I think I'm done with anime

Most anime is complete garbage and deserves its hate with good reason. Out of 135 that I've seen, I would only recommend 7 of them, and that calculates to an astounding 5%. Now that may all sound really harsh, but after watching anime every day for three years I've grown to dislike it. A lot.

Most anime is complete garbage and deserves its hate with good reason. Out of 135 that I've seen, I would only recommend 7 of them, and that calculates to an astounding 5%. Now that may all sound really harsh, but after watching anime every day for three years I've grown to dislike it. A lot.

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Smart kid.  Anime leads to loli, loli leads to pedos, pedo leads to jail, jail leads to Oz.

Congratulations. Now that you're done with anime, you can graduate to being someone over 15.

That's quite a passionate argument, but umm.... 95% of EVERYTHING sucks. Watch much American TV lately? Listen to much music? How many video games are released every year and how many do we actually buy and/or enjoy playing?
 
Meh, I'm not going to address anything you specifically said because it's the same regurgitated hairball of an argument that many others have already said. People start getting annoyed by something and it grows into a disgusting mess of chewed up and spat out arguments made by countless people before. They all look the same! There's too much moe! It's all crap! Blah blah blah blah.   
 
Edit: Oh and using Clannad as your "What the hell?" picture...? You haven't seen After Story, have you?

Dude you have some pretty high standards. And if you haven't realized EVERYTHING is plagued with cliches, having cliche's doesn't mean something sucks.
 
FPS games are plagued with steroid junkie space marines kicking alien ass.
Theatres are plagued with action movies filled with 2d character profiles and neo wannabe protagonist.
Jrpgs are plagued with spiky haired emo teens saving the world
And MMOs are plagued with elves, warriors and months of killing kobolds. 
 WRPGs are always plagued with some assholes searching for some lost artifact that is the key to defeating some ancient evil.
 
Does that mean any of the genres I mentioned sucks? No! Get off your high horse and start enjoying things for what it is rather than being a douch-bag that picks apart every little detail in an anime and missing the whole point of the story.

" Edit: Oh and using Clannad as your "What the hell?" picture...? You haven't seen After Story, have you? "

Yup Code Geass is practically the anime that turned me off from anime as well.
 
I can't believe it's fucking popular and winning rewards and such when it's absolutely garbage,
 
I'd rather watch the TV version of Escaflowne if I wanted weird people drama mixed with mechs. At least that show wasn't pandering to the crowd.

gosh to think a medium would be flooded with 90% crud?? there's alot of directors that make shit for money, japan is stupid for paying any attention to it and therefore make the shitmakers make more shit. You enjoy something for the best it has to offer, the amount of awful films that come out every year, awful music and TV, but they don't spoil your enjoyment of the GOOD stuff that comes out.. even if it's 99% shite, if that has any effect of your enjoyment of the good stuff i'd say you just care way too much about the reputation of the medium.

don't tell me you just don't like it anymore because it's cool not to like it on these forums?

Yeah most anime suck ass but that small percentage that doesn't makes all the effort worth it, imo.

Maybe watch stuff like ghost in the shell 2nd gig, without all that nonsense.

the reason everything is a cliche is because everything has been done already.

@Hourai

I wouldn't completely give up. Check out House of Five Leaves, I've heard it's similar art-wise and in tone to Mushishi. I'm really enjoying it, watchable on Hulu 8 hrs after it airs in Japan.

" @Symphony said:

" Edit: Oh and using Clannad as your "What the hell?" picture...? You haven't seen After Story, have you? "

I have and enjoyed it a bit, but the character designs are just... "

Alright angry kid, get back to your mature art games I guess.

I've always fucking hated anime. But I was willing to change about a year ago. I needed something to watch while playing WoW, and I remember my roommate telling me how awesome Dragon Ball Z is, so I downloaded it. All of it. I watched the first episode, it was terrible. I said "This is dumb, now I remember why I hate anime." and deleted the 150GB folder.

  @Hourai:

I sorta agree, but, its really most modern Anime which blows. 
 
If you want the good stuff, go to a forum with Anime Nerds who have taste and ask for recommendations.  Though I'd say you should just read manga, much less fanservice and ussualy better paced then Anime(which I have grown to dislike)
 
Here I'll give you one of my favourites: Monster by Urasawa(both an Anime and a Manga). Its a really good psychological thriller, one of my faves. Ever watched Cowboy Bebop? that's a great one for over-the-top action.
 
EDIT: ah I see you've read Monster when I clicked on the yellow stuff. Good man.

You should watch Death Note. Best anime ever. Seriously, I wouldn't lie to you.

" I've always fucking hated anime. But I was willing to change about a year ago. I needed something to watch while playing WoW, and I remember my roommate telling me how awesome Dragon Ball Z is, so I downloaded it. All of it. I watched the first episode, it was terrible. I said "This is dumb, now I remember why I hate anime." and deleted the 150GB folder. "

" You should watch Death Note. Best anime ever. Seriously, I wouldn't lie to you. "

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  Why isnt all anime like this? Maybe it wouldent be so lame. "

anime is just a cartoon from a different country. it's not a lifestyle choice.

