The Worst Anime of 2020

2020 was... a year. And while it gave us some great anime, it also gave us... these. Buckle up and brace yourselves for the Worst Anime of the Worst Year! Brought to you by suffering!
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Chapters:
0:00 Welcome to heck
0:40 5. Roast Dragon & Other Leftovers
5:37 4. The Eugenics Harem
11:00 3. The Chuuniest Gacha Anime
20:09 2. Ninja Gimp Magic
34:16 1. PAIN
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In the depths of his Mother's Basement, Geoff Thew creates videos analyzing the storytelling techniques of anime and video games. He has been named the number one Worst KZbin Anime Reviewer by The Top Tens.

[@belannawalker2164]

"You really thought killing me would be enough to make me die???" But but...people die when they are killed...!

[@AegixDrakan]

Underrated comment right here. XD

[@aratabhist]

He have guts activated

[@InVinoVeratas]

How does one kill a person that has already been died?

[@etam8099]

@@InVinoVeratas killed

[@BurningLove73]

my life is a lie!!😱😱

[@Polkavona]

“We have Armstrong at home” SENT ME ONG

[@DaFieFie]

Shit slayed me.

[@weiwuxian7026]

Anyone give the timestamp pleaseeee

[@kosmicznywariat4880]

I feel bad about the fact you had to watch them all to make this video

[@swwetsour7697]

@@weiwuxian7026 23:08

[@greenman784]

Lol

[@whomst855]

The harem actually makes me feel more bad for the girl who he "loves" than the guy. Imagine finding out the guy who you planned to marry slept with 3+ girls behind your back.

[@infinitemidnightghostmourner]

Not just that, but the message the writers sent was "if you live your life as a prude, you're definitely gonna get cheated on." Like. As a woman who stayed a virgin til marriage because of my own personal values, that feels pretty crappy. Also, the other message the writers sent was "no consequences for cheaters, yay!" Not only did they romanticize scumbaggery, they FAILED at romanticizing scumbaggery. 0/10, no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

[@Vexas345]

If you think about it, he was just grinding mobs before the boss fight.

[@whomst855]

@@infinitemidnightghostmourner THIS. You just *know* the person is a scumbag if that's the message they want to convey. How much do you want to convey the authors message of "I don't care about my partner's wishes. If she doesn't want to have sex with me then she shouldn't be suprised I cheated on her" without saying anything? This anime: Yes

[@TheRogueEmpire]

but can you blame him? he's not cheating with a bunch of fives, there all solid gold 10s! no man can resist such attacks, no matter how much love there is.

[@whomst855]

@@TheRogueEmpire Still his fault. If you already promised someone a future, don't go off to sleep with other women, even if they're a 10. That's just common sense and the number 1 rule of how not to be a scumbag. He doesn't even have to common decency to break it off with the girl after the first time. He's scum and you just can't justify his actions.

[@bubalackgaming8892]

The anime about the guy cheating on his fiancee makes me genuinely uncomfortable, there are some things you just cannot frame in a positive light.

[@aquariussolaris2492]

Like its the most unrelatable thing. If i was peter i would simply stay my ass at home with my girlfriend. Rip to him but im different.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

@@rikowolfin4984 see that would all be fine and good(aside form the cheating obviously) if the show didn't oddly potray Peter as a victim and the girls as likeble. Prison school did this better.

[@ziploc819]

It doesn't even give a good reason for it. ooh this guy has no self control, p i t y h i m

[@bubalackgaming8892]

Okay 2 months later I can say that this is indeed unbelievable garbage but at *least* it's not Redo of a Healer.

[@devilboy4877]

@@bubalackgaming8892 Nah, atleast redo of a healer's MC only do fu*ked up shit and everyone knows that and I already stopped watching it at episode 2 and I know it's trash but Peter grill's think we will like the protagonist and characters by including s*x jokes and bad comedy.

[@johnathanmonsen6567]

Friends don't let friends make Gibiate.

[@philiphockenbury6563]

Truer words have never been spoken

[@priestesslucy3299]

I feel like the only worst list Gibiate really belongs on is Most Wasted Potential. Between the designs and the premise it could have been Anime of the Year if produced properly, but it wound up like a 6 out of 10 (real ranking from someone who watched it as it was airing and enjoyed it for what it was, but fwiw I'm not an Animation Snob so that element didn't really hurt my rating)

[@philiphockenbury6563]

@@priestesslucy3299 oh so it's just a mediocre show that could have been the coolest thing ever. man that suckes.

[@xscythe67]

Also never trust Gonzo

[@allengordon6929]

Gibiate? More like gibbering animal (which is the only explanation as to how something so awesome could be fucked up so badly; the production comittee was composed of them).

[@tessieract]

As an aspiring writer, Gibiate did one thing well: it gave me an actual anime that I can point to and say "I've written better plots than that"

[@onepiecegotmeinlove691]

Hahaha yeah, that’s what I’ll do from now on.

[@vay9395]

Hell yeah, gives me confidence to create my show🤣

[@oddeyes9413]

Same.

[@ProjectEchoshadow]

Same

[@ddjsoyenby]

even my weird edgy fanfic is better.

[@Monothefox]

Do not forget that the "philosopher's time" is japanese for "post-nut clarity". I am not kidding.

[@InVinoVeratas]

Gross.

[@StarryxNight5]

That and "absolute territory" makes me think the japanese get incredibly creative when describing things of a sexual nature

[@samboujaiteh3331]

Knowing this somehow makes the series even more insulting.

[@allengordon6929]

@@StarryxNight5 Nothing on slavs and eastern europeans

[@kl3321]

☠️

[@Ultimate_Ace]

I re-watched the pink haired chick in Gibiate reloading the shotgun like 20 times and whoever animated that scene has NO idea how shotguns work.

[@lifeonpause3872]

I was waiting for the shotgun scene after this comment and I was not disappointed. I don't know a lot about guns but it was something to watch

[@reptiliannoizezz.413]

Oh god, yeah, just saw it..

[@roytommy9625]

time stamp please

[@alexisv625]

@@roytommy9625 48:01

[@bthsr7113]

All it would take is one quick google or youtube search.

[@-datrandomdude-6979]

Gibiate became the first actual full TV anime on MyAnimeList with a score below 4.00. what a legend.

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

Low rated shows doesn't make it bad All the time I mean Spy kids us lived by many and is under 6.00 xd

[@ElangRk]

@@senritsujumpsuit6021 but Gibiate is still just bruh anime

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

@@ElangRk not saying Gibiate was good just saying low rating doesn't automatically mean its the worst I mean Buroto is like an 8+ but ya know the anime is uh oh

[@V2ULTRAKill]

@@senritsujumpsuit6021 true but it is history being made that it was THAT unpopular

[@mateohernandez1803]

@@senritsujumpsuit6021 boruto isnt a 8, its a 5 atleast

[@Literally-Brian]

Geoff’s suffering is worth more than any Christmas present

[@markallieu7097]

Man sacrifices his sanity for us, what a good man

[@fen8321]

It's why he's the pope

[@JiveCinema]

you know the funny thing is all the anime he listed, I watched the first few episodes of each. then I felt bad that I didn't want to watch them again. Now I don't feel bad anymore, they friggin sucked.

