Anime Pet Peeves

[Tremolo]

Is there anything about anime that irritates or annoys you slightly? Whilst that does initially seem a very bold, sweeping question I'll break it down a bit. As we know anime has its quirks: super-deformed humour, chibi's, tiny mouths (depending on certain character designs of course, but still), sometimes ridiculously overdramatic and melodramatic moments. Sure, we all love anime but nothing's perfect and I'm interested to hear your particular pet peeves.

And by anime, I also mean fandom. Are there any sectors of fandom that you find somewhat unappealing? Fangirl and fanboy behaviour that really gets up your nose? Cosplay? Yaoi/yuri/shounen-ai/shoujo-ai really not your thing? Anything at all.

And no "I luvs aniems it has nothing wrong wit it lol!!!1one" please.

[Dirty Harry]

Aye... one of my few pet peeves is when characters have super skinny bodies and then big heads with thinly drawn hair and huge friggin eyes.... that and I dislike crappy endings... pet peeves with fandom? I don't like it when fans talk to non-fans like they are idiots and then they get the information wrong... this guy was trying to explain Cowboy Bebop, how hard is that to explain? .... aye! I got one other pet peeve, when I'm watching the anime in its original language and one of the girls or even the guys sometime start screaming "brother". That is by far the most irritating Japanese word I have ever heard, and if there is one more scene in Gundam where some bitch is having dreams and screaming "brother" I'm going to shoot myself... sure it was meant to be emotional... but that doesn't mean it didn't piss me off.

I'm done, I hope that was readed-able... PEACE

[Lupin the 3rd]

i would say endings in most animes! most of them just plain suck! They have a good start but ends with a shitty ending! For example his and her circumstances or beserk, Both great anime but both with a terrible ending!

[Golden Boy]

I have a pet peeve with most anime fight scenes that reuse the same cells. I perfer fights that are animated well (i.e. Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, ext).

[Kiba]

Pointy noses(Escaflowne)
Bad dialogue
Very little background information
When the anime is set in a supposedly medieval society and they have some futureistic elements.
Those space transportation trucks in Bebop
Re-used animation
Those kids who are sorta goth, listen to Linkin Park play, play DDR and suck at it, read YYH manga, draw anime characters non-stop, think they're cats, smell like BO,play magic, piss you off because they don't ever shut up, all because they watched one episode of yu-gi-oh.

[Elric]

Overall im tolerant, but there are sme things that do bug me.

-Hype. Lots of lots of hype. Usually lead me to liking the anime less.
-Lame or cheesy music.
-Cheesy dialogue.
-Samurai's and Ninja stuff. Honestly; im getting tired of itin anime and games.

[Sorrow-kun]

Those kids who are sorta goth, listen to Linkin Park play, play DDR and suck at it, read YYH manga, draw anime characters non-stop, think they're cats, smell like BO,play magic, piss you off because they don't ever shut up, all because they watched one episode of yu-gi-oh.I know exactly what you're talking about. And they constantly mispronounce anime names as well. "I'm tired cos I was up until 2AM last night watching Narooooto. That Sakoooooora is one hot bitch I FAPPED SO HARD!!!" (Ok, I made that second bit up).

[hekikuu]

Let's see. Here are a few:

The fact that there are (almost) no medium-bodied people. In other words, everyone is either super-thin (most folks) or utterly fat.

When characters are talking in profile and their mouths look like they are in the side of their face rather than on the front.

Anime series that present an interesting problem or situation, seem promising, then ramble, and then end without any sort of resolution.

Characters who constantly struggle with saying what's on their mind. Or characters who can't bring themselves to say, "I like you."

I'm sure there's more, but that's all I can think of right now.

[UndeadBear]

My biggest pet peeve is the annoying, loudmouthed, blonde characters that seem to be a staple of anime casts (i.e. Naruto, whom I hate with a passion). Most of them even have similar powers. They are all stupid, get into fights all the time, and 'power up' when they get really, really mad or really, really beat up. Sadly, a lot of good anime series feature these idiots.

