History Horrible / AnimeAndManga

* '''''Ladyspo''''' is not so much an anime as it's a barely animated slideshow, and the animation that does exist is as lazy as it gets – dialogues are depicted as static character faces [[MouthFlaps mouth flapping]] in tiny bubbles in the corners of the screen. All of this makes the action and dialogues hard to follow, and the fact this title is about ''sports'' makes it worse. The plot is generic -- teams of MsFanservice women competing in sports in outer space -- and delivered by a cast of bland characters. Last but not least, there's inexplicable and out-of-place ToiletHumour, used to ''open'' the show no less. Audience is [[https://www.anikore.jp/anime/11638/ not]] [[https://myanimelist.net/anime/37448/Ladyspo/reviews kind]].

* '''''Vampire Holmes''''' is a short 12-episode anime adaptation of a mobile video game of the same name. Despite being based on a RoomEscapeGame, most of the anime's runtime is dedicated to annoying, unfunny humor between the main characters rather than mystery-solving. The major contributing factor to this lack of content is likely the episodes' extremely short runtime; each is only about ''3 minutes''. It also fails as good Franchise/SherlockHolmes media, as the titular character is written as an unlikable LazyBum who spends most of the series never showing any of his inspiration's detective skills. To add insult to injury, the animation is painfully awkward, lazy and amateurish. [[NeverTrustATitle It doesn't even have vampires in it!]] Audience reception is almost [[https://www.anikore.jp/anime/9094/ uniformly]] [[https://myanimelist.net/anime/28929/Vampire_Holmes/reviews negative]]; Leo Hashee talks about it [[https://youtu.be/coK3Zg_a5Hw here]].

* The 13-episode anime adaptation of '''''Manga/SamuraiGun'''''. Low-budget animation, uniformly one-note and unlikeable characters, repetitive story beats, sub-par voice acting (at least for the dub) and a script "punched up" with gratuitous profanity all combine to derail an interesting concept (elite secret agents in an anachronistic feudal Japan). What would've been below average and forgettable is pulled firmly into SBIH territory by the show's rampant, hateful misogyny: Every VillainOfTheWeek plot seems to involve the gratuitous and brutal abuse and deaths of random big-breasted women. And the show seems to relish showing women being slaughtered more than showing the good guys kicking ass. See what ''WebVideo/{{Animerica}}'' had to say about it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tCQCogMQWI here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRWhXq_FGIM here.]]

* '''''Honey X Honey Drops''''', a two-part OVA adaptation of the shoujo manga of the same name. Unlikable and flat characters, underwhelming art and animation, and a very degrading and sexist premise that's about a high school that encourages its students to enslave each other and a teenage girl forced into that system. Nearly every review on MyAnimeList is a warning to avoid it.

** The 1996 three-episode OVA '''''Anime/GarzeysWing''''' has gained some fame for two things: being based upon the ''Byston Wells'' novels by Creator/YoshiyukiTomino[[note]]Of which the well-regarded ''Anime/AuraBattlerDunbine'' is a much looser adaptation[[/note]] and a scene in which a bird carries off a man's soul. Yet it has bottom-tier animation that looks far older than its release year suggests and a story that is such a CompressedAdaptation that most of the dialogue is hurried exposition and it still fails to explain anything. It feels both confusing and generic, despite featuring a man with glowing wings and soldiers riding dinosaurs. And on top of that comes the amazingly awful English dub, which has the voice actors simply read from the (incredibly literal) subtitle script... and it's evident that they were only given one take, resulting in dialogue so wooden it must be heard to be believed. That kind of thing was actually noted by Emer Prevost of ''WebVideo/ReactionAndReview'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEi1rl0BSr8 here.]] [[WebVideo/BennettTheSage Sage]] and [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] are willing to share [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/12/20/garzeys-wing-a-sage-and-spoony-special-review/ their review]] with you, with the former referring to it as "the ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'' of Anime". A reviewer on Anime News Network [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/buried-treasure/2007-09-20 also referred to it as "the Battlefield Earth of Anime"]], additionally comparing the dub to an Creator/EdWood production. The review from the ''Gundamn!'' podcast agreed that it was the worst thing Tomino was ever involved with.