[@andrewkful]

Geoff's venacular alone is the only Christmas present I need.

[@flyingsha8316]

Is geoff is real name?

[@traestoflux]

i'm incredibly sorry, and honestly this video is all i've ever seen about gibiate, but the animation looks like yoshitaka amano's art in the same way that lacroix tastes like fruit smoothie

[@DrGandW]

If you put his prints at the epicenter of a nuke and tried to recreate the art from the nuke shadow

[@Ramsey276one]

Amano had a movie Anime made of the true art Dialed down a bit because they are humans XD but the movie is very surreal a philosophical so no problem

[@giornogiovanna8265]

Drip ramiel 😳

[@iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis]

@@giornogiovanna8265 I prefer ramiel chan

[@fightingmedialounge519]

Honestly you saying Peter wants a polyamorous relationship is giving him to much credit. He really just seems to want a bachelor's life style.

[@e-memes808]

After watching all 12 episodes, I can safely say he doesn't emotionally want polyamory or a bachelor life but the dude has no impulse control (or even a brain from a lot of his choices) and cannot stand firm on his emotional wants and desires once tetas are in view. He is a simp-brain when there are no boobs involved and doesn't even enjoy the times he has but there was only one time it was legitimate r**e while the other times he just physically cannot resist with no good reasons. He has a mental breakdown in episode 9 over his stupidity (but never actually improves himself afterwards) which shows that he doesn't like any of it but he takes no responsibility for his actions.

[@talltroll7092]

@@e-memes808 I'll freely admit I haven't watched it at all, but a lot of it sounds like it stems from cultural differences between Japan and Western cultures, mostly in that Japan hasn't got circa 2,000 years of Judeo-Christian sexual guilt woven into its cultural makeup, which leads to some very different attitudes about sex and relationships. Japan is a country where mixed nude bathing is unremarkable, but a married couple might not hold hands in public because it is "too embarrassing". I'm not saying either version is better or worse, but it would probably at least make a lot more sense if you were Japanese, or at least better versed in that culture. Similarly, a lot of Japanese are HORRIFIED about the content of some Western media, which we find pretty unremarkable, especially when it comes to depiction of violence

[@perfectcyan1153]

+Tall Troll …

[@TheGreatBackUpVIDEOS]

@@perfectcyan1153 ?

[@NoName-mi8js]

@@talltroll7092 There is no mixed nude bathing in Japan, and they are far more conservative and repressive about sex, especially for women. And no, married couple holding hands is not "too embarassing". Children frequently hold hand without any romantic entanglements. They also don't find depiction of violence horrifying. I don't think you have any idea how Japan actually works from anywhere other than questionable anime. Which is a really bad depiction since it suggests that a girl would get raped twice every week in Tokyo, that the Yakuza is actually some kind of cool, that there are no law enforcement you can turn to, and that every woman sound like a teenage girl with one of 5 voices, and every man talks like they are giving a pep talk or yelling at their dad. But no, it has nothing to do with cultural differences between Japan and Western cultures. Japanese would find Peter just as detestable.

[@godspeedyoublacknerd]

Gibiate looks like when an American cartoon wants to do an anime parody

[@theLikou1]

More like an american trying to adapt a japanese videogame... in the 90s. Like Darkstalkers or Street Fighter.

[@9Godslayer]

Fighting Foodons was more anime than this anime.

[@theblackphantomthief]

Neo Yokio?

[@tyronechillifoot5573]

@@theblackphantomthief no neo yokio was at least funny

[@hitachicordoba]

From MAL: "Gibiate was created by GIBIATE Project, a global IP development group consisting of internationally renowned Japanese creators such as Yoshitaka Amano ("Final Fantasy"), Naoki Serizawa ("Biohazard" / "Resident Evil"), Yuzo Koshiro (composer of "Ys" and "Act Raiser"), Yoshida Brothers (world-renowned shamisenist group) and SUGIZO (guitarist from LUNA SEA/X JAPAN)." --WTF HAPPENED???

[@Yggdraseed]

"Their character arc is a line" is one of the most well-worded indictments of a one-dimensional character I've ever heard.

[@brewv4140]

yea lol

[@eetu54]

Literally a linear path. 1d at its finest.

[@sadowheart7620]

Eugenics NTR Harem I had to rewind ten times to make sure I heard correctly

[@andrejg4136]

It's like someone tried to clean up a legit R18 manga series, and failed to redo the plot to at least make singe sense.

[@somedragonbastard]

Not just any eugenics NTR harem, one where all the jokes are founded on someone being sexually assaulted!

[@bowmanc.7439]

The point of that title seem to be lost on Geoff. The “Philosopher’s time” part refers to the moment of clarity a man experiences after ejaculating, in an otherwise perpetual horniness filled life.

[@cerbus6597]

Peter Grill is one of the funniest animes ive seen and the first time ive actually felt bad about a Hentai Protagonist, but funny none the less

[@NucleaRaptor]

>MUH YOOJENICS Seems to be a thing with him.

[@JarloftheNorth]

“It’s a real Romeo and Juliet moment, only incredibly stupid.” So... just a regular Romeo and Juliet moment, then.

[@InVinoVeratas]

They were very stupid, just like Shakespeare. Shakespeare was not taken seriously in his time, people viewed his work as akin to modern soap opera TV shows, only acted live on a stage.

[@randomusername1735]

@@InVinoVeratas Doesn't mean too much though. A lot of genuinely great artists that are popular among casual viewers and experts today where also barely recognized in their time.

[@alexschalk5439]

@@InVinoVeratas He still wasn't stupid. And it depnds on what you call serious. The queen didn't attend very many people's plays

[@InVinoVeratas]

@@alexschalk5439 didn’t say he was stupid, his plays were perceived as such. The English found it to be too melodramatic, and not logical enough. Many other play directors didn’t take Shakespeare seriously either. Now I’m not saying they’re right or wrong, but I am saying art is subjective, any many have many different interpretations of what is high concept art and what is considered to be low concept art.

[@MrAapasuo]

@@InVinoVeratas That goes for any time but I wouldnt say Shakespeare wasnt recognised, his plays being loved by normal people is what kept them played for years. He was widely recognised as one of the best playwriters of his time, if not best and his troupe got patronage first from Lord Chamberlain and then King himself, becoming the Kings Men as they are more widely known as.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

"Even the OP is atrocious" You know it's bad when he hates an op of an anime

[@gavinotheshitpostartist5586]

I'm back

[@marielcarey4288]

Damn even the kings raid anime had a great OP tf

[@The_Unrealistic_Human_Being]

Hello

[@armokgodofblood7593]

We meet again

[@sentience3033]

So u r also brainwashed by him

[@yaderx1]

You forgot to mention how most people immediately believed the samurais traveled in time instead of believing they were crazy like any normal person.