My second pet peeve, I have to agree with a previous poster, is that so many series endings are horrible. It's almost like the writers planned the series to end at episode 30, and had to desperately squash everything into the real final episode 26.

[AqueousMessage]

In anime itself, I hate repeat animation. If your gunna make a show you might as well put in the effort and fully animate each scene. And if they only do it to meet a deadline then I don't think it's going to be quality show. I don't like crappy sound effects and plots where the past cultures are blended with futuristic elements.

In anime fandom, I hate fans who use l33t talk ouside of the internet. It's stupid and annoying.

[Akimichi Choji]

Not enough sexuality. Every good anime needs a love story.

[Niner]

...

How does "sexuality" translate to "love story"?

Anyway, I don't like sequels to successful series that have absolutely nothing to do with the original, save for the name.

I don't like it when some characters are too nice, almost to the point of being sugary-sweet and absolutely tooth-rotting. Likewise, I don't like it when some characters are too mean and angsty and overblown.

[Soleta]

How does "sexuality" translate to "love story"?

Good question. Care to elaborate?

Pet Peeves:
Scenes like the end of Angelic Layer where you're meant to feel for the characters but instead you're cringing in embarrassment at the crying going on...

The shounen jump series where it's all about who's got the bigger/better/ass kickinger (new word!) skills or item. The entire shows a pissing contest.

This one isn't in the fandom but outside. The effect Pokemon, Yu Gi Oh and Sentai series have had on the idea of anime/manga/otaku. Very fsking annoying!

[Itachi Uchiha]

Recaps at the beginning of every episode and recap episodes!

Anime's that don't have any romance; I have this same grip with books. If a book or anime doesn't have a romantic couple or a semblance of a romantic air, it detracts from my enjoyment.

Character’s who don’t know how of to ‘suck it up’ and move on with their life!

[Kaikyaku]

When characters are talking in profile and their mouths look like they are in the side of their face rather than on the front.I second that. Same goes for having only two mouth positions when speaking - closed and open so wide the mouth actually extends outside of the head. Also:

- Forced romance. I don't mind a bit of romance, but not every series needs it and it often feels false.

- When characters are attacking/running but they really aren't moving, it's just the crazy stripes flying by in the background.

- Too much super deformed. I prefer realistic character designs.

- When a character is hurt and (s)he's trying to get up and they advance a frame, then go back to the previous frame, then advance again, so it looks like (s)he is shaking. I don't know why but it bugs me.

- Defying Physics. Maybe it's the scientist in me, but I wish characters would obey the laws of physics.... or at least break them consistently.

- Female Characters who always need to be saved.

- Bad guys who are supposedly human but can't possibly be. ...*cough*rouroni kenshin*cough*...

I do like anime... really... :XD: Most of my pet peeves add up to a lack of realism, I guess.

I don't like it when some characters are too nice, almost to the point of being sugary-sweet and absolutely tooth-rotting.I take it you're not a Tohru fan? ;)

[Datsun]

And this may be more of a Japanese culture thing, but the way a lot of anime characters treat "white lies" in such a casual way kinda gets me. Even kids telling lies, or adults lying to kids is often treated as if it had no moral significance or consequences. After seeing it so many times, I still can't get over how convenient lying can be, how the end so often seems to justify the means when it comes to stretching the truth.

Heh, I remember watching Astroboy recently where the title character had to decide between telling a blind girl (of course) that their best friend, a robot (of course) had basically kicked the bucket and pretending to be the aforesaid robot. So he decides to tell a white lie to the girl, and one of the kids is like "hey, he lied!" and then the teachers like "Oh, but you see, he actually did a good thing" and I'm like "But, but, but, oh bugger it!" I guess they just see it as the same way as having tact, as opposed to telling them the cold-hard truth, which is the way I would normally deal with something like that.

