| Aku no Hana took an already awesome manga and made it better in my opinion. The art in the anime is controversial but I like it better than the art in the manga, which is nothing special. |
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| Hunter X Hunter manga looked like it was drawn by kids, amazing still |
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| One Punch Man Great as a Manga but Better as an Anime... |
| I personally like haikyuu, one punch man , and yu yu hakusho more in anime form. |
| Too kawaii to live, too mahou shoujo to die >:D |
Lotus24 said: Aku no Hana took an already awesome manga and made it better in my opinion. The art in the anime is controversial but I like it better than the art in the manga, which is nothing special. I could agree with you except that the anime had really bad pacing and just had a different feeling than the manga,in my opinion, the anime tried to hard to be creepy while in the manga it just felt naturally creepy |
| EVERY SINGLE ONE Light Novel adaptation. |
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| - K-ON - Nichijou - Clannad - Shigatsu - One-Punch Man |
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| Nobunaga Concerto This was much more entertaining in anime form because of music and voice acting. Jokes were even funnier because of the VA's and timing of it. Awesome anime an I read whatever was translated before watching the anime so yh muh fuka! |
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| shigatsu wa kimi no uso. I mean, it's about music, you need to hear it if you want to feel this story. |
| id say any well done action/fighting anime is typically better than its source. Action is better animated than in comic form. So some examples would be: FMA, hajime no ippo and HxH. as for non-action centered shows, i know shin sekai yori is better than its manga counterpart. The manga has way more fanservice for no reason. |
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| Manga is a type of literature I don't quite understand well, so it makes no sense to me to say if a manga adaptation is better than not. For instance I like the Aria series better than the manga. But that's because it has music and the pacing is well defined. Me not getting the pacing right may be my fault so it's stupid to claim the manga doesn't do it well. But for visual novels for instance, I haven't seen any adapation that's better than the source material. Anime in general are just more spoon fed, it's easier. |
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| I would say Shinsekai Yori, definitely. |
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Nato__Ren said: EVERY SINGLE ONE Light Novel adaptation. The op is asking for anime better than the original, not the contrary. lunaticsrus said: as for non-action centered shows, i know shin sekai yori is better than its manga counterpart. The manga has way more fanservice for no reason. Aelyth said: I would say Shinsekai Yori, definitely. Original material are the novels, the manga is a shitty adaptation. Elliscg said: and also I would say Rokka no yuusha anime did a better job than the first volume of the novel really sad that it was only 13 episodes the history is really good. While RnY is one of the best novel adaptation (and one of the most faithful ) of those last years, they still messed up a few times, so no, the first volume of the novels is still above. |
ZefyrisJun 11, 2016 5:29 PM
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Elliscg said: Black Cat probably, the anime added 1 more art and did close some plot holes that the manga left Really, you'll go with Black Cat, the most horrible butchering of the source material in existence that screwed up character relationships, turned the good guys into villains, and added a completely unnecessary end that made no sense at all? Oh, and killed an important character off before we even got to meet them... |
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EmperorQ said: Fullmetal alchemist brotherhood i'm gonna guess The whole point of it was to follow closely to the original source, except it's animated if you count the animation part then sure... |
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| I'll give my 2 cents, but it depends on what "better" means.. If it means an anime expanding on it's source material and doing a great job on it, then I don't think anything beats: http://myanimelist.net/anime/44/Rurouni_Kenshin__Meiji_Kenkaku_Romantan_-_Tsuioku-hen In the manga, it was merely a side-story of the past, spanning a few chapters, but turned into THAT If means an anime that surpassed it's source material by being different/diverging from it, there are not many that diverge heavily, but one obvious one comes to mind: FMA, I personally find it to have surpassed the source material in some ways, although not strictly better. |
| Mahou Sensou, all thanks to madhouse's quality touch. |
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Zefyris said: Nato__Ren said: EVERY SINGLE ONE Light Novel adaptation. The op is asking for anime better than the original, not the contrary. English is not my mother language, boy. Sorry about it. I meant: "Every anime version of a LN". |
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| i don't know why people prising OPM... it seriously lost it touch for me.. the experimental sketch feelings story totaly lost... O_o |
