Anime vs manga

[ConfusedProphet]

Why is it when an anime has a manga attached to it (Lack for a better word) they are complete opposites from each other or the creators like to cut out details?
This is a nice question for whoever feels the need to answer.

[sprueill]

simpley because one is either longer then the other or there is a mix of artisitc opinons involoved. same reason many people dislike movies made from books.

[Kariudo]

while some anime/manga cobos are like this...others aren't (can't think of any off the top of my head).

you also have to consider that with anime, you have a limited number of (30 minute) episodes to do what a corresponding manga can do in many volumes (with no real set page limit)

[ConfusedProphet]

Thanks guys(gals). It just makes me made when the anime or manga isn't as good as the other.

[celibi87]

while some anime/manga cobos are like this...others aren't (can't think of any off the top of my head).

you also have to consider that with anime, you have a limited number of (30 minute) episodes to do what a corresponding manga can do in many volumes (with no real set page limit)

*cough* excel saga *cough*

[Scintilla]

You have to consider that:

- Some anime are made out of manga that haven't finished running yet when the anime is made (Excel Saga, Loveless, Spiral, Naruto, countless others); in such cases, the people who produce the anime don't know how the story will end, so they have to either make something up (Hellsing, X), find a convenient stopping point and just leave it at that (Fruits Basket), or otherwise fail hard (Kare Kano).

- Some manga are actually based on anime rather than the other way around (FLCL, NGE)

- Some anime require a certain amount of filler to pad the series to the required length, because the manga version of events isn't long enough (Onegai Teacher!, though when I saw the anime I thought "wow, this has almost no filler"... then I read the manga and I thought "wow, THIS has NO filler")

- Sometimes the manga and the anime are being produced by the same people and are intentionally made to give different versions of the story (RahXephon... and by the way, the manga is REALLY touching)

- Some anime are based on manga that contain content that just wouldn't fly on network television (anything by Ken Akamatsu)

So what's an anime series that actually sticks closely to the manga on which it's based with no serious deviations?
I can think of three right now: Azumanga Daioh, Fushigi Yuugi, and Saikano (from what I've seen so far).

I'll get back to you if I think of any others.

[Otohiko]

I dunno, it really varies quite a bit.

To me, the standard for manga adaptations is Monster. It follows the manga really, really precisely on all counts, skipping nothing substantial and only improving it on minor details and, well, animating it superbly.

Reading over Suzumiya Haruhi novels (not manga, but close enough!), I'm also surprised how close it comes to the anime, down to narration and specific images that were described in the books and then got animated.

Just counterweights to your point, I guess. While the un-faithfulness is true in many cases, you can see that it doesn't have to be.

[Scintilla]

Reading over Suzumiya Haruhi novels (not manga, but close enough!), I'm also surprised how close it comes to the anime, down to narration and specific images that were described in the books and then got animated.

But the light novels do not have Hard Gay.


Okay, they also don't have Haruhi occasionally responding to Kyon's narration as if he'd said it out loud.

[thehunterscorpion]

I don't think so

[Kariudo]

I don't think so

what exactly are you not agreeing with?
it usually helps if you explain why you do/don't agree with whatever topic you may be talking about