My objections to anime generally run along slightly different lines:
1) Terrible animation. Not necessarily an objection to the art style (though that is reasonably common), more to the prevalence of crappy low-frame animation - watching two characters stand perfectly still while their mouths flap around annoys me. Obviously, this is not true of all anime - the Ghibli films are an obvious exception.
2) Terrible dialogue. Perhaps it doesn't translate well, but a lot of anime dialogue is tired, stilted and predictable, more so even than most American TV. I can't think of any examples of really great dialogue in any of the anime I've seen.
3) Terrible overuse of cliche. So much anime just reuses the same tired plots and archetypes. Again, this isn't limited to anime, but the use of 'tropes' is so entrenched that it seems to stifle creativity. Presumably this is a large part of what your list is trying to avoid (though FMA and Hellsing have strong failings in this area).
4) Terrible pacing. This is the big one. Half of your list is described as 'slow', but even fast-paced anime usually has long sequences where the pace comes to a crashing halt for some 'atmospheric' time. I'm not sure why Japanese culture is so much more accepting of long-winded plot exposition and vast amounts of silence, but it doesn't do anything for me.
If you know of anime that doesn't fit into any of these categories, I'd be interested to hear about it. :)
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1) Terrible animation. Not necessarily an objection to the art style (though that is reasonably common), more to the prevalence of crappy low-frame animation - watching two characters stand perfectly still while their mouths flap around annoys me. Obviously, this is not true of all anime - the Ghibli films are an obvious exception.
2) Terrible dialogue. Perhaps it doesn't translate well, but a lot of anime dialogue is tired, stilted and predictable, more so even than most American TV. I can't think of any examples of really great dialogue in any of the anime I've seen.
3) Terrible overuse of cliche. So much anime just reuses the same tired plots and archetypes. Again, this isn't limited to anime, but the use of 'tropes' is so entrenched that it seems to stifle creativity. Presumably this is a large part of what your list is trying to avoid (though FMA and Hellsing have strong failings in this area).
4) Terrible pacing. This is the big one. Half of your list is described as 'slow', but even fast-paced anime usually has long sequences where the pace comes to a crashing halt for some 'atmospheric' time. I'm not sure why Japanese culture is so much more accepting of long-winded plot exposition and vast amounts of silence, but it doesn't do anything for me.
If you know of anime that doesn't fit into any of these categories, I'd be interested to hear about it. :)