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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2017 3:19:53 GMT
A legitimate criticism you have of your favorite or highest rated anime. Whether it be an arc, or a character or whatever.
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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on Jan 13, 2017 5:35:36 GMT
TV Series wise
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood had kind of a shitty ending. The way the "Father" homunculus died felt cheesy
Van Hohenheim is also kind of a shit character too. Being a terrible father is a slight factor but the major issue is that it doesn't look like he did any research during his journey to the central district where the "Father" is. That means I believe he already knew the "Father's" weakness. So I got ticked off that he took his fucking sweet time walking there when he could have caught a ride or something. He did do something to slow down the "Father" but that's all he really contributed other than the papers (but Scar's brother already discovered that)
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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on Jan 13, 2017 5:40:16 GMT
I'll eventually criticize all the anime that I have put in my top 10 favorites at one time in MAL. I'll do one daily just to keep the discussion going.
Good thread idea
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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on Jan 14, 2017 8:12:09 GMT
For Steins;Gate
I understand that it's trying to introduce the concepts of their time travel and D-mail. I also know they went to great extents for character development and creating fan appreciation of the characters, but I feel they could have condense it slightly to make the pacing better. 1st episode was fine. Episode 2-11 could be condensed probably where it's 1 D-mail sent per episode, while still explaining portions of their time travel and have an entire episode dedicate to something like this. Researching, there are 6 D-Mails, so they could turn 10 episodes into 7. Maybe 8 if they need to explain time concepts better
Hard to really find a complain about S;G otherwise
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Post by tsk on Jan 14, 2017 16:10:18 GMT
Avatar is kinda cool
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2017 17:14:33 GMT
I guess I'll do one of mine, Index. The Angel Fall arc was REALLY REALLY REALLY bad. Like so bad the first time I watched Index I dropped it after that arc. I dropped a show 16 episodes in. Think about that. What made it worse is that it came after a really strong arc in the Sisters arc. Another peeve is that they made Index into a useless side character to the point where a lot of people hated her during the show. I liked Index since she was cute and I liked when Touma would see her dressing (kek) but I can understand why people would eventually get frustrated with her.
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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on Jan 14, 2017 17:24:35 GMT
The Angel Fall arc was REALLY REALLY REALLY bad. I didn't think it was THAT bad of an arc. Most definitely it was bad and boring, but not to the point of it being the worst. I think the one I hate more is the 1st season when Touma is hallucinating about his mom and had doubts his dad was his real dad. Kanzaki was legitimately the ONLY good thing about the arc Index into a useless side character I didn't feel like she was a side character. She had enough major appearances to be considered a main character. Useless? Sure. Yeah she was pretty damn useless which only contributed to my hate, but if she was to appear more, then that would be worse. but I can understand why people would eventually get frustrated with her. Her being useless isn't my #1 issue with her. Her biting Touma for the smallest of reasons and complaining about being hungry to the point where Touma can't do anything but try and get her something to eat kills the pacing.
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Post by kungfro on Jan 14, 2017 19:51:17 GMT
The quality of Urusei Yatsura drops off a little bit once the studio changes from Studio Pierrot to Deen and Mamoru Oshii is no longer involved.
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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on Jan 14, 2017 19:59:22 GMT
the studio changes from Studio Pierrot to Deen Whoa. I thought whenever two studios are listed together that they're working together rather than a sole studio work. I'm even more surprised that you know where the transition happens between Pierrot and Deen
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Post by kungfro on Jan 14, 2017 21:56:58 GMT
the studio changes from Studio Pierrot to Deen Whoa. I thought whenever two studios are listed together that they're working together rather than a sole studio work. I'm even more surprised that you know where the transition happens between Pierrot and Deen It was more the loss of Oshii, he's a pretty unique director. He tended to take the series in a more surreal direction which Rumiko (mangaka) didn't like. Beautiful Dreamer (the second movie) was sort of the final straw, as it was done without any input from Rumiko. She hated it, though I consider it one of the greatest anime movies around.
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Post by SugarHill on Jan 15, 2017 0:42:22 GMT
Cowboy Bebop - it had to end
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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on Jan 15, 2017 17:48:40 GMT
I forgot to do one yesterday.
