| So I just started watching Magi, I think it's pretty cool so far. It's a typical shounen, yet different. What do you guys think? You think it'll get better or worse? I personally think it's one of those 'start-up' anime series, you know, the ones that become even better along the way, you just need to keep up with the show haha... |
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| This shouldnt be a thread but rather a review or said in a episode disscussion Just saying, also this should be in the magi subforum anywho if your refering to just a specific show http://myanimelist.net/anime/14513/Magi:_The_Labyrinth_of_Magic/forum |
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| I was under a spell where I thought Magi (the anime) was fucking fantastic. More and more, I read how it really wasn't a great adaptation. At first, I was reluctant to acknowledge the flaws, but it eventually got to me, and I have to agree the manga is way better in content. Refer to MAL user Candor for more details. |
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Also the anime is terrible so much QUALITY if you like cardboard cut outs then this is your series |
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| It's shit. Read the manga. |
| It's ok, it's not good and it's not horrible. Showed potential in the beginning, now it's mostly boring. |
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| Lol everybody is so negative about it... I must admit, the manga is better, but come on, the anime isn't that bad? :P |
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Neane1993 said: daijoubudayo said: Lol everybody is so negative about it... I must admit, the manga is better, but come on, the anime isn't that bad? :P Welcome to the Anime Community. Loool |
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| While I don't think the anime is horrid by any means, it still feels to a degree diluted to the point I'm not so sure I care *that* much for the characters anymore. |
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| I love both the anime and the manga, it's one of the better shounen out there. I also spend time searching for omakes, raw sketches and fanart, so the characters have grown on me a lot. |
Tavor said: While I don't think the anime is horrid by any means, it still feels to a degree diluted to the point I'm not so sure I care *that* much for the characters anymore. Hmmm... I kinda agree with you. I'll just say it could have been better... mikado34 said: I love both the anime and the manga, it's one of the better shounen out there. I also spend time searching for omakes, raw sketches and fanart, so the characters have grown on me a lot. It's definitely one of the better shounen out there. But I've always read positive reviews about the anime, a lot of people recommended me to watch the show so that's why I'm a little bit surprised there's some negativity about it, but I kinda agree with some people really. |
yukkurinitoFeb 18, 2014 7:09 PM
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| Started out interesting despite the weird changes (I thought they'd somehow be included later in a good way), ended up being one of the most disappointing adaptations I've seen. Just bad. Rushed and altered a lot. Director's logic "let's pull a FMA 2003 (albeit not nearly as good)...starting from episode 1, shitting on the manga and the word "adaptation", pretty much making our own story dressed up nicely as a well-known manga and " Seriously why is a long-running series getting only a 25-episode anime? |
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Mikasa said: Started out interesting despite the weird changes (I thought they'd somehow be included later in a good way), ended up being one of the most disappointing adaptations I've seen. Just bad. Rushed and altered a lot. Director's logic "let's pull a FMA 2003 (albeit not nearly as good)...starting from episode 1, shitting on the manga and the word "adaptation", pretty much making our own story dressed up nicely as a well-known manga and " Seriously why is a long-running series getting only a 25-episode anime? maybe there doing wat fma did? rushed it? it was popular then it got a remake? maybe its the same for this? its good for non manga readers and thats who it was directed |
leokiko said: Pretty much this. It's shit. Read the manga. The series is definitely one of the better shonen out there, but the adaptation is just horrible. Well it started good despite the messed up timeline, the skipped Aladdin & world intro chapter, the changed content which created plotholes, and the missing characterizations which led to one-dimensional villain and characters, but it just got worse and worse, especially the animation, the skipping, rushing, and changed content, and the derp-faces. Speaking of derp-faces, behold this classic here: |
Candor123Feb 25, 2013 2:09 AM
