| Last night I sat through the entire series and overall it was alright. I didn't see anything "Extremely Horrible", yes a few cliches but honestly overall I would recommend it to someone who wants to watch an anime to keep them interested. So I guess the real question is, why/how did "Tokyo Ghoul" accumulate so much hate? |
TyrelNov 10, 2014 1:34 PM
| By being a bad adaptation I guess. A lot of manga fans felt jyped. Don't fave much of an opinion one way or the other since I haven't seen/read much of both the anime or manga. Oh yeah there was censorship too |
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| It accumulated hate because it's a shit adaptation, just ask any manga reader. Also stupid censors (http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1295025) And Horrible pacing and directing. |
PriestSlayerNov 10, 2014 12:33 PM
FragOutFire said: Why am I a Berserk fan? All I ever experience is pain. We are in the eclipse and Miura has sacrificed us |
| yah, read the manga |
| its like a worse version of shiki i wouldn't call it bad, as it still has it's moments |
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| People hate censoring and bad pacing, I guess. Plus, manga purists... It's not bad though. |
| i assume it's because the manga readers were disappointed how it was adapted, and because of the censorship. i thought it was good though, and it also introduced me into the manga c: |
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| I just can't understand how someone that has read the manga can possibly say this adaptation is good. When you are an anime-only watcher, and you can 'feel' the rushing, you know there's something really wrong |
FragOutFire said: Why am I a Berserk fan? All I ever experience is pain. We are in the eclipse and Miura has sacrificed us |
| I personally liked it. Then again, I have not seen the manga yet. The problem is expecting a full out adaption true to the original. Perhaps more research is due on set anticipating adaption, and less on wishful thinking. The fact it got an anime at all is a blessing, and as a standalone anime, it is good. If you don't compare it to the manga, it is good. The mistake is expecting too much, for it then to all crash. Maybe the best way to look at anime adaptions is to look at them as an alternative of the manga. Not a direct copy. Scenes will have to obviously be skipped, but on the whole it is good non the less. |
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| There are still a lot more people who think its good than bad. |
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| Its not that the anime is THAT terrible. Its that the manga is a fucking masterpiece. |
SolvitePriest said: Its not that the anime is THAT terrible. Its that the manga is a fucking masterpiece. This And the anime had its moments like episode 1, 8 and 12 but it still wasn't enough because it had glaring flaws. Well at least its better than most fall series this season. |
Z4k said: SolvitePriest said: Its not that the anime is THAT terrible. Its that the manga is a fucking masterpiece. This And the anime had its moments like episode 1, 8 and 12 but it still wasn't enough because it had glaring flaws. Well at least its better than most fall series this season. +1 |
| I haven't read the manga, and even so the series is made me too bad, characters too annoying and almost nothing charismatics, fast exageramente plot and too inconsistent.... |
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| From what I gather, the people who have read the manga hate the anime for its poor adaptation. For those people who haven't read the manga, they probably hate the anime because it had too much hype before it aired and when it finally did, everyone's expectations were shattered. I feel this way too. I haven't read the manga but I've heard a lot about it before it was released. People kept talking about it and it got me intrigued and thinking there's a really awesome anime coming. When I finally watched it? My reaction: "Err... What?" I didn't hate the anime, but it did leave me wondering just what I was watching. There were nice moments and I liked quite a bit of the characters but as far as the storyline went... it left me mostly confused and when I reached the final episode, hanging. |
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| People who hate the anime are just a bunch of ignorant babies. The manga was hardly that popular and there were no scans of the manga. That was UNTIL THE ANIME BOOSTED IT'S POPULARITY. If it was as popular as snk was before it was adapted then people would have some right to complain. |
JumpinJackCrash said: I thought it was okay. I haven't read the manga, though. Yes, it's heavily censored, but there should be an uncensored version in the future. Btooom! was heavily censored when it first aired, but an uncensored version now exists. It's pretty unfair to call a show bad because of censorship when it was airing, if an uncensored version will exist in the future. It's also apparently an unfaithful adaptation of the manga. But if an anime is unfaithful to the source material, it doesn't make it a bad show. (Bad adaptation =/= Bad anime). Fullmetal Alchemist is very unfaithful compared to the manga, but people love that show. Quoted for truth. |
| I'm 3 episodes into it and I kinda like it... But if it's because the manga is just so good that it makes the anime look bad then I will see for myself |
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| ^ It depends on what you are looking for, the anime basically just highlighted most of the gory bits and the action parts of the manga and they didn't even do most of it right and then left out all the character development, storytelling and explanation, basically it left out what made Tokyo Ghoul...well...Tokyo Ghoul, at least for me anyway. In fact I have seen some people that started out with the anime and liked it and then complain that the manga is dull with too much talking and not enough action/gore, without even realizing that the action was not even the main point of the story. For me the anime even without comparing it to the manga is a 4-5/10, it was pretty to look at the soundtrack was alright, I'm not really a big fan of the opening though. But yeah most of the hate seems to actually come the from manga readers. |
| Its mostly because the manga itself was really well done, and the anime compared to it is not. So expectations were raised and then crushed. The anime isn't as horrible as everyone is saying, but the bitterness of how bad it is compared to the manga makes it seem a lot worse to manga-readers. |
