[GITS SAC Motoko]

Sometimes there's a debate of this, so I thought I'd see what everyone else says. ^^
For me, the Bleach and Naruto manga are WAY BETTER than the anime. No fillers and I get the more violent feel ^^. I also think that the Death Note manga is a little bit better than the anime, as there's just more detail in it than the anime.

[TaiyakiOni]

I think most people who have read the manga and seen the anime of Love Hina would state that the Manga is by far better than the anime they made. The manga gives alot more character insight and gets you feeling more connected with the characters than the anime does. I would also say that I prefer the Chrono Crusade Manga far more than the anime which took a entirely different direction at the half way point of the plot.

I also think the following series were better in Manga rather than anime:
DearS
Negima!
Black God
World of Narue
Neon Genesis Evangelion ( Though the anime still rocks! )

[sentinel28a]

Taiyaki pretty much said what I came to say. As much as I like the anime of Evangelion (especially the new one), the manga is exceptional. It's easily the best manga I've read. Much greater depth of character, better writing, and best of all, Shinji is not a doormat. In the manga, he tells Asuka to ram it, takes a swing at his dad, and puts an end to any ideas that he might be gay, and it's all done in a believable way.

Love Hina is also better as a manga, but that may be because it would've taken another entire series to put everything Akamatsu wrote and drew into the anime. The manga is also a shade bit more adult...though not nearly as much as the light novels.

Ben Da Mad Irishman
"It reads like lemon fanfiction"

[jsieczkar]

sentinel28a, on Jan 5 2010, 09:25 PM, said:

Taiyaki pretty much said what I came to say. As much as I like the anime of Evangelion (especially the new one), the manga is exceptional. It's easily the best manga I've read. Much greater depth of character, better writing, and best of all, Shinji is not a doormat. In the manga, he tells Asuka to ram it, takes a swing at his dad, and puts an end to any ideas that he might be gay, and it's all done in a believable way.

Love Hina is also better as a manga, but that may be because it would've taken another entire series to put everything Akamatsu wrote and drew into the anime. The manga is also a shade bit more adult...though not nearly as much as the light novels.

Ben Da Mad Irishman
"It reads like lemon fanfiction"

If you like the manga characters for Eva you will like the movies, it reflects the manga very well.

[sentinel28a]

jsieczkar, on Jan 6 2010, 03:06 AM, said:

If you like the manga characters for Eva you will like the movies, it reflects the manga very well.

Are you talking about Eva 1.01? Because that was made of awesome.

Ben Da Mad Irishman
"Even my dad liked it"

[jsieczkar]

sentinel28a, on Jan 5 2010, 11:14 PM, said:

Are you talking about Eva 1.01? Because that was made of awesome.

Ben Da Mad Irishman
"Even my dad liked it"

Eva 2.0 is when you see the characters move away from there anime selves and more toward the manga versions.

[mattheinsane]

I think Fairy tail is better in manga version than the anime. There's just something I don't like about the way they animated Natsu's fire attacks.

[Foolish Humon]

There is not a single series that I can think of where the anime is better than the manga.

[TaiyakiOni]

Foolish Humon, on Jan 12 2010, 03:07 PM, said:

There is not a single series that I can think of where the anime is better than the manga.

Actually I like the Slayers anime more than I like the manga...the manga is more serious than the anime and Slayers is popular for its light hearted slapstick humor that is strong in the anime.

I'd have to say the same for To Heart...certain series that are adpated from series that are only 2 books long are just better as an anime when they get creative and don't screw it up.

And I don't know about the rest of you but I enjoyed the FLCL anime more than the manga.

[Kii]

TaiyakiZero, on Jan 12 2010, 04:32 PM, said:

And I don't know about the rest of you but I enjoyed the FLCL anime more than the manga.

Seconded.
But the art style of FLCL is pretty cool in the manga. It's got an interesting, sketchy feel.

[Foolish Humon]

TaiyakiZero, on Jan 12 2010, 03:32 PM, said:

And I don't know about the rest of you but I enjoyed the FLCL anime more than the manga.

