Anime fans have yet again been busying themselves about a grand ranking of the most “overrated” anime that they can dredge from their notoriously short memories, but even amongst fellow anime fans their choices are proving controversial indeed…
The ranking, with votes (33,001 in total):
1. Puella Magi Madoka Magica [1409]
2. Ano Hi Mita Hana [1248]
3. K-ON! [1222]
4. Bakemonogatari / Nisemonogatari [1215]
5. Ore no Imouto [1206]
6. Infinite Stratos [1161]
7. To Aru Series [1084]
8. Fate/Zero [1040]
9. Steins;Gate [995]
10. Angel Beats! [919]
11. Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai [907]
12. Haruhi [889]
13. Inu x Boku SS [849]
14. Ben-to [800]
15. Kami Nomi Zo Shiru Sekai
16. Macross F [771]
17. Uta no Prince-sama [749]
18. Mawaru Penguindrum [749]
19. Working!! [746]
20. Persona 4 [739]
21. Bleach [727]
22. Dog Days [712]
23. Baka to Test [695]
24. Ro-Kyu-Bu! [683]
25. Hanasaku Iroha [677]
26. Hidan no Aria [651]
27. One Piece [644]
28. Tiger & Bunny [639]
29. Daily Lives of High School Boys [627]
30. Neon Genesis Evangelion [601]
31. Gintama [579]
32. Blue Exorcist [572]
33. Naruto [464]
34. Mirai Nikki [443]
35. Natsume’s Book of Friends [440]
36. No. 6 [426]
37. Guilty Crown [424]
38. gdgd Fairies [422]
39. Nichijou [397]
40. UN-GO [371]
41. Toriko [322]
42. Ika Musume [288]
43. Kimi to Boku [280]
44. Sora no Manimani [243]
45. Chihayafuru [235]
46. Jewel Pet Tinkle [226]
47. Usagi Drop [197]
48. Nurarihyon no Mago [190]
49. Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi [180]
50. Yondemasu-yo, Azazeru-san [168]
An assault of this magnitude on the beloved greats of the anime world has not passed without comment – indeed, there is a certain amount of long-voiced irritation about the pathetically short attention spans they seem to illustrate:
“No way are these ‘overrated’ – they are just the anime with the most viewers to make a fuss about them.”
“They are just ordered by popularity! Especially after 5, they are just popular ones which accumulated lots of haters.”
“It’s more about popularity than overratedness really.”
“What it is is a ‘anime I hate but which are popular anyway’ ranking.”
“Another hater ranking! They always end up turning into popularity rankings anyway.”
“They are all selling rather well in any case.”
“It’s meaningless as these rankings are just determined by the proportionate numbers of their fans.”
“How Bleach can be overrated when nobody rated it in the first place is an interesting question…”
One thing about this list is that it was by “poll” not freeform response. The total votes cast in the entire poll, is equal the sum of votes for all 50 shows. This tells us that the author pre-selected which 50 shows HE considered “over-rated”. Other polls which allow free-form voting give very different results.
Madoka is overrated because the japanese like to masturbate to guro and thighhigh socks. And that’s whay they’ve obsessed over Mami’s death
Ao no exorcist shouldn’t be on this fucking list.
Therefore I call this bullcrap.
There are a lot of good anime’s on it.
Haters be hating.
I agree with this list. Madoka is the most overrated anime of all times.
Umm… That reads like a list of recent anime. Any shows anyone has heard of that is *not* on that list?
WAIT A SECOND.
NURARIHYON NO MAGO: OVERRATED…?
And where is CODE GEASS lulu tah anonymouse?
How the hell is Guran Lagen not on this list? Over rated as hell.
Show me the people who created it.
I’ll give them a Big Bang Kamehameha alright!
How is Evangelion overrated!? Name any other anime with such deep characters.
Millions of flies can’t be mistaken, right?
Without justification, this list, its poster, and all those who oppose me are worthless.
At least Panty Stocking Garter Belt isn’t on this List, I guess that means. It was RATED PERFECT; in design/parody/plot/humor/sex aka
LIFE!
T&B and Usagi drop are the only 2 I think need to be lower on the list or removed. Especially Usagi drop, if it would of covered the entire series I could see it being on here for all the perverts who probably like the ending of the manga, but the anime was just short and sweet and innocent.
how’s nichijou overrated? if it was overrated, it would have sold better and then a possibility of 2nd season would have come then…
MOST OVERRATED 50 = MOST POPULAR 50 = TOP 50
Most of these aren’t overrated in the sense that they aren’t good anime (which they are, and very much so), they are overrated in the sense that people go batshit crazy about them and act like they’re the best things since the orgasm.
why no zero tsukaima 1,2,3&F? oh wait, they sucked from the start anyway. zero no tsukaima F(ail) after all.
Well, it makes sense that it ends up being a popularity list…in order for something to be “overrated”, it needs to be rated highly in the first place.
