Totally Biased View of Anime – NO GOOD – Created to Foster Comments

The only good anime is anything by Miyazaki, Outlaw Star, Street Fighter, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Ninja Scroll, and DBZ.  That is it.  Everything else is a shameless re-hash of something else in which there are innumerable close ups with the characters stuttering in disbelief at the power exhibited by the most recent villain.  Or vice versa, sometimes the villains are stuttering in a close up at the newly powered up hero.

I have not seen an anime that I have enjoyed in almost 7 years, since the removal of Outlaw Star from the Toonami line up.  I used to be a big fan of anime too.  Cowboy Bebop was cool, Blue Submarine Number 6, Vampire Hunter D, Spriggan, Hellsing, but then it all got old.  The only recent anime that I thought was cool was that show on Adult Swim, Death Note?  It was extremely cool, at least the idea was, not a physical battle between good and evil but a battle between two minds, one trying to solve a crime and bring a criminal to justice (whose crimes include exclusively the murder of those that have avoided justice) while the other is trying to trick the hero into giving up his life through paranormal means.

Shows that I have never been able to enjoy are things like Full Metal Alchemist, Naruto (though the super fast kid with the bullcut is pretty cool), Akira, Blood, Bleach, One Piece, Yu Yu Hakusho, none of them are very cool.  Not only that but with the exception of Akira the art styles are extremely similar.  Most of the characters are extremely one dimensional, though at times I have been surprised at some of the character development, especially in Evangelion.  Stories are similar and often convoluted.  I am just not impressed.

Alright guys, this is your chance to attack back!  Defend your favorite animes if I have listed them here as something I don’t enjoy.  Let’s see what you’ve got!  Make good points and I’ll give you props for sure.