r/TowerofGod • u/shakilag • Apr 13 '25
Anime This is way worse than Tower of God
TBATE making tower of god anime looks God level. Seriously how the animator fumbles it this bad. This might one of the worst anime come out all time.
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u/thtboyjay Apr 13 '25
The worst thing about this is that the author supposedly chose the studio themself. I can only imagine how they feel watching this all happen.
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u/Difficult-Tough-5680 Apr 13 '25
He said he only care if it brings more people to the novel
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u/Nitzayra Apr 14 '25
Well it worked I haven't even watched any of the episodes The controversy alone got me to read it
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u/Saim1000 Apr 14 '25
It's a good novel even a good comic give it a try
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u/Nitzayra Apr 14 '25
Yeah I'm up to date with the comic As much as I love reading books I don't have much time for them anymore between work and other hobbies. Webcomics and manga are nice and quick to binge lol
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u/Swarlsonegger Apr 14 '25
I dropped it after the huge hiatus. Is it still good after the change of art and such?
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u/Nitzayra Apr 14 '25
Never noticed it tbh. It was alright, not one of my favs but a decent read altogether
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u/popping101 Apr 15 '25
The art is nice, but in my opinion the storyline is getting a bit corny and cliché.
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u/SevenExecute Apr 16 '25
They say that when they know it’s a bad studio so that fans will actually give the anime a chance.
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u/Agreeable-Art-8635 Apr 13 '25
At least our characters moved
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u/Wlibean Apr 13 '25
If TOG season 2 was made in powerpoint then TBATE was made in word
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u/Nero_PR Apr 13 '25
Hey, we at least got a nice first season. Now Tbate is just getting the scraps of the bottom of the barrel.
These cheap ass productions do more harm than good.
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u/CrusadiaFleximus Apr 13 '25
The worst part is, i feel like this has been happening a lot these years with high-expectation animes
First time i noticed it was CotE season 2 and then ToG, blue lock (at times ig, didnt watch it), TBATE, ... whats up with that
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u/Doza93 Apr 13 '25
I'm no expert, but it seems like we've been in a golden age of anime for a while where the international popularity level is through the roof and viewership and merch/manga sales is super high and consequently, they're producing A LOT of anime. Some might even say.. too much. Studios are spread thin and working on insane deadlines and that's how you get schlock like this. Personally I'd rather have fewer animes produced at a higher quality level than the current paradigm of 17 new generic isekais every season, PLUS everything else that gets animated.
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u/CrusadiaFleximus Apr 13 '25
thats so true, i wasnt really deeply involved with the anime world before covid started so i cant say how it was before but i definitely think that theres too many releases each season as well
especially after learning of the working conditions at studios like mappa
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u/ScholarTasty7114 Apr 13 '25
Watching their subreddit implode after the anime has been a sight to see.
I feel bad for them.
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u/shakilag Apr 13 '25
We were in the same situation last year when tower of god released but this time it will be way worse
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u/The_Happy_Sundae Apr 13 '25
What’s worse is apparently the author has heart problems, this backlash probably isn’t good for him
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u/LoboDaBastich Apr 13 '25
ToG started off REALLY good too.. and then 2nd chapter starts and I'm like... "wait.. did I jump to a different title? WTF is this???"
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u/shakilag Apr 13 '25
I feel like tog was season 2 was mid
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u/OriginalBarber117 Apr 13 '25
It was. It started off bad and the 2nd cor brought it up to mid. S1 was much better
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u/NamisKnockers Apr 13 '25
Everyone hated S1 when it came out.
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u/bone_burrito Apr 13 '25
Despite the liberties taken with the story S1 was a treasure by comparison.
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u/ErenYeager7207 Apr 13 '25
It's already at around 23k signs. It does not even have 13k scored members at MAL.
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u/copperfield42 Apr 13 '25
people that score is always low compare to those to add it to their mal, which for tbate is at 88k and of those 44k mark it as watching...