Anyone who voted on this post are basically IDIOT, not on the purpose of this post but on the choices they made. Leave aside other anime, lets talk about the mainstream one: Why aren’t Naruto and Bleach ON THE TOP when they are already soooooo skimming off the top by receiving overwhelming critics from serious fans. And why is One Piece even ON the list???!!!
WHAT Macross F is not overrated…best show in the world (oh the hypocrisy :D)
Double Middle Fingers to all you peeps who voted
wow, looks like they got it right this time.
In the top 20 I only feel K-on deserves to be listed.
I wonder if this list is more about the crazy type of people who like theses Animes, and that is why they are listed, or is it the actual Animes?
Ano Hi Mita? Overrated? Seriously? Halfway through I started crying a river and there was no stopping me even after the last episode had finished. This anime is so good, I’d even call it underrated.
What the fuck is Chihayafuru doing on that list?
One Piece… seriously? it’ll probably be going 20 years before it ends and its over-rated :-/
what a coinsidence; another list of titles that just aired
actually I didn’t liked none from 1 to 7, so this list is ok in some parts. and bleach continues getting more and more bad
>No Code Geass
>No Clannad
Bull Shit list is bull shit.
Kami Nomi Zo Shiru Sekai doesn’t even have a count they just put that up because they’re jealous of it’s awesomeness.
Evangelion in there ¬¬
For once as list in which i’m happy to see Maduka Shit up top.
Although K-ON, Ore no Imouto, Boku wa Tomodachi, and Haruhi should not be on this list.
Sounds like most popular more like it.
How the fuck cant School Days be nr1? Its sooooooo bad.
School Days=1 boy fuck girls and 1 girl go crazy and kill him.
Thats the whole story/plot. It. isnt. good. Only kids would think its good because its sex in it and someone dies in the end.
THAT ANIME IS SO BAD!
This list could also be “Top 50 Most Recent Anime”.
Don’t even want to look at the list nor should you put these articles anymore. The best anime area always on the disappointing list and on overrated so… save yourself some space.
hipster anime fans: “angel beats and K-On are to mainstream”.
I just recently started watching Baka & Test and while it is a really good show, I feel that most of the fanfair wasn’t called for.
Seriously, who had make this list?!
Okay, Naruto is overrated but the other anime on this list? No way. I like each of them in their own way!
These are the only ones who do not belong on this list
4. Bakemonogatari / Nisemonogatari [1215]
5. Ore no Imouto [1206]
7. To Aru Series [1084]
8. Fate/Zero [1040]
27. One Piece [644]
30. Neon Genesis Evangelion [601]
31. Gintama [579]
33. Naruto [464]
39. Nichijou [397]
I appreciate that Bleach is above One Piece and Naruto but…
Where the hell is Lucky Star?
Evangelion not #1?
List invalid.
Where is Cowboy Bepop, Monster and Legend of Galactic Heroes? 3 of most overrated animes of all times.
They are not overrated just because you don’t like them.
o worthless list, it might give some light but it falls to the ground and crashes with some obvious haters rankings.
just an example how shallow this list is.
Evangelion, like it or not it’s a before and after in the anime industry, it is considered a classic not in Japan but worldwide, it has make a huge fuzz, and it still does, passing with hight grades the toghest test of all… Time.
same hold true for any of the above, let’s how many of this hang around for more than next season.
LOL. Aren’t these the anime everyone watches?! I mean the most notable ones.
Only 1 and 3 are really deserving to be on this list =_=;;
Evangelion should be at the top it is the most over rated anime ever
madoka’s overrated because the necrophilics like to masurbate to mami’s fame-creating scene
madoka is overrated because is overrated.
Lolis suffering = a lot of fans.
Oh, look! A must watch anime list 😀
Plain Haters. K-ON!!?. Over-rated?. No. Naruto. I Used to hate it. The only things I watched were the old english dubs of Pokemon & Digimon Adventures. Then I began watching Naruto and saw why people hyped over it so much. The raw emotion that was shown in Naruto as a character was amazing more over the action was incredibly. I even have the same opinion to this day. Only someone who is simple minded and just watches anime with stupid comedy and fan service would make this list. They are sad beings who’s existences are completely irrelevant so they do things like this to show of their “Opinion” when really it’s just there opinions that they are TAKING TOO FAR
Also..(I’m replying to my own comment BTW)…So, Also Ika Musume, One Piece, Bleach, Inu x Boku SS, Ben-to, The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya & Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, Are all amazing Anime. The others I don’t like, haven’t seen or watched but didn’t like enough to mention have also received great reviews and are definitely worth watching. Sorry for being anonymous and jumping from point to point at random intervals. I was frustated to know that many anime I know and love were being criticised so heavily by close-minded morons.
P.S. If you read my comments thank you for your time. Also if you don’t like what I say, fair enough. That’s your choice and opinion. But I hope some people will agree with me.
“What it is is a ‘anime I hate but which are popular anyway’ ranking.”
What he said.
oh goodie i have a hard copy of a to watch list, minus naruto, bleach one piece and full metal alchemist those were so bad
……Why did I even look at hte list. It’s a bullshit list where no effort was put into it. It’s just another list with the same anime except rearranged.
