| What anime adaptations ruined characters that should have been better received? Alternatively, could just be characters you started liking more after reading the source. It's Shirou and Touma for me. Ufotable were just not cooking when it comes to Shirou, making him fall flat because we are never properly shown what's going on in his mind. Yeah sure it's supposedly "show don't tell" but 90% of anime watchers don't care enough to pay attention to a character's mannerisms. And don't even get me started on the HF movies budget works on useless fights but cucking the most important confrontation. Now his image will remain only that of a "sElf InSerT" stupid reckless goody two shoes to the casuals. Same thing with Touma but worse since they made him 5x blander as a character and Index is just a shittier adaptation. It's really hard to get nuanced characteristics right in LN adaptations but this is definitely up there with the worst offenders. |
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| Tower of God, a lot of characters were ruined (even Khun and Rachel), but Bam is the worst case. They made him so dull and unlikeable. I couldn't care less for him in the anime but I really like him in the manhwa. They removed a lot of his inspirational/badass quotes that gave him a lot more sass and depth to his character, and added/changed some scenes that made him seem like a typical, boring shounen MC. |
  "As promised, all that you seek, all that we desire, is prepared up there. On top of the Tower." |
| shield hero. they turned naofumi into a sad but nice person, when he's extremely spiteful and angry all throughout the story, masking even his nice moves with an evil grin. raphtalia is a bland and very stupid waifubait character in the anime to the point they stripped her of everything that made her. she's kind, compassionate yet very unforgiving when it comes to things that bother her in both the manga and the novel. she outright suggested to enslave and sell human bandits to beastmen. her reason being they'd get treated very, very badly. can you imagine her anime counterpart doing the same? |
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Esmera said: Tower of God, a lot of characters were ruined (even Khun and Rachel), but Bam is the worst case. They made him so dull and unlikeable. I couldn't care less for him in the anime but I really like him in the manhwa. They removed a lot of his inspirational/badass quotes that gave him a lot more sass and depth to his character, and added/changed some scenes that made him seem like a typical, boring shounen MC. That's why I renamed Bam as Bum... They turned him into a bum |
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nyugvo6 said: The LN is pure edge-lord, the anime did a good job of adapting it, and the "watered down" version still got plenty of shit as it is. lmaoshield hero. they turned naofumi into a sad but nice person, when he's extremely spiteful and angry all throughout the story, masking even his nice moves with an evil grin. raphtalia is a bland and very stupid waifubait character in the anime to the point they stripped her of everything that made her. she's kind, compassionate yet very unforgiving when it comes to things that bother her in both the manga and the novel. she outright suggested to enslave and sell human bandits to beastmen. her reason being they'd get treated very, very badly. can you imagine her anime counterpart doing the same? |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
I wouldn't call it shitty, but I feel the Beastars anime lost a lot of Haru's charm. Her face wasn't nearly as expressive as in the manga. This goes for a lot of characters though, since they very rarely had any comedic face moments in the anime. |
An entire family, two butlers, one doctor, one maid, oh and I guess one bodyguard. |
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| Damn, even the local contractors can fuck up in similar ways to overseas translators. And I do see why up-to-date animation can fall flat if mannerisms aren't being portrayed. |
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| This is impossible as every anime is always better than the source. |
| I lost interest in Fukiko while watching Oniisama e because they put her in too many filler scenes. These scenes also make her more villainous which make her redemption arc less believable. This redemption does not even exist in the manga, and its inclusion in the anime damages Rei's arc as well. ef ruins Miyako, Kei, and Hiro. Anime Miyako is so much more clingy and annoying to the point it makes Hiro look like a loser for wanting to spend time with her. Kei has her arc cut entirely. So yeah, Shaft spends half the 1st season on a love triangle that makes me wish death on everyone involved. My 1st impression of Touma Kamijou was decent enough, but I hated Misaka and her sisters and Accelerator. This of course means the sister arc is the worst in the entire season. On the plus side, Railgun and Accelerator both have their own anime in which they are better developed. My opinion on Touma never changed even after I read the novels. Because Nomad did not follow the manga when adapting Rozen Maiden, characters are one dimensional and their development is replaced with filler. |
| その目だれの目？ |
| Every single character in Dragon Ball Super. |
