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what's the ugliest anime you've watched?

What's the ugliest anime you've ever watched? By ugly I mean art style wise of course. I tried to watch special A but the legs were so long and I hated the style so much it just threw me off. I also tried to watch Gokudolls but the animation budget was so low it kind of ruined it for me. Any body else have a similar experience?


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Reply by Ascher

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Oooh there’s so many styles that… leave much to be desired…but I really can’t stand the anime’s where everyone else is normal… and then all of the main cast that are girls look like aliens because their eyes are THAT big..too many anime’s fall into this.. and I’ll just never watch because if it lol. 




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Reply by Ascher

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Oooh there’s so many styles that… leave much to be desired…but I really can’t stand the anime’s where everyone else is normal… and then all of the main cast that are girls look like aliens because their eyes are THAT big..too many anime’s fall into this.. and I’ll just never watch because if it lol. 




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Reply by AJ( ´・・)ノ(._.`)

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 Probably Mob Psycho for me. The show is really good but bro they're so ugly.



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Reply by karacore

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As much as i love Fruits Basket the reboot made me realize how weird some of the characters look.. like they really had my girl Tohru looking like a BUG


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Reply by JillyBean

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As iconic and amazing as the original Higurashi was, some of the animation left A LOT to be desired ...




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Reply by tw1nk b0i

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omg definitly [dont get afinded the fans who like this anime] dragon ball z...


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Reply by Galestorm

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Personally I hate the art style of part 3 of Jojo. It’s just so… angular. I don’t like it. The rest of the parts look fine though


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Reply by tanza!

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DEFINITELY DEVILMAN CRUBABY besides the fact it's traumatizing the art gets on my nerves

they have chicken legs


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Reply by izukopliiz

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BORUTO DEFINITELY


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Reply by O-ton

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Definitely Ex-Arm. 3D anime can be amazing but… man that is some awful stuff. The way the faces move will never leave me and serve as a constant reminder of how much can go wrong when skilled artists are given the wrong jobs.


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Reply by kase ⁉️

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rent a girlfriend bcs like wtf is that anime


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Reply by xXferal_emoXx

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my most general answer would be visual novel adaptations from the early 2000s when studios hadn't mastered digital colouring yet. so the anime's art style would be a far-cry from the VN art. the lowest-hanging fruit in this category would be the Tsui no Sora OVA (there used to be a censored version online but I'm p sure it's lost now) since it's a bargain bin budget adaptation of a VN that didn't look amazing either lol


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Reply by mei

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prison school...


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Reply by metanoia

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okay so maybe not too popular of an opinion but ik a few people irl who feel the same way,,


i don't really like the style for ohshc,, like it's fitting in some way that i can't really place but it always throws me way off when i see it. not downright ugly or anything,, it just personally cranks the wrong gear in my head to look at the art style lol 


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Reply by TheUserPerson

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I haven't watched it since it's literally the worst anime of all time but: Abunai Sisters


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Reply by TurntechGnostics

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Couldn’t handle Popteamepic for the life of me, It seemed like it would be so much fun but it was just sensory overload tbh.


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Reply by valbixx

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idk if this is a hot take or not but blue period. the characters were drawn poorly in my opinion


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Reply by ★ HOMICIDAL CENTIPEDE ★

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Omg I’m so glad I haven’t been the only one who saw “Back street girls: Goku Dolls.” Oh my lord,  If y’all don’t know what it is, It’s basically 3 guys being SURGICALLY forced and abused into becoming girl idols. Ntm the art style was so ugly, Like I can draw a stick figure and it would be a better anime then that stupid shit. 


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Reply by Marcy<3

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Definitely blood c. Like the anime is so confusing and rlly annoying


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Reply by GENOSAD

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It's not "ugly" so much as it is jarring... Dorohedoro has a lot of moments that look really nice, but then they'll cut straight to a scene that looks so awful in comparison. In any given 5-minute period, I'll see a frame that looks like the coolest thing ever, followed by another frame that looks ugly as hell.

What's worst is that the story really had me hooked, but because I kept getting the whiplash of "this looks so coo- Oh, now it looks like shit," I just couldn't finish it after getting halfway through. It's a real shame, and is honestly worse than an anime that just looks all-around ugly.


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Reply by Cat <3

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Not necessarily the anime in general js the character design on a few of the characters. (No one come for me plz cuz we all know how the fandom is ) My Hero bro.. it's js the character design for Bakugou, Shinso, and Dabi was js not it for me. Like everyone is simping over them for..what exactly?? Also, the eyes for the female students are so big for no reason, but the general art style for the anime is pretty good in my opinion.


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Reply by PsYdUcKfAnXD

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"Love tyrant" artstyle is terrible and there is so much fan service. Like wth


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OMG BEASTERS, I mean, the anime is good, the cgi its not that bad, BUT SOME ANIMALS LOOKS HORRIBLE, in the manga they dont look like this


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Reply by mwalliy

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Recuerdo haber visto un anime casi apocaliptico o algo por el estilo, donde (no recuerdo porque) el protagonista recibe algo como un "poder" el cual le permitia controlar literalmente a placer todo a su alrededor en un rango minimo de cobertura. El punto esque el "poder" estaba relativamente ¿bien? pero despúes metieron temas tipo furro y luego el protagonista se mete a tener relaciones sexuales con su hermana ( de sangre) la cual estaba como en un hospital.... lo deje justo ahi y por eso lol

Psdt: Habia una escena que nunca olvido, el protagonista toma de las orejas a una hibrida y la embaraza por eso... WTF?