| I've only seen the anime, but I don't like it also... I think it could be because what you've guys already said (bad manga adaptation) But I felt that the characters behave very irrelevant sometimes (sorry english isn't my native, so it's hard to put it in words) They do or say things which are complete wtf in the current situation, and that was a very disillusioning for me. I solely liked only the last episode! But I very liked it... i dunno, it has an aura, that could hooked me up on the series, if it goes earlier. That's my opinion about the show, and I think I will give a chance to the manga :D |
-Shio-Jan 4, 2015 1:53 AM
| Because it's shit |
 Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
| Because it's the new hating bandwagon since SAO. Haters gonna hate ♪ Can't wait for the new seaon on 9th of January ♥ |
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| Because the anime is never as good as the anime, apparently |
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Hyunckel said: Because it's the new hating bandwagon since SAO. Haters gonna hate ♪ Can't wait for the new seaon on 9th of January ♥  |
Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
| Is the anime so bad that it can't stand on its own? I was wondering if I could watch it before reading the manga, or if I should read the manga exclusively. |
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romagia said: Bingoits like a worse version of shiki It's unoriginal, the characters are stupid and annoying, and nobody does anything that makes sense. Motives are vague and unexplained, and the whole thing just feels like a big excuse to draw "gritty" action scenes and gore fanservice. |
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| manga is almost always better then the anime adaptation... however, tokyo ghoul anime is still far from being bad... i mean, come on, look at tose other shows -.- ... it was for sure one of the best in 2014... though, those comments... it really surprised me... i thought it was well received... :3 |
| "A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid." (A Clash of Kings) |
| I kind of put off watching it because i saw the negative reactions, but once I actually sat down and gave it a chance I REALLY liked it. I have not read the manga and likely never will. Just judging the show solely as an anime, i think it is easily an 8/10 or 9/10. its certainly better then a lot of the crap that's come out recently. |
PriestSlayer said: I just can't understand how someone that has read the manga can possibly say this adaptation is good. When you are an anime-only watcher, and you can 'feel' the rushing, you know there's something really wrong Yeah something just 'felt' off with this anime. raenydays said: From what I gather, the people who have read the manga hate the anime for its poor adaptation. For those people who haven't read the manga, they probably hate the anime because it had too much hype before it aired and when it finally did, everyone's expectations were shattered. I feel this way too. I haven't read the manga but I've heard a lot about it before it was released. People kept talking about it and it got me intrigued and thinking there's a really awesome anime coming. When I finally watched it? My reaction: "Err... What?" I didn't hate the anime, but it did leave me wondering just what I was watching. There were nice moments and I liked quite a bit of the characters but as far as the storyline went... it left me mostly confused and when I reached the final episode, hanging. My thoughts EXACTLY! Tristan971 said: For fuck sake, if TG was bad, then the rest of the shows for the past two years were 99% HORRIFIC. Well, you aren't too far off with that. |
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| Having watched the anime thinking it was awesome, and then being confused by all the people on here saying it's a rubbish adaptation and they cut loads of character development out I decided to read the manga. To my surprise the manga is pretty much like 90% the f%*king same as the anime! There was hardly anything cut at all! Some scenes were rearranged that I thought actually worked better in the anime. And maybe 2 chapters of the manga were cut out. Overall they did a very good job of condensing the first 7 volumes of the manga into just 12 episodes. I honestly don't think they could do a better adaptation in 12 episodes. The animes fight scenes were amazing and much better than the manga, also you have the great visuals and music and voice acting in the anime, and the blood and gore was awesome! Also extra scenes they added like keneki getting the shit beaten out him was one of the best parts of the anime. So yeah I think people bitching about this being a bad adaptation really don't know what a bad adaptation is. |
jedmanNov 5, 2015 3:24 AM
| Bad adaptation. However I find season 1 to be rather faithful to the manga, season 2 they just went monkeys and forgot about the plot. I still enjoyed it though, less so for season 2. |
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Soren said: Bad adaptation. However I find season 1 to be rather faithful to the manga, season 2 they just went monkeys and forgot about the plot. I still enjoyed it though, less so for season 2. Good points I really despise Tokyo Ghoul (ANIME) at this point. Studio Clown Ruined a good manga series and ROOT A is one of the worst things I seen in anime. |
| Dunno, it felt to me like a worse version of Deadman Wonderland, and I didn't particularly care for DMW anyway, sooooo |
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| I reviewed this, actually. I don't think it's extremely horrible. It was poorly executed, the character development was sloppy, and it used adrenaline scenes to draw in its target audience too much. When I paid attention to the scenes that weren't adrenaline focused, focused on character development, story line development, and how the episodes strung together, it all seemed poorly done to me. I don't believe it deserves half of the hype it's gotten. |
FBHSIEDec 31, 2015 4:00 PM
| a lot of times if a decent anime gets a lot of hate than it`s probably because of the manga readers. |
| Not everyone likes the same things, get over it. Some say it repeats itself badly. |
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| Tokyo Ghoul Root A isn't a bad adaptation . It was made like that intentionally . |
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