He always voices the characters I hate the most, both in anime and video games. I absolutely cannot stand his voice as a result. It made Suzaku all the more unlikeable for me as a result.
Also, whilst I wouldn't say I hate them, I've struggled to get into Naruto, Bleach, and One Piece. I'm more perplexed as to why they're so acclaimed than I am irritated by it, though. I don't see the appeal in Hetalia, either. Most acclaimed shows just don't appeal to me, only a few really piss me off.
Never liked Suzaku so Imma give that a thumbs up, haha.
Although I've gotta mention this - I personally don't exactly think you can consider shows like "Naruto" and "Bleach" acclaimed.
But I guess that's my fault for not clarifying my point properly. Acclaimed = Praised and generally held in high regard. Am aware that acclaimed can refer to "celebrated" too and those two qualify, in that case, since I guess they're celebrated by a lot of people as the "best anime EVAR!!!1!!". But I'm strictly referring to the first kind of anime when I refer to acclaimed ones.
For the sake of this thread, let's say that "acclaimed" anime are the ones with a generally positive reception among the
general anime community on the internet. Naruto and Bleach, if you look at sites like MAL or Hummingbird or any other anime community, do not possess a very high general rating and most of their reviews diss them. :p Sure, they're the most popular ones out there aka mainstream but I don't exactly view them as anime adored by the general anime viewer barring a few exceptions (our beloved Laptrap comes to mind. I wish he was still here..).
The ones that qualify, I guess, let's see, if they satisfy some of these:
1) They're in top 25-30 or maybe 50 of MAL/ANN/Hummingbird/AniDb or other sites
2) They, despite slightly lower ratings (like, below 7 or 7.5), possess glowing reviews and have achieved somewhat of a cult status among the anime-watching community.
Example:
Kekkai Sensen
Jin Rou - The Wolf Brigade
These two both qualify since they, despite having scores below 8 on MAL, are generally liked among the anime community based on their reviews and, well, based on whatever I've come across on the forums. :p
3) Insert your own loosely constructed/vague as **** definition of an acclaimed anime
Seriously, it is difficult to come up with objective rules and whatnot since this is a grey area, but I hope you catch my drift by now. Because if we're gonna get into the debate of what an acclaimed anime is and what's not, then that's one can of worms I'd rather stay shut haha. Let's just say that we're supposed to pick an anime that's well-liked by fans, not one that's popular but a lot of general public calls it trash (aka SAO/Mahouka and whatnot).
As a result of these classifications, though, I'd have to side with Satoshi on the point of Mahouka not exactly being acclaimed anime material. Sure, it doesn't have a terrible rating on MAL (just below 8) and the reviews are not all horrible (mostly polarizing - the top reviews score it as a 3, 7, 9 and a 4 respectively right now) but an acclaimed anime would generally not possess a review in the 3-4 range. Nor have an extremely vocal crowd call it otakubait or cheap power fantasy - which, if you check its forum, people do. :P
That's what you get for watching dubs :P
Also, obviously, I have to reply to Mahouka because everyone expects me to do so.
Let's get back to the main point of the thread, is Mahouka acclaimed anime?
Mahouka is and always was mainly acclaimed for LN, because the terminology you mentioned is explained in HUGE detail (one of reasons I absolutely love it).
Which is obviously very hard to bring fully to anime. (Though, MADHOUSE did it quite well)
Obviously, the anime is gorgeous, Onii-sama is Onii-sama, Mayumi is HanaKana, Miyuki is Saorin, I have been watching it twice on ongoing and plan to rewatch it eventually but is it really acclaimed anime if you compare it to other mentioned anime here (maybe except Ergo Proxy as I see that as pretty underground anime xD I'm not even sure how many people here in A&M actually watched it =D)?
As far as I'm concerned, even fans of LN do not like anime that much. Obviously, I'm die hard fan of the series, and they put HanaKana as my favorite character, so they made everything they could to make my no.1 anime, but that definitely does not apply to everyone.
Though, you do make a good point about Eotenas. That definitely is something that I could have mentioned, but I kinda want to avoid it now since the main point why I don't like that piece of overhyped #pokemon089 are later parts of manga that were only briefly touched in the anime.