[@CollinBuckman]

I mean, when supernatural zombie things are attacking and destroying the world, your preconceived notions regarding what's physically possible or not probably go out the window. At that point, time traveling samurai are just another weird part of an already bizarre day lol

[@alessiacavalleri7833]

Oh yeah, there was also that. Same with the alien thing, no one bat an eyelash at the doctor's revelation.

[@caitlinbrewer4843]

Hilariously 'samurai who travel into the future' is ALSO a plot point this past year in One Piece. And somehow it is less ridiculous that THIS bullshit.

[@svenstevenson2245]

"AMV tier shit" HEY! I take offense to that, i've seen some really well edited AMV's.

[@ussinussinongawd516]

most amvs are shiyit tho

[@alan_5540]

Well.... the good ones are very VERY rare. Like rarer than minecraft ancient debris

[@OtakuAudioRedux]

Same here, though lately, most of the AMV's I've been watching have been Disney and other non-anime crossovers.

[@scytherzilla]

@@toogud7918 name doesn't sound promising

[@toogud7918]

@@scytherzilla it’s the biggest amv channel and I think the name is supposed to be irony or smth corny

[@stormhawkdude]

I truly, *genuinely* feel sorry for Geoff for forcing himself to watch any of Peter Grill. I was lied to years ago when the MonMusu anime was just out that "Peter Grill was just a more fantasy genre styled Monster Musume." and made it all of two and maybe a couple pages into chapter 3 when I just went "Fuck this series." Imagine my surprise when I heard it was getting animated. Geoff, if you're reading this right now; please have a warm cup of soothing tea, wrap up in a nice cozy blanket, put on RE:Creators again, and take some time for yourself because Jesus Christ do you deserve it just for Grill, let alone the rest of this list. Happy New Year to you and Yazy.

[@owenmaleski2203]

Peter Grill was one of the first anime that made me so uncomfortable that I dropped it. I've seen some trashy stuff, and I slogged my way through it in the vain hope that it would get better, but this one I couldn't do. I thought it going to be about how Peter would fight off the women because he was devoted to the one girl. Hell, he even entered and won a world-wide competition against the strongest people on the continent so that her father would finally give his approval. Then he spends every episode two, three and even five timing this girl that he allegedly wants to spend his life with. Geoff was right, this guy isn't a victim, he's a legitimately terrible person with no sense of honor, commitment or self control. Most bad anime characters either have their behavior explained with a scarring past but this guy is just a scumbag

[@svenstevenson2245]

Peter Grill aka NTR the series. I can't believe out of the hundreds of series im reading right now, they choose peter grill as a series to make an anime out of. More over they didn't even keep the fan service? Literally the only real point of that series, "not quite porn with a story(?)"

[@disismarcoboi2596]

Comparing that to Monster Musume is a stretch.

[@anneaunyme]

@@owenmaleski2203 Actually Peter *is* a victim. A rape victim. Except it is presented in a way that makes everyone (him included, the viewer included) think it is his fault. Being physically strong doesn't make you immune to being raped, and it doesn't transfer the responsibility of the rapist onto you. Just to be clear: I too am super pissed-off by this anime, but not for the same reason.

[@bojdrak]

wtf is it that weird that I enjoyed watching it?

[@insertwittytitlehere]

The fact that his name is "Peter Grill" is something I have not been able to get over in the months since.

[@Mochitachi70]

"Hey Lois, this reminds me of that time I got Isekai'd"

[@Ramsey276one]

I think Family Guy EVERY TIME I HEAR IT XD

[@mangomage33]

It fills me with intense animalistic rage

[@RealityMasterRogue]

The gibiate purple-green filter personally looks WORSE than in handshakers.

[@asterisk4540]

Why is that possible? HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?

[@RealityMasterRogue]

@@asterisk4540 everything in handshakers was ugly, so the filter didnt look as bad in comparisom, while gibiate is super stiff and ugly or super *boring,* and the latter is where it looks bad

[@Zyleace]

When people thought that Hand Shakers is a bad anime until Gibiate got released.

[@lillith7257]

How is that even possible?

[@Ryuu15]

@@Zyleace Hand Shakers is still the worst anime imo. I watched three episodes of Gibiate and it's just ugly and cringy to look at. Hand Shakers made me feel physically sick and I was literally unable to watch the first two episodes without pausing at some points so I could recover from the visual vomit. Of course I didn't watch any further (in hindsight I should've stopped after episode 1) If I were forced to marathon one of those anime without pausing, I'd choose the one that doesn't feel like it's actually trying to kill me.

[@zenkozenko4989]

"make the strongest baby possible" I'm stealing this idea to make a slice-of-life anime where the protag is a "100% Life Speedrunner." It will have such an incredibly niche audience, I'll call it like, 'Nich-Ecchi" or something and it's all told in like, 3rd Person by Protag in the future. Imagine it, "So, we chose to move towards the C-Section birthing option, it's faster and we can later use this to help in a later questline for our mother. We fuss a little so that the doctor slips and drops us, then we use the amniotic fluid to slide waaaay over here because our EXP modifier is almost 300% at this level. This boosts our athletics so we don't have to train it later on." No one will like it and causes 100% gamer rage, killing me instantly.

[@sanfransiscon]

This actually sounds really fun. Like some outlandish and somewhat edgy setup that Heaven now only accepts people with record-breaking "life score", so the protagonist eternally repeats his whole life (Re:Zero with no checkpoints?) breaking his own records to try and win his way into the afterlife.

[@birdmuscle5982]

No only bad plot dynamics just to cement it into “ironically good” in the bad spectrum, like just tipping it so people don’t get bored but having it still be atrocious

[@Zoulstorm]

@@sanfransiscon Trying to add any kind of bad fantasy anime tropes into it would just drag it down. No other reason need to exist other than "this guy is speedrunning life, don't ask why or how"

[@sanfransiscon]

@@Zoulstorm "bad fantasy anime tropes" Alright listen here ya little shit

[@WarKeineAbsicht]

Do you mean 1st person plural? I'm confused

[@ValkyrieTiara]

I'm only SLIGHTLY upset that you didn't mention that the Shadowverse anime is a yugiou knockoff rather than an adaptation of the ACTUALLY VERY GOOD AND INTERESTING STORY AND LORE THAT IS ALREADY IN THE GAME IT'S BASED ON?!? Shadowverse has DAMN good character designs, and the general art, aesthetic, and feel of the world is VERY well executed, and even just among the few "playable" characters and campaign there's enough to build a show out of without even digging into the characters, stories, and lore presented in the cards themselves. But no, instead of capitalizing on ANY of that we get yet another dumb kid with bad hair and a thing on his arm. And now it turns out that it's not even a decent version of THAT? Fuck you, anime. I'll never not be mad about this.

[@Blue-Code]

To be fair it had some interesting characters to avoid the list like Alice, Mimori,Mauro and maybe Luka. But yeah if they could do a 45 episode anime I would want an adaptation of the game instead of what we got.