On the contrary, Gintama is highly UNDERRATED!
I agree with many anime mentioned in the list above. Maybe switch some ranks, though.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica overrated?
This stupendous show deserves popularity
Madoka is overrated!
madoka = elfen lied = higurashi series.
cute girls suffering with shit storyline, characters etc = a lot of otakus liking it.
> madoka = elfen lied
u mad?
of course someone who says this has a pony as their avatar
The real overrated list:
1.Haruhi
2.K-On
theyre good.. but theyre not EPIC ..
epic list:
1. One Piece
2. Death note
3. Steins;Gate
4. Bleach / Full Metal Alchemist / Shaman King
5. To-Aru series / Katanagatari
6. Code Geass / Noein
7. Shakugan no Shana / Zero no Tsukaima / Hayate no Gotoku
8. Durarara!! / Bake-|Nisemonogatari / Nurarihyon no Mago / Mirai Nikki
9. Berserk / Basilisk / Afro Samurai
10. (GOES to Oldschool anime!:) Record of Loddoss War / Neon Genesis / Aika / Golden Boy / Dr Slump / Dragonball / Detectiv Conan
Epic romance list:
1. Ichigo 100% (MANGA ONLY!!!!!!)
2. Clannad / Starberry Panic
3. Seto no Hanayome / ToraDora! / Ca Capo (I) / Kaicho ha Maid-sama!
4. Kimi ga Nzomu Eien / Kimi ni Todoke / Ano Natsu de Matteru / Inu x Boku
5. Kanon / Mahoraba / True Tears
6. Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai / Fortune Arterial (dissapointing end though!!)
Fact 1: U cant simply put ongoing series on the top, since u dont know the full story so they might get worse
Fact 2: Stuff like Highschool of the Dead / High School Dxd / Denpa Onna / Kannagi / Working !! / Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu (etc.) ARE indeed good and were fun to watch, but they dont deserve a TOP spot
this is at least what i think. 🙂
only few overrated animes exist in reality
i think gundam is also overrated (my personal view, since i dont like too much mecha stuff), HOWEVER it has a huge amount of seasons, story, great OPs/EDs and much more
—> looking at it objectivly … it is epic
Edit: K-on might be famous but its nto epic. so its what?! yes- overrated
Ichigo is crap, so is the second half od Death Note
stupid ranking is stupid
The hell are these retarded surveys coming from and why are these still being paid attention to? They’re popular for a reason, shitty or no. Stop complaining and what something else. And it’s pretty obvious from the other headings like P4
You see that pretty different colored underlined text in the article? It’s called a hyperlink and it’s very useful for getting around the internet. You should try clicking on it.
It’s obvious from the Another heading that Artefact is just taking scenes and shit out of context
Yawn. Does anyone actually care about these retarded lists?
4. Bakemonogatari / Nisemonogatari [1215]
Fuck you whoever made this ranking.
You will need a lot of stamina for that. Thousands of people voted on it.
slow news day on Sankaku? expect a opinions list.
What the fuck is up with those breast??!! Mutant tits trying to get away from each other.
“Overrated”
There’s that word again.
Top 10 is pretty much on the money there, more or less. Although I’m surprised at Infinite Stratos, since I never really knew that it was rated highly (and therefore “overrated”). I always thought that it was rated “average”, which is pretty much what should be.
ok most overratable.
If its a good anime, then there must be some fans that thinks its the be all and end all.
Yes i agree with some of the items on the list.
They are good but not the best, but some people just think it is.
Thus it is overrated by these people.
But there are some items that should not be on the list.
One Piece and NGE should be national treasures….
(Yea, i know saying that proves my point, but i really think these 2 series should not be here)
they include baka to test but not code gaess?
pshaw
DBZ isn’t here? weird …
I guess a lot of viewers realized that the reasons they liked a lot of the shows they did was for the fan service, or jumping on the bandwagon so as to have something in common with…whoever, and not because the show was actually any good in their own eyes.
Lucky Star ain’t on this shit?… I do call bullshit
Lucky Star is brilliant. Then again, so are a whole lot of the series on that list…
Nope Lucky Star is not for retards like you.
Funny how no one is asking where this huge vote took place?
I don’t watch much anime, so it’s useful to me, I will avoid the top 20 for sure.
Why the hell are Bakemonogatari and Nisemonogatari listed together? That’s like saying day=night. Bake was SO much fucking better!
What makes something “overrated”? Wouldn’t that imply that there is a correct way to see something, like with a pricetag. If you can buy it for 50 bucks and someones sellts it for 100 then it’s overpriced. That’s pretty easy to understand. But overrated? In this context? Just seems silly, everyone has different tastes after all. But I guess the internet is full of immature brats that like to put Top Lists together. It’s full of childish people to care enough to post about this stuff anyway.. oh wait.
[quote]What makes something “overrated”? Wouldn’t that imply that there is a correct way to see something, like with a pricetag.[/quote]
No, in fact it’s the opposite. Overrated implies that a lot of people view something as better than it actually is.