Auron_ said: What are you talking about? Umineko and Tsukihime anime don't exist yet :)An entire family, two butlers, one doctor, one maid, oh and I guess one bodyguard. Ahiru89 said: Indeed, but I don't feel it changed the overall image of Yukino, it just made her and 8man's attraction to each other less obvious. Yui on the other hand had a more positive portrayal in the anime because there's less context to her actions.I haven't read Oregairu's LN but from what I know, the anime skip so many Yukino's monologues and moment with Hachiman, I can feel it in S3 and new OVA SkyfallStar said: Bro onto absolutely nothing ❗️❗️❗️ 🗣🗣🗣 🔥🔥🔥 This is impossible as every anime is always better than the source. |
nyugvo6 said: shield hero. they turned naofumi into a sad but nice person, when he's extremely spiteful and angry all throughout the story, masking even his nice moves with an evil grin. raphtalia is a bland and very stupid waifubait character in the anime to the point they stripped her of everything that made her. she's kind, compassionate yet very unforgiving when it comes to things that bother her in both the manga and the novel. she outright suggested to enslave and sell human bandits to beastmen. her reason being they'd get treated very, very badly. can you imagine her anime counterpart doing the same? This. They actually removed the personalities of to make it more "relatable" or palatable for the general audience. And it fucking sucked. They also did this to the Queen. She's supposed to be more commanding, but she comes off as a mother archetype waifu instead of the leader of the country. |
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| literally every character in chaos head. what an embarrassment MADHOUSE created when the VN is on steins gate level. |
| Umineko does not butcher any character in particular. Sure I watched anime long ago but I cannot say that any single character turned out not how they were. I can name plenty of characters who were ruined in sequels. Roberta in 1st season of Black Lagoon was very well mannered and dedicated to her cause person. She was actually very cold blooded and collected person who does not get emotional easily. Whole bar gone to hell but she actually kept her cool as well as Dutch as she should this guys in a very calculated and controlled fashion. In contrast in Roberta's Blood Trial them made her into a complete psycho instead. Shame that this version of Roberta is rememered better than the cold and calculated one. Code Geass racap movies possibly ruined CC and other characters in Code Geass, I only watched TV version. I do not want my Code Geass experience ruined. Kaiji in first season was very catious and skeptical about all these gambles. He would not trust mafia easily. Mafia had to placate him half the episode to convince him to play another game. In contrast in 2nd season he jumps on it with undue enthusiasm like an idiot he should not be. Also in first season Kaiji sometimes makes mistakes as he is much less experienced then say Funai and that lats Funai con Kaiji. He also makes mistake of trusting Furuhata and Andou. However he does not do anything stupid on purpose where he could reasonably see it will turn out bad. In second season he instead just pissed the foreman out of some emotional disagreement, despite foreman offering him what looked like good deal. Kaiji of 1st season would have took the offer. Also they runined girls in second season of Gochiusa in some suble way. In first season all girls had their own problems and issues. However in second they ended up making older girls teach younger girls stuff. |
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| Mikasa Ackerman from the first three seasons of Attack on Titan. Wit Studio turned her character into a waifubait with non-existent personality, resembling more of a robot shouting "Eren!!" all the time than actual character. Or somebody with mindset of a lapdog. Hollow and dull, as if a character that was not flashy enough had to be adapted that way. I still don't get why Wit Studio did this to her. No other character received similar treatment in drastically simplifying their manga version when implementing it to the animated format. While I respect Wit studio and what good they did for the Attack on Titan franchise, Mikasa was one of elements they failed at delivering, in my opinion. She has never been enen close to being my favorite character, but at least in the manga we could see an actually separate character, with Mikasa having her own personality. I'm glad that MAPPA fixed it and adapted Mikasa as she was like in the manga. |
Adnash said: That is simple to explain actually.Mikasa Ackerman from the first three seasons of Attack on Titan. Wit Studio turned her character into a waifubait with non-existent personality, resembling more of a robot shouting "Eren!!" all the time than actual character. Or somebody with mindset of a lapdog. Hollow and dull, as if a character that was not flashy enough had to be adapted that way. I still don't get why Wit Studio did this to her. No other character received similar treatment in drastically simplifying their manga version when implementing it to the animated format. While I respect Wit studio and what good they did for the Attack on Titan franchise, Mikasa was one of elements they failed at delivering, in my opinion. She has never been enen close to being my favorite character, but at least in the manga we could see an actually separate character, with Mikasa having her own personality. I'm glad that MAPPA fixed it and adapted Mikasa as she was like in the manga. They make them into waifubaits precisely because men like that kind of women. They need a girl with attractive enough personality to sell the show. So simple enough them make them into waifubaits. What I want to know is why they ruined the characters I mentioned. |
