My favourite version of Evangelion is still the Angelic Days manga. Mainly because it's not so fucking depressing all the damn time.
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Best and Worst Anime Revivals
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I take back what I said, more Tri please.
Or just leave it alone and keep making good games instead
keep it that way
Yeah, I know Soul Eater Not! was based on the manga spinoff. But, considering after the first Soul Eater instead of a Brotherhood remake we got the manga spinoff, I believe it can be added to the examples.
You aren't the only one. I also like Tri. While not as good as Adventure, I feel it is superior to Adventure 2. Plus it is nice see the original characters as teenagers.
PandaShake
Member
Eureka AO was so bad. Such a disappointment.
Also, is the entirety of Berserk like that? Does it have the quality of so bad, it's good since those gifs are hilarious.
Also, is the entirety of Berserk like that? Does it have the quality of so bad, it's good since those gifs are hilarious.
I don't expect a ton of people to really dig it, but I thought the 2004 version of Hi No Tori was great, especially its later episodes.
Let's just say that you or I could probably have done a much better job writing it then whoever they got.
Tye The Czar
Member
Osomatsu-san deserves mention.
I never watched the 60's or 80's version, but its first episode brilliantly sets you up for the entire show.
It's a fantastic comedy from the director of Gintama.
I never watched the 60's or 80's version, but its first episode brilliantly sets you up for the entire show.
It's a fantastic comedy from the director of Gintama.
Karamatsu is best boy.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
That wasn't sarcasm from me, Appmon rules.
Yes, Berserk is entirely like that with the exception of a few brief 2d scenes and still images haphazardly thrown in. It might look funny from the gifs, but believe me it is not fun to watch. The reason bad movies like Troll 2 or The Room are so funny is because of the fact that the people behind those films actually had passion and wanted to make them. There is heart and soul in Tommy Wiseau's The Room and that shines throughout the film and is what makes it so fun to watch. There is no passion in Berserk. It was obviously nothing more than an attempt to ride the coattails of the manga, no aspirations or goals besides the green money man at the end (which in the end, wasn't waiting anyway).
Stuff like The Room and Troll 2 are so bad they're good because they have heart and soul, whereas Berserk just feels ugly and tired.
Osomatsu-san deserves mention.
I never watched the 60's or 80's version, but its first episode brilliantly sets you up for the entire show.
It's a fantastic comedy from the director of Gintama.
Karamatsu is best boy.
Thank god Season 2 is coming.
Let's just say this; I would be 100% unfazed if it turned out that Berserk 2016/2017 was actually a money laundering scheme all along.
It has some funny gif moments, but it is a very excruciating watch if you have no prior Berserk knowledge, and just absolutely soul crushing if you do.
Host Samurai
Member
Funny to think that Dragonball Evolution was the best thing to happen to Dragonball in 20 years. Thank God it existed.
Super Eye Patch Wolf made me realize how bad the new Berserk series was. I watched it and knew it had issues, but was still entertained. Now I just wished Netflix scooped this series up.
Super Eye Patch Wolf made me realize how bad the new Berserk series was. I watched it and knew it had issues, but was still entertained. Now I just wished Netflix scooped this series up.
Fbh
Member
Worst is without a doubt Berserk.
It's like they took 2 first year 3D animation students and told them to make an entire season in a week with a budget of $50 and 2 Burger King gift cards.
I also really disliked the Digimon revival. I dont mind the characters having to deal with teen issues but it's done in a boring way and with terrible animation. The whole Digimon aspect is also completely pushed to the side. The Action-digimon centric scenes are kept to a minimum.
Best.
FMA: Brotherhood.
Unpopular opinion but I like how the first FMA anime looked and sounded way more than Brotherhood. Still, it stays true to the manga which instantly makes it great. It's just a better story with better characters.
It's like they took 2 first year 3D animation students and told them to make an entire season in a week with a budget of $50 and 2 Burger King gift cards.
I also really disliked the Digimon revival. I dont mind the characters having to deal with teen issues but it's done in a boring way and with terrible animation. The whole Digimon aspect is also completely pushed to the side. The Action-digimon centric scenes are kept to a minimum.
Best.
