Anime Most Overrated Anime Series?

Most overrated anime series? I'm gonna have to go with Inuyasha, FMA, YuGiOh, Naruto, One Piece and Shaman King. Those are all borderline anime if you ask me, so built on media hype and a fan base of preteens they're nothing special. I always thought a good anime was one that was honestly good for its plot and not for its marketing ploys. Trading card games? BS.

 

I have to go with Dragonball Z. The uncut version of One Piece is great though. Screw the butchered version.

 

Woah Woah, me goes crazy when someone says that

Really, if you didn't think that FMA had one of the smartest plot, >.>

<.<

FMA's TCG sucks anyways

-Seishin

 

Lol, what can I say? I've never been a fan of Adult Swim anime. I try to watch it but only a few seem worth the effort to me. Now I might be judging FMA unfairly but until I see more of it, I gotta say it's overrated.

 

I shall say this once, and only once, because this should be the only time anyone needs to ever say this...

Never ~EVER~ judge an anime series based upon its post Politically Corrected/edited for content/dumbed down/heavily Americanized/"dressed up in the interest of appealing to Elementary school children" versions you commonly see on Cartoon Network and/or any basic television channel's "Afternoon/Saturday Morning Programming for Children" i.e. 4Kids or WB.

EVER

You're not getting the complete picture when you watch them.

Take the Mona Lisa, for example. Spice up the drab green and black background with bright colors and flashy images. Clip anything from the neck down because it shows a hint of cleavage and that's improper, and erase her smile because it's too mysterious- it could be construed as a "seductive" smile, and that can't be risked. Remove the veil over her head (a sign that she's catholic- religion has no place on cartoons) and replace it with a Party, or even a Cowboy hat. Pencil in some eyebrows (because otherwise she would look like a villian) and Dub her voice with the same english voice actress who played Excel in Excel Saga. May as well add some background music that wasn't there before- New age hiphop or even some cheesy Emo vocalist chewing on a guitar should do the trick.

What would you think of the Mona Lisa then?

It's the same thing with Anime. ;P Watch the originals, like the DVD. Apart from fansubs it's the closest you're going to get to the original TV Airing, like it was meant to be seen. Netflix rents, good times to be had by all~ If you still don't like it, well, at least you got all the facts straight before you made your decision.


As a side note, I see the Law of Ueki becoming another 'shining star' on television soon simply because of its younger cast and relatively benign plot. It's a good series, but I see it going to hell in a handbasket.

~W

 

Take note that it all depends on the Dubbers, and directors, and the effort that actors put.

For instance, watch Chrono Crusade. It's all about the religion, and they don't mind editing out anything. There's other voices that help it though. Like for FullMetal Alchemist, both Rose and Riza Hawkeye are the same voice actors, but when you hear them, you won't belive it, and they both have wonderful performances.

After buying, and watching so much Anime, here's my philosophy:

The best dubbers are ADVision (Or ADV), and Funimation. If either of those names aren't there, consider a download first, or pray to god that it doesn't suck, even though the Anime rules....I'm looking at you, Love Hina!

-Seishin

 

That's actually a really good point, but that's a minority of the overhyped. Yet it's true, Super Saiajin (<-NOT SAIYAN, that's what they're originally called, but it's not like Saiyan is bad either, they make it sound bad...)

There's few. And they're mostly old, yet still new.

I'M LOOKING AT YOU, POKEMON!

Yes, Satoshi (STUPID ASH)

It's a lot of 50/50

-S

 

That's my point. :3 Not all anime is great, some is rather bad (i.e. DBZ), but if you watch it in the original form it was meant to be viewed in (DVD or Fansubs) then you get a more complete picture of how it was meant to be viewed, and as a result you're able to make a smarter, more informed judgement based upon the series. Shows like DBZ in any form really isn't anything special, but other shows like Kenshin are a good watch as long as you avoid the edited, Americanized, P.C. versions. Even if you still don't like it in the format the creators wanted it to be viewed in at least you have all the facts before making the decision, and there's nothing wrong with that.

~W

 

Overrated? A lot of things are overrated...

Pokemon. Definately. Yep. No arguement there. It was all good...until they added a lot of... stuff. That's it. Digimon. Yep. What else... YGO to a certain point, DBZ.. and all those shinanagins... Pretty much anything that just added... TOO MUCH STUFF!!! And that's just putting it lightly. Do people know when to stop?

 

Well Digimon in Japanese uncut was pretty cool lol. But I think Pokemon was really overated. The original Japanese one was ok but then as it progressed it got dumber...and dumber and dumber.

 

I personally am a HUGE fan of Pokemon the game (it was a great idea, after all), but I HATE the anime. It does enthrall young children, though...

Oh, and the Final Fantasy anime royally sucked. I got it for Christmas two years ago, and I threw it out that day.

 

YEEEEEESSSS!! Someone agrees with me.

I never really understood the whole point of Trading Cards. I just collected them for fun, then later on giving them away...

I was never a HUGE fan of Final Fantasy-- though I did like Advent Children the movie.

 

I'm selling mine. I found this store in Chicago that will pay me $575 for my whole collection. So childhood obsessions really DO pay off!

 

Pokemon is the most overrated anime of all time, IMHO. But the games rocked

>_>

<_<

/me plays Pokemon Red

 

I'm jumping on the bandwagon and go along with Pokémon.

The games were refreshing, but the cartoon, most definately not. Digimon? Don't think I can really judge about it myself, they only got into the second season here before they quit airing it.. I mean, it WAS the second season right? When they were grown up and the monsters were able to fuse..

Anyway...
POKéMON!

Oh, and maybe diehard Ragnarok online fans liked it, but Ragnarok The Animation SUCKED!
Stale personalities, overdone stereotypes, lame character development, stupid plot. Bad arguments? Well, don't blame me, blame the bad anime XD

 

hmmmm One Piece is a bit over rated ... Pokemon is definitly over rated ... Yu-Gi-Oh is over rated ... thats all i can think of ... forgot the rest.