[quote]Just seems silly, everyone has different tastes after all.[/quote]
You don’t have to even like something to overrate it. Think Mona Lisa.
Overrated is not about liking, it’s about giving undue credit.
But to know that they think it’s “better” you’d have to know exactly how good/bad it really is. So it does imply that there is a correct way to see things.
You say Mona Lisa, but that’s just worth whatever it is because people are willing to pay for it. I wouldn’t pay two bucks for getting my hands on the original. To me, its just some picture that I wouldn’t know what to do with, other than selling it. Now if you had some school girl pantsu…. 😉
Overrated: Britney Spears’s songs are really good.
Not overtired: I like Britney Spears.
See the difference? BS is simply rehashing pop crap that has been around for decades and she isn’t particularly good at it either.
If a lot of people like her music, that simply means that a lot of people have a poor taste in music. Her high chart positions on MTV aren’t overrating her either. MTV ranking is a popularity contest, not a skill contest.
People use word overrated wrongly.
I give you good use of overrated(pretty common one).
Fans A:Naruto is best anime!
Fan B:How many anime shows do you know?
Fan A:Only Naruto .
To overrate means “to apprase something too highly”.
“Naruto is the best anime” is a subjective opinion. If someone expresses it, that doesn’t mean that Naruto itself is overrated in general, or that the person stating it is overrating the anime. It’s a claim to a personal perspective, not to a fact.
What would be overrating it would be to claim that Naruto has an innovative story, that it revolutionizes the genre or that it has a deep immersible environment. These are not merely opinions, but claims of factual truth. In these examples, I’m overrating the anime because I’m stating an opinion to concrete factual truth, which is actually false (and can easily be proven so).
“[…] is the best anime” is most of the time used to express one’s own opinion (subjective), but what they mean is something like “I like […] best”. So “[…] is the best anime” is supposed to be objective (only in theory, that is), if you base that statement on certain aspects, such as the story and whatnot.
I wonder why am I even bothering to see this list..maybe to post comments?…
How come One Piece isn’t number one on this list?
Because it is not overrated? :3
We are talking about anime here, if this was manga then OP would definitely take the 1st spot (not that it’s bad, ofc, it just takes the spotlight and leaves the rest >.<)
Overrated implies that the series is generally not as good as majority of fans are making it out to be which makes a few higher contenders seem out of place. I would put Guilty Crown and Mirai Nikki up higher in that case.
Or it’s good, but not THAT good. I liked Ano Hana, but I’ll also be the first to admit it’s severely overrated.
Haters gonna hate : THE LIST!!!!
This is te first TOP 50 where K-on is properly placed
Sure! but there are a lot more overrated animes that doesn’t appear on the list.
Live in your parent’s basement? Never go out? Have no memory of anything that you’ve seen more than 12 months ago? Then have we got the ultimate fun activity for you! Make a nonsensical list! (This offer is not available to anyone with a 3-digit IQ. Void where prohibited).
[quote]Live in your parent’s basement? Never go out? Have no memory of anything that you’ve seen more than 12 months ago?[/quote]
That’s absolutely not true! I’ll have you know, that I live in my mom’s attic.
all anime overrated because you first has to like that drawing-style and that characters. Its stupid to rank, ranking is just for people who goes with the mass 😀
I can rank the story of Death Note over generic shonen crap like Naruto and Bleach just fine. Ranking is fine, as long as you rank in a meaningful way.
I can’t say “DN is better than Naruto” because all the 13 year olds can rightfully say that they enjoy the later more. But if the same 13 year olds say that Naruto has a better story, then they are obviously talking out of their asses.
p.s.
I’m not saying that all 13 year olds like Naruto. Don’t take it personal, boys.
This is the same list as the top anime’s of 2011.
I’ve watched Puella over and over and every time it gets me. Not overrated.
I could do without the overcommercialization though. I don’t need a Mami-san bikini figure.
I pay no fucking attention toward the list. But you gotta admit, Anaru is darn delicious on that picture
Gintama is never overrated. Seems like 579 of the voters are piece of shits that obviously doesn’t know how to appreciate a good anime.
How the flying f**k did Fate/Zero even get considered for this list?
What is better than Fate/Zero?
First 3 – I Agree!
Haruhi is 4th in my oppinion.
wothless poll
Another stupid list by dumb otaku.
More like dumb fujoshi if you consider which shows faced the most negativity.
Of course that the popularity is determinant on how overrated these series are, that is what it is about, you geniuses.
It’s not purely linearly. Only under communism every series from the most cheap shit to the one with the highest production values would deserve the exact same amount of viewers. Overrated should be something that is objectively of inferior artistic merits but still gets great popularity for whatever reason, such as Infinite Stratos.
IS is great, you hater!
I would like to see what these same people would rates as “Best” or “Underrated”. I wonder if they would pull up some generic crap or a cliche answer just to save face or something.
Off the top of my head and one of the more recent that i think is underrated i would probably say “C” the money of soul and possibility control. It did have a few issues here and there but no where near the amount people bitched about, thats why stupid people should be stopped from watching some things. I would say “C” is easily underrated it was good.