** While ''Anime/TransformersArmada'' got off to a bad start, the show [[GrowingTheBeard did improve as it went on]] and eventually became fairly decent by the end. The same can '''not''' be said for '''''Anime/TransformersEnergon''''', which was (and to some extent, still is) widely considered the worst show the franchise has had, though ''WebAnimation/TheTransformersCombinerWars'' is a viable contender for that dishonor. The story itself is fraught with {{Padding}}, plot points are introduced and immediately dropped, and an unlikable jerk leads the main storyline. Animation for the robots is [[TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects done almost entirely with CGI]], albeit [[OffModel very badly]] and [[DullSurprise with all the emotional range of a potato]] (though they do become hand-drawn in particularly intense scenes where emotional range is required). All this is topped off by an incredibly rushed production schedule, resulting in [[BlindIdiotTranslation English scripts full of mistranslations]] and lines that don't fit the onscreen action, making the already confusing story nigh-incomprehensible. The voice actors almost unanimously turn in incredibly uninspired performances, despite the fact that many of them had long proven their vocal abilities in past series like ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''. Even though the series does have one or two SoBadItsGood moments, trying to watch the whole thing to find them is considered an act of torture. This is all summed up by what Alpha Q said in the finale:

* '''''Honey X Honey Drops''''', a two-part OVA adaptation of the shoujo manga of the same name. Unlikable and flat characters, underwhelming art and animation, and a very degrading and sexist premise that's about a high school that encourages its students to enslave each other and a teenage girl forced into that system. Nearly every review on Website/MyAnimeList is a warning to avoid it.

* '''''Ladyspo''''' is not so much an anime as it's a barely animated slideshow, and since this title is about sports, it just makes the action and dialogues hard to follow. The animation that does exist is as lazy as it gets – dialogues are depicted as static character faces [[MouthFlaps mouth flapping]] in tiny bubbles in the corners of the screen. The plot is generic -- teams of MsFanservice women competing in sports in outer space -- and delivered by a cast of bland characters. Last but not least, there's inexplicable and out-of-place ToiletHumour, used to ''open'' the show no less. Audience is [[https://www.anikore.jp/anime/11638/ not]] [[https://myanimelist.net/anime/37448/Ladyspo/reviews kind]].

* '''''Midori: Shoujo Tsubaki''''', the animated adaptation of ''Manga/MrArashisAmazingFreakShow'', is an anime so ''bad'' it's even banned in Japan, the government also forbidding its international distribution. (Clearly, a few smuggled copies survived.) This horrific anime was written, directed, and produced by one man, who also animated the entire thing, simply because he couldn't find a studio willing to produce an anime with such blatant images of pedophilia and child abuse. The plot [[TorturePorn (if you can]] [[PornWithoutPlot call it that)]] is about a ten-year-old girl whose parents are brutally murdered, and then used as a SexSlave by a sadistic circus sideshow, tortured by one of them who wants her for himself, [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil turned just as evil as they are]], and ends with her brutally murdering the rest of the cast to avenge his death. Along the way, there's also cruelty to animals, cannibalism, and necrophilia. (To give one an idea of how disturbing it is, web-critic WebVideo/PhantomStrider not only called it the worst anime of all time, but the worst ''animation'' of all time, and [[CausticCritic for him]] that's saying a lot.)

%%* ''Anime/MidoriShoujoTsubaki'', the animated adaptation of ''Manga/MrArashisAmazingFreakShow'', is an anime so ''bad'' it's even banned in Japan, the government also forbidding its international distribution. (Clearly, a few smuggled copies survived.) This horrific anime was written, directed, and produced by one man, who also animated the entire thing, simply because he couldn't find a studio willing to produce an anime with such blatant images of pedophilia and child abuse. The plot [[TorturePorn (if you can]] [[PornWithoutPlot call it that)]] is about a ten-year-old girl whose parents are brutally murdered, and then used as a SexSlave by a sadistic circus sideshow, tortured by one of them who wants her for himself, [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil turned just as evil as they are]], and ends with her brutally murdering the rest of the cast to avenge his death. Along the way, there's also cruelty to animals, cannibalism, and necrophilia. (To give one an idea of how disturbing it is, web-critic WebVideo/PhantomStrider not only called it the worst anime of all time, but the worst ''animation'' of all time, and [[CausticCritic for him]] that's saying a lot.)

