Anime series with no finales

[Umino]

Inspired by this thread (http://www.toonzone.net/forums/showthread.php?p=3098994#post3098994). What anime series did not have a proper ending at all?

Sarutobi Ecchan - The last episode focuses around an American Ecchan doppelganger named Eiko, who wants to see Mount Fuji.

Miracle Girl Limit-chan - The last episode was about Limit's homeroom teacher and PE teacher getting engaged. Her teachers also discover Limit's a cyborg. The major conflict of Limit only living a year (unless another operation was performed) was not resolved.

Candidate for Goddess - I honestly forget how the last episode went, but it certainly didn't wrap things up at all.

New Cutey Honey - Ended with a typical "Monster-of-the-day" episode.

[Daxdiv]

Originally Ultimate Muscle ended before it got to the Chojin Olympics in Japan. If it wasn't for 4kids, I don't think that series would have gotten the ending it had.

[Juu-kuchi]

Galaxy Angel - Relatively notorious for not having not much of a proper finale. In fact, in the original and Zeta they'd set it up for some major dramatic story only for them to cut back and realize that it was the last episode.
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo - Everybody unites to defeat the big bad, but are ultimately shocked that there was no ending to it all.
Ebichu - ...Yeah. Nothing really is in the end resolved and it ends on another perverted moment, and Office Lady doesn't get together with the Useless Bum.
Berserk - ...Kindof, given the continuation of the manga.

[The Weed Of Cri]

I have never forgiven the producers of Inu-Yasha for the way the characters just kinda walked off into the sunset after 160+ episodes of accomplishing....well...pretty much nothing of consequence. Even a lame ending would have beaten the pants off the non-ending we got.

[kenjisalk]

Spiral.

Spiral.

Spiral.

For serious. It's like if Lost just up and ended without answering any of the main mysteries it set up.

Total letdown, and forced me to read the manga (isn't a bad thing or anything).

[cyde]

Galaxy Angel - Relatively notorious for not having not much of a proper finale. In fact, in the original and Zeta they'd set it up for some major dramatic story only for them to cut back and realize that it was the last episode.
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo - Everybody unites to defeat the big bad, but are ultimately shocked that there was no ending to it all.
Ebichu - ...Yeah. Nothing really is in the end resolved and it ends on another perverted moment, and Office Lady doesn't get together with the Useless Bum.
Berserk - ...Kindof, given the continuation of the manga.I'll buy that. Ditto for Vandread, Witch Hunter Robin, Wolf's Rain and Cowboy Bebop.

[kenjisalk]

lol whut?

Cowboy Bebop?

wowee.

[Juu-kuchi]

Not to mention that 3 of the 4 series he stated (I can't really say much for Witch Hunter Robin since I didn't see a lot of it) all had what one would call a finale.

[Kitschensyngk]

Loveless' ending gave most of the cast their own death scene and resolved ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

Tokko had so much build-up to the final battle between Ranmaru and the bad guy that they run out of time at the end of the last episode and skip the battle entirely, so the series just...ends.

Wolf's Rain had a depressing kill-'em-all ending which didn't make much sense. But then, neither did the entire second half of that show.

I second Inuyasha. Naraku gets away...AGAIN.

Vandread? Seriously? I liked that ending.
Or are you referring to season one? Because there are two seasons of 13 episodes.

[HellCat]

Galaxy Angel - Relatively notorious for not having not much of a proper finale. In fact, in the original and Zeta they'd set it up for some major dramatic story only for them to cut back and realize that it was the last episode.
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo - Everybody unites to defeat the big bad, but are ultimately shocked that there was no ending to it all.
Ebichu - ...Yeah. Nothing really is in the end resolved and it ends on another perverted moment, and Office Lady doesn't get together with the Useless Bum.
Berserk - ...Kindof, given the continuation of the manga.

I thought that Galaxy Angel before II/Rune had a finale?

The Angel Brigade are revealled to be actors in a propoganda show for the Empire. The Galaxy Angels don't really exist and when a doomsday crisis appears, the Empire forces the actresses to step in and serve as the Angels (the episode is much more serious and realistic)...however, it then turns out that apparently this isn't the case and that in fact the Angels had discovered a Lost Technology which made them lose their memories and believe in the fake reality. The ending basically leaves it to the audience to decide which circumstances they prefer

[ensatsu-ken]

Here are some anime which I found to have poor endings (if you would even call them endings at all):

Hunter X Hunter- I liked the GI arc, but I'm not happy that the anime ended with that. Its definitely better than having ended right in the middle of the best arc in the series, so far (IMO), like the TV series did (which is why I'm so glad that the OVA's came out), but GI's ending just wasn't satisfying for me at all. Perhaps its because I wanted to see the Chimera arc animated, but knowing that the story was not over at that point, I really wasn't happy with where the anime left off.

Tenjou Tenge- The anime just left off right in the middle of the story, and that's when things were actually starting to get interesting for me. I plan to continue the story, through the manga, sometime, though.

Rurouni Kenshin- The final season was nothing but filler. What else can I say? Most of it wasn't even good filler material, IMO. It just lacked all of the substance that I got from the first 2 seasons, especially from the awesome 2nd season (the Kyoto arc). I really do wish that the final arc in the manga could one day be animated. I know that the Samurai X OVA's cover part of it, but its just not the adaption that I really wanted. Well, at least the Trust and Betrayal OVA's were good, but I'm not at all fond of Reflection.

There are some more anime which I didn't enjoy the endings of (mostly because they simply just didn't feel like endings to me, at all), but I'll list them down later.

[Lelouch]

I really liked Wolf's Rain ending. While it was harsh, I thought it was a good representation of reality in a sadistic and cruel way. Or at least that's how I took it, and yes I know the series isn't realistic in the least bit.

And while it certainly had a finale, Gundam Seed Destiny's could have been done a lot better and I don't really feel as if it closed off the entire series very well. (Granted, there were talks of a movie, but still...)

[airfighter]

Irresponsible Captain Tylor, if you don't stop after the TV series and try to watch the OVAs. Most of those are self-contained, yes, but the few which try to advance a larger story lead nowhere, leaving you with what is essentially a cliffhanger and there is no animated conclusion in sight.

[HellCat]

Gundam SEED Destiny is something of a special case because it had three tries at a finale, each one adding to the last one. Most infamously, the TV ending has the antagonist being blown up and ends on the 'heroes' posing.

[Batmex]

Both the 80's and the 2K Guyver animes........because the manga is still running:sweat:

[Undrave]

The last episode of 2x2=Shinobuden (Ninja Nonsense) is EXTREMELY non satisfactory ><

We never got anything that was promised by the ending and we don't even get Shinobu declaring her love to Kaede!

[Juu-kuchi]

I thought that Galaxy Angel before II/Rune had a finale?

The Angel Brigade are revealled to be actors in a propoganda show for the Empire. The Galaxy Angels don't really exist and when a doomsday crisis appears, the Empire forces the actresses to step in and serve as the Angels (the episode is much more serious and realistic)...however, it then turns out that apparently this isn't the case and that in fact the Angels had discovered a Lost Technology which made them lose their memories and believe in the fake reality. The ending basically leaves it to the audience to decide which circumstances they prefer Hm... Did not know that. I always treated the first series, Zeta, A, AA, X and so forth to be their own series and not so much seasons, ergo I saw that there was no... finale per se in that regard if that logic is understandable.

[Umino]

Ebichu - ...Yeah. Nothing really is in the end resolved and it ends on another perverted moment, and Office Lady doesn't get together with the Useless Bum.

It's been awhile since I saw the ending, but didn't Ebichu's master get pregnant, and the useless bum swore he quit drinking?.

[Juu-kuchi]

My mind really must be in the dumpster when it comes to remembering certain endings. The way I remember it was he wasn't wearing a condom at the time and there was no revelation that she was pregnant but it was acknowledged that he didn't put one on and they're all shocked. Then Ebichu makes an exit aside, then roll credits Advanced alzheimer's I must be getting or I've actually been mistaking certain episodes for final ones.

[cyde]

Vandread? Seriously? I liked that ending.
Or are you referring to season one? Because there are two seasons of 13 episodes.I was referring to its last season.

[HellCat]

Sounds like an acute case of Christmas time Boogie Woogie. I'm sure it'll pass ;)

[Juu-kuchi]

Sounds like an acute case of Christmas time Boogie Woogie. I'm sure it'll pass ;) Perhaps, although I'll take this doctor's diagnosis with a grain of salt. :p

[HellCat]

Perhaps, although I'll take this doctor's diagnosis with a grain of salt. :p

I assure you I'm more than qualified....allons-y!

[GWOtaku]

I'll second Berserk, it definitely didn't have one. Sure, one chapter ends and another begins, I understand that argument. But that's like reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and not getting to ever read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Not quite satisfying, you know?

[Tenku]

I second Inuyasha. Naraku gets away...AGAIN.


Oh he's finally dead in the manga. About friggin time.

I still wished that Ronin Warriors had a finale. It was shut with Densetsu. But the last OAV, Message, left the door wide open with new armors. C'mon Sunrise, it's been roughly 20 years. *glares*

[Kitschensyngk]

I was referring to its last season.

I see.

Again, I rather liked that ending. Other than the fact that they bring Gascogne back when she was supposed to have died halfway through the Second Stage it was a suitable finale.

[bronzetar]

i watch movie of dangaioh - dangaioh scatter all over universe

[comicchaser]

Star Ocean EX: The anime ended right before the final battle. It was like they were literally saying "If you wanna see the real ending, play the damn game, idiot."

[cyde]

I only hope valiant Hibiki and bimbo Dita [spoiler]go splitsville long after that.[spoiler/]

[macattack]

Wolf's Rain originally had no finale, and when fans cried out for one they made a 4-episode concluding OVA that seemed to be made out of spite towards those fans. Those 4 episodes are full of venom towards the general audience, killing everyone and everything off, and promptly starts the show over so it runs in an endless loop. Thus, Wolf's Rain can never end.

[CountAbyss]

I also have to agree with Berserk. I would've REALLY want to see it continued onward and end on that HUGE cliffhanger!!! But it convince me to get off my ass and read the manga.

[Wounded_Dragon]

I only hope valiant Hibiki and bimbo Dita go splitsville long after that.

No kidding. She has her moments but despite some growth, I think Naruto is more mature than her. Part I Naruto.

There was rumor about a sequel revolving around Hibiki's kids by Dita AND Meia (my favorite).

[Goodfellow]

I cannot list them all, as that would be listing about 90% of the series out there.

However, the ones without an ending that come to mind most of all are:

Evangelion
Inuyasha
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
Berserk
Bastard!!
Wolf's rain
Big O
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
RahXephon
Spiral
most Gundam series
Dairugger XV
Southern Cross
Gilgamesh
Trinity Blood
Hellsing (first series, since Ultimate is still in the works)
Flame of Recca
Nabari No Ou
Shaman King
Zatch Bell
Nana
Paradise Kiss
Ouran High School

[SigmasonicX]

Many of the series listed receive conclusions in the manga versions, or whatever the original version is.

Perhaps it'd make for a more interesting topic if we tried to come up with series that don't receive a conclusion even in their original versions, excluding ongoing series.

[Kazuya Prower]

If TMS stopped at episode 52 for Sonic X, that would've been an actual finale, but no, they made another 26 episodes that had no finale, but it looked like it was going to lead up to another season.

[Undrave]

If TMS stopped at episode 52 for Sonic X, that would've been an actual finale, but no, they made another 26 episodes that had no finale, but it looked like it was going to lead up to another season.