[@nenmaster5218]

@@Blue-Code 8:30: Yeah, but even that one, he sure did not Try anything, huh? I mean, remember: HES THE MOST POWERFUL EVER. Could he really not do Anthing? Even if we accept he has no... magic-resistance... at all (?????), then he still got Options other than just Killing her in what i would definetly call Self-Defense. But yeah, anyway: This anime and it's concept makes me s-ck.

[@ouroboros2194]

"We have Major Armstrong at home" That gave me a chuckle.

[@normaltuesday1872]

That, and probably a million other characters in that show are just at home versions of better characters, even in the design department

[@jiggstar1373]

“The funny- the thing about that is” is one of the best low blows I’ve heard in a while

[@AniGaAG]

That eugenics harem one is actually kinda legitimately disgusting. Like... the author of that one _really did_ think it would be relatable or funny? That we'd legitimately feel for him as _the poor innocent guy gets jumped by all these hussies and just CAN'T help himself_ - like, *_really?_* Or that occasion of "elf girl quasi-r*pes him"...? The author _must've_ thought that this would be relatable, pitiable and funny... which is off-putting to think about.

[@artofthepossible7329]

When Highschool DxD has a more self-disciplined protagonist, I think you need to check what kind of story you are trying to tell.

[@krspaceT1]

@@artofthepossible7329 That's disrespecting Issei. Guy actually has a fair few standards.

[@aegisScale]

Wouldn't be surprised of that creator frequented incel boards.

[@starduststriker8792]

its kinda morally disgusting as is, but i also find it pretty dumb that this apparently famous celebrity-level warrior wouldnt already have like, a massive fanbase of people trying to propose to him before the onis even come into the picture. i feel like the author knows as much about celeb culture as he does about how to write humor

[@carolbaker2773]

Makes me think that maybe the author was caught cheating and is trying to get other people to take his side in a /r amItheasshole kinda way. Like one of those "Women were throwing themselves at me?! How could I resist" excuse.

[@kieranmahon4382]

One of the things about Peter Grill that also makes me uncomfortable is the fact that the consent is also dubious on his part. He doesn't even seem to ENJOY cheating on his betrothed, nor does he seem to want any of the girls' sexual advances in the first place. Not to mention he tells them "no" multiple times.

[@inshayana]

"Cringe is very much in the skin of the becringer." new motto.

[@Bets4Me]

What destroys me is that Meteora shows up to attack the main cast prior to the finale TWICE, and the team successfully thinks they've killed her... twice... and the Doctor's reaction both times is just. Nothing. Until they need a final villain.

[@KnakuanaRka]

Yep, that’s a big fat nonsensical retcon. >:/

[@onepiecegotmeinlove691]

I’m sorry you had to watch that.... thing

[@meteoraPOW]

:(

[@mutantmaster1]

Wait, really?! They didn't even try to hint to it at all, like a short shot of him frowning, crying, or showing any emotion that could called sad?!?! Y Tho..

[@moebiusjdx7288]

So he didn't have just one but THREE chances to say "hey don't kill her she's my lover!"? Seriously what the hell is this garbage story?

[@PaxtheDreamer]

You know, even if it's not really a Heist Anime, a Battle Show where people are stealing magical artifacts from each other can work. Hell, it's basically the plot behind Xiaolin Showdown, increasing their arsenal as they-- "So if you were looking forward to the characters, say, adding to their arsenals with the artifacts they steal over the course of the story... don't. That would be too cool for this." ...oh...

[@KnakuanaRka]

I was thinking of Xiaolin too; it isn’t necessarily fatal to the show’s quality, but that style switch is very misleading, and they screw everything else up.

[@sarahcole9661]

Ngl I’d watch a shonen battle anime just revolving around the weaponized origami animals. Cranes for everyone!

[@CelticGuardian7]

@@sarahcole9661 That'd be rad. If nothing else, there is Osakabehime in Fate/Grand Order, who fights with origami animals (including bats, horses, and rabbits).

[@drowningfish9309]

It’s sad that people spend their life’s drawing and animating just for it to turn into a shitty story 😭

[@loliprotectionsquad6962]

True

[@liandoaethend2403]

Why would they adapt sht anime tho😔

[@jeremyjoyner9796]

“What if adventuring companies were like actual companies.” That’s what Darkest Dungeon feels like and it’s awesome.

[@slatealan7082]

In time, you will know the tragic extent of my failings...

[@pumpkin7079]

The art style of that game is so dope too

[@MeatyJesus]

Darkest Dungeon is amazing for a lot more than that. My personal fav aspect of the game being that the party members and their toxic teamwork are just as big of a threat to each-other as any of the monsters they face. Idk why I haven't seen that replicated more.

[@riemaennchen]

Darkest Dungeon really is awesome... Until the game decides that your characters won't hit shit and the enemies keep landing crits every second attack. Or if you keep on going for one more room without resting just for the game to decide "Here have a Shambler" in the next hallway.^^

[@realhumanbean7915]

Oh what’s that? You have extreme amounts of stress and suffer from 2 diseases and 5 mental illnesses? And you only have a level 1 resolve?Lmao bye, we don’t need your ass here anymore.

[@pernelledusanacoltmen268]

As soon as you started listing the dozen roles that Gibiate's director was filling I knew exactly why that show went so wrong.

[@mitkitty]

Any time a show has one person doing so many jobs i cringe

[@RamonInNZ]

I wonder why - did no one want to work with him?

[@_darkkstar_]

The classic "Tommy Wiseau scenario"

[@hughjanos3992]

niel breen moment

[@Toberumono]

For anybody thinking, “I want a good parody of RPG tropes”: go read “How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps”. The entire book is a gut-busting parody (the kind you only get from truly loving what you are parodying) of basically every old-school JRPG.

[@Ramsey276one]

Just posting this brain fart title for posterity My Gay Butch Brother prevented the Apocalypse, so this Castle is Ours Now! First summary : TBA XD

[@fyrentenimar]

Thanks for the recommendation. Bought it, read it, loved it. Although it's really more of a Zelda parody than JRPGs.

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

Probably not as good of a parody as what you mentioned, but I'm watching a comedy anime that's airing now called Dragon Goes House-Hunting, which while that is exactly the plot of the show, it also shows the world more from the point of view of what we would all consider the enemies of an RPG video game. And yet, from their perspective, they're just trying to live their lives and the heroes are all assholes aho keep trying to kill them, lol. I don't usually care for classic RPG's, but I've been loving how it feels like the fourth wall is often obliterated. I'm confused as to if they're actually in a video game or as they use gamer terms, if their world has what to them would be "slice of life" games (games modeled after their world with exploring dungeons and such), though in our world, this would just be an RPG. This isn't the main focus of the anime so it shouldn't be thought about too hard, but it adds to a lot of the comedy and there's a lot of subverted expectations.

[@AtrumDelorox]

14:45 "Eating food that the white kingdom doesn't put enough seasoning on..." Wait a minute... England? "... by accident." Oh my god, even better! Accidental subtext is best subtext lol

[@powwowken2760]

Sometimes I wonder how shows like these even get green-lit when there are countless manga, light novels, webtoons or even unlicensed web novels that are a thousand times more interesting and also far more popular.

