I prefer Brotherhood to the original FMA
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lagrammairienne — 12 years ago(May 10, 2013 10:22 PM)
Summer Wars is better than The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.
DBZ has horrible animation.
Paprika is Kon's weakest work.
Yes, yes, and yes. Tokyo Godfathers is superb, though; rent it sometime.
Here are some of my unpopular opinions:
-Love Hina is incredibly unfunny
-Clannad, Spice and Wolf, Rozen Maiden, and Eureka 7 were complete wastes of time
-Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Princess Mononoke, and Nausicaa were all too long and far too complicated
-Porco Rosso is the best film that Miyazaki has ever directed
-Ponyo is a much more enjoyable film than My Neighbor Totoro
-Cowboy Bebop is good, but not great
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jal_90 — 12 years ago(May 12, 2013 07:05 AM)
Disappoint? What?
I've been wanting to watch
Monster
for a very long time, in fact I think it was one of the first recommendations I got, but have been postponing it to watch shorter series. I'm not that fond of
Death note
as its second half is a step down, but it's a lot of fun. And I am interested on
Trigun
, though not as a priority.
Films I've watched:
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ChibaCityBlues — 12 years ago(May 12, 2013 07:26 AM)
Trigun
starts off strong, but after episode 13, it gets bogged down by heavy-handed melodrama and rehashed plot threads.
I've also read the first volume of the
Monster
manga, and I promptly dropped the entire thing. Honest to God, hasn't the author ever heard of the word "subtlety"? -
CoCage — 11 years ago(October 16, 2014 07:53 AM)
-Love Hina is incredibly unfunny
That's actually a popular opinion of the show now.
Check these TV Tropes page:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/DeaderThanDisco/AnimeAndManga
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jal_90 — 12 years ago(May 12, 2013 03:29 AM)
My top3 series are, currently:
- Azumanga Daioh
- Cowboy Bebop
- Mushishi
The problem, though, is that I put above them my two favorite movies,
Grave of the fireflies
and
Spirited away
. So
Cowboy Bebop
ends up in the 4th position.
Films I've watched:
http://www.imdb.com/list/gZZx1xtikWQ/
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jal_90 — 12 years ago(May 11, 2013 10:56 AM)
I can just make a selection:
I don't think Cowboy Bebop is the greatest anime of all time*.
Makoto from School Days
didn't deserve to die.
**
Light is the villain of Death Note and I'm glad the show ended as it did.
Shinji Ikari is a realistic character.
I didn't find FLCL engaging, but to be fair I had a hard time understanding it.
*Of course it's not the best. It's just the 4th best
*Actually, I think of this in other way. Being the massive amount of worthless characters this series was, I just didn't think it had to be Makoto
the one who specifically had to die out of everybody.
Black Rock Shooter is an incomprehensible mess with little to no redeeming qualities in the narrative.
Summer Wars is better than The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.
Voices of a Distant Star was very mediocre when compared to Shinkai's subsequent outputs.
*I still kind of enjoyed it, though. If you are talking about the OVA, I haven't bothered with the 8-episode series.
And
I like the original series ending better than
The end of Evangelion
, and to me it makes a lot more sense.
On
The melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
:
Haruhi is supposed to be a spoiled bitch. It's okay if you hate her and the anime can still be good.
I do legitimately enjoy the second season and
that
event.
It is one of the most absurdly misunderstood series as it is often labeled as cliché yet it has a crazy original premise and it is very wildly -at times absurdly- innovative at its narration.
Ghost in the Shell: Innocence
is better than
Ghost in the Shell
.
Howl's moving castle
is a narrative mess with an awful ending trying to tie everything together.
Some
One Piece
filler arcs are way better than any canon arc coming from episode 408 on.
Films I've watched:
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longlivesimpsons — 12 years ago(May 16, 2013 04:01 AM)
This isn't meant to be a condemnation of this thread, but I do feel like some of the opinions being expressed are only unpopular amongst some groups of anime fans whereas in a different group they're the norm? It's like how, yeah there are lots of people who like the live-action Transformers movies, but there are also lots of people who don't, and I'm not completely sure that the yay-sayers outvote the nay-sayers, especially if we're talking about overwhelming majorities rather than just a 60-40 split.
Richard Dawkins Foundation
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Feature_Length — 12 years ago(May 16, 2013 01:13 PM)
but I do feel like some of the opinions being expressed are only unpopular amongst some groups of anime fans whereas in a different group they're the norm?
Not sure why you specifically replied to me (was that intended), but that doesn't really apply to what I posted. Sky Crawlers got mostly positive reviews in general.
You do make good points though. I just think people here (including myself) are saying our opinions are unpopular based on general consensus.
