mayukachan said: Very tough choice between animu and mango :c Probably Anime in the end, because it has much more. The issue is I'm rarely in the mood for it. |
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gabrielrroiz said: hoopla123 said: Obviously haven't read shit. That's like saying all anime are just full of ecchi and hentai because there are so many of those. I guess since there are so many action movies, movies aren't a great example of variety either. I guess no entertainment medium can have variety if it has a big number of shows/books/games that pertains to a certain genre. What a fucking joke lmao. if the porcentage of titles that does the same thing is so big as it is in ln then no you are not allowed to say there is variety in them or use to justify why is a medium good and would you name some titles that show how variety is there with ln? So you just proved my point. With your logic almost every entertainment medium lacks variety. And as for the LNs: kuuderes_shadow said: gabrielrroiz said: and would you name some titles that show how variety is there with ln? How's this for a selection. I've limited myself to just series with official English language releases - the variety of light novels is far larger than this, but yeah: Kieli Guin Saga (only the first arc has an official english language release) Book Girl DanMachi Durarara!! Spice and Wolf Strawberry Panic The Devil is a Part-Timer None of the above are even remotely similar to any of the others. This man here already provided them but to add more to the list, the Moribito series, Monogatari series, Mushoku Tensei, Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria, Legend of Galatic Heroes, Arslan Senki and many more. I'll repeat myself again. What a fucking joke lmao. |
| I'm surprised that the VNs are popular. And lol, no one gives a fuck about LNs |
hoopla123 said: gabrielrroiz said: if the porcentage of titles that does the same thing is so big as it is in ln then no you are not allowed to say there is variety in them or use to justify why is a medium good and would you name some titles that show how variety is there with ln? So you just proved my point. With your logic almost every entertainment medium lacks variety. And as for the LNs: kuuderes_shadow said: How's this for a selection. I've limited myself to just series with official English language releases - the variety of light novels is far larger than this, but yeah: Kieli Guin Saga (only the first arc has an official english language release) Book Girl DanMachi Durarara!! Spice and Wolf Strawberry Panic The Devil is a Part-Timer None of the above are even remotely similar to any of the others. This man here already provided them but to add more to the list, the Moribito series, Monogatari series, Mushoku Tensei, Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria, Legend of Galatic Heroes, Arslan Senki and many more. I'll repeat myself again. What a fucking joke lmao. good luck finding another medium that most of its storys looks like exact rehashes from older titles like most schools harens in ln also what are you smoking when saying danmachi shows variety? and logh is not a ln it is a normal novep |
gabrielrroiz said: good luck finding another medium that most of its storys looks like exact rehashes from older titles like most schools harens in ln also what are you smoking when saying danmachi shows variety? and logh is not a ln it is a normal novep  hoopla123 said: This man here already provided them but to add more to the list, the Moribito series, Monogatari series, Mushoku Tensei, Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria, Legend of Galatic Heroes, Arslan Senki and many more. Let me add some: Zaregoto Series,Owari no Chronicle,Rokka no Yusha, Seikai no Senki, Overlord,Horizon,Rakuin no Monshou,Elvenblood etc. |
barmarNov 13, 2015 11:13 AM
gabrielrroiz said: also what are you smoking when saying danmachi shows variety? Please go away and learn the meaning of the word variety. You'll also notice that there isn't a single magic high school style series on that list. I could have easily added one and in so doing it would have increased the variety of the list. most of its storys looks like exact rehashes from older titles What are you smoking? |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
kuuderes_shadow said: gabrielrroiz said: also what are you smoking when saying danmachi shows variety? Please go away and learn the meaning of the word variety. You'll also notice that there isn't a single magic high school style series on that list. I could have easily added one and in so doing it would have increased the variety of the list. most of its storys looks like exact rehashes from older titles What are you smoking? using a few exception does not prove that ln have variety when ib every season an anime that is exactly like rakudai or asterisk war airs and all of them are based on ln |
| Anime, because it has sound and animation. Seems that's the majority preference if the poll is any indication, so no hipster DC today. Of course, the other 3 ain't too bad either, or else I wouldn't be readin em. |
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Xenocrisi said: And lol, no one gives a fuck about LNs Most people theses days don't want to read pure text like a book. |
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| i definitely look at anime more than manga because i find it easier. since i don't have 100 bucks to use on 3-5 books i read online and i find it tedious. you could be reading for 2hrs and not even be on chapter 30, depending on the page length. i actually would love to have physical copies since i easily breeze through those at barnes and noble but like i said, no cash. i am reading more manga nowadays, though. i'm really fond of one-shots. i have more love for manwha than manga though, definitely. i even find some better than anime. |
