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Bad anime's with great openings
- Thread starter AnimaRize
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I need a second post for bad anime adaptations of manga with awesome openings because we can only post four at a time
Part 2:
I can keep going but I'll stop lol
It's not that all of these Anime are necessarily dreadful in isolation. You might have enjoyed some shows, like Shaman King which I know garners a lot of nostalgia. But when you read the source material it's like...well shit, I just wasted my time on cheap, stilted animation, rushed plot that only covers 1/3rd of the story and strips out all of the complexities, horrific rapid-fire pacing that completely messes up the gravitas of important scenes, nonsensical shit "Anime original" plotlines, endings that come out of nowhere, important characters randomly cut out or changed for no reason, etc.
It's why I like to stick to original source material nowadays, like light novels and manga. Anime adaptations can sometimes turn out great. But they can just as easily end up bad because of the corporate realities of production messing with the author's vision. If you have to try to adapt 20+ volumes into 13-26 episodes with no guarantee of a sequel, shit is going to get weird and will end up unfinished unless you are incredibly talented. There are plenty of other examples already mentioned in this thread that bring back horrible memories, like Danganronpa and Umineko.
There's also an unfortunate trend of Anime only created to promote sales of the original work / merch, which exacerbates these types of messes because the Anime studios don't really take the time and care for a proper adaptation.
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Black Clover sucked ass for a period because the last many episodes were basically filler, but I hear Season 4 has picked up it's pace and it has become better. need to see for my self tho...
seriously this anime disappointed me in more ways than I can imagine, the only redeeming quality is the opening
I like it lol. I admit it's not great, but I find it pretty fun and bizarre, with a cool twist. The OP is really a banger though, and the reason why I watched the anime.
I'm convinced they just made up Samurai Flamenco as they went along, as none of it makes any sense after that point and I don't recall any of it being foreshadowed at all.
I also don't believe anyone likes this show unironically, because in addition to having random genre and tone shifts, none of the plot points after the first few episodes are actually good.
Eh. If you ask me it's just a forgettable anime adaptation of a shounen manga by confessed pedophile Nobuhiro Watsuki. Entertaining at times, but wouldn't call it good. Then again I'm usually not really interested in shounen stories. OP slaps, though.
Hold the damn phone, bud. I'll give you that the anime-original ending ain't the best but i'll be a monkey's uncle if i'm gonna sit here and let you slander Soul Eater. It's a great anime. Especially given that this opening plays during episodes when they're adapting the manga faithfully. Shenanigans onto you, I say. SHENANIGANS!
Now yall are just wilin.
Black Star was so annoying, I tapped out after seven episodes.
True though, the dude actually develops in the manga but I can understand coming away with that impression from the anime.
I think I have you beat for "shitty boring 90s anime with an absolutely banging OP":
EDIT: Here's a more recent example.
Meh anime based on a meh RPG released on the DS but HOLY SHIT...
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There's a big difference between finding that something did not live up to its potential and bad.
The first one you can watch the whole thing and be disappointed. The latter, you can't even go further than episode 1 because it's just bad.
Not that I don't think "bad" is subjective, but I personally see the universal sign of "bad" to indicate quality control issues, lack of budget, production troubles, fanservice overload, etc. basically anything that gets in the way of the story the writers are trying to tell. Like Ergo Proxy was paced pretty poorly and up its own ass but it was a "complete" piece of art, if you know what I mean. Wolf's Rain is a snoozefest too but there's a level of quality there. If we're just talking about "bad" plots then boy I'd post so many popular anime in here people's head will spin lol
Anyways, Wizards Barristers is a pretty irritating ass trashy anime that doesn't really deserve a neat art-style, world, or OP that it has:
I'm glad someone did. I really wanted to enjoy it, but there were many things that rubbed me the wrong way. I have a rant half-typed up in notepad that I've been tempted to finish and post here, but wouldn't know how a LTTP/Review of random anime is received here on Etc.
I should have posted the 2nd opening too. I actually liked it better, though they could have done without the seizure inducing flashes at the start of it.
Thank you!
these threads always devolve into people posting things from widely celebrated anime so I'm glad someone pulled the band aid off already
Not bad, per se, but this really is more of a cooking anime (you know, cooking and eating dragons) when I was expecting more adventure like what we got in the final few episodes.
Great song. Awful main character. I got 4 eps in before I hit the eject button. Can someone with more fortitude than I let me know if he ever gets redeemed by the end, and if his ex ever stops being a horrible human being as well?
Good fucking god they really needed to end it after the train arc! The whole season was just, "Yes, we also agree that this anime should end so let's make sure that no one wants to revisit this story ever again!"
The main character remains an unbearable, dishonest horndog throughout the series while more girls keep falling for him, and his former girlfriend remains a terrible person. And there will be a second season
Fully agreed. A completely forgettable story, with an OP that I still keep on shuffle when working out.
It certainly is.....and yet, it's absolutely hilarious. Like a quantum state of bad and good.
This is fucking garbage just like everything involving music and Dragon Ball in the US, but i totally forgot about Dragon Ball GT's Japanese Opening, which was great, unlike the anime.
Na, naruto has to win that for me, so many good openings. I can't lie and say nostalgia doesn't influence me but I still go back and watch some of those openings, proper quality.
I'm one of the folks who seriously can't stand Eva, but I don't like a lot of anime. I wanted to post up the openings of Elfen Lied, which starts out fantastic, then just becomes childish, and Ergo Proxy, which I just found to be dull. But I'm pretty sure those are considered great shows, and I'm not trying to be spicy up in here.
Those are both great intros, though. I fuckin' LOVED the intro to Elfen Lied.
Dude, this is a thread about bad animes with great openings, not bad animes with bad openings.
Thankfully here in Latin America they dubbed Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku.
Yeah pretty much lol. At least that OP was kinda catchy!
Since Domestic Girlfriend and Rent-A-Girlfriend were already mentioned, I'll list a rom-com that isn't as bad as those 2, but had a fun OP sung by all the voice actors for all the girls
Is the manga better? I found the anime underwhelming and gave up when Fuu traded in her bow for yet another sword (which I'll grant you is an odd reason to drop a show but eh).
Anyway, here's a hot take but deep down you know I'm right:
This intro just tricked us into thinking the show attached to it was good.
Ok I am answering the thread definitively.
The answer has got to be Guilty Crown.
I mean, is there anyone who thinks it was a good anime? The second half especially was terrible. And is there anyone who doesn't like at least one of the openings? OP1 is one of the most popular anime openings of all time. OP2 is underrated as heck.
The answer has got to be Guilty Crown.
I mean, is there anyone who thinks it was a good anime? The second half especially was terrible. And is there anyone who doesn't like at least one of the openings? OP1 is one of the most popular anime openings of all time. OP2 is underrated as heck.