Code Geass:
I didn't like the direction in the beginning half of Code Geass S2, especially when they have Lelouch repeat pretty much the same events as season 1, downplaying the major cliffhanger at end of S1. It didn't help that they introduced a shitty character by the name of Rolo too who I thought was annoying. Also, another stupid example is Jeremiah serving Lelouch's mother, but doesn't know about the son Lelouch at all, including the appearance.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2017 19:34:57 GMT
I didn't think it was THAT bad of an arc. Most definitely it was bad and boring, but not to the point of it being the worst. I think the one I hate more is the 1st season when Touma is hallucinating about his mom and had doubts his dad was his real dad. Kanzaki was legitimately the ONLY good thing about the arc Come on! That was a decent arc!! I didn't feel like she was a side character. She had enough major appearances to be considered a main character. Useless? Sure. Yeah she was pretty damn useless which only contributed to my hate, but if she was to appear more, then that would be worse. Yeah they basically made her into a mouth that Touma had to feed. I hated that since she literally has 100,000 books stored in her head. I feel like anyone could make good use of that. Her being useless isn't my #1 issue with her. Her biting Touma for the smallest of reasons and complaining about being hungry to the point where Touma can't do anything but try and get her something to eat kills the pacing. But she's cute :c
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2017 19:38:12 GMT
Alright another show... Shinsekai Yori AKA From the New World
Biggest problem was the first 8 or so episodes really dragged at some points. It's one of those shows that you have to really wait until it builds the world that the story is in before it gets good.
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Post by Graviton on Jan 15, 2017 21:41:13 GMT
Hunter x Hunter gets really slow at certain points, almost gets boring. But then it explodes again.
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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on Jan 16, 2017 17:11:34 GMT
One Punch Man.
I felt the quality in humor and action noticeably dropped between post Deep Sea King and before Saitama's fight with Boros. I felt the fight against Melzargard was lackluster for someone so powerful. They also didn't do a good job transitioning between the scenes of Melzargard's battle scene to Saitama to someone else to back again as it felt the timing was off and the pace was destroyed. I would have rated OPM higher if they didn't have this issue.
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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on Jan 16, 2017 17:21:28 GMT
I hated that since she literally has 100,000 books stored in her head. I feel like anyone could make good use of that. That's what I thought too since, you know, the author titled it "Index".
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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on Jan 16, 2017 17:24:02 GMT
Alright another show... Shinsekai Yori AKA From the New World Biggest problem was the first 8 or so episodes really dragged at some points. It's one of those shows that you have to really wait until it builds the world that the story is in before it gets good. Yeah, the beginning was really slow as hell and boring to me, but once you get to the 2nd arc, you can see the great improvement. The 3rd arc is a masterpiece, but for the reasons of the 1st arc being uninteresting, I can't put it in my favorites. Steins;Gate was slow in the first half, but the time concept was interesting enough for me to not feel bored, hence it's in my favorites.
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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on Jan 18, 2017 23:21:10 GMT
Hunter x Hunter This could have been #1, but three things prevented this
The saving Killua was a dumb arc since Killua could have gotten free anytime he wanted to. He just chose not to. Then he heard about Gon coming to "save him" and then he starts caring about getting back. Killed the purpose of this arc for me. It's pretty pointless other than introduction of Killua's family who will definitely play a role in the later chapters, but it shouldn't have like 12 episodes.
Chimera Ant arc was damn slow in comparison to the other arcs. This arc had more episodes than I think all the other arcs combined (or close). I would be fine with it, since the villains were written very well, but the pacing during the battles and the narrator needing to speak every "second" that has elapsed "real-time" in the show, is simply too big a flaw that I can't say it's the best anime I've seen.
Yorknew arc. My favorite arc, but it had the disappointing end (not gonna try and spoil since Toonami is still in this arc), of how things played out with Kurapika, Hisoka, and the Phantom Troupe. If that came to be, I would have creamed my pants
I also would have creamed my pants if the Election arc had the 3-way confrontation come to fruition.
It may sound like this show shouldn't be in my top 10 based on the way I sound like, but I'm just merely disappointed that it really had the potential to be #1 and then some but fell short
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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on Jan 18, 2017 23:31:00 GMT
Now for "today"
Fate/Zero
The lack of action can be seen as an issue from the 1st season, but I was immersed in the dialogue so I didn't have this issue. I do see it as a legitimate criticism or reason to not like this series as much.