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Reply by puppypropaganda

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I think this is a relatively popular opinion among bungo stray dog fans but I'd have to say the Bungo Stray Dogs anime. The manga is beautiful but Studio Bones must have beef with the series or something. I've only watched the first 3 seasons and switched completely over to the manga. I have no intentions of watching the newest seasons because it seems like they've butchered some iconic scenes.

 Anyways, most of my beef the art style has to do with the turtle looking mouths, weird side profiles (they give a lot of the characters really defined chins even if they don't have them at all in the manga), and of course the fish eye lens shots that take you out of serious moments. Also the official anime art is ummmm. interesting looking to say the least.


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Reply by sk3l3d0llz

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someone is gonna hate me 4 this but definitely dragon ball z or one piece.... im sorry the art styles r so fucking ugly i physically cant watch it


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Reply by Yeon

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backstreet girls, but i recommend it (its on netflix)


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Reply by Cy3k0

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Ex-arm, it has an interesting story and I really like the manga but the anime definitely shouldn't exist


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Reply by acidatom!x

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I have to say, zero two. I have no clue why people saw her as “hot” and stuff but she was so..yuck

so darling in the franxx is the worst thing ever in anime


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Reply by Bublixie

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Rent a girlfriend ong the shittyest anime ever the art is ok but everything else is just... ew


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Reply by MaoMao

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This is gonna make people mad but I gotta be honest, Naruto has soooooo bad animations even one piece’s animations was 10 times better than whatever Naruto’s was, ngl the story was good 


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Reply by JINXBURGER

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I love one peice but sometimes the art style makes me cringe- I also refuse to watch 7 deadly sins because the characters are so damn ugly 


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Reply by MEL

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boko no pico .... I was forced to watch it against my will plz imnotweird I swear


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Reply by Sean † Christ

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GOTTA be Baki.

Look at this shit it’s fucking horrendous! 



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Reply by Kitsune

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boku no pico 

dragon ball

im sure i have seen others but i cant remember


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Reply by iPodsRlifeXOXO

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the newer one piece artstyle


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Reply by note2self

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In recent memory, FLCL Grunge's style is so jarring to look at/watch


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Reply by luffy !

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Definitely utsu musume sayuri, its so ugly and sus I cringed throughout the whole time I watched it.


How is it even considered an anime in the first place?


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Reply by Valheim

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Titans Bride. i got half an episode in and quit. 


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Reply by Celine

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I JUST CAN'T WATCH ANIMES THAT SOME BODY PART OF THE CHRACTERS ARE GIGANT OR TOO SMALL. Some bl's mangas have this style, like

90s yaoi men really do be built different : r/BadMensAnatomy

WHAT IS THIS?????? 


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Reply by Liam Lavoie

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I didn't have to watch much of it but i still have trouble forgiving my pal for making me watch some of that ballroom anime. i don't even remember the title but everyone's neck was really uncomfortable


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Reply by soapcatboy22

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Mirai nikki, chobits, School of death (or of the dead) specially this one bc it's fuuking full of echii and highschool girl gets way too much sexualized...I just wanted to see a cool anime bout zombies and ended disgusted. also that one anime (i dont remember the name) of a junior high LITTLE GIRL who fell in love with HER TEACHER, there was one scene where idk the girl was thanking her teacher for something and then she lifts up her dress...I HATE that anime it's disgusting, I never ended it but I saw that the end was like the girl was now 16 and got in a """legal""" relationship with her teacher. I hate these types of animes, mostly of them I never manage to finish them


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Reply by snakeness

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If someone answers with anything that isn't "Chargeman Ken", it's not actually that bad.


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Reply by amber

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bungou stray dogs

the manga is amazing but studio bones did the series so wrong


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Reply by mattis

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honestly devilman crybaby it was so good but SO ugly


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Reply by M

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I cannot watch one piece. It looks so bad.


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Reply by xxPawlinaPoisonxx

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Haven't watched it but the jojo artstyle looks awful


Also didnt really like the dragon ball artstyle


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Reply by Bruja Madeleine

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one piece... Esos diseños estan feos


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Reply by zombie

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not really the artstyle. but i jst wanna vent it. basically school days. one of the most horrendous animes ive ever watched. like, if you like it i will turn a blind eye. but i had thought this anime was gonna be wholesome but it was the most ugly, gut wrenching, eye bleaching anime i have ever watched. i beg all of yall to never watch it to keep your sanity but if you're curious like i was im sorry... deeply.


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Reply by Aal1y4h

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i cant rlly remember what its called in english but i think its something like convenience store boy friend it was so sluggish i couldnt watch past the first ep 


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