[@-ZH]

I guess the licensing rights are cheaper?

[@KhanMann66]

But they lose money any way? How is that profitable?

[@KarmaCifer]

I know right? There will never be a solo leveling anime (that would be very successful) but this shit gets animated

[@blastification2]

​@@KarmaCiferLooks like you were wrong there.

[@KarmaCifer]

@@blastification2 I'm glad to be wrong on this one 😅

[@wolverineminer]

I refuse to believe that "muff-kun" and "smile stick" weren't on purpose. Some Japanese script writer really insisted on those names and all his coworkers were really confused as to why he wanted them in the show so badly.

[@Avossk]

48:02 that was one of the single funniest moments of gun illiteracy I've seen in an anime, they seriously reloaded a pump action shotgun as if it were a break action, PUMP SHOTGUNS DONT EVEN HAVE A HOLE IN THERE SHE JUST PHASED THAT SHELL DIRECTLY INTO THE THING'S CHAMBER THROUGH SHEER FORCE OF WILL

[@Niffoni]

I am back here after nearly 3 weeks because I just sat bolt upright in bed after remembering MUFF-KUN and now I can't sleep.

[@blueskylark9965]

As a mix media artist, with a “messy but intricate kinda aesthetic” gibiate should’ve been completely traditionally animated, only using digital art for effects and the like, and not on a weekly schedule. They could’ve gone bonkers with the art direction, going for a surreal and art house kinda vibe, but they didn’t. They tried to put the unconventional designs and aesthetics into a conventional box, and it didn’t work.

[@KnakuanaRka]

Yeah, they totally failed to accommodate for the special treatment that art style needs.

[@Ramsey276one]

Haven’t got to that part yet.. already feeling sorry for the creators... Will it last?

[@thierrydecker8110]

A lot of things went wrong with gibiate, and it's a real shame since the general synopsis and it's concept art were awesome.

[@LizzieShiro]

That... would have been perfect, visual wise.

[@raycearcher5794]

I dunno what Geoff is talking about, adapting Amano art to animation is easy, just be Yoshiaki Kawajiri.

[@PaladinLostHour]

"It's a real Romeo and Juliet moment, only incredibly stupid." - Don't ever change, Geoff.

[@goldlight1322]

I mean, to be fair, Romeo and Juliet were also very stupid.

[@TheDoomBlueShell]

@@goldlight1322 Hey at least they both were 13 so acting stupid was realistic

[@mitkitty]

@@TheDoomBlueShell Juliet was 13, im pretty sure Romeo was a bit older? Like late teens?

[@goldlight1322]

@@mitkitty From what I can find online, the general consensus is that Romeo is 16, even if it's never actually confirmed in the play. The main takeaway here is that, yes, they are both stupid kids.

[@moonshinei]

@@goldlight1322 The consensus from what I've personally read is that Juliet is 12 while Romeo is closer to 24

[@Andrew_in_the_garden]

"You really thought that killing me would be enough to make me die" I'M

[@Ramsey276one]

TOO XD

[@Canido19]

So, I'd never seen Hatana Illusion, and when the magician-kaitou theme setup was explained, I got hyped. Then the actual plot was explained and I was like "So it's Xiaolin Showdown, but with stage magicians instead of monk martial artists?" That doesn't seem so bad; at least not bad enough to rank 2nd worst anime of 2020. Then he went on to explain how inconsistent the characters are with Hatana being routinely being reduced to a damsel in distress and Makoto's wand being a functional Deus ex Machina and suddenly I thought "Oh yeah, Xiaolin Showdown WOULD suck if it were written like that."

[@bunkerzero]

"most of the supporting characters are girls, many of them have feelings for makoto" because of course they do 🙄😒

[@CAMarino92]

Don't you just hate when an anime does that?

[@yanstein8464]

man, i just want a show with an all male main cast where all of the guys have a crush on the male mc, preferably isekai i know there is kyo kara maoh, but i feel like it's the only one that kinda fits the bill

[@sups6192]

@@yanstein8464 so uhh Yaoi?I don't think that's any better than a harem lol

[@athertongraham9045]

Persona 3 Ayyyy

[@26th_Primarch]

Hey there are good frames in Gibiate! They're just only good when they are those really far away shots where it's only the background art but still...

[@kepstin]

From the looks of it, you could replace Gibiate with a slideshow of background art from Gibiate, and it would be a significant improvement.

[@crystalbaerwaldt2075]

~"She's a total Picasso. She looks good from far away, but close up it's a total mess"~

[@jenniferchough]

Like the frame of doc at 48:01-48:02? LOL Seriously who thought that was okay??

[@CalamityCanyon]

“An extremely faithful adaptation of your teenage deviantart gallery” LORD, THAT HIT DIFFERENT

[@shcdemolisher]

Teenage Deviantart favorites gallery, to put it more accurately.

[@rainymeadows3447]

Gibiate's production sounds like they got together every single one of the best people they could to form the crew, meaning the result would have been an absolute masterpiece... ...but then they chose Neil Breen for director

[@Ice-Climber]

40:00 Having someone with that many credits is a red flag. You'll either have a genuinely passionate person overshooting their ability, an wannabe auteur, or Tommy Wiessu.

[@azoth6641]

O hai, Aoki.

[@pramayudasaleh2172]

Geoff: yakuza, mafia, ninja- Me: yes, those are your typical bad guys Geoff: otaku Me: ye- wait what?

[@victim130]

I'm going to say it, detective/mystery/magician settings have no place having soft magic systems. And if they do hard magic, it had better have its foundation well explained. How is it even a mystery anymore if everything is an asspull?

[@fightingmedialounge519]

Depends on how it's handled.

[@Ramsey276one]

Painfully accurate

[@HiddenDragon555]

Well, what if the main character is a completely non-magical performative magician who spends the story bamboozling literal sorcerers with terrifying magical powers? That could work. Thought granted, I think it would work better if the magic is harder.

[@fyrentenimar]

@@HiddenDragon555 That's kind of the plot of Mx0, where someone with absolutely no magic gets enrolled in a magic school by accident, and he has to bullshit his way through most of the fights (he does get some magic help every now and then).

[@wowisntitanamazinglyamazin9550]

@@HiddenDragon555 that reminds me of Mob Psycho 100s fake psychic character

[@morganbrandr4228]

If you like sleight of hand heist movies, absolutely try the show Leverage. It’s a whole bunch of criminals heisting other criminals Robin Hood style, and forming a found family as they do. Kinda cheesy but absolutely one of my favorite live action shows.

[@lucasduberger-deret3550]

If you want sleight of hand stuff, then there's "Majo Ni Sasageru Trick", a manga about a genius stage magician who accidentally goes back in time to the dark ages in Europe and uses his stagecraft and sleight of hand to protect, and stage the escape of, women falsely accused of witchcraft.