What do you mean no finale? They defeat the Metarex, Cosmo sacrifices herself to save the universe and Chris goes home with Eggman's help.

That's a pretty good finale to me.

[Kazuya Prower]

What do you mean no finale? They defeat the Metarex, Cosmo sacrifices herself to save the universe and Chris goes home with Eggman's help.

That's a pretty good finale to me.

They said Chris' age would change randomly. So when he'll return to his world, he'll either be an adult or a baby. So its uncomfirmed what happened to him afterwards.

[Ragebot]

However, the ones without an ending that come to mind most of all are:

Evangelion

Had two open-ended endings. Both Episode 26 and End of Evangelion show two possible outcomes of the Human Instrumentality Project.


RahXephon

Has an EPIC, end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it ending. There is nowhere for the story to continue after the final episode.


most Gundam series

The endings to 0079, 0080 and SEED were all satisfactory. The others, perhaps not so much.


Ouran High School

This show was a comedy, there wasn't any on-going plot. The ending provided emotional closure for Haruhi and Tamaki.

[EinBebop]

EvangelionEvangelion definitely had a finale; the final two episodes were meant to provide some kind of closure to the series, even if they did so in the most unsatisfying way possible.

"It's like eating a spoonful of Drano. Sure, it'll clean you out... but it will leave you hollow inside."

[Taekmkm]

Rahxephon had a proper ending. I'm talking about the OVA that clearly gives it a happy ending.

Most Gundam shows do give proper resolution to their respective casts.

0079
The White Base crew helps wins the One Year war

0080
War is bad. Baaaad. All the characters get resolve...and die, too but you get a resolution.

0083
Gato defeated, and Kou and his friends (And that b*tch, Nina)

Zeta
Kamille goes comotose, but the Titans and Scirricao is defeated

Doube Zeta
Judua finally finds his sister and lives happily after.

Wing
Everyone lives. Execpt Treize.

G-Gundam
Everyone lives. Execpt the zombies and robots.

SEED and Destiny
Seriously, copy and paste the ending for both series.

08th team
Shiro and Ayane have a child and live within the forests of South America.


And so on, but really most Gundam gives a clear resolution and wrap-up. Not anything like Kare Kano where it just leaves us with a clip show and then spits and leave.

[Ragebot]

Rahxephon had a proper ending. I'm talking about the OVA that clearly gives it a happy ending.


What? Pluralitas Concerto is a mess compared to the ending of the TV series.

[Taekmkm]

Okay, I'm guilty of liking those storybook endings.

[Umino]

I think you guys are missing the point. I'm not talking about "endings that suck", I'm talking about series that had no closure whatever. Series that end with a normal episode.

[Ishtar]

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

Maybe if you go by the dub version, but
the series clearly ends with Jaden getting to duel Yugi.

[RockmanDash]

Maybe if you go by the dub version, but
the series clearly ends with Jaden getting to duel Yugi.

And the fact that Jaden leaves and goes on a new journey when he ends up in the middle of nowhere.

And guys as the thread is post to be mean, it's for anime that never had conclusions that just had a every day episode that did not solve anything of the plot and left the show basically not finished.

[Vegard Aune]

If going by the DVD-order, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. The final episode in the chronological order was just about Kyon going to the store to buy a heater. On the other hand, the ending in the TV-broadcast version was freaking epic, and I'll never be able to understand why Kadokawa decided to change the order of the episodes for the DVDs. Oh sure, the TV-version was broadcast in a non-chronological format, but at least that way, the climax was placed at the END of the series, and not in the middle...

And would D.Gray-man count? It followed the manga until the final episode, and seeing how the manga isn't done yet, that means that the ending didn't actually resolve anything. They just defeated a random henchman, and then it ended.

[AstroNerdBoy]

Inuyasha didn't get an ending because the manga was still being written. As such, should the anime production team wish to start the series up again, they can do so quite easily, picking up where they left off. You can't do that if you end the series (though at this point, it doesn't look like the anime will ever be picked up again).