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doom19876 said: Manga is a type of literature I don't quite understand well, so it makes no sense to me to say if a manga adaptation is better than not. For instance I like the Aria series better than the manga. But that's because it has music and the pacing is well defined. Me not getting the pacing right may be my fault so it's stupid to claim the manga doesn't do it well. But for visual novels for instance, I haven't seen any adapation that's better than the source material. Anime in general are just more spoon fed, it's easier. Altough i liked the adaptation i still consider the manga slightly better but it's my opinion. Probably it's because they adapted the last encounter with Cait Sith only as a flashback in Aria The Avvenire and they didn't show the first encounter of Aika and Al. |
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doom19876 said: Manga is a type of literature I don't quite understand well, so it makes no sense to me to say if a manga adaptation is better than not. For instance I like the Aria series better than the manga. But that's because it has music and the pacing is well defined. Me not getting the pacing right may be my fault so it's stupid to claim the manga doesn't do it well. But for visual novels for instance, I haven't seen any adapation that's better than the source material. Anime in general are just more spoon fed, it's easier. Of course, anime automatically do some things better than the manga. Animation, music, color, etc. are things that a manga will never have therefore the anime would be better in this department. But it doesn't mean jack shit if the story and characters in the anime are butchered. Take for example, Tokyo Ghoul. The story in the manga is very well written, but the anime did not follow the manga and therefore its storyline is shit, making the anime inferior, assuming that you're a person who prioritizes story over animation. |
| The first half of the original SAO. SAO is still bad, but the novels for the first half are absolute garbage. |
| I'm honestly one of those people who very often thinks that the original source is better than the adaption, but that is because if I am very interested in a certain work I'll usually check out both and then continue with whatever I prefer.. Anyway, I personally love the Natsume Yuujinchou series and the anime adaption is really GREAT. I also love the Aria anime, but I think both the source as well as the anime are pretty much tied. Thing is, the anime is in color and has a lovely soundtrack/voice acting as well, and the emotional scenes are arguably more impactful. I checked out the Haikyuu manga and I thought the anime was way more captivating and kept me entertained more. Shingeki no Kyojin's anime was awesome, at least aesthetically. It has been a long time since I've checked out the manga of it but I can still remember that the drawings are quite 'rough'. I read 3 1/2 out of 4 novels of the Toshokan Sensou series and I came to the conclusion that the anime adaption is wonderful. They included every important scene and even added scenes that made the whole series more enjoyable, the characters are totally on point as well. What I first 'complained' about in the anime series was actually part of the novel as well (as far as I can recall) Oh and also Nodame Cantanabile. I mean it is a series focused on (classical) music, and the manga just can't portray that very important aspect (even if the manga is good as well). There are probably a lot more anime that I forgot to mention, but this is what I can think of at the top of my head |
Vanessa-Jun 12, 2016 2:04 AM
| Gintama, K-On, Usagi Drop, most music-oriented series like Nodame Cantabile, Shigatsu no Kimi no Uso and Sakamichi no Apollon. Arguably One Punch Man as well. Think I slightly preferred NGNL as an anime too, at least for what it covered |
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| Revolutianary girl Utena anime was much better than manga Yu Yu Hakusho |
| Yuru Yuri (First two seasons) Aria series (Tough call but maybe it is.) Hopefully Amanchu (Summer anime) |
| Planetes and Full moon wo sagashite definitely |
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Nato__Ren said: English is not my mother language, boy. Sorry about it. I meant: "Every anime version of a LN". English isn't mine either, so don't worry about that on an international forum :). same answer to same meaning (?). OP is asking which adaptation is better than the original. As anyone knows, pretty much all novels are far (FAR) superior to their butchered anime adaptation version. So answering "every single LN adaptation" would only make sense if the OP was asking "what are the anime adaptation that aren't as good as their source material", for example. Oh, and PS : chances are high I'm older than you :]. |
