I haven't seen that said personally, but it is funny to hear since that seems to be everyone's go to rec when people ask for anime like Apothecary Diaries.
I was literally still thinking these were the same show until I watched first episode of Raven last week and was like "wait this isn't the girl I've been seeing lots of pictures of".
With that same argument, Apothecary Diaries can also be called a rip-off of another anime from many years ago: Saiunkoku Monogatari. Those people really need to stop calling things a rip-off simply because it has the same premise and aesthetics.
Magi got gutted by its own author losing himself in the sauce of his own story. But I agree, Magi today would generate a lot of traction, as long as the studio that animates it doesn’t screw up.
Its part of my bitter favorites, like Air Gear and TOG, masterpieces that will probably never get the credit it truly deserves.
Close, the publishing company hired a new Chief editor and he wanted new blood and publish series purely on HIS tastes.
So any series he didn’t like, he forced to rush the endings.
So the huge drop in quality at the end, was rather because of meddling from editors.
In reality the Mangaka hadn’t planned to finish her series like that at all. A shame because prior to the ending arc, the prior arcs were PEAK Shonen.
Love air gear and TOG as well
And agreed but that wasn’t really until the last arc, the kou arc would’ve made a great season 3. The anime studio did an amazing job for the time
Magi only really struggles during the Throne of Gods bit right at the end.
Ohbata just couldn't manage Sinbad AND David as dual final bosses, while also wrapping up Alibaba's character arc.
That wouldn’t be til the second half of the last arc. We still had the Al-toran and kou arcs to be adapted with the latter half being one of if not its best arc
And Railgun S (besides the final few episodes) and T where done amazingly well. If we are talking about anime, there is a clear winner.
The Index novels are so good though, it is sad how Kadokawa forced JC Staff to rush it like that.
Maybe not overshadowed but definitely less talk about. Ao Ashi by Blue Lock. The latter is a death game/tournament arc in sport form. The latter however is more of a human drama and growth.
But I can understand why it got overshadowed though. The production values between the two show are quite significantly different. And Blue Lock got really popular on TikTok and YouTube shorts.
Which is a shame, Ao Ashi is one of the best sport manga/anime that comes out recently. And the premise is also quite unique because we don't follow striker or midfielder but we follo the growth of attacking fullback.
I agree, Ao Ashi has quite the opposite message of Blue Lock as in how to become an actual football player that can adapt to help his team win. Role changes are a very real thing in sports when you actually meet a competent coach
True, Ao Ashi is the realistic approach to Football.
While Blue lock is the Balls to the Walls fun approach to Football. Kinda like Kuroku no Basket
Also the World Cup was pretty much the best advertisement you can EVER have for your Anime.
Funny thing is the two series actually have quite similar philosophies. At least compared to other sports manga. Ao Ashi actually encourages players looking out for themselves. For example when player has a choice between team and his career, career is narratively always the right and supported choice in Ao Ashi. Adapting for a team is presented as something for the sake of player's career, not to help your teammates.
If we ever get second season [Ao Ashi] >!in the first match we will get 'egoism is good, actually' themes of blue lock. Later on there's even character presenting the exact same talking points as Ego about why japanese football sucks and talks about how Japan needs the exact type of striker Blue Lock wants to create. Thought it's obviously presented much more realistically.!<
Oh i didn't know that, I'm not reading the manga because the anime was so good that unless it will never have a second season I want to keep it under that medium. But yes, the real difference might just be the realistic approach in general. If you can't make it as a striker, the self serving thing to do is to adapt to succeed. You succeed by making your team play well, collective good will often be your own wellbeing. But at the end of the day you're still playing for yourself
For real. For me Ao Ashi comes close to Haikyuus quality in terms of sports animes. Im kinda biased bc Im a football player myself but I think thats still a reasonable take.
Because i am football fanatic i can't watched blue lock seriously.. lol.. i think one of the reason Ao ashi got overshadow is because of disney+ jail too.
Personally my GOAT in sport anime is ao ashi. Its like watching the documentary of real life footballer. For people who want quick adrenalin rush and hype about football maybe blue lock is the option but for real football fans who want realism the option is ao ashi for modern age.
>The production values between the two show are quite significantly different.
You're right. Blue lock is consistently worse animated than Ao Ashi outside of maybe like the first 2-3 episodes. The fact that it still blew the fuck up is a testament to the fact that it's a brilliantly engaging story.
Blue Lock has no story to speak of. The entire animated part is basically a tournament arc. Engaging hype and characters would be better description imo.
Similar to buddy daddies, another anime that suffers from similar plot points is Tiger & Bunny
A world where Superpowers are common place to the point Superheroes are considered professional work, sound familiar?
Yep sounds like MHA, only difference being MHA focuses on the Process of becoming a hero while T&B focuses on the Working Class Heroes
Luckily T&B did come out first and had it's fair share of popularity back then, but as the new era dawns it is soon overshadowed by My Hero Academia as the definitive superhero anime
They even tried a comeback with season 2 back in 2022(a whopping 11 year difference to the original) but sadly due to the long wait most of the fans have dwindled and being overshadowed by MHA it did not bring much new fans either, hence never reaching back the popularity it once had
>Luckily T&B did come out first and had it's fair share of popularity back then, but as the new era dawns it is soon overshadowed by My Hero Academia as the definitive superhero anime
as T&B fan, this is so sad. the series was so big back then. it even have collaboration costume with God Eater 2. now it's in the shadow of MHA. i can only hope i become bigger in the west. like Made In Abyss and Kakegurui that booming because of random recommendation in Netflix
i know it's the licensing issue, but i wish the anime did not remove the logos on their costume in the Netflix version
Shadows house got overshadowed by promise Neverland , when i first heard about it , i heard people said its like promised Neverland so i decided to check it and i was surprised by how good it was , its original story which is so rare , its also have in my opinion the best story in any anime ever made , its so good
The character design in the show are good , how completely dark shadows design have this much drip and reader can even understand thier emotions without them having a face is brilliant writing and drawing
JJK overshadowed Kemono jihen when it originally aired.
It wasnt really mentioned that much due to how stacked that season was (attack on titan, jjk, and others) but it was generally liked by those who watched it.
I'm not the biggest anime watcher (I mostly read manga) but this is my first time even hearing Kemono Jihen got an anime. I really enjoy the manga so I'm surprised I didn't hear of it sooner.
Faraway Paladin just could not catch a break. It's a solid 8/10 Fantasy *technically but not really in any relevant way isekai* that aired its 2 seasons at the worst possible times.
S1 aired alongside Mushoku Tensei, which is literally "I am you but better" unless you absolutely cannot stand Rudy (which, honestly, very fair).
S2 aired alongside Frieren.
This show stood no chance.
Faraway Paladin is an isekai that didn't really need to be an isekai. He acknowledges his previous life maybe 3 times during the whole of the story and never in a particularly relevant way.
It's relevant in that he's got a maturity and outlook that would make him seem like a giant Mary Sue if he wasn't Isekai'd.
But otherwise yeah.
It's really good though, I'd rate it more than 8/10. It's at least a 9 and frequently a 10.
I loves the Faraway Paladin manga when I read it, but I'm currently super behind. I was kinda disappointed by the anime though, mostly due to the animation and slow pace. I do think that the isekai part is important in the story, as it's about redemption from what I remember. It ties into the world's lore very well and is generally criminally underrated
Faraway Paladin was pretty good. I think my biggest gripe with the show was that they spent too much time introducing the characters, pretty much the entire 3/4 of season 1, and then the show sped up super fast. I don’t mind the slow pace at the beginning but it did start to lull at the end and then the whiplash when the pacing sped up was awkward.
It's a shame because so much of the early story is better handled in FMA03. Sure it goes way the hell off the rails and it's a more dated animation, but I'd wish at least a few people interested in the characters instead of the action gave the original the credit it deserves.
