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The Worst Anime of Winter 2024

Todd_Harry08 wrote:

Blood- wrote: Todd_Harry08 wrote: Adding rouge in there while it was really smart show that few will understand sadly. Ah yes, the classic, "it's a really good show but you numbskulls are simply too stupid to understand it!" Gotta love it. lol Nope you probably thought it was "boring or dull" Gotta love it.

Actually, nonsensical and sometimes poorly structured is closer to the mark. Plus here's a communication pro-tip: if you want to refute what somebody has said regarding one of your posts, it's never a bad idea to actually provide some reasoning.

q_3 wrote:

It's not just clicks on the article, at least half the ensuing discussion has been about the title. You're all playing right into Kadokawa's hands by giving ANN more engagement!! (But seriously, the ever predictable complaints that "worst" is not being used to mean "objectively lowest quality" are almost as tiresome as the implicit notion that there exists an objective measure of quality.)

For me, your point misses the mark. When I see the title at ANN, The Best Anime of ______, I may not agree with some selections, but at least I know that the reviewers have actually watched shows that are likely to fall in that category. The same does not hold true for a feature called The Worst Anime of _______. I know for a fact ANN reviewers will - for intelligent and obvious reasons - avoid those shows like the plague. Therefore using a title like that is pointless. Calling it The Most Disappointing Anime of ________ isn't going to reduce the amount of bitching from posters enraged to find one of their favourites on that list but at least nobody will be able to legitimately claim that the title of the feature is ridiculous.

By the same token, I have no issue with something like Delicious in Dungeon appearing in a Worst of list IF the reviewer actually believes the show is bad. I would disagree with the opinion but that's what it is... an opinion. But when it's a "this show isn't bad but I found it disappointing..." then by definition it shouldn't be in a Worst of list. This is just how English works, folks.

you clearly lost interest or didn't pay attention enough which shows how much you didn't even care about it in the first place lol.

Calling it The Most Disappointing Anime of ________ isn't going to reduce the amount of bitching from posters enraged to find one of their favourites on that list but at least nobody will be able to legitimately claim that the title of the feature is ridiculous.

Todd_Harry08 wrote:

you clearly lost interest or didn't pay attention enough which shows how much you didn't even care about it in the first place lol.

Some of us, at least, did keep interest and pay attention and still agree with the criticisms. Besides, making a statement like "it was really smart show that few will understand" in stark contrast to what seems to be prevailing opinion without providing any explanation to back up your position just comes across sounding pretentious.

There are many series where full appreciation may require more than one viewing, and I won't rule out that MR could be one of them. Presumably you've done this, so what are you seeing that the rest of us are missing?

Actually, if you read properly you'd see a lot of this complaints in this thread were about what people considered a misleading title given the fact so many of the reviewers expressed some version of, "...this is not a bad show, but here's why I'm disappointed in it."

The picks for disappointment or worst are spicy takes, but I get it. I don't think the picks were chosen to bait folks so kind of a bummer thinking this was made for rage bait. I don't agree with their choices outside of one or two, but still. Some of y'all need to take a chill pill.

Blood- wrote:

Actually, if you read properly you'd see a lot of this complaints in this thread were about what people considered a misleading title given the fact so many of the reviewers expressed some version of, "...this is not a bad show, but here's why I'm disappointed in it."

I didn’t miss that. I just didn’t acknowledge as while it was a fair argument not everyone was specifically hung up on that.

And like I said before if they made an article that did what some of these people wanted the writers to do i.e. not waffling on calling out specific anime of a given season the worst would everyone accept the criticism without protest and hurt feelings?

I guess for me, my worst choices were Gushing, Tales of the Wedding Rings, Snack Bassu (I'm shocked none of writers picked this one), Meiji Gekken became too much homework to enjoy its story and action, and despite it being a "parody" of isekais, My Overpowered Death Ability was so dull and obnoxious to sit through. Also having to be TOLD it was meant to be a parody, then that's a bad sign.

Boy, I take the night off and miss a lot. Obviously others have taken a whack at cutslo's ludicrous posturing, which serves as yet another example of the directive Do Not Feed the Trolls. Go with God, Mr. Cutslo.

I doubt, even if they did name the article 'Our worst anime' or 'The most disappointing anime' of the season, that the readers would be satisfied. There would still be complaints simply because many of the picks are popular shows. They would be arguing other points such as how the authors are biased or elitist or whatever -- anything to defend their favorites.

This whole article demonstrates how out of touch ANN is with the zeitgeist.

This whole article demonstrates how out of touch ANN is with the zeitgeist. I suppose that's the problem when most of the writing staff are pushing forty. Who seriously thinks that Delicious in Dungeon is the worst of the season?