C was decent watch, but nothing really notable. It did have a few cool ideas going about it, but it didn’t feel like a complete story at all.
Ah same as the top 50 best and almost the same as the last 50 over-rated
Inu x Boku SS and Ben-to, higher than naruto, bleach and One piece??
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.Troll list……….pls kill me, someone…anyone pls kill me baby, kill me now.
I never understood why people keep shitting on Naruto…It has annoying fans and horribly crappy fillers, yes, but the main story is good, and so is the action. But more importantly, it has good character development. And though it’s quite sad when it happens, good and important people actually die, which happens several times, and that makes it feel more realistic. Kishimoto doesn’t do weird mistakes all the time like Kubo (Bleach) does (I still watch Bleach even though I think it’s worlds below Naruto, so don’t give me shit about me not knowing what I’m talking about. Bleach oughta have ended after Aizen was defeated though), such as forgetting about characters (Kensei fucking where!?), or making a nice plot twist only to kill it and shoot himself in the leg right afterwards (I’m thinking Gin’s “betrayal” of Aizen here).
It isn’t just a case of increasingly powerful characters being able to kick the ass of everyone before them either, there are rock-paper-scissor cases of abilities. Not to mention there’s much more variation in abilities, and people don’t just swing a sword, and a mountain blows up. I can understand people liking One Piece, as it has a good premise, I just can’t stand the art and character designs (real life women do not look like that, ok? And thank God for that!), and find the action pretty tame, probably due to having watched to much Bleach and Naruto for 10 years.
Anyway! I’ve had qualms with Bleach ever since the end of the Soul Society Arc, but Naruto I’ve liked mostly all the way (not counting fillers, which are horribad)! If you just don’t like the series, then that’s fine, but I wish people who barely even know much about it, or have watched like 10 episodes tops, would stop hating on it just for the sake of it.
That is why Naruto/Bleach are lower on the list. The haters balance out the fandom.
A more appropriate ranking would be “every single anime based more on fanservice than story” which seems to be the case with aprox. 95% of all anime made since 2004.
Kill me baby is the dumbest anime i`ve ever watch
I enjoyed the manga, now I’m afraid to watch the anime.
Agreed. The top 3 of jump are overrated.
So to sum it up, pretty much anything that’s been at all popular in recent years is apparently overrated. Makes me really wonder what they consider ‘good’.
I haven’t seen all the titles on this list, but given that alot of what they consider ‘overrated’ I actually like, maybe I’ll just use this list as a recommendation of what I might like to watch!
one piece is overrated for the wrong reasons. its a good anime ppl just sht on it all the time -____-
It drags on a lot, thats the problem. And most OP fans come from the manga anyways.
K-ON should be at #1, that was a total crap!
I don’t care about the list. I came for delicious Anaru.
I wonder what or who is the one who rate those anime? Anime fans/ watchers, isn’t it?… If there are fans who thinks the anime is good, it is entirely up to them. Not everyone is going to have the same opinions and definitely not everyone has the same criteria when rating an anime. To judge an anime without bias is impossible, but if an anime can give a powerful impression, then to me, it is a good enough reason to be highly rated. Besides that, which anime a person watches first or manage to give a good impression first, will in a way affect how a person judge other anime that comes later.
yo F THIS LIST! for real…. =~=
GOD FUCKING!! really!
Everything is overrated, everything is bad, everything is crap, everything is awesome, everything is bullshit, everything is mind blowing.
etc, etc..
The only thing these kinds of lists are good at is to encouraged endless cycles of Smack-Talk Garbage.
Sir yes sir i agree sir.
> Eva
Yes!
> Madoka
No!
> No Precure, Cardcaptor, Doremi
All of my Love!
Madoka no? HAHAHAHHA dont make me laugh! Madoka is overrated as hell!
This is definitely a popularity list, but a couple of them, I could see where “overrated” could be applied, not that any of the series have any serious faults. Some do get treated a little too highly by word of mouth though.
The one thing I did enjoy thoroughly is that, normally a standard couple of slightly “older” popular staples (Toradora!/Code Geass/etc.) get dragged up in these “worst” lists. They appear to be no-shows here, and this pleases me. Still gonna add those I haven’t seen on here to my “Watch Later” list.
no bleach??? WTF!!!!
“It’s popular so it sucks!”
Does that pretty much sum it up? Also, I love how Eva is pretty much the sole representative for anything over a decade old. Where’s stuff that truly deserves to be on the list like Dragonball Z, Slam Dunk, or countless Gundam series?
Eva > Gundam Wing > DBZ. Take off your nostalgia goggles.
More like “it’s popular, but I don’t like it, so it’s overrated”.
lol tv-tropes, that site owns.
>Angel Beats
>Ben To
How did these retarded anime’s get overrated?
Steins;Gate for fucking certainty. Also everything by Nishioshin.
I wonder why Naruto isn’t higher… I mean, seriously. K-On at least went somewhere with its characters.
Naruto is popular, but it’s not rated that highly by most people.
