| "Because people don't like to read" oh.. look.. a fake intellectual. LMAO. I've read hundreds of BOOKS but i prefer anime over manga, so is it because i don't like to read? Ahahah. This is a so bad excuse, also if you read subtitles you are READING anyway. It is natural to prefer anime over manga. In a merely theoric way, anime is more COMPLETE than manga, always. The 2 mediums are alike, but in an objective way, manga = drawings + words. Anime = drawings + words + animation + colors + directing + soundtrack + voice acting. Anime has the same things as mangas (drawings and words), but also adds even more information. This doesn't mean it's ALWAYS better of course, it's just more complete. That's why i don't get when some people say "manga is a superior medium" blabla, lol no. However the comparison book-film is stupid and it's not the same as manga-anime. Of course movies have something that books don't (soundtrack, expressions, directing…), but books too have something that movies don't (the stream of consciousness of the characters, their thoughts that are shown to us, descriptions with evocative words…). It's not the same dynamic manga-anime. Manga and anime are alike but animes are more complete, but movies and book are 2 different medium with different ways of storytelling. So, is anime better? No, that's about cases. Is anime more complete? Yes, and you can't blame people for liking it better than manga with the stupid excuse of "bc people dont lik to read they only want action!11!!!11!!1!!11!!" |
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Satyr_icon said: For the same reason movies are more popular than books. People don't like to read. If you read subtitles you are reading anyway. |
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Satyr_icon said: For the same reason movies are more popular than books. People don't like to read. This one. Though one of the reasons I personally don't read them is that many are ongoing. |
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MonsterTeeth said: I don't get it, mangas have much more story content than animes do, and most animes are only made just so they can be used to advertise a popular manga. So mangas are much more better than animes are. Anime as a medium offers much more. There's just so many things manga is physically incapable of, while there is pretty much nothing anime can't do, that manga would be able to. It's objectively a richer medium. Not only that, it's not like every, or even majority at that, anime is based on manga. There's plenty of anime original shows (and these tend to be the best), quite a bit of game adaptations and in recent years TONS of light novel adaptations. Manga is only a little part of the whole thing. Video is easier to consume than manga/comics/books as well, much more of a relaxing experience, and that's why it's universally more popular as well. And well, the 'more story content' argument only applies to some of the manga adaptations, and usually I will have much more fun with colourful, animated and well directed show, even if its only part of the story, than a full one in a duller medium. There's like 2 manga that I thought were better than the anime counterpart. In the cases that anime based on a manga sucks, from my experience it's more than likely that the manga sucks as well. Anyway, I believe anime as a medium is MUCH more fun, much easier to consume, offers much more stuff and has more talented people behind it. To me manga are mostly a necessity, it's when I like an unfinished manga adaptation so much that I feel I must know how it goes later. At this point it's highly unlikely I ever pick up an unknown manga again. |
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| More people do read manga than watch anime at least in Japan. They can actually read the language though. Elsewhere, they have to be licensed and translated and that costs money. Publishing companies are hesitant to spend that money when they don't know what will sell. As for me, I am a super-slow reader and I don't have a lot of time so it takes me quite a while to finish a volume or a novel. I also prefer not to pirate so I generally only read by legal volume or novels released in the US. So actual physical books or the occasional ebook. |
KruszerMay 10, 2019 12:08 PM
| "The name's Gambit. Remember it." -Gambit "X-Men '97"  |
| I think it is generally easier to sit back and watch a anime vs turning the page to read a manga. Also, I think that music and audio can enhance some experiences. It is a case by case issue on what adaptation is better. |
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| because its easier to provide pirated anime. on the supply side, its far easier to provide pirated anime versus a pirated manga. for anime, most of the time they just rip official video and Crunchy subs, change a few things here or there using a subtitle editor, and use a tool to mash the sub and the video together. there are free tools that lets people write and time subtitles in as little pain as possible. as for the costs, getting a raw anime source is usually cheap (zero costs for stream / tv sources). by contrast, providing pirated manga series require a little more effort, including: scanning and cleaning as well as typesetting, choosing a translation that best fit the limited dialogue space in the panel among other things. if there are no raws available, someone will first have to pay the cost to acquire the manga in order to start the whole process. there are exceptions to this - someone could rip simulpub from Viz and make it available on illegitimate platforms. |
