On average, for a respective series, do you usually prefer the manga or the anime adaptation?
depends what once i view first
>if the animation and soundtrack are actually goodAnime>if notManga
>>285216305Manga, cool art and paneling always gets lost in an adaptation. If it’s a battle shonen I do appreciate the anime buffing up fights but that’s it
>>285216305Manga
the visual novel
>>285216305There is no average. Some anime adaptations get really great directors and can run laps around the original source material. For example it is an unquestionable fact that Oshii GITS movies are far superior to Shirow´s manga (same for Patlabor, Oshii´s movies are far superior to both the manga and regular anime). Sometimes even if the manga is good a great director can elevate it even more like what Kazuhiro Furuhashi did for both Kenshin and HxH (the 90´s versions) or Seiji Mizushima did for FMA and SK. The composition, pacing, tone... everything is superior on these anime adaptations. But you know, the opposite is also true. Incompetent teams or uninspired unskilled directors will fuck it up or deliver poorly designed results that not only fail to use the medium to improve on the source but can even make it look worse or feel cheaper. It´s really a case by case thing if you ask me. Artists are not interchangeable, skilled people are skilled and unskilled people are not.
>>285216347esl moment
>>285216305At first Anime, then I only read the Manga, but now? Anime.
>>285216305The manga. Anime tend to either be low quality or cut content due to low budgets. And it's easier for manga to show you a character's inner monologue.
>>285216305the movies did those moments better then the anime but manga over everything
>>285216891>Oshii GITS movies are far superior to Shirow´s manga (same for Patlabor, Oshii´s movies are far superior to both the manga and regular anime).wrong on both counts.
