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As much as we enjoy anime, there are aspects that annoy us. You can find these anime annoyances here.

Anime Annoyances: Humor

Posted on January 23, 2012May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

Anime humor itself isn’t annoying (often weird, but not annoying). It is the when and what that makes anime humor annoying. Anime has the bad habit of interjecting humor during serious scenes and having characters that are more annoying than funny. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood is especially prone to injecting humor during serious scenes. Several times…

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Anime Annoyances: “Deep” Endings

Posted on September 12, 2011May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

Sometimes anime writers just say “screw it” at the very end of a series. After 26 or more episodes of plot and character development, it’s like the writers get lazy and just cut the loose ends. Often they take a page from Shakespeare and just off everyone.  Writers also try to make an ending seem…

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Anime Annoyances 2: Fan Service and High School

Posted on August 30, 2011September 19, 2011 by Chris Kincaid

Far too many anime series take place in high school. Couple that with frequent fan service and I am left squirming uncomfortably. Fan service is when an anime “gives fans what they want.” Fan service can include long, full shots of robots in mecha (mmmm look at that tall, pulsing steel tower of a robot…just…

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