| To me the anime is inferior to the manga for most episodes, aside for the first one and the last two, where the most emotional scenes are. Of course, having removed all the internal monologues makes the "making the plan" episodes a lot less exciting. The Gracefield arc works better in the manga by the way it's structured, but I still think they did a fine job at adapting the anime with only 12 episodes. Still, the anime has a lot of great things, like the soundtrack, the voices and the direction in some episodes. The manga version of this arc remains overall superior but the anime does have its moments, if I didn't read the manga first I would probably have fallen in love with it. |
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| I'm not a manga reader, and I really don't understand all the hate and bad ratings some users give this anime. Yes, the 11 year Olds are abit too smart, and yes, they defied gravity by running up walls. But for the rest of the show it was really well done in my opinion. The tension, facial expressions, soundtrack, the despair these kids must have felt when they learned the truth. It all was amazing to see. I looked forward to seeing the next episode, and it's been a long time ago that I've been hyped about a 2nd season for any anime. I think this anime was great, and I can't understand how anyone who has seen 100+ anime, could give this show less than 7/10. I gave it a 9/10. |
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| When you get your hopes up and get too excited for something it normally doesn't meet your expectations and i think that's why we're not 100% pleased with the anime. The anime did a pretty good job in many ways and am really glad but personally, I'll always like the manga more. |
pineappledango said: I got the first four volumes of the manga for my birthday last year and COMPLETELY fell in love with it, so I was SUPER stoked to hear that an anime was going to come out soon afterwards. I dragged my brother into watching the first episode and then reading the manga with me, and we went through the show together. We're both kind of.... iffy on it, I guess? XD The show's not exactly baaaaad, there was stuff that I liked about it, but there was also a lot that we had issues with (those weird perspective shots, terrible pacing (in our opinion anyway), a few lost details/added plot points that got us a little bit mad, etc.). So my question is, are we only mad because we read the manga first? Or is the show actually that iffy? :P Summonings to both people who read the manga and people who only watched the anime. What do you guys think? If you can't appreciate neverland, maybe its time for a new hobby. |
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| Completely disagree the anime is so much better than the manga. |
| That is what happen when you read the manga first. First Impression what matter |
Hrybami said: Completely disagree the anime is so much better than the manga. Amazing April fools joke. |
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| The manga is slightly better than the anime imo. Tension in some scenes in anime were not as impact as in the manga, probably because transition from scene to scene is a bit too smooth in the anime |
| At least for me, reading a manga and then watching the anime version after will affect my perception on the anime. It removes the shock factor which is a point that the anime focuses a lot on, and having the events of the anime spoiled obviously affects that. |
| The anime is doo doo. People are not being hard on it enough. |
| Down on the West Coast They got a sayin' |
| I thought the manga was superior in every way. The fact that the anime tried to change its style of narrative into more of a horror show might've worked for only a couple of the episodes, particularly the first episode, but it also removed the inner monologue too. That change really pissed me off because a show that utilizes horror elements in place of what is supposed to be a psychological thriller is not a good exchange, and this is what lead to it being so damn boring. It even removed much of the tension that was omnipresent in the manga and it is because of that change that characters such Isabella were far less compelling and creepy than how she really was. We didn't even get to hear about what the children really thought of her. |
| Only in death are we all equal. |
| Despite the critiques, this anime still gets 8.71 average score. I think that's already great in itself. |
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| I caught up to the manga before completing the anime, and I'll be completely honest, I really didn't notice any major differences. Maybe I'm just not that into the series as others, but I found the anime to be just as enjoyable. What I really liked and appreciated about the anime was how much more meaningful the music made some of the scenes. In particular, Isabella's lullaby and Leslie's guitar song were much better done in the anime because, well, you could actually hear them. So to sum it all up, I honestly got the same experience from both. Whether anime or manga, I greatly enjoy the series, regardless of how the story is told. |
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| Started watching the anime and thought it was interesting but nothing outstanding. Then, I read the first volume of the manga and it was awesome. |
| Honestly it was a pretty solid 8+ / 10 the entire time, last episode made it to 10/10. Never really a fan of chars dying, etc but also not a fan of bs god characters and the final episode just made the anime all that much better. How many anime have you seen adapt a solid story within a 1 cour season without bs cliff hangers or go read the manga fuck you's? Art and animation were consistent, ost's adds tremendously to the anime without being distracting despite feeling as loud as most climax battle bgm. Theme's are well depicted with the colors of the house and farm which change from bright and vibrant greens to emotional warm reds and oranges to dark gray and suspenseful. Names are actually memorable, extra's that don't make the cast are consistent without new faces popping up, story stays suspenseful right until the end. tl;dr - neverland is fucking great |
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| I haven't finished watching the show yet but I felt like it lacked its own identity in my opinion. |
| The manga is better in general but all these posts that constantly bitch about it are completely useless and stale. The anime is good. |
| I found the anime pretty good. However, I haven't read the manga (planning to do so after season 2). The first few episodes were especially great. |
| I haven't read the manga and I quite enjoyed the anime, it wasn't bad, but there's just something wrong with the pace and I'm not even sure how to explain it. Like, the first couple of episodes were an introduction so I endured it, but I was genuinely bored from ep. 4-8. And then all of a sudden the show literally ran through the action so fast I felt like I was watching some kind of a recap. Is it the same in the manga or did they just mess up the adaptation? |
| I've read the manga up to ep 130 and I didn't spot any substantial drop in quality. Yeah, manga is probably more complete and better but they did a good job with anime nonetheless. This is still probably the best show of 2019 so far, at least on my chart. |
| To be honest, constant inner dialogue only works in manga format, it rarely if at all works in anime format because of how annoying it usually is when you're watching something. I think that's why they cut the inner monologues. |
| To be honest, neither one of manga or anime is that great, it's just some rip-off from AOT. |
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