%%* ''Anime/MidoriShoujoTsubaki'', the animated adaptation of ''Manga/MrArashisAmazingFreakShow'', is an anime so ''bad'' it's even banned in Japan, the government also forbidding its international distribution. (Clearly, a few smuggled copies survived.) This horrific anime was written, directed, and produced by one man, who also animated the entire thing, simply because he couldn't find a studio willing to produce an anime with such blatant images of pedophilia and child abuse. The plot [[TorturePorn (if you can]] [[PornWithoutPlot call it that)]] is about a ten-year-old girl whose parents are brutally murdered, and then used as a SexSlave by a sadistic circus sideshow, tortured by one of them who wants her for himself, [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil turned just as evil as they are]], and ends with her brutally murdering the rest of the cast [[StockholmSyndrome to avenge his death]]. Along the way, there's also cruelty to animals, cannibalism, and necrophilia. (To give one an idea of how disturbing it is, web-critic WebVideo/PhantomStrider not only called it the worst anime of all time, but the worst ''animation'' of all time, and [[CausticCritic for him]] that's saying a lot.)

* '''''[[Anime/AbunaiSisters Abunai Sisters: Koko & Mika]]''''' is an anime made to promote Kyoko and Mika Kano, two real-life Japanese celebrities, that landed a spot on many "worst" lists shortly after release. The animation (all CGI) is about on par with a [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation PS1]] CG cutscene, despite the show being released in ''2009'' (and [[https://myanimelist.net/anime/5877/Abunai_Sisters__Koko___Mika made by]] ''Creator/ProductionIG''), the voice acting is incredibly annoying (and in broken English for some reason), and there's little if any plot. It tries to be a comedy, but in a critical flaw for a comedy, it's not even slightly funny (once the shock of "Oh God, this thing exists" has worn off). With no jokes and no plotting, the only thing the show has left to rely on is its {{fanservice}}, with an uncanny number of scenes focusing on the central characters' breasts. Unfortunately, the characters (who were designed by famed manga artist Susumu Matsushita) resemble [[UnintentionalUncannyValley bobbleheads]] (and the BigBad suspiciously resembles [[Anime/SpiritedAway Yubaba]]), and their vaunted cleavage looks like they've shoved basketballs down their shirts -- which, when coupled with the awful animation, [[FetishRetardant renders any attempt at fanservice utterly unappealing]]. The result is something with one hell of an UncertainAudience, as the show is too sexual for children, but its simplistic {{slapstick}} is too childish for adults. Only two episodes were ever aired, with the eight remaining ones only being released on DVD, where the voice acting was pitched up for some reason, making it unbearably grating to listen to (which is only alleviated by the show's short runtime of three minutes per episode). If you have any doubts, allow Demolition D+ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JetluD1E5aw to relieve them]].

* '''''Blue Flames''''' is a deservedly obscure 45-minute OVA from 1989. Its production values are very lacking for an OVA (which usually have higher budgets than TV series), with bland designs, art and animation of the lowest quality, sluggish pace, lackluster voice acting, and an ill-fitting soundtrack. But what makes it awful is its [[DesignatedHero protagonist]], a stoic social climber named Ryuichi Kaizu who wants to enter Tokyo University. He abuses his family and a string of women he seduces, driving one to attempt suicide, in order to fulfill his goals. In one of the worst examples of misogynistic wish-fulfillment in [=OVAs=] of the time, when one woman confronts him, he rapes her and she submits to him. He [[KarmaHoudini never faces punishment for any of this]]. It is little talked about but reviews can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luhdx1vWCRw here]] and [[http://www.theanimereview.com/reviews/blueflames.html here]], though be warned of disturbing sex scenes.

