I dont like Anime. It never was my thing. I have gotten into it for a year, maybe two, but thats it. I started to realize that it honestly just wasnt that good, and I only ever watch it from time to time. While I cant see why people like Anime, I dont actually hate Anime. You can watch whatever you want, dont let me stop you.

However, I do feel like Anime is well, overrated. Im going to make a list of why I dont like Anime, because honestly, Im in the hospital, and I have nothing better to do.

RIP, my karma.

Repetitive Art Style

This is a more personal thing, so I wanted to get this on the list before I get into the meat of this trainwreck of a post. The Artstyle itself isnt too bad, but when Im finishing an episode of an Anime and want to watch another, well, its noticeable. I know what youre thinking.

So what youre saying is, Attack on Titan looks like Fairy Tail? Wow, youre dumb! Youre saying, with a smug face, knowing you just destroyed my entire article.

No.

Thats dumb. In no way do I think Animes look exactly the same. While some certainly do, most dont. Really, some Animes just look better than others, and thats it. Thats the most unique thing the artstyle has going for it. In short, it doesnt matter if one zombie show is better than another zombie show, because in the end, its still a damn zombie show.

Sub-par animation

I dont mind sub-par animation. As long as the motions are fluid enough, its okay for me. Ive never animated before, but sometimes, I just feel like the animators get lazy. For example, sometimes, when a character is talking, the only part of their body moving is their lips. They dont breathe or move their arms or anything. They just move their mouth. To me, it just feels lifeless.

But whats really bad is when theres a fight scene. Fight scenes should be smoothly animated, and well choreographed. Unfortunately, no one told the animators this. Instead, the fight scenes have a framerate slower than Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric. I get it, Animating is hard, but just because something is hard doesnt mean you shouldnt give it a little more effort.

Thats what she said.

One-Sided/Undeveloped Characters

Sometimes, I feel like characters in Anime just arent developed enough for me to care about them. Take Loke, in Fairy Tail for example. Spoilers ahead, you dank heckers.

We find out that Loke is actually a celestial spirit and he did a crime (which, he didnt do anything remotely close to doing anything wrong), and since he couldnt return to the celestial world since his key-holder died, he was running out of power, and couldnt go back to the celestial world to recharge. Loke doesnt actually die, but if the people making the anime wanted to make me feel bad for him, they failed at every level.

Spoilers end here.

Then there are the one-sided characters. Im going to use Fairy Tail for an example again. All of them fall into certain tropes, except Natsu, whos the best character in the show, which isnt saying much because everyone else is a walking trope. Lucy is there for male gaze, Grey is the dark and edgy character, and like Natsu, Erza is actually alright. Shes serious, strong, and just plain awesome. Theres no way they can mess her up, right?

Fanservice

They did mess it up. God dammit.

Erza has the ability to change her ability and clothing. Fanservice seen coming from a mile away. Some of her outfits are just revealing, Im pretty sure I saw a damn bikini in there. And dont get me started on SAO, please dont, holy crap.

I love things that are hot. But when you force in tentacle groping, it just becomes very, VERY awkward. When I first got into Anime, I started with SAO. And there was so much tentacle groping, it almost turned me away completely from Anime as a whole. Overall, fanservice can be intrusive to storytelling, and most of the time, simply unneeded, and most of all, really awkward.

Community

Finally, Im going to finish off with a big point. It doesnt have much to do with Anime, but its a big problem. The community. Most of it is alright, but the loud minority ruins it. It can serve for some good laughs, once I strolled on over to an anime forum, said Malcolm in the Middle was the best anime, and that Lois was the best waifu, and watched the storm.



However, it can sometimes ruin things. Like this thread, I predict, but lucky for me, no one ever browses this topic, so Im probably good.



Other times, these weebs are just plain annoying. Simply saying anything bad about anime is enough to make them fall out of their seats. Theyll do anything to protect their waifus, despite the fact theyre not real (I have 12 of them, but still). I know its a minority, but theyre a loud minority. Loud enough to make 2nd on my worst fandoms of all time, trumped only by Furries.


In conclusion, anime isnt that bad. I dont like it, but if you like it, dont let this list stop you from watching it. This list is just me explaining why I think anime gets too much credit for what it is. This has been GamerJed, and RIP my karma!