[TypicalIdiotFan]

All anime is my pet peeve. Until someone makes a wonderfully effective drama through and through, all anime that don't have any drama or botch it completely piss me the **** off.

Sometimes it's painful watching anime that you know you could do better if you were told to write the script.

[Niner]

Recaps at the beginning of every episode and recap episodes!
I echo what he said. Recaps are one of the other banes of my anime existence.

I take it you're not a Tohru fan? ;)
She's just too damned nice! It's not natural! She upsets the balance of the universe, she does.

:XD:

[Zelkiiro]

I take it you're not a Tohru fan? ;)
She's just too damned nice! It's not natural! She upsets the balance of the universe, she does.

I agree...:sweat:

But, a pet peeve of mine is animation flaws, like when a character is speaking and the cels being reused makes the character blink every time s/he opens his/her mouth. THAT'S annoying. Also, horrible music can make me give up on a show if the plot or characters aren't spectacular.

[icelava]

Is there anything about anime that irritates or annoys you slightly?Haven't we done this many times before?
1. tunnel vision + lightning-fast appearance (just watch any "crucial" fight).
2. power move/weapon shout-outs (is that equivalent to shouting "Fox one!"?).
3. "um" "uh" "ur" gestures just to prove their mouths are still intact and functioning.
4. turn-based combat.
5. sexual fan service (at least do it tastefully, please. Not blatantly).
6. Not providing the proper environment and camera angles to afford situation awareness for a complex scene (usually to do with buget, and lack of skill).

[sakurazukamori]

What I trully hate are female characters that always whine and cry... they really grate on my nerves.

[JOJO]

What annoys me more about anime are just 2 things:
-Very happy endings, like Rahxephon, it doesn't matter how complex the story was if at the end it just had the "everyone live happily ever arter" ending.
-anime series that just don't know when to end, those +100 anime like Inuyasha and Pokemon that have a lot of filler and don't give you anything to continue the story.

[Shadowmage]

What annoys me more about anime are just 2 things:
-Very happy endings, like Rahxephon, it doesn't matter how complex the story was if at the end it just had the "everyone live happily ever arter" ending.
-anime series that just don't know when to end, those +100 anime like Inuyasha and Pokemon that have a lot of filler and don't give you anything to continue the story.
Define "happy ending." I felt sad at the conclusion of RahXephon. The ending was beautiful, but there was a major sacrifice involved. Everybody lost the time they were together since the Mu invasion, thus neglecting the relationships that occured within the series. (This is not really a spoiler since you need to watch the series in order to understand my little rant.)

[JOJO]

Yes, i know there were a lot of tragic deaths in the series, but in the final episode everyone were just shooting at each other, and the last 3 minutes of the anime seemed to have an out of place ending, no idea how it ended that way so sudden.

[Shadowmage]

Yes, i know there were a lot of tragic deaths in the series, but in the final episode everyone were just shooting at each other, and the last 3 minutes of the anime seemed to have an out of place ending, no idea how it ended that way so sudden.
The entire purpose of the RahXephon, the dolems and the Mu was to create a tuned world. This tuned world is a place of no discord. (In other words it is paradise.) Much like Evangelion, the purpose of the RahXephon was to create paradise where everyone is happy, but RahXephon took a completely different approach at it. Instead of merging everything to a single entity, the show decided to "tune" time itself so that relationships do not conflict and heartbreak does not occur. The characters were restaged to a place where they could maximize their happiness. It is undeniable that the ending is "happily ever after," but the cost of creating paradise was the time the characters spent together in the series. Sure, everyone is better off, but the people we knew and love from the series are effectively non-existant. They were "reborn" to a new world.

[JOJO]

I know that the Rahxephon ending was more complicated than it looked, but they could have explained it better instead of ending it the way it did.

[Admiral Ackbar]

I truly hate people who whine and complain about Rah Xephon's ending and how it could have been "explained" better. I say this, "At least it made more sense than Evangelion."

