At first, it might seem synonymous with "overhyped", but they are nothing alike. You not liking it as much is a neutral and a personal position that doesn't comment on the community excitement. Overhype is just about finding a problem with the community upholding the hype at a level someone doesn't deem to be worth. I wish the word had as idealistic usage as you claim it to have, but in the end it's just another mindless buzzword that creates no meaningful discussion. As for overrated, I feel like the issue is the same, but you could make an argument for botting and shows being artifically over- or underrated. Everyone rates as they wish and have own standards what to call masterpieces. Like with hype, you should be in control what influence it has on you.Hmm what about saying "I didn't like it as much as most people" because its basically the same thing? Again, i don't agree with belittling others and i don't think the terms overhyped or overrated inherently do that if used in the right context and not taken too seriously. I do think people can hype something too much by throwing around words like 'masterpiece' |
| If the manga is published by Shueisha, it probably is overhyped. They overwork their mangaka more than any other publication house in Japan, so their work quality suffers. They are somehow the most popular manga publisher, even in the West due to their partnership with Viz Media. As a side note, Shueisha does not have a bad library, but the newer stuff is always hit or miss, even Shueisha themselves admit it with the appalling rates of series cancellations. |
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