Overrated: Naruto

Underrated: Code Geass (It's also pretty new, so it'll take some time)

Hm, Blood+, in my opinion, falls in between the two. I don't really hate the story, but I felt the ending was a bit rushed and unrealistic.

And, Utena is still underrated in my state

Utena and FMA are actually my two most favourite animes. One is very popular, the other isn't as popular. (At least, not right now. It's a little old) But, while I adore FMA, I do agree somewhat. I personally think it is a very worthy show, but it does get large amounts of annoying fans who froth over it too much. Too many fangirls. But that's what you get with animes on Cartoon Network and Adult Swim.

Overrated animes/mangas for me would probably be Bleach..  I have quite a few friends who adore it, but I just couldn't get into it. Several of the characters were kick-ass, but other than that it didn't inspire me much and I found it a bit too predictable.

Underrated.. Definitely Utena. And Princess Tutu.

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*shrugs*  I rather like Naruto.  It's one of the two anime series I'm trying to keep current.  I suppose I'm just too far out of the mainstream to really know what's out there anymore.  I pick up anime/manga usually because a friend either talks about it long enough I decide to give it a try or I see some art from it and get mesmerized by the pretties.  Over my entire exposure to anime/manga, I tend to find any of the Gundam stuff (except 08th Team) to be very overrated.  I suppose Trinity Blood is underrated, given a lot of people have base assumptions about anything with vampires in it. 

Meh.  I don't even know a quarter of the stuff available in the US.  I remember when everyone wqas OMGDBZ!  *rolls eyes*  I watch anime/read managa for the art and character development.

Anything aired on American TV is overrated. Most of the fans that watch that are new to anime, not that there's anything wrong with that. Anything with pretty boys and lots of Yaoi pairings is overrated. This might just be due to my bitterness over the fact that I stopped caring about D.N.Angel the moment people started caring about it.

I can't help but feel slightly annoyed at how much merchandise there is of Naruto and Inu Yasha, when I can't find even a single wall scroll or poster from SKU. No one where I live has ever heard of SKU.

Romanticide wrote:

Overated... Tsubasa chronicle the manga isn't definately Clamp's best but the anime is just horrible

I used to love Clamp a lot especially when CCS was around back then. The whole concept of Tsubasa and XXX-Holic feels like their way of merchandising their past projects. To me, those two anime/manga is just full of fan service.

Iris wrote:

Under rated: 
Death Note.  It constantly gets dumped on as being made for little teeny boppers and taking itself too seriously, but it's actually a very intriguing show, my second favorite, right below Revolutionary Girl Utena.

Isn't that manga/anime kind of insanely popular all over the world right now? oo;

I live in Israel and I don't think the number of anime fans here who haven't heard of this series surpasses two. It's really popular in the US as well, from what I gather.

I personally love Gravitation. Some fangirls can get pretty annoying though, I KNOW, being one [just not the insanely annoying type...I hope...]. I mean, yeah, I definately love my yaoi, but come on, not every het couple is "just a lie!" For some, nothing is sacred... That sounded so weird.

I saw it mentioned that most things that come on American TV end up on the overrated list. That's pretty much it. I mean, the big fanbase for something like Death Note is different from the fanbase for Naruto, simply because most Death Note fans have been anime fans for a while, therefore are already a section within themselves. Naruto fans, mainly [not all, but many] are just people who like the show, not anime in general. That's okay, who am I to tell people what to like? But that adds greatly to the number of fans outside the anime community, therefore makes Naruto a very different kind of overrated.

I think that Elfen Lied is somewhat underrated. It's an amazing show, but many people I talk to have never seen it. Many have never even heard of it. It isn't deathly underrated, but I think it could use more recognition.

Hina the Prince wrote:

I don't think Utena is underrated. I live in Israel [which is like... Israel], and most people in the anime community here who aren't 8 year old InuYasha fans know the series and love it. And hey - the series is almost 10 years old and it has its own extremely active forum with plenty of members.

Well in Mexico is terrible underated, is one of those series that have a big international fandom but not enough followers in Mexico to maintain a spanish speaking forum.

Razara wrote:

Anything with pretty boys and lots of Yaoi pairings is overrated.(

Yaoi bores me and because of that my opinion could be biased but I think Gravitation is EXTREMELY overated.

Rae wrote:

I used to love Clamp a lot especially when CCS was around back then. The whole concept of Tsubasa and XXX-Holic feels like their way of merchandising their past projects. To me, those two anime/manga is just full of fan service.

To me Clover is the pinacle of their style,chobbits could give more but was still enjoyable but still even if their drawing style has become cleaner storywise they have been going down... I still like XXXholic though

And to the ones who mentiond Inuyasha, the problem with it is that it has become TOO LONG. :gonk:Seems like Rumiko wants to break a guiness record or something.

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Overrated: Naruto, Inuyasha... and DBZ is forever beyond overrated. Prolly Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh GX, too.

Underrated: I liked Turn A Gundam, It's too bad it'll prolly never come out over here.

Underrated - Kimagure Orange Road

Okay, so maybe I have a soft spot for 1980s teen romance.  Plus, Madoka is a goddess - my first anime character love.

I know this is kind of old news, but since the new anime elite seems to think Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien is the best thing since free porn on the internet, I feel like I should say that it makes me feel like scratching out my corneas.

Annnnnnnnnd I've already said Red Garden is the only winter anime I'm watching, and it's been horribly overlooked, as were Simoun, Ray, and Jigoku Shoujo (to an extent).

I read a lot more manga than anime too, but I'm not in the mood to make lists. Genshiken isn't nearly what I expected it to be. The way everyone descibed it I thought I'd be rolling. Seizon - LIFE is my currently running favourite. It's really heartwarming, and Pure Trance is pretty cool too. Aiesu and Tramps Like Us/Kimi wa Pet is some other manga I'm crazy about. I'll stfu before this becomes my personal manga recommendation tour.