Candor said: leokiko said: Pretty much this. It's shit. Read the manga. The series is definitely one of the better shonen out there, but the adaptation is just horrible. Well it started good despite the messed up timeline, the skipped Aladdin & world intro chapter, the changed content which created plotholes, and the missing characterizations which led to one-dimensional villain and characters, but it just got worse and worse, especially the animation, the skipping, rushing, and changed content, and the derp-faces. Speaking of derp-faces, behold this classic here: I totally agree with the rushing and skipping creating plotholes, it's just annoying that they're leaving out some details and the world intro... :/ And of course the differences between the faces. o.O |
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| Before I read the manga. I was happy with the anime. And now that I read the manga to the current chapters. I was really dissapointed in the anime. |
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AceFlonne said: Before I read the manga. I was happy with the anime. And now that I read the manga to the current chapters. I was really dissapointed in the anime. Yeah, I did it the other way around, first read the manga and after I watched the anime. Even though I still think it's okay, the disappointment is present... |
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| the anime is great ignore the manga idiots its not the manga why are they even talking about the series when they all dislike it there just mad cause its not how they wanted it without reading the manga many anime fans like it |
Calumz said: the anime is great ignore the manga idiots its not the manga why are they even talking about the series when they all dislike it there just mad cause its not how they wanted it without reading the manga many anime fans like it It's an adaptation of the manga. If it's not the manga then why call it Magi? Call it some other generic name because that's what the show devolved into; a generic story. I haven't read past chapter 2 and I know it's rushed as hell, so terribly directed and the pacing is embarrassing. Many anime fans like it, I know. Because most people are retards who like anything with superpowers no matter how bad it is (toriko, fairy tail) |
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Mikasa said: Calumz said: the anime is great ignore the manga idiots its not the manga why are they even talking about the series when they all dislike it there just mad cause its not how they wanted it without reading the manga many anime fans like it It's an adaptation of the manga. If it's not the manga then why call it Magi? Call it some other generic name because that's what the show devolved into; a generic story. I haven't read past chapter 2 and I know it's rushed as hell, so terribly directed and the pacing is embarrassing. Many anime fans like it, I know. Because most people are retards who like anything with superpowers no matter how bad it is (toriko, fairy tail) Well, as for Magi, I get your point, but come on, Fairy Tail isn't that bad, I really like it. But who am I to decide for you what's good or not? Tastes differ... And I can assure you, I'm not one of those retards you're talking about, it takes an anime series a lot more than just super powers to be succesful if you ask me... |
yukkurinitoFeb 25, 2013 5:48 AM
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Calumz said: the anime is great ignore the manga idiots its not the manga why are they even talking about the series when they all dislike it there just mad cause its not how they wanted it without reading the manga many anime fans like it Yeah, but I'm not allowed to complain since I was the one who asked for their opinion... :P |
yukkurinitoFeb 25, 2013 6:21 AM
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Calumz said: Stop crying about this already, everyone compares manga to animethe anime is great ignore the manga idiots its not the manga why are they even talking about the series when they all dislike it there just mad cause its not how they wanted it without reading the manga many anime fans like it |
daijoubudayo said: Mikasa said: Calumz said: the anime is great ignore the manga idiots its not the manga why are they even talking about the series when they all dislike it there just mad cause its not how they wanted it without reading the manga many anime fans like it It's an adaptation of the manga. If it's not the manga then why call it Magi? Call it some other generic name because that's what the show devolved into; a generic story. I haven't read past chapter 2 and I know it's rushed as hell, so terribly directed and the pacing is embarrassing. Many anime fans like it, I know. Because most people are retards who like anything with superpowers no matter how bad it is (toriko, fairy tail) Well, as for Magi, I get your point, but come on, Fairy Tail isn't that bad, I really like it. But who am I to decide for you what's good or not? Tastes differ... And I can assure you, I'm not one of those retards you're talking about, it takes an anime series a lot more than just super powers to be succesful if you ask me... The story is not so good and the whole feel of the series is childish. To me I see it as a digimon series, something I might have enjoyed if I were less than 13 |