FMA: Brotherhood.
Unpopular opinion but I like how the first FMA anime looked and sounded way more than Brotherhood. Still, it stays true to the manga which instantly makes it great. It's just a better story with better characters.
Dark_castle
Junior Member
Hunter x Hunter 2011 is a masterpiece.
Whompa02
Member
Lol...god this is terrible.
Digimon Tri started so well but it well downhill on the last two episodes, they have no idea what they are doing 
DB Super was shaky as fuck up until the current arc, which is straight up good IMO.
Yeah, Hunter x Hunter 2011 and FMA Brotherhood are masterpieces, no anime that ever finished can touch them.
DB Super was shaky as fuck up until the current arc, which is straight up good IMO.
Yeah, Hunter x Hunter 2011 and FMA Brotherhood are masterpieces, no anime that ever finished can touch them.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Wait you mean I did the right thing by not watching the Eureka 7 sequel. Thank fuck.
Does the Tenchi series count, or are they all just separate with the same characters? I loved Muyo, but the different versions and story remixes just got too much after awhile and I had to just say no.
Does the Tenchi series count, or are they all just separate with the same characters? I loved Muyo, but the different versions and story remixes just got too much after awhile and I had to just say no.
KojiKnight
Member
The only Tenchi that counts is the Ryo-ohki series (OVA). TV (also known as Universe), Forever (ABSOLUTE GARBAGE), Ai (SUPER DUPER ABSOLUTE GARBAGE) and the movies are all separate universes.
GXP and Geminar are the Ryo-ohki universe/timeline but from different leads perspectives.
Dual Parallel Trouble Adventure was retconned into being in the Ryoohki timeline as well. Fun
ZedLeppelin006
Banned
Has anyone seen the 4th season OVA for Tenchi Muyo as of yet? That certainly could qualify on either side of the coin depending on the quality.
Man, Eureka 7 is still one of my favorite shows, AO was such a damn disappointment. It wasn't really an revival though, it was a sequel sometime into the future with different people.
For me, Hunter x Hunter is the best revival, a bummer Madhouse don't take on more classics like Rurouni kenshin, Yu Yu Hakusho etc.
I still haven't watched Eva Rebuild. I really want to, but I haven't wanted to wait a long time between the movies, so I've been waiting for all of them to be released. I've come this far, and I'm not gonna back down now.
My favourite is probably Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood. I like some things in FMA 2003 better than in Brotherhood (tone and less focus on action, although there may have even been too little action), but overall Brotherhood is still the better anime in my opinion. I like both.
Other good ones I've seen would be the JJBA and Hunter x Hunter reboots, and the third season of Working!!, although that last one is in a lower tier of "good" than the other two.
The worst would be Berserk 2016. I know it's an easy answer, but if I avoided picking that one, my answer would be Dragon Ball Super, which I don't dislike; I'm just lukewarm on it.
My favourite is probably Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood. I like some things in FMA 2003 better than in Brotherhood (tone and less focus on action, although there may have even been too little action), but overall Brotherhood is still the better anime in my opinion. I like both.
Other good ones I've seen would be the JJBA and Hunter x Hunter reboots, and the third season of Working!!, although that last one is in a lower tier of "good" than the other two.
The worst would be Berserk 2016. I know it's an easy answer, but if I avoided picking that one, my answer would be Dragon Ball Super, which I don't dislike; I'm just lukewarm on it.
The show is different from the original series, but I think it is better for it. The latest part wasn't that great, but I really like the first three. The real world episodes of Digimon Adventure series were always some the best parts anyway.
ShadowElliot
Banned
Osomatsu-san deserves mention.
I never watched the 60's or 80's version, but its first episode brilliantly sets you up for the entire show.
It's a fantastic comedy from the director of Gintama.
Karamatsu is best boy.
Director of Gintama? How come I've never heard of this?! Going to watch it after work tonight!
Gintama is life
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
Speaking of Gintama, to be honest I haven't been a fan of it since the revival two years ago when they got a new staff (BN Studios or something?), don't know if part of it has to do with the switch to a lot of serious arcs which I didn't really enjoy or what, but even in the comedy episodes things felt off.
