There are series which are whispered about at cons. Behind closed doors at secret panels, anime are discussed which are so horrendous, so abysmal, they affect the fabric of space time. Those are the unmentionable series, the ones so bad, the mere utterance of their names brings chaos and destruction. Then again, these are probably the same series blatantly and openly mocked at anime clubs and forums.
I know anime fans have a list of anime they feel everyone should see at least once. But do fans have a list of anime that should be avoided at all costs? There has to a list out there, emblazoned with a skull and cross bones, warning DANGER: Absolute Crap Ahead! I just know there’s a Plan Nine From Outer Space in anime. And just like Ed Wood’s thankfully obscure train wreck of a movie, there undoubtedly is an anime so bad, fans refer to it among themselves as a catchphrase for the epitome of Suckdom.
I’ve been lucky in my anime life, I’ve only watched one series so bad, I can’t understand why it continues to exist. The laws of nature state: survival of the fittest, which is why I’m perplexed as to why this series is still limping around. The series in question is Glass Fleet. It’s so holistically bad, I wholeheartedly feel Gonzo, the studio guilty of Glass Fleet, should burn it and mind-wipe anyone who’s seen it, myself included. I would be first in line for that. Yes, one mind wipe please, and while you’re at it, could you erase that bit about prom night? Thaaaanks.
In this household, we actually compare anime and live action on a scale of Glass Fleet to ten. That movie was bad, Glass Fleet bad. Pirates of the Caribbean Three has the honor of being the first live action movie to be awarded with a score of Glass Fleet.
Which anime is so bad you use its name as slang to describe something sub par? Is there a series so horrible, you’re confused as to why it still exists? Are there anime that have topped your DO NOT WATCH list? Which anime should be burned and never mentioned again?
While I feel NO MEDIA SHOULD EVER BE BURNED, no matter how terrible…for the sake of discussion, share in the comments below which anime you think should “figuratively” be torched.
To go back to your “Survival of the Fittest” concept, that’s not how the biologists claim evolution works. It’s more along the lines of survival of the normal curve. If something is too fit it oversucceeds and the breed dies out. If something isn’t good enough, it’s undersucceeds and the breed dies out. It’s only when the vast majority of things are “acceptable” that the breed continues.
Which is why there are just so many forgettable things in all the various media/entertainment concepts. Everyone has a favorite movie, but most of them folks forget about after seeing, and then occasionally, you have _Santa Claus versus the Martians._
As for the question in hand… well I’m not certain I’ve seen anything that I’d say should be torched, figuratively or otherwise. Sure, I’ve seen some that I absolutely adore (such as Haruhi, Soko no Strain and True Tears) but a great majority of them are just things that I’ve watched and have relegated to the netherworlds of my subconscious as things I liked but not enough to think about consistently or even overtly recommend to others (such as Magikano, Innocent Venus, Myself; Yourself).
I nominate the School Days anime. It’s the first show I’ve ever come across that actually made me feel both mental anguish and *physical* pain. I’m not joking when I say while watching the show, I actually at one point curled up in a ball, and while rocking back and forth asked myself out loud over and over again, “Why am I watching this show?” The series is so mind-numbingly ridiculous that if forced to watch it, it should be considered a form of cruel and unusual punishment. Not only should this series be burned and never mentioned again, but also UNMADE. (But I’m all for leaving the game it was based off of alone. Otaku need their pr0n games after all, and from what I’ve seen, there’s a whole lot of pr0n in it.)
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Eiken is terrible too,the worst anime i have ever seen(i havent seen glass feet so i cant say anything)
I’d have to suggest Doki Doki School hours. They ran out of ideas halfway through the series, and kinda slapped around moe character types.
Kodomo no jikan, hands down. Read the shows plot anywhere and it’ll make anyone that’s not a child pervert puke.
@niku: I actually liked School Days. And the thing is, all anime has the factor of “Why am I even watching this?” I felt it while watching School Days and other anime, but the thing is, if it’s no longer interesting, you’re no longer watch it. If it is interesting, you watch it. Simple as that.
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Along with anyone who says “Kodomo no Jikan” or “Kite.”
Hmm…I’m not sure if I’d burn or figuratively burn Reign: The Conqueror, but I can’t say I was impressed with it at all. The first few episodes I watched were pretty horrible.
Soul Link. God, that was horrible in every possible way. It had the worst voice acting in the history of anime. I dare anyone to find a worse piece of crap.
The appropriately named ‘A Wind Named Amnesia’. Trust me, after watching this, you will have no memory of anything., including your own name. Burnt to ashes and scattered into the Wind Named Amnesia. LOL
@Kidan, ah so that’s why so many average anime have such staying power ^^. You’re truly lucky not to have seen really bad anime.
@niku, “UNMADE”, as in go back in time to stop the creator from coming up with the concept? Or “UNMADE” as in shooting it with a ray gun which will dissolve its existence?
@xsabin, Eiken just looks like utter garbage. It seems like the type of anime I’d cross the street to avoid.
@Chiku, “…slapped around moe character types.” Literally slapped them around? Because I’d pay to see that. But if you mean they pulled up a dump truck filled with whiny meidos and poured them into the series, pass.
@conankudo, anything which features lolicon or shotacon as the main theme must be torched.
@Anonymous, I’m not a fan of magical girl series, but I tolerate them. Is this one worse than the others?
@candy, is Soul Link one of those anime which are based off a game? Those kind of series have the potential to be be bad, bad, bad.
@ghostjacker, ‘A Wind Named Amnesia’, huh? Hideyuki Kikuchi, who did that anime, also wrote Vampire Hunter D. I liked Vampire Hunter D, although the books don’t translate worth a damn into English. Or maybe he’s just a bad writer? That would explain why Wind of Amnesia was bad.
Kodomo no Jikan and Eiken. Those are just…blah.
Basically any hentai ones with no plot, typical big-busted characters, etc. and extreme shotacon or lolicon, where one is like, what, 7, 8 years old and the other is 18,19, etc. It’s alright if one’s like, 16, and the other’s 19 but extreme shota/lolicon is horrible. But hentai animes are the worst (to me). Heck, I don’t even watch them, I just read the summary and stay away.