* '''''Blue Flames''''' is a deservedly obscure 45-minute OVA from 1989. Its production values are very lacking for an OVA (which usually have higher budgets than TV series), with bland designs, art and animation of the lowest quality, sluggish pace, lackluster voice acting, and an unsuited soundtrack. But what makes it awful is its [[DesignatedHero protagonist]], a stoic social climber named Ryuichi Kaizu who wants to enter Tokyo University. He abuses his family and a string of women he seduces, driving one to attempt suicide, in order to fulfill his goals. In one of the worst examples of misogynistic wish-fulfillment in [=OVAs=] of the time, when one woman confronts him, he rapes her and she submits to him. He [[KarmaHoudini never faces punishment for any of this]]. It is little talked about but reviews can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luhdx1vWCRw here]] and [[http://www.theanimereview.com/reviews/blueflames.html here]], though be warned of disturbing sex scenes.

* '''''[[Anime/AbunaiSisters Abunai Sisters: Koko & Mika]]''''' is an anime made to promote Kyoko and Mika Kano, two real-life Japanese celebrities, that landed a spot on many "worst" lists shortly after release. The animation (all CGI) is about on par with a [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation PS1]] CG cutscene, despite the show being released in ''2009'' (and [[https://myanimelist.net/anime/5877/Abunai_Sisters__Koko___Mika made by]] ''Creator/ProductionIG''), the voice acting is incredibly annoying (and is in broken English for some reason), and there's little if any plot. It tries to be a comedy, but in a critical flaw for a comedy, it's not even slightly funny (once the shock of "Oh God, this thing exists" has worn off). With no jokes and no plotting, the only thing the show has left to rely on is its {{fanservice}}, with an uncanny number of scenes focusing on the central characters' breasts. Unfortunately, the characters (who were designed by famed manga artist Susumu Matsushita) resemble [[UnintentionalUncannyValley bobbleheads]] (and the BigBad suspiciously resembles [[Anime/SpiritedAway Yubaba]]), and their vaunted cleavage looks like they've shoved basketballs down their shirts -- which, when coupled with the awful animation, [[FetishRetardant renders any attempt at fanservice utterly unappealing]]. The result is something with one hell of an UncertainAudience, as the show is too sexual for children, but its simplistic {{slapstick}} is too childish for grown-ups. Only two episodes were ever aired, with the eight remaining ones only being released on DVD, where the voice acting was pitched up for some reason, making it unbearably grating to listen to for extended periods of time (which is only alleviated by the show's short runtime of three minutes per episode). If you have any doubts, allow Demolition D+ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JetluD1E5aw to relieve them]].
* The anime adaptation of '''''VisualNovel/{{Amnesia|Memories}}''''' ([[SimilarlyNamedWorks no relation to]] ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'') is often used as a shining example of why anime of otome games are usually awful. It has a convoluted plot that tries to be intriguing but instead comes across as confusing and pretentious; ugly, garish character designs; characters who are either extremely bland or completely unlikeable (including a nameless TooDumbToLive FlatCharacter as ''the main protagonist''); one of the worst handled {{yandere}}s in anime history; and oodles of sexism. When Creator/SentaiFilmworks announced both an English dub and a Blu-ray release, there was actual ''outrage'' from anime fan communities as to why it deserved such treatment (it was allegedly to promote a possible English release of the original visual novel).
* The anime adaptation of '''''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting''''' often ends up on a lot of "[[WorstWhateverEver Worst Anime Ever]]" lists, and for good reason, too. The art direction is duller than dirt, the character design is inconsistent at best, and AdaptationalDyeJob at worst; and the anime's IdiotPlot (the main characters, who come across as dumbasses here, don't even learn about the MacGuffin until ''halfway through'' the anime), while less than 45 minutes, ''still'' feels padded (at one point, the anime repeats exposition that was given not ''five minutes earlier''), and without stakes. But worst of all are the "[[FightSceneFailure fight scenes]]", as the characters seem to have no weight, and they're boarded in a bland and uninspired manner. Compounding matters is the editing, which makes the choreography (such as it is) hard to follow. ''WebVideo/KyotoVideo'' tears it apart [[https://youtu.be/YXvUUxJz4Bg here]], while WebVideo/BennettTheSage snarks at it [[https://youtu.be/S2lBcYZ23gA here]].

