Adaptation not as bad as manga readers say it is

unnamed9711 said:
You're stating facts. I'm a manga reader but I feel the anime is really good too

Moonguile said:
As someone who read the manga, i'm not gonna lie: i expected WAY more. I'm enjoying some things from the adaptation sure, but others are just plainly bad. And that's not comparing it to what i actually expected, it's comparing to other very simple fighting animes. Most of the scenes are not fluid at all and they managed to suck out the emotion from many scenes. The Adam vs Zeus is the worst offender on this, as it has almost no emotion whatsoever compared to the manga. I won't lie, i cried on this fight on the manga. It was beautifully weaved into an amazing yet bittersweet climax. I felt NOTHING on the anime.

Disregarding that i DO HOPE they'll get to a season 2 and that they can improve the animation and the way they convey the scenes. It was a good watch, just a really let down from what it COULD'VE been.

ClassyBlitzz said:
Couldn't agree more, I literally binged watched this and it was awesome it's not bad ngl. Especially Adam's fight it was marvelous as always

GreiLugaj said:
I haven’t read the manga, but for me this is the worst anime I’ve watched all year. The story’s inexistent, so for this type of series to be good there needs to be top tier animation. And unfortunately the animation reminded me of Seven Deadly Sins and that disgusting CGI somehow made me think Berserk 2016 didn’t look so bad in comparison💀

Seiidou said:
It’s not as good but I’m finding it still watchable or enjoyable. I like to watch the anime to see my favorite panels animated. I’m hoping a season 2 will be announced so I can see Buddha, he is goated.

AMAN2410 said:
after each episode I read the manga covered in that episode. guess what the anime adaptation has way more detailed artwork than the manga.

Moonguile said:
As someone who read the manga, i'm not gonna lie: i expected WAY more. I'm enjoying some things from the adaptation sure, but others are just plainly bad. And that's not comparing it to what i actually expected, it's comparing to other very simple fighting animes. Most of the scenes are not fluid at all and they managed to suck out the emotion from many scenes. The Adam vs Zeus is the worst offender on this, as it has almost no emotion whatsoever compared to the manga. I won't lie, i cried on this fight on the manga. It was beautifully weaved into an amazing yet bittersweet climax. I felt NOTHING on the anime.

Disregarding that i DO HOPE they'll get to a season 2 and that they can improve the animation and the way they convey the scenes. It was a good watch, just a really let down from what it COULD'VE been.

Avicebrons said:
I'm extremely confused by this point. I'm not sure how you can say the anime has more detailed artwork. Let me just pull up a couple of examples:

AlphaRomo said:


Thank you. The anime isn’t even close to the manga.

AMAN2410 said:

well dont you think if those manga shots were ever animated, they will end up looking just like those shots in the anime? well yeah people like opm s2 art in manga but if you ask me i liked the animated opm s2 because of 1 simple fact. It was Animated. i didnt noticed these shots you just shared in the manga coz the panel was small and in the anime it was taking the whole frame, what i did noticed was some of the Thor panels of the manga which looked too good in the anime.

Leoradiuju2004 said:
I have a law about whether an anime is good or bad.
If an anime has more good points than bad, it is good anime. and if it has more bad points, it is bad anime, that simple.
This anime has too many bad points, it has no chance of being a good anime, it is not even decent, and it deserves the hate it receives for how bad it is.

AMAN2410 said:

bad - animation(only those scenes which dont even hold much worth in the manga)
good - fights, soundtrack, VA
as for the plot the anime is following 95% of the manga. they just skipped a couple of scenes from the 1st volume and thats that.
what other bad points are there i'll really like to know(no pun intended)

Avicebrons said:

I can let you know other bad points. Because your first one is objectively false. The climax of the fight that was THE most anticipated fight of the entire season (possibly even entire manga) was a literal slideshow. Which just proves your first point completely wrong.

In the manga, this was one of the most impactful scenes.

AMAN2410 said:

i dont disagree with you on this one. this scene was literally a slide show.
but in the manga it was just some black and white panels. if a saw those panels in color with a slideshow i wont be bothered.

Phlaryx said:
I read the manga and while the animation could be better it wasn’t garbage. Some moments looked good and some looked mid. The anime was pretty decent.

shane_nichols said:
I agree. The scores way too low. Imo it's an 8. Trufully, the stories very simple and doesn't offer much, but the music, art, voice acting, atmosphere, and the brutality of the tournament shine.

Avicebrons said:

But this is again you side-stepping the point with irrelevant statements.

