"So Bad It's Good" Anime -

[Connor Bible]

My pick is most definitely M.D. Geist from 1986.
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The plot (what little there is) concerns the titular character, a genetically engineered killing machine. The M.D. in his name stand for "Most Dangerous", which he didn't earn for doing nothing. In fact, his creators had him cryogenically frozen in a satellite above the war-torn, shithole planet of Jerra to keep him out of their hair. Anyway, the satellite eventually crashes on Jerra, and Geist reawakens. He meets some raider chick named Vaiya, who tries to bang him, but to no avail; trying to get through to this guy is like blasting Godzilla in the foot with a sawn-off. It's a moot point. Geist blows some shit up, tears some guys limb from limb, and oh yeah, unleashes a horde of killer robots on the planet, wiping out almost the entire population. Why? Because he's a Merciless Soldier.

That's pretty much the entire plot, which makes Michael Bay films look like Neon Genesis Evangelion. It's also cynical as all hell: every character is sociopathic, opportunistic, hypocritical and/or selfish. It's not exactly a date anime. Despite it's lack of likeable characters, good animation, or a coherent story, it makes up for it with Geist's sheer badassery and a truly rockin' 80s soundtrack featuring Hironobu Kageyama.

 

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Really? No one else has responded to this yet? For crying out loud... fine.

I'll start with killing the sacred cow:
[youtube]5_0DDvBZl60[/youtube]
Berserk
NOW CALM THE FUCK DOWN AND I'LL EXPLAIN. I for one LOVE Berserk. I pretty much have "retired" from anime and manga, but this is still the one series I still collect. Back in the day, I spent $100 on the "Box or War" Boxed set and I don't regret it. I collect all the manga, bought imported figurines of the series, etc. But all the same the anime is... questionable. For one, the storyline for Berserk is HUGE. but the anime (keep in mind, I'm referring to just the older anime, not the newer movies they've recently released) only covers one of the larger storyarcs. To put it into perspective, imagine the Lord of the Rings Trilogy or movies ending right after Boromir died, and also cutting out the parts about Saruman and Gandalf just disappearing near the end. That's what this anime does- cutting out at least three larger storyarcs I can think of from the source material, and ending probably on the worst spot it possibly could. Further, the animation is cut-rate, often relying on freeze-frame shots during battles to depict tension. At least the music, done by the genius Susumu Hirasawa, is fucking great.

All the same, would I still pay hundreds of dollars to this franchise? Fuck. Yes.

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Basilisk
Ninjas+ X-Men-esque super powers + Hattfields & McCoys warring families + Tits = Basilisk
That's pretty much the formula there. There really isn't any plot except to watch super-powered ninjas kill each other off in the most creative ways possible. There is a romance plot running between the two warring clans (think Romeo and Juliet), but that is pretty much just a device to move the plot along.

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Blassreiter
No, there isn't any reason why all of these anime start with the letter "B." Anyway Blassreiter is... I have no really fucking way to describe it except it is like the writer started with a typical anime plotline about evil demons, suffered a massive stroke about a quarter of the way in and started fantasizing about Ghost Rider and Power Rangers, and then was replaced by the evil lovechild of Harlan Ellison and David Cronenberg for the last half. And then everything was resolved my eating a unicorn's face. Seriously, this is one of the few anime's I've watched that deliberately threw any conventions out of the window and decided to just fucking go with it, damn any reasoning or justification behind it. What originally starts as something Stan Lee would leave on the drawing room floor, ends with Battle Pope and the Mighty Morphin' Starship Troopers versus the Death Metal Decepticons. But, it does things with such abandon and wanton disregard for reason, you can't help but just marvel how glorious it is in its stupidity.

 

[Bob's Fries]

Really? No one else has responded to this yet? For crying out loud... fine.

I'll start with killing the sacred cow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_0DDvBZl60
Berserk
NOW CALM THE FUCK DOWN AND I'LL EXPLAIN. I for one LOVE Berserk. I pretty much have "retired" from anime and manga, but this is still the one series I still collect. Back in the day, I spent $100 on the "Box or War" Boxed set and I don't regret it. I collect all the manga, bought imported figurines of the series, etc. But all the same the anime is... questionable. For one, the storyline for Berserk is HUGE. but the anime (keep in mind, I'm referring to just the older anime, not the newer movies they've recently released) only covers one of the larger storyarcs. To put it into perspective, imagine the Lord of the Rings Trilogy or movies ending right after Boromir died, and also cutting out the parts about Saruman and Gandalf just disappearing near the end. That's what this anime does- cutting out at least three larger storyarcs I can think of from the source material, and ending probably on the worst spot it possibly could. Further, the animation is cut-rate, often relying on freeze-frame shots during battles to depict tension. At least the music, done by the genius Susumu Hirasawa, is fucking great.

