Harems are actually good animes. I mostly like them for the comedy and some harem fight scenes be pretty dope. So from my point of view harems are actually pretty good in the anime community. Originally Answered: Is harem anime bad?
Most of the time they are well within their run in their manga magazine or have several volumes of story left when they are turned into an anime. But, most of the harem anime have low quality doesn't mean all of them are bad.
However, most harem series are completely infested with overly bland characters, plots that go absolutely no where, barely EVER any resolution for the romantic part of the series, and an over abundance of fan-service that serves absolutely no purpose. It can grate on people a whole lot.
Harem is a kind of story in Japanese anime and manga where a male character is surrounded and loved by many female characters.
Harem stories allow modern viewers to indulge traditional Japanese gender role fantasies. Multiple girls vying for attention amplifies this traditional gender role fantasy. Of course, this depends on the story too.
reverse haremIn a reverse harem, it focuses on female protagonists who are being courted by males and/or lesbians, usually seven or more.
While Romio and Persia is the main focus, I suppose the audience wonders why the key visual contains other female characters. Make no mistake. This isn't a harem despite the deceptive image of several girls surrounding our main male protagonist.
Surprisingly, said Croutier, harems still exist, partially because of the current wave of Moslem fundamentalism. 'Polygamy has been outlawed in Turkey and China, the two greatest harem nations, but is still a flourishing practice in the Middle East and Africa,' she says.
When a male (yaoi) or female (hetero) is the center of attention for a group of males, this is usually called male harem, reverse harem, or sometimes 逆ハーレム or gyaku hāremu. Gyaku translates to reverse or upside down.
Shield Hero's "harem" is actually a more meaningful adventurer party with minimal wish-fulfillment elements. The only nod to traditional isekai harems is the tanuki girl Raphtalia's fixation on Naofumi, but she adores him deeply as his first companion and loyal friend.