" @Landon said:

" You should watch Death Note. Best anime ever. Seriously, I wouldn't lie to you. "

I thought Death Note was awful.  Especially when the only interesting character died. "

" @Hourai said:

" @Symphony said:

" Edit: Oh and using Clannad as your "What the hell?" picture...? You haven't seen After Story, have you? "

I have and enjoyed it a bit, but the character designs are just... "

Just... what? Typical anime characters? If you're so turned off by the style why would you subject yourself to 135 shows? O.o It's not like the style has changed all that much over time. Saber Marionette J, Slayers, Macross, Bubblegum Crisis and all the old late 80s / early 90s series shared a lot of the same design choices. "

" anime is just a cartoon from a different country. it's not a lifestyle choice. "

" @mutha3 said:

" @Landon said:

" You should watch Death Note. Best anime ever. Seriously, I wouldn't lie to you. "

I thought Death Note was awful.  Especially when the only interesting character died. "

HOW DARE YOU NOT LIKE SOMETHING I LIKED! Oh well, to each his own? "

I guess I'll have a serious opinion now.
 
There is nothing wrong with anime, there is something wrong with YOU. Thats like me going out and buying 12 FPS in a month and saying 
"All video games play the same, its just guns and blood!!!".
 Seriously, there are better shows out there that don't even have anything you mentioned.
 
Mushishi is one of my favorite shows. Its basically a collection of really well told short stories. No panty shots. No overly cute girls.
Death Note, like I mentioned, is a great show featuring nothing you had.
School Rumble is a show about a bunch of high school girls, but has NOTHING you mentioned. 
 ANYTHING BY HAYAO MIYAZAKI 
 
Why don't you research the plots of shows before you just assume that all anime is the same.

" @Hourai:  May I begin with Sturgeon's Law, where at minimum 90% of any given subject is garbage? You yourself have admitted in the OP that not all of it is bad. But in all seriousness: are you certain that you're done with anime? You're absolutely sure? Have you tried some of the Gundam stuff (of which I'd recommend Wing and G)? Magical Lyrical Girl Nanoha (starts off a typical magic girl anime, gets exponentially more awesome the longer it goes)? Subbed versions of anime that appeared on Toonami?   As said previously- everything can be considered cliche because someone else did it first. It's merely the matter of finding a new way to present it or to subvert it. "

It sounds like you need to do more research before taking the dip with an anime.  I think i've only watched around 10 or so series in total and the only stinker I found was Full Metal Panic. Code Geass was pretty fun even with it's completely ridiculous plot twists and turns.

  @BigBoss1911 said:

" @mutha3:  .............why? "

@ryanwho

" @BigBoss1911 said:

  Why isnt all anime like this? Maybe it wouldent be so lame. "

But most anime is pretentious and exploitative at the same time. "

Anime is certainly cliched, but that's because it needs to be. The people who watch anime love the "cute" characters and trite storylines. That's why anime/manga is its own genre when it comes to film/TV/comic books. That said, you can say the same thing about anything. Comic books based on superheroes tend to be similar to each other, for example. Animated films from Pixar and DreamWorks also tend to have the same humor, character archetypes, and themes.
 
I don't like anime, but I don't have a problem with it. The 27-year-old men who dress up like cat people creep me out, though.

Watch Memories by Katsuhiro Otomo, which has Magnetic Rose, Stink Bomb and Cannon Fodder in it,  three really original, short anime films. 
 
Here's a bit from 'Cannon fodder' 

"     Though I'd say you should just read manga, much less fanservice and ussualy better paced then Anime(which I have grown to dislike)

Don't watch bad anime? 
 
Stick to only the ACTUALLY good series... 

" Don't watch bad anime?  Stick to only the ACTUALLY good series...  "

" @mutha3 said:

"     Though I'd say you should just read manga, much less fanservice and ussualy better paced then Anime(which I have grown to dislike)

Yep, I find manga is a lot better than anime. While there's some garbage in there too, there's actually a surprising amount of good in there. Vagabond, Vinland Saga, Berserk, and 20th Century Boys are amazing. I also enjoyed One Piece a bit but stopped reading somewhere around 150-200 chapters in. "

" @BigBoss1911 said:

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  Why isnt all anime like this? Maybe it wouldent be so lame. "

But most anime is pretentious and exploitative at the same time. "

" Congratulations. Now that you're done with anime, you can graduate to being someone over 15. "

I'm going to throw Detroit Metal City in here. 
 
It is pretty short, it is absolutely great. Give it a watch i say.
 
Do stay far far far away from the god awefull live action movie they tried to make out of it.

95% of all anime is garbage.

" @Vinchenzo said:

" Congratulations. Now that you're done with anime, you can graduate to being someone over 15. "

yeah, just like people who are over 15 and still play video games...  I mean:  grow up!  right?!  am I right?! "