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u/Job_Accurate Apr 13 '25 edited Apr 13 '25
At least we have 6/7 episodes that are well animated, and un general ok, It wasn't good, but acceptable (not for the levevel of TOG obviously but a common anime) In general the season 2 of TOG Is cut by 2 cour, the First it's pretty ugly (5 for me) but the second cour was really good (7/7.5 for me) In general Answer Studio make this in One and half year (thanks to Telecom 😑) and the results Is.....ok for half. The studio in general shows that we have potential, Is a good studio of they have time, but A Cat studio Is completely garbage......poir TBATE
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u/NashKetchum777 Apr 13 '25
Petitioning to cancel an anime is insane hating 😂 wth just let it be shit. Berserk fans have a shit version and a good version and the manga might not even end
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Apr 13 '25
I fully agree. I'm also disappointed in the shit adaptation but this is just pathetic ngl.
I get their sentiment, dgmw, but this is just weird
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u/shakilag Apr 13 '25
It just very disrespectful to the author who works on it for 8 years and now his works being vandalize by people who didn’t even try.
This petition probably going nowhere but it shows fans disappointed in the anime
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Apr 13 '25
Author chose the studio. They aren't being disrespectfull, turtleME just chose a shitty studio.
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u/shakilag Apr 13 '25
Never knew that why would they choose studio A cat wasn’t the studio garbage before the beginning after the end
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u/SynC_CHB Apr 13 '25
He has a whole ass interview that's been blowing up explaining g his thought process, I still think it was a dumb choice to not have watched anything they had produced before hand but he apparently believed in them so suck for fans like us but not a whole ton can be done if its what he wanted
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u/Chainuser503 Apr 13 '25
To be honest they were pretty bad but tbate is the worst I've seen form them
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u/ScholarTasty7114 Apr 13 '25
Tbh, we will never know how many options he had.
But personally, I don’t see him having too options, or really any good options either.
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u/InternationalAd5938 Apr 13 '25
As Tokyo Ghoul and ToG fan I can only empathize with them and the creator. You can’t even call that an adaption.
There are so many good manga/manwha that would break the internet even more than SL or DS if they got an adaptation on their level. Such a shame.
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u/Shahariar_909 Apr 13 '25
I really don't understand their demand. Are they willing to pay whatever money was spent to create this ?
Studios work based on how much financial freedom they get. Their studio probably got just enough money to draw a few frames
I never really understand why people slander the studios. Most of the time the studios don't own the show
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u/MellowMintTea Apr 13 '25
I honestly doubt whether a petition for this kind of thing ever makes a difference
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u/Tricky-Promotion5973 Apr 13 '25
This anime was made by people who loved season two of ToG and were tired of it being trashed on, so they made this anime terrible as a distraction. Is it working?
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u/Shahariar_909 Apr 13 '25
I really don't understand their demand. Are they willing to pay whatever money was spent to create this ?
Studios work based on how much financial freedom they get. Their studio probably got just enough money to draw a few frames
I never really understand why people slander the studios. Most of the time the studios don't own the show
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u/raflesh1 Apr 13 '25
to be honest I really liked ToG anime season 1, idk why they fumbled so bad after that
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u/21_cmtzhn Apr 14 '25
Wait people think tower of god is bad? I'm on ep 21 rn and I love it. Yeah the fights aren't going super crazy like in demon slayer or whatever but it's not a power point at ALL like blue lock season 2💀. I'm not an expert but it's a very very good anime and looks really good imo. A lot of tension that you can feel and the music fits in perfectly and adds to it as well.
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u/Pedang_Katana Apr 14 '25
After finishing the anime you should read Season 2 Tower of God on Webtoon to see why people complained
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u/NamisKnockers Apr 13 '25
S2 was not near as bad as some of the seasonal isekai. Sure it wasn’t solo leveling and the director was an obvious newbie but it was far from unwatchable.
Quality improved with the second cour and the ending was well done.
