Obligitory Animes Thread

[Ghengis_John]

I totally agree with this. I saw a show a while back (God forgive me, I've been wracking my brain for the name) that enthralled me for 12 episodes and turned downright silly on its 13th episode, ruining the finale and making it impossible for me to recommend it in the future. It had no worthwhile payoff.

That doesn't exactly sound like total agreement. Then again I do think a few minutes in the wrong place can ruin an entire series. Though what was the show? Any hints you can remember?

 

[Xernuht]

I totally agree with this. I saw a show a while back (God forgive me, I've been wracking my brain for the name) that enthralled me for 12 episodes and turned downright silly on its 13th episode, ruining the finale and making it impossible for me to recommend it in the future. It had no worthwhile payoff.

This happened for me with Guilty Crown. I enjoyed it right up until the last 8 minutes or so, when the world's really being saved... then it f**ked up big.

A lot of people hate the show, but I would still recommend that you try it out for yourself.

 

[JDub]

I've NEVER understood that right there.

A single episode, or even minute few can't ruin or change how good an ENTIRE series is. You judge the series as a whole, not based on what episode you just watched.
Same goes in reverse, a single good episode can't make a series. That would be stupid.

I have to disagree. I've seen plenty of anime that build well, have good character development, and set a certain tone only to betray itself in the end. It's this lack of trueness to itself that taints the whole series in my opinion. Like, they wanted a certain ending despite how it actually fit into the series. Anyway, it's like having a delicious cake with fecal icing. Yes, the fecal icing ruins the whole cake. Sorry. A beautiful home you paint pepto-bismal pink, a hot chick with tweeker teeth rotting out of her head - seems to ruin it for me. Imagine a romantic moment shared with a beautiful girl, then she lets out a loud popper of a fart. Still turned on?

 

[Animefreak6969]

I have to disagree. I've seen plenty of anime that build well, have good character development, and set a certain tone only to betray itself in the end. It's this lack of trueness to itself that taints the whole series in my opinion. Like, they wanted a certain ending despite how it actually fit into the series. Anyway, it's like having a delicious cake with fecal icing. Yes, the fecal icing ruins the whole cake. Sorry. A beautiful home you paint pepto-bismal pink, a hot chick with tweeker teeth rotting out of her head - seems to ruin it for me. Imagine a romantic moment shared with a beautiful girl, then she lets out a loud popper of a fart. Still turned on?

Yet none of your analogy's work for this, at all.

These single moments of the show took place at a different moment than the vast majority. Literally not changing how good what you previously watched was.

The icing is ALL OVER the cake, it's all in the same bite. That doesn't work.
The house and color are present at the same time.
The chick and her teeth are in your eyesockets at the same time.

This beautiful house wasn't as beautiful because the paint was always there. You can WISH the color was different and maybe it would fix that, but it didn't and it is as it is.
Yet It's as nice as it's collective whole.

Just as it is as a series. Your FINALE can suck, your "insert scene here" can suck. But it's rated via a collective. And if all episodes prior were good, than the end doesn't ruin the SERIES. Just the END. Vice-versa and etc....

 

[Ramus]

Sengoku Basara both seasons are nice, action Anime.
.Hack\\Sing and .Hack\\G.U both have some existential crisis demeanor but really nice Animes