Beside these people should pay more attention to every episode of the series then.

[Tremolo]

Ahh Shadowmage, you hit the nail on the head beautifully. RahXephon is one of my absolute favourite series, and the ending could have been a disaster considering everything that went before it, but it's not. It frustrates me when people say it's a "reset switch" ending when it's not in the slightest - what we see in the series DID happen, but the tragedy is that no one will be able to remember it and as such the relationships forged in the twenty-six episodes are lost. Sure, Ayato and Haruka end up together at the end (which made me very happy), but it's a bittersweet ending for the reasons Shadowmage has listed and certainly not a 100% happy ending.

I'm sorry JOJO but you're wrong this time.

EDIT: I agree Ackbar, everything in RahXephon is THERE, you just have to piece it together. Evengelion is a wild goose chase. A ground-breaking one, but Anno still misleads the viewer throughout and in my opinion that makes it seem less "complete" in a sense, unlike Rah. The ending of Rah is not hard to work out in the slightest if you've been paying attention throughout the show and joining the dots in your head.

[JOJO]

Hey, i never said that the ending was bad, i just said i didn't like it, not because it was complicated but because Ayato and Haruka end up together at the end and i simply don't like happy ending I know its not the first time you heard someone complain about the ending, and it defenetely won't be the last, because not everyone can apreciate an anime with a complex ending like Rahxephon. I prefer sadder endings more, like the ending in Rurouni Kenshin OVA, or Berserk :devil

[Ritalin]

Most of the fandom.

I seriously loathe most encounters of anime fans (or someone once called them, "Japanophiles") in person. Most, not all. Whenever I walk into an anime shop here I'm surrounded by a real life replica of the most "Wait wai ^____^;;" anime forum on the internet. Maybe it's bad luck...

That's of course, what my pet peeve is. When most anime fans try speaking Japanese because they heard it in their anime.I know it's normal for some fanboys/girls to pick up terminology from shows (outside of anime), but please... it's frustrating to have to decipher what you're saying because you decide to throw in a kawaii or sugoi along with some ridiculously huge emoticon.

Ohhh I could go on. It will just be bitching then... ("dub v sub", "if you don't like anime you suck!!" etc...)

[Admiral Ackbar]

I prefer sadder endings more, like the ending in Rurouni Kenshin OVA, or Berserk :devil


Except Berserk's ending is an incomplete cliffhanger that leave you completely confused as to what the hell the point of the series was. I think you need to think before you talk next time about what a good ending is.

[JOJO]

The Berserk anime was made more for those who have some knowledge of the manga, it doesn't end in something the manga or the video games hasn't already told.

[soundchazer]

Not enough boobs!!! (j/k)

I don't like generic anime. The Love Hinas and Chobits of the world really get to me. There is nothing that irks me more than a cookie cutter story with a good production, because it almost seems that they are trying to test my intelligence and see if they can fool me with good music and nice animation to cover for a mediocre story.

Same thing with "weird imagery" meant to be deep and philosophical but does absolutely nothing to better the story. Hideaki Anno has produced two of those: Evangelion and FLCL.

[Admiral Ackbar]

The Berserk anime was made more for those who have some knowledge of the manga, it doesn't end in something the manga or the video games hasn't already told.


Which is bad because people have no knowledge of either are completely in the dark.

[soundchazer]

Which is bad because people have no knowledge of either are completely in the dark.

Agreed. Anime that depends on manga or video games to help complement a story instead of making it understandable on its own is just crap.

And no, I don't believe Berserk is in that category. It is open ended, but the story is explained by the anime itself.

[Admiral Ackbar]

Agreed. Anime that depends on manga or video games to help complement a story instead of making it understandable on its own is just crap.

And no, I don't believe Berserk is in that category. It is open ended, but the story is explained by the anime itself.

