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So Bad, It's Good

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byCleome
Jan 06 2023, 12:19 PM | Updated Jun 1, 2023 9:56 PM
List of anime that are so bad that they're actually worth watching. A lot of these shows have bad plot and animation but are comedic enough to be enjoyed by the general population of MAL.
TV, 1999Finished 13 eps, 13 min

(No synopsis yet.)

N/A
247
Movie, 2021Finished 1 ep, 26 min

A demon has emerged deep beneath Tokyo. The governor of Tokyo and his escort unit go to inspect, but are trapped underground. Surrounded by darkness, with nowhere to go, people lose their reason and become consumed by the demon. (Source: Xumo)

StudioUnknown
SourceOriginal
ThemeSurvival
5.40
407
TV, 2021Finished 12 eps, 23 min

After being hit by a truck in the year 2014, Akira Natsume awakes to find himself inside a machine following a 16-year-long coma. As he adjusts to the new interface, he is greeted by police officer Minami Uezono and her android partner Alma. The pair shows Akira that his brain is contained inside a device called an EX-ARM—a weapon of mass destruction. Aboard an enemy smuggler ship, the three must escape using nothing but their ingenuity and combat skills. While initially reluctant to fight, Akira soon recalls his brother's words from before the accident. The memory inspires him to take action, possessing Alma's body to fight his opponents using martial arts. Once Alma plugs him into one of the ship's ports, he discovers the devastating potential of his EX-ARM by effortlessly hacking and assuming control of the vessel. Upon safely arriving back on land, Akira meets the other members of the EX-ARM Countermeasure Prevention Team, a police division working to mitigate the effects of EX-ARMs. Witnessing the atrocities committed by those who seek the power of EX-ARMs, he resolves to join the team and put an end to the terror caused by these weapons. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

SourceManga
DemographicSeinen
2.87
86K
ONA, 2001Finished 1 ep, 3 min

(No synopsis yet.)

SourceOriginal
N/A
260
TV, 2016Finished 12 eps, 24 min

A blog disproving the supernatural, co-run by NEET teenager Yuuta Gamon and his enthusiastic best friend Ryouka Narusawa, becomes the catalyst that would bring together a group of people who supposedly have nothing to do with each other. These individuals include high school fortune teller Miyuu Aikawa, who joins Yuuta to work on the blog; realist Sarai Hashigami, who is stunned when tragedy strikes his family; doujin artist Ririka Nishizono, who has an uncanny ability to predict the future with her art; black magic practitioner and local curse expert Aria Kurenaino and her ghostly friend; Shun Moritsuka, a seemingly childish otaku detective; and reporter Touko Sumikaze. As this unlikely group, bound only by the strings of fate, find their way to each other, they are confronted with murder and other events that are shrouded by the presence of the supernatural. They must band together to solve the mysteries interlacing the city and their lives. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

SourceLight novel
6.89
202K
TV, 2022Finished 12 eps, 23 min

The era is a turbulent Warring States period in Hinomoto. Kinokuni, the unexplored region of the mountains and the sea. In the depths of this deep forest, there is a group using "Yatagarasu" as their flag symbol and using guns as weapons. Their name is "Saikashu". It is "Magoichi" who arrived from a foreign country that inherited the name as the head of Saikashu. On the other hand, "Saburo" quickly senses the signs of aggression from the European powers and struggles to protect Hinomoto. The fate of the two who would not meet originally will be crossed by the fight against the invaders who came from a foreign country ─! (Source: YTV)

StudioKigumi
SourceMixed media
3.79
7.5K
TV, 2022Finished 13 eps, 23 min

Atsushi Kamiya is a former captain at Kakegawa High School and the world-renowned "courageous captain" for a famous Italian soccer team. Hideto Tsuji is a student at the same school, who seems uninterested in the now-weakened soccer team. Their meeting is the start of a new legend... (Source: Official Site, edited)

SourceManga
DemographicShounen
5.30
18K
TV, 2003Finished 13 eps, 24 min

In the 24th Century, Intergalactic Space Travel has become a reality. One of the first outposts in the far reaches of space is WATCHER'S NEST - an inflation hole drive portal - which has recently come under attack by a mysterious force known simply as GHOUL... A group of young female cadets assigned to the portal are unexpectedly thrown into a hornet's nest of trouble as they finalize their training to become an elite pilot in the Seraphim Squadron. (Source: DVD Collection Back Cover)

StudioRadix
SourceOriginal
5.90
15K
OVA, 2009Finished 10 eps, 3 min

Computer-animated gag shorts about two female agents.

