poll: which is better? the manga or the anime of a series?

evil_yohko · Post by **evil_yohko** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 1:18 am

Hm...lets see....I actually think that the anime and manga of a series is the same. I mean, one isn't really better than the other. Sure sometimes the anime version looks hotter, but anime also leaves some stuff out that the manga doesn't and anime can't describe as much as the manga version...hope that makes sense..
-Yohko

Jonathan02us · Post by **Jonathan02us** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 11:27 am

MAS PRODUCTIONS wrote:
Jonathan02us wrote:The manga is always better, just like movies that are make from books, the book always have more detail that is left out in the movie. So the manga is the same way.
I somewhat disagree. Although in many cases the manga is indeed better than the anime, there are rare occasions where I feel that the anime way out did the manga. Two examples of this would be Nadesico and Vandread. Both the anime were severally different from the manga and the anime added a level to the story in which is much better.

Koo, wat those anime about, action, etc.. Yeah some of the tv anime does add more dept and sometimes i just get lazy to read the manga, especially if its like 14 or more books, lol.

ryuu_hime13 · Post by **ryuu_hime13** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 3:08 pm

Now I'm DEFINITELY looking forward to Japanese! Can't wait for college...I wish they'd begin translating the more obscure mangas, though, like Yami no Matsuei and Weiss Kreuz. I have yet to see english versions of those.

StarRaiders]cV[ · Post by **StarRaiders]cV[** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 8:03 pm

i like manga more
anime is nice but
i can draw a perfect manga sketch in minutes
its also won me awards

Bebop0083 · Post by **Bebop0083** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 8:57 pm

the series i like that are manga are

Dragon Ball (it gets down to the point)
Love Hina (better story line characters are drawn out more. if you ask me the manga is almost borderline with hentai)

i havent bought much manga lately do to buying dvds hehee

manga i dont really care for

Cowboy Bebop (cause the anime was before the comic)

actually the Love Hina anime and manga have the same storyline the manga has a better direction then the anime. same with Dragon Ball though i like watching the fight scenes.

Trident · Post by **Trident** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 4:30 pm

Jonathan02us wrote:The manga is always better, just like movies that are make from books, the book always have more detail that is left out in the movie. So the manga is the same way.

Hmm... not necessarily. Actually, the best situations are when they complement each other. Take Fruits Basket (no, I'm not obsessed with the series...) The basic storylines are the same, but they're each developed slightly differently, though in the same general direction. Essentially, you learn things in the manga that you didn't learn in the anime and vice versa. It works really well.

I also really liked the Cowboy Bebop manga (not the Shooting Stars one, the other) because it didn't try to change the story. It just added different, unanimated episodes in the life of the crew. You can't read them independently, but if you liked the anime, it's three more volumes of funness...

Jonathan02us · Post by **Jonathan02us** » Thu Oct 30, 2003 9:01 pm

Trident wrote:
Jonathan02us wrote:The manga is always better, just like movies that are make from books, the book always have more detail that is left out in the movie. So the manga is the same way.
Hmm... not necessarily. Actually, the best situations are when they complement each other. Take Fruits Basket (no, I'm not obsessed with the series...) The basic storylines are the same, but they're each developed slightly differently, though in the same general direction. Essentially, you learn things in the manga that you didn't learn in the anime and vice versa. It works really well.

I also really liked the Cowboy Bebop manga (not the Shooting Stars one, the other) because it didn't try to change the story. It just added different, unanimated episodes in the life of the crew. You can't read them independently, but if you liked the anime, it's three more volumes of funness...

Yeah in love hina they did have changes from the manga to the series but the main idea was there, and the manga did add a lot of interesting things to the story which i liked.

I heard about fruit basket, what is that about?

HeartbreakerByZep · Post by **HeartbreakerByZep** » Sun Nov 02, 2003 8:10 pm

I preffer Anime, I love music & voices. The only series that I read just the manga of are the ones in Shonen Jump. I like Love Hina as an anime, but I hear it's manga is much better. Actually I do have one volume of the manga but I still preffer the anime. Evangelion's manga is totally crazy. I love to read it but Rei is a completely different character.

El Banana · Post by **El Banana** » Sun Nov 02, 2003 10:05 pm

StarRaiders]cV[ wrote:i like manga more
anime is nice but
i can draw a perfect manga sketch in minutes
its also won me awards

I expect examples.

Trident · Post by **Trident** » Sun Nov 02, 2003 10:20 pm

Jonathan02us wrote:I heard about fruit basket, what is that about?

It's about this family who has been cursed--there are at least fourteen people at any given time in the family who are specifically under the curse for life (12 zodiac animals, a cat, and Akito in the role of God). Whenever one of the twelve or the cat is hugged by someone of the opposite sex, they turn into their zodiac animal. And there's this girl who randomly winds up living with the family and heals a lot of their pain and stuff. It's shoujo, but it's really good. One of my friends says that she's only met one person who didn't specifically like it (even big tough guys like it). It's really fun. I watched the series twice in a row and then found a fan-translated version of the manga online and read what I could of it (unfortunately, it wasn't all translated, but they're going to start releasing it translated in a few months, I think).

/shameless Fruits Basket plug

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poll: which is better? the manga or the anime of a series?

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