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The Worst Anime of Fall 2024

killjoy_the wrote:

We end up having these conversations every time these articles come up, but Worst isn't some kind of objective measure where they need to put the one that was worst produced or has the worst message, just the one they (probably) finished watching and thought was most disappointing. Or whatever, it's pretty free for interpretation for each writer. No need to take it to heart like that

Sorry, I was just a little annoyed that a show I watched and enjoyed ended up in here, that's all.

Uzumaki wasn't really that bad.

Don't agree whatsoever with the idea that an anime can be "morally unconscionable" just because it's about getting rich and doesn't try to teach you anything or have a "moral of the story". Anyway, it took me a while to figure out what the typo "CHI models" meant (it was CGI).

Shows with potential like Girls Who Couldn't Become Magicians or Uzumaki turning out disappointing hit someone way harder than a show that's clearly junk from the start. No one's sparing any thoughts to whatever isekai slop we've already all forgotten this season. But shows that started good or had good elements but ultimately failed because of one or more elements are a legit tragedy.

Trillion Game was such a disappointment because Inagaki's writing is usually smarter than that. His series usually have a hyper-competent schemer character (Haru in this series, who descends from Hiruma in Eyeshield 21 and Senku in Dr. Stone) but in the past that character type has been likable because behind his bluster he has a noble goal and there are significant consequences if he fails. Trillion Game's Haru is just a bored asshole whose goals benefit no one but himself and his sidekick, and the only consequences for his failure would be "Haru has to get a real job." spoiler[And the series lets us know right from the very start that they'll succeed and end up as the richest people in Japan, so there's not even any suspense.]

It really does feel slimy and gross, but even if it doesn't morally bother you, the total lack of stakes and the failure to give the viewer a reason to root for the hero, just makes the story boring. Why should I care if Haru succeeds?

I will never understand the idea that somebody who earns a billion dollars is committing some moral sin. He earned it because he did something that society values and was rewarded for it. Or that somehow its "intended audience" shares the same opinion when it's just a tiny group that does in all likelihood.

Trillion Game is just good hokey fun. Haru is a great anti-hero like Joe from Halt and Catch Fire, while Gaku is kind of like Gordon. The two play off each other very well and it's a load of fun seeing how Haru BSes his way to the next tranche of cash. It might be the Madhouse B Team and Kirihime's design doesn't scream "princess" to me (too bulky) but reading those critiques makes you wonder if a billionaire ever hurt them in a past life lol.

I will never understand the idea that somebody who earns a billion dollars

ANN's critic choices are based on loose criteria for "worst;" below are series our writers found wholly disappointing despite initial first impressions, marred by production collapse, tearfully boring, or containing noxious story elements that left them cold.

ThrowMeOut wrote:

Shows with potential like Girls Who Couldn't Become Magicians or Uzumaki turning out disappointing hit someone way harder than a show that's clearly junk from the start. No one's sparing any thoughts to whatever isekai slop we've already all forgotten this season. But shows that started good or had good elements but ultimately failed because of one or more elements are a legit tragedy.

See, this is literally what I was talking about earlier. People are literally putting a decent show with some flaws and an actual production disaster in the same group and, in my opinion, that's not fair.

I'd say making an utterly forgettable, bland looking mess that can't even manage a proper ending and will only be remembered by one person who is weirdly defensive about it counts as a kind of production disaster. Hoshino Lily certainly didn't go into character design expecting her good designs to be wasted on characters with one character trait that they repeat every time they are on screen.

YackDe wrote:

I'd say making an utterly forgettable, bland looking mess that can't even manage a proper ending and will only be remembered by one person who is weirdly defensive about it counts as a kind of production disaster. Hoshino Lily certainly didn't go into character design expecting her good designs to be wasted on characters with one character trait that they repeat every time they are on screen.

Geez, we get it, you don't like this show. No need to be so angry about it.