The big one for me on why it isn't higher is the way it ended. Other than the fight between Kirei and Kiritsugu which was fantastic, the rest of the battles were disappointing on how quickly the result happened. I especially have a gripe with Berserker's end result. The battle got cut and not to mention it was damn short for the conflict. This had the makings of an excellent battle. Another one was Rider's end result too but at least it was shown and there was more of a legitimate reason
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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on Jan 19, 2017 18:39:13 GMT
Death Note:
Aside from the meme coming from Kira's assistant, the ending was pretty anti-climatic. It's not what I expected of Light with his level of intelligence and backup plans. He had none in the end in case something went wrong. Also, the M & N arc struggled to keep the powerful momentum exhibited by the L arc. I liked M's concept where he doesn't give a shit about ethics (other people might feel different), but I didn't like the execution of him post missile scene. N obviously was supposed to be "L", but I felt the show tried too hard to show this. Doesn't help the fact that the opening and ending were both terrible for the 2nd arc.
IIRC the creators wanted to stop right after the end of L arc. Thanks to forced production, the creators had to pull something out of their ass to keep it interesting. That ticked me off. The creators' intention was to end, so it should have ended. Damn people....
Assuming none of the criticisms I gave for other anime were adjusted, Death Note would have been my #1 by a fair margin.
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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on Jan 20, 2017 16:51:05 GMT
Mob Psycho 100
Really difficult to find something to criticize. I tried delaying by mentioning other anime, even though this one is pretty high on my ranking. I'll just say comedy didn't hit immediately. I think it took me 3 episodes for the humor to really start kicking in effect. Humor felt maybe slightly above the average line in the beginning, so the show felt a little slow for 1 cour.
That's all I got. It was really good all around.
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Post by Steve Nash on Jan 20, 2017 16:53:16 GMT
Avatar - it only lasted 3 seasons. The story concluded but I want more.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2017 17:10:38 GMT
Nagi no Asukara
It really isn't a show for everyone since its buildup is slow. I actually found it boring for the first few episodes. Then it peaks and gets REALLY good. The animations, the backgrounds, the music. Stunning.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2017 17:10:58 GMT
I notice some of my favorite shows I actually dropped/was close to dropping.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2017 17:15:06 GMT
OH YEAH. SPOILERS: {Spoiler}The end of Nagi was a bit anti-climatic. I thought Miuna should have stayed dead because that scene where she's trapped was so intense. Gives me goosebumps everytime I watch it.
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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on Jan 20, 2017 17:24:35 GMT
I notice some of my favorite shows I actually dropped/was close to dropping. This is probably a very common theme for slow/terrible beginnings or those who didn't enjoy the art style I've seen quite a few people do this with Steins;Gate Shinsekai Yori Ping Pong etc Anyways, it's a major reason why I'm a completionist.
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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on Jan 23, 2017 18:30:57 GMT
Didn't post on Saturday,
next up Keijo!!!!!!!!
The animation quality declined in the last couple of episodes to the point where it almost made me not enjoy it. The other negative is that I believe out of the 12 episodes, 4 of them were training episodes. The second episode where they first introduced the training regimen was fun. The second half of the 3rd training episode was awesome since it was a practice matchup. The rest were subpar. They should have shown more of those practice matchups during the training just to keep up with the interest
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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on Jan 23, 2017 18:35:04 GMT
For Sunday
Samurai Champloo
The major disappointment I had with this is other than the initial confrontation between Jin and Mugen and the mini confrontation where they separated but met up later at a brothel house (I think that was it), Jin and Mugen never battled again. I get them fulfilling the promise from Fuu's rigged result but after the end, I felt like there should have been a respect battle. They won't kill each other (kinda hard though since they're human with swords) but fight to get bragging rights. Considering what happen in the final battle where Mugen and Jin were still alive after those wounds, they can use the same logic with their final battle. Instead, I think we get Mugen admitting he wouldn't win against Jin when they both couldn't move in the shack which is unlike Mugen.
It would help the show notch up a few more spots with this adjustment
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Post by Hellfire Missile Pack on Jan 23, 2017 18:47:52 GMT
Now I'm going outside the top 10 that used to be in my favorites
Black Lagoon
Although I enjoyed the dubbed voice by Light, I couldn't enjoy that same VA dub for Rock. It probably has to do with Rock's personality. To me, the voice was simply not fitting with the character to the point it irritated me. Other than his clever strategy in proving his worth in the beginning to the squad, he sounded really whiny and pathetic. Enjoyment was curbed to an extent.
I felt the decline in Black Lagoon occurred during the Yakuza arc. I enjoyed seeing Revy in her new attire, her sadistic smile as she killed those people in that recreational building, and anytime she was on screen basically. Also, that samurai bodyguard scene wrecking that guy but overall, I didn't feel as immersed (excluding Rock's whinyness) compared to the first season
It went back up again in Roberta's Blood Trail, but only slightly since there was too much focus on that damn kid.
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