SATOSHI ABANDONED HIS RED TEXT AND SIGNATURE FONT
END OF THE WORLD IS HERE
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES, PLEBS
RUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!11!!1!!!!!
If the world doesn't end, Satoshi's serious mode will end it. :p
Anyway, jokes aside, Mahouka sure doesn't seem like it can be considered acclaimed, to say the least. The Light Novels are a different beast in its entirety and I won't get into that but the anime was just tons of style and no substance. Their attempt at trying to make it have substance via streams of constant magical technobabble ended up falling flat. But yeah, even you agree to the fact that Mahouka wasn't the best anime of all time so that's that. :p I've heard the LN is good though so I might still give it a shot. A friend of mine whose word I trust quite a bit said so, so yeah. :p
Attack on Titan = complete crap later on. Yes, agreed. The first anime season was pretty good for what it was, though, so no complaints from my side either.
I will never, ever, understand the hype with Date A Live. It's like, the most un-original concept I've ever heard, with the most generic setting ever. Yet, a successful show everyone loves. Did I miss something? ;__;
It has qt 3.14s like these. Of course it'd be popular and well-liked, silly.
Kidding. Got no idea about DaL since I haven't given it a shot as of yet. Maybe, once I do, I'll get back at this thread, yes? :p
i kind of agree with madoka magica. i didn't dislike it, though, i actually did enjoy it. but at the same time... i don't understand the huge hype? some people are SO obsessed with it and think it's the greatest thing ever, lol. i liked it for what it was but i didn't think it was the most amazing thing i've ever seen in my life. maybe i just went in with expectations that were way too high due to all the hype, and then it fell short for me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ but it's cool, some people are super into it, i'm happy for them i 'spose.
I'm inclined to say it is this:
1)
Played with expectations / Shock factor: Most of the people who went into it did so thinking that they're getting a run-of-the-mill Mahou Shoujo anime. And, from initial looks, nobody would blame them for thinking so. But then the show screws with their expectations and pulls out the unexpected card. Most people like themselves unexpected things - predictability is looked down upon, y'know and anything that manages to surprise, manages to secure a better place in people's hearts than most stuff that don't.
2)
Started being hailed as a deconstruction of a genre: It started being hailed as a brilliant deconstruction of the mahou shoujo genre because it provided something unexpected. People bought that, went into it and they got surprised too. And then they jumped on the "brilliant deconstruction bandwagon" without actually giving it substantial thought in the first place. I, personally, haven't seen enough Mahou Shoujo anime to confirm to one belief or another but there are people in this thread who apparently have and their opinion sure seems like it differs from the crowd (look at Meloetta's post in the thread!). But they're a rarity - a one among thousands.
The third point, rather than concentrating on what worked in the anime's favor as far as general public opinion goes, concentrates on why it perhaps didn't end up as high on your list as you probably hoped it would.
3)
Hype: Then there's this hype. Well, I'm gonna talk general anime here rather than concentrate on Madoka - hype for a series before you actually watch the damn thing sometimes ends up working against it. Expectations from a series can skew your perception and end up forming a bias against it subconsciously that always ends up working against the series at every corner, every second of every episode. It happened with me and Steins;Gate. I ended up going into it expecting it to be one of the best anime ever - since it is #2 on MAL and REALLY liked by people in general on other communities too. But color me disappointed - I was underwhelmed with it when I finished it the first time around. But I decided to give it another go - this time, instead, clearing myself of anything I had in mind regarding the show and only judging it for what it was while pushing the "hype" aside (since, y'know, I had already seen it once so any "hype" had already settled by then heh). I found it to be a pretty good anime in its own right. Definitely NOT the best I've seen but definitely not as bad as I initially perceived it to be. My expectations from it, during my first watch, made me nitpick it to the point I ended up placing it in the 6-7/10 anime category in my list. But during the second watch, I actually went into it for the ride itself and ended up enjoying a lot more - which resulted in it being a solid 8.5 in my book. So yeah, that's one aspect you gotta keep in mind as well. :p