SourceOriginal
2.56
8.2K
TV, 1999Finished 16 eps, 6 min

Two horny college slackers and a beautiful professor. A frustrated TV reporter. A sexy track star and her tempted coach. And a high school girlzilla that’s the size of the Empire State building. Colorful! contains over 50 vignettes of men, women, and the pursuit of… well, you’ll just have to see. From hotties on subways and perverted cabbies, to panty-obsessed video geeks, sexy mall babes, and the furry phenomenon, Colorful! is a strange, deranged, racy and hilarious dose of animated Viagra! (And if live action is more your style, check out the behind-the-scenes documentary that shows the twisted, demented cast and crew that bring Colorful! to vivid life!) (Source: ADV Films)

SourceManga
ThemeGag Humor
DemographicSeinen
5.89
30K
Movie, 2000Finished 1 ep, 85 min

In the year 2000, Alice Hayashi wins a trip to the moon in a sweepstake. However, when her shuttle launches, something goes terribly wrong, and the next thing she knows, she has crashed somewhere in a frozen wasteland. Before she can get her bearings, strange soldiers begin to attack her, forcing her to flee. Eventually, Alice meets a young man called Yuan, who tells her that she is in Lapland in the year 2030. The soldiers pursuing her belong to Nero, an enigmatic leader who controls the world through his supercomputer. He is also responsible for reducing the Earth's population by over seven billion. Convinced that Nero has something to do with her time jump, Alice, Yuan, and the android maid Maria journey to Kingdom, the shadowy fortress that Nero rules from. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

StudioUnknown
SourceOriginal
4.64
2.7K

In the 26th century, Rion Steiner awakens in a hospital to the sound of a girl's voice in his head. Unable to remember who he is, he uses psychic powers to break out and sets out to discover himself, and the truth behind those who are after him - the Galerians. Their mother Dorothy, the super-computer with a God complex, will not sit idly by, as he holds the only key to the program that can destroy her. [Witten by Ebo]

StudioUnknown
SourceGame
5.38
4.0K
Movie, 2001Finished 1 ep, 77 min

Post-nuclear Earth is barren, and life can't survive on the surface, so the few remaining people have lived under-water waiting for their time to be able to go to the surface. Amamiku and her faithful computer guardians, Pyron and Mayzamik, guard the seeds that contain the DNA for life and re-growth on the surface when the air is breathable again, but not everyone wants that to happen.

StudioUnknown
SourceOriginal
4.35
1.6K
Special, 2002Finished 1 ep, 15 min
A.F A.F

A 20 minutes 100% CG animation presented by "buildup", a company that brought many japanese CG movies such as Godzilla vs Biollante, Stray Dog - Kerberos Panzer Cops, Godzilla vs King Ghidora, Kappa, Gundam Mission To The Rise and D. The story takes place in the future, the year is 2124. A dangerous container is to be secretly loaded into medical transport ship which goes into the earth orbit because it's forbidden to store dangerous container on earth. It's so secret that no crew members on the ship were told about the container's contents or any possible hazzards. The truth is, the container carries a dangerous living body in some form like liquid / worm which is capable of reading DNA information of other living beings and then transforms itself as an exact copy. Of course, the original object then will be killed. (Source: AniDB)

StudioUnknown
SourceOriginal
ThemesMechaSpace
4.18
1.7K
Movie, 2003Finished 1 ep, 3 min

Sayuri is a curious creature who lives on her husband with her equally surreal mother and father. With an antenna-like whip protruding from her head, she is a striking daughter, and her long-awaited time to strike has come. Her family and friends watch eagerly as Sayuri carries out this bizarre ceremony. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

StudioUnknown
SourceOriginal
2.01
22K
TV Special, 1998Finished 1 ep, 84 min

In the year 2099, one of NASA's Apollo rocket capsules is found in the Mongolian desert, where it appears to have been for 65 million years. Meanwhile on Mars, a strange black artifact of unknown origins is eating one of the planet's moons. Earth ship Davide is sent to investigate and is sucked into the vortex. Lila Mochizuki and her companions are suddenly a long, long way from home. (Source: Animevice)

StudioUnknown
SourceOriginal
5.13
684

Three 10-minute videos present a trippy view into the minds of their creators. Brought together by Pierre Taki of Denki Groove, Mechano: Scientific Attack Force features three shorts done in very different styles. The three short films are: "Plastic Gun Man" - a 3D Western spoof "World Meccano Triangle" - a music video reminiscent of '90s era screensavers "Haiirogaoka no Soridaijin" (translated as "Prime Minister of Gray Hill") - an anime-style animated video parody of Akira Mochizuki's famous 1977 manga, Yuuhi ga Oka no Souri Daijin

StudioUnknown
SourceOther
4.40
792
Music, 2017Finished 1 ep, 4 min

An official music video for the song Mobile Dog House¥ from the Park City album release by the band Pasocom Music Club.

