Now, don’t get us wrong. We’re huge JoJo fans here at Honey’s Anime, and many of the costumes from Golden Wind are fantastic. Giorno and Bucciarati’s flamboyant suits are everything, and Trish was born to be a fashion icon. But when every outfit’s design philosophy is “wear the most ridiculous thing imaginable and still rock it because you’re a hardass Gangstar”, some characters just won’t be able to pull it off.

We’re talking about the baffling cutout jumpsuit and half mask Melone traipses around in, Risotto’s clown hat and striped pants, and the complete hot mess that is Carne. One important antagonist that hasn’t yet been revealed in the anime outshines them all at the tiptop of the tacky tower, but we’ll let you experience that one for yourself.

Again, not all of the outfits in Bleach are bad. Ichigo, in particular, has some stylish street clothes and the main shinigami robes are classic. But once the anime introduces the Arrancar, the understated designs take a backseat to strange combinations of bones and white fabric that are bound to leave confusing tan lines.

Charlotte is the obvious candidate for worst dressed with his two-piece and distressingly low torso tattoo, but since he’s basically a walking drag queen stereotype, we personally don’t count him. Tier’s outfit, though, is a disaster. It’s fair enough that she hides her mask remains with a high collar, but the hem of her jacket hits just under her nipples and leaves no room for imagination or bust support. And unfortunately, her powered up Resurreccion costume fares no better.

The Digimon franchise has a proud tradition of dressing its characters with the unsold remnants of a garage sale, and Digimon Adventure 02 gets the worst of it. Most children’s anime, particularly those with a fantasy or sci-fi element, can get away with bizarre costume choices because their target audience isn’t known for its stellar fashion sense, but this anime stretches even the middle school definition of cool.

Davis’ fur-collared flame jacket is a kitschy retread of Tai’s soccer shirt, and he just can’t pull off the goggles look as well as his predecessor. Yolei’s dollar store aviator getup makes her look more like a librarian than an adventurer, Kari’s high-waisted shorts and opera gloves pull her proportions way out of whack, and the less said about Ken’s Digimon Emperor outfit, the better.

Maron’s magical girl outfits as Jeanne are a little busy (lots of ribbons flying everywhere to go with her rhythmic gymnastics theme), but work well enough for the ‘90s. Her school uniform, on the other hand, is a crime that even the phantom thief herself couldn’t get away with.

It’s a sickening combination of bright green and yellow with puffy sleeves, a wide turtleneck, and a hem that can’t decide if it’s the bottom half of a shirt or part of the skirt. Top that off with a clashing red bow and you’ve got a flop of a frock that not one of the girls in Maron’s school looks good wearing. And as for the men, Chiaki’s Sinbad costume would look a lot less homemade if he ditched the vaguely Arabian face mask.

Oversized clothes can work well in some circumstances, but when every single member of your cast is walking around with 10 extra yards of fabrics hanging off of them, something has gone seriously wrong. Such is the case with Brave 10, a medieval Japanese fantasy whose characters really deserve better wardrobes than they got.

Besides the excess of billowing fabric, everyone seems to hate underwear as well – the absurdly low waistlines (particularly from Rokuro, who looks like he’s one slipped strap away from public indecency) and uncomfortable-looking bustiers could only be held in place with double-sided tape. Something tells us that trying to fight while wearing these costumes in real life would be more hazardous to yourself than your opponent.

The Gundam series’ costume design has been the subject of ridicule for decades, although most of its poor choices can be chalked up to dated ‘80s styling. But Turn A Gundam, which released right at the turn of the millennium, doesn’t get to hide behind this excuse. Its baffling, boxy costumes make every one of its characters look like a rectangle on legs.

Dianna’s black, white, and gold outfit overwhelms her slender frame with huge sleeves and heavy fabric, while her guard Harry prances around in clashing colored suits and strange red glasses. We do have to admit, though – Loran makes for a very pretty girl in his formal green dress.

We get it – Queen’s Blade is an ecchi series. And since it’s set in a pseudo-medieval fantasy land, the girls are practically required to wear skimpy, sexualized armor – series like Fairy Tail and Witchblade pull this off perfectly. But there is such a thing as going too far, and Queen’s Blade goes so far that we’re left wondering how the characters can so much as breathe without triggering a major wardrobe malfunction.

A solid metal breastplate and a thong are the only garments covering our protagonist Leina’s torso, both of which are two sizes too small. Priestess Melpha barely manages to contain her humongous chest with a skintight bodysuit, shapeshifter Melona covers her naked breasts with slimy hands made out of her own hair, and even the prudish Tomoe can’t keep her kimono on for five seconds without it getting shredded to bits. It’s ecchi to the extreme, for better or for worse.

Most anime fans picture dayglo spiky hair in the shape of various sea creatures when they think of Yu-Gi-Oh, but the insane fashion choices this franchise’s characters make don’t stop with their neon locks. The over-the-top goth looks from Duel Masters and the motocross suits from 5D’s complemented this style well, but we think the fifth season – Arc-V – tipped past the point of being cool and careened off into the tacky pit.

Our precious main character Yuya tries his hand at emulating every previous Yu-Gi-Oh protagonist at once by wearing his uniform jacket as a cape and accessorizing with blinged-out goggles and multiple necklaces. He also has a gaggle of alternate-universe counterparts who dress even worse than he does. And as for everyone’s favorite husbando Dennis... his orange half-suit/half-vest over a periwinkle shirt with one black glove hurts us deep down in our souls. Sorry.

All hail the world’s worst school uniform! Yes, even though Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne’s seifuku was an abomination, it’s nothing compared to how the girls dress in Masamune-kun’s Revenge. And since this anime only came out two years ago instead of in the ‘90s, it has no excuse for its fashion crimes.

The striped pink blouse is unflattering on anyone who wears it and the accompanying blue striped bow only makes it worse, but the main offending article is the sweater. Its neckline is cut in such a way that it frames the chest as a long rectangle that closes just below the navel with double-breasted buttons. It also somehow clings to the girls’ curves instead of billowing out as it would in real life, making the whole look even more awkward. At least this anime is enjoyable in spite of its stomach-churning clothing designs!

Yowamushi Pedal is a legitimately great sports anime, but sometimes it can be hard to watch. Midousuji’s deranged racing animation is part of that, of course, but we just can’t stand to look at everyone’s clothes! Sohoku’s school uniform takes notes from earlier in this list and goes for a nasty green and yellow palette with a loud red checked pattern on the pants, and the other schools have some questionable design choices as well.

Unfortunately, the sports uniforms are the final nails in the coffin. We understand that they need to have crotch pads because that’s what real cycling outfits look like, but they could’ve made the rest of the design a little cooler. The combination of short sleeves and a popped collar on a skintight shirt gives the impression that the garment shrunk in the wash, and the kitchen-sink approach to decoration (especially with the Kyoto Fushimi uniform) confuses our eyes with no clear focal point. All together, it’s just about as painful as falling off an actual bike.