| So I hear the famous phrase "manga was better" at least once a week. But what about the opposite?Which anime adaptation do you think was better than its source material and why? This includes LN and VN adaptations as well. For me, I personally think the SNK anime is much better than the manga. The finished art, animation, score, etc, scenes like Levi's chase across the city in s2 just can't be properly expressed in manga. I also much prefer the Violet Evergarden anime to the LN. I know many people here probably have not been able to read it since it's only able to be purchased from Kyoani store within Japan. I read the books first and really liked it, but I like how the anime completely changed a lot(a rarity). |
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| Elfen Lied The adaptation is so much better than the manga. When i read it i was close to drop it... |
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| Personally liked the Barakamon anime more than the manga, I feel the Made in Abyss anime for the most part enhanced the world of the manga, and while both are almost untouchable, I think that something about 3-gatsu no lion's anime made it pop just that bit more than the manga. Oh, and while I don't have any specific examples, I feel that almost every music adaptation has at least one leg up because we can now actually hear the music. |
| You have shit taste, and then I have taste so shit it makes your taste look good |
| @kirasykes Can't wait to watch that next week after my degeneracy binge of Oreimo, Eromanga sensei, @MaskOfIce Definitely agree with you on the music point, Shigatsu wa kimi no use is a good example too. NakolHira said: I'm reading SnK and Demon Slayer manga to avoid spoilers and their anime adaptation is so much better than the manga,,,specially Demon Slayer, Ufotable's colorful adaptation can't be compared with the manga. For sure, man KNY manga is kinda mid to me tbh, like I like the story, but the anime makes it pop a lot more. Ufotable have spoiled us |
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| Boruto because of Sumire's existence during the early parts and the chunin exams. Also these time travel fillers where we got to see young Hinata. So much nostalgia. |
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| Easily Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo, it improved the characterization for many of the cast, especially the MC, and removed some of the overblown drama and jokes that clashed too much with the story |
| Hunter x Hunter. Togashi is a great artist, but the weekly publication plus his back disease made the art bad sometimes. There is also a lot of explanation that feels better in the anime than the manga. |
Eventually, you'll fall into death's embrace anyway, so it's stupid to be bound by useless ideals.  |
| Hellsing Ultimate, Parasyte and Yu Yu Hakusho anime were better in my opinion |
| Nana, because we have music. And the art style is on par with the manga, the pacing is great, the atmosphere is there. Not saying that the manga is bad, but it's hard to feel the music on the pages. So I say, the anime is slightly better |
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| Definitely Kimetsu no Yaiba. The manga ain't bad but Ufotable is Ufotable. |
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| Attack on Titan, Kimetsu no Yaiba and for me I would say JoJo. Still jojo manga is amazing but I just like the anime more. |
| Go check out my latest review: https://myanimelist.net/profile/YeeYeeAss/reviews |
| Hunter x Hunter. The manga is drawn really bad. Madhouse did a really good job. |
| From what I read of K-On!... K-On! Imagine reading a music manga but you can't listen to any of the music |
TsuruyaKurashiki said: From what I read of K-On!... K-On! Imagine reading a music manga but you can't listen to any of the music TsuruyaKurashiki said: From what I read of K-On!... K-On! Imagine reading a music manga but you can't listen to any of the music You got a point there.... that's actually sad.... |
  Wandering Witch is the best light novel ever! |
| Jojo Gintama Steins;Gate Death Note Sakurasou |
| This season's Ore wo Suki nano wa Omae dake ka yo, only the cause the manga (albeit not the true source still one of the sources) was pretty dark in comparison to the anime so half of the character choices made absolutely no reasonable sense why |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
TsuruyaKurashiki said: The only music manga that I think is better than its anime is Kono Oto Tomare. One of the reasons being that I don't care about the koto performance lolFrom what I read of K-On!... K-On! Imagine reading a music manga but you can't listen to any of the music |
| HxH 2011. The manga is amazing too but the studio did some things better than what Togashi did in the manga. Plus, the art in the manga isn’t very good but the anime adaptation was great in art and animation. Another one I’d say is Death Note. |
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Monarch9 said: vegeta8639 said: Boruto because of Sumire's existence during the early parts and the chunin exams. Also these time travel fillers where we got to see young Hinata. So much nostalgia. I haven't seen an opinion so wrong in a long time. I know Sumire was added to the manga later to make her canon but she still wasn't present in the chunin exam section since her character didn't exist yet. Also her entire arc at the academy was anime original if I'm not mistaken. |
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| Attack on Titan. You'll never get the same thrill reading the manga as you get when you watch the anime. |
| Shingeki no Kyojin Demon Salyer Jojo Bizarre Adventure: Vento Aureo Hunter x Hunter Kaguya sama My Hero Academia |
| Violet evergarden for sure,.youll not get the same type of emotional impact from the source, and not even talking about the great animation and music, it just translated a lot better |
