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Tsunderes.
good story, good plot , good character designs , good seiyuus , good fanservice_____
The feeling of being stunned after watching a season and you don't forget it for weeks 'cause it was epic. Like Guilty Crown which i just finished a week ago and i still have a heavy feeling in my stomach, like you lost a dear friend or sth 
^Guilty Crown was a great but it had ALOT more potential. The art from GC was awesome (Gj Redjuice) and the soundtrack was amazing as well (Ryo + Egoist). Anyways, when judging anime I generally think of the following criteria in order of most important to least important:
Artwork
Character Design
Character Development
Soundtrack
Storyline
Artwork
Character Design
Character Development
Soundtrack
Storyline
Unexpected plot twists.
Artwork.
Plot development.
Well developed character persona's ヽ(‘ ∇‘ )ノ
Artwork.
Plot development.
Well developed character persona's ヽ(‘ ∇‘ )ノ
a good story! like steins gate =D
100% agreed. To me it had some major plot holes though, specially in the three last episodes.Oreiora wrote:
^Guilty Crown was a great but it had ALOT more potential. The art from GC was awesome (Gj Redjuice) and the soundtrack was amazing as well (Ryo + Egoist)
In the end I'm sure all I'll remember from it will be:
1 - Animation, just top notch.
2 - Bios (Specially MK+nZk Version, at episode 19)
A good anime is made by the combination of the both listed above (animation, music) and, I won't say an awesome plot, it just needs any plot. Although I notice most are just happy with anime having fan service, and their favorite seiyū regardless if the plot makes any sense. But that's just a matter of tastes, I guess.
Captivating characters and relationships(not necessarily romantic), a consistent and well written-plot, an atmospheric and fitting soundtrack, interesting art style and no or minimum amounts of fan service.
Add some cute traps and it's perfect. 8D
Art and story.
Adrenalin!
A protagonist that's...not wimpy and/or has ADHD.
Animation, Low Ecchi Content and unpredictable storyline for me.
ThisBotik wrote:
Art and story.
yeah , ecchi spoils everything ¬¬.But i think nowadays to make an unpredictable storyline is quite difficult , so i add a coherent argument(i don´t refer to not to put superpowers and some sort of sobrenatural things , but it has to have some rules inside the incoherent things , i don´t know if i´m explaining good)XylemBeer wrote:
Animation, Low Ecchi Content and unpredictable storyline for me.
And also , although it´s a drama , i think comedy scenes are essential!
At least decent art/animation, Character development, emotion, comedy.
^Milli wrote:
At least decent art/animation, Character development, emotion, comedy.
Good characters, very low ecchi and a pleasant art.
Story is good, but not always needed.
And a protagonist that isn't similar to Emiya Shiro.
Story is good, but not always needed.
And a protagonist that isn't similar to Emiya Shiro.
WOWOW aired them, but they stop airing new anime in 2008. And BS11 DID air good anime.
That. Even a godly-wimpy or annoying as hell characters with a very good background might be a decent character to watch, at least for a while.Symphoniax wrote:
ThisBotik wrote:
Art and story.
And art attracts viewers, right? (Excluding any fanservice)
Topic Starter
lol, but fanservice does attract viewers. In fact, the definition of fanservice is "material in a series which is intentionally added to please the audience".The Ribbon Red wrote:
And art attracts viewers, right? (Excluding any fanservice)
and not like Seiya too xdMantiz wrote:
Good characters, very low ecchi and a pleasant art.
Story is good, but not always needed.
And a protagonist that isn't similar to Emiya Shirou.
True. But a lot of them tends to get overboard and spill all of them into it. They should put just a pinch of it into the show.mathexpert9981 wrote:
lol, but fanservice does attract viewers. In fact, the definition of fanservice is "material in a series which is intentionally added to please the audience".The Ribbon Red wrote:
And art attracts viewers, right? (Excluding any fanservice)
rather Loli , Inspiration, girls , Tsundere, Action
For the most part, it just needs to be entertaining to me and make me continue watching the series, regardless of genre. Less fan service is nice for me, since I'm a girl... I can handle it, but too much fan service usually means the anime doesn't have much else to offer. Good art is nice, soundtrack can really add to the mood.
Girl, even men doesn't enjoy continuous fanservice. Why?Minty Gum wrote:
Less fan service is nice for me, since I'm a girl...
This.Minty Gum wrote:
but too much fan service usually means the anime doesn't have much else to offer.
Does that mean you're willing to watch a genre you hate as long as it entertains you?Minty Gum wrote:
For the most part, it just needs to be entertaining to me and make me continue watching the series, regardless of genre.
I would suppose so...Minty Gum wrote:
Good art is nice, soundtrack can really add to the mood.
- Art
- An interesting plot which arouse curiosity
- A lot of various characters with different personalities
- A protagonist who isn't dumb,weak or a crybaby (i hate such protagonists -.-*)
- Heroin (Tsundere<3,childhood friend or transfer student (can be a girl with supernatural powers too ^_^))
- Ending of the anime (I hate animes which end to sudden...there must be one or two more episodes in which they
celebrate(after a battle) or say that they love each other <3)
- A suitable opening and ending for the anime (music and video)
and...