I agree Berserk was great, right up until that last episode, then everything just went to hell. (both literally and figuratively)

[JOJO]

Berserk is the type of anime that almost forces you to search for the manga to see what happens after the ending(that's what got me looking for it).

[Dennis]

I hate "artistic" budget cuts a la Evangelion.

[Admiral Ackbar]

I hate "artistic" budget cuts a la Evangelion.

I thought the show went over budget and so it had to be "artistic" with the remainder of it's budget.

[Erigion]

Poor animation and art. Reused cells, lots of worthless panning, lack of movement during speech, staring at a character's back during speech, poor character design and art, ups and downs in quality, etc etc.

But my biggest peeve in anime is horrible lip synching. It's like watching old school kung fu movies.

Oh, I despise most of fandom too. The random insertion of Japanese words, the fanfics, lazy ass cosplayers, the obsession over all things Japan, the thought that anime/manga/j-music can do no wrong.

[isolatedotaku]

Annoying American Voice Actors...

One title can say it all: Zatchbell

My ear's are spoiled by the brilliantly voiced Grave of the Fireflies and Neon Genesis Evangelion, the least annoying voice actor can ruin an episode (or whole series) for me.

[Junko]

Shiny Hair... enough said. Of course I'm always one who prefers most things to be kept on a semi-realistic level.

[Spilled Milk]

Fanservice really irks me....not just like a ocuple panty shots here and there but I'm tlaking about when the women have just amazingly humungous boobs and like revealing clothes it's just gross and annoying! also..I know this one is a bit more specific but I cannot stand all the fandom that comes with love hina...it is seriously the most annoying anime because of all the undeserved hype it gets.... so yeah basically just typical generic shounen anime irks me. :p oh and cosplay because too many ugly people do it...no offense..it's just annoying when I search for anime pictures and get pics of like 300 pound women dressing up as like...super skimpy anime characters. again I'm really sorry if that offends anyone..

and I'm gonna second ritalin on basically everything she said lol :p

[Junko]

Fandom gets me to but most of us have been at that point sometime or another so I let it go and move on.

[Zeek]

I hate altered Anime taken and twisted by 4kids it puts them to shame and then knowone likes them.

[chaos soldier]

well it does kinda bother me that in a good 75% romance comedys the comedy part of it consists the male looking at a woman and getting smacked for it wich sort of steered me away from such animes and more tords action/mystery

[Junko]

True, but most of that jsut succombs to the creators laziness.

Now for my bit, on DVD's I hate eye atches or whatever the little sequences between commercials are called.

[Tremolo]

True, but most of that jsut succombs to the creators laziness.

Now for my bit, on DVD's I hate eye atches or whatever the little sequences between commercials are called.

They're not exclusive to DVD's or anything. Yeah, they could be edited out but people would complain. They don't really bother me much and some can be quite creative.

well it does kinda bother me that in a good 75% romance comedys the comedy part of it consists the male looking at a woman and getting smacked for it wich sort of steered me away from such animes and more tords action/mystery

That raises one of my most particularly hateful pet peeves - the entire shounen romance genre. It's all utter rubbish and nothing anyone says will dissuade me from this. Love Hina, Negima, Onegai Teacher, Tenchi...all dreck.

[Junko]

I like the ones that actually have something interesting happening but some have the same for both times, before and after the commercial and thats where I think they shoukld only put one in. Example would be Sailor Moon SS (I dont know if the other 4 seasons have this problem).

[Tremolo]

I like the ones that actually have something interesting happening but some have the same for both times, before and after the commercial and thats where I think they shoukld only put one in. Example would be Sailor Moon SS (I dont know if the other 4 seasons have this problem).

