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If You Think One-Punch Man S3 Is Bad, Wait Until You See These 10 Anime Disasters

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By Emedo Ashibeze Published 2 minutes ago Emedo Ashibeze is a tenured journalist specializing in the entertainment industry. Before joining ScreenRant in 2025. he wrote for several major publications, including GameRant. Sign in to your ScreenRant account Summary Generate a summary of this story follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap

The anticipation surrounding high-profile anime sequels often leads to polarized discussions regarding animation quality and narrative fidelity. Typically, when a beloved franchise announces a continuation of a well-received anime, the collective excitement of fans creates an environment where high expectations must be met with excellence. Looking at One-Punch Man’s current underwhelming performance, it is not hard to see why.

However, the One-Punch Man backlash is nothing but the tip of an iceberg. The anime industry has spawned genuine production meltdowns that have completely altered the legacy of their respective anime. Consequently, these series, alongside One-Punch Man’s third season, represent the absolute rock bottom of adaptation, serving as cautionary tales that make modern controversies look trivial by comparison.

Wonder Egg Priority

Ai Ohto is a reclusive adolescent who is struggling with her best friend Koito's suicide. A strange voice leads her to an empty arcade where she buys a Wonder Egg. When it cracks, a girl appears who needs saving from nightmare creatures shaped by real trauma. The early episodes feel bold and emotionally sharp.

The dreamlike world tackles bullying, assault, and self-harm with striking animation and messy, believable characters. For a moment, the series embodies the potential to reach the ranks of classics. Each rescue feels personal, and the storytelling carries real weight.

Then, everything collapses. Production issues wreck the pacing, and the late special fails to answer the central question surrounding Koito. Instead, it throws in vague science-fiction twists and parallel worlds, and the emotional core disappears. The show ends feeling unfinished and deeply disappointing.

Gibiate

A samurai named Sensui Kanzaki and a ninja named Kenroku Sanada are pulled into the year 2030. A virus called Gibia turns people into monsters, and they travel with a doctor and a girl in search of a cure. It sounds like pulpy fun with strange creatures.

Instead, it falls apart. The animation is stiff and often looks unfinished. The monsters lack texture, so every fight has a weightless effect because scenes slide by without energy. The story drags on with tired ideas, and the causes of the characters' fights are lost in the narrative.

Nothing connects. The cast feels empty, and the action never lands. Gibiate is remembered only because it is shockingly bad. It stands as a perfect example of how an action series can collapse when nothing works on screen.

The Lost Village (Mayoiga)

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A bus packed with thirty people heads for Nanaki Village, a place known mostly through rumor. Mitsumune wants distance from home, while Masaki carries secrets that never sit right. The village they find is empty, yet everyone begins to see their personal fears take shape around them.

Early on, the series seamlessly blends survival horror with a slow-burn mystery, creating a tense mood. Also, the shifting visions hint at a story willing to explore trauma, pressure, and the way a group can unravel when nothing feels safe.

Sadly, that promise slips away fast. Aside from presenting a cast that's too large, the tone jumps between heavy drama and misplaced comedy. Finally, when the explanations arrive, they come through long conversations rather than real tension. The conclusion lands soft and scattered, leaving the core idea without weight.

Hellsing (2001 TV Series)

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The Hellsing Organization fights supernatural threats across Britain, relying on Alucard to tear through anything that endangers the country. Integra commands from the shadows, and Seras Victoria steps in as Alucard’s new partner, still adjusting to life as a vampire. The early episodes build a sharp gothic mood, using blood-soaked action and Alucard’s calm menace to carry the story.

The plot drifts once it splits from the source material. With the manga unfinished, the anime introduces Incognito instead of the Major, leaving the main conflict without real force. The detour weakens the tension and strips away the larger political and ideological threads that define the original work.

The Gonzo animation shows its age. Motion feels stiff, the action lacks weight, and the art rarely conveys the brutality the story demands. Compared with Hellsing Ultimate or the manga, this version is thin, offering style without lasting impact.

Dragon Ball Super

Goku tries to settle into farm life after Majin Buu, but Beerus arrives searching for a Super Saiyan God. From then on, the story expands quickly, introducing new universes, tournaments, and forms. For a moment, it feels like classic Akira Toriyama chaos returning in full force, until it goes south.

The early episodes are rough. The Battle of Gods and Resurrection F arcs repeat the movies with weaker animation and slower pacing. Episode 5 became infamous for distorted faces and lifeless action, which highlighted the visual inconsistency between Super and Dragon Ball Z.