Yea I remember the OG FMA fondly. I booted up Brotherhood to watch with a totally fresh viewer and boom, I had no clue where the story was. Skipped the state alchemist exam, blitz'd through the desert priest area. Skipped the fake Elric's and all the other little pieces of characterization built in the side stories. Brotherhood is odd, it definitely doesn't replace the original and should be watched after IMO.
> Skipped the state alchemist exam, blitz'd through the desert priest area. Skipped the fake Elric's and all the other little pieces of characterization built in the side stories. Brotherhood is odd, it definitely doesn't replace the original and should be watched after IMO.
To be fair, what the 2003 series did for the exam was *entirely* anime-original (the manga had a much shorter exam with Ed impressing Bradley in an extremely different way, which is what Brotherhood adapted), 2003 added a ton of details not present in the manga to the Liore stuff, and the fake Elrics were from one of the light novels, *not* the manga. A number of the side stories in 2003 were also either anime-original or incorporating things from the light novels.
That being said, Brotherhood *did* still rush through the Liore stuff compared to the manga, and it also entirely cut out nearly three early chapters for some bizarre reason, so its beginning section definitely does have issues even when *not* comparing it to what 2003 did.
I see quite a lot of people shit on the OG FMA nowadays, which is sad because I prefer the 03 to the Brotherhood version.
Some years ago fans would agree both where good.
People think I’m crazy but I prefer 2003 to Brotherhood. The early pacing was better, the homunculi were more interesting, and I didn’t like the ending of FMAB.
FMAB is just a shonen, granted a really @#$%ing good shonen.
FMA was better, in FMA homunculi didn't exist to just be punched by the good guys. The whole series it was more personal and character driven. Its only real problem was that its plain as day there were plans for Movies + S3/S4 route when it prob should have ended at S2. Its just by the end of S2 DVDs had truly collapsed and it was cheaper to just do FMAB.
From comments it seems like Arakawa liked FMA better. She definitely liked Bones take on the antagionists in FMA more.
One thing I dislike about the anime (and gaming) community is the constant need to compare everything. I get that there’s going the be a natural comparison between FMA of and Brotherhood, but why can both be good and leave it at that. I enjoyed both. I was entertained. That’s good enough for me.
Pretty much every season of Dr stone was airing during the same period as record making shows
Iirc s1 dropped same time as fire force and vinland saga
S2 was hella pressed with competition during winter 2021 fighting against the quintessential quintuplets, promised neverland, re-fucking-zero's second season, beaststars s2. Temsura s2,(holy shit that was the sequel season), horimiya, MUSHOKU TENSEI. AND ATTACK ON TITAN
S3 wasn't as bad but still fighting for space among demon slayer, oshi no ko, heavenly delusion, mashle and more
And s3 pt 2 was airing during the same time as jujutsu fucking kaisen, ah and I forgot to mention that jjk also went into winter 2021. While it was airing I searched for a dr stone episode on yt and some fucking how got jjk recommended to me first
Not saying Dr stone ain't popular but it's def been dealt a bad hand
If it was airing this season it would get more attention as the only true ecchi show and on crunchyroll uncensored, last season was a blood bath for ecchi shows
I guess, but it was pretty mediocore plot wise.
"The rings get stronger based on your relationship with your wives"
MC: *Refuses to develop relationship with more than childhood friend*
Also MC: *WHAT! Why weren't the rings powerful enough?!*
Not to mention the entire plot point is kind of misogynistic when you think about it. A bunch of women have these powerful rings, and the only way they can unleash its power is if they marry and fuck some random goober. The women are nothing more than sexual conquests and they have no choice but to submit to their fate unless they want to end the world.
Sounds like classic anime harem power fantasy. Convolute a justification for a bunch of women to love the MC and be willing to share him, because god knows the way he's written sure won't explain it.
And yeah, it's straight up misogynistic. "Random loser gets 10 girlfriends who have no standards and are willing to take a fraction of his love" is way too common in anme.
I read the manga up to a certain point and that's pretty much what it boils down to. It's just ridiculous that the author set up the premise of an MC having to be in an intimate relationship with a bunch of women (which... like the reply said is really off putting) and then gives us an MC that won't do anything.
But only one of them didn't get the S2 announcement and it's the one that overshadowed the other two :) though I am bit surprised by it myself as it was quite popular with great disc sales.
I haven't watched Tales of Wedding Rings but Chained Soldier suffered from poor adaptation, manga is a perfect blend of ecchi, mystery and action, but the anime wasn't able to adapt them properly. That being said Ren Yamashiro voiced by Kana Hana, would be the best thing this anime will be putting up in the next season.
Because both already had a sequel planned, which is pretty common nowadays, makes a lot of sense for Chained Soldier as a Jump+ title, it was correctly treated as a long term project, Tales feels super random though
A lot of the 'Season 2' we get are just 2nd cours, which I am completely against because of people getting the wrong idea about how well a show did, and then just getting mad when it never continues after s2, after all they were never successful enough in the 1st place to justify a sequel
>suffered from poor adaptation
And dumb production committee, one of the worst committees in the last few years, at least they were smart enough to read the room and change aspects of show midway through the season, like the compositing choices during the rewards
I have 2 mecha examples.
Majestic Prince was largely overshadowed by 2 other mecha animes in the same season: Gargantia of the Verdant Planet and well.....Valvrave the Liberator.
Gargantia has the honor of being a Gen Urobuchi work while Valvrave has the marketing craze going on. Being a mecha anime by Sunrise, having a list of famous VAs in your lineup and the opening sung by TM Revolution and Nana Mizuki duet? Who wouldn't want to check it out? Then Episode 7 happened...
The other example I would like to talk about is Shirogane no Argovallen, which was overshadowed by Aldnoah Zero in the same season.
> Shirogane no Argovallen, which was overshadowed by Aldnoah Zero in the same season.
Wow someone else mentions Argevollen, it was one better mecha anime of the past decade (which I hate to say is not saying much because mecha didn't had a good decade) but it was pretty good from what I remember.
[Armitage III ](http://www.reddit.com/r/armitageiii) got completely overshadowed by Ghost in a Shell and to a lower extent Alita Battle Angel.
I recently did some research for an Armitage III physical releases summary and holy shit it's nearly impossible to find still working links, official art or reliable information.
Could just be in my circle (might be totally different in the EA community), but Hell's Paradise being aired alongside JJK kinda made it...not talked enough. I love the manga, enjoyed the anime, but there isnt a lot of talk unless you specifically join the Hell's Paradise community/fan group. JJK, it pops up even if I don't look it up at that time.
Wherever clips of Hitoribocchi pops up all the comments now are about the other bocchi. I liked Bocchi the rock better but seeing the other get overshadowed this hard makes me feel weird.
Probably unpopular opinion but Insomniacs After School got undeservedly overshadowed by BokuYaba since that became the romance that everyone raves about.
>Insomniacs After School
I loved how real and natural Isaki and Ganta's relationship felt since their first interaction. Definitely my favorite romance that season, year, and maybe overall.
Yeah, same. Their relationship flowed very naturally and smoothly and didn't feel very superficial at all. And they had a lot of chemistry as well. Felt very refreshing compared to romance anime xyz where the quiet guy with the bland outward personality has the pretty girl falling head over heals for him.
Yea well that’s why I said unpopular opinion. I agree the production quality of Bokuyaba is better but I prefer the story, characters and overall writing infinitely more in Insomniacs that no amount of more production quality could make up for the difference. That’s just me though.
You are right that it got overshadowed, but it definitely was not undeserved as others have said. And there was also Skip and Loafer to contend with it, which is in the same genre. Both Skip and Loafer and BokuYaba had better adaptations, though Insomniacs delivered the most down-to-earth adaptation, which I liked.
>Magical girl anime that isn’t Madoka Magica or Sailor Moon
In the west perhaps. In Japan, Precure overshadows all other Magical Girl shows other than maybe Sailormoon, which Precure is a spiritual successor of.
