@tsoj: hunter x hunter and attack on Titan are great shows you nincompoop...
Most overrated and underrated cartoons/anime
@khael: The main character isn't but there are plenty of shows where the side characters are >>>> the main one.
It is beautifully animated. The gems are all colourful, unique characters with a lot of depth to them. Steven, while not the most interesting, is likeable and his progress during the show is impressive. Some of the weirder episodes are really clever and hilarious, like Tiger Millionaire and the Cat Fingers one. It is sweet and has good life lessons. And it has a lot of implied LGBT themes, which makes it extra fun for us to watch.
So all in all, I like it a lot.
EDIT: Oh and also, it does tragedy really well, the losses and pain the characters experienced are really well portrayed. This is really rare in cartoons imo.
@the_stegman: It was a Comedy Central show. With the exception of Boondocks, I have always found Adult Swims original programming weird.
Even Venture Bros. and Home Movies?
Overrated: Family Guy, Ultimate Spider-Man, Samurai Champloo
Underrated: American Dad, Post Classic Simpsons (later seasons are criticized but still pretty good), Zatch Bell, 7Ds,
I usually try not to use the word "underrated", but I guess Kino's Journey deserves a bit more reverence.
- Family Guy
- Spider-Man TAS
- Bleach
- Naruto
- Futurama
- King of the Hill
- Dungeons and Dragons
- Pinky and the Brain
* King of the Hill (I thought it was quite boring, why does this have such a huge cult following?)
It's just one of the most genuinely human cartoons ever made. I mean, the devil is in the details. Hank has a freaking 1993 Ford Ranger. He's such a real dude. Which is a lovely change of pace in comparison to shows like South Park where it's nothing but 24 minutes of complete absurdity.
King of the Hill doesn't have to be on the nose or loud or obnoxious or intrusive. It just does its own thing at its own pace, and it hasn't wavered from beginning to end.
I wouldn't say they're underrated, since those that do watch them rate them fairly highly, but I believe a lot of anime series that focus on drama are very much underwatched/underexposed.
The majority of anime viewership seems to always be out for some combination of action, adventure, and comedy.
Overrated:
- Young Justice
- Ren and Stimpy
- Steven Universe
Underrated
- Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes
- King of the Hill
- Invader Zim
* King of the Hill (I thought it was quite boring, why does this have such a huge cult following?)
It's just one of the most genuinely human cartoons ever made. I mean, the devil is in the details. Hank has a freaking 1993 Ford Ranger. He's such a real dude. Which is a lovely change of pace in comparison to shows like South Park where it's nothing but 24 minutes of complete absurdity.
King of the Hill doesn't have to be on the nose or loud or obnoxious or intrusive. It just does its own thing at its own pace, and it hasn't wavered from beginning to end.
I guess that is fair, it probably just isn't for me.
Overrated
- Venture Brothers
- Young Justice
- X-Men: TAS
- Duckman
- CatDog
- Ed, Edd and Eddy
Underrated
- Teen Titans Go!
- X-Men Evolution
- Green Lantern TAS
- Mission Hill
- Extreme Ghostbusters
- I am Weasel
Overrated - Family Guy.
Underrated - Daria.
@farron-croft: OP did... :(
@black_wreath: Well I didn't. ;P
Overrated
- Legends of the Galactic Heroes - somewhat
- Cowboy Bebop (It's not the best)
- Any Dragon Ball series that is well liked
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - Somewhat
- Naruto: Shippuden
- Sword Art Online
- Simpsons
- Southpark
- Teen Titans
Underrated
- Gankutsuou
- Planetes
- Eureka Seven
- FLCL
- Fullmetal Alchemist (Original)
- Samurai X: Love and Betrayal - I think
- Courage the Cowardly Dog lol
Overrated:
Steven Universe
Rick and Morty
Family Guy
Simpsons
AoT
Underrated:
Salad Fingers
SuperJail!
Agamemnon Counterpart
Gravity Falls
Cowboy Bebop. The hype is f*cking unreal, everybody just worshipping this anime, i liked it, but nowhere as much as people told me i would. That and a ton of other old anime too, samurai champloo, Inuyasha etc. They're all good undoubtedly, but overhyped.
As for underhyped; all the humble masterpieces out there that few people know:
-Angel Beats.
-Your lie in April (not unknown, but unpopular)
-Noblesse
-Monster
-Zankyuu no terror
-Gosick
-Charlotte
-Oregairu
-Kuzu no Honkai
-Nijiro days
-Black King Wolf Girl.
-Code: Breakers
-Phantom
-Gate s1 and s2
-Steins Gate
All these anime are unpopular and/or unknown much.
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