[@nicolesplaylists9366]

That sounds lit af

[@Sofia_Sif]

Hell yeah

[@johnnygnoneeded]

Now that is an isekai idea with potential! And seeing how he and the girl he saves keeps out of the hands of the "burn the witch!" people! /;p

[@eefn5755]

i just started reading it and it’s really fucking good (in my opinion)

[@The_Unrealistic_Human_Being]

Sounds great actually

[@WanderedIn]

"We have Major Armstrong at home" killed me

[@brainwormyy]

"cringe is very much in the skin of the becringer" i- i will be stealing this line thank you very much

[@thornajal1045]

"tropes that were tired when love hina stole it from Ranma in the 90's " that is by far the most savage take I've heard in years. Love the content

[@xaius4348]

Gibiate immediately struck me as a fanfic written by someone that wanted to mashup all of their favorite genres and aethetics and retroactively did their best to tie it together with predictable plot.

[@Ramsey276one]

Task failed successfully XD

[@doomy_doomy2225]

I feel attacked because that's what I'm writing. All joked aside this shit hard. Wrote 350 pages and going back and re-writing stuff to elaborate and world buiod better. I think of him ripping my show apart if it ever happens and I can be like beat you to it first bitch. Lol.

[@xaius4348]

@@doomy_doomy2225 Impressive, I've only got like 2 pages through the book I want to write. I would be happy to proof-read it if you want, it'll help me procrastinate.

[@doomy_doomy2225]

@@xaius4348 I dont wanna be a shameless plug but I'd be more than happy to share my word press with you. I update it every friday and I have comments on there for feedback. Kinda my dream to be an author

[@xaius4348]

@@doomy_doomy2225 that's awesome

[@thebeakershow]

Every year I think, "Anime can't get worse than this." Every year, you prove me wrong. Bless your heart

[@door5443]

as a writer, aspiring animator, and aspiring artist.......Gibiate is kinda a really good way to say “watch this, this is what’s NOT to do”

[@caitlinbrewer4843]

Useful, not good

[@jamestomato1744]

I just realized that one of the core concepts behind Hatana Illusion is the entire premise behind Warehouse 13, and to a greater extent the SCP Foundation. And both those properties do the whole "objects that have supernatural properties" schtick way better, and are way more entertaining and interesting.

[@akun50]

Geoff, you're giving Gibiate a lot of credit saying the monster designs were optimized for the Gamecube. I would've said that they were mid-tier N64 designs.

[@Ramsey276one]

Just making sure the current generation got the joke? XD

[@mirzapramudya1580]

Oi Oi Oi, how dare you compare the masterpieces polygon designs of the N64 to THIS?

[@jonasquinn7977]

Okay, how is nobody talking about “I Gibi-hate it”?

[@_ikako_]

because it's a pretty obvious pun

[@priestesslucy3299]

And because a lot of people didn't actually hate it. Personally I really enjoyed Gibiate as a seasonal adventure. 6.5/10 here

[@_ikako_]

@@priestesslucy3299 it has a 3.9 on mal. people hate it. you have to realise that enjoyment does not make a series good.

[@priestesslucy3299]

@@_ikako_ huh...mal Can't say I give a fuck lol, especially not since that shitstorm around Ishuzoku Reviewers. But yeah, I never claimed it was _good,_ but the experience was too satisfying to call it the worst anime of the fucking year.

[@jaisotheunfathomablybased7135]

@@priestesslucy3299 Dang, big mad that Nux diced the rankings and made FMA #2 for a while

[@_carlito_5367]

literally don’t know what to say. I just feel really bad for the animators for having to put up with this shit

[@noneofyourbusiness3288]

20:10 sounds like another case where Brandon Sandersons "rules of magic" apply: Rule One: An authors ability to resolve conflict satisfactorily with magic is directly proportional to how well the reader understands said magic. Rule Two: Limitations are more interesting than powers. Rule Three: Expand what you already have before you add something new. while I would not say the are strict rules you have to follow 100%, they are good guide-lines imo.

[@KeyleeTamirian]

Nah, screw rules of writing. I say when Writers abandon rules of writing, that is when pure masterpieses are born. Those rules only cage the writers. I am supporter of PURE CRAZINES AND INSANITY.

[@konata4567]

@@KeyleeTamirian and the result? Bad magic systems

[@KeyleeTamirian]

@@konata4567 What is a bad magic systems? ...umm... i think you people talk about Non-Satisfactory endings. ...Well, yeah, they exist. But i accepted them as a norm, because i never were satisfied with endings since i was a kid. So when something in plot is done badly... to me it's a flaw which exists everywhere. Bad story is a story too. We can learn from good stories... as well as we can learn from good stories as an opposite. I don't understand why must i have a "professional opinion" over stuff, liking stuff that is good and disliking what is bad. I prefer to be myself, on a different spectrum, outside of order. I am an observer, not participator.

[@Monar88]

@@KeyleeTamirian Break the rule by all means. But make sure you know what the rules are. The author of the heist anime just dived straight into every cliche without even trying to break a meaningful rule.

[@KeyleeTamirian]

@@Monar88 I dunno about today's anime, but i see to love late 90's anime with their overly religious symbolism and nearly incomprehensible plots. Same goes for late 90's Japanese videogames. They are so insane compared to what people make today. The less accessible story is, the more challenging it is to understand it, which makes it more exciting... at least for me.

[@igorpachmelniekzakuskov776]

I feel like that wannabe heist animes writer has a bondage fetish.

[@MouseGoat]

You say that like its a bad thing. XD But just having you characters get bounded up constantly randomly because villain,plot, damsel. Its just pointless

[@igorpachmelniekzakuskov776]

@@MouseGoat i don't really have anything against it either. I myself have a Bondage fetish but I simply hate the damsel in distress trope.

[@owenmaleski2203]

Are there any anime with a plot like the Italian Job or something like that?

[@igorpachmelniekzakuskov776]

@@owenmaleski2203 italian job?

[@owenmaleski2203]

@@igorpachmelniekzakuskov776 It's a heist movie about these guys who found a ton of gold bars in a sunken ship, but part of the group turned on the others, tried to kill them and stole all the gold. So it's about how the rest of the group is trying to take back the gold that was stolen, which isn't easy because the guy now has over $30 million at his disposal

[@flaviocbrangel]

“Anime bad” - Hayao Miyazaki, probably

[@obiwan8972]

"Horror genre bad"- Stephen king,most certainly.

[@EvanX109]

I'm pretty sure Miyazaki has said every based opinion to be said about anime already.

[@BearMeOut]

Anime bad - hideo kojima

[@aquamarinerose5405]

He was actually lamenting that the anime industry was too full of Otaku. _"You see, whether you can draw like this or not, being able to think up this kind of design, it depends on whether or not you can say to yourself, ‘Oh, yeah, girls like this exist in real life'. If you don’t spend time watching real people, you can’t do this, because you’ve never seen it. Some people spend their lives interested only in themselves. Almost all Japanese animation is produced with hardly any basis taken from observing real people, you know. It’s produced by humans who can’t stand looking at other humans. And that’s why the industry is full of otaku!"_ Although at the same time, one of his favorite people is Hideaki Anno, who is supposedly a major otaku.