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Monarch9 said: vegeta8639 said: I know Sumire was added to the manga later to make her canon but she still wasn't present in the chunin exam section since her character didn't exist yet. Also her entire arc at the academy was anime original if I'm not mistaken. Bro the whole boruto anime is a filler, you can call it anime Canon but it's still filler. It's nothing compared to the manga. And you can call it filler but that doesn't mean it's not canon nor does it mean it's somehow worse than the manga. Boruto traveling back in time to see his young parents and talk to Neji is more interesting than what's happening in the manga in my opinion. Also Sumire's screen time in the manga is even more abysmal than in the anime so by those metrics I'd say the anime is better. But I will freely admit that some of the fillers are absolute ass. |
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| Most of them that stay faithful to the source tbh. Color, movement, sound and music add so much to a story, it takes quite a bit of fucking up the source material to counter these inherent advantages as far as I'm concerned. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| I'd say Banana Fish and Devilman Crybaby from last year. For example, changing the timeline (1990 -> 2010) of BF manga was amazing and extremely well done. They modified details (bike, smartphone, ...) without altering the original script. It's the same thing for Devilman Crybaby. Sport Anime like Major or Haikyu are also better in anime thanks to their fluid animation. You really get the feeling you are experiencing everything they are going through. Mushishi, Space Brother or Barakamon-like animes are also better because ''watching'' them is way more relaxing... Having an adaptation is also great for the visuals and the color palette you get to see. That's why many mangas better get animated...It's the case for Land of the Lustrous, Made in Abyss, Magus Bride or even Shiki and Parasyte. I haven't read many LN but thank God they made a second season of Log Horizon. Stein'sGate is a fine VN but here also the anime is just too good. Some mangas are just too good and even if the anime is awesome, you can't forget the fact that you had goosebump while reading them: Ballroom, MHA, Rainbow, Grand Blue,... |
| Gintama most CGDCTs K-On! yuru yuri.etc Jojo Kimetsu no yaiba Mob Psycho Haikyuu Shokugeki no Soma Fruits basket 2019 Great Teacher Onizuka to name a few |
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vegeta8639 said: Boruto because of Sumire's existence during the early parts and the chunin exams. Also these time travel fillers where we got to see young Hinata. So much nostalgia. very interesting take, most would agree the anime is very disappointing right now. Xstasy said: K-ON was definitely better then it's source material. JoJo anime is better then manga imo Attack On Titan sound and awesome animation make the entire experience that much more immersing^^ Kimetsu no Yaiba Sakuga is awesome Death Note I like anime more Have you read the K-On sequel mangas? yotamdin said: Violet evergarden for sure,.youll not get the same type of emotional impact from the source, and not even talking about the great animation and music, it just translated a lot better well the source is still sad but they focus on some supernatural type shit that isn't mentioned in the anime, I definitely cried while reading. You may have lost something in translation tho. Kirie-san said: @Superns18: I would also say Shingeki no Kyojin because I love the anime art (character designs, backgrounds), the animation, the music, the Voice actors... but also the changes they've made on the uprising arc. But I don't agree on Violet Evergarden since I like the novel more. The beginning of the anime is too slow and got fillers I didn't enjoy (except for Luculia's story) and they didn't manage to portray the other characters (other than Violet) correctly in the anime compared to the novel. I would also add Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood which is excellent (although the manga is really good!). The Death Note anime is also as good as the manga, maybe be a bit more thanks to the music, the colouring and light effects... They're not fillers, the story and LN are two different experiences. |
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Superns18 said: vegeta8639 said: Boruto because of Sumire's existence during the early parts and the chunin exams. Also these time travel fillers where we got to see young Hinata. So much nostalgia. very interesting take, most would agree the anime is very disappointing right now. Would they? From what I've seen on YouTube most people seem to be fawning over seeing all these young characters again. You could say the show is relying on nostalgia bait instead of coming up with its own story but a little bit of that isn't necessarily a bad thing. As for Sumire I'm not sure how popular she actually is but I think she's the only quality character that's been introduced in Boruto (not counting Himawari) so of course I'd prefer the version that has her as part of the story. I'm obviously not trying to defend and of the garbage filler arcs like the Stone village one. Mostly what I'm talking about is the first 60 or so episodes up until the end of the Chunin exams and yea I do think this most recent time travel arc is very nice so far. |
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| I don't read a lot of manga but shounen usualy benefit from being animated the most, if they have good production values and minimal filler. |
| Well not a lot comes to mind, but i'd like to point out a recent one. Enen no Shouboutai aka Fire Force. The anime is doing a great job at adapting what's in the manga. But the manga fells short at a lot of places, and studio is filling those shortcomings by its own. For example, |
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| Mob Psycho damn that animation quality but i still rate the source material higher if i read them |
| Girls Bravo is better because it changed the gardening competition to a fighting competition. Domestic na Kanojo is better because the manga art is ugly. |
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| I could go on for hours about how Dororo 2019 wrecked me but the manga falls a bit short. it has its pluses, and ive seen people discuss things aswell, but I think the anime improved it by tenfold at least. |
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| I see some K-On up here and i couldnt agree more. It wasn't a bad manga it was just so lacking in comparison to the anime. |
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