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Cranium
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With Hikaru no Go there was only a little bit of the manga left and it was finished when the 2004 special was released. Why they couldn't release another hour long New Year special to finish the series?
It was really frustrating for me until I read the manga and found the ending really unsatisfying. I actually prefer the TV series ending to the manga ending now. The problem is that the 2004 special is really excellent but it doesn't feel right to watch it after the TV series anymore. |
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Angel'sArcanum
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Indeed. Spiral is a prime example, like you said, part of the validity is the marketing tagline which never even gets addressed. Of course the manga continues onwards and has a rather interesting finale while pretty much tying up all the loose ends of the anime. |
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bj_waters
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Wow, no Full Metal Panic on the list? The Second Raid ends with some teasers for a continuation, which I assume gets resolved in the original light novels, but is left unanimated. And at this point, I would be extremely surprised if a studio decided to pick it up after these years. It's one thing to do a "reboot" or a "remake"; it's another to pick up where an older series left off years ago. The only example I can think of (that isn't OVAs) is Slayers.
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TsunaReborn!
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It's on my list of series to rewatch - I picked it up on a whim and really enjoyed it though the ending did leave me confused. I'm glad claymore ended the way it did was it made me pick up the manga and I've never looked back. Yeah, I'm one of though's if the manga is still running in hopping over. |
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Takamachi Ryoko
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I would put JoJo first arc and DBZKai on the list because the endings never fully explain anything.
Nah, just kidding  ! Though I love Darker than Black, I agree that it should be on the list, but why S1 since everything was continued in S2. S2 would make more sense because of its rush ending. Nothing ever explained. spoiler[Where did the contractors come from?] or spoiler[who the hell built the wall?]
Speaking of Tokko, anyone got ticked off by GTO's ending? Trinity Blood not on the list, same reason as Kaze no Stigma? And I'm surprised that with all the AoT hype and layouts going on, it wasn't added on the list. |
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invalidname
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Is there any chance that a second season of Attack On Titan doesn't eventually get made, and it therefore qualifies for this list in a few years? Because where we're left now is thoroughly unsatisfying.
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Gina Szanboti
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Well, you know they're not done with AoT, so that's a bit premature. But I have a feeling Hunter x Hunter will be on future lists. This arc is ending just about the time the mangaka is finally gearing up again, but by the time there's enough to do more anime, it'll need a 3rd reboot to continue it.
 Somehow I don't see that happening. Hopefully I'm just nearsighted.
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Clyde_Cash
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Cliffhanger endings should be banned. Why start a show if you're not going to resolve anything?
You forgot Air Gear. The manga goes on past the events in episode 25 while the anime just stops abruptly without resolving anything. What the hell? Tokko's ending was just...rushed. BOOOOOOOOOOO! Fruits Basket: Give it the Hellsing Ultimate treatment already! Make a new, longer series that follows the manga for once! Highschool of the Dead: WHY THE HELL DON'T THEY EXPLAIN WHAT CAUSED THE ZOMBIE OUTBREAK? Sweet evil Jesus, is that just too much to ask? I plodded through a half-season's worth of episodes for a cliffhanger? WHY DON'T THEY FINISH IT? I would also put Inuyasha (Pre-Final Act) on the list. The fact that we had to wait so many years before Final Act gave us a proper ending ruined things even more. By the time it was announced, the fans already moved on. The damage was done. |
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JLightstar
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I believe people have told me that His and Her Circumstances and Fruits Basket ended early due to the creator and director having different views. When I picked up Kare Kano after where the anime ended, I must admit that I cried hard in the later volumes.
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TheAncientOne
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If you mean why didn't they finish the anime, it was for the same reason many anime don't finish; the manga it was based on was incomplete (and in this case, still doesn't have enough for a second season without substantial filler and/or an original ending). As to why they didn't explain what caused the zombie outbreak, this brings up a problem I see with fans of different media: They expect everything to be explained, even if those "in world" wouldn't be reasonably expected to know the answers.
The fourth ZnT had about as proper an ending as one could expect in an anime series. What were you hoping for?
Not unless they hate money. Manga sales and merchandising aside, have you seen the BD/DVD sales numbers in Japan for the series? |
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Mohawk52
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Animegomaniac
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Some more:
One of the oldest one that I'm familiar with is the Tenchi Muyo! OVA 2 ... and then Tenchi Muyo OVA 3 though it did wrap up some of the loose ends of the second. Record of Lodoss War OVA? How much chuck did Woodchuck chunk... Moonphase and it's unsolved mysteries, unmet final villain, unresolved vampire/magic status, unfound family members {ok, they're both probably dead as it is vampire related} and the last episode ... thing. Lost Universe. But this one is a case of the writer getting bored of the franchise and, as I heard, pulled the plug most definitely. School Rumble. No, wait, that was the manga. {slap} It was the anime.{slap} It was the manga.{slap} It was both. Genshiken season not shown. "Unfinished anime is the best!" And last for now and certainly not least: Yamada's First Time: B Gata H Kei. Three, four more episodes, that's just about what was left of the manga. Hint of what was left out: It's the retitle. |
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CrownKlown
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The problem you have with Code Geass is that like with all the Gundam works, there is no definitive creator. Its an amalgamation of people kinda like Hajime yatate, and whiile some have said he is dead, a few others that were in relatively high positions said its up to the viewer to decide. So what you get is a Blade Runner problem, conflicting statements from people who have about as much say as the other. And that opens the flood gate of who is right and what happened. I agree with Tokko as one, while nowhere near the impact of some of the others, Tokko not only had no ending, it had no middle. It didn't stop just before it ended, it just stopped in what felt like the beginning of the seires. Also if we are taking about recent shows, I can't believe no one said Hyouka. The just finish solving another case, and then the series ends. No resolution, no major build up case, no nothing. The series literally feels like we are getting an episode next week, but we don't. Kamisama Dolls also feels that way. |
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Cecilthedarkknight_234
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@Dark Absol
The anime for Zero no Tsukaima wrapped up nicely in season 4. It was an original ending mind you but at least it finally wrapped it's self up. Speaking of anime left on cliff hangar what about umineko?? I know that wasn't the best anime adaption ever made but still it sucks for fans that it ended with series only half over. |
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Dessa
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There wasn't a battle as part of SIGN's story. The point of SIGN was spoiler[waking Aura] and spoiler[getting Tsukasa to be able to log out]. SIGN is only the 2nd part of the story, it was never meant to be the conclusion, and the portion of the story that it tells was completed in full, and had no battle in it. |
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