Most Glorified and Most Disrespected characters in the anime

[chanveil]

This simply means who are the characters that get overpraised for doing nothing, and the characters that are disrespected in the sense they don't recieve enough credit for their actions in the anime.

I got one for disrespect:

Steven Stone

The dude was friken champion and he barely appeared in one episode. In the episode they didn't even say that he was champion, he was simply some strong random trainer. The anime creators really dissed him, then he got double dissed by being removed as champion in the game too.

[Pokemaster Ash]

Well, I've got some characters from one series (or set of series) who can fill both categories.

Overglorified: Kira Yamato (Gundam Seed, Seed Destiny).

Now Kira in his own right is a capable pilot, but for some reason he has gotten a reputation about him of basically being unbeatable. Freedom Gundam and Strike Freedom Gundam also pretty much make battles very easy for the guy. When all he had was the Strike Gundam, we actually saw his skills at work. Basically he gets way too much praise for basically being a Boring Invincible Hero (as the tropes go)

Disrespected: Shinn Asuka (Gundam Seed Destiny)

Essentially the Kamille Bidan to Kira's Amuro Ray. Shinn is a mentally anguished pilot (having witnessed his entire family get killed in a battle during the events of Gundam Seed), but he is also greatly skilled. In fact, using only the Impulse Gundam (which was more or less a beefed-up clone of the Strike) he managed to actually defeat Kira and destroy Freedom Gundam. With his Destiny Gundam he was a force to be reckoned with. Unfortunately he suddenly becomes the bad guy after his superior shows his true colors and in the final battle his Gundam is torn apart by Infinite Justice Gundam and Athrun Zala. He pretty much goes from Hero to nothing in the blink of an eye. A lot of fans were not pleased.

Also disrespected: Cagalli Yula Athha (Gundam Seed/Seed Destiny)

The twin sister of Kira Yamato. In Gundam Seed, she was a fierce and determined individual and a strong pilot, even managing to become the only regular human to achieve the Seed Mode state that Kira, Athrun, Shinn, and Lacus Clyne are normally only known to possess. In Gundam Seed Destiny, however, she became almost solely a damsel in distress, unsure of what she should do. Her only moment of glory was the first deployment of the powerful Akatsuki mobile suit, which she would then give to another character and basically disappear for the rest of the series. Not only did the fans not enjoy this derailment, her seiyuu Naomi Shindo refuses to play the role anymore (even in the video games).

Actually, when Gundam Seed Destiny was dubbed, everyone involved apparently weren't too happy with the series. That really says something about the writing in that series.

[Dark-San]

Gundam Seed Destiny is one of the garbage series that you should not have watch. Everything started downhill when the producer decided to bend to the fans' will instead of sticking with his original plot. All in the name of DVD sales...

I agreed with you on the Kira and Asuka part. But Cagalli... I thought her character was pretty well done. A head strong woman that has no other choice but to lead her nation.

[Pokemaster Ash]

I actually didn't think it was as bad as most people usually do (I hated the overuse of nukes and using a giant orbiting memorial as a Colony Drop more than anything else). And Cagalli was head stong and didn't take any crap in Gundam Seed, and she was a very good pilot (and as pointed out, the only regular human to get Seed Mode). However it seemed like all she did in Gundam Seed Destiny was cry over being helpless to change anything and otherwise useless....until they broke out the Akatsuki. She finally gets the chance to pilot a machine the same caliber as Kira and Athrun's Gundams.....and she gives it away (admittedly she gave it to Mu La Flaga, so it's not like it wasn't in capable hands, but still her father built the thing). Between telling Durandal to take his Destiny Plan and shove it and piloting that thing, it looked like she was close to being her old self again....only to wind up not being involved in the rest of the series. Now admittedly she was the only one left who knew how to keep Orb from falling apart after some of the leadership tried to screw the nation over, but it seemed like they were out to get her in this series. It's a shame her seiyuu won't do the role anymore, even for the video games. I think most of the games have tried to actually undo the derailment, or at the very least you can make her do some awesome things in games where you can stick her in any MS you wish.

There actually was a Seed movie planned, but one of the writers got sick so it's totally stalled. Considering Naomi Shindo won't do Cagalli anymore, and there was varied animosity from some other people who did the series, I doubt it will ever happen. It would probably help if they replaced the writers so that some of the damage can be canonly undone, but I think people are too focused on 00 and Unicorn to care anymore.

[Dark-San]

There actually was a Seed movie planned, but one of the writers got sick so it's totally stalled.

I don't know a thing about that. But there is an OVA showing an alternative ending to the series. A 50 minute episode OVA that the fans agreed that to be the most ideal ending. I supposed that is the 'movie' that you are talking about?

[Pokemaster Ash]

No, actually, there was a legitimate movie planned for Seed (taking place after Seed Destiny, apparently with Lacus in charge of the colonies and Kira as part of ZAFT). Unfortunately one of the main writers got sick and it's basically in development hell. It was actually supposed to be the first standalone movie since F91, not the 00 movie. Looks like we'll never know how that was supposed to turn out, though...