[Tyne]

I shock people by disliking Castle in the Sky and Howl's Moving Castle from Hayao Miyazaki, the former because it's a weaker Castle of Cagliostro clone (same plot with princess abducted because of her mysterious jewelry, villian even looks the same in both, etc) and the latter because it didn't make much sense.

Place Promised in Our Early Days was a weaker Wings of Honneamise with weaker elements of other anime spliced in, though I did love Voices of a Distant Star to compensate for my dislike of PPiOES.

You know, I didn't like Laputa or Place Promised either. Place Promised was a bit too boring and pointless for me. It was a struggle to sit through, and when it was done, all I could do was wonder why I made myself watch it. But I know we're not the only ones who didn't like it, I have actually heard many people say they were disappointed by it.

And Howl's is definitely the least liked Ghibli film. I hear people all the time saying they disliked this one, and honestly, I didn't like it very much my first watch either. I've seen it many times since, though, and it has grown on me. Not liking Laputa does tend to be more shocking to people, but I agree with you that it is weak.

Another one I can add to my list is Berserk. It's by no means a bad show, it just did not live up to all the hype. Even knowing that there was no ending, I expected something much better. Present-Gatts was 20 times more interesting than flashback-Gatts, and unfortunately, the entire series was flashback.