* '''''Anime/GenmaWars''''', the 2002 anime adaptation of Creator/ShotaroIshinomori's 1979 manga ''Genma Taisen: Shinwa Zenya no Shou''. It tried to be a self-standing adaptation, itself questionable given the source's place in the ''Genma Taisen'' franchise, and it did so by keeping or eliminating things from the manga very arbitrarily. These included elements of lore that tied the source back to the rest of the franchise, and gave it its identity and depth -- most notably, its trademark {{Downer Ending}}s. Even more went unexplored, making the story even more confusing to newcomers. They also tacked on gratuitous amounts of violence and nudity (which were censored, pretty clumsily, in the English localization), screwing with the tone and alienating the old guard. And yet, none of these changes actually did anything to update the manga, by this point more than 20 years old and [[FairForItsDay very obviously so.]] Anything that could be salvaged from all this is done in by the awful, cheap-as-chips animation and incredibly lazy art direction -- especially inexcusable considering the source was visually one of Ishinomori's most ambitious works. [=MercuryFalcon=], who is a big fan of Ishinomori's work, takes a look at it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4QXbT6uhQU here.]]

* '''''Blue Flames''''' is a deservedly obscure 45-minute OVA from 1989. Its production values are very lacking for an OVA (which usually have higher budgets than TV series), with bland designs, art and animation of the lowest quality, sluggish pace, lackluster voice acting, and an unsuited soundtrack. But what makes it awful is its [[DesignatedHero protagonist]], a stoic social climber named Ryuichi Kaizu who wants to enter Tokyo University. He abuses his family and a string of women he seduces, driving one to attempt suicide, in order to fulfill his goals. In one of the worst cases of misogynistic wish-fulfillment of [=OVAs=] of the time, when one woman confronts him, he rapes her and she submits to him. He [[KarmaHoudini never faces punishment for any of this]]. It is little talked about but reviews can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luhdx1vWCRw here]] and [[http://www.theanimereview.com/reviews/blueflames.html here]], though be warned of disturbing sex scenes.

** The OVA '''''Anime/MarsOfDestruction''''' is clearly a pathetic attempt at being dark and edgy by way of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', only the plot is non-existent, and the characters don't ever get any development and end up completely forgettable. The animation and fight scenes aren't any better, either. It's as if the animators weren't even ''trying to make an anime''. And the title has nothing to do with [[EarthShatteringKaboom planetary explosions]], which would've been far more interesting. Creator/MasakoX of Creator/TeamFourStar reviews it [[http://channelawesome.com/anifile-mars-of-destruction-review/ here.]] You can also watch it in its entirety [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcn4ndi4Gcw here]] [[BileFascination if you really want to]]. To assess how bad this series is, both the OVA and game have overwhelmingly negative reception. It holds the '''absolute worst''' rating on [=MyAnimeList.net=], a 2.2, [=AniList=] gives it a pitiful 19%, and [=IMDb=] clobbers it with a 1.8. Google users have for the game or OVA, with only 16% liking them.

* '''''Wonder Momo''''' was an anime adaptation of the obscure Japan-only Namco [[VideoGame/WonderMomo arcade game of the same name]] created by Website/ShiftyLook (though actual production of the show was mostly handled by Creator/{{Graphinica}}, whose non-post-production work is usually more contentious than outright horrible). Released in 2010 and taking place after the arcade game, it was a 5-episode ONA (Original Net Animation, meaning it went directly to the internet) as part of Bandai-Namco's attempt to turn the game into a full-blown franchise, works in this effort being a comic also produced by [=ShiftyLook=] (with this anime reusing character designs from the comic) and a tie-in game to the comic ''Wonder Momo: Typhoon Booster'' by [=WayForward=]. This is considered to be the worst work of the bunch, the worst thing to come out of [=ShiftyLook=] (Compare that to the ''Mappy'' and ''Bravoman'' adaptations, which were reasonably well-liked), and one of the worst anime of all time. Reasons being for its nonsensical story that tries to tell too much in the short timeframe it's given and has the audacity to end on a cliffhanger that is [[NoEnding never followed up on]] (possibly due to the closure of [=ShiftyLook=]), the flat, uninteresting characters, choppy animation, and bad voice acting, special mention going to the main character herself Momoko, [[VocalDissonance who sounds nothing like an actual teenager and more like a woman well into her 30s.]] Being a parody of old tokusatsu shows, it accomplishes this by [[ClicheStorm playing all of the tropes of the genre completely straight.]] The only redeeming qualities are its intro theme by Music/Area11 and the fact that each episode is mercifully short clocking in at 7 minutes each. It's in the top 50 lowest-rated anime of [=MyAnimeList=] and has made the site's [[https://myanimelist.net/featured/1254/10_of_the_WORST_Anime_of_All_Time 10 of the Worst Anime of All Time]] list.