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Zefyris said: Nato__Ren said: English is not my mother language, boy. Sorry about it. I meant: "Every anime version of a LN". English isn't mine either, so don't worry about that on an international forum :). same answer to same meaning (?). OP is asking which adaptation is better than the original. As anyone knows, pretty much all novels are far (FAR) superior to their butchered anime adaptation version. So answering "every single LN adaptation" would only make sense if the OP was asking "what are the anime adaptation that aren't as good as their source material", for example. Oh, and PS : chances are high I'm older than you :]. I think he was being serious when he meant that a lot of anime based on LN are better than the original source. It's just preference, I guess. |
ixaa said: Zefyris said: English isn't mine either, so don't worry about that on an international forum :). same answer to same meaning (?). OP is asking which adaptation is better than the original. As anyone knows, pretty much all novels are far (FAR) superior to their butchered anime adaptation version. So answering "every single LN adaptation" would only make sense if the OP was asking "what are the anime adaptation that aren't as good as their source material", for example. Oh, and PS : chances are high I'm older than you :]. I think he was being serious when he meant that a lot of anime based on LN are better than the original source. It's just preference, I guess. Nah, he doesn't have a single LN listed as read in his list, and not a single anime originally from a LN rated above 7 (and some as low as 3-4). It's quite clear that he does not enjoy anime adaptation of LN, and that since he doesn't seem to be especially reading LLN, he can only have received knowledge from others on that point, which means "anime are not as good as their LN source" as this is a widely accepted fact around here. |
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| Hunter x Hunter (2011), this adaptation is gold. And every music-based manga like Shigatsu and Nodame. |
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| Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge. The voice acting is excellent. The music fits the mood very well. The comedic timing works. The art is very pleasant and the animation is good enough. The redesigned school is very lovely compared to the generic one in the manga. It shuffles and skips some chapters, but not in a way that would be harmful to the story. |
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| Excel Saga Cromartie High Gintama (The art of the manga was really horrid starting off, and some pre-episode skits are amazing ) |
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| For now, I'd say B Gata H Kei. I haven't read the manga entirely because I got bored at some point (I don't like the art or the way the scenes are put into place /as in technically speaking). I got the impression the anime was better. If anything it, I enjoyed it much more. |
| 鳥はとぶ時 つばさでとぶが あなたはとぶ時 何でとぶのですか？ Terayama Shuji |
Kreion said: RedRoseFring said: Most anime series tend to be better actually. They offer more than the manga ever could and enhance enjoyment and clarity. This is of course considering series that follow the source closely for the most part. Till this day, I am yet to see any adequate defense for manga. The one thing that is always mentioned is that you can control your pace. I mean the defence is easy right? Manga tend to do more with art style than anime - XXXholic looks far better as a manga than it does as an anime. You get better control of pace as you said and less filler and fluff which can often drag down the series. Sometimes fluff adds, sometimes it detracts, it usually depends on how serious the series is meant to be. Anime adaptions often flatten the original source if they are made to appeal to the widest audience possible too - see shows like Tokyo Ghoul and Noragami where the manga characters feel far more interesting than their anime counterparts. In TG's case actually seeing the action scenes are a detriment because they aren't animated that well and don't have the same sense of distorted violence. I feel like these arguments must have come up before...you spoke about following a series closely and assuming the manga does that doesn't mean that it will end up creating the same tone as the original. Plus anime are designed to work in 12/14 episode chunks so if the manga doesn't conform to that you are going to get awkward cut off points which you don't get in anime for the most part. That works if art is what you are primarily concerned about with a story. In the worst cases, the differences may be easily picked out, but most of the time it doesn't hinder the flow of the story much, so it tends to be a minor issue considering everything else supplied by the anime. Filler can be skipped if it bothers you too much, and fluff doesn't detract much unless at the absolute worst. In those cases, the manga is usually partially guilty of fluff as well. Unfortunately, I can't speak for Tokyo Ghoul or Noragami, but if the issue is that it excluded important parts of the manga, then that is a different thing because the comparison is being made when both mediums cover the same material. TG must be absolutely atrocious then, because for just about every other series I've watched, even if the animation is wonky, it is still much better than the corresponding mangas, adding clarity, colour, motion, and sound. Pain vs Naruto could be an example of that, because even at its worst it was still more engaging than reading off a still page, and that was only for a portion of the fight with most of it being great. The 12 episode cours thing is pretty silly, but then again I don't follow new series until they've established themselves, and most that do so go on to 24 episodes or beyond. Even then, I am sure that for the material they do adapt, it would be better than the manga just by virtue of everything else it provides. All that has been added to the manga side is art and no fillers/fluff (which aren't issues that typically affect experience as much or when dealt with), and possibly different tone which I have not seen happen for any series........yet. The anime still provides overwhelmingly more pluses; colour, motion, clarity, voices, soundtrack, emotional enhancement. It operates on two planes (visual and auditory) while manga is limited to one. |