- An interesting plot which arouse curiosity
- A lot of various characters with different personalities
- A protagonist who isn't dumb,weak or a crybaby (i hate such protagonists -.-*)
- Heroin (Tsundere<3,childhood friend or transfer student (can be a girl with supernatural powers too ^_^))
- Ending of the anime (I hate animes which end to sudden...there must be one or two more episodes in which they
celebrate(after a battle) or say that they love each other <3)
- A suitable opening and ending for the anime (music and video)
and...
^ Maybe a bit of action too...
Topic Starter
I like heroin too. xDKamixdesu wrote:
- Heroin (Tsundere<3,childhood friend or transfer student (can be a girl with supernatural powers too ^_^))
In all seriousness though, I totally agree, the characters are so important. It's like the backbone of an anime; without likeable characters nothing else matters.
Even though I agree, people has different taste and level of understanding of the characters. So I wouldn't call it literally the whole backbone of an anime, but part of it. It's like the backbone consisted of:mathexpert9981 wrote:
I like heroin too. xD
In all seriousness though, I totally agree, the characters are so important. It's like the backbone of an anime; without likeable characters nothing else matters.
- Story
Characters
Art
I believe that it's all in character depth and environment. I think that an anime with well defined characters and multilayer personality, and a great environment has potential. That's why I liked durarara. The environment was very eye catching and noticeable. The characters were also very well set. So I'd definitely say good character definition and environment design.
I don't particularly hate any one genre, so I think I define a good anime as an anime that knows what it's doing and who it's trying to appeal to. Characters and setting are of course important as well. If they know what they're doing, I doubt the plot would worsen. Or it could have no plot, then I only have a problem if they suddenly add a complex one and confuse their audience.
HOTD. Is it zombies or boobs? The name implies zombies, but nope.
HOTD. Is it zombies or boobs? The name implies zombies, but nope.
Boobs. Why?KuroiHiKirby wrote:
HOTD. Is it zombies or boobs? The name implies zombies, but nope.
HOTD
Highschool of The D
If you catch my drift.
Nice.Net-Nue wrote:
do you meanHigh School of The "D" size??
Spoiler'd.
Artwork ,Story/Plot, Character
Can't tell if you're kidding...Ryu wrote:
Hentai only Hentai /o/
Or deadly serious.
Same here.Yuu-Chii wrote:
Artwork ,Story/Plot, Character
It's opening theme song... :/
After some thought, I figured there really isn't any one thing absolute that makes a good anime, rather it's the right combination of many factors that makes one.
The only thing I think an anime has to follow is the manga itself. Please no shitty giant string of fillers (small amounts are understandable) or shitty deviations from the original story. To give you an A+ anime that was ruined by this, go watch Rurouni Kenshin, I generally recommend people to stop immediately after the Shishio arc, but you'll have to taste the shit itself to understand what I mean. Examples of very well done fillers or deviations are few and far in between.
The only thing I think an anime has to follow is the manga itself. Please no shitty giant string of fillers (small amounts are understandable) or shitty deviations from the original story. To give you an A+ anime that was ruined by this, go watch Rurouni Kenshin, I generally recommend people to stop immediately after the Shishio arc, but you'll have to taste the shit itself to understand what I mean. Examples of very well done fillers or deviations are few and far in between.
Opinions.
In my opinion, if its going to be fully serious, it needs to be visually and musically mesmerizing because otherwise I get bored. If it's somewhat humorous, it needs to be actually funny because otherwise it becomes painful like watching new episodes of The Simpsons.
In my opinion, if its going to be fully serious, it needs to be visually and musically mesmerizing because otherwise I get bored. If it's somewhat humorous, it needs to be actually funny because otherwise it becomes painful like watching new episodes of The Simpsons.
Anyone who says art is important implicitly assumes that all newer animes fundamentally start better than all old anime. RIP Utena, Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop etc. Art should really only be there to attract fans to watch and not have any influence on the final assessment. Direction is import, art not so much.
The sounds, both diegetic and non-diegetic. Hearing the voice-actors/actresses get into character really well, as well as a complementing background music makes me more immersed in the story.
Also, a story that's not too full of cliches and fan-services that makes it look like the show is relying on the aforementioned two.
There's probably more that I can't remember at the top of my head. I might go back to this.
Also, a story that's not too full of cliches and fan-services that makes it look like the show is relying on the aforementioned two.
There's probably more that I can't remember at the top of my head. I might go back to this.
Having a cool character and have a bad attitude.
I think don't kill me!
I think don't kill me!
Uh, the main problem to me with anime shows in recent years is that 98% of the shows animated are all the same. Basic, straight forward and boring shows centered mostly on teenage kids in school, throw in some lame comedy and a cliché romance and that's what you get served. So my thoughts are that, to make a big impression in this lame era of anime, a show has to stand out differently from everything else. Some good music to accompany it and a considerable effort to make some nice art.