What do you hate about anime?

[SAint Mark]

Actually I saw a documentary on this with the "why are their eyes so big?" The artists state that the bigger the eyes, the more gentle the character is [or appears] to be. When they make the babies, they draw the eyes very large and as they get older, they make them smaller, but they are still big. A good example would be Akachan to boku. Where as the evil characters had really slanty eyes.

I also read that in a how to draw manga book. The bigger the eyes the cuter. For a slghtly older/more mature character smaller eyes. Evil character = slanty eyes... Lots of fun stereotypes in anime... although one might get tired of them one day...

 

[PistGurl]

I love Japanese eyes, they are so beautiful, i want to have eyes like that, and i think its funny how loads of japanese ppl think the same bout 'american' eyes. Anyway back to topic...Anime features are larger for that reason and(kind of broadening that explanation and adding a little)also to portray more emotion, when you are confused say, your eyes go a tiny bit smaller, but if the artist was drawing with normal sized eyes, then it would be a lot harder to draw that tiny difference, with the huge manga eyes, it is so much easier and better understood, they can better portray fear, hatred, deformity, a special nature, evil, purity, just by slightly changing those big bright eyes into slightly different eyes.

I really want to be a mangaka, I have made a short manga, but cant get their hair right yet

 

[Lucent]

I don't really care much for homosexual tones to an anime, but unless they start talking about (or doing) something sexual, it doesn't bother me. But that's just my opinion.

The two things that I hate most about anime are how often the endings are completely terrible, and excessive fanservice. Both problems showed up in Mahoromatic, and completely ruined what could have been a really, really good series.

WHY!?!?!? Why do they have to screw up good anime like that!? It's just so irritating!

 

[Ginsu]

i'm weirded out by goofy characters. Like floating cat things that talk.

 

[Lucent]

i'm weirded out by goofy characters. Like floating cat things that talk.

Are you talking about Azumanga Daioh? Chiyo-chans "Father" was awesome!!!

 

[armed2010]

Are you talking about Azumanga Daioh? Chiyo-chans "Father" was awesome!!!

Meh, Azumanga Daioh is my #1 favorite anime, but I have to still say that the floating cat dream thing kinda freaked me out also.

 

[VWPETE]

Most of us here are anime fans but that doesn't mean we think it's all good, does it? What sort of things bother you in anime. What aspects of anime really irritate you?

i saw that this was the last place someone posted....i will say i don't like it or care for it because its cheeze...and anoying....but to each his own

 

[taboo]

Old skool anime... like astro boy.. *shudders*

Hey, there is a christian anime, its called SUPERBOOK. http://www.toonarific.com/s/Superbook.html its an 80s oldskool anime about some kids getting suked into the bible. (its the only old anime i like, wierdly...)

and dont forget the FLYING HOUSE. lol, made by the same people in the same time period.. http://www.toonarific.com/f/flyinghouse.html

 

[SAint Mark]

Hate the fact that so many anime are based on a manga (though I like a lot of those series). Would be nice to have more originality. They should just get a guy to write 26 eps for an anime with a good complete ending .

 

[Hitokiri Shadow]

I hate the staples of fighting anime.

1. Dragging a single fight out over twenty episodes.

2. "You haven't seen anything yet! I've only been using 1 percent of my true power! Ahahahahaha!!"

3. The I'm-so-fast-no-one-can-see-me-insane-speed-levels

4. Thirty seconds of characters just grunting or screaming (ex: when DBZ characters go super saiyan.

5. several others that I don't feel like typing out.

Don't get me wrong. I like fighting anime, especially Yu Yu Hakusho, Naruto, and Flame of Recca. I just don't like the extreme exagerating that tends to be used.

 

[maxterino]

I agree about anime having the Shinto belief in the background. Ancestor worship & all that :-(

 

[Shinji Ikari]

I hate it how Anime may be too perverted...

Maybe I shouldn't watch those kinds..

 

[anon5354]

Well I dont' see much problem in ancestor worshipping. It is now more like a tradition than a spritiual practice in Japan or many Asian countries. It more like a ritual of paying respect to ancestor rather than superstition.

 

[VolatileHamster]

Dubbing usually sucks badly. But I prefer a good dub to subtitles. Cowboy Bebop and Evangelion had really good dubbing.

I hate how a lot of anime is poorly animated. Like in many action scenes, the camera just pans around... Gundam Wing has TERRIBLE action in that sense. Cowboy Bebop had some really good action, as does Evangelion...

I just love good action scenes, and it's a shame that so much anime doesn't animate their action scenes well.

It annoys me when the anime gets censored, too.

 

[Angry For Coins]

The anime industry can be compared to that of the American film industry. More movies come out, which is good and most of those movies are terrible, which is bad. An anime can be ruined by too much obvious fan service, poor animation, and awful scripts that were written on a napkin. For example, Green Green, Sailormoon live-action(I know it's not anime), or any anime with the word maid in its title etc. Of course, customers of anime are asking for these things and its just what we ordered. One must search for good anime or ask for a reccomendation. Fullmetal Alchemist and Last Exile are terrific anime.

As for Shintoism...it's just not as popular. There are too many restrictions and its just so primitive that people turned to Buddism. In Japan, its very rude to talk about religion. Trust me.

I have a little idea to spice up this thread. Since all of you seem so interested in Japanese culture, we should share bits and pieces of information.

Ever walked into a Japanese store and noticed a round red head with a black eye and white eye? That's called a Daruma. The Daruma's purpose is for wishes. To make a wish, paint the left eye black and when your wish somes true, paint the other eye. The Daruma originated from a legend of a man who meditated for forty years. He meditated for so long that is arms and legs fell off, thus creating the image he is today. I attached a pic to show you what it looks like.

 

[Hitokiri Shadow]

Cool. Thanks for the info. I can't think of any cultural info off the top of my head, but I'll post again when I think of somthing.

 

[roseheartwind]

things i hate about anime
1. bad english dobbing (RAW ALL THE WAY!!aka all in japanese)
2. yaoi
3. yuri
4. hentai
5. bad story line
6. magic
7. to much violence