That's a fair point. Some are quite nifty, like Fruits Basket and Scrapped Princess, but my favourites are where they simply fade out with the logo in the corner (Fullmetal Alchemist, Monster, etc). I guess the really boring ones could be worse - they can be a good place to pause for a toilet break or to put the kettle on. :D

[Zeek]

I also Hate it when a series goes for too many seasons to count SM, and DBZ

[chaos soldier]

dont forget yu yu hakusho that show was hella long before they stopped showing new episodes on cartoon network (wich they never did finish)
it took like 2-3 months to get through the whole thing on weekday scheduals

[JOJO]

Your not missing much the Yu Yu Hakusho ending sucked, it seems like it was going to be the best part of the entire series but ended up being a kid friendly tournament were everybody just had fun.

[aburame shino]

Your not missing much the Yu Yu Hakusho ending sucked, it seems like it was going to be the best part of the entire series but ended up being a kid friendly tournament were everybody just had fun.

duDE!! talk about endings!!
full metal alchemist's ending sucked!!!
through the whole thing they're like, "i need to hurry and get you back to your body Al"
and they're talkin like its all gonna be fine at the end.
ed will have is arm and leg back and Al will have his body back.
instead, ed is sent to the past.....and al wants to get his brother back.
if they hadnt messed with their dead mom in the first place, they wouldn't be in a fix with equivalent trade!!!
how laME!!!!
but all the theme songs were AWESOME!!!!

[LadyYuina]

I don't like anime with extremely corny dialouge and a dull storyline that is all too typical among anime, like you can expect what happens next sort of thing.

[ricomambo]

I hate animes that dips around homosexuality (i.e. male characters holding each other then blushing) without actually swimming in it. Some animes go overboard and centers its characters around males then create romantic scenes yet maintain that their characters are entirely heterosexuals. It's very confusing. It feels like they're afraid of homosexual characters that they tend to do this or put them in humorous situations that leave them as the comic relief.

[Emeraldas]

- Girls squealing "sugooooooooooi!"
- Tiny mouths and huge eyes
- Gravity-defying rubber tits
- Dragging dialogue in which the characters repeat information in the form of questions. Example:
A: "The cat climbed up the tree."
B: "The tree...?"
A: "He's been there for three hours."
B: "Three hours...?"
A: "Yeah. He's a black cat."
B: "Black cat...?"

[bwing55543]

In Anime:
1. Poorly animated fight scenes.
2. Poorly done stories/plots.
3. Annoying girl characters.
4. Guys that look like girls.

Fandom:
1. Fanfics where the author decides to take a straight character and make him/her gay.
2. Cosplay.
3. Hype where I ultimately find that the anime isn't all that it's cracked up to be.
4. When girls find girly-men in anime to be hot.

[Dark Lord]

I hate animes that dips around homosexuality (i.e. male characters holding each other then blushing) without actually swimming in it. Some animes go overboard and centers its characters around males then create romantic scenes yet maintain that their characters are entirely heterosexuals. It's very confusing. It feels like they're afraid of homosexual characters that they tend to do this or put them in humorous situations that leave them as the comic relief.
Do you mean Kaoru and Hikaru from Ouran High School Host Club? They really don't seem to be gay to me... I think the gay stuff they do are just meant to impress their clients... or something...

[bigal60]

scimpy outfits on characters who arent soposed to be slutty

[NausicaaBoy]

Redundant dialouge

[Dark Lord]

Well... I hate it when a series has lots of episodes which contribute little to character development and show little progression of plot... fillers for short... However, I do make exceptions when certain aspects of an episode exceed my expectations or if it turns out to be greatly entertaining... But, I simply get annoyed when fillers are overused in the story that the plot becomes more and more obscure...

[Mana]

Seeing characters over and over again. We saw enough of Yusaku Godai in Maison Ikkoku, we didn't really need him to be cast as the main male in all other shounen romance. There are so many different ways to make a character (or to play with a character type), that the gross amount of similarities and vagueness in character should not be a problem. Weakness in character in general is another big one; if you're going to be (even somewhat of) a major character in an anime, you should at least do something.

