Worst Anime Adaptations
Which adaptations of manga/light novels disappointed you the most?
Anything by Studio Pierrot after 'Yu Yu Hakusho' Ended: "Naruto" started off good until the fillers happened. The first problem was that Jiraiya told Naruto he'd only leave in two-to-three months, but combining the amount of filler arcs and the time in-between them for Naruto to heal and have downtime, that'd be more than that. The action based fillers would have generic villains and a Ninja village that was never mentioned before and would never be mentioned again. There would also be the comedy episodes, where Naruto ends up in goofy hijinks like chasing a Ninja mailman, fighting Ninja Ramen Chefs, and getting a mole stuck on his back. This is something I'd like to call "Persona 4 Syndrome," where the characters would keep screwing around despite something very important going on. Yes, I'm sure these are hilarious, but wasn't Naruto supposed to be looking for Sasuke? However, at least with the first "Naruto," they picked a logical point to insert filler. As "Shippuden" and "Bleach" progressed, Pierrot eventually stopped giving a crap about when and where the fillers fit into continuity, so they would have filler arcs that flat-out interrupt canon ones. It wasn't like the Virtual World arc in "Yu-Gi-Oh!" where it at least happened during a break in the Battle City Tournament. One episode would have Naruto fighting in the Ninja War, and the next would be a flashback to part one or a new arc at random. What's really annoying is that the "Naruto" manga ended a year and a half ago, and yet 2015 only had eight canon episodes. "Tokyo Ghoul" is another example of how they royally *beep* up. After only one season, they stopped following the manga altogether. Now, if TG were a monthly series like "Fullmetal Alchemist" and "Soul Eater," that'd be understandable, but TG is a weekly series, the anime was nowhere near close to catching up to the manga, and there was a gap between seasons 1 and 2. There is no excuse for this at all. "Twin Star Exorcists" is next on their chopping block, and that anime is already DOA. They couldn't even get a weekly series right. A monthly series is *beep* Before the anime even aired, they already revealed an anime exclusive character voiced by Jun Fukuyama.
Blue Exorcist: BE is one of the better shonen manga out there, but you wouldn't know that if you watched the anime. The parts the anime adapted from the manga were before the series really started to get good with the Impure King Arc. Once they cut from the manga, it got really stupid. We learn that Satan, who was shown to be a total sadist when he possessed Father Fujimoto, got romanced by Rin's mother. We also learn that Rin's mother believed humans and demons could co-exist, so she naturally thought Satan, the epitome of evil, was a nice guy and thought she could reason with him. Then Yukio develops demon powers, even though Fujimoto told Rin that Yukio couldn't have demon powers because he wasn't genetically incapable. While the manga is implying that Yukio nay develop powers of his own, they are nowhere near as powerful as Rin's. All of the side characters were completely bastardized. Shiemi, who became a bit of a badass in the manga, was reduced to a moeblob love interest. Izumo, who had a tragic backstory, was just a generic tsundere. The worst part was that the anime hinted at Izumo's backstory, but did nothing with it, not even anything anime exclusive. Ryuji never grows past his arrogance. Shima became really important during the Illuminati Arc, but was reduced to just the comic relief in the anime. Finally, Konekomaru and Takara were pretty much just there. Say what you will about FMA 2003, but at least that adaptation had some good ideas and characters. A-1 took a really good manga and turned it into a generic shonen anime. We can only hope that BE will get the "Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood" treatment.