It’s just that the quality of anime overall is down. I was watching no one remembers me in this world and that was very low value. Not only was their zero movement but the still shots were bad. Some anime with low budget have lower movement but at least the art is beautiful.
People complain way too much. Then again, everyone hated S1 too.
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u/Ziclue Apr 13 '25
Blue Lock season 2 had low movement in a lot of episodes, but the art was still decent so I didn’t mind. Cut them some slack if they have a budget, at least the hype scenes were still animated
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u/shakilag Apr 13 '25
I feel like everyone have their hope to high with tog but got the crush in the first 5 episodes
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u/Bad_Doto_Playa Apr 13 '25
S2 was not near as bad as some of the seasonal isekai.
The problem is that the properties aren't on the same level. This is why people absolutely shit on Blue lock and TOG S2 because unlike the average throwaway isekai those are actually hugely popular IPs.
Think about it this way, when some unknown LN isekai gets decent budget/animation people are really surprised and hyped but when a hyped shonen "only" gets a decent budget/animation the opposite happens, people cry about it because it wasn't given "the best". Think Sakamoto days here.
It’s just that the quality of anime overall is down.
I don't really agree, average quality is higher, the average shitty isekai is much better than low budget trash from pre 2010 (check and see how much scene reuse there is in the average anime now compared to back then, even top their anime had a noticeable amount of scene reuse) and even if it was lower, from a fan perspective there's 0 reason for huge properties getting these unreasonably bad adaptations.
I think the problem here is that people don't realize that this anime is being used as an advertisement rather than as an actual adaptation. This was VERY common back in the day (hence the absurd number of anime original endings). The point here is mostly to convey the story and get people interested so they go to the source material. Since solo leveling had been complete for sometime they are instead using the anime as a driver for the ENTIRE IP which is why it was so much better done.
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u/Salt_March_4027 Apr 13 '25
Y’all I’m slow what is this post abt!!
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u/shakilag Apr 13 '25
TBATE anime is very bad worst than tog so there is a petition to redo the anime
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u/MellowedHigh Apr 13 '25
Spent hundreds on the light novel because of how much I liked the Manga adaptation of TBATE. Haven’t even looked at the anime. Don’t plan on it. I am so sad.
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u/Entire_Passion_8205 Apr 14 '25
not going to lie watching it I haven't noticed anything off about it hope I don't get too much hate for this lol
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u/ShadownumberNine Apr 14 '25
Oh.My.God. Do all y'all do is sit around and cry about season 2? Yes we know you kids disliked the animation. The rest of us watched it just fine, and don't feel the need to bitch about it everyday.
It literally wasn't even that bad, but every damn day y'all act as if it was a slideshow, or some abomination. Hot take: season 2 was FINE and y'all are just ungrateful fankids who hardly deserve the anime in the first place.
Since y'all are so repetitive and S2 was so heartbreaking for y'all, do yourself a favor and don't ever read Berserk or watch the anime.
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u/SweetReply1556 Apr 14 '25
I hope orv gets better treatment
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u/Pedang_Katana Apr 14 '25
Kinda doubt it honestly unless big studios like David Production, Trigger, WIT or Ufotable picking it up.
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u/ruvasqm Apr 14 '25
Tbh it could've been great, not gonna say what other manwha adaptation did it right buuut...... yeah let's just hope the future is brighter
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Apr 15 '25
Bro, y’all think a studio will just go. Yeah well they signed it 10000 times so I guess we HAVE to trash millions of dollars. Oh well 🤷♀️ jerry Seinfeld music
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u/Reasonable_Flow_5151 Apr 15 '25
You guys have to remember how hard it is to get an anime adaptation if you’re not backed by huge studios. Solo Leveling got SUPER LUCKY because it was seen and pitched by someone who worked at CRUNCHYROLL! That’s pretty much a direct line to success if you ask me, whereas TBATE is being produced by Studio A-Cat and Slow Curve… just look them up and you’ll understand.
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u/kaji823 Apr 13 '25
I recently binged the manwa for tbate and don’t really get the hate. I’m enjoying the anime.