As far as fandom in concerned, the making Yaoi out of stuff rather bothers me. If an anime/whatever is made with Shounen-Ai as a character building or plot type thing, that's perfectly acceptable. If it's done rather gratuitously in something, eh, well, at least it was the creators intent. I won't pretend to like it, but I won't mind it. However, when people put yaoi onto characters for purposes of fan-fiction/art or whatever, it's just wrong. Seriously. That's the point when you love your love of dual-penis has gone way too far.

Bleh, I suppose it's hitting me more now that it does normally. I belong to a mailing list for an author who has written a series of books dealing with the first type of gay men in a story line (the type that's very plot and character driven, no explicit sex scenes, nor much of any kind of sex scene). And, yet, a new conversation has popped up with various other members pretty much asking her if she would write explicit Harry/Draco fanfiction, and pretty much saying that the only thing fanfiction is good for is making straight characters gay and turning them into having sex with each other. Thankfully the author politely declined (after making a joke about writing a fanfiction for one of her own novels and turning one of the guys into a girl).

There's a lot more in the anime fandom world that gets to me (in fact, there's quite a lot about current anime fandom that gets to me), but that's probably the worst.

[mangaku]

Anime is my pet peeve.

[jetfire]

For me, it's seeing the typical hot-headed or cool-headed characters over and over in anime. The hot-headed guys always go all out, rushing towards danger in the blink of an eye and never planning for what comes up (their style of fighting also has a complete lack of strategy), while the cool-headed guys take their time to get to a battle, yet always seem to arrive there on time (and don't even try, yet are extremely skilled, they can dodge anything that is thrown at them, and they don't even break a sweat). These two character types just get so overused to me in anime. Especially shonen anime, but it can be avoided if some manga/anime creators would just try a bit harder.

Hot-Headed Characters: Naruto, Kazuma (s.CRY.ed), Ichigo (Bleach), Inuyasha, Mugen (Samurai Champloo), Sanouske (Rurouni Kenshin), Elk (Arc the Lad), Gatts (Berserk), etc...

Cool-Headed Characters: Itachi and Kakashi (from Naruto), Ryhou (s.CRY.ed), Ishida (Bleach), Okita Soji (Peacemaker Kurogane), Jin (Samurai Champloo), Hiko Seijuro (Rurouni Kenshin), Arc (Arc the Lad), Sesshomaru (Inuyasha), Griffith (Berserk)

Now, that's not to say that I hate some of these characters. Some are great. But I hate how they all just share the same common stereotype. They're not all exactly alike, but they share those same overall moods or outlooks, which is an immediately recognizable trait that easy to remember that you've already seen a dozen times.

[animanic_critic]

Hot-Headed Characters: Naruto, Kazuma (s.CRY.ed), Ichigo (Bleach), Inuyasha, Mugen (Samurai Champloo), Elk (Arc the Lad), Gatts (Berserk), etc...

Cool-Headed Characters: Itachi and Kakashi (from Naruto), Ryhou (s.CRY.ed), Ishida (Bleach), Okita Soji (Peacemaker Kurogane), Jin (Samurai Champloo), Hiko Seijuro (Rurouni Kenshin), Sesshomaru (Inuyasha), Griffith (Berserk)
Just to add to your list, don't forget Shinn Asuka and Kira Yamato from Gundam SEED Destiny into the Hot-Headed and Cool-Headed characters respectively ;)

There's one aspect I realized that I hate in mecha-anime, and that's when the pilot kept yelling in his cockpit. I really don't see why he/she needs to do so, maybe because the black box's shi*tty or just too over-dramatic. Seriously, this feature is almost inevitable in every mecha-anime, which is why I don't favor the genre at all these days.

[Drseuss]

Pet Peeves:

That big sweat bead that drops down someones face when they are nervous

Chibis

Most anime humor, i just dont get how some of it is considered funny

Heroes that never loose any battle ever! Everyone looses once in a while, but some heroes are soo awesome, that they never loose or even come close to loosing.