* '''''Vampire Holmes''''' is a short 12-episode anime adaptation of a mobile video game of the same name. Despite being based on a RoomEscapeGame, most of the anime's runtime is dedicated to annoying, unfunny humor between the main characters rather than mystery-solving. The major contributing factor to this lack of content is likely the episodes' extremely short runtime; each episode is only about ''3 minutes''. It also fails as good Franchise/SherlockHolmes media, as the titular character is written as an unlikable LazyBum who spends most of the series never showing any of his inspiration's detective skills. To add insult to injury, the animation is painfully awkward, lazy and amateurish. [[NeverTrustATitle It doesn't even have vampires in it!]] Audience reception is almost [[https://www.anikore.jp/anime/9094/ uniformly]] [[https://myanimelist.net/anime/28929/Vampire_Holmes/reviews negative]]; Leo Hashee talks about it [[https://youtu.be/coK3Zg_a5Hw here]].

* '''''Vampire Holmes''''' is a short 12-episode anime adaptation of a mobile video game of the same name. Despite being based on a RoomEscapeGame, most of the anime's runtime is dedicated to annoying, unfunny humor between the main characters rather than mystery-solving. It also fails as good Franchise/SherlockHolmes media, as the titular character is written as an unlikable LazyBum who spends most of the series never showing any of his inspiration's detective skills. To add insult to injury, the animation is painfully awkward, lazy and amateurish. [[NeverTrustATitle It doesn't even have vampires in it!]] Audience reception is almost [[https://www.anikore.jp/anime/9094/ uniformly]] [[https://myanimelist.net/anime/28929/Vampire_Holmes/reviews negative]]; Leo Hashee talks about it [[https://youtu.be/coK3Zg_a5Hw here]].

* '''''Ladyspo''''' is not so much an anime as it's a barely animated slideshow, and it really does not help that this title is about ''sports''. The animation that does exist is as lazy as it gets – dialogues are depicted as static character faces [[MouthFlaps mouth flapping]] in tiny bubbles in the corners of the screen. The plot is generic -- teams of MsFanservice women competing in sports in outer space -- and delivered by a cast of bland characters. Most notably, the show opens on inexplicable ToiletHumour. Audience is [[https://www.anikore.jp/anime/11638/ not]] [[https://myanimelist.net/anime/37448/Ladyspo/reviews kind]].

Ignore for a few moments the great SubbingVersusDubbing debate among the anime fandom. There are certain shows or works in that medium that fail on their own merits and prove that being DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible is not exclusive to any one side of the Pacific. You know it's bad when even fans looking for a WidgetSeries exclaim "WTF?!?!?" after viewing.

* '''''Ladyspo''''' is not so much an anime as it's a barely animated slideshow, and it really does not help that this title is about ''sports''. The animation that does exist is as lazy as it gets – dialogues are depicted as static character faces [[MouthFlaps mouth flapping]] in tiny bubbles in the corners of the screen. The plot is generic – teams of MsFanservice women competing in sports in outer space – and delivered by a cast of bland characters. Most notably, the show opens on inexplicable ToiletHumor. Audience is[[https://www.anikore.jp/anime/11638/ not]] [[https://myanimelist.net/anime/37448/Ladyspo/reviews kind]].

# An anime isn't horrible just because WebVideo/BennettTheSage, [[Website/DesuDesBrigade Professor Otaku]], Don East, [[Webcomic/TheCartoonChroniclesOfConroyCat Doggy D. Dachshund and Conroy Cat]], WebVideo/BlackCriticGuy, WebVideo/MothersBasement, or any other CausticCritic reviewed it. There needs to be independent evidence, such as actual professional pannings, to list it. Once it is listed, those critics can provide the detailed review(s).