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Mikasa said: daijoubudayo said: Mikasa said: Calumz said: the anime is great ignore the manga idiots its not the manga why are they even talking about the series when they all dislike it there just mad cause its not how they wanted it without reading the manga many anime fans like it It's an adaptation of the manga. If it's not the manga then why call it Magi? Call it some other generic name because that's what the show devolved into; a generic story. I haven't read past chapter 2 and I know it's rushed as hell, so terribly directed and the pacing is embarrassing. Many anime fans like it, I know. Because most people are retards who like anything with superpowers no matter how bad it is (toriko, fairy tail) Well, as for Magi, I get your point, but come on, Fairy Tail isn't that bad, I really like it. But who am I to decide for you what's good or not? Tastes differ... And I can assure you, I'm not one of those retards you're talking about, it takes an anime series a lot more than just super powers to be succesful if you ask me... The story is not so good and the whole feel of the series is childish. To me I see it as a digimon series, something I might have enjoyed if I were less than 13 Well, of course that's your opinion, I can't do anything about it. |
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| I think it's alright. Enjoyable enough but nothing special as of yet. |
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| I treat Magi anime and manga as two different things. It is more comfortable to see the anime as an alternate reality from the manga. It is shown straight from episode one that the anime producer had no intention on following the original plot, I see that as a bold statement from the studio, and probably that is how to enjoy it. I had to say that the manga version characters is badass, and the anime version is the moefied variation. I see two version of Aladin, I see two version of Alibaba, etc. It's a bit fun when you think of it. |
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azzuRe said: I treat Magi anime and manga as two different things. It is more comfortable to see the anime as an alternate reality from the manga. It is shown straight from episode one that the anime producer had no intention on following the original plot, I see that as a bold statement from the studio, and probably that is how to enjoy it. I had to say that the manga version characters is badass, and the anime version is the moefied variation. I see two version of Aladin, I see two version of Alibaba, etc. It's a bit fun when you think of it. I totally get what you mean, it also striked me that the anime and manga seem to have a slightly different storyline, just like you said, two versions of each character. |
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daijoubudayo said: azzuRe said: I treat Magi anime and manga as two different things. It is more comfortable to see the anime as an alternate reality from the manga. It is shown straight from episode one that the anime producer had no intention on following the original plot, I see that as a bold statement from the studio, and probably that is how to enjoy it. I had to say that the manga version characters is badass, and the anime version is the moefied variation. I see two version of Aladin, I see two version of Alibaba, etc. It's a bit fun when you think of it. I totally get what you mean, it also striked me that the anime and manga seem to have a slightly different storyline, just like you said, two versions of each character. I agree with this and I really like your post azzuRe. If I have to recommend Magi to anyone I'll call the anime a light version of the manga; you simply can't have everything adapted from the original source. I guess it's the same with many other adaptions. The anime can make alternations, I can accept that just as long it still makes sense for the story. Character vise it's a matter of taste. When I say I like Alibaba then I mean the manga version, because he gives the best impression as a developing hero. At the same time I like anime Morgiana a bit more, her animation is both cute and amazing. Edit: I forgot to mention that the anime uses between 4 to 6 manga chapters each episode - so it's understandable that it feels rushed. Other shounen series like Bleach usually uses 3 chapters. |
mikadocsMar 7, 2013 2:24 AM
| In short: Second half sucks donkey dick. I probably start reading manga. |
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| It's OK. The source material has its share of flaws too. I think it's got a bit of what plagued FMA in that it's stuck in the shounen genre despite the heavy social and political themes, and so the issues aren't dealt with as maturely as they should be. Magi consists mostly fighting for power as opposed to diplomatic resolution (Sinbad averts this, which is great; however, they fail to show how it actually went at all), and so the political themes are still squashed by the magical powers of Aladdin and co. I just feel that these themes simply don't mesh well with the shounen demography, which enjoys giant explosions and fighting and stuff moreso than sociopolitical themes. If the author wasn't constrained to the genre, I think Magi could have been a whole lot more. Also, like FMA, the side characters are more interesting than the main characters themselves, IMO. As for the anime itself, I find it mediocre compared to the manga. Hard to say why, but I think it's because certain scenes were depicted better using perspective and more dynamic camera angles. The animation is extremely consistent though, which is great. |