*scroll* *scroll* looks for Naruto/Bleach/One Piece comment. “Target identified. Mission complete. Returning to base.”
code geass fkin where?
Same thing with Bleach and One Piece…
And why is Ben-to so high? It took some amazing chances that paid off, even if it is murky in the middle and the ending wasn’t as satisfying as it should’ve been.
What are you talking about, I’ve seen about 100 episodes of OP and it FELT like fillerfillerfiller. Even Bleach was more entertaining.
exactly, Ben-to was god level entertaining. No other show made me give a shit about what the fuck was going on?
I mean come on, a show, about fighting for food? Dafuq? but one episode in and I was hooked like Oprah on a baked ham.
Never did I feel like a minute was wasted on this show.
dont you dare put one piece and bleach on the same level; bleach is filler bullsht and one piece is carefully written pirate arc epicness + Ben-To was the shit and the ending isnt the actually end, it’s obviously season 1 and a sequel soon after..
Mentioning OP in the same breath with crap like Bleach and Naruto is the height of ignorance!
No. See my comment above (not the Lucky Star one).
one piece = dragon ball, naruto = bleach
fixed.
One Piece, Naruto, Bleach <— same shit, different titel.
Fate/Zero shouldve been #1. Overrated as hell.Its dumb logic, dumb characters, dumb ending, dumb direction is overlooked by the dumbest viewers who rate this shit so highly.
Well better being dumb than ugly arrogant trash .
Someone obviously can’t comprehend a good detailed and original story. Stick to Naruto and JUMP kid; leave they quality stuff for the intelligent.
And someone obviously hasn’t seen a troll before. Welcome to teh interwebs.
Sorry but that’s a popularity list, not overrated. Most of those anime are pretty damn fantastic!
How is Evangelion not number 1?
and your amongst the ones who didn’t grab your milk and cookie and go to bed kid.
The number of people capable of comprehending it out-numbered those who couldn’t.
Spoken like a true 14 year-old. Comprehending it isn’t hard, not remotely. But apparently being able to discern that it is complete pseudo-psych schlock is what seems to be the problem for the greater number of people.
There are multiple layers which one needs to understand and if you come to the conclusion that it’s pseudo-psych-something than cleary you didn’t really understand the deeper layers of the story.
If you liked the TV ending better, chances are you understood the story. People that didn’t really understood Evangelion tend to like End of Evangelion better.
Also, it’s pretty much impossible to understand the series and not like it, so once you did your homework, you will automagically come to like it.
Weil es über jeden Zweifel erhaben ist!
yey my top 3 favs are safe. Clannad, Death Note, and Fairy Tail
number 1 is dead on, I watched this show and definitely liked it but its totally overrated
This list is bull unless evangelion is listed as #1. the plot makes no sense, where do the angels come from, why are they attacking, and wtf happen at the end. The anime just left too many plot holes and yet #1 anime on most people list.
I could spend quite a long time explaining/discussing on this topic. So I will. 😛
There are many ways to organize the plot but I’ll organize it in a chronological order and my sources are from the TV series, PS2 game’s “secret files”, End of EVA, Death and Rebirth. (I’ll try to keep it short… but it’ll still be long)
First, there was this ancient civilization (kinda like the forerunners in Halo) that, for some reason, made “seeds of life” and spread them across the universe. Each seed was designated to seperate planets, but due to some unforseen event, two of those “seeds” landed on Earth. First was the “White Moon” with Adam located in Antartica. Second was the “Black Moon” with Lilith.
Human beings are lifeforms based on Lilith while the Angels are based on Adam. Earth’s life was supposed to be based on the seed of Adam but instead became filled by seed of Lilith. Since two different kinds of lifeforms weren’t meant to be on the same planet, one must die out. When Katsuragi Expedition team went to Antartica to excavate the White Moon, they accidently awakened Adam, which almost caused a full second impact. However, they overloaded Adam’s S2 core before it could happen, resulting in a incomplete second impact with an explosion that melts the ice, wiping out almost half the people on Earth. Each of the Angels have different motives behind their actions. Some just want to recover Adam, which Kaji was trasporting in the episode of his first appearance, some wants to cause a 3rd impact and sees it as a fight for survival between Adam’s seeds and Lilith’s seeds, some just have no motives and are curious about the humans.
While that’s the basic background of the story, the plot is even more complicated with multiple characters with different motives behind their action. Seele wants to “unite” all human beings into one, breaking the barrier between individuals and making us somewhat into a state of “god”. Ikari Gendo’s motives are a bit more confusing. He basically wanted the same thing as Seele but with him as being the center of the new “god”. Basically, in the end, Third impact happened, with everyone becoming united as one, Rei(Lilith) choosing Shinji instead of Gendo. However the unification fails at the last moment due to a change in Shinji’s mind and he’s like “fuck this, this is not what I want anymore”. After that, it’s up to individuals to decide whether this is a good ending or a bad ending.
