I saw a lot of things I like being listed by 
people as "bad shows", and I know that I took 
absolutely no offense at all. I liked reading the 
reasons why others didn't like something.

See, it doesn't take a lot to recognize truly 
*BAD* anime, but the truth is that I doubt 
foreigners see much truly *BAD* anime. If it's 
truly that level of bad, chances are best even 
fansubbers aren't going to touch it, much less a 
legitamate company translate and release it. So 
foreign audiences will most likely be "spared".

But there is absolutely no series that is all 
good. Even the best of series have weaknesses -- 
I'd even say for a series to be REALLY good, it 
can't be liked by everyone. (Where entertainment 
is concerned, the big failures are the things 
that try to cater to *everyone* instead of just a 
certain niche of viewers/listeners/etc, simply 
because they fall flat trying to please everyone 
when that's not possible.) Not to mention we 
sometimes like things that we admit are poorly 
put together in various ways. (Psychic Force 
anyone? *^_~*)

So I think it's rather fun to air why we did or 
didn't like a given series. Like Fever said, it 
also might entice someone to give something 
another try. I think everyone has had times when 
they started to watch episode one of something 
then turned it off. . . Maybe they're not in the 
right mood, or they're too distracted by 
something else to pay enough attention to be 
interested in it, whatever. But then if they give 
it a second chance, they find they like it. It's 
happened to me a number of times -- some are 
titles that might surprise people:

Now and Then, Here and There
Witch Hunter Robin
Fatal Fury
Vampire Hunter D (first movie)
.hack//SIGN (TV series)
Sailor Moon

If I hadn't given all of these (and others) 
either a second chance or extended chance 
(meaning I kept watching even though I wasn't 
thrilled with it from the get-go), I would have 
missed out on a series that I wound up overall 
enjoying. ^_^  Maybe someone else will read 
someone defending one of the series in that 
thread and give the series another chance. ^_^

Besides. I like any thread that isn't a flamewar 
and which nearly everyone jumps into. ^_^

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac