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[Furtuka]

Well at least he had a good excuse with Negima's ending.

[Flying Dice]

Of course. But we must bask in the sweet, refreshing dissatisfaction for a little longer, don't you think?

[Vector]

Long rant about my history of watching stuff ahead.

Spoiler: Spoiler'd for space (click to show/hide)

I watched this and this on TV, the latter in its first run.  I watched the very first episode of this on TV, learned the theme and sang it with my cousin.  We recorded episodes on VHS and saw them a lot, back when they'd make you pay $20 for two episodes on a cassette.  It was the first time we'd seen anything like that--a show that was really, fundamentally, about friendship.  It'd make us cry, week after week.  We were both kind of in love with Brock.

I watched this when it first came on, too, and this back when the only available materials were made to cut Sakura's role and make Li the main character.  And the first run of this, too.

I remember back when this was such good, fresh, exciting animation, and the song style was new, and it just seemed perfect in every way--could listen forever.

Then it was this, which seemed so insanely smooth.

Then this.

And this.

Then I watched this and somehow it managed to seem cool.

Then this and this.  Good lord, look at the difference in animation quality.  How does Evangelion and Gundam Wing manage to look and sound better than Gundam Seed?

Then this and this.

And now I'm watching this (and also look at this in comparison to what's up there), and I've got to say, I feel incredibly old.  I kind of miss the slower OPs where there was this emphasis on clean, slow movement--like this.  You can still tell the difference between CG and hand-drawn.  They're starting to work on things like line weight, which is hella cool, but. . . I dunno, I'm feeling old and I miss some of the old character design directions, hokey as they may have been.

[shadenight123]

Ugh, he does it as a habit, though.  Love Hina didn't have any real resolution, either.

Yes it did?

I mean...the two did marry in the end, didn't they?
Or are you referring to something else?

[Vector]

I seem to remember that there was some kind of "marriage" but none of the character relationships changed at all, so it felt like it was basically . . . a harem show where two characters were married.  At the end the wedding is crashed by the MC's kid sister and she starts hitting on him.

Also, he denoted the passage of time by having female characters looking in the mirror and noting that their breasts had grown.  Seriously.

[Leafsnail]

Spoiler: Spoiler'd for space (click to show/hide)

I watched this and this on TV, the latter in its first run.  I watched the very first episode of this on TV, learned the theme and sang it with my cousin.  We recorded episodes on VHS and saw them a lot, back when they'd make you pay $20 for two episodes on a cassette.  It was the first time we'd seen anything like that--a show that was really, fundamentally, about friendship.  It'd make us cry, week after week.  We were both kind of in love with Brock.

I watched this when it first came on, too, and this back when the only available materials were made to cut Sakura's role and make Li the main character.  And the first run of this, too.

I remember back when this was such good, fresh, exciting animation, and the song style was new, and it just seemed perfect in every way--could listen forever.

Then it was this, which seemed so insanely smooth.

Then this.

And this.

Then I watched this and somehow it managed to seem cool.

Then this and this.  Good lord, look at the difference in animation quality.  How does Evangelion and Gundam Wing manage to look and sound better than Gundam Seed?

Then this and this.

And now I'm watching this (and also look at this in comparison to what's up there), and I've got to say, I feel incredibly old.  I kind of miss the slower OPs where there was this emphasis on clean, slow movement--like this.  You can still tell the difference between CG and hand-drawn.  They're starting to work on things like line weight, which is hella cool, but. . . I dunno, I'm feeling old and I miss some of the old character design directions, hokey as they may have been.

I don't think the SnK OPs are actually too typical of modern anime OPs, which I think still mostly involve slow pans, crying girls and birds.  They remind me of the post-drop NGE (and to some degree MLA) opening more than anything.

[Kobold Troubadour]

Ugh, he does it as a habit, though.  Love Hina didn't have any real resolution, either.

Yes it did?

I mean...the two did marry in the end, didn't they?

Yup, they married with all the cast & side characters attending and all. Negima's rather lacking ending wasn't that bad even if some of the climatic events for the end that should have happened only did so offscreen because of issues (With UQ Holder, there's a possibility that some of those may come to light now as well).

If your looking for messy harem endings w/ hardly any closure, Rumiko Takashi's works tend to go there like Urusei Yatsura & Ranma 1/2.

[Tellemurius]

ah Love Hina, my only guilty pleasure Harem anime, probably cause it was one of the first animes i watched younger days.

[Leafsnail]

It has come to my attention that a lot of authors seem to have trouble writing endings for harem series.  I therefore propose that we should start posting possible conclusions in this thread.

[Leafsnail]

A freak accident in a cloning facility results in four copies of the main character being created.  Unable to to live together, the clones decide they will all settle down in different parts of the country with one of the heroines each.

[Chaoswizkid]

x-some.
That's how I want all harems to end.

[Neonivek]

It has come to my attention that a lot of authors seem to have trouble writing endings for harem series.  I therefore propose that we should start posting possible conclusions in this thread.

Well there are Four types of Harems

1) One true Love Harems: There are many members of the Harem but only one has a real chance.
2) No Chance Harems: None of the members of the Harem has a chance with the main character
3) Equal Chance Harems: Everyone has a chance to be with the main character
4) Rival Chance Harem: While there are many people in the Harem, it really just boils down to two characters within the harem.

The problem with these is that... no matter what Harem an Anime or Manga uses... They ALL ABSOLUTELY believe they are a "Equal Chance Harem". It is rather annoying. "Look anime, we KNOW none of them stand a chance except her one true love... stop pretending"

[penguinofhonor]

I vote that the ending of every harem manga be a blank white page saying "You've read an entire harem manga. Why would you do that?"

[Neonivek]

I vote that the ending of every harem manga be a blank white page saying "You've read an entire harem manga. Why would you do that?"

I don't know... quite a few Harems only use the Harem aspect as a set piece.

Ouran Host Club for example. It was a Harem but that aspect was completely unimportant (and frankly, I question whether or not it is REALLY a harem given that it is a One True Love Harem)

[Tellemurius]

I vote that the ending of every harem manga be a blank white page saying "You've read an entire harem manga. Why would you do that?"

What about another season to troll viewers on their choices?