[BrendaBat]

Irresponsible Captain Tylor: The TV series has a decent conclusion; but the OAVs (which pick up right where the TV series left off) ends on a freakin' cliffhanger! The last episode ends with the whole cast getting ready for a battle that will decide the fate of the universe and the audience never gets to see that battle! :mad: And if thats not bad enough, a million plot threads are left dangling...

....like the fates of Harumi and Rue, all the relationships that were built up/hinted at and never went anywhere, the military's plans for Tylor and his crew, etc.

Japanese fans can find out what happens by reading the Tylor novels. Sadly, we English speaking fans only have the anime :( (and the mini-novels included in the Rightstuf sets).


Those Who Hunt Elves: The final episode ends with a typical "plan to get the kids home goes awry" story and we never get to see if/how Junpei, Airi, and Ritsuko get back to Japan.
I hear the manga has a proper ending. But the English version of the manga stops at volume 7 and, since the show isn't very popular, I've never been able to find a summary of the manga finale. :(

[Oops]

The last episode of 2x2=Shinobuden (Ninja Nonsense) is EXTREMELY non satisfactory ><

We never got anything that was promised by the ending and we don't even get Shinobu declaring her love to Kaede!
THANK YOU!

[Mesousa]

I can't believe no one mentioned Final Fantasy Unlimited.

I don't even need to tell you the ending, but let's just say...it cutted off...

[Tenku]

Chi's Sweet Home.

She never found her mom... but, I suppose she's happier with the Yamada family.

I'm assuming that they'll move out eventually, since they have a no-pet policy in the apartment complex and hiding Chi is stressful as it is...

[RockmanDash]

You know what I will just say Megaman exe had no finale at all as well. The big ending for the series is

Megaman defeating a lame cellphone villain Cache and Lan getting hugged by Mayle for the billionth time. Bass never reappears ever again and really it just leaves so much things open, they could at least of done the game ending when it explains what happens to Lan and the gang in the end. The whole Beast series seemed very lazy

[garfield15]

I can't believe no one mentioned Final Fantasy Unlimited.

I don't even need to tell you the ending, but let's just say...it cutted off...

Oh dear goodness yes. I was so looking forward to the ending and it seems like the writers were like "Oh crap, we only had 26 episodes! Quick let's make something up!"

I mean, the maze thing went on for way, way too long. And then you realize that's supposed to lead into the ending? I call shenanigans.

[Mesousa]

Oh dear goodness yes. I was so looking forward to the ending and it seems like the writers were like "Oh crap, we only had 26 episodes! Quick let's make something up!"

I mean, the maze thing went on for way, way too long. And then you realize that's supposed to lead into the ending? I call shenanigans.

FFU was originally a 52 episode series, but:

*The Final Fantasy movie was released around before the Anime came out.
*The movie struggled in the box office, thus leading Square at the time some financial troubles.
*They made some budget cuts, one of those was shortening the Anime to 26 episodes.
*This would also lead to the Square-Enix merger.

There have been some Drama CD's that take place after the series, though.

[Funkgun]

Sol Bianca.

Could have been so much more.

[TheVileOne]

Trinity Blood = Ripoff. What a waste of time that show turned out to be.

[DemonLordShugo]

Sol Bianca.

Could have been so much more.

That's true Sol Bianca could've had more episodes

[soundmonkey44]

Here are some anime which I found to have poor endings (if you would even call them endings at all):

Rurouni Kenshin- The final season was nothing but filler. What else can I say? Most of it wasn't even good filler material, IMO. It just lacked all of the substance that I got from the first 2 seasons, especially from the awesome 2nd season (the Kyoto arc). I really do wish that the final arc in the manga could one day be animated. I know that the Samurai X OVA's cover part of it, but its just not the adaption that I really wanted. Well, at least the Trust and Betrayal OVA's were good, but I'm not at all fond of Reflection.