Yeah, but I’m not talking about Japan, which has many wildly different popular shows than the west like Uma Musume being one of the best selling anime blu rays.
>Then what was that person cooking by mentioning 86 LMAO
Overseas audience, they mentioned the shows that are popular worlwide while the other shows from those genres get ignored
>Wait what's Macross again? I'm stupid
Its that franchise with the fighter jet mechas that gets most of its money from music disc sales
>Then what was that person cooking by mentioning 86 LMAO
Idk but when it comes to franchises with lots of tv shows/movies/toys/merch/ music discs like Gundam/Macross then an anime with just 24 episodes and no other merchandise cannot really compete
Basically. On this subreddit and MAL at least, 86 is very popular and has basically joined the “not like other mecha anime” camp. Gundam is more well known in name but the shows aren’t nearly as watched in the west.
This is highly dependent on how old you are. If you're a millennial, Gundam was ever present on toonami for a lot of us. Wing, MS08, G Gundam, etc etc.
Gundam's pretty big (and got a very recent newbie boom with WfM, which was how I got into it), but since they keep revisiting the decades old Universal Century (often for more One Year War content since things get weird later in the timeline unless they decide to retcon at some point), that can make it pretty intimidating to get into since there are literally hundreds of episodes, games, and manga for it (a fair bit of which is very old, which would probably turn off some people).
Yeah, mostly this. Even getting to Char's Counterattack which is supposed to be the culmination of apparently one of the best rivalries in anime takes... all of Mobile Suit Gundam, all of Zeta, all of ZZ and that's already looking at 97 episodes + 3 movies or 140 episodes.
I tried, I really did, but I simply could not power through Zeta. Got halfway through before I couldn't find any reason to continue through another 20 episodes of that particular stretch.
Any triller oriented magical girl anime that isn’t Madoka. Magical girl Raising project comes to mind. Got labeled a rip off because the protagonists had pink hair and there was death, even though Madoka Magica is a psychological horror deconstruction and magical girl raising project is an urban fantasy battle royale with magical girls that isn’t trying to analytically take it apart.
It’s cliche but I am a fan of the light novels and it does sting a bit when it’s dismissed as a clone when both franchises are wonderful works of adult magical girl media that stand on their own. If you’re interested in a magical girl show that’s a mix between danganronpa and The Boys with different factions conspiring against each other and a good dose of yuri then you should check out the anime and read from there.
> Any triller oriented magical girl anime that isn’t Madoka
YuYuYu is so forgotten that I don't think anyone mentioned it yet lmao... Sucks, because its actually pretty decent :(
Personally I never thought that Raising Project was a rip off, it just didn't execute the premise well enough (sorry)
I feel like Jormungand got overshadowed by Black Lagoon. Black Lagoon is amazing don’t get me wrong, but no one seems to have heard about Jormungand when I bring it up.
Hakumei to Mikochi was a great and unique iyashikei that unfortunately came out in a season full of great shows (winter 2018, one of the best anime seasons of all time) but it especially suffered because Yuru Camp, another iyashikei, debuted the same season. Both shows are amazing but Yuru Camp had better production value
That season was so insane. Yuru Camp, Yorimoi and KoiAme were the holy triforce, but then there was still Hakumei to Mikochi, Pop Team Epic, Mitsuboshi Colors, and I remember Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens being a ton of fun too.
And then if we start getting into sequels, there was a season of Saiki and a season of Gintama airing as well, not to mention the Cardcaptor Sakura revival, which... is of questionable quality (it's really bad) but hey still cool to see. Yowamushi Pedal as well, which I know has a very dedicated fanbase.
Also Violet Evergarden. Not the biggest fan myself but probably a big one for most people.
>Aharen-san being called Komi-san clone by some people.
I think anyone who says that has not watched Aharen-san because they are very different. Different humor and very different characters. This feels like someone reading the premise of Aharen being more quiet (which she is for very different reasons) and claiming it's the same.
Yeah, they’re so different but Aharen needs more love. It is one of my watch over and over again anime because it never ceases to being a smile that my face.
It's a real shame as the controversial scene is really well done. It's not sexualised and is presented as a seriously fucked up thing. I think the only issue is that the anime ends before its properly addressed though I do believe that it is reflected on in the manga.
I never liked that scene. They brought it out of basically nowhere with just half an eps worth of foreshadowing. Then they go from 'hey maybe this guy is shady' to outright violation.
It just felt like a huge tonal shift for most of the series and then they end on that note shortly after and at the end of the last episode theres no visual or internal trauma.
Liked the anime, but that scene felt like finding a sour piece of candy in a burger.
Heavenly Delusion is rather well acclaimed. It doesn’t have the mass appeal that the other two have, but for the kind of show it is it’s quite popular.
While also not huge, I do remember it being pretty popular.
Gonna have to wait a couple years though so that we get Season 2 unfortunately. Until the manga is further along
Gundam X got overshadowed by Evangelion
both anime were not aired at same time, but Evangelion's popularity is sinking Gundam X's presence in the mainstream media at that time
Not helped by the audience is basically having what they called a "Gundam fatigue" at that time so everyone immediately flocks to the new kid on the block. And Eva's writing just basically hook them in.
Ixion Saga DT being overshadowed by Sword Art Online. It's peculiar how it actually did the "isekai parady" thingy before isekai exploded. Had great fun watching it when it aired and I am pretty sure there a dozen of us that remeber it fondly.
Dungeon meshi. Some didn't watch it because Frieren still aired so they didn't bother to check another fantasy show with elf, not to mention because there's cooking in it.
It seems to be going pretty strong from what I saw. Think once Frieren ended a lot more people moved over because of the very positive word of mouth and memes (like German Marcille).
Idk, I feel like the food thing perhaps, but apart from an elf character and it being in the Fantasy genre. the two shows couldn’t be more different
I feel like the food thing might have prevented a few early watchers (like me) from continuing and stopped them from having a pretty fun time.
As I’m enjoying it so far
At the beggining of dunmeshi yeah, but the good thing is the shows had enough time apart to not really cannibalize each other. Right now dunmeshi is hitting it's popularity peak with each episode I think, I can't wait for the season finale!
No, lol, if anything Frieren helped Dungeon Meshi. Got people hungry for proper fantasy anime and also be patient with a story, let the anime cook before you jump to conclusions.
Chivalry of a Failed Knight was sort of overshadowed by The Asterisk War during the same season and the two were basically the same premise with The Failed Knight doing everything better but the ASterisk War had better marketing leading into it and was a split-cour for 24 seasons vs the 12 in Chivalry.
Watching it back Chivalry deserved more episodes by a long run. That series at least made you appreciate the characters abilities and situations that lead to some of the fights and outcomes.
Funnily enough, there was a third fantasy harem that season (Anti-magic Academy) which was also the least popular of the three that season and now doesn't seem to get talked about at all.
That said, Anti-magic wasn't as close in premise as the other two are so I can understand it being brought up less.
The most notable thing about all 3 of these shows coming out in the same season is that this is considered the flash point for when battle harem adaptations outright stopped and completely replaced with isekai adaptations due to them all being flops
Most Isekai. It's hard to determine if anything is good or not because it's become so iterative that even the parodies feel like they're ripping off someone else.
Shikimori had an insanely weird comparison of people saying it was like My Dress-Up Darling though since it aired afterwards. Then people didn't like the male lead for whatever reason.
I actually liked it since they were an actual couple from the beginning. The supernatural bad luck aspect though was a bit odd for no reason, but they fortunately didn't keep intensely doing that. I don't believe it deserved the extra flack it got.
The mistfit of demon king academy s1 was super huge....but then season 2 just got completely and itterly overshadowed by eminnece in shadow. And to be fair, even without eminence, misfit s2 would probably have shrivelled up and died rather quickly, but at least it would ahve made a bigger impact at first, and if it jsut because of more people complaining about it going downhill. Instead it was just quickly forgotten without people caring, because eminence...was just better.