All the same, would I still pay hundreds of dollars to this franchise? Fuck. Yes.

Just kidding, I wanted an excuse to use this.

 

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No worries- no offense taken.

 

[Picklepower]

Koreamation

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I actually have both of these on dvd.
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[caffeinated_wench]

There's an OVA adaptation of the game Corpse Party: Blood Covered. It's a bit over the top in all the blood and deaths, camera angles make it more narmy than actually scary, etc. A downside is that if you want to make sense of it you need prior knowledge of the game. I found it both cringey and funny, but maybe I'm just weird.

It's called "Corpse Party Tortured Souls."

[youtube]7_hfyuBLYdQ[/youtube]

 

[Judge Holden]

Really? No one else has responded to this yet? For crying out loud... fine.

I'll start with killing the sacred cow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_0DDvBZl60
Berserk
NOW CALM THE FUCK DOWN AND I'LL EXPLAIN. I for one LOVE Berserk. I pretty much have "retired" from anime and manga, but this is still the one series I still collect. Back in the day, I spent $100 on the "Box or War" Boxed set and I don't regret it. I collect all the manga, bought imported figurines of the series, etc. But all the same the anime is... questionable. For one, the storyline for Berserk is HUGE. but the anime (keep in mind, I'm referring to just the older anime, not the newer movies they've recently released) only covers one of the larger storyarcs. To put it into perspective, imagine the Lord of the Rings Trilogy or movies ending right after Boromir died, and also cutting out the parts about Saruman and Gandalf just disappearing near the end. That's what this anime does- cutting out at least three larger storyarcs I can think of from the source material, and ending probably on the worst spot it possibly could. Further, the animation is cut-rate, often relying on freeze-frame shots during battles to depict tension. At least the music, done by the genius Susumu Hirasawa, is fucking great.

All the same, would I still pay hundreds of dollars to this franchise? Fuck. Yes.

thats.....perfectly valid criticism. I shall thus refrain from putting on my femto cosplay and reeinacting the eclipse with you and a sharpened baseball bat

 

[OtterParty]

I've heard of a controversial anime called "Boku". A friend sent me the first season too. It's acclaimed just as often as it's bashed. I've had a roughly equal number of people I know who insist it's the best thing ever and scream at me not to watch the thing because it was made by Satan in one of hell's most rancid cesspools. I... really don't know. The episodes have been sitting on my desktop for a while and I'm wondering if it's as good (or as bad) as I'm told. I haven't mustered up the courage to watch it, but... someday. Maybe. Emotionally speaking I'm a bit fragile. I loved Madoka Magica, but it left me curled up under my blanket and sobbing into my pillow for a whole week and with school beginning again, I'm not sure I should risk the brainpower. According to my sources Boku is either heartbreaking or hilarious. I don't know. But it does sound relevant to this discussion.

 

[Picklepower]

I unironically love Fist of the North Star, It is one of my top favorite anime, but a lot of people may enjoy the 1980s animated movie as a "So bad its good" because it is insane and has funny moments, but remember if you want to watch it for comedic purposes you HAVE TO watch it dubbed, that way you can hear Rei call someone a lard ass, and enjoy Jagi's speech he gives (while his head is exploding) even more. (Correction Ken calls Mr Heart a lard ass) This DVD is easy to find if you want to buy it too.

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Also the 4 part Cop classic Madbull 34 is now on DVD, Make sure to watch it dubbed.

 

[c-no]

I unironically love Fist of the North Star, It is one of my top favorite anime, but a lot of people may enjoy the 1980s animated movie as a "So bad its good" because it is insane and has funny moments, but remember if you want to watch it for comedic purposes you HAVE TO watch it dubbed, that way you can hear Rei call someone a lard ass, and enjoy Jagi's speech he gives (while his head is exploding) even more. (Correction Ken calls Mr Heart a lard ass) This DVD is easy to find if you want to buy it too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AYaFL6SWmk

Also the 4 part Cop classic Madbull 34 is now on DVD, Make sure to watch it dubbed.

