Do you have a preference toward shows with original content or shows that have some source like manga/LN/VN adaptations?
| And why do you feel that way? The reason I ask is that I was browsing reviews and saw Glass Reflection's 25 recommended list, and I realized how I only like a handful of them and didnt really care for a lot of "classics" or "must watches" like Cowboy Bebop, Neon Genesis Evangelion, anything by Miyazaki/Mamoru Hosoda, etc. And then I realized that most of these were anime originals, without a previous LN or Manga or Visual Novel base. And then I looked at my top 10 and 8 of them were not anime originals but something that had been based off another. Even looking further at my top 14, it still stayed very dominantly based on a source. And I think that makes a lot of sense since a lot of those anime have a source to work off. They have dialogue preset, an easier estimate of flow and whatlot points are necessary, cant pull bs as easily, etc. Thoughts? |
DragonMar 9, 2016 6:15 PM
| Well I guess manga adaptations do tend to be better and usually vn adaptations tend to suck but I don't think it's source material makes much of a difference. It solely depends on how the studio handles the content. If you take a look at my favorites it pretty much has all of these. I'm guessing original content have an upper hand in many ways because they aren't obliged to stick to any source material.. |
| Doesn't matter as long as I enjoyed it. Though I am inclined to say I badly generalize LN and VN adaptions just because of how the majority of them are these days. |
| I massively prefer adaptations from manga. Not only do they usually actually end, manga are significantly more often licensed in North America as well as readily available on the net thanks to the efforts of scanlators. LN's, not anywhere near as much in every regard. |
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| I have a preference only for shows that are good and entertaining, the source doesn't matter. |
| "Laws exist only for those who cannot live without clinging onto them." -Souske Aizen "Bleach"  |
| If I'm not familiar with the source material, then no. |
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| LN adaptions give me cancer, especially if I know the source material. All LN readers know my pain. VN adaptions are the same grade. Manga adaptions usually turn out to be fine/decent. But out of the four options, I choose manga adaptions. Anime originals don't usually work out for me. |
| No, most of the time I don't even know if there is source material or not. |
| I never dug deep into that, and I don't really care. The connection between the source material and the adaptation are overrated. The purpose of the anime is to be good. It can do whatever changes it wants so long as it has a purpose for doing so. |
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| i tend to avoid most LN/VN adaptation because most of them don't really appeal to me, but besides that i don't really have a preference. |
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| Original is the best. Take Charlotte for example |
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| Out of my favourites 3 are manga based and stay true to the manga, 5 are based off manga but have some, most, or all original content (Love Live 2 is an anime original sequel), 1 is anime original, and 1 is based on a light novel. |
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| My 10s are all anime originals right now. KlK, Utena, NGE, FLCL. I'm not saying the opposite is impossible, but I still need to see - I have high hopes for Planetes. |
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| Well, as long as the anime is good or i enjoy it, i'm ok. Sometimes it's better having adaptions from manga/ln/vn, but there might be filler episodes/arcs if the anime comes very close to the manga/ln/vn. This does not happen to anime with original content, but the story might not be as good as the adapted anime. |
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| No preference for me, I generally only go for stuff that I'll think will be good or might be entertaining, so having or not having source material generally doesn't concern me. |
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| I don't really have a preference between the two, if the synopsis sounds interesting then I'll give it a shot. |
| Generally speaking LN and VN adaptations tend to be a lot worse compared to their source materials whereas manga adaptations tend to be more tolerable Originals are still the best though because they obviously don't have anything skipped from their source materials because... well they are the source themselves |
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| The problems with adapting manga\LN (not sure about games, though) is that they tend to have open ending. That's the only thing which can bother me in that aspect. |
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| If it's based on a source, I typically check out what people think of the source before I go and watch the anime. If it's a low rated source it'll probably be a shit anime. If it's original, there's nothing to be based off, so it's more intriguing tbh. |
| every single one of my forum posts is dumb and invalid except for 1, I don't claim them it was a different person it was all fake |
| I prefer originals extremely much. Any adaptation feels like a second rate mix, even if it isn't, and it's hard to think of it as an independent artistic statement in most cases But there are a lot of original shite too, PA famously made two trash series in the last couple of years, so that preference only applies to watchable series |
| I generally prefer manga adaptations or original anime. Most light novels are just the same thing as the last one, though there are some rare exceptions. |
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| Manga adaptations and originals tend to be the best. Most VN/LN adaptations are just self-insert, fanservice filled crap. |
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| The only show I'm excited to see next season is Mayoiga, an anime original. Take that for what it's worth. |
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| A lot of us, like myself, haven't read the source material for a lot of these anime adaptations... so, on that basis, I'm neutral. |
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| Not really. All I want is a good anime to watch. The source doesn't matter as long as the anime holds my attention. |
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| I generally prefer original productions. I find many adaptations unsatisfying because they are advertisements for the source material and often do not end conclusively. (I'm looking at you, Claymore.) I also prefer not having to listen to people familiar with the source complaining about the adaptation in forum discussions about the anime. Since I never read manga or Japanese novels, I'm interested solely in what I see on the screen, not the source material. |
| Looking at my top ten, seven are original sources. (The other three being NHK, HxH, and Log Horizon) So it's probably safe to say that I prefer original anime. They're built, right from the get-go, to work specifically in the medium of animation, which seems to end up better than adapting a medium comprised of non-moving images (manga), interactive elements (games and VNs), or words (VNs and LNs) into anime. |
Partyu said: Looking at my top ten, seven are original sources. (The other three being NHK, HxH, and Log Horizon) So it's probably safe to say that I prefer original anime. They're built, right from the get-go, to work specifically in the medium of animation, which seems to end up better than adapting a medium comprised of non-moving images (manga), interactive elements (games and VNs), or words (VNs and LNs) into anime. Perfect Blue was based on a novel. So it's 6 original, 3 novels adaptation and 1 manga adaptation. I'd say looking at your top 10 may not be a sample large enough to decide, honestly. |
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| i don't read manga or light novels, so i wouldn't know |
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Zefyris said: Partyu said: Looking at my top ten, seven are original sources. (The other three being NHK, HxH, and Log Horizon) Perfect Blue was based on a novel. So it's 6 original, 3 novels adaptation and 1 manga adaptation. I'd say looking at your top 10 may not be a sample large enough to decide, honestly. Forgot about Perfect Blue, whoops. Though isn't it more of a loose adaption? In that way, I don't really consider it to be in the same vein as the other three, but I guess that's a whole other discussion. Yeah, I can agree on that part. (Maybe, in the near future, I'll compile the average scores I give for each source. Not really feeling like it now.) |
| For me it doesn't matter. As long as I´m enjoyed I will watch it. However something I that bother me is when a Anime based on a manga, LN ect do not really end and if you wont to konw the real ending read the original material. |
shintai88 said: Wouldn't it depend on how a work is adapted rather than what the source was? Yes, if the original source material is complete before being animated. What I find frustrating are shows designed more or less as advertisements for the source with unresolved endings. Of course even completed works can be better adapted or worse adapted, but adaptations that are designed knowing that the underlying story will continue on are annoying. I mentioned Claymore above; Rokka no Yuusha is another example. I suspect in some cases the production committee expected to release more than one season, but the financial return on the first season didn't justify a continuing investment. |
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