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* '''''[[Anime/AbunaiSisters Abunai Sisters: Koko & Mika]]''''' is an anime made to promote Kyoko and Mika Kano, two real-life Japanese celebrities, that landed a spot on many "worst" lists shortly after release. The animation (all CGI) is about on par with a [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation PS1]] CG cutscene, despite the show being released in ''2009'' (and [[https://myanimelist.net/anime/5877/Abunai_Sisters__Koko___Mika made by]] ''Creator/ProductionIG''), the voice acting is incredibly annoying (and is in broken English for some reason), and there's little if any plot. It tries to be a comedy, but in a critical flaw for a comedy, it's not even slightly funny (once the shock of "Oh God, this thing exists" has worn off). With no jokes and no plotting, the only thing the show has left to rely on is its {{fanservice}}, with an uncanny number of scenes focusing on the central characters' breasts. Unfortunately, the characters (who were designed by famed manga artist Susumu Matsushita) resemble [[UnintentionalUncannyValley bobbleheads]] (and the BigBad suspiciously resembles [[Anime/SpiritedAway Yubaba]]), and their vaunted cleavage looks like they've shoved basketballs down their shirts -- which, when coupled with the awful animation, [[FetishRetardant renders any attempt at fanservice utterly unappealing]]. Only two episodes were ever aired, with the studio [[BuryYourArt locking the remaining eight up and never showing them]] -- and frankly, it's easy to see why. If you have any doubts, allow Demolition D+ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JetluD1E5aw to relieve them]]. Surprisingly enough, a DVD ''was'' released, and someone bought it and released the rest of the episodes onto the Internet. The other eight episodes are just as bad, if not worse than imagined. Adding to that, the audio was pitched up for some reason, [[FromBadToWorse so it's somehow even more difficult to watch than before]]. View it in its entirety [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2KlGkcUxVEeori8esAbY2ss9lkn56ncA here.]]

** '''''Anime/{{Gibiate}}''''', despite possessing an all-star production team including the likes of Creator/YoshitakaAmano, Creator/YuzoKoshiro, and Creator/TheYoshidaBrothers, utterly fails to live up to the reputation of its creators. Intended to be a throwback to the days of ultraviolent [=90s=] anime, it instead winds up embodying everything that was wrong with the anime of that decade. While the premise is utterly ridiculous (a samurai, a ninja and a monk being sent forward in time into a post-apocalyptic world), it at least had the potential to be entertaining -- unfortunately, the anime's piss-poor animation and consistently OffModel character designs make the action scenes dull and the characterization scenes unappealing. [[FlatCharacter The characters have all the depth of an inflatable kiddie pool]], and the story is a blatant collection of post-apocalyptic {{cliche|Storm}}s crossed with an IdiotPlot that mostly revolves around [[TooDumbToLive characters' easily-avoidable deaths due to their own stupid actions]]. What the show assumes passes for CharacterDevelopment is ''characters monologuing directly into the camera'', framed like RealityShow segments. The climax of the show features an intelligence-insulting AssPull that renders the main characters' journey AllForNothing -- and bafflingly, the anime [[EsotericHappyEnding tries to sell it as an optimistic ending]] despite the fact that [[spoiler:[[EverybodyDiesEnding all but two of the characters are dead]]]]. The end result is an utter failure that does nothing but tarnish its creators' reputations.[[note]]This anime was the brainchild of Ryo Aoki, who was also responsible for the critically-panned ''Anime/{{Endride}}''. While he doesn't yet have the track record of someone like Yoshiteru Satou, he's quickly gaining a similar reputation for delivering back-to-back bottom-tier anime. While lead animation producer Creator/StudioElle has mostly retreated back to doing subcontracted work for other companies.[[/note]] Trash Tier Waifu tears it apart [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFLF6g0A2Q0 here]], and in the list of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKTKRS71whE the worst anime of 2020]], WebVideo/MothersBasement places it squarely in the bottom of the barrel.