Since you mentioned Fist of the North Star and since I found out yesterday that James Avery (known for roles such as Shredder and Uncle Phil) actually voice acted in the Fist of the North Star movie, here's a clip.
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[Picklepower]

If Korean stuff counts I would say any of the Korean animated, anime knock off movies from the 80s, many of these are on Youtube, and a lot of them are dubbed into English. If you are familiar with old robot anime you will notice that almost all the mecha and characters designs are recolors of ones from various Japanese anime. So they are basically what a 1980s, South Korean, Deviant Art, would be like.

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This one is something special, ok for people unfamiliar with gundam, when the main character in "Captain of Cosmos" is wearing his mask, his character design is a knock of the character Char, and when he takes it off he is drawn like a recolored Amuro. His female side kick is a re color of Sayla, and one of the villains is a green recolor of a gundam villain, Dozle Zabi. I like that this dub left in the catchy Korean theme song.

 

[tehpope]

Mad Bull 34. Like what the fuck? It's pretty goddamn insane. The Ultra violence, the American stereotypes, the standard shitty late 80s - early 90s dub, the complete disregard of logic. Kazuo Koike, the author of the Manga the OVA is based on, is also the author of Lone Wolf & Cub. Small World eh?

EDIT: Didn't see Picklepower mention Mad Bull in his first post. Oh well. Another possible OVA could be Genocyber.

 

[Duke Nukem]

How Japanese People See Americans.

Anyone know where this is from? It seems to be so bad it's good...

[youtube]p1mnGkp34w4[/youtube]

 

[c-no]

How Japanese People See Americans.

Anyone know where this is from? It seems to be so bad it's good...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1mnGkp34w4

It's not that accurate. Where is the cowboy hat or the fire-arms? If they expect Americans, they should of included other things like cowboy hats, guns, and the obesity.
On a serious note, I actually saw that clip before but like you I don't know the name of that anime.

 

[caffeinated_wench]

I think it's Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi.

 

[OR 345]

My pick is most definitely M.D. Geist from 1986.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxHSyPrpkdM

As shit as the anime itself is, I really dig Merciless Soldier.

I would say Cyber City Oedo 808.

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Three criminals are hired by the police to capture/kill criminals in exchange for time off their sentences. There are only three episodic parts, so there's really not much more of an overarching plot than that. There are zombies, cyborg zombies, and hair that makes the ozone layer ache. It's also the only anime where I'd specifically say "never watch the sub, never watch the remasters." When Manga UK did the dub, the music was also completely redone, and it's far better than the original. However, somethingsomething I don't know, the Manga UK soundtrack wasn't included in the DVDs. Anyway, it's not as bad as some of the other stuff in here, but it's far from good. Or maybe I've just seen too many Anime Elitism 101 series.

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[A-Stump]

Speed Grapher. I should just say now that I loved it. It was also really bad in a few ways though. The main character can only get an erection when looking through a camera. The main character gains the ability to blow shit up with his camera after receiving saliva from an underage girl that is hypnotized and held captive by an underground club for the elite of Japan who do everything from kinky sex rituals to big game hunts held underneath the city. The main character's first fight? Crazy gimp bondage man who can stretch his limbs to obscene lengths while moaning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJJhQjagyhs And then there's that. An insane dentist sexually gets off on teeth, has a complete dentistry set in his back, and fights only because he has been promised a particular set of teeth he has been lusting after. The show is right fucked. Not obscure at all but that's my choice.

 

[Picklepower]

Speed Grapher. I should just say now that I loved it. It was also really bad in a few ways though. The main character can only get an erection when looking through a camera. The main character gains the ability to blow shit up with his camera after receiving saliva from an underage girl that is hypnotized and held captive by an underground club for the elite of Japan who do everything from kinky sex rituals to big game hunts held underneath the city. The main character's first fight? Crazy gimp bondage man who can stretch his limbs to obscene lengths while moaning. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJJhQjagyhs And then there's that. An insane dentist sexually gets off on teeth, has a complete dentistry set in his back, and fights only because he has been promised a particular set of teeth he has been lusting after. The show is right fucked. Not obscure at all but that's my choice.

I loved that show!

 

[tehpope]

I think it's Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi.

Yep. Second to last episode IIRC.

 

[R.A.E.L.]

There's an OVA adaptation of the game Corpse Party: Blood Covered. It's a bit over the top in all the blood and deaths, camera angles make it more narmy than actually scary, etc. A downside is that if you want to make sense of it you need prior knowledge of the game. I found it both cringey and funny, but maybe I'm just weird.

It's called "Corpse Party Tortured Souls."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_hfyuBLYdQ

Aw, I didn't think the OVA was that bad. But I did hate the changes (especially the ending) and the random panty shots. The art style kinda irks me too.