what grinds your gears in anime?

[Kyle Nuva]

characters are stupid, slow, forgetful and blind at the worst times

they forget they have powers

the strongest may be an idiot, looking at you jojo and many more

yelling for no reason, not when they are angry but just yelling

brain dead clueless when a monster is right there but thinking its a harmless pet
that was a cat but its true form is a dog. looking at you, magic knights rayearth

asspull powers

plot armor

friendship is magic, oh the villains have friends? tough ♥♥♥♥, you dont get that benefit. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

powers, level ups and transformations NOT EARNED BUT GIVEN BECAUSE GOTTA MAKE IT BABY MODE FOR A MAGICAL GIRL ANIME

false transformations, i didnt see her sword change at all, instead it grew two more inches. lame

when a character or thing exists that can do everything but stop the enemy........

characters speaking in riddles

having no reaction, ♥♥♥♥ and late to super late

recaps and recaps in every ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ episode

flash backs, flashbacks in flashbacks and filler

[Grynn]

I like to think I can tolerate most typical anime garbage, except for filler episodes.

Also, people who complain about oversexualization used in some anime. I'll never understand that. It's like going to mcdonald's and complaining that they have fries.
The problem isn't necessarily the anime, but the viewer. You can spot anime like that a mile away just by the cover art alone. You need to start watching adult anime and not anime targeted at 14yr old boys.

[The nameless Gamer]

People who complain about "oversexualization" in anime also don't complain about the same "oversexualization" in ads, music videos and movies. Ever seen an actor/actress or other screen/billboard figure to have anything short of a Greek sculpture-tier figure? The same people also say: "Anime characters are 'children'." without knowing that female physical development ENDS with the age of 18. A woman who is going to be curvy in her 30ies already develops that figure at the age of 16.

[Vendicator Senpai]

Nothing grinds my gear outside of no proper post Golden Age Berserk adaption and no animated Steel Ball Run

[steven1mac]

Recycled plot, how many anime's have a guy reincarnated after getting hit by a truck, it has gotten so bad even other anime are making fun of it.

Yelling out your attack, I could see if it was the first time it was used in the show, but you use the same technique every time, the audience already know what it is.

[Kobs]

what grinds your gears in anime?

Anime

[Sir Dookface McFerretballs]

Squeaky girl voices for boys, and high-pitched glass-breaking shrill "cutesy" female voices for female characters.

Also, everyone seeming to be a grade-schooler who has to save the world because all adults are idiots, gets really tiring.

Bad-guy monologues that go on for so long and are filled with so much exposition that even a James Bond villain would blush and tell them to tone it down a bit.

I also do not like that the more popular anime gets, the SAFER it gets. Things have gotten too "samey" as they all try to copy what is "popular" instead of doing their own unique things.

"Superfriends Syndrome" where they constantly say what they are going to do before they do it as if everyone watching is freaking blind.

[The nameless Gamer]

Origineel geplaatst door Sir Dookface McFerretballs:

Squeaky girl voices for boys, and high-pitched glass-breaking shrill female voices for female characters.

Also, everyone seeming to be a grade-schooler who has to save the world because all adults are idiots, gets really tiring.

Bad-guy monologues that go on for so long and are filled with so much exposition that even a James Bond villain would blush and tell them to tone it down a bit.

I also do not like that the more popular anime gets, the SAFER it gets. Things have gotten too "samey" as they all try to copy what is "popular" instead of doing their own unique things.

Whoever thinks that Vash the Stampede, Kusanagi Motoko, Tsunemori Akane, Louie the Rune Soldier, Van of Thursday, Naomi Armitage, Pris Asagiri and MANY others look like grade-schoolers needs their eyes examined. Anime in which characters who look like grade-schoolers or teenagers are AIMED at grade-schoolers and teenagers, not adults.

[Grimmz]

i hate jebaits in anime. first episode is cool and everything i wanted but then it just dies cos its going the ''kid friendly'' route or something.

goblin slayer ep1 was damn epic but then it was just meh. why advertise your anime as gory and brutal, then make it so soft its like some morning cartoon.

i also hate the clueless main characters when you have a million good looking chicks flocking in your harem but for some reason these guys never take the hint and act on it.

and yeah the plot armor as OP mentioned. its the worst. like Goku in Dragonball series for example, hes the goofball and clown, why is he the front man? while Vegeta is the hard working, realist and true warrior, like wtf man... Goku should be the second banana guy.

can't wait for another season of jobless reincarnation. that show is a effin gem.

[Pocahawtness]

Characters who whine all the time (Deadman Wonderland).

Slowness of relationships (any romantic anime).

[Good Night Owl]

I meant to respond to this the other day and forgot.

How about this one because no one talks about it:
Characters running to catch up to someone who is walking, and for some reason, they have to run halfway across the city because apparently walking is faster than running?

[Zilkenian Davenport]

"All my friends are giving me their power..."

Meanwhile, the friends:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF4RCOcz9ow

[Devsman]

I dunno, I've only seen a handful and I thought they were p dece.

I guess the closest thing for me is in super cheap anime when characters talk but their facial expressions doesn't change and their mouths just move back and forth between a line and a circle.

[Devsman]

Thinking about it now, I have, actually, seen a handful I didn't care for, and the things that I remember about them were shallow storytelling and clashing tones.

By "clashing tones" I mean, it's ok if your character can jump 30 feet high and swing a 600 pound sword with one hand, but it has to fit the story you're trying to tell. It worked in Gurren Lagann, for example, because "reject reason to make the impossible possible" was like the tagline. But it didn't work at all in Ruroini Kenshin because, well, he would save the day with cunning and stuff. I hope that makes sense.

[L1qu1dator]

Anime grinds my gears. Hence why I don't watch it. :P
Though that new Witcher stuff looks enticing, if it counts as anime.

[Grimmz]

Origineel geplaatst door L1qu1dator:

Anime grinds my gears. Hence why I don't watch it. :P
Though that new Witcher stuff looks enticing, if it counts as anime.

technically yeah. when talking about anime, people refer to japanese animation.

witcher is animated by some japanese people.