I still need to finish watching the newest batch of episodes though.
I still need to finish watching the newest batch of episodes though.
I watched the first ep out of morbid fascination. I figured it'd be disappointing on both fronts and I was right, in that it's not really a good looking show with some embarrassing moments, but neither is it really a constant train wreck of awful animation; it really is almost constant mediocrity. Sometimes it even looks alright, but maybe they actually drew those parts and just messed with them a bit to fit in with the rest of the look.
Think its more sequel than revival but yeah i agree. The gintama anime has seriously slide downhill, last season was real bad. So dour, no fun and the production is pretty ropey.
Osomatsu-san deserves mention.
I never watched the 60's or 80's version, but its first episode brilliantly sets you up for the entire show.
It's a fantastic comedy from the director of Gintama.
Karamatsu is best boy.
Everyone should watch Osomatsu-San
Legend of Aims
Member
Tenchi ova3 is bad but you guys have me convinced that berserk is the terri-bad king.
Bless your soul
TatteredHat
Member
God I wish I had never seen E7 Ao, it's so bad.
As is the Pocketful of Rainbows movie.
Chances are those three new movies will be bad as well.
As far as E7 is concerned just watch original and leave it at that.
As is the Pocketful of Rainbows movie.
Chances are those three new movies will be bad as well.
As far as E7 is concerned just watch original and leave it at that.
Rushersauce
Banned
For those posting Berserk
...yes? In my book at least... blew my mind wide open when I stumbled upon the pointers online. I didn't catch them in 1.11/2.22 my first times through them. Things went horribly wrong much faster this time around because Shinji was more confident and driven this time. He chose a do-over, he tried to do things better, and things went to shit... 3rd impact (though really it is 4th impact but nobody could know this) happening much quicker. Then it was stopped and everyone took dramatic steps to keep it from continuing again... 14 years pass and then we are at 3.33. Shinji's father is still obsesses with his original goal, and the others are trying to stop them (NERV) and keep Shinji out of their hands.
Anyways, I struggle to keep the plot straight in my mind, but I managed to puke that paragraph out after reviewing some wikipedia to remind me. I can't wait to see what happens next... it's going to be some mind bending madness! I think we can all count on that. Maybe this time Shinji will say "fuck it" and leave everyone share existence in the soup.
TatteredHat
Member
And yeah for Best revivals, I thoroughly enjoyed most of the examples already listed but Yamato 2199 probably takes the cake. Although arguably it could have ended a few episodes early and it would have made for a more bittersweet ending.
In case the comment wasn't sarcasm.
This killed me man. Just awful!
I haven't watched any of it.
So like did the original flop in japan? How could this not get a decent budget.
Curious what the OP's source is that Eva 3.33 was a success. Unless they were just saying they thought the movie was good, in which case I really disagree:
It made 5 billion yen in theaters
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...3.0-ends-theatrical-run-with-5.26-billion-yen
And it sold less Bluray/DVD than 2.0 but more than 1.0
Hmm, link doesn't work for me.
Definitely seems like it made nice revenue in theaters. Personally I'd take the overall negative reception as a failure, and the good theater numbers as goodwill built up by 2.0. I guess we'll see how 4.0 does.
A bigger question would why a manga as popular and running that long won't get a decent budget.
Seductivpancakes
Member
Yamato 2199 is the best.
I too, will fight anyone who disagrees.
I too, will fight anyone who disagrees.
Try this one,
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-ne...angelion-30-breaks-box-office-record-in-japan
Also, both episodes 25/26 and EOE would be "failures" when they aired by your metric people warmed up to them over time,and according to fan forums people seem hyped for 3.0+1.0 in 2045
You could very easily call 25+26 a failure, and I do.
End of Evangelion has been routinely praised since release, at the very least by critics.
hydragonwarrior
Member
I'm still disappointed in the latest DBSuper battles (like the last 10 episodes) but here's hoping they're saving the best choreography for the end.
Still sucks I have to constantly remind myself to completely forget power levels because their opponents seem weaker than Super Saiyan 1.
Still sucks I have to constantly remind myself to completely forget power levels because their opponents seem weaker than Super Saiyan 1.