[@jaisotheunfathomablybased7135]

@@aquamarinerose5405 all otaku are created differently

[@abrahamcruzherrera2268]

My roomie and I have this habit of trying to watch at least one seasonal anime together every week. So, when that season came, I read the synopsis of GIBIATE and I told him that we should totally watch it. We watched two episodes, he looked at me and all I could say to him was: "I'm sorry".

[@wildbill7942]

47:56 these frames of animation are fucking atrocious i love them with my whole heart

[@Ramsey276one]

Organic Shotguns ABSORBING THE SHELLS! XD

[@MarkOden]

2020 was so bad that Geoff totally blocked out the fact that it was a Leap Year. 366 days, not 365 days were in this year.

[@madokami03]

The fact that even I didn’t know that makes me question myself

[@theoriginalbunnygirl]

Happy Leap Year again! 😂 From the present in 2024.

[@samharman7732]

When dragons dogma is only number 5...

[@ejs4329]

The second Yoshitaka Amano was mentioned as the concept artist, the weight of how dissapointing this show ended up being hit me like a truck

[@balladsnowfox7714]

I realised quite how bad as soon as it was said that the amazing art I was sure was Amano was said to be the concept art I was filled with despair it's honestly a little odd how 3D animation seems to do his work better but they still failed in this

[@alexring3214]

i LOVE your longer videos, especially your rants and roasts. You can take as long as you need to destroy the i will still watch the video twice

[@claytonrios1]

Gibiate is worthy of being remembered only as one of the most legendarily awful anime of the modern age!

[@bubbajFool]

Right.? I watched the first couple episodes a few weeks ago and couldn’t stop laughing.

[@allanolley4874]

Will the modern age ever equal classic disasters like Chargeman Ken?

[@claytonrios1]

@@allanolley4874 I say Gibiate is the modern day Mars of Destruction.

[@bubbajFool]

@@allanolley4874 I haven’t had the pleasure of watching that one.

[@V2ULTRAKill]

@@allanolley4874 i mean pupa was in the modern age

[@samboujaiteh3331]

Gibiate looks like if someone was a huge fan of Darkplace, but didn’t realize it’s not a real show.

[@Dankumemes]

i didnt even give that show the light of day after reading the summary for it.

[@IzzyPR2010]

General rule on titles, if an anime title ends with the words "the Animation", it usually means that it's based on a videogame.

[@GarthTheMighty]

Gibiate: the living embodiment of "good premises are easier than good execution."

[@kirbyourenthusiasm6055]

Imagine not commenting after the premiere, pssssssshhhhh Can't relate to that.

[@tofupowda]

copied!

[@kirbyourenthusiasm6055]

@@tofupowda not!

[@111pikachu]

"Fucking the House" should be a cool arc in an anime about phantom thieves and not a lame recurring gag.

[@Tenko72]

I got Junji Ito flashbacks.

[@Ramsey276one]

I heard in the RPG Exalted someone MADE LOVE TO A MOUNTAIN VIA ARTIFACT USE Caused it to erupt!

[@astuteanansi4935]

I know a guy on the internet who made a better "romantic relationship between a mage and the soul of a mansion she has given sentience to with magic", with deeper characters and intricate plot development than this pile of composted garbage. In some fucking forum play-by-post roleplays. As a teenager.

[@Jerrremy]

Gibiate is what I imagine people who hate Jojo see when they watch Jojo

[@carlosdavidg7]

As a man who hate Jojo, I can confirm Jojo looks better than this.

[@fary5000]

Kathleen has a poster on her wall that says “Drinks, Brugs, and Rock N Roll”. BRUGS.

[@samboujaiteh3331]

I’m going to use Brugs as a euphemism for sex from now on. Otherwise, it’s even stupider.

[@Ramsey276one]

Where’s the EPPELENT?!? XD

[@Soulfoul603]

Bro hugs

[@fantabulisticous]

"she tsundere, so we're just expected to like her" just reminds me about how i feel about ALL tsundere characters. i will nevre understand why so many of my fellow anime fans best girl the tsundere characters. i mean sure you like what you like not, saying your wrong, just i will never be able to figure out why. its like a man born blind trying to figure out colors for me.

[@kuraiaku2997]

Simple, it's because then they can imagine girls/boys who hate them actually love them. I have an acquaintance back then who did exactly this when a girl is angry, he just brushed it off as "She's just being tsundere." It feeds the satisfaction of seeing that even people who they thought is impossible to be with secretly loves them.

[@steventonche1037]

@@kuraiaku2997 no offense but that sounds really cringey.

[@Mysticist]

It can work, and not just in a Asuka deconstructionist way. Kurisu from Steins;Gate is a tsundere but mostly because Okabe’s personality draws it out of her and to a lesser extent her own nerd shame. That being said she is definitely the exception rather than the rule.

[@kuraiaku2997]

@@steventonche1037 Yeah it was an absolute cringe I got secondhand embarrassment witnessing that moment.

[@jacobnorris8256]

What "best girl" characters are you talking about exactly? There's a massive variety of tsundere characters with humongous variety in writing quality. "Tsundere" only means someone who seems mean initially but who also has or develops a more cheery side. There's a ludicrous number of different ways you can do that type of character, which also means there's an insane number of different explanations for at some point consider some tsundere a best girl.

[@thebanditintheobj5337]

God some of these had actually Interesting ideas Too bad the Authors didn't care

[@hithedragon7842]

How it usually is in these lists

[@Spnozilla]

It actually kinda hurt just hearing talk about Gibiate, that’s how bad it is...at least I learned to drop shows once I’m bored of them

[@KeyleeTamirian]

Gibiate looks good to me. I missed this sort of anime. But of course, let's criticize this kind of anime, even though it's so rare, so it would become even more rare, thus making fans of this kind of anime even more sad, while fans of more popular stuff are happy because their popular stuff is poplar. You do like to kick dead horses, EHHHHHH. AHAHAHAH. ...No, seriously, most of the anime and videogames i love are the ones that most people hate. I'm so tired of people shitting on my favorite stuff.

[@tavoknaza7086]

@@KeyleeTamirian Get over it then. If you like when aviod people shitting on it. I like DmC. And I aviod stuff that shit over it.

[@KeyleeTamirian]

@@tavoknaza7086 I do enjoy DmC a lot as a game, i usually don't like when people put it above mainline series. I love the insanity aesthethic of DmC, but it's on a different unmeasurable plane than original DMC, i don't like when people compare those two to decide which better or worse. Both are awesome on their own way.

[@Blue_910]

I still have a hard time dropping Animes when I don’t like them... I just can’t stand not knowing what goes on even if it’s shit... help me.

[@KeyleeTamirian]

@@Blue_910 It's okay. I will say it's actually good thing do not drop. Because this way, you would experience and know the problems of the Anime you watch, rather than "KZbinr said it's bad" Besides, Bad anime is as good experience as Good Anime, and it will make you appreciate good anime even more.

