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How to identify a bad anime, just by looking at the box.
If the box includes any of the following:
- The tittle includes the name of any fruit.
- The tittle includes the name of any dairy product.
- The tittle includes the word 'melty'.
- There are tentacles anywhere on the box doing anything to anybody. The only way this could be untrue would be if there was some awesome anime in which every character and creature was a squid or octopus and they never touched eachother.
- It has maids anywhere on it with the only possible exception being "Emma".
- It says 'Tenchi' anywhere on it, even if it has nothing to do with the actual Tenchi universe. The name is tainted.
- Any female character anywhere on the box is dressed in what can amount to only goggles and an eye-patch (not on their face, stupid), or less.
- It has to do with Gundam (with few, very rare exceptions, like 'War in the Pocket')
- It has the logo of Fox4Kids, Bandai TV, or JetX.
- It has the word 'Geist' anywhere on it.
- It has more than 78 episodes. (I get this number from Slayers. Most shows jump a shark or just drag on after 3 seasons, with few exceptions.)
- One of the episodes has the word 'hot springs!' in it anywhere. (This includes, but is not limited to 'Let's go to the hot springs!', 'Hot springs panic!', or 'We couldn't think of any other way to fit fan-service into the show other than needlessly sending the characters to hot springs!'. Just go buy porn of you want to see naked anime characters that badly.)
Anyone care to add or find exception?
- The tittle includes the name of any fruit.
- The tittle includes the name of any dairy product.
- The tittle includes the word 'melty'.
- There are tentacles anywhere on the box doing anything to anybody. The only way this could be untrue would be if there was some awesome anime in which every character and creature was a squid or octopus and they never touched eachother.
- It has maids anywhere on it with the only possible exception being "Emma".
- It says 'Tenchi' anywhere on it, even if it has nothing to do with the actual Tenchi universe. The name is tainted.
- Any female character anywhere on the box is dressed in what can amount to only goggles and an eye-patch (not on their face, stupid), or less.
- It has to do with Gundam (with few, very rare exceptions, like 'War in the Pocket')
- It has the logo of Fox4Kids, Bandai TV, or JetX.
- It has the word 'Geist' anywhere on it.
- It has more than 78 episodes. (I get this number from Slayers. Most shows jump a shark or just drag on after 3 seasons, with few exceptions.)
- One of the episodes has the word 'hot springs!' in it anywhere. (This includes, but is not limited to 'Let's go to the hot springs!', 'Hot springs panic!', or 'We couldn't think of any other way to fit fan-service into the show other than needlessly sending the characters to hot springs!'. Just go buy porn of you want to see naked anime characters that badly.)
Anyone care to add or find exception?
Comments
The original OAVs
Tenchi Muyo in Love
Marginal Tenchi:
Manatsu no Eve
The first TV series
Garbage:
Everything else
Beyond Garbage:
Tenchi Muyo GXP
I do strongly object to the Gundam label automatically meaning a bad anime. Sure, there are bad Gundams out there. There are quite a few actually. And by no means is something with the Gundam label on it guaranteed to be good. However, there are numerous excellent Gundam properties, especially in the anime. Most of the big Gundam series are excellent. The original Mobile Suit Gundam, Zeta Gundam, and the original Gundam Seed are quite awesome science fiction epics. War in the Pocket, 8th MS Team, and Char's Counterattack are also well worth watching. There are probably more bad Gundams than good, and G Gundam is outright horrendous. Still, saying that anything with Gundam on it is automatically bad couldn't be further from the truth.
If you disagree and think that all Gundam does suck, then answer this question. What Gundam have you seen? If you haven't at least seen one of the three major TV series, then you can't talk.
Which leads me to: If you see one guy surrounded by a mass of assorted attractive rainbow-haired large-bosomed girls/one girl surrounded by assorted rainbow-haired exceptionally bishounen dudes.... probably not an awesome anime.
... unless it is Ouran.
Any art box that has a girl under the age of 18 that looks that is longing for some one (Koi Kaze)
Any anime that does not have a giant robot, or a spaceship, or a crazy cast of characters on the background.
Any anime that is not based on a manga from Naoki Urasawa
Every anime that is made by Ken Akumatsu
Also G GUNDAM IS AWESOME, and if you do not believe then ask Dary Surat, Dave and Joel and many people from the frontbeat forums, except Gerald cuz he hates it with passion, the same passion that Domon uses to create his burning finger :P
Step 1. Does it say "Akira" on the cover? If yes, continue to step 2.
Step 2. Put it back.
Also, I remember back in the days when I would rent EVERYTHING Blockbuster got in. Those days ended after I rented "Earthian."
Wait, are you saying that Akamatsu's anime are bad? Because if you are, I will exact vengeance upon you for insulting love hina...Love Hina sucks man.
God... I could do an entire show on how bad Love Hina is.