StudioUnknown
SourceOriginal
ThemeMusic
4.76
373
Movie, 1994Finished 1 ep, 101 min

It is the year 2023, hurrying for a scoop, Eunjoo, a very active girl reporter, meets Gokdari and his super kids, who specialize in arresting space criminals. The Gokdari's group consists of the best space warriors. Their job is to do good by getting rid of any space rascal. At the right moment they arrest a space monster names Wangdochi and another criminal by locking them in a mysterious golden stick, which is widely reported by Eunjoo. One month later, a police chief and an inspector visit Gokdari and his super kids and asks them to arrest Judogwi, the most violent criminal in space. Judogwi, a 90-foot tall monster, resembling an elephant. This monster is a very violent offender. Carrying a strong energizer bead and equipped with super natural powers. The police offer a reward on this offender's head. Gokdari and his super kids leave for the skull planet where Judogwi lives. They face a lot of danger and difficulties in fighting this monster because of his supernatural powers. They are joined by another warrior, Mio, he takes the energizer bead out of Judogwi and lets it explode by itself. As Judogwi has no power with the bead, all our heroes finally defeat the monster and lock him in the mysterious golden stick. Gokdari and his super kids return to earth and donate their reward to an orphanage.

StudioUnknown
SourceOriginal
2.91
1.8K
OVA, 1992Finished 1 ep, 33 min

Pet shop owner's daughter Chika Tokorozawa spends every waking hour with her dog, Rin Tin Tin, who repays her love by watching over her while she sleeps. Based on the manga in Young Sunday magazine by Maki Otsubo, who is better known in the manga world for Mr. Cinema. (Source: Anime Vice)

SourceManga
ThemesPetsSchool
DemographicSeinen
3.65
4.6K
OVA, 1997Finished 3 eps, 28 min

After meeting a dancing old man in what she thinks is just a crazy dream, a preteen schoolgirl embarks on a series of fanservice-filled magical girl adventures with a little creature named Ongo who might be evil and a shy girl with mysterious powers named Nami. (Source: ANN)

SourceOriginal
5.32
10K
Movie, 2000Finished 1 ep, 91 min

Deep-sea archeologist Hiroshi Ibuki is the member of the digging team working at the bottom of the sea hoping to uncover the origins of Earth's existence but instead uncovers a mysterious colony of bacteria which gives off light similar to the Aurora Borealis. The ancient bacteria, once revived, attempt to make the world habitable for themselves —a process that would bring Earth back to its early primal form, killing all current life in the process. (Source: AnimeNFO)

StudioUnknown
Source
5.28
757
Movie, 2012Finished 1 ep, 78 min

A peace-loving soldier from Ancient China is magically transported into a world ruled by an evil nine-headed snake. Transformed into a panda, he joins forces with a flying pig to free the once-peaceful Merryland from tyranny. But first he must train to be the kingdom’s most courageous panda warrior. (Source: Letterboxd)

StudioUnknown
SourceOriginal
DemographicKids
N/A
156
TV, 2016Finished 12 eps, 3 min

High school student Yoshiki Maeda is starting a new year in the all-boys Baraman High School. On the first day, Yoshiki reconnects with his childhood friend, Takuya Saotome, and meets his odd and dramatic homeroom teacher, Teruhiko Saionji. Yoshiki's younger sister, Yuu, is aware of many of these handsome boys and seems to take pleasure in teasing her big brother about them. Yoshiki soon discovers a number of stereotypical romance characters and has no choice but to deal with their outright ludicrous and nonsensical boys' love antics. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

SourceGame
6.77
48K
OVA, 1989Finished 1 ep, 26 min

Two brothers are in the spotlight: one a movie star making a football movie, the other a musician who occasionally goes to school (to cover for his sibling). What will destiny bring them?

StudioMagic Bus
SourceManga
DemographicShoujo
4.54
13K
Movie, 2015Finished 1 ep, 96 min

Hundreds of thousands of years after the collapse of civilization, the world is a post-tech wasteland, and is inhabited by humanoid tribes. The Peace held between them is threatened by the return of Wushen, an evil shape-shifting ghost of modern technology. Wushen threatens to enslave the world population. Zhuma, a ten-year-old girl is the heroine of the story, accompanied by Zhanggong, her lion-like Tibetan Mastiff dog. Chosen, and helped by a ethereal goddess she must assemble a band of allies from the surviving tribes to fight Wushen, and stop him from gaining control over an ancient power. (Source: IMDb)

StudioUnknown
SourceOriginal
5.05
1.1K
TV, 2007Finished 13 eps, 1 min

A comedy series about farting children.

StudioDLE
SourceOriginal
ThemeGag Humor
N/A
137
ONA, 2003Finished 1 ep, 13 min

Izumi, a 12-year-old schoolgirl, suddenly gets not one but two lovely and rather lewd maids from outer space, who have to defend her city from a monster's invasion.