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| Anime > Manga >> Light Novel >> Visual Novel. |
| animu because music and colors |
ichii_1 said: Xenocrisi said: And lol, no one gives a fuck about LNs Most people theses days don't want to read pure text like a book. Well, LN are books. |
Xenocrisi said: ichii_1 said: Most people theses days don't want to read pure text like a book. Well, LN are books. I think that was his point. |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| Anime>LN>Manga Though I prefer some LN and manga over their anime adaptations. |
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| Anime > Manga for me. I usually only read for continuation purposes. The only LN I've read is Rokka no Yuusha and I haven't tried any VN's so I can't really weigh any opinions on those two. |
| Anime if it appeals to me in the long run Visual Novel if it has animation and gameplay segments such as School Days or Huniepop the weird thing with me is i dislike visual novels, but i love developing one |
| Anime is the most enjoyable and best experience for me. Animation and sound is something too hard to beat but the thing is theres a lot of Manga/VN/LN that are not animated so, you really have no choice but to read them. |
FlamingMangosNov 13, 2015 9:14 PM
Irrelative said: Nukige doesn't count.Xenocrisi said: Visual Novels have sound too Some Visual Novels also have movement. |
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EuroAsia said: Anime if it appeals to me in the long run Visual Novel if it has animation and gameplay segments such as School Days or Huniepop the weird thing with me is i dislike visual novels, but i love developing one You like VNs that have movement and gameplay such as School Days, etc...BUT, you dislike VNs, BUT, you love developing one.... ??????? |
| novels & light novels > manga> anime. Never played visual novels so can't tell. I like to read more than to watch to begin with, and I like all the stuff like inner thoughts, side characters development/background, world building and the like, which are all stuff that usually get cut in anime. I also like goo mysteries, something that is quite rare in anime. As for the discussion above, yes, LN have more variety than anime, definitely. Not sure about more than manga though. And no, the amount of school/harem and the like is far FAR lower than what you think it is. That's just the ones that get adapted in anime (and sells more as a result) because when they try to adapt different stuff (spice & wolf, rokka, baccano...) it doesn't sell, so there's no point in trying to adapt them in anime. And then the LN that you can find translated are for a good part LN who got anime adaptation and attracted the attention of strangers due to this, so same here. |
ZefyrisNov 13, 2015 11:36 PM
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| Hmm interesting thread. (I haven't read any LN or played any VN) I personally like anime the most, but sometimes it can get butchered from it's source material,(Naruto got the filler hammer and Tokyo ghoul got the rush axe and complete disrespect for the mangaka, looking at you studio Pierrot). However in anime we got voice actors and music which makes it easier to get hyped. take Shounen for example(at least I get hyped music from Takanashi Yasuharu). This doesn't mean i rule out manga completely. I haven't read that much manga though, but I have read tokyo ghoul which is a series I love dearly. Manga is usually source material which often makes it the best material. When I read manga I always listen to OST's from it's anime(or other anime if it doesn't have any OST's). |
omfgplzstop said: some visual novels can take 100 hours to read for the average person, thats a lot more than just one volume. Fate/Stay Night's total wordcount is higher than LotR lmao. Not to mention that some visual novels are separated into parts or are released as series (Grisaia trilogy, MuvLuv, Naku Koro Ni series) making them extremely long. Saying they all have rushed development is a silly generalization you should've known better than to actually use. Everything you said about LNs can also be applied to VNs, and VNs have their own share of fantastic titles. Out of curiousity, which VNs have you played? That word counter includes all the decision possibilities right? So you don't actually read all of this. Especially since I would wager that no matter the decisions, some sentences are almost identical, but they are counted everytime. |
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HaXXspetten said: Visual novels because:
Just off the top of my head This. VNs have far better stories than anime and manga generally though some of the best stories comes from LNs. HaXXspetten said: magikewlgirlz said: Uhm, pretty much everyone reads manga and LNs from scans on the web for free. And just about everyone torrents VNs as well, so money shouldn't really be an issueAlso because I can stream it, while I have to physically buy the others. I buy my VNs so everyone is a wrong terminology to use. gabrielrroiz said: kuuderes_shadow said: Please go away and learn the meaning of the word variety. You'll also notice that there isn't a single magic high school style series on that list. I could have easily added one and in so doing it would have increased the variety of the list. What are you smoking? using a few exception does not prove that ln have variety when ib every season an anime that is exactly like rakudai or asterisk war airs and all of them are based on ln Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria is a pretty solid LN, it's nothing like Rakudai Kishi so please do not smoke weed while commenting. You obviously know there are more titles. It'll be retarded to spoon-feed you. If you wanna know, go do some homework yourself. |
JiharoNov 16, 2015 1:01 AM
| 「友達なんていない。人はすぐに裏切るし、学校っていうのは誰かを標的にしないとやってられない馬鹿共の集 まり。ままごとみたいな役決めて、仲のいいふりして都合が悪くなったら知らんぷり。そんな奴らと仲良くした いとか全然思わない。」 |