RedRoseFringJun 12, 2016 1:03 PM
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ixaa said: doom19876 said: Manga is a type of literature I don't quite understand well, so it makes no sense to me to say if a manga adaptation is better than not. For instance I like the Aria series better than the manga. But that's because it has music and the pacing is well defined. Me not getting the pacing right may be my fault so it's stupid to claim the manga doesn't do it well. But for visual novels for instance, I haven't seen any adapation that's better than the source material. Anime in general are just more spoon fed, it's easier. Of course, anime automatically do some things better than the manga. Animation, music, color, etc. are things that a manga will never have therefore the anime would be better in this department. But it doesn't mean jack shit if the story and characters in the anime are butchered. Take for example, Tokyo Ghoul. The story in the manga is very well written, but the anime did not follow the manga and therefore its storyline is shit, making the anime inferior, assuming that you're a person who prioritizes story over animation. I disagree, you CAN make manga with colour. You're also forced vocals/music with anime. You can always add your own music with manga. I don't think you should judge manga based on the music they're lacking. For instance if you have something with bad animation, I'd prefer it without, like in manga. Atleast then I can use my imagination to make it proper. |
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doom19876 said: ixaa said: Of course, anime automatically do some things better than the manga. Animation, music, color, etc. are things that a manga will never have therefore the anime would be better in this department. But it doesn't mean jack shit if the story and characters in the anime are butchered. Take for example, Tokyo Ghoul. The story in the manga is very well written, but the anime did not follow the manga and therefore its storyline is shit, making the anime inferior, assuming that you're a person who prioritizes story over animation. I disagree, you CAN make manga with colour. You're also forced vocals/music with anime. You can always add your own music with manga. I don't think you should judge manga based on the music they're lacking. For instance if you have something with bad animation, I'd prefer it without, like in manga. Atleast then I can use my imagination to make it proper. I guess it just all comes down to preference. ALso, some of my favorite manga (they're generally webmangas) are in color, though the vast majority of manga are never in full color. |
| I heard that the Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo anime is better than its original source. But I only read the ending of the LN instead of reading the whole LN. |
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RedRoseFring said: Most anime series tend to be better actually. They offer more than the manga ever could and enhance enjoyment and clarity. This is of course considering series that follow the source closely for the most part. Till this day, I am yet to see any adequate defense for manga. The one thing that is always mentioned is that you can control your pace. But you don't get a more important benefit. See: One Piece, Naruto, Hunter X Hunter(faithful, though) Monster(Faithful, again) and especially Dragon Ball Z. It makes quite a huge difference. The pacing of those series is the main complaint, and that's the fix. Anyway, not sure why we're comparing comic books to animation. The case for it is obviously not exactly like literature(the benefits of which is pretty obvious), but there's two obvious benefits. The one I mentioned and still the "imagination" part, panels obviously give more room for imagination than animation (some vs none). Animation biggest strength is most obviously sound and active visuals. Obviously though, some anime stray from their original source and that can easily be for the better..or worse. Same with manga. KannaAyasaki said: Hunter x Hunter (2011), this adaptation is gold. And every music-based manga like Shigatsu and Nodame. The biggest advantage the manga has over this one is pretty damn obvious, great example. One's ongoing. ayy lmao |
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| i would have to say attack on titan. i mean the manga, though it has a good story has thick and rough art style to it while the anime is quite beautiful with its art style |
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