Aug 28, 2008 10:22 PM
Anime versus Manga
It occurs to me that I've watched a lot of anime, but not read that much manga. There are several reasons for this:
-before I was internet-savvy, it was much easier and cheaper to watch anime on TV than to read manga. My local library has very little, so I had to buy it.
-even now I find scans inconvenient, so I haven't used them much, and would tend simply not to read stuff until it hit store shelves here.
-if I'm in the mood to read, usually I'm in the mood for novels, which I consider typically better value for the money.
-certain things work much better animated than in comic form for me
-lately, I've been learning Japanese, and I find it takes much less concentration to watch raw anime or dramas than to read raw manga
Lately, this has been changing a bit, for the following reasons:
-I've developed more of an appreciation for clever page layouts and panel design - in general, for the cool things one can do with comics
-I'm trying to patch up the biggest hole in my knowledge of Japanese - reading - and find manga much easier than novels and more interesting than little kids' books
-some things are just better in manga form - including Fruits Basket, which I've been reading lately
Funnily enough, although I think Ouran and Fruits Basket are better overall, I've been reading Penguin Revolution the most obsessively, perhaps because the author is quite good at cliffhangers. Also, with the other two I'm still reading the parts that were adapted into the anime, so there aren't many surprises.
-before I was internet-savvy, it was much easier and cheaper to watch anime on TV than to read manga. My local library has very little, so I had to buy it.
-even now I find scans inconvenient, so I haven't used them much, and would tend simply not to read stuff until it hit store shelves here.
-if I'm in the mood to read, usually I'm in the mood for novels, which I consider typically better value for the money.
-certain things work much better animated than in comic form for me
-lately, I've been learning Japanese, and I find it takes much less concentration to watch raw anime or dramas than to read raw manga
Lately, this has been changing a bit, for the following reasons:
-I've developed more of an appreciation for clever page layouts and panel design - in general, for the cool things one can do with comics
-I'm trying to patch up the biggest hole in my knowledge of Japanese - reading - and find manga much easier than novels and more interesting than little kids' books
-some things are just better in manga form - including Fruits Basket, which I've been reading lately
Funnily enough, although I think Ouran and Fruits Basket are better overall, I've been reading Penguin Revolution the most obsessively, perhaps because the author is quite good at cliffhangers. Also, with the other two I'm still reading the parts that were adapted into the anime, so there aren't many surprises.
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| Aug 28, 2008 10:22 PM |
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Bluesnow | Sep 2, 2008 3:19 PM
Ouran > AllXDAlthough I've found it very difficult to try to read the raws at time because Kyouya uses way too much complicated Kanji and vocab no normal high schooler should be using in normal conversationXD!!! I've actually found that a good manga to start with if you're trying to improve reading is Yotsubato!~ At least from a beginners level. Its about a 4 year old girl... so they don't use very complicated Kanji as muchXD Its good for me that only know about 200 haha and still usually relies on Kana anyways. Anime and vocal japanese is much easier to understand because you can guess alot by voice connotation though and physical motion~ while the manga is mostly text based XD So even if its an easy manga its still a step up on the challenging latter imo. |
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DonKangolJones | Aug 28, 2008 11:07 PM
I tend to have some of the same problems as you when it comes to anime v manga. Manga can get very expensive, especially when you're following a series at $8- $10 a pop (Fruits Basket & FMA). And reading stuff on the computer, can really be a strain and unappealing. Congrats and good luck on the japanese, I heard its really hard.
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