PS. I didn’t double check my writing for errors. Sorry if this makes it even more confusing @_@
Gonna have to agree here. Evangelion is a convoluted mess of a storyline. A lot of the religious references being there just because they look cool, poorly researched psychology and religious iconography, the most pathetic protagonist ever and stretched out far too long.
I think the only other ones on the list that deserve it are Naruto, Bleach and One Piece. They’re far too popular for shows that are mediocre at best.
Mediocre is the best way to be popular. People don’t want the next masterpiece that will shake the world to it’s foundation, they just want more McDonald’s and the next remake of Call of Duty.
Innovation is cool, but it’s much easier to capitalize on what’s already popular.
The holy shonen trinity doesn’t do anything particularly special, but they do what matters and they do it well. I can agree that they are nothing special, but overrated? Nah.
Where do angels come from….? Heaven. The answer is heaven. The angels are attacking so they can proceed with the Human Instrumentality Project which is in the movie and during the last 2 episode. Meaning the last 2 episodes is interpreted by ‘The End of Evangelion”. So no, its not overrated your just to dumb to even listen. You talk about plot holes when you never even listened.
Eva is the most overrated anime of all time, and thanks to it, we began a chain of pussy ass mentally fk main protagonist in later mecha anime.
Eva is wine beeeeeetch. It’s something you like or you totally don’t understand. Protagonist like Shinji are so realistic it’s just too interesting to not poke at him. It’s not the franchise you despise, it’s the fact that you can’t comprehend human nature at a philosophical level without being spoon fed.
sry for being atheist, at least I don’t have a bible shove up my ass.
He is talking about the angels in Evangelion, not about the Biblical kind.
Popular=Overrated? O.o
yep…i can see how that makes sense….. -_-
popular=overrated? O.o
Bakemonogatari is one of the greatest show of all times, nisemonogatari is surely weaker, but it’s good
The Monogatari series are more like art for me then shows! How can they be overrated.. trolls
This list is total, utter crap. How can these people even call themselves fans.
If Dragon Ball Z isn’t on here then I know it can’t be trusted.
This is unrelated but Persona 4 The Animation ep 20 was godlike. GO WATCH
Missing from the list are:
Dragon Ball
Pokemon
Akira
Cowboy Bebop
Hmmm… Akira I would give you, because it strayed waaaay to far from the manga.
Pokemon, definitely… it’s just a cash cow they keep milking even though the beast is dead.
Dragonball, same diff…
But Bebop? Seriously? That’s trolling right there… it is a singular example of scifi noir (with martial arts, western and odd couple stylings to boot) that needs to be in everyones collection.
Cowboy Bepop is clearly overrated.
feel free to point middle finger at them
I really like SORA NO MANIMANI, but I’m astonished enough people in Japan have a high-enough opinion of it for others to find the fans’ opinions overrated. I was under the impression that SORA NO MANIMANI was already msotly forgotten, even if the anime only aired just under three years ago.
Astronomy club anime FTW!
Un-Go is overrated? I thought nobody but me knew about it!
In all seriousness, Popular = Overrated now? What is this.
I wonder what these voters would recommend to other anime fans…
Should change title to Most Hated Anime
Haters will be haters
Maybe they’re overrated because they are successful?
NO THATS NOT IT AT ALL. HURP DURP.
Guilty Crown should be on the top of this list.
Just made an account for the sole purpose of agreeing with you!
I was under the impression most people seemed to already dislike Guilty Crown with the exception of the main character, so it isn’t already not rated that well? Then again everyone supposedly bitched about FFXIII but I just saw its sales are at 6.5 Mil and FFXIII-2 is almost at 2 Mil, so yeah… I guess it is that simple… haters gonna hate really, really loudly. Haven’t even seen Guilty Crown, but the apparent dichotomy in the reactions is making me that much more interested.
@ Anon 3:22
I’m not sure what part you were talking about. The sales figures are published, and the drop in price didn’t happen as drastically as the above mentioned. If I remember correctly, that was for used copies.
Even so, it still made a lot. People forget, because it’s Final Fantasy, that sales like that still bring in over 50 million dollars without breaking a sweat, and that is a lot of money even for an expensive-to-produce game. The game did cost a lot to make, but SquareEnix definitely knows how to handle their budgets. The problem is that giant game franchises are like big governments, any screw up is considered end-of-the-world level bullshit to people who lack perspective on such things.
Either way, FF was merely an example in this instance of something considered ‘overrated’ and yet sold a lot and more people enjoyed it than the very vocal haters are willing to admit.
They “still get 20 bucks from sales even now” with the English release. The Japanese one (where most their profit usually comes from) dropped to about $3 in no time flat…
Have you been living under a rock? Hating Guilty Crown and laughing at the twists is the popular thing to do.
@HouseLife
Unless you work for Squeenix’s accounting division, you have no way of knowing that unless they publish the data themselves. Don’t make empty assumptions and pass them around as facts.
@ Anon 23:40
It definitely did sell enough. First week sales were in the millions worldwide, so they definitely made it back. The price drop is what triggers more sales, it’s a calculated thing companies do. They still get 20 bucks from sales even now, so it continues an income stream. Game companies plan for it, and it works pretty well actually. Except for Modern Warfare which is still 60 which guarantees I’ll never buy it.
