Viewers of Infinite Stratos have tepidly greeted the arrival of yet another “generic harem anime” so replete with the staid elements of the genre that it is being derided as little more than a prolonged exercise in cutting-and-pasting elements from other series into one hopelessly bland whole.
The show is adapted from a light novel/manga series by Media Factory, a company with a name which now seems bitterly prophetic in light of the reception the title is garnering:
“Britain has for many years reigned supreme as the nation with the worst cuisine in the world” – truer words never spoken.
Whatever can be said for the anime itself, the verdicts being delivered on its total lack of originality are damning – “This is the first time I’ve seen an anime where every single element is something we’ve seen somewhere before – is there any originality to this anime at all?”
I just watched because I like Houki and Cecilia. :v
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Never even heard of this receieving that much criticism for “not being orginal”, but sounds like a classic case of herd mentality. The same anime they jerk off over are far less original than this was. The fact that it was a conglomerate of representatives from every major nation providing candidates to be these soldiers was unique enough. People are so brain fried from mainstream shounen that if it isn’t a “copy my hw but dont make it obvious” of naruto or dragon ball or featuring copius amounts of gore, then it must be bad lmfao
after 6 years, the series is still getting a beating even though it pretty much followed the Harem MC formula since tenchi
its no highschool dxd or index/railgun or danmachi when it comes to popularity, buuuuut if there is a harem LN that needs a second look, its this one!
after 6 years, the series is still getting a beating even though it pretty much followed the Harem MC formula since tenchi masaki!
not to mention that the light novel is still ongoing and even have a DMM game.
its no highschool dxd or index/railgun or danmachi when it comes to popularity, buuuuut if there is a harem LN that needs a second look, its IS! second is kyokai senjou no horizon