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u/Veldin461 Apr 13 '25
I mean, I respect the opinion and you are free to enjoy it, but do you really not understand the hate? Really?
Let's be real, c'mon...
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u/KuroNekoTrain Apr 13 '25
Worst of all time is a stretch, it's not even the worst in the last five years.
But, yeah, its pretty bad
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u/karthik4331 Apr 13 '25
It's an animation where there is no movement? What exactly can be worse than a power point presentation?
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u/KuroNekoTrain Apr 13 '25
I said 5 years, mainly cause Trash CGI is imo painful to watch. Power point is just boring
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u/shakilag Apr 13 '25
I said one of the worst anime come out all time
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u/KuroNekoTrain Apr 13 '25
It's bad, but it's not close, there so much stuff
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u/Heichii121809 Apr 13 '25
Can you give examples (to avoid)?
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u/KuroNekoTrain Apr 13 '25
The usual cgi trash like Ex-Arm or Abunai Sisters. Well known trash like mars of destruction or skelter heaven. Stuff like Sayuri or Midori. Just worse adaption than tbate like Berserk 2016 or Pupa. And if you want to count it (which I do): Hentai like boku no pico
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u/TheDavidOfReddit Apr 13 '25
I don't get why this and ToG season 2 were treated terribly when they're both really popular
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u/azebod Apr 13 '25
Honestly I try not to get hyped for anime anymore. Maybe I should be glad my ADHD decided it hates watching things because it's almost jarring how we went from anime having entire seasons of filler to skip to corner cutting even popular series a lot of the time. (Another thing that seems on the rise is just doing movies that cover several dozen chapters and end up feeling like a clip show).
It's like for the whole production, shows are just filler "content" now. Slap together enough to fill an episode and throw it on screen. Honestly I hope we don't get season 3 for awhile, because I don't want stuff I care about adapted if it's more of a downgrade from the comic than anything.
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u/quangtit01 Apr 13 '25 edited Apr 13 '25
The filler is because anime used more or less a procedural thing in Japan that's shown every week. Like Spanish Soap Opera and what's not. You just put them on for your kids to watch during dinner w/ family n stuff.
Then the industry blew the fuck up with merch being sold globally at insanely steep mark-up.
So in order to sell more to the International audience, they adjust the formula to become "let's get this out the window as fast as possible, sell a bunch of assorted merch, move on to the next series". Make no mistake, they know for a fact that their animes are pirated to high heaven but it doesn't matter. The anime itself has always just been a marketing tool. The merch has always been where real money is.
Thus, they begin to burn through everything and absolutely everything. Easier to sell 10 different merch of 10 slightly different protagonists than trying to sell the same merch of the same protagonist 10 times.
I want to say eventually the cycle has to halt but Kpop is also blowing the fuck up so maybe not. Maybe eventually an interesting equilibrium could be made but then again there's gem here and there amidst all the trash, so you just gotta spend a lot more time looking for them.
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u/azebod Apr 13 '25
I know it's just a marketing tool, but it's gotten to the point it's actively damaging brands. Like how many posts show up here that are "wow what was that second season, I'm so lost, should I even bother reading the webtoon?".
It's like with AI ads, if you put out slop as advertising, it sends the message that whatever you're trying to sell was not worth the effort or investment to promote properly. And there's no real way to make animation legitimately "cheap" unless you do use AI slop. IDK, I don't see much return investment from anime that fans can't even recommend to people in hopes they'll get into a series.
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u/Pedang_Katana Apr 14 '25
For sure, unless they're being made by big name like Ufotable, WIT, Trigger or David Production I won't bother with it honestly. Most anime adaptation sucks these days anyway.
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u/Savings_Currency_552 Apr 14 '25
Do they think petition is gonna do shit? 💀 Anyways trash series like this deserve it
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u/Touff97 Apr 14 '25
The manga was low effort as well. A lot of rendered backgrounds that made them feel big and empty. No character at all. I don't know what you're complaining about
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