* '''''Vampire Holmes''''' is a short 12-episode anime adaptation of a mobile video game of the same name. Despite being based on a RoomEscapeGame, most of the anime's runtime is dedicated to annoying, unfunny humor between the main characters rather than mystery-solving. It also fails as good Franchise/SherlockHolmes media, as the titular character is written as an unlikable LazyBum who spends most of the series never showing any of his inspiration's detective skills. To add insult to injury, the animation is painfully awkward, lazy and amateurish. Audience reception is almost [[https://www.anikore.jp/anime/9094/ uniformly]] [[https://myanimelist.net/anime/28929/Vampire_Holmes/reviews negative]]; Leo Hashee talks about it [[https://youtu.be/coK3Zg_a5Hw here]].

* '''''Anime/HandShakers''''' became notorious almost instantly after it began airing, largely in part due to its horrendous animation style full of janky frames, poor color mixing, awkward movement, [[TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects abundance of poorly-integrated CG]], and a number of other issues which has led to many labeling the anime unwatchable (to the point that it's even caused migraines and motion sickness in some viewers). Those who ''try'' to watch the anime for the plot aren't going to get anything out of it either, with bland characters, a non-existent plot [[IdiotPlot driven by stupidity]], terrible pacing (with very little in the way of plot happening over more than half the anime) and a heaping amount of off-putting IncestSubtext. The anime especially became notorious on Anime News Network, where [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hand-shakers/episode-4/.111708 its fourth episode ended up being one of the very few anime episodes to ever get an "F" ranking]], with the rest of the series almost ''never'' raising above a pathetic "D". This led to many watching out of pure BileFascination. Watch WebVideo/MothersBasement tear it apart [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2L5Q2601n8 here.]]

* '''''Abunai Sisters: Koko & Mika''''' is an anime made to promote Kyoko and Mika Kano, two real-life Japanese celebrities, that landed a spot on many "worst" lists shortly after release. The animation (all CGI) is about on par with a [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation PS1]] CG cutscene, despite the show being released in ''2009'' (and [[https://myanimelist.net/anime/5877/Abunai_Sisters__Koko___Mika made by]] ''Creator/ProductionIG''), the voice acting is incredibly annoying (and is in broken English for some reason), and there's little if any plot. It tries to be a comedy, but in a critical flaw for a comedy, it's not even slightly funny (once the shock of "Oh God, this thing exists" has worn off). With no jokes and no plotting, the only thing the show has left to rely on is its {{fanservice}}, with an uncanny number of scenes focusing on the central characters' breasts. Unfortunately, the characters (who were designed by famed manga artist Susumu Matsushita) resemble [[UnintentionalUncannyValley bobbleheads]] (and the BigBad suspiciously resembles [[Anime/SpiritedAway Yubaba]]), and their vaunted cleavage looks like they've shoved basketballs down their shirts -- which, when coupled with the awful animation, [[FetishRetardant renders any attempt at fanservice utterly unappealing]]. Only two episodes were ever aired, with the studio [[BuryYourArt locking the remaining eight up and never showing them]] -- and frankly, it's easy to see why. If you have any doubts, allow Demolition D+ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JetluD1E5aw to relieve them]]. Surprisingly enough, a DVD ''was'' released, and someone bought it and released the rest of the episodes onto the Internet. The other eight episodes are just as bad, if not worse than imagined. Adding to that, the audio was pitched up for some reason, [[FromBadToWorse so it's somehow even more difficult to watch than before]]. View it in its entirety [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2KlGkcUxVEeori8esAbY2ss9lkn56ncA here.]]

* The InNameOnly anime adaptation of Toshio Maeda's {{Hentai}} manga '''''Nightmare Campus''''' heavily rips off almost everything from Creator/GoNagai's ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'', including the plot, the characters, and the art style (to the point where it can be assumed that the production was most likely doing it to try and fool the audience into thinking they're watching a Go Nagai creation). The sex scenes are largely FetishRetardant, take up most of the plot, and seem to go on forever. And when the plot doesn't focus on the gratuitous sex, it shoves in incredibly gross and equally gratuitous {{gorn}} seemingly only for shock value.