[@kelvinsantiago7061]

"If you don't want to cheat on your fiance... you just don't".... You have chosen wisely,wise chosen one!.

[@thefischdeo]

The off-model moments of all these shows are amazing, especially the Gibiate samurai dude looking different in each shot and the random balloon heads in the harem animes' fanservice shots. Poor animators, probably having had to rush through this, though.

[@241Cookies__]

Imagine commenting after the premiere, pssssh Can’t relate

[@ninjabunny101]

pre-premiere gang

[@shade0636]

Pog

[@tfe5216]

i can't imagine because I'm doing it right now

[@Bwafflett]

Ikr can’t relate

[@verylargerodent2436]

Yeah, what nerds they'd have to be to reply afterwards too.

[@Redo13164]

There’s a certain amount of Internet brain rot associated with hearing "Mr ‘we have major Armstrong at home’" and immediately knowing what is being said.

[@morganwithaneevee246]

This comment is underrated omg.

[@fireskull3334]

Can we get an honorable mention for "I'm standing on a million lives", which failed to even meet the standard for good light novel trash?

[@RoyalFusilier]

It had such a cool title, I had to give a few episodes a try, and man. "It's fine if you die as long as the whole party doesn't wipe" is, like many video game mechanics, a fine thing with potential you could use. Shame the show just, isn't anything.

[@aurthurpendragon1015]

YOU REALLY THOUGHT KILLING ME WOULD BE ENOUGH TO MAKE ME DIE!? I want that on a shirt.

[@syzikiy4450]

listening to our dear Geoff rant about anything is entertaining beyond imagination. Even if I have no idea what he's ranting about.

[@princessthyemis]

EXACTLY! Stole the words right out of my mouth lol!

[@soc7967]

I wonder why I feel that way when I listen to Geoff

[@nagisa0931]

God same I’ve only watched like 3 animes this year. I’ve read more mangas than I can count 2020

[@nagisa0931]

OMG IVE SAID “ THIS YEAR” looks up at the date this video was uploaded ⬆️ 🆙-cries in December 29” also cries in the comment from 4 days ago😅😭😭😭💀♥️

[@pidgeonpatrol861]

Man now I’m imagining an anime about a stage magician thief who’s invited to a magical house of mystery that’s actually magical and sentient, falls in love with it, and starts stealing magical artifacts to try and win the house’s affections, where the transformation is like… a metaphor for how she’s not being herself and how that’s unhealthy, especially in a relationship.

[@kwabzycomposer]

I don't think anyone's done this yet, so here it is: *TIMESTAMP FOR EVERY ANIME TITLE MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO:* 0:41 - Dragon's Dogma 1:55 - Shachibato! President, It's Time for Battle! 3:45 - Sakura Wars: The Animation 4:05 - Shadowverse 4:31 - King's Raid: The Animation 4:39 - Super HxEros 4:51 - Listeners 5:12 - Tamayomi 5:37 - Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time 11:00 - Shironeko Project: Zero Chronicle 20:09 - Hatena Illusion 34:16 - Gibiate

[@cookie8162]

The eugenics harem missed out on some potential, if it had drawn a line of severe consequences for his actions and his continued actions were a result of his new addiction to sex that perpetuated this harmful cycle to everyone around him. Hell the situations he finds himself in are comedic enough (its an anime) that they didn't really didnt need to beat us over the head with it. Let the situations be comedic and breath while showing us the consequences. Which would make him sympathetic without excusing his actions.

[@MrAsaqe]

Welcome to new era isekai where you have an severe overcompensation to make up for the years blueballing the tv audience

[@cass6082]

I mean, it’s not the kind of show I’d like to watch anyway, but if they had made his goal about “Finding true love” and believing his ‘true love’ to be pure girl and THEN getting swamped with horny sidecharacters it would basically solve the whole issue. If he believes that he’s in love with the girl but he’s not actually committed to her in anyway then you could basically keep the whole plot of him trying to get with her while hiding all the other things with none of the uncomfortable stuff. If you went a little deeper you could even make it an interesting take on what the difference between true love, infatuation and sexual attraction is.

[@tofupowda]

Imagine commenting '"Imagine commenting "Imagine commenting after the premiere"

[@asterisk4540]

Meta

[@dentred7185]

Inception

[@agentofchaos2901]

@@dentred7185 comment section

[@lizzyb.8009]

...am i the only one who is disappointed by how bad Gibiate is *entirely* because the cop daughter character's design is actually pretty rad and i am in lesbians with her and would've actually liked to see her do stuff?

[@ShroudedWolf51]

I love how during your description of Gibiate, I went from curious, to interested, and then once you hit the zombie apocalypse, my interest had already fallen off a cliff. Before you even pointed out any flaws with the series. "Oh, we're banging this generic drum again. I see."

[@thatguy8637]

For some reason the whole “magic artifact that can be normal objects and are detrimental to ones health” reminded me of S.T.A.L.K.E.R

[@piririn5052]

a STALKER anime would be awesome tbh

[@thatguy8637]

@@piririn5052 that would be sick. Would be weird as hell seeing a bloodsucker or snork in an anime art style tho

[@KnakuanaRka]

Someone else compared it to Xiaolin Showdown, since both shows are action series where most of the powers come from magical artifacts, and a lot of plots focus around obtaining and protecting these relics.

[@allengordon6929]

@@piririn5052 Otherside picnic is literally yuri S.T.A.L.K.E.R. But unironically this would be awesome. They could even integrate the multiple choices thing by way of a reality division in the zone where alternate versions of Strelok do different things and you have to parse which timeline is which.

[@yami4079]

It wasn't that funny but damn it.... "Ninja Lancer And Girl" I'm dying

[@sugarcoatedslaughterhouse4937]

When can anime guys just come out as poly and only go for women who want that? And stop making us all uncomfortable with all the cheating?

[@wowisntitanamazinglyamazin9550]

There's Girlfriend, Girlfriend

[@wowisntitanamazinglyamazin9550]

Nvm just realized you said go for women who want that

[@hypothalapotamus5293]

To understand the harem protagonist, we should go back to Ataru Moroboshi from Urusei Yatsura, arguably one of the early hits in the genre. If it weren't Japan, Ataru would be a registered sex offender because he sexually harrasses practically every female character and is a card carrying member of the baby kicker club. Since the author of the series is a woman, only two of the characters ever really want him (one of them leaves him and the other tortures him to death with electricity periodically, because it was probably originally intended as revenge fantasy) and it takes forever (I mean like 10 years in terms of release schedules) to follow through with electric sky oni girl. (He's a cheating scumbag. Attachment makes him super flighty. ) Fast forward 40 years and the people writing this style of anime aren't Rumiko Takahashi, but dumb incel guys who need to touch grass. Rather than writing actual characters with psychological problems and motivations, they're like, "If only protagonist had magic powers, women would love him and fish would fear him."

[@OneTrueBelmont]

"Drink Brugs and Rock N'Roll" When a show is so bad that whatever drugs were necessary in its completion render you unable to spell "drugs" any longer.