My Recent watches
Game of Thrones - 2/3 Seasons Done - 10/10
End of Watch - 8/10 -
longlivesimpsons — 12 years ago(May 17, 2013 08:27 AM)
Sorry if it looked like it was specifically directed at you, when I'm making a general point I just reply to the last post, maybe I should reply to the first one? I actually wasn't sure how popular The Sky Crawlers was though, not least because even if a lot of critics liked it (and I do personally like it), I'd heard quite a few people say they didn't like it and it has less than 7/10 on here so I figured that it wasn't something that just about everybody liked? Anyway, I respect your opinion on the movie and I'm not trying to start an argument or anything, it's just that since clearly a lot of the public don't pay much attention to the consensus of critics when deciding what to watch I feel like just the opinions of critics don't represent the opinions of everyone, they're just one group of fans/people with an interest. I know it's more complicated than that, but I guess that's what I was trying to get at with my post.
Not that it's wrong to state your disagreement with critical consensus or anything, just that their opinions are just that, even if they're taken particularly seriously by some people for reason ranging from happening to usually agree (which is pretty much why I pay attention to what critics say, but will sometimes see something anyway even if they didn't like if I think I will - Hotel Transylvania is a prime example of this, I didn't know that it had received a rotten on RT before I bought it but I would have bought it anyway even if I had known because it looked like a really fun movie and I'm a fan of Genndy Tartakovsky, and I did end up really liking it when I bought it so my instincts were right), to wanting to feel intellectually superior to other people.
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Rectangular_businessman — 12 years ago(May 16, 2013 12:06 PM)
I prefer Brotherhood to the original FMA
How is that unpopular? Most of the fans of the original manga prefer Brotherhood to the original FMA series.
My unpopular opinions:
Hetalia is a terrible series.
Elfen Lied is overrated.
Vampire Hunter
Bloodlust is better than the Vampire Hunter D movie from 1985.
Romeo x Juliet is awful in every possible way. Even "Gnomeo & Juliet " was less insulting to the source material.
Naruto isn´t that good and Sasuke is one of the worst anime characters ever made.
Hunter X Hunter is better than Naruto, Bleach and One Piece. -
ImaWeabooApparantly — 12 years ago(May 17, 2013 08:46 AM)
Sasuke is one of the worts anime characters ever made.
How is that unpopular? Most "Naruto" fans I know find Sasuke irritating.
-While the 2003 FMA is good, it's not without it's flaws. Wrath was annoying as hell, giving Envy a gender was about as unnecessary as revealing that the Force is the work of micro-organisms, making Hohenhiem
Envy's father was a Masashi Kishimoto-level beep twist
, Dante had a good concept to her, but
was defeated too easily
, and Fuhrer Bradley
died out of pure stupidity
.
-"The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" was a terrible series with character that either had no personality (Yuki, Kyon) or were incredibly annoying (Haruhi).
-I think anime can be adapted into live action if put into the right hands. It's really like that with any adaptation.
-I think that there are Japanese voices more annoying than the dub voices. Orihime Inoue and Goku as an adult come to mind.
-On the subject of Orihime, I don't think she's the worst ever anime character. She's realistic because she doesn't want to fight, and her healing has saved many lives.
-Sakura Haruno is not the Aquaman of anime. She's actually useful.
Not necessarily anime, but Japanese entertainment related:
-I don't want Saban crucified for "Power Rangers." "Sentai" isn't this deep, adult series. It's a toy commercial that's been running for over 3 decades.
-On the subject of "Sentai," "Samurai Sentai Shinkenger" isn't perfect. I'm three episodes in, and the characters aside from the Green Ranger are either annoying or have no personality. Shinken Red is a self-righteous prick. -
Rectangular_businessman — 12 years ago(May 17, 2013 11:06 AM)
Most "Naruto" fans I know find Sasuke irritating.
I know that Sasuke has many haters, but he also has many fans as well. As the Naruto TV tropes page says on its YMMV section: "there are fans who think he is just as justified in his actions as Naruto is." -
legendkillinpeopleschamp — 12 years ago(May 19, 2013 08:39 PM)
One Piece is one of the worst animes.
I have tried very hard to get into it, at least five times(1st on Fox Kids, dvds from Netflix in different areas, now Toonami). I just don't care for a single characters, too slow pace, guess I never really cared for pirates. I don't mind slow pace if I care for a character or main plot. I don't find the wackiness funny, it just feels forced.
Don't care for FLCL. I could feel my brain cells dying while watching. -
Viktoriyachicago — 11 years ago(June 20, 2014 04:49 PM)
Cowboy Bebop is not that good
Spirited Away is not that good
I like Shiji Ikari. The only time I hated him was in The End of Evangelion
I like both FMA original and Brotherhood equally.
I never ship guys
I hate Light from Death Note, and L is not that great.
Asahina from TMOHS is annoying as hell
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Star_blazer_9000 — 11 years ago(June 21, 2014 05:00 AM)
God bless you sir. Ive been trying to bring this message along to everyone for years but the English released Fist of the North Star movie marketed the film as nothing more than mindless over the top action. They need to watch the TV series.
My momma loved me but she died
Hud Bannon -
DevilYouKnow — 12 years ago(May 20, 2013 10:05 AM)
Here's mine:
I can't STAND Crispin Freeman as Alucard in Hellsing. He has a smooth nice American voice but that is not what the character is at all. I can only listen to the awesome Japanese voice.
That being said - I only like Anderson's Scottish dub. I wish I could have Japanese Alucard and Scottish Anderson voices in a battle.
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