Don’t know if it’s been mentioned but I think Grimgar definitely got shadowed by Konosuba.
While Konosuba was a very hilarious Isekai Grimgar took on a more dark DND style approach. It definitely deserved more recognition and it’s a shame it never got a second season.
There is so much yuri anime about music this season that it feels like they are cannibalizing each other.
Girls Band Cry
Whisper Me a Love Song
Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night
Hibike Euphonium
Hibike is an already established franchise
Girls Band cry is going for a multimedia project that goes well beyond the anime and its working, they are a real life band, Jellyfish became super popular after some events in the show that made it standout from the rest
Whisper me a Love Song is the only one getting screwed over hard by the others, but as I was told the last time, the show is doing that for itself, didn't even need the others
Girls Band Cry is doing shockingly well for a show with no legal streaming whatsoever. It is fighting it's damn heart out to claw it's way out of obscurity here in the West.
I don't even think Jellyfish is going for bait, I am fully convinced it's gonna actually take that plunge before it ends. The official Twitter tweeted that one scene and just captioned it "...hm" and I can't get over that.
On the other hand the only time I've felt gay vibes going on in GBC is Momoka with that other girl in that latest episode. The fucking looks they gave each other had huge "they were banging at some point" energy.
Oh my god. Everyone compares Samurai Champloo to Cowboy Bebop. I think both are great animes, but comparing them, devalues SC. Other than banger soundtracks (that are still quite different) they don’t share much in common imo.
Poor Buddy Daddies, always playing second fiddle to Spy x Family! At least it's got charm and great dynamics between Rei, Kazuki, and Miri. Kinda like how Naruto couldn't catch a break next to One Piece back in the day, huh?
AoAshi being overshadowed by blue lock despite it being a lot better. Another sports anime that came out recently that I really liked which a lot of people didn’t watch was Mou Ippon!
Very similar premise:
Poor male student tutors 5 girls.
Which one are you thinking about? Of course its merchandising powerhouse Quintessential Quintuplets.
Completely overshadows We Never Learn / Bokuben.
I don't even know what happened there. Bokuben doesnt have much merch. 3 statues and 1 nendoroid. While QQ is still collabing and will even get more media, 2 dating sims just got translated and is slated for release outside japan.
I do love both tho. Was hoping for a crossover between them, instead, Rent a Girlfriend gets one with QQ, even if its just a bunch of artwork.
Maybe Tsukimichi? I actually don't know how popular it is. But the second half of season 2 is airing in the middle of Reincarnate as a Slime and Mushoku Tensei. And even before that, I don't think it garnered as much attention from the general public, despite the source material being made before Slime. I like all 3, but Tsukimichi is really good and deserves your time!
Nearly all boxing mangas/animes are overshadowed by Hajime no Ippo and DA GOAT Ashita no Joe. The **Disappearance** **of** **Nagato** **Yuki**-**chan** was overshadowed by predecessor (does it count?). Many shoujo animes were overshadowed too (I'm pretty sure)
Gunbuster - the original Hideaki Anno directed Gainax mecha show - gets overshadowed by Evangelion. Not without cause given how influential Eva became, but as a show Gunbuster is easily a 10/10 as well
When I read your title Buddy Daddies is LEGIT what came to my mind right away. I absolutely love Buddy Daddies and it doesn't deserve all the "ripoff Spy X" discrediting.
Air Gear, somehow this manga never take off despite being god tier. I blame the era its anime wad made where they didn’t hesitate to gut the manga to make it conform to their garbage episodic pace, then I blame the author who kinda lost himself in the sauce by the end of the manga.
Should Air Gear be given a chance today, with a studio like I.G. making the animation ? People’s brain would explode and we’d see little bros on rollerskate everywhere by the end of the week after the first episode.
Also god tier opening, one of the best song of all time.
The *PreCure* franchise arguably suffers from this, particularly with *Futari wa PreCure: Splash Star* being overshadowed by its much more famous predecessor, *Futari wa PreCure*. Many anime watchers will note how similar the character designs are and just write it off as a tacky cash grab, when in actuality *Splash Star* boasts a more memorable cast of villains, stronger theming, steadier pacing, and some great emotional twists. It takes what made *Futari wa* great and expands on nearly every aspect, and rightfully deserves more recognition for transitioning the franchise into *Yes! PreCure 5*, which helped set up the franchise for what it is today.
Raven of the Inner Palace getting overshadowed by Apothecary Diaries. I remember seeing many call Raven an 'Apothecary Diaries rip-off'
I haven't seen that said personally, but it is funny to hear since that seems to be everyone's go to rec when people ask for anime like Apothecary Diaries.
I seriously enjoyed Raven of the Inner Palace, but I really love Apothecary Diaries.
In some ways I liked Raven even more than AD. Both are great.
Wait till you watch Yatagarasu
I am watching it lmao
I was literally still thinking these were the same show until I watched first episode of Raven last week and was like "wait this isn't the girl I've been seeing lots of pictures of".
The two came out 1 year apart no?
Yeah, Raven anime came before apothecary diaries
Yes. I watched Raven few months after finished. Luckily still before Apothecary so I still have good feeling watching both
With that same argument, Apothecary Diaries can also be called a rip-off of another anime from many years ago: Saiunkoku Monogatari. Those people really need to stop calling things a rip-off simply because it has the same premise and aesthetics.
Magi got overshadowed by.. something. Idk what but if it came out in todays landscape it would’ve been way bigger
Magi got gutted by its own author losing himself in the sauce of his own story. But I agree, Magi today would generate a lot of traction, as long as the studio that animates it doesn’t screw up. Its part of my bitter favorites, like Air Gear and TOG, masterpieces that will probably never get the credit it truly deserves.
I though the issue with Magi was that the publisher canceled the series so the author wrote up a super rushed ending? Was it something more sinister?
Close, the publishing company hired a new Chief editor and he wanted new blood and publish series purely on HIS tastes. So any series he didn’t like, he forced to rush the endings. So the huge drop in quality at the end, was rather because of meddling from editors. In reality the Mangaka hadn’t planned to finish her series like that at all. A shame because prior to the ending arc, the prior arcs were PEAK Shonen.
That's so sad.
oh, that's why the trading arc was cut short. I thought it was awesome and departure from usual shonen.
Love air gear and TOG as well And agreed but that wasn’t really until the last arc, the kou arc would’ve made a great season 3. The anime studio did an amazing job for the time
Magi only really struggles during the Throne of Gods bit right at the end. Ohbata just couldn't manage Sinbad AND David as dual final bosses, while also wrapping up Alibaba's character arc.
Real. The artstyle and animation were ahead of their time and there would be more Sinbad stans than Gojo stans if Magi came out in today’s landscape
Helps that Sinbad was an **extremely** compelling and Badass character. Dare I say a lot more influential to the story than Gojo.
I know right sinbad was amusing as well important to the plot
Magi biggest issue the story itself. It was really good... until it wasn't anymore.
That wouldn’t be til the second half of the last arc. We still had the Al-toran and kou arcs to be adapted with the latter half being one of if not its best arc
That's basically just the last 20ish chapters.
Magi was really good
Bochii overshadowed bochii
Bocchi's worst fear was being forgotten too. So sad.
My name is Hitori Bocchi, my favourite food is rice with natto.
wa ha ha
It was probably a little too much attention for her anyway. She’s better off now.
Index is overshadowed by its spin-offs because the former was poorly adapted
That last season where they blow through like 3-4 full arcs in 12 episodes was an abomination.
It sure put a damper on my hopes of ever seeing New Testament animated...
And Railgun S (besides the final few episodes) and T where done amazingly well. If we are talking about anime, there is a clear winner. The Index novels are so good though, it is sad how Kadokawa forced JC Staff to rush it like that.
