Now, time for something different.
1. South Park (Past fifteen years): As much as I like the first three seasons of the show, the movie, and think that Trey and Matt have talent; everything about these was artificial and very banal. Look, I agree with the points that they were trying to make, but that doesn’t mask the fact that the jokes are terrible, felt forced, and predictable; the plot structures are repetitive and too bombastic for the established style (same goes for the 3D and particle effects); it takes itself too seriously; and their excessive focus on current events has gotten extremely tiresome, and in some cases, hypocritical. It doesn’t help that they seldom, if ever, take the time to research their subject, which is why it continues to fall flat on its face. Guys, I think it’s time to bury the show with honors unless you want to end up like The Simpsons and Family Guy.
2. Lupin the Third: I just don’t find this series to be one of the Anime holy grails. The characters are boring, the storylines are monotonous, animation that hasn’t improved much, and just has no real appeal. Come to think of it…
3. Trigun: In addition to having the flaws about the previous, the music doesn’t fit, and The Angel Arm is too oversized, illogical (even by animation standards), impractical, and to be frank, detrimental to be a good weapon design. To be fair, I kind of like Madhouse Studios, but even they fuck up now and then.
4. Naruto: To be honest, I haven’t seen this in its entirety, but from what I have heard; it isn’t good enough for me. Seriously, there’s too much goddamned filler, the characters don’t have much in terms of actual characterization, and the ending that Masashi Kishimoto felt like an ass pull. One extremely lazy ass pull that felt labored. Seriously, if he wanted Naruto to marry Hinata, at least he could have provided a proper build-up. On the other hand, he could have wrote several endings and make it like a choose-your-own adventure book for the final. Sure, it would have taken longer, but it would have been far better than what the fans got. Oh, and is it just me, or is Viz Media’s censoring of the dub unnecessary? Seriously, I think 12-16 year olds can handle violence real well.
5. Drawn Together: This had so much potential to be Comedy Central’s shot in the arm, but it turned out to be a shot in their foot. They had Tara Strong from The Powerpuff Girls, Cree Summer from Inspector Gadget, and The Man Show’s Adam Corolla; yet they couldn’t save this. The creators wasted its potential on imitation Family Guy humor that fails to either shock or elicit laughter. The movie may have had decent frame-by-frame Flash animation (yes, that exists), but shows how tiresome and vapid that it truly is. I think Thad Komorowski and Charles Brubaker owe Newgrounds an apology.
6. Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan (First dishonorable mention): Again, this could have been so hilarious, but it got wasted on a main character who is ditzy, irritating, and manipulative; a running gag involving the main lead that is poorly-explained, badly thought out, unfunny, and overbearing to the point of being mean-spirited and hateful; most of the school are a bunch of sociopathic, sadistic shits; the joke involving the younger sister isn’t explained in addition to also being unfunny; the ending to the first eight episodes is full of bogus sentiment, the kind that has plaguing the aforementioned South Park, as well as Pixar; and I’ll elaborate upon this in another video. (And people bitch about Ren Seeks Help.)
7. The Daily Show (along with its spinoffs): As much as I like Craig Kilborn, Jon Stewart, and Stephen Colbert as actors; this show is a straight up clone of The Rush Limbaugh show, only far more manipulative. Stewart did nothing to keep his audience from taking him seriously, and he reveled in it. Saying “Dude, it’s a comedy program” to your critics, but not your audience is disingenuous. Furthermore, now we have Trevor Noah, or Trevor the Know-nothing. At least John Oliver was funny and occasionally had good points. (Though that still doesn’t mask the fact that he’s a partisan hack as well.)
8. Jungle de Ikou (Jungle’s Coming, the second dishonorable mention): While it had good animation, it wasn’t funny save for one joke. Unlike Bennett the Sage, I wasn’t offended by it, either. Just flat and uninteresting.
9. Arrested Development: To be fair, I did think this was funny, though I only saw one episode. However, my beef with this comes from the creators and fans dismissing any valid criticism as “you just don’t get it”, which in this case, is a pretty lazy defense. Hey guys, it’s funny, but NOT the greatest show that ever aired.
10. Sonic SatAM: As a boy, I didn’t see this often. Come to think of it, this came off as pretentious and unappealing. Furthermore, I can thank it for Sonic Underground, Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic X, Sonic Unleashed, and Sonic and the Black Knight. Adventures of Sonic, despite being more d