| You can buy lossless digital music from your favorite Japanese artists on https://ototoy.jp/. The songs are all DRM-free and you can re-download your purchased albums as you wish. Show your support to your favorite artist if you can! ps. if you are looking for Japanese albums, you have to search it in Japanese (not romaji). Just copy and paste the name. For those who want to learn Japanese through anime Resources for learning the language |
| I think a pretty big part of it is that anime can more easily be shared and accessed on social media and such than manga, thus leading to more exposure. |
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| Because some people just don't have time for basic literature and then there's original anime. I prefer original anime to manga as well as adaptations of basic literature, card games and video games (a MechWarrior anime would be awesome though). Instead of manga, I could be reading advanced literature (like Russian short stories) for plot instead as graphic novels (and those dreadful light novels) lack very deep stories. One reason why some people don't read comic books is because they're monotonous, easy-reading novels. In the end, Japanese literature is not as deep as you think, so don't expect too much. |
Kurt_IrvingMay 11, 2019 9:32 AM
| It all comes down to the fact that its harder to get audiences to read than it is to get them to stare at a screen for 20 minutes. Other than that you have all the essentials of animation that make it so great. Music, animation, voice acting, etc contribute to an overall better experience most of the time. |
mcflxrry said: The exact reason why books aren't the preferred medium for a lot of people nowadays. A lot of text isn't exactly a pleasant thing to read for the average media consumers, and we can all agree colors and animation attract our eyes more than black and white and still pictures does. The comparison book-movie is not the same as manga-anime. And the text isn't the problem, if you read subtitles you are *reading* anyway. And it's actually more difficult to read and watch the images of an anime at the same time (especially with the action ones where dialogue is pretty fast) than reading a manga |
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emergencybacon said: It all comes down to the fact that its harder to get audiences to read than it is to get them to stare at a screen for 20 minutes. The text isn't the problem. If you read subtitles you are reading anyway. And it's actually more difficult to read subs and watch the scenes at the same time (especially in the action genre where dialogue is pretty fast) rather than reading a manga with your own pacing. |
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Giulia14 said: emergencybacon said: It all comes down to the fact that its harder to get audiences to read than it is to get them to stare at a screen for 20 minutes. The text isn't the problem. If you read subtitles you are reading anyway. And it's actually more difficult to read subs and watch the scenes at the same time (especially in the action genre where dialogue is pretty fast) rather than reading a manga with your own pacing. Hmm point taken. Nevertheless, animation is still the preferred choice for the majority of anime fans out there. Its just typically easier to consume. You just click "play" and thats that. Yes, you are having to read in a timely manner while keeping track of the screen, but after some time watching anime, this becomes almost instinct. No scrolling or finding the next chapter required. Manga is a niche within a niche. I enjoy manga too, but I can see why most people prefer animation. Its just more appealing, dynamic, and easy to view. Even if the manga is the superior version, which in a lot of cases it is. But that doesn't make it an easier sell to people who don't read manga. |
emergencybacon said: Giulia14 said: The text isn't the problem. If you read subtitles you are reading anyway. And it's actually more difficult to read subs and watch the scenes at the same time (especially in the action genre where dialogue is pretty fast) rather than reading a manga with your own pacing. Hmm point taken. Nevertheless, animation is still the preferred choice for the majority of anime fans out there. Its just typically easier to consume. You just click "play" and thats that. Yes, you are having to read in a timely manner while keeping track of the screen, but after some time watching anime, this becomes almost instinct. No scrolling or finding the next chapter required. Manga is a niche within a niche. I enjoy manga too, but I can see why most people prefer animation. Its just more appealing, dynamic, and easy to view. Even if the manga is the superior version, which in a lot of cases it is. But that doesn't make it an easier sell to people who don't read manga. Yes i can agree with that. It's not because "people don't like to read", it's just that anime in a merely theorical way is a richer and more complete medium (which doesn't mean better). Anime has more information, not only drawings + words but also soundtrack, voice acting, animation, colors etc. No it's natural for people to connect the most with an anime rather than a manga |
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pure said: i guess because a lot of people really dislike reading so they would rather watch for the movement, music, and voices etc If you read the sub you are reading anyway. |
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| Anime is much more passive, you just sit and watch, it's also more accessible. If it exists with very few exceptions an offficial of fansub exists for it while for manga it's very common not having any translation or the the group who did it drops the series. |
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