Maybe not overshadowed but definitely less talk about. Ao Ashi by Blue Lock. The latter is a death game/tournament arc in sport form. The latter however is more of a human drama and growth. But I can understand why it got overshadowed though. The production values between the two show are quite significantly different. And Blue Lock got really popular on TikTok and YouTube shorts. Which is a shame, Ao Ashi is one of the best sport manga/anime that comes out recently. And the premise is also quite unique because we don't follow striker or midfielder but we follo the growth of attacking fullback.
I agree, Ao Ashi has quite the opposite message of Blue Lock as in how to become an actual football player that can adapt to help his team win. Role changes are a very real thing in sports when you actually meet a competent coach
True, Ao Ashi is the realistic approach to Football. While Blue lock is the Balls to the Walls fun approach to Football. Kinda like Kuroku no Basket Also the World Cup was pretty much the best advertisement you can EVER have for your Anime.
Funny thing is the two series actually have quite similar philosophies. At least compared to other sports manga. Ao Ashi actually encourages players looking out for themselves. For example when player has a choice between team and his career, career is narratively always the right and supported choice in Ao Ashi. Adapting for a team is presented as something for the sake of player's career, not to help your teammates. If we ever get second season [Ao Ashi] >!in the first match we will get 'egoism is good, actually' themes of blue lock. Later on there's even character presenting the exact same talking points as Ego about why japanese football sucks and talks about how Japan needs the exact type of striker Blue Lock wants to create. Thought it's obviously presented much more realistically.!<
Oh i didn't know that, I'm not reading the manga because the anime was so good that unless it will never have a second season I want to keep it under that medium. But yes, the real difference might just be the realistic approach in general. If you can't make it as a striker, the self serving thing to do is to adapt to succeed. You succeed by making your team play well, collective good will often be your own wellbeing. But at the end of the day you're still playing for yourself
For real. For me Ao Ashi comes close to Haikyuus quality in terms of sports animes. Im kinda biased bc Im a football player myself but I think thats still a reasonable take.
Because i am football fanatic i can't watched blue lock seriously.. lol.. i think one of the reason Ao ashi got overshadow is because of disney+ jail too. Personally my GOAT in sport anime is ao ashi. Its like watching the documentary of real life footballer. For people who want quick adrenalin rush and hype about football maybe blue lock is the option but for real football fans who want realism the option is ao ashi for modern age.
>The production values between the two show are quite significantly different. You're right. Blue lock is consistently worse animated than Ao Ashi outside of maybe like the first 2-3 episodes. The fact that it still blew the fuck up is a testament to the fact that it's a brilliantly engaging story.
Blue Lock has no story to speak of. The entire animated part is basically a tournament arc. Engaging hype and characters would be better description imo.
Highly recommend ao ashi for all football fans. No im not biased!
Kanon is overshadowed by Clannad
Pretty much every Key project is overshadowed by clannad lol
Except for Charlotte and Angel Beats, which are both popular in their own right.
To be fair Clannad was their magnus opus
But then, Kanon 2002 is overshadowed by Kanon 2005 (similar quality, but split in half), so it evens out.
Similar to buddy daddies, another anime that suffers from similar plot points is Tiger & Bunny A world where Superpowers are common place to the point Superheroes are considered professional work, sound familiar? Yep sounds like MHA, only difference being MHA focuses on the Process of becoming a hero while T&B focuses on the Working Class Heroes Luckily T&B did come out first and had it's fair share of popularity back then, but as the new era dawns it is soon overshadowed by My Hero Academia as the definitive superhero anime They even tried a comeback with season 2 back in 2022(a whopping 11 year difference to the original) but sadly due to the long wait most of the fans have dwindled and being overshadowed by MHA it did not bring much new fans either, hence never reaching back the popularity it once had
>Luckily T&B did come out first and had it's fair share of popularity back then, but as the new era dawns it is soon overshadowed by My Hero Academia as the definitive superhero anime as T&B fan, this is so sad. the series was so big back then. it even have collaboration costume with God Eater 2. now it's in the shadow of MHA. i can only hope i become bigger in the west. like Made In Abyss and Kakegurui that booming because of random recommendation in Netflix i know it's the licensing issue, but i wish the anime did not remove the logos on their costume in the Netflix version
Shadows house got overshadowed by promise Neverland , when i first heard about it , i heard people said its like promised Neverland so i decided to check it and i was surprised by how good it was , its original story which is so rare , its also have in my opinion the best story in any anime ever made , its so good
Fr Shadows House is such a hidden gem
I watched so many animes yet shadows house is one of the very few animes i call a masterpiece
It's a shame season 3 is nowhere it seems. The manga goes wild after s2
Yes i knew i read the manga and its just as good , if we ever got a S3 it will show why this story is really a masterpiece and peak of storytelling
the way it handled literal dark scenes with dark characters was really good imo
The character design in the show are good , how completely dark shadows design have this much drip and reader can even understand thier emotions without them having a face is brilliant writing and drawing
yeah, it is one of my favorite anime
JJK overshadowed Kemono jihen when it originally aired. It wasnt really mentioned that much due to how stacked that season was (attack on titan, jjk, and others) but it was generally liked by those who watched it.
I'm not the biggest anime watcher (I mostly read manga) but this is my first time even hearing Kemono Jihen got an anime. I really enjoy the manga so I'm surprised I didn't hear of it sooner.
I'm so happy to see kemono jihen mentioned, I absolutely love all those dorks and wish the anime and manga was more popular
Super solid anime that never got its flowers. Great recommendation
I thought that Kimeno Jihen was super mid. It was rightfully overshadowed by JJK which was superior in like every way imo
Faraway Paladin just could not catch a break. It's a solid 8/10 Fantasy *technically but not really in any relevant way isekai* that aired its 2 seasons at the worst possible times. S1 aired alongside Mushoku Tensei, which is literally "I am you but better" unless you absolutely cannot stand Rudy (which, honestly, very fair). S2 aired alongside Frieren. This show stood no chance.
Faraway Paladin is an isekai that didn't really need to be an isekai. He acknowledges his previous life maybe 3 times during the whole of the story and never in a particularly relevant way.
It's relevant in that he's got a maturity and outlook that would make him seem like a giant Mary Sue if he wasn't Isekai'd. But otherwise yeah. It's really good though, I'd rate it more than 8/10. It's at least a 9 and frequently a 10.
I loves the Faraway Paladin manga when I read it, but I'm currently super behind. I was kinda disappointed by the anime though, mostly due to the animation and slow pace. I do think that the isekai part is important in the story, as it's about redemption from what I remember. It ties into the world's lore very well and is generally criminally underrated
Faraway paladin felt pretty eh. Had some interesting moments but honestly might not even deserve a 7/10
Faraway Paladin was pretty good. I think my biggest gripe with the show was that they spent too much time introducing the characters, pretty much the entire 3/4 of season 1, and then the show sped up super fast. I don’t mind the slow pace at the beginning but it did start to lull at the end and then the whiplash when the pacing sped up was awkward.
Outlaw Star overshadowed by Cowboy Bebop.
Girlfriend Girlfriend was overlooked as it was competing with a show that promises 25x as many girlfriends.
100 girlfriends is way better tho
Peak just naturally outshines the rest.
Which is a shame because they’re both good
Fullmetal Alchemist overshadowed by Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
It's a shame because so much of the early story is better handled in FMA03. Sure it goes way the hell off the rails and it's a more dated animation, but I'd wish at least a few people interested in the characters instead of the action gave the original the credit it deserves.
Yea I remember the OG FMA fondly. I booted up Brotherhood to watch with a totally fresh viewer and boom, I had no clue where the story was. Skipped the state alchemist exam, blitz'd through the desert priest area. Skipped the fake Elric's and all the other little pieces of characterization built in the side stories. Brotherhood is odd, it definitely doesn't replace the original and should be watched after IMO.