[NausicaaBoy]

Anime is my pet peeve.


your on the right site then:help:

[Amara]

...

How does "sexuality" translate to "love story"?

Anyway, I don't like sequels to successful series that have absolutely nothing to do with the original, save for the name.

I don't like it when some characters are too nice, almost to the point of being sugary-sweet and absolutely tooth-rotting. Likewise, I don't like it when some characters are too mean and angsty and overblown.


i agree w/ you there that bugs me too. and how some have little dots for noses. And for instance on cowboy bebop spike falls out a two/three story
window and hes ok. at the end one shot kills him. corect me if im wrong but wouldent he allready die after he falls from the windo. isnt it kinda obvious.:sweatdrop

[NausicaaBoy]

using still frames for fight scenes

[Kiba]

i agree w/ you there that bugs me too. and how some have little dots for noses. And for instance on cowboy bebop spike falls out a two/three story
window and hes ok. at the end one shot kills him. corect me if im wrong but wouldent he allready die after he falls from the windo. isnt it kinda obvious.:sweatdrop

That's because anime characters are super-human until it's time to kill them off.

[The Geomancer]

fact repitition: basically when they repeat facts, plot notes, etc. One example of this is the Inuyasha anime. Oh yeah, and repeating of names a bunch of times in one episode.

*goes to cool off before I turn the area into Pompeii*

[Cereal_Killer]

Sorry if this has been said before, or if I am bumping this topic from the past, but I need to spit this out...

My pet peeves
-Anime characters that are supposed to be 13, but look and act like they are 6 years old. *cough Kisa and Hiro Sohma cough*

-Anime ideas that have no originality to them. Whatsoever. And are still able to be published. I mean, come on. Even I, a mere 14 year old, can think of something more original than about 75% of all shojo and shonens for kids. I guess when it comes down to it, little kids are just easy to please.

-People that are so disgustingly obsessed, it isn't even funny.

-People that think Japan is exactly like an Anime.

-Cliched characters (the smart one, the funny one, energetic one)

-A really good story, destroyed. A really good idea, destroyed. And never to be used again.

Edit: Oh, and when they keep using the same scene over and over again, unsure if you FULLY understand what is going on. Mainly, I am referring to Tsubasa Chronicle here, the anime. A good percentage of each episode is flashbacks. Although I may let this slide, because most people aren't watching it on a DVD, they're watching it on TV, and they might have forgotten what's going on, or missed an episode.

*Breathes in* Now I feel better. Thank you.

[Jaime Astorga]

I dislike fanservice. Honestly, I watch anime for a reason, and when I want some mindless hawt girls and guys to fap to, I'll go watch hentai.

I also really, really, really hate it when anime incorporates CGI effects. A little (and I mean a little) bit of it is acceptable, but when you can see entire bits done with it, it really makes me like the anime less by the second. Honestly, it makes my head hurt (and I mean it literally; my heads get dizzy).

I also get really annoyed when a certain annoying character in an anime is able to get away with anything (and I mean anything) because she is a female.

As far as problems with the community go, I don't have too much of a problem, really. A few people who write shoujo-ai or shounen-ai for the sake of pairing up two hot characters, even though they have absolutely no chance of being together according to the canon, annoys me though (I have nothing against shoujo-ai and shounen-ai in general, though, and will happily watch, read and write them).

That's because anime characters are super-human until it's time to kill them off.

Exactly! I mean, come on, what kind of an anime would Cowboy Bebop be if Spike was deprived of his immortality before the last episode?

EDIT: Oh yeah, I forgot to add, anime which goes over 25 episodes. I mean, I understand a movie is usually too short to tell a story, and the same goes for a 6 episode OVA, which is hardly an hour longer, and yes, maybe even 12 episodes may not be enough, but why in the world go over 24/25/26? It bothers me with each episode afterwards, and after 50, chances are I WON'T watch said anime.