Anime for People you Hate!

[Wolf Kanno]

I kind of gave up one anime about a year ago but here are some I've watched in the last five years that were highly recommended but were, in fact, not very good:

Saikano/She: The Ultimate Weapon
Rahxephon
Galaxy Angel
Haibane Renmei

I can't say I particulary cared for Saikano (specially its ending, am I the only person who feels the series should have ended two episodes early?) and I did enjoy Rahxephon if only cause it starts off as a blatant Evangelion rip-off (even copying scenes directly from the series) and then becomes its own thing as it goes along. I actually enjoyed it. I'll try to stay clear of Galaxy Angel but Haibane Renmei? That was anime gold baby

So is S-Cry-ed!

Its not cheesy enough to be funny, its not serious enough to be interesting or thought provoking. Its just bad. The last battle between the two leads was also completely unnecessary

And to be different, I will suggest to you a good anime movie you are not likely to ever see suggested here, Voices of a Distant Star.

I have seen it and loved it. I also enjoyed this director's follow up film "The Place Promised in our Dreams". Both were really good and I recommend them to everyone.

Unless I'm reading this backwards, you're saying that people should avoid Gundam shows that are not G Gundam or Gundam Wing, which are probably the tiest full-length Gundam series out there. I mean, at least G Gundam has some goofiness and originality to it, but there's no saving Gundam Wing. It's cliche adolescent garbage.

I'll throw Rurouni Kenshin out there. Fun characters, and probably 20 or 30 good episodes. The rest is lame and predictable filler.

I can't say I'm fond of of the U.C. timeline and despite Wing being an alternative telling of the original Gundam and its movie "Char's Counterattack" I actually like Wing for its politics and its focus on soldiers in warfare.

Except for Wing and G, I think the only Gundams I ever liked were War in the Pocket and Stardust Memory. Seed is ok but its set-up is way too long (same problem with original) and by then, Cartoon Network started airing it at 3am where I was and then decided that no one liked it and took it off the air. :rolleyes2

This does remind me of another series I didn't like... Gundam 08th MS Team. Though it easily has the best Mobile Suit battles of almost any Gundam I've seen, its plot and cast are terrible. Its easily the worst telling of "Romeo and Juliet" I've ever seen. Even having the voice talents of one of Japan's top female Voice Actresses couldn't save it.

As for Kenshin... that's pretty spot on, no real point watching it after the Kyoto story arc.