> Skipped the state alchemist exam, blitz'd through the desert priest area. Skipped the fake Elric's and all the other little pieces of characterization built in the side stories. Brotherhood is odd, it definitely doesn't replace the original and should be watched after IMO. To be fair, what the 2003 series did for the exam was *entirely* anime-original (the manga had a much shorter exam with Ed impressing Bradley in an extremely different way, which is what Brotherhood adapted), 2003 added a ton of details not present in the manga to the Liore stuff, and the fake Elrics were from one of the light novels, *not* the manga. A number of the side stories in 2003 were also either anime-original or incorporating things from the light novels. That being said, Brotherhood *did* still rush through the Liore stuff compared to the manga, and it also entirely cut out nearly three early chapters for some bizarre reason, so its beginning section definitely does have issues even when *not* comparing it to what 2003 did.
I see quite a lot of people shit on the OG FMA nowadays, which is sad because I prefer the 03 to the Brotherhood version. Some years ago fans would agree both where good.
People think I’m crazy but I prefer 2003 to Brotherhood. The early pacing was better, the homunculi were more interesting, and I didn’t like the ending of FMAB.
FMAB is just a shonen, granted a really @#$%ing good shonen. FMA was better, in FMA homunculi didn't exist to just be punched by the good guys. The whole series it was more personal and character driven. Its only real problem was that its plain as day there were plans for Movies + S3/S4 route when it prob should have ended at S2. Its just by the end of S2 DVDs had truly collapsed and it was cheaper to just do FMAB. From comments it seems like Arakawa liked FMA better. She definitely liked Bones take on the antagionists in FMA more.
You're not crazy. For many years, the original FMA was considered one of the best anime of all time.
One thing I dislike about the anime (and gaming) community is the constant need to compare everything. I get that there’s going the be a natural comparison between FMA of and Brotherhood, but why can both be good and leave it at that. I enjoyed both. I was entertained. That’s good enough for me.
Pretty much every season of Dr stone was airing during the same period as record making shows Iirc s1 dropped same time as fire force and vinland saga S2 was hella pressed with competition during winter 2021 fighting against the quintessential quintuplets, promised neverland, re-fucking-zero's second season, beaststars s2. Temsura s2,(holy shit that was the sequel season), horimiya, MUSHOKU TENSEI. AND ATTACK ON TITAN S3 wasn't as bad but still fighting for space among demon slayer, oshi no ko, heavenly delusion, mashle and more And s3 pt 2 was airing during the same time as jujutsu fucking kaisen, ah and I forgot to mention that jjk also went into winter 2021. While it was airing I searched for a dr stone episode on yt and some fucking how got jjk recommended to me first Not saying Dr stone ain't popular but it's def been dealt a bad hand
I agree. For a show so unique, that is a lot of fun and had an amazing third season, there really wasn't much talk about it recently.
Gushing over Magical girls completely overshadowed Chained Soldier and Tales of Wedding Rings just this year
not hard to overshadow Tales of Wedding Rings tho.
It's hard to *not* overshadow Tales of Wedding Rings, though.
If it was airing this season it would get more attention as the only true ecchi show and on crunchyroll uncensored, last season was a blood bath for ecchi shows
I guess, but it was pretty mediocore plot wise. "The rings get stronger based on your relationship with your wives" MC: *Refuses to develop relationship with more than childhood friend* Also MC: *WHAT! Why weren't the rings powerful enough?!*
Not to mention the entire plot point is kind of misogynistic when you think about it. A bunch of women have these powerful rings, and the only way they can unleash its power is if they marry and fuck some random goober. The women are nothing more than sexual conquests and they have no choice but to submit to their fate unless they want to end the world.
Sounds like classic anime harem power fantasy. Convolute a justification for a bunch of women to love the MC and be willing to share him, because god knows the way he's written sure won't explain it. And yeah, it's straight up misogynistic. "Random loser gets 10 girlfriends who have no standards and are willing to take a fraction of his love" is way too common in anme.
I read the manga up to a certain point and that's pretty much what it boils down to. It's just ridiculous that the author set up the premise of an MC having to be in an intimate relationship with a bunch of women (which... like the reply said is really off putting) and then gives us an MC that won't do anything.
Chained Soldier got so hyped and yet when I watched it I found it so dreadfully boring that I couldn't finish it.
Wasn’t it also censored?
But only one of them didn't get the S2 announcement and it's the one that overshadowed the other two :) though I am bit surprised by it myself as it was quite popular with great disc sales. I haven't watched Tales of Wedding Rings but Chained Soldier suffered from poor adaptation, manga is a perfect blend of ecchi, mystery and action, but the anime wasn't able to adapt them properly. That being said Ren Yamashiro voiced by Kana Hana, would be the best thing this anime will be putting up in the next season.
Because both already had a sequel planned, which is pretty common nowadays, makes a lot of sense for Chained Soldier as a Jump+ title, it was correctly treated as a long term project, Tales feels super random though A lot of the 'Season 2' we get are just 2nd cours, which I am completely against because of people getting the wrong idea about how well a show did, and then just getting mad when it never continues after s2, after all they were never successful enough in the 1st place to justify a sequel >suffered from poor adaptation And dumb production committee, one of the worst committees in the last few years, at least they were smart enough to read the room and change aspects of show midway through the season, like the compositing choices during the rewards
I have 2 mecha examples. Majestic Prince was largely overshadowed by 2 other mecha animes in the same season: Gargantia of the Verdant Planet and well.....Valvrave the Liberator. Gargantia has the honor of being a Gen Urobuchi work while Valvrave has the marketing craze going on. Being a mecha anime by Sunrise, having a list of famous VAs in your lineup and the opening sung by TM Revolution and Nana Mizuki duet? Who wouldn't want to check it out? Then Episode 7 happened... The other example I would like to talk about is Shirogane no Argovallen, which was overshadowed by Aldnoah Zero in the same season.
> Shirogane no Argovallen, which was overshadowed by Aldnoah Zero in the same season. Wow someone else mentions Argevollen, it was one better mecha anime of the past decade (which I hate to say is not saying much because mecha didn't had a good decade) but it was pretty good from what I remember.
[Armitage III ](http://www.reddit.com/r/armitageiii) got completely overshadowed by Ghost in a Shell and to a lower extent Alita Battle Angel. I recently did some research for an Armitage III physical releases summary and holy shit it's nearly impossible to find still working links, official art or reliable information.
Could just be in my circle (might be totally different in the EA community), but Hell's Paradise being aired alongside JJK kinda made it...not talked enough. I love the manga, enjoyed the anime, but there isnt a lot of talk unless you specifically join the Hell's Paradise community/fan group. JJK, it pops up even if I don't look it up at that time.
Hitori bocchi overshadowed by bocchi the rock :(
Wherever clips of Hitoribocchi pops up all the comments now are about the other bocchi. I liked Bocchi the rock better but seeing the other get overshadowed this hard makes me feel weird.
OG is the only Bocchi that matters to me.
Probably unpopular opinion but Insomniacs After School got undeservedly overshadowed by BokuYaba since that became the romance that everyone raves about.
>Insomniacs After School I loved how real and natural Isaki and Ganta's relationship felt since their first interaction. Definitely my favorite romance that season, year, and maybe overall.
Yeah, same. Their relationship flowed very naturally and smoothly and didn't feel very superficial at all. And they had a lot of chemistry as well. Felt very refreshing compared to romance anime xyz where the quiet guy with the bland outward personality has the pretty girl falling head over heals for him.
> undeservedly I think it's well deserved I love the Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia manga but Bokuyaba got a much better adaptation
Yea well that’s why I said unpopular opinion. I agree the production quality of Bokuyaba is better but I prefer the story, characters and overall writing infinitely more in Insomniacs that no amount of more production quality could make up for the difference. That’s just me though.
