I can't believe what i'm seeing. BLASPHEMY! How can you not like FMA?
Well, that was just a joke, tastes are tastes. I understand that you can dislike it.
I haven't been much onto anime lately but i think SAO was just BAD. The main character's personality was the saddest thing i've ever seen, he has nothing special, he is the most generic anime character ever, he should've been called "Grunt #3".
The general idea of the anime is pretty cool, but i don't think they exploited it's potential well enough, they used the death of a character that only appears in 3 or 4 episodes as their big drama event. They did that a lot actually, even with the bosses fight, they killed a lot of generic characters and those were the most "shocking" events in the series. And the way they completed the game, UGH. Bad, really bad anime.
SAO = Good premise but underused. And the romance didn't tick with me. Good for people with whom it did, really, but it felt superficial and Asuna's character degraded over time I felt. I wish it did more with its world than only being concerned with how sugoi kirito-kun is or the DRAMA that it deals with. Something like taking the Log Horizon route. But that's just me.
Angel Beats. Terrible pacing, the story was terrible as a result leaving the only good things being the parts that focused on the relationship between Otonashi and Kanade since it was the thing the only thing that didn't get butchered by trying to fit too many story arcs into a 1 cour anime. The final episode was great, the episode about Otonashi's past was also pretty good.
I'm not sure if DanMachi is acclaimed or not since the only popular thing about it is a blue string but yeah, hate that one.
Angel Beats. God, that one. My thoughts on the show are, pretty much, the same as yours. Except for the fact that I didn't manage to get into the Otonashi - Kanade relationship parts either. As a result, all that remained for me in the anime were the songs, the production values (PA Works doesn't disappoint!) and the parts that focused on Otonashi's past (almost cried when he lost
someone and again when we see him die the way he did). I definitely cannot appreciate this anime the way other people somehow can.
My friends told me I'd cry bucketloads. And this is a great anime. All I got were pretty visuals, parts of it being good story and decent OST. A very average show otherwise that's marred by bad pacing as you said with not enough focus on anything in particular. Also, the comedy wasn't funny. Except the rocket-chair scenes. They're an exception. XD;
Thoughts differ on danmachi though - I found that one pretty fun. Hestia, call her Miss String all you want, was still pretty attractive a character for me personally. A busty loli. Now that's something you don't usually see. <3;
Naruto, because I find its art disgusting.
Best reason ever. XD;
Hopefully they never (really) animate Warhammer 40k since that's an unholy union of noblebright and grimdark. Have to admit it would be hilarious though. -not terribly unlike Shingeki no Kyojin either.
Fullmetal Alchemist... Did it have to have a season that was nothing but Nazi Germany? Don't mind just watching the movies for it and Bleach, but would need a serious head injury to watch either series. The series
almost redeems itself just because of
this AMV, but not quite.
@FMA - No, but it did have a movie that was set in that time and had Nazis and stuff. The original series' sequel movie "FMA - The Conquerer of Shamballa" - did.
What I don't get though is, well, why not? Why not give FMA a shot? It has good story. Both the series do. And great characters. And good production values. Why not? If you hate that kind of story, well, yeah, I'd understand. But you haven't exactly stated why you'd need a head injury to watch it, have you?
or maybe you did and I missed it. in that case, well, sorry! :p
I understand Bleach because let's be honest, anything after Soul Society arc is legit dogshit. Soul Society is amazing, yes, but it doesn't make up for what the anime-watcher has to suffer through later in the series if he's decided he's gonna watch the anime. And it is LONG. FMA, both of them, are much shorter. 1/5th or 1/6th depending on which one you are looking at.
