Anime adaptations that barely follow the source material at all and yet are good still
>>273460134>Adapted a manga that at the time only had a single volume so most of the content was anime original including the ending >They also cranked the comedy up to eleven (the manga became more serious as it went on) >Manga ran for 12 years after the anime ended and the sequel is still ongoing Yet most of the fanart and merch this series get is based off the anime adaptation, the soundtrack was great too: https://youtu.be/j0RSkFCkyQQ?si=AtpdKXOvGv2XRgvT
>>273460391Was gonna post this. The anime was good but imo does not compare to the manga. I was pleasantly surprised though after seeing just how different it was and how much I enjoyed it. This seems to be an example of a multimedia franchise though. The mangaka and producer or whoever collaborated. I have no idea how she convinced them to let her continue the manga for over a decade afterwards though and basically make it her trademark series. Especially since the anime was apparently canceled. Whatever it was it didn't work for Nurse Angel Ririka later. I do wish there was more fan art presence that wasn't just a million images of the ending.
>>273460134Gungrave
Remember they made Pani Poni Dash from Negima?
The first two seasons of Black Butler.
>>273462900>Remember they made Pani Poni Dash from Negima?What? Pani Poni is its own manga. Also that's another one that is basically a completely different thing from its manga.
>>273463149I meant the other way around. Shaft version of Negima is almost Pani Poni Dash 2.0.
Picrel is so awesome>just pick every manga the author wrote and mash it together>mix and match chinese generals with atomic era sci-fi characters>Alberto vs Taisou rivalry>the villain reveal>>273460134What is the manga like? I liked the anime.
The manga was a pretty stock early 00s shojou slice of life romance series, but with a magic gimmick. The anime ran in a completely different direction and turned it into a weird modernized 80s-style mahou shojou.
>>273464278How did gin rei get a spinoff?
>>273465422She was hot, I guess... haven't seen the spinoff though.I did watch both the Babel II OVA and the crappy 00s adaptation. What was it about the early 00s and remaking old stuff like that? We had crap like Babel and Mars, side by side with glorious things like 009 and Astro Boy, and then the crazy spree of Mazinkaiser, Jeeg and Gaiking.
Trigun
Negima?!PPD!K-On!
>>273460134The Getter Robo 1974 anime is nothing like the original manga but it's pretty good. It's the only thing Getter Robo related I could get into.
>>273460134Those are the best
>>273465481Followed the source material pretty well, until it ran out of source material to adapt and had to make its own way. It still did a very good job of sticking to the overall themes of the manga, despite the changes.The first Fruits Basket and FMA adaptations are other examples of the anime having to make do after overtaking the original manga, but unlike Trigun they both end up being completely different across the board and somewhat contentious because of it, despite being well liked.
>>273460134>>273460391I miss these kind of shows, nowadays everything is either too close to the manga (censorship aside) or incomplete, almost no anime has original episodes or endings
>>273460134GitS:SAC is the obvious one, but you could also argue for Gankutsuou too.
>>273460134I liked Sarah, don't care if she was anime original, her HUGE tits were nice
