Top 25 Anime It Was A Waste To Broadcast Late At Night
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Dec 23, 2011 07:09 JST
- Tags: Ika Musume, K-ON!, Marketing, Mass Media, Nichijou, Otaku, Rankings, Tiger & Bunny, TV
Anime fans have been lamenting the wastefulness of anime which the mainstream might accept being broadcast at 3AM instead of at “golden time” in the early evening – and with their number one choice, they may have a point…
1. Tiger & Bunny
2. Chihayafuru
3. Working!!
4. Nichijou
5. K-ON!
6. Ika Musume
7. Natsume’s Book of Friends
8. Ano Hi
9. Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth
10. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
11. Tamayura -hitotose-
12. Clannad
13. Usagi Drop
14. Hanasaku Iroha
15. Hidamari Sketch
16. Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei
17. Spice & Wolf
18. Honey and Clover
19. Kaichou wa Maid-sama
20. A Certain Magical Index
21. Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha
22. Toradora!
23. The IdolMaster
24. Last Exile: Fam, The Silver Wing
25. Aria The Animation
Although it seems Tiger & Bunny could plausibly have done better in an evening slot, whether even early airing could have saved Nichijou looks doubtful…
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Madoka being late night was about right or at least 10 or 11 PM. Everything else was better off evening.
Yea. That was a red flag that it's NOT an anime for the young girls who usually like Mahou Shoujo anime. I'm glad they didn't put air it any earlier.
In an ideal world, most of those shows should be airing in afternoons and evenings. I can only name 3 or 4 truly disturbing shows that children really shouldn't watch out of many I've seen. And no, Madoka isn't really one of them. I guess it comes close though.
I HATE variety shows...
Madoka past episode 3 was not as bad as it seems. Madoka is a show that shows the benefits and consequences of being a Magical Shoujo that is all.
I think girls would be sick to death of the same magical shoujo defeating the same baddie the upteenth time.
Where the f***k is TWGOK ?
I feel you. :(
Yea, I agree. I'm surprised that Nichijou was aired late night cause well, when I watched it, I laughed too loudly that a few people came knocking on my door telling me to zip it up. I wonder how they can watch Nichijou while not laughing too loudly...
T&B at 3am ? Pepsi should retreat their contracts with Blue Rose cause there is no gain in airing Softdrink commercials at this hour.
Madoka should imho aired at 4 or 5am with "Morning Rescue" ^^
You sir, are a hero!
Completely agree about T&B.
And seriously? Chihayafuru's a shoujo anime, I'm surprised it's actually late-night.
There should be porns at 3.
Ika Musume is perfect for earlier hours, when it's still bright enough to go to the beach afterward.
Aria.... 3AM...
What a waste, show was way to awesome not to get prime time slot
i totally agree with you. aria's so beautiful its a waste that not everyone gets to appreciate it.
Oh wow Nichijou aired at 3AM? I guess Nichijou fans have a reason to be butthurt that the blu-rays never sold well.
Nichijou actually aired at about 12:30 AM
Macross Frontier is too good to be on these stupid lists
what usagi drop is late night anime?
index waste?
they couldnt have shown those accelerator killer moments
if it wouldnt run late night
T&B and Usagi Drop could totally have been prime time slots
not another madoka top list
Tiger & Bunny,Working!!,Nichijou,K-ON!,Tamayura -hitotose-,Clannad,Usagi Drop,Hanasaku Iroha,Hidamari Sketch,Honey and Clover,Kaichou wa Maid-sama,Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha,Toradora!,The IdolMaster and Last Exile: Fam, The Silver Wing? Seriously? Yeah, their right, it such a waste...
I can see why Madoka's late night material but why everything else? I remember long ago when they started airing Exo-Squad very late at night. They ended up cancelling it because no one was watching. Maybe it had something to do with it being shown at 4am, you know, when everyone is sleeping.
Anything that needed censorship in any form shouldn't be on a day or evening slot.
Moe anime shouldn't be on a day or evening slot.
Anything that doesn't have some sort of idolaizable heroic character shouldn't be in a day or evening slot.
Seriously. Paragons of humanity are what we should be showing children, not tripe. What happened to Batman and Roger Smith? True gentlemen that saw the wrongdoing in society and too measures to stop it, legal or not.
Haha, yeah I agree.
In my opinion the only reason to broadcast late at night is for any series based on lots of ero, yuri, yaoi, or nudity more extreme then your standard umi/onsen episodes.
Well, there are also popular animes that are orientated for an adult audience (I'm not referring to ero, or gore, just that it's the type that kids dun watch because of the plot) that have to be aired late since most adults work during daytime.
Clannad was broadcast late at night??
Seriously??
What the hell were they thinking??
It's the BEST anime series ever!!
clannad's overrated. too many clan-tards.
Too many kids will /wrists from the trauma if they watched it. Had to put it past bedtime.
there's a different reason.
the prime time slot has to be filled shows that are sure-fire appealing to the largest group of viewers available around those times.
that group are middle and high students who come home around 6 to 7pm, any adult who has a job will not be home :D
putting a seinen audience show in the prime slot would only make the most fitting age group unable to watch it.
also, most late night shows are having short runs (12-13 episodes), while many prime time shows have the material to run for at least 2 full seasons (52 epsiodes).
Actually, that's not what decides what animes go on primetime.
It's who pays the most.
Do you actually know what anime shows air at prime time (or as the Japanese call it: Golden Time, starting 19:00, ending 22:00) on the major channels here in Japan? It's pretty much all aimed at younger viewers. Many channels don't even have anime featuring in those slots in first place.
Keroro Gunsou, Mainichi Kaasan, Uchi no Sanshimai, Pokemon B&W, Yuugiou Zexal, Mari&Gali ... just to name a few.
I like this list... ^_^
I actually only recent started watching Tigher and Bunny. From a non bias point of view...while it is not the greatest show, I do think that the show would be appreciated and well-received by younger audiences, or even kids.
i didnt know they aired anime 3 am in the morning/night in Japan. Who are they showing those shows to
young adult males primarily, people who come home late (9pm and later) on work days and therefore never able to watch a prime time broadcast. between 0 and 3am isn't really sleeping time for that age group.
Can't say that I disagree with the list. Though from the looks of it, anything deemed for a more 'mature' audience, be it tastes, themes or content gets instantly relegated to the late-night time slot.
cant understand the last exile raiting either :/
I am ok with Madoka being aired late night though.
considering how everything is censored to high heaven nowadays, it really makes no difference whether an anime gets broadcast late at night or on prime time
When I was in Japan in AugustTiger & Bunny was airing in the afternoon.
Recap episode
I mean re-air
Agreed with most of this list. I think quality anime like some of the ones on this list should have the chance to be seen and expand the potential demographic, leave the borderline hentai for late night and get more people interested in Japan's most unique entertainment product. The dramas and variety shows that are often on late night there are pretty much the same as the ones I see on Spanish tv, and just as terrible.
generally any anime which was heavily censored did not deserved late night
I agree for the most part, although it could be noted that not all of these air at 3 AM.
Hanasaku Iroha aired at 10 PM, which in my opinion was fair enough considering the low amount of fanservice it had.
I'm quite surprised ARIA (animation) aired at 1:30 AM though. It's not something that would air at prime time, but it could have gotten a Sunday late afternoon/early evening slot. Or at least HanaIro's time slot.
I believed it was Sven Vollfied!
Yeah, Kotetsu does kinda resemble Sven.
Nononono. Sven resembles Kotetsu!
Ika Musume and Hidamari Sketch felt pretty casual to me, no power level required...
Hidamari Sketch requires a very strong nutbladder. Not for noobs.