SourceOriginal
4.14
3.3K
ONA, 2009Finished 3 eps, 11 min

The high spirited girls Azuki Edomae, Mutsumi Mutsuki and Serika Shihodo, put on their "KIGURUMI"costumes instantly transforming them into the super heros Kigurumikku-Swan, Kigurumikku-Falcon and Kigurumikku-Swallow. Follow these super-girls as they defend Minamachi City and bring peace to the town.

StudioAIC ASTA
Source
5.14
2.7K
OVA, 1985Finished 1 ep, 56 min

Nora is on vacation in a "Holiday Inn" space station. When the artificial gravity fails, the whole space resort becomes chaotic but she helps solve the problem. (Source: ANN)

SourceManga
ThemeSpace
4.31
3.9K
TV, 2016Finished 12 eps, 24 min

A bus full of eccentric individuals is headed toward the urban legend known as Nanaki Village, a place where one can supposedly start over and live a perfect life. While many have different ideas of why the village cannot be found on any map, or why even the police cannot pinpoint its location, they each look forward to their new lives and just what awaits them once they reach their destination. After a few mishaps, they successfully arrive at Nanaki Village only to find it completely abandoned. Judging from the state of disrepair, it has been vacant for at least a year. However, secrets are soon revealed as some of the group begin to go missing while exploring the village and amidst the confusion, they find bloody claw marks in a forest. As mistrust and in-fighting break out, will they ever be able to figure out the truth behind this lost village? [Written by MAL Rewrite]

StudioDiomedéa
SourceOriginal
5.49
224K
OVA, 1993Finished 2 eps, 39 min

While on the job, it is important to watch how you present yourself as people's perceptions can mean everything. For Mai Waku, an owner of a firm tackling supernatural problems, this simple task can be incredibly difficult. With her unavoidable sex appeal, Mai seems to always find a way to end up naked while working on a case. Dealing with a variety of people from well-known celebrities to innkeepers, Mai cannot seem to avoid precarious situations where she lacks clothes in the presence of her clients. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

StudioJ.C.Staff
SourceManga
5.71
4.0K
TV, 2016Finished 8 eps, 6 min

Having cleared the preliminaries, twenty-four pairs of twins face gargantuan challenges on an enormous athletic field. On this man-made island in Tokyo Bay, the bonds between twins are pushed to the limit in the Ultimate Athletic Tournament! The tournament consists of three insanely difficult obstacle courses. Teamwork and human drama are forged within these grueling challenges. Participants are limited to twins, but exactly what constitutes a "twin" is unclear, resulting in some unusual pairings. In the past, controversial appearances have included clones, adopted siblings, or triplets in shifts. (Source: Official Website)

StudioRipromo
SourceOriginal
5.84
777

In 356 BC, Alexander the Great arrives in Greece with the ominous destiny that he will become the "destroyer of the world." Inheriting the crown, he becomes king of the Macedonians and starts down a road of conquest with terrific speed. Alexander ultimately confronts his fated nemesis, Darius the Third, in a war with Persia which changes Alexander into the devil he was fated to become, assuring the destruction of all in his path, and possibly himself. (Source: TBS Global Business)

StudioMadhouse
SourceNovel
5.78
3.1K
TV, 2000Finished 19 eps, 23 min

Years ago, all of the ghosts in a haunted schoolhouse were banished by a certain student. Now, they're back—and they want revenge... Satsuki and Keiichirou Miyanoshita are two siblings recovering from the tragic loss of their mother. After moving to their mother's hometown, they learn that the local school they have transferred to is an old building—one said to be haunted. Despite initially brushing it off as a silly rumor, the two soon discover that ghosts are indeed real and that they're after them! Gakkou no Kaidan is the creepy tale of the lives of these siblings and their newfound friends as they try to survive the school's ghosts—with a little help from their pet cat along the way. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

SourceNovel
7.75
245K
TV, 2023Finished 12 eps, 23 min

Under the belief that the omnipotent god Mitama will come to save him, Yukito Urabe participates in a ritual to become the new leader of his father's cult. But when the boy drowns during the ritual, he wishes to be reborn in a world without gods or religion. Reawakening in a completely different world devoid of spirituality. He meets a deviant girl named Aruaru, who introduces him to her village. However, his idyllic image of this world's society is short-lived when he witnesses a public group suicide and learns of the country's end-of-life system: at any moment, the government may order any citizen to die. Aruaru and her sister are forcibly taken for execution soon after, prompting Yukito to rush to their rescue—but to no avail. In a moment of desperation, Yukito recalls his father's teachings and utters a prayer for Mitama to save them. Seemingly answering his call, a little girl descends from the sky and annihilates everyone who harmed Yukito and his friends. To Yukito's surprise, the girl introduces herself as Mitama. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

SourceManga
DemographicSeinen
6.68
227K
Movie, 2014Finished 1 ep, 84 min

(No synopsis yet.)

StudioUnknown
SourceBook
N/A
137

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