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| It's easy enough to say someone from a VN adaptation like Umineko, Tsukihime and Chaos;Head when they essentially ruined the whole story, but that's not really a specific character. I'd agree with Touma though, even Railgun treated him better than Index. |
ThorLL said: I considered it as an option, but still it made no sense to me why she was simplified to such ridiculous degree. Many waifubaits present in the world of anime have more complex personalities than what Mikasa offers as a character in Seasons 1-3.That is simple to explain actually. They make them into waifubaits precisely because men like that kind of women. They need a girl with attractive enough personality to sell the show. So simple enough them make them into waifubaits. Mikasa was badass basically from the start of the anime. Her design was also well received by the audience. Why then get rid of stuff that would enhance her as a character even further? Why swap it with "Ereh, Ereh!!" lines repeated by her like a prayer? Adapting her faithfully would've only improved her as a character in the show, even if she had still been a waifubait (but with actual personality). Oh well, it happens. Like I said, she was never my favorite Attack on Titan character. I just still find it weird that one of the main characters received such treatment, while no other more significant character was modified like that (as @dk107_ has noticed earlier). |
| Otherworld Picnic's adaption just completely butchered everything including the characters. Sorawo went from being an interesting rare case of an introverted sociopath to a generic cute shounen protagonist. Toriko's character suffered similarly. A huge part of the problem is the story was told in the wrong order so what was originally slow burn a psychological exploration and development of the characters was reduced to nonsense. The slow-burn development of their relationship is one of the better aspects of the original story yet it just gets completely scrambled into a tepid generic soup of yuri subtext. |
Adnash said: I like emotionless girls with no personality like Yin from Darker than Black and Sakura Matou form fate who always say "hai" and "senpai" so I cannot relate to you here unfortunately.ThorLL said: I considered it as an option, but still it made no sense to me why she was simplified to such ridiculous degree. Many waifubaits present in the world of anime have more complex personalities than what Mikasa offers as a character in Seasons 1-3.That is simple to explain actually. They make them into waifubaits precisely because men like that kind of women. They need a girl with attractive enough personality to sell the show. So simple enough them make them into waifubaits. Mikasa was badass basically from the start of the anime. Her design was also well received by the audience. Why then get rid of stuff that would enhance her as a character even further? Why swap it with "Ereh, Ereh!!" lines repeated by her like a prayer? Adapting her faithfully would've only improved her as a character in the show, even if she had still been a waifubait (but with actual personality). Oh well, it happens. Like I said, she was never my favorite Attack on Titan character. I just still find it weird that one of the main characters received such treatment, while no other more significant character was modified like that (as @dk107_ has noticed earlier). |
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| There are probably bigger examples of this but one that immediately comes to mind is Ayano Hanesaki from Hanebado. Not to say that she's great in the manga by any means but the anime does a really poor job with adapting characterization in that series and making her feel like an over-the-top antagonist a good amount of the time with how heavy the melodramatic take on her was for the most part. This can be applied to some of the side characters/opponents too that she faced. The manga has drama but its not as heavy and characters aren't as drastically unlikable as most of the anime characters from that series barring a couple. |
| Goblin Slayer from the light novels is so much better than in the anime |
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ryo-san said: LOL true, can't disagree with that.Esmera said: Tower of God, a lot of characters were ruined (even Khun and Rachel), but Bam is the worst case. They made him so dull and unlikeable. I couldn't care less for him in the anime but I really like him in the manhwa. They removed a lot of his inspirational/badass quotes that gave him a lot more sass and depth to his character, and added/changed some scenes that made him seem like a typical, boring shounen MC. That's why I renamed Bam as Bum... They turned him into a bum |
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ThorLL said: Yeah, my opinion might be biased, because I'm not a fan of that type of characters, haha. I believe I'm in minority anyway, because from what I noticed most of AoT anime fans have liked Mikasa since Season 1. ;pI like emotionless girls with no personality like Yin from Darker than Black and Sakura Matou form fate who always say "hai" and "senpai" so I cannot relate to you here unfortunately. |
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