If you don't disagree with me on the animation, then that directly contradict your statement about the animation only being bad in scenes that doesn't hold much worth.

Also, manga is inherently black and white, so mentioning that part is irrelevant. Since color or monochrome was never part of the discussion.

AMAN2410 said:
i really dont think throwing random punches holds much worth for this anime. its not like you are watching opm or jojo

Avicebrons said:

It was quite literally the climax of the fight though. And not just any fight, the most anticipated fight. If you're disregarding that as not holding worth, then you're disregarding the anime as a whole for not holding worth.

AMAN2410 said:
i really dont think throwing random punches holds much worth for this anime. its not like you are watching opm or jojo

AMAN2410 said:
dont you think throwing random punches for a climax of a fight is lame. i mean they are not even going like ora ora ora oraaa... i mean if you didn't like the colored slideshow (which tbh no one did) how did you read black n white static panel manga. the animation was not as bad as 7ds or berserk 2016.

Avicebrons said:

This anime is quite literally about fighting. What in the world would you expect from a climax fight if not them fighting. It was very enjoyable in the manga because the manga actually properly conveyed motion and impact, which is something the anime utterly failed at.

So if you think the plot is overrated. And that the fights doesn't hold any worth. Then what does actually hold worth according to you in an anime that is about fighting?

dragon97king said:
How can anyone say there good fights it's like watching a gif fight on repeat or just a still image the anime had sub par animation. This could have been something great but they F it up it's a battle anime it needs good animation and it's not it's drawn fine enough but not animated well it's essentially fairy tail final it looks nice but there's barely any animation in the fights just pictures. If people think this is animated well you either need to see better animations or get your eyes checked.

KneelBeforeMe said:
You having low standards doesnt mean the anime is good or enjoyable. The anime should elevate the manga, not make the content worse than its drawn counterpart. Its a battle seinen, whats the point of the adaptation if the animation is some of the worst released this year?

AMAN2410 said:
well you must've been one of those who hated mappa's cgi animation.

AMAN2410 said:
i dont think i've ever said the fight doesn't hold any worth. the adam vs zeus was really good. the climax of throwing punches was not. yes it could have been animated better, but what they did was not totally shit. it was decent

AMAN2410 said:
i dont keep my expectations high if thats what you mean. getting an anime adaptation which they starting working on during this pandemic, they really did a DECENT job. thats all i am saying.

Avicebrons said:

So then it's just arbitrary what parts of the fight holds weight. Because apparently punching is boring. Despite this being the absolute finale of their fight with all the emotion boiled up, that means nothing to you.

Regardless of how you may personally feel about throwing punches being lame or whatever. It was a very emotional and impactful scene for the vast majority of readers. And thus it was a scene that held worth in the manga. And they butchered its animation.

Critically said:
Honestly one of the best moments in the manga. A blind Adam and on his last legs do everything he can to beat down zeus in a knife edge death match.

Avicebrons said:

So then it's just arbitrary what parts of the fight holds weight. Because apparently punching is boring. Despite this being the absolute finale of their fight with all the emotion boiled up, that means nothing to you.

Regardless of how you may personally feel about throwing punches being lame or whatever. It was a very emotional and impactful scene for the vast majority of readers. And thus it was a scene that held worth in the manga. And they butchered its animation.

AMAN2410 said:
so okay they screw up single important scene and the whole anime is considered shit!

Animaniaig said:
>Anime that has basically no story or substance besides over the top tournament style fights
>The fights in the anime suck
It got what was literally the only thing it needed to get right wrong. There's basically no story, substance or anything for it to fall back on so people are seeing how garbage it actually is behind the fights.

Animaniaig said:
>Anime that has basically no story or substance besides over the top tournament style fights
>The fights in the anime suck
It got what was literally the only thing it needed to get right wrong. There's basically no story, substance or anything for it to fall back on so people are seeing how garbage it actually is behind the fights.

Animaniaig said:
>Anime that has basically no story or substance besides over the top tournament style fights
>The fights in the anime suck
It got what was literally the only thing it needed to get right wrong. There's basically no story, substance or anything for it to fall back on so people are seeing how garbage it actually is behind the fights.

not-anAnimeFan said:
Tbh I was also read the Manga, ngl I put too much expectations in the Adaptation and it seems that I over hype myself too much. Yes it's infact not good, but not terrible either, since the frames and design done perfectly, but not the action. I'd say the anime is Good but not good enough for the expectations of fans put up through the adaptation.