Well, following Yann's criteria for what makes (to 
my mind at least) for bad anime, here goes:




1). I'm sure I'll be reamed for this, but Kite 
tops the list.  I'm sorry, but as a person who has 
friends who have been raped (drugged first in one 
case), there is NO good way that all the rape 
scenes that are shown in that anime could possibly 
justify the storyline.  Yes, rape happens, yes 
it's awful to watch in just about any movie, but 
in Kite it is over the top.  The story line isn't 
all that creative either--girl's parents die, girl 
is taken in by man who really is a bad guy and 
just wanted a sex toy, girl is a *whoo!* trained 
assassin (aren't they all, nowadays?), girl kills 
tons of men in business suits (yup, like Noir), 
girl gets raped a whole bunch before getting even 
with bad guy, etc etc etc.  The art is kind of 
neat, as is the music, but taste-wise, this anime 
disgusts me.  I can't find any redeeming value 
from having watched it--in fact, I've felt rather 
violated emotionally ever since I saw it (and I 
got about 2/3 of the way through it before I was 
forced to turn it off out of pure disgust).




2). Now for the biggest one people will disagree 
with me on, I'm sure, but here goes: Fushigi 
Yuugi.  I admit that it starts out with a 
captivating plotline and entertaining characters 
(albeit recycled, but what plot isn't recycled 
nowadays?).  But the whole focus on Miaka and 
Tamahome (we're together! No, we're not! Yes, we 
are!  No, we're not! Oh look, Miaka's best friend 
is in love with Tamahome to complicate it more... 
etc. etc. etc.) not only gets old, but overshadows 
the plot throughout the bulk of the anime.  Plus 
this whole load of hooey that all the other 
available men fall for Miaka, who isn't that 
admirable or likeable a heroine to begin with.  I 
don't think so.  I watched it up to ep 
30-something (right before Nuriko leaves the 
stage, so to speak) before I couldn't take it any 
more.  Any plot that was left was overshadowed by 
the Miaka-Tamahome-everyone else love triangle.  
Frankly, it felt like a bad soap.  Addictive 
perhaps, but bad all the same.  :prepares to get 
hate mail:




3). Another one I expect to get reamed for: Saber 
Marionette J.  Plot-wise, it's okay, although the 
whole "evil emperor thing" starts to get old after 
a while.  Not to mention that some dorky kid like 
Otaru is never going to defeat such a huge baddie 
in any realistic light.  But what really did it 
for me was the characters--in a word, BORING.  
(Except for the gay guy that Koyasu-san played who 
was totally hilarious and kept me watching even 
the two volumes I saw).  I think it's the same 
issue for me in this one as I had with FY--I 
cannot believe that all these hot females would 
all fall for some total loser like Otaru.  He's 
not appealing as a hero, any more than Miaka is 
appealing as a heroine.  Plus, I wanted to kill 
Cherry from the moment she showed up, just because 
her character is so irritating!!!  And I don't 
mean Merle-irritating, where she can grow on you 
and mature somewhat.  Cherry is annoying, period.




4). Well, a number of people have named other 
anime I've never been interested to watch, or have 
seen like 10 minutes of: Sailor Moon, Dragonball.  
And although I'm somewhat of a fan of Brain Powerd 
(just for Yuu and Hime, really), it falls way 
short compared to Escaflowne, which is one of the 
smoothest, overall best anime series I have 
watched to date (even with the big noses, hee 
hee).  Noir does admittedly get old, as does 
BGC2040 and Those Who Hunt Elves (which I never 
saw the end of).  Kodocha can get irritating after 
30 episodes of repeated plot stuff (although 
Hayama is awesome), as did Hana Yori Dango (man, 
try following the manga if you want to talk about 
endless love triangles... argh!  Resolve it 
already and move on!!!).  But when it comes to bad 
plots, I haven't seen anything that was more 
difficult or boring to watch than the above three.