Xenocrisi said: Do you prefer Anime, Manga, Light Novels or Visual Novels? And why? Anime of course. Mainly because Japanese light Novels, Japanese Visual Novels, and even Japanese Manga are nothing more than just translations of transcripts in the West. I can understand the Japanese Language spoken (which is why I have no issues watching Anime without subtitles) but I was never formally taught how to actually read Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana. Just imagine for a moment how messed up trying to read William S. Burroughs novel "Naked Lunch" would be mixed in Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana. Both my Wife who is Japanese and my daughter who understands and can read all forms of the Japanese writing systems have confirmed this to me being accurately the case most of the time. The same things pretty much applies to any Authors written works where things get lost in translation when dealing with not only different languages but also completely different systems of writing too. I would rather spend my time reading Novels I can actually understand instead of relying on works originally written in a Language I can't comprehend. Primarily won't bother reading translated transcripts unless I simply just want extra context to something I was already previously watching that was adopted into a Japanese Anime. Besides Anime is far more entertaining to watch than simply looking at still images in visual novels or even in Manga. Watching Anime is beyond no doubt more entertaining to watch than simply reading translated Japanese light Novels too. |
ColourWheelDec 22, 2023 2:42 PM
| Basically it's Anime for the combined Audio/Visual experience. If I'm going to read something in the printed format I'd choose novels over manga if there was a choice. Not that there's anything wrong with manga, but I've been reading novels ever since I was kid and enjoy them. They're also more descriptive than a manga. |
KruszerDec 22, 2023 2:32 PM
| "The name's Gambit. Remember it." -Gambit "X-Men '97"  |
| Visual Novels by far the least. With that much reading I'd rather just read a book tbh. Next worst, Light Novels. I just find how they read to be very odd (could be how their translated obv), but there's only really 2 LNs that I actually enjoyed. I think also describing all of what happens in words & just a few pictures is not so good imo. Best is honestly tricky, but probably Manga, as you usually get more of a complete story compared to it's Anime counterpart, and also because you can flick through it before you dive in fully, just makes it a little easier for me to want to commit to it. |
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| Who the hell dug up this thread from 9 years ago lmaooo |
| ^^ I agree. ^ Indeed, lol. Anyway, anime is easily the best. |
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| @Xenocrisi gotta get that monthly hit of nostalgia. |
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| Anime>Manga>Light Novel>Visual Novel. Anime is the easiest one to keep up with for me. Manga is also nice but I get burnt out if I read too much manga. I don't think I'll ever get bored of watching anime or run out of stuff worth watching. |
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| Anime due to not have/hardy read manga/LNs and play VNs. |
| I prefer anime more than anything but sometimes I read mangas with titles that catch my attention like "Himeno-chan ni Koi wa Mada Hayai" or when I feel like I want some juicy spoilers about an anime that is a manga adaptation. |
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| Anime right now, but it can change depending on my mood. But I think Anime will be the best option in the future too. |
| Anime for sure. Only good thing about manga is that it usually provides a more in-depth story than the incomplete versions we get from anime. But manga a lot of the time goes on and on way past the point when the writing stops being interesting plus reading manga on a screen is no fun at all. When it comes to telling a good anime story with a proper beginning and end, visual novels are a great medium. But I've only played three of them. |
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| I prefer anime over manga (haven't had enough experience with the other mediums to judge them). It's just more engaging. Also, idk if I'm just really stupid (as I have never really heard anybody else complain about it), but sometimes I have issues following the story/understanding whats going on in a manga panel, like just reading the short dialogue and trying to understand what is happening in the picture and trying to not miss details. Ofc this is not a big issue with school romance manga or something similar where its just the characters faces and dialogue most of the time, but with action I might miss some details lol. And honestly the fights are kinda boring if it's not animated. Also ongoing manga is released at such a slow pace (1 chapter weekly or monthly + translation time) and I usually forget what happened last chapter while waiting. At least with anime it's released weekly and often anime episodes adapt more than 1 chapter. And reading manga on clunky online sites sucks. Reading paperback volumes is nicer, but ofc that's quite expensive if you keep up with multiple series. I would love to be more into manga though, as there are so so many great stories that never get an anime or the manga has more details. |
| Anime because a) I don't like reading, b) it's in color, c) I want to hear the music and voice work, and d) it's in motion. It is objectively the superior format. |
| I am consuming more mangas and novels these days more than anime |
| I slightly prefer light novels over mangas these days, and animes over visual novels. Overall, still difficult to pick a favorite amongst these four. |
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