The series eventually finds confidence during the Tournament of Power. The stakes rise, the fights sharpen, and the animation improves. Goku versus Jiren delivers real impact, and the team dynamics bring the arc back to life. Dragon Ball Super ends up uneven, but it still delivers memorable moments.

The Seven Deadly Sins (Seasons 3 & 4)

The Seven Deadly Sins, Featuring Meliodas, Elizabeth, and the Sins Posing in front of blue sky background

As Meliodas and the knights fight the Ten Commandments, they learn more about the Holy War and the curse that binds Meliodas and Elizabeth. The story sets up fierce demon battles and long-buried history, aiming for a grand payoff that is at once emotional and on a grand scale.

The shift from A One Pictures to Studio Deen and Marvy Jack sends the production into a steep decline. Animation quality drops fast. Lines lose detail, movement turns stiff, and major confrontations lose all sense of force. Emotional beats that should land with real weight feel slow and drained of energy.

The fall becomes obvious during the Meliodas and Escanor clash. The artwork collapses, the motion barely holds together, and the bright white censorship distracts from everything. From that point, the season never recovers. A story with the potential to stand as a fantasy landmark sinks into a frustrating and avoidable failure.

Tokyo Ghoul √A

Season one ends with Kaneki surviving torture, his hair turning white, and his mindset shifting. He accepts being a ghoul, setting the stage for a deeper look at his identity and loyalty. The manga explores this fully, but the anime moves away from that path and weakens the foundation.

In season two, the adaptation omits major storylines and puts Kaneki inside the Aogiri Tree for no good reason. His personality fades, his voice nearly disappears, and the story loses the conflict that once drove it; removing significant moments weakens the themes and makes the universe less defined.

The season ends with Kaneki carrying Hide across the devastated city in a sequence that strives for emotional impact but lacks the narrative weight to back it up. The moment falls flat. The result is a season that confuses newcomers while frustrating long-time followers.

Ex-Arm

The cast of Ex-Arm

Akira Natsume, who fears technology, dies in an accident and wakes up as a weaponized AI called an Ex Arm. He joins a police unit that wants to uncover his past while stopping other Ex Arms. On paper, the setup has energy and room for a solid cyberpunk story filled with tension and invention.

The production destroys any potential. The series uses stiff computer models placed over flat backgrounds that never match. Characters drift rather than move, their expressions barely register, and the worldbuilding is unfinished. Action scenes fall apart into unclear shots with no sense of motion or impact.

The visual failures drown the plot and turn emotional beats into awkward moments. The more the show reaches for gravity, the sillier it becomes. Ex Arm ends up remembered only as a case study in what can go wrong in animation.

The Promised Neverland (Season 2)

The main trio of The Promised Neverland (Norman, Emma, and Ray)

Emma Ray and the rest escape Grace Field House and plunge into a forest filled with demons, where survival becomes the only priority. William Minerva’s coded pen guides the group toward a larger world, new allies, and a mission to reshape the fate of every child still trapped in the system.

The second season abandons the groundwork that once made the story so sharp. The Goldy Pond arc was never adapted, key characters never appear, and entire plotlines are skipped. With so much removed, the stakes become hazy, the logic weakens, and the moral strain that distinguished the series disappears.

The finale hurries through big disclosures with a slideshow that reads more like damage control than storytelling. Twists lose weight, the pacing collapses, and the whole season lands as an unfinished patchwork. What should have been a natural evolution becomes a disappointing detour instead.

Berserk (2016)

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The 2016 Berserk anime immerses Guts in a nightmare as the Black Swordsman, hunted and marked while Griffith searches for Casca. New characters, Isidro, Farnese, and Serpico, add to the chaos, which is layered over the lingering pain of the Conviction Arc. The storyline aims for a raw, desperate struggle with survival and faith.

The series struggles visually. Traditional animation is overlaid with awkward CGI; the camera moves continuously, and action sequences are blurry and lack clarity and force. The issue is exacerbated by poor sound design. With the Dragon Slayer, Guts makes hollow swings that sound more like hitting a pan than shattering steel.

The drama is further undermined by subpar sound work. It sounds more like a light pan hit than a deadly blow as Guts swings Dragon Slayer. Fans are still waiting for a faithful adaptation because none of the story's captivating aspects make it to the big screen.

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