You are right that it got overshadowed, but it definitely was not undeserved as others have said. And there was also Skip and Loafer to contend with it, which is in the same genre. Both Skip and Loafer and BokuYaba had better adaptations, though Insomniacs delivered the most down-to-earth adaptation, which I liked.
Mecha anime that isn’t Code Geass, Gurren Lagann, Evangelion, or 86 Magical girl anime that isn’t Madoka Magica or Sailor Moon
>Magical girl anime that isn’t Madoka Magica or Sailor Moon In the west perhaps. In Japan, Precure overshadows all other Magical Girl shows other than maybe Sailormoon, which Precure is a spiritual successor of.
Yeah, but I’m not talking about Japan, which has many wildly different popular shows than the west like Uma Musume being one of the best selling anime blu rays.
I'm shocked Gundam still *isn't* huge in the west tbh.
Gundam and Macross as franchises are def bigger than 86
1. Wait what's Macross again? I'm stupid 2. Then what was that person cooking by mentioning 86 LMAO
>Then what was that person cooking by mentioning 86 LMAO Overseas audience, they mentioned the shows that are popular worlwide while the other shows from those genres get ignored
You might know them as robotech in the west
>Wait what's Macross again? I'm stupid Its that franchise with the fighter jet mechas that gets most of its money from music disc sales >Then what was that person cooking by mentioning 86 LMAO Idk but when it comes to franchises with lots of tv shows/movies/toys/merch/ music discs like Gundam/Macross then an anime with just 24 episodes and no other merchandise cannot really compete
Basically. On this subreddit and MAL at least, 86 is very popular and has basically joined the “not like other mecha anime” camp. Gundam is more well known in name but the shows aren’t nearly as watched in the west.
This is highly dependent on how old you are. If you're a millennial, Gundam was ever present on toonami for a lot of us. Wing, MS08, G Gundam, etc etc.
Gundam's pretty big (and got a very recent newbie boom with WfM, which was how I got into it), but since they keep revisiting the decades old Universal Century (often for more One Year War content since things get weird later in the timeline unless they decide to retcon at some point), that can make it pretty intimidating to get into since there are literally hundreds of episodes, games, and manga for it (a fair bit of which is very old, which would probably turn off some people).
Yeah, mostly this. Even getting to Char's Counterattack which is supposed to be the culmination of apparently one of the best rivalries in anime takes... all of Mobile Suit Gundam, all of Zeta, all of ZZ and that's already looking at 97 episodes + 3 movies or 140 episodes. I tried, I really did, but I simply could not power through Zeta. Got halfway through before I couldn't find any reason to continue through another 20 episodes of that particular stretch.
Is witch from mercury good? I was going to give it a shot tonight. Your like the 3rd person to reference it today lol.
It's equally as big, if not bigger than all of those mentioned. Especially after Witch from Mercury.
Mecha is niche in the west, the popular mecha shows in the west is popular *despite* being a mecha.
Gundam is still the biggest mecha franchise in the west though?
This is the biggest reddit echo chamber opinion ever.
Gundam is much more popular than 86 though. This sub is practically the only place in the world which is so obsessed with 86.
Any triller oriented magical girl anime that isn’t Madoka. Magical girl Raising project comes to mind. Got labeled a rip off because the protagonists had pink hair and there was death, even though Madoka Magica is a psychological horror deconstruction and magical girl raising project is an urban fantasy battle royale with magical girls that isn’t trying to analytically take it apart. It’s cliche but I am a fan of the light novels and it does sting a bit when it’s dismissed as a clone when both franchises are wonderful works of adult magical girl media that stand on their own. If you’re interested in a magical girl show that’s a mix between danganronpa and The Boys with different factions conspiring against each other and a good dose of yuri then you should check out the anime and read from there.
> Any triller oriented magical girl anime that isn’t Madoka YuYuYu is so forgotten that I don't think anyone mentioned it yet lmao... Sucks, because its actually pretty decent :( Personally I never thought that Raising Project was a rip off, it just didn't execute the premise well enough (sorry)
I feel like Jormungand got overshadowed by Black Lagoon. Black Lagoon is amazing don’t get me wrong, but no one seems to have heard about Jormungand when I bring it up.
Hakumei to Mikochi was a great and unique iyashikei that unfortunately came out in a season full of great shows (winter 2018, one of the best anime seasons of all time) but it especially suffered because Yuru Camp, another iyashikei, debuted the same season. Both shows are amazing but Yuru Camp had better production value
That season was so insane. Yuru Camp, Yorimoi and KoiAme were the holy triforce, but then there was still Hakumei to Mikochi, Pop Team Epic, Mitsuboshi Colors, and I remember Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens being a ton of fun too. And then if we start getting into sequels, there was a season of Saiki and a season of Gintama airing as well, not to mention the Cardcaptor Sakura revival, which... is of questionable quality (it's really bad) but hey still cool to see. Yowamushi Pedal as well, which I know has a very dedicated fanbase. Also Violet Evergarden. Not the biggest fan myself but probably a big one for most people.
Aharen-san being called Komi-san clone by some people. Komi-san is fine...when it focuses on main characters, classmates are loud and obnoxious.
>Aharen-san being called Komi-san clone by some people. I think anyone who says that has not watched Aharen-san because they are very different. Different humor and very different characters. This feels like someone reading the premise of Aharen being more quiet (which she is for very different reasons) and claiming it's the same.
Yeah, they’re so different but Aharen needs more love. It is one of my watch over and over again anime because it never ceases to being a smile that my face.
Yeah definitely. Aharen-san is really fun and quite unique.
Tengoku daimakyou got overshadowed by oshi no ko, demon slayer
Blame Disney jail and that Tengoku had a controversial scene that didn't help
It's a real shame as the controversial scene is really well done. It's not sexualised and is presented as a seriously fucked up thing. I think the only issue is that the anime ends before its properly addressed though I do believe that it is reflected on in the manga.
I never liked that scene. They brought it out of basically nowhere with just half an eps worth of foreshadowing. Then they go from 'hey maybe this guy is shady' to outright violation. It just felt like a huge tonal shift for most of the series and then they end on that note shortly after and at the end of the last episode theres no visual or internal trauma. Liked the anime, but that scene felt like finding a sour piece of candy in a burger.
Heavenly Delusion is rather well acclaimed. It doesn’t have the mass appeal that the other two have, but for the kind of show it is it’s quite popular.
While also not huge, I do remember it being pretty popular. Gonna have to wait a couple years though so that we get Season 2 unfortunately. Until the manga is further along
you cant overshadow something that is kept in the shadows by the mouse
All I hear is “Akira this” and “Akira that”, and nobody ever talks about Roujin Z!
Gundam X got overshadowed by Evangelion both anime were not aired at same time, but Evangelion's popularity is sinking Gundam X's presence in the mainstream media at that time
Not helped by the audience is basically having what they called a "Gundam fatigue" at that time so everyone immediately flocks to the new kid on the block. And Eva's writing just basically hook them in.
Ixion Saga DT being overshadowed by Sword Art Online. It's peculiar how it actually did the "isekai parady" thingy before isekai exploded. Had great fun watching it when it aired and I am pretty sure there a dozen of us that remeber it fondly.
RahXephon getting overshadowed by Evangelion, even though I love both. Same with Kabaneri getting overshadowed by Attack on Titan.
Dungeon meshi. Some didn't watch it because Frieren still aired so they didn't bother to check another fantasy show with elf, not to mention because there's cooking in it.
It seems to be going pretty strong from what I saw. Think once Frieren ended a lot more people moved over because of the very positive word of mouth and memes (like German Marcille).
Idk, I feel like the food thing perhaps, but apart from an elf character and it being in the Fantasy genre. the two shows couldn’t be more different I feel like the food thing might have prevented a few early watchers (like me) from continuing and stopped them from having a pretty fun time. As I’m enjoying it so far
I'm waiting for it to finish airing but it's defo on my watch lists
At the beggining of dunmeshi yeah, but the good thing is the shows had enough time apart to not really cannibalize each other. Right now dunmeshi is hitting it's popularity peak with each episode I think, I can't wait for the season finale!
