About this episode

The episode discusses the worst endings in anime, highlighting how they can negatively impact the overall story.

Episode 557: For a lot of people, the ending of anime and stories in general, can fuck up the whole thing. We take a look at CBRs list of endings that made the anime crash and burn. SPOILERS. Time stamps below just in case you dont want to spoil the endings of shows we talk about! 0:00 - Intro 3:56 - Nick’s Emoji Quiz Results 5:00 - Waifu of the Week/Husbando of the Hour 6:01 - Main Topic Start 10:27 - The Promised Neverland 16:18 - Neon Genesis Evangelion 22:37 - Wonder Egg Priority 31:19 - Darling in the Franxx 36:06 - Platinum End 37:40 - Akame Ga Kill 40:28 - Naruto Shippuden 41:55 - Death Note 45:29 - Erased 46:51 - Tenjho Tenge 47:35 - Attack On Titan 48:17 - Black Butler 51:25 - Digimon Adventure 02 / Medabots 52:29 - KumaMiko

People in this episode

Host: Anime Summit

Topics covered

• anime endings
• storytelling
• spoilers
• anime reviews
• CBR list

Keywords

• anime
• endings
• worst
• reviews
• spoilers
• CBR
• storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Promised Neverland, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Wonder Egg Priority, Darling in the Franxx, Platinum End, Akame Ga Kill, Naruto Shippuden, Death Note, Erased, Tenjho Tenge

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