I had a thread a bit similar to this back when VO was still alive, but I didn't think to recreate it on here until now. Plus the Anime & Manga subforum is pretty dead, so I thought I'd try to revive it.
I've spoilered the stuff I've dropped, since I got a bit concerned my lists might get too long. ^^;
I've spoilered the stuff I've dropped, since I got a bit concerned my lists might get too long. ^^;
Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni Kira - I love Higurashi, but these OVAs were just pointless gross fanservice. Aside from the magical girl episode (because I'm magical girl trash), I was just disgusted and felt unclean watching it. Had to drop it.
Umineko No Naku Koro Ni - Speaking of When They Cry in general... I dropped it because I got bored of it too quickly, but apparently the anime is a bad adaptation of the games anyway. I've heard the manga was much better though (like how the Higurashi manga is better than the anime)?
Black Rock Shooter OVA - Since it was only one episode, I actually stopped watching halfway through. I was just that bored while watching it. No idea if the TV version was any better or worse.
Panty & Stocking - I normally like adult comedies, but this was way too much for me to handle... It also gave me a lasting negative feedback impression of adult Western animation, considering that Panty & Stocking was the Japanese interpretation of shows like South Park and Family Guy. (I'm sorry, if this is what other countries think American animation in particular is like, then adult animation needs to move away from the SP/FG styles of comedy and start experimenting with more mature stories, like anime has done for so long. But a full rant about that would need a seperate forum thread.)
Genocyber - Here's a more obscure one, unless you're of a certain age who can remember the time when the first anime distributors tended to release hyperviolent or sexual movies and OVAs. The first episode had some interesting animation techniques (a mix of 2D animation, live action scenes and CGI), but the plot was sloppily written and seemed more interested in showing off its (well animated and still legit shocking) gore than telling a story. The second and third episodes ditch any leaning of being an arthouse production and just become a sea of gorn. The final two episodes are widely considered to be crap by the people who watched the OVAs all the way through, so I didn't bother watching them.
Umineko No Naku Koro Ni - Speaking of When They Cry in general... I dropped it because I got bored of it too quickly, but apparently the anime is a bad adaptation of the games anyway. I've heard the manga was much better though (like how the Higurashi manga is better than the anime)?
Black Rock Shooter OVA - Since it was only one episode, I actually stopped watching halfway through. I was just that bored while watching it. No idea if the TV version was any better or worse.
Panty & Stocking - I normally like adult comedies, but this was way too much for me to handle... It also gave me a lasting negative feedback impression of adult Western animation, considering that Panty & Stocking was the Japanese interpretation of shows like South Park and Family Guy. (I'm sorry, if this is what other countries think American animation in particular is like, then adult animation needs to move away from the SP/FG styles of comedy and start experimenting with more mature stories, like anime has done for so long. But a full rant about that would need a seperate forum thread.)
Genocyber - Here's a more obscure one, unless you're of a certain age who can remember the time when the first anime distributors tended to release hyperviolent or sexual movies and OVAs. The first episode had some interesting animation techniques (a mix of 2D animation, live action scenes and CGI), but the plot was sloppily written and seemed more interested in showing off its (well animated and still legit shocking) gore than telling a story. The second and third episodes ditch any leaning of being an arthouse production and just become a sea of gorn. The final two episodes are widely considered to be crap by the people who watched the OVAs all the way through, so I didn't bother watching them.
Magical x Miracle - I think this is the only manga I've dropped so far compared to the amount of anime I've dropped. I just didn't think the story was going anywhere by volume 2, so I stopped reading it. But perhaps I was being too hard on it at the time, since I think it was the mangaka's first big publication?