Doesn't it suck when....

[小美ドクロchan]

You THINK you've found what's going to be a wonderful anime series but then the creators are like "Oh guess what, it didn't make enough money so two/three episodes is all you're gonna get!

Most of the anime plagued with this cruel fate seem to come from the mid to late 90s. I'm going to list my favorites now:

Princess Rouge: Legend of the Last Labryinth
The plot of this sweet but all too short story focuses on an orphaned student named Yuusuke who one rainy day finds a mysterious but pretty girl named Rouge who falls from the sky. She has amnesia and can remember nothing about her past so she ends up staying with Yuusuke in his cottage in the mountains and (despite a rocky intro) the two slowly begin to fall into a very cute relationship. But trouble brews when Rouge's magical sisters show up. It seems that Rouge is actually a princess from the underworld being overthrown by an evil dude named Raiga! Not only does this mean all three sisters and Yuusuke are in danger, Rouge and Yuusuke might be torn apart from each other! Oh snap.

I loved this anime dearly (despite the awful animation changes in ep 2). It had great potential...it REALLY did. A lot of people call it an Oh My Goddess rip-off but I find it SO much more interesting than OMG. The OMG movie nearly put me to sleep whereas PR can easily keep your attention for the 60 minutes it has to offer. Yes. SIXTY minutes. Only two OVA episodes were made and in the end, we get a cliffhanger where nothing is resolved. It's CRUEL I tell you. CRUEL!!

An ADORABLE piccie of Rouge and Yuusuke sleeping.^^


From the left, Yuusuke, Kaige and Meige (Rouge's sisters) and Rouge


It can't be said that Kaige thinks fondly of her sister's new boyfriend. XD


Out of all the unfinished anime out there, Princess Rouge has to be my most favorite.
Moving on.....

Elf Princess Rane



Go is looking for treasure. Go finds an elf. Go runs around with said elf, hysterically and God help you if you're in his path. Go's childhood friend who has a crush on him (oh big surprise) finds another elf who wants to kill Go's elf but she is dumb and keeps forgetting to do that. Add about twenty other characters who are insane as the first four, gives you an hour of laughing so hard that you can barely breathe. This anime is the definition of "crack". Its pace is like that of a tornado-sometimes you're following four subtitles on the screen at once but most of the time you're scratching your head, saying "What?" XD It makes no sense. The creators were even sadistic enough to make a preview for episode three which does not exist. Shame. Huge shame.


Shinesman


This anime has one of the most brilliant dub scripts ever written. Its sole purpose is to make fun of the Power Rangers as much as possible which it succeeds. The protagonists have attacks such as "Business Card Cutter" and the villians own pink cars, forget about their own monsters, and sleep in heart-printed pajamas. I kid you not. It's great. A manga exists but only two anime episodes were made. REALLY big let-down....*sigh*

Those are my top three that SHOULD have been finished but never will be. *me goes emo*

Other way too short OVAs I liked were:

Dragon Half
My Dear Marie
Devil Hunter Youko
Galaxy Angel Fraulein Yuna
Ninja Cadets
Earthian
The Adventures of Kotetsu


Argh, does ANYONE know what I'm talking about? Do these shows ring a bell? I expect older forumers might know a couple of them. Who watched 90s anime!?

[Buruku]

*sniff* Oh Dragon Half...it always bummed me out that it was only an OVA, it was obviously suppose to be longer the way it just ends. It was cute while it lasted. T.T

[小美ドクロchan]

*sniff* Oh Dragon Half...it always bummed me out that it was only an OVA, it was obviously suppose to be longer the way it just ends. It was cute while it lasted. T.T

Indeed. There seems to be a manga somewhere but it's untranslated.

[あくむ]

I never had that happen to me yet... Must REALLY suck >_<.

[Ωmega]

I actually purchased Princess Rogue, watched it, loved it, then SOLD it when I found that the series didnt continue.
It reminds me of Kare Kano, which had 26 episodes but didnt end, and WONT end because they ran out of funding.

And I may be completly wrong, but I feel that Shamanic Princess wasnt really finished either. So much more could have been done with it

[Capernicus]

OMG! Is THAT why I cannot find the rest of Elf Princess Rain? *super pissed* This is crap! I was absolutely ROFL when I saw the scene where the guy sings in the flower bed of his love for Mari. XD!

Me ish sad now. ;__;

[小美ドクロchan]

I actually purchased Princess Rogue, watched it, loved it, then SOLD it when I found that the series didnt continue.
It reminds me of Kare Kano, which had 26 episodes but didnt end, and WONT end because they ran out of funding.

*nods sadly* Horrible, isn't it? I actually found a PR drama CD on Yahoo Japan...I don't have it yet but it's being shipped to my house. I HOPE the story is continued on the CD...that'd be wonderful.

And I may be completly wrong, but I feel that Shamanic Princess wasnt really finished either. So much more could have been done with it

Augh! Forgot about that one! YES, totally agreed.

I was absolutely ROFL when I saw the scene where the guy sings in the flower bed of his love for Mari. XD!

XD Me too! It was something like "Yumeeee" something...*dies*

[buhbibutterfly]

i know what you mean. i remember watching those shows long ago too. I absolutely love love love shinesmans it's hillarious. considering i haven't seen the anime in 10 + years but can still quote just tells you how much i liked it ^-^

"Sheena, get in the glowing green square." - sheena's brother

"I'm gonna die in a Godzilla suit." - sheena

"Look at those outfits! Do you think superheroes would choose colors that ugly!?"

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i also remember ninja cadets...they really should have more....who's the real princess they never said was it the quiet timid one or the one with the scar...tsk tsk tsk they should have more...

remembered the first 2 you mentioned too...i liked them also...

other series i remember and would have loved to see them continue would consist of :

Heroic Legend of Arislan, Legend of Basara, Fire Emblem, kare kano and a few other series...

[ParaParaJMo]

Video Girl Ai is another perfect example of this.

[sa5m]

Yes yes I agree! So sad... ;_;

[小美ドクロchan]

i know what you mean. i remember watching those shows long ago too. I absolutely love love love shinesmans it's hillarious. considering i haven't seen the anime in 10 + years but can still quote just tells you how much i liked it ^-^

"Sheena, get in the glowing green square." - sheena's brother

"I'm gonna die in a Godzilla suit." - sheena

"Look at those outfits! Do you think superheroes would choose colors that ugly!?"

YES! XD And my all-time favorite: "If you ask me, I'd say she's one OVA short of a series." BEST!!

Sheena was awesome.

[CarmenTohru]

i know what you mean, it happens a lot...
it makes me mad sometimes but theres nothing we can do...

[Rem]

Indeed. There seems to be a manga somewhere but it's untranslated

It's not even scanslated, I can't see anyoen ever bringing this over either.

I know it's not the same thing but it irks me to no end when publishers put out one or two volumes of a manga and just axe it. Black jack only got TWO volumes in america, while friggen one piece get's FORTY, it's just not fair.

[Wio]

None of those shows appeal to me. I don't have any problem with them being discontinued. It would suck if they stopped putting a show on the air and kept it to dvds and such though...

[overwatch]

I know its not anime, but most people have heard of it - Fire Fly - one of the best sci fis release and canceled after one season - I could not understand why so I ran a test on an indevidual with the mentality of the average american tv viewer - my brother - and he sum it up as - its really boring all they do is talk and you have to pay attention to what they say

[Rem]

If were going to throw in tv shows, I really miss invasion.