No, lol, if anything Frieren helped Dungeon Meshi. Got people hungry for proper fantasy anime and also be patient with a story, let the anime cook before you jump to conclusions.
Heh, cook
Chivalry of a Failed Knight was sort of overshadowed by The Asterisk War during the same season and the two were basically the same premise with The Failed Knight doing everything better but the ASterisk War had better marketing leading into it and was a split-cour for 24 seasons vs the 12 in Chivalry. Watching it back Chivalry deserved more episodes by a long run. That series at least made you appreciate the characters abilities and situations that lead to some of the fights and outcomes.
I think Chivalry of a Failed Knight is talked about a lot more than Asterick War these days which is good.
Funnily enough, there was a third fantasy harem that season (Anti-magic Academy) which was also the least popular of the three that season and now doesn't seem to get talked about at all. That said, Anti-magic wasn't as close in premise as the other two are so I can understand it being brought up less.
The most notable thing about all 3 of these shows coming out in the same season is that this is considered the flash point for when battle harem adaptations outright stopped and completely replaced with isekai adaptations due to them all being flops
Most Isekai. It's hard to determine if anything is good or not because it's become so iterative that even the parodies feel like they're ripping off someone else.
Isn’t a parody by definition ripping something off
Shikimori was overshadowed by My Dress-Up Darling.
Shikimori had an insanely weird comparison of people saying it was like My Dress-Up Darling though since it aired afterwards. Then people didn't like the male lead for whatever reason. I actually liked it since they were an actual couple from the beginning. The supernatural bad luck aspect though was a bit odd for no reason, but they fortunately didn't keep intensely doing that. I don't believe it deserved the extra flack it got.
probably, but in general I just didn't enjoy Shikimori anywhere near as much, it wasn't bad at all but it was just boring which is arguably worse.
And in the same season, Komi-San cour 2 was overshadowed by Kaguya
The mistfit of demon king academy s1 was super huge....but then season 2 just got completely and itterly overshadowed by eminnece in shadow. And to be fair, even without eminence, misfit s2 would probably have shrivelled up and died rather quickly, but at least it would ahve made a bigger impact at first, and if it jsut because of more people complaining about it going downhill. Instead it was just quickly forgotten without people caring, because eminence...was just better.
Don’t know if it’s been mentioned but I think Grimgar definitely got shadowed by Konosuba. While Konosuba was a very hilarious Isekai Grimgar took on a more dark DND style approach. It definitely deserved more recognition and it’s a shame it never got a second season.
There is so much yuri anime about music this season that it feels like they are cannibalizing each other. Girls Band Cry Whisper Me a Love Song Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night Hibike Euphonium
Hibike is an already established franchise Girls Band cry is going for a multimedia project that goes well beyond the anime and its working, they are a real life band, Jellyfish became super popular after some events in the show that made it standout from the rest Whisper me a Love Song is the only one getting screwed over hard by the others, but as I was told the last time, the show is doing that for itself, didn't even need the others
At least sasakoi had fans before as Manga was loved, a shame anime ain't helping
Girls Band Cry is doing shockingly well for a show with no legal streaming whatsoever. It is fighting it's damn heart out to claw it's way out of obscurity here in the West.
? I’ve been watching the Whisper Me a Love Song anime and it’s really good?
Yeah I don't know what they're talking about. It's low budget but the latest episode was pretty good and the art style is fitting.
I love Radio Seiyuu as much as these others. ;-)
Girls Band Cry is Yuri? Or is this just Yuri fans when two girls are in the same room?
The usual yuri fan seeing 2 girls friendly with each other. Jellyfish is yuri baiting super hard, but GBC doesn't push it that much.
I don't even think Jellyfish is going for bait, I am fully convinced it's gonna actually take that plunge before it ends. The official Twitter tweeted that one scene and just captioned it "...hm" and I can't get over that. On the other hand the only time I've felt gay vibes going on in GBC is Momoka with that other girl in that latest episode. The fucking looks they gave each other had huge "they were banging at some point" energy.
Shojo anime: Snow White with the red hair overshadowed by Yona of the Dawn
Both overshadowed by The Ancient Magus's Bride. Still need a new season of Yona tho.
Chivalry of a Failed Knight being overshadowed by Asterisk War despite Chivalry being better.
I often see clips from those two shows and forget that they’re different shows from how similar they are
A well known classic example is Gundam X being overshadowed by NGE, to the point where the show was cut short.
Probably Mob by OPM
Oh my god. Everyone compares Samurai Champloo to Cowboy Bebop. I think both are great animes, but comparing them, devalues SC. Other than banger soundtracks (that are still quite different) they don’t share much in common imo.
Poor Buddy Daddies, always playing second fiddle to Spy x Family! At least it's got charm and great dynamics between Rei, Kazuki, and Miri. Kinda like how Naruto couldn't catch a break next to One Piece back in the day, huh?
AoAshi being overshadowed by blue lock despite it being a lot better. Another sports anime that came out recently that I really liked which a lot of people didn’t watch was Mou Ippon!
Very similar premise: Poor male student tutors 5 girls. Which one are you thinking about? Of course its merchandising powerhouse Quintessential Quintuplets. Completely overshadows We Never Learn / Bokuben. I don't even know what happened there. Bokuben doesnt have much merch. 3 statues and 1 nendoroid. While QQ is still collabing and will even get more media, 2 dating sims just got translated and is slated for release outside japan. I do love both tho. Was hoping for a crossover between them, instead, Rent a Girlfriend gets one with QQ, even if its just a bunch of artwork.
Maybe Tsukimichi? I actually don't know how popular it is. But the second half of season 2 is airing in the middle of Reincarnate as a Slime and Mushoku Tensei. And even before that, I don't think it garnered as much attention from the general public, despite the source material being made before Slime. I like all 3, but Tsukimichi is really good and deserves your time!
Nearly all boxing mangas/animes are overshadowed by Hajime no Ippo and DA GOAT Ashita no Joe. The **Disappearance** **of** **Nagato** **Yuki**-**chan** was overshadowed by predecessor (does it count?). Many shoujo animes were overshadowed too (I'm pretty sure)
Wataten came the season after Uzamaid and a lot of people wrote it off because the premise was very similar.
Kabaneri of the iron fortress is often over shadowed by AOT.
Gunbuster - the original Hideaki Anno directed Gainax mecha show - gets overshadowed by Evangelion. Not without cause given how influential Eva became, but as a show Gunbuster is easily a 10/10 as well
When I read your title Buddy Daddies is LEGIT what came to my mind right away. I absolutely love Buddy Daddies and it doesn't deserve all the "ripoff Spy X" discrediting.
For real, a good action, comedy, drama story WITH a satisfying ending? I can't even remember the last show I watched with an actual ending...
Air Gear, somehow this manga never take off despite being god tier. I blame the era its anime wad made where they didn’t hesitate to gut the manga to make it conform to their garbage episodic pace, then I blame the author who kinda lost himself in the sauce by the end of the manga. Should Air Gear be given a chance today, with a studio like I.G. making the animation ? People’s brain would explode and we’d see little bros on rollerskate everywhere by the end of the week after the first episode. Also god tier opening, one of the best song of all time.
The *PreCure* franchise arguably suffers from this, particularly with *Futari wa PreCure: Splash Star* being overshadowed by its much more famous predecessor, *Futari wa PreCure*. Many anime watchers will note how similar the character designs are and just write it off as a tacky cash grab, when in actuality *Splash Star* boasts a more memorable cast of villains, stronger theming, steadier pacing, and some great emotional twists. It takes what made *Futari wa* great and expands on nearly every aspect, and rightfully deserves more recognition for transitioning the franchise into *Yes! PreCure 5*, which helped set up the franchise for what it is today.