The number of boxes sold don’t tell the whole story. FFXIII’s price was cut significantly as soon as it launched. Many of those sales were bargain bin sales at a fraction of the price of a full game. Considering the game is pretty high budget, I wouldn’t be surprised if squeenix didn’t even sell enough to cover production and advertising costs.
Well FF is it’s own standing really. It’s a “name” so people buy it regardless. Kinda like Sony in te 90’s.
On note of Guilty Crown, it was pretty much well recieved outside Japan from what I see. It’s like Code Geass, but less complex and political. It’s seen generally above average but not in higher tier of anime.
Personally, I find the MC to be the worst part of it.
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Wise words 17:12.
Making list about overrated anime is overrated.
Didn’t even have to look at the list…most of the animes I thought were going to be on top are mostly there.
Its all pretty obvious, though I’m surprised Haruhi isn’t in the top ten 😛
Overrated is a state of mind
Haruhi’s old hat. Madoka’s the new most amazing thing in the universe.
persona and working over rated?
stupid list PERIOD…
both are brilliant…
Didn’t even look at the list, I just came to call bullshit on it.
Butthurted Ano hana/Madoka fag detected
I Second the call of Bullshit. Steins;Gate was hella good
Top 50 Most
OverratedPopular Anime.Fixed.
Butthurt, madoka fanboy?
Top 50 Most Overrated and shitiest Animes of all times because madoka sucks balls.
Fixed.
They were right about K-On and Madoka though.
NO! K-ON! Is awesome!
I don’t know about Madoka though,
I haven’t watched it yet.
yep, i knew the top 10 of that list before even looking at it.
I don’t see how Madoka can get any more popular than the big 3 shounen anime. Especially when you consider how pretty common they are world-wide.
Madoka is more like an internet meme, it will fade away from our memories as new ones come in.
but madoka still isn’t at touhou level. So it can get more popular…
The term overrated should get a special definition.
Overrated – “A word used by people who dislike popular things because they are popular in order to disregard the multitude who happen to find enjoyment in that form of entertainment.”
See also – “Bein’ a Faggit” as defined by Louis CK.
I love Louis CK 😀
Still, I’ve watched Madoka, Ano Hana and first season of K-On, and I gotta admit it’s true, they are overrated as hell.
And I’m not bein a faggit 🙂
From this list I think the ones I enjoyed most were Steins Gate and Evangelion. Bake/Nisemonogatari is good too.
I love these lists because they’re usually opposite of what the title implies therefore I treat it as a “To Watch” list.
which makes complete sense, seeing as “overrated” automatically means “absolute shit” in the eyes of most.
I agree with 3 & 4. I liked Ano Hi but the ending was just an emotional blackmail.
As for Madoka, haters gonna hate.
Going to call bullshit as well. I glanced at the first 3 just to make sure but ya, bullshit. It is the “top 50 greatest anime” from some other poll in slightly different order.
“39. Nichijou [397]”
Haters gonna hate…
Mai will keep trolling no matter what…
Mai FTW!
yeah, i can only see this as something to troll every last person on the site.
I also agree and I did look at the list, it is complete bullshit.
YESSSSSS!!!!!!!
NO ONE PIECE!!!!
One Piece is on the list and it should stay on it
whos on the picture? thanks
^ yup – Anjou Naruko
It’s anaru from ano hana
Exactly, I just came in to say,
“Fuck this list”
and moved on, back to anime 😀
Ain’t we all…ain’t we…
Me too
Agreed.
When I seen Puella Magi Madoka Magica and K-ON in the top 3 I thought maybbe they got it right.
Then I seen [b]GinTama[/b]! GinTama is the best anime ever!
So I guess this list is really “Name 50 animes off the top of your head”
Arrogant piece of shit like you is worst.
Magority here are arrogant in some way or another, we all are stating our opinions.
Self righteous pricks like you are the worst.
No im not arrogant i accept everything except arrogant douchebags .
Seems legit
1,3,4 are exactly where they belong (4 getting there thanks to its sequel)…..and Shonen Trio belongs to 0, above ’em all 🙂
how could anybody hate nisemonogatari after that awesome toothbrush scene?
And how did you get from “overrated” to “hate”?
No Lucky Star? I’m surprised. It’s nothing but talking and otaku references.
Is that really a bad thing, though? It serves its niche… and its niche is the market? How is that overrated?
I guess you could say all anime serve their particular niches, but to the general populous it’s boring and people wonder why it’s praised like it’s the most amazing thing ever.
Top 50 most “Your favorite anime is shit” list.
Not even Japan is immune to such trolling.
I liked Madoka but holy shit is it over rated.
Well, guess what? YOUR MOM IS OVERRATED!
Bullshit. Evangelion should be the No 1 overrated anime.
What a piece of garbage.
penis
vagina
And with their powers combined, they are futanari!
Where the fuck did you come from…?
Both are overrated.