| I absolutely love the setting. It's cool to see an anime pull aspects from Arab culture. I'm digging it. Oh, and today I just realized that the magical incantations that Aladdin uses is actually Arabic. I was about to face-palm because it took me so long to realize. har har ifigar = hot hot explosion :P |
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Culevra said: AceFlonne said: Before I read the manga. I was happy with the anime. And now that I read the manga to the current chapters. I was really dissapointed in the anime. pretty much this is all the explanation you need, I was introduced to magi from the anime which led to me reading the manga after about 7 episodes, after reading it, it really is disappointing to see what the anime is becoming. Before I had read the manga I thought the anime couldnt get any better. but after reading it you see where the show falls short. |
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Mikasa said: Calumz said: the anime is great ignore the manga idiots its not the manga why are they even talking about the series when they all dislike it there just mad cause its not how they wanted it without reading the manga many anime fans like it It's an adaptation of the manga. If it's not the manga then why call it Magi? Call it some other generic name because that's what the show devolved into; a generic story. I haven't read past chapter 2 and I know it's rushed as hell, so terribly directed and the pacing is embarrassing. Many anime fans like it, I know. Because most people are retards who like anything with superpowers no matter how bad it is (toriko, fairy tail) I sure hope you're not serious to be comparing Magi to FT and Toriko -.- The story of FT is acceptable, despite being decent at best. The downside of FT is the characters and how the fight proceed. Well even though I said that, I dropped FT and find myself having a hard time continue reading it when I wanted to pick it back up.. As for Toriko.. muscular men hunting for foods, that's the plot, or as far as I know since I don't watch/read it. I tried, but can't. It's more suitable to be comparing Magi to One Piece or Hunter x Hunter. |
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ToG25thBaam said: Mikasa said: Calumz said: the anime is great ignore the manga idiots its not the manga why are they even talking about the series when they all dislike it there just mad cause its not how they wanted it without reading the manga many anime fans like it It's an adaptation of the manga. If it's not the manga then why call it Magi? Call it some other generic name because that's what the show devolved into; a generic story. I haven't read past chapter 2 and I know it's rushed as hell, so terribly directed and the pacing is embarrassing. Many anime fans like it, I know. Because most people are retards who like anything with superpowers no matter how bad it is (toriko, fairy tail) I sure hope you're not serious to be comparing Magi to FT and Toriko -.- The story of FT is acceptable, despite being decent at best. The downside of FT is the characters and how the fight proceed. Well even though I said that, I dropped FT and find myself having a hard time continue reading it when I wanted to pick it back up.. As for Toriko.. muscular men hunting for foods, that's the plot, or as far as I know since I don't watch/read it. I tried, but can't. It's more suitable to be comparing Magi to One Piece or Hunter x Hunter. I second all of that, though I can't seem to let go of FT... Sure, it's annoying how Natsu saves the day each and every time and honestly, somebody should DIE for real FOR ONCE, but there's just something special to it... |
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RX-782 said: Also the anime is terrible so much QUALITY if you like cardboard cut outs then this is your series I'm not sure if me watching the BD version changes anything, but this picture is inaccurate. Their walking upstairs was animated in the BD. |
| The anime series is kind of ''meh''. It's still enjoyable to watch with a lot of fun moments and some great characters, but I'd say the manga is far better. |
| I usually don't use the word "retarded" in vain, but after watching the 10th and 11th episode all I can say is that it's pretty much the word to use to describe it. The characters yell like idiots before attacking, giving the opponents a chance to defend themselves and fu*k them up. Evil Magi doesn't die after literally receiving ground breaking trauma damage from a genie and is saved by an OP girl and friends (Ex Machina much?). Even as a shounen, this anime takes stupidity to another level, spits in your face and laughs afterwards with its b*lls*it. |
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