Hametsu no Mars

Anime that are so bad, you can't look away!

My favorite shit anime that I've come to semi-unironically love. It's all trash.

Anime that are so terrible they become comedy gold.

Only the most "quality" of garbage!

Criteria:
• Score of 5.99 or below
• Widely considered to be "so bad it's good" by MAL users and/or the wider anime community
• Personal opinion/taste

Works where Idea Factory was involved as more than just the original creator or production committee.

Special interest given to works directed by Satou Yoshiteru.

No claymation, stop motion, 30 second CG clips, completely abstract visuals, experimental art created by a single person, etc!

Everything here is rated under 4.50 as of Spring 2022.

The weirdest and cringe anime.

This is a part of a series of stacks that are about artistic tendencies in anime (and that border the fine line between sophisticated and pretentious).

This stack is a work in progress.

Bibliography:
Bednorz, Maksymilian. “What is Sekai-kei? It’s Horseshit.” Bednorz: The Weeablogue. 26 July 2018.
Howard, Christopher. “The Ethics of Sekai-kei Reading Hiroki Azuma with Slavoj Žižek.” Science Fiction Film and Television 7:3 (2014): 366-368.
Tanaka, Motoko. “Trends of Fiction in 2000s Japanese Pop Culture.” Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies. 14:2 (2014).
Thomas, Stefanie. “‘You Cannot See Yourself Unless There Are Others’: Sekaikei as Exhortation of Societal Participation.” The Phoenix Papers. 2:2 (2016): 31-38.

Was looking at some fan art one day and it came to my attention that fanart (and very good fanart) is an extremely good indicator of how important an anime is. So taking away the fanart factor from this list. Here is a list of very important anime.

This list is based on many objective factors.

Log:
30/05/2022
Removed:
- Hongse Jiangshan: Huangma Fenghuo; Jingzhong Baoguo - not very important.
- Haikyuu!! - whilst there are indeed hot boys, it has come to my attention that many anime are similar (with whole genres too). Even if this was hyped by normies.
Added:
- SAO, Fate/stay night, Ling Feng Zhe

only the trash of the trash

The criteria this time is no criteria. This is the final list in my Obscurities series. If there is any criteria, it's that I think you should watch these despite their quality, popularity, or even my rating, because you should see 'em. There's some good, some bad, and some real head-scratchers in here. It's mixed bag time in here!

Ascend: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9816
Return to the surface: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9517

Tags: Old, Obscure, Oldtaku, Retro, Underrated, Hidden Gems

Consist of really memeable anime

Looking for some of the funniest trashy and bad anime? Are you constantly digging up bad anime just to end up being bored by how bad it is, rather than laugh at how ironically fun it is? You've come to the right place!

I've only put in anime that made me ironically laugh while I watched it. There's anime such as Ex-Arm that were funny at first, but they also became a pain to watch as the series progresses. I still included it as the first few episodes are unintentionally hilarious. The list is organized from highest to lowest MAL average just to show how it gradually gets worse in quality.

Also, please DM me suggestions to add to this list too, if you have some! Tsui no Sora is excluded for being an h-anime, but it meets the criteria elsewise.

I've watched several anime, such as Inferno Cop, Ghost Stories and gdgd fairies, that miss the cut and require their own stack. Check the URL below for it!

The Bad Stuff:

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/25499
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/31107

The Good Stuff:

https://myanimelist.net/stacks/26235

This interest stack contains mostly obscure OVAs from the 80s/90s (but there are some newer and/or more famous ones as well) that fall into the "so bad it's good" category. These anime are REALLY bad but they still can provide a good laugh with your friends while watching some of the most crappy/WTF/cringe/weird/poorly written/poorly animated/poorly drawn anime.

For some reason, sometimes watching terrible stuff is fun, and if you want a source of this kind of entertainment here you will find plenty of that.

Please notice that this is subjective and the criterion for including an anime in this list isn't its score on MAL but my personal opinion (please don't cry if you find your favourite anime here and you disagree with me about it being bad).

Yes that series has a game/ is a game. As I collect anime games I want to help people find games for series they enjoy. No this is not related to mobile games, maybe I’ll do a stack for those in the future though🤔 These are tied to Console and PC systems, I won’t list specifics though but searching “[insert series] game” will help you find it. There will be multiple parts coming out!

Standalone OVAs from 2000-2009.
Eve no Jikan is labeled on MAL as an ONA, but won the OVA Category during the 2010 Tokyo Anime Award.
There are potentially other OVAs that are labeled as ONAs that aren't included in this list.

Others notable Non OVAs included:
Halo Legends is an ONA.
Mizu no Kotoba is a special.
Interstella5555: The 5tory of The 5ecret 5tar 5ystem is a music video.

Neon Genesis Evangelion is widely considered one of the most influential anime ever made, and a multitude of series were created to follow the leader, copying from its premise, characters, aesthetics, themes, and any combination of the previous. Here's some anime that can be considered to be EVA clones. Note: Some series that, in contrast, inspired EVA are included at the end.