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I never Really Considered tha SamuriX Ova's in continuity...For me ruroni Kenshin ends With the last Volume of the manga...I know People Dabate about stuff like this but I prefere the Happy Kenshin & Karu living happily with Mini Kenshin...or whatever there kids name is..To the Awful OVA ending where they both die at the end...I can't Belive Watasuki let them make somthing like that in the 1st place! of course then again I still have trouble grasping why Toriyama allowed DBGT to be made..I mean its still entertaining...but Really compared to DB/DBZ its just...well not as good.:sweat: :p :D :evil:

[DemonLordShugo]

I never Really Considered the Samurai X OVA's in continuity...For me Rurouni Kenshin ends With the last Volume of the manga...I know People debate about stuff like this but I prefer the Happy Kenshin & Kaoru living happily with Mini Kenshin...or whatever there kids name is..To the Awful OVA ending where they both die at the end...I can't believe Watsuki let them make something like that in the 1st place! of course then again I still have trouble grasping why Toriyama allowed DBGT to be made..I mean its still entertaining...but Really compared to DB/DBZ its just...well not as good.:sweat: :p :D :evil:

Honestly, I didn't like that ending either

Plus to quote Watsuki, "Kenshin went through so much crap, he pretty much deserved a good ending", but I prefer the manga ending

Oh, and Kenshin and Kaoru's son's name is Kenji Himura

[GWOtaku]

Samurai X Reflections is not canon, and obviously isn't the story or ending that Watsuki wrote. I don't know what they were thinking.

Trust and Betrayal, however, were masterful pieces of work that eclipsed their source material.

[DemonLordShugo]

Samurai X Reflections is not canon, and obviously isn't the story or ending that Watsuki wrote. I don't know what they were thinking.

Trust and Betrayal, however, were masterful pieces of work that eclipsed their source material.

I agree, I also liked how CaptainAwesome made a joke about it in his Kenshin Abridged

But honestly, who knows what the hell was going on in Studio DEEN's heads

[purplehairedwonder]

Just having finished Vampire Knight Guilty, I'm left disappointed because there was absolutely no closure. Yes, the Vampire Knight manga is still running, but that hasn't stopped other anime-adaptations from creating their own ending to a series before.We're left with no closure on the main drama, the love triangle between Zero, Yuuki, and Kaname. Yuuki leaves with Kaname but tells Zero she's waiting for him. Um, what? Not to mention, Kaname and Zero still hate each other so no resolution on that front either.

Where are Kaname and Yuuki going? What's next for Cross Academy? What about Zero and the Hunter Association? What about Yuuki's human friends? What happened to Ichijou's fight with Ichiou? What is Zero going to do with his reason for being gone?Basically, big question mark on the ending. Twenty-six episodes didn't seem like long enough to cover what's been done in the VK manga, especially with the story still going and they didn't do a great job towards the end of Guilty in pacing everything which left the ending lacking. It feels like they've set up for a third season but the last I heard, this was only supposed to be a 26-episode adaptation. Boo.

[Mesousa]

Just having finished Vampire Knight Guilty, I'm left disappointed because there was absolutely no closure. Yes, the Vampire Knight manga is still running, but that hasn't stopped other anime-adaptations from creating their own ending to a series before.We're left with no closure on the main drama, the love triangle between Zero, Yuuki, and Kaname. Yuuki leaves with Kaname but tells Zero she's waiting for him. Um, what? Not to mention, Kaname and Zero still hate each other so no resolution on that front either.

Where are Kaname and Yuuki going? What's next for Cross Academy? What about Zero and the Hunter Association? What about Yuuki's human friends? What happened to Ichijou's fight with Ichiou? What is Zero going to do with his reason for being gone?Basically, big question mark on the ending. Twenty-six episodes didn't seem like long enough to cover what's been done in the VK manga, especially with the story still going and they didn't do a great job towards the end of Guilty in pacing everything which left the ending lacking. It feels like they've set up for a third season but the last I heard, this was only supposed to be a 26-episode adaptation. Boo.

Ouch.