Ah, touche. I forgot about the "manga based off the anime" manga. In that case I'd also like to add Heat Guy J, Samurai Champloo, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and I assume Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, even though I never read it. Haha.

[TaiyakiOni]

Actually as stated earlier by me in this thread I enjoyed the Evangelion manga more than the anime, though both are amazingly awesome.

[Neko_master_Luna]

Oh I agree on the Slayers, anime is much better, but I still like the manga. I also think the anime was better for Excel Saga. Though the Mnaga for Kare Kano was better than the anime. Then again, if you have read it, you know it's hard to animate. There's a lot of back grounds that waste animation, too many charaters to fallow & a lot of thinking, rather than speach. Though I absolutly love an part with the demon angry Yukino chasing Tsubasa as she flees through a school window!

[kenkendazo]

TaiyakiZero, on Jan 12 2010, 03:32 PM, said:

I'd have to say the same for To Heart...certain series that are adpated from series that are only 2 books long are just better as an anime when they get creative and don't screw it up.

It is not adapted from books. It is adapted from an H game.

[TaiyakiOni]

Suigetsu, on Jan 14 2010, 08:48 PM, said:

It is not adapted from books. It is adapted from an H game.

I know it was adapted from an H game but it also has a manga series out and I prefer the anime over the manga version.

We're not discussing origins, we're discussing which version, anime or manga, we like better.

[kenkendazo]

TaiyakiZero, on Jan 14 2010, 08:49 PM, said:

I know it was adapted from an H game but it also has a manga series out and I prefer the anime over the manga version.

We're not discussing origins, we're discussing which version, anime or manga, we like better.

Hmmm....I haven't read or seen, but I would say that a 2 volume series wouldn't work.

When I used to read Ichigo 100%, manga. The anime was random bits not in order.

[TemariRoxMySox]

I liked the Fruits Basket manga WAY better then the anime. It may have to do with the fact that I started with the manga, so I became more attached to it.

Maybe if they made another season so they could finish up the series...

[Neko_master_Luna]

quote name='TemariRoxMySox' date='Jan 19 2010, 11:09 PM' post='846989']
I liked the Fruits Basket manga WAY better then the anime. It may have to do with the fact that I started with the manga, so I became more attached to it.

Maybe if they made another season so they could finish up the series...
[/quote]


Sadly, many anime titles never get a secound season. I really don't get the Furba one, I mean it should have been popular enough to more, maybe even finish the series. Oh well.

[Kii]

Don't even get me started on how bad the Furuba anime was.
Comparatively to the manga.

The manga was so much better.
Keiichi has heard my rant about this at least 13 times....

[Sir Viver]

I'd have to say the following manga were superior to their anime adaptations:
Angel Sanctuary
Gunnm/ Battle Angel
Hellsing (at least until Hellsing Ultimate came along)
Trigun
X/1999 (much better than the movie, of course; though I thought the TV series was pretty good)

...and that the opposite is true for the following:
FLCL (didn't care much for the anime in the first place, but the manga adaptation looked like it was drawn by a 5-year-old)
Cowboy Bebop (no manga could possibly capture the feeling; they tried twice)

...meanwhile, I'd say the manga and anime versions of the following are directly on-par with one another:
Chobits
Saikano
Gunslinger Girl
GTO

This post has been edited by Sir Viver: 20 January 2010 - 07:53 AM

[DDR Syn]

Suigetsu, on Jan 14 2010, 08:53 PM, said:

When I used to read Ichigo 100%, manga. The anime was random bits not in order.

Seconded.
The manga, to me, was better than the anime.
I have yet to see the Rosario + Vampire anime, but I have read the manga. Anyone know which is better?

[TaiyakiOni]

Sir Viver, on Jan 20 2010, 07:52 AM, said:

I'd have to say the following manga were superior to their anime adaptations:
Angel Sanctuary
Gunnm/ Battle Angel
Hellsing (at least until Hellsing Ultimate came along)
Trigun
X/1999 (much better than the movie, of course; though I thought the TV series was pretty good)

...and that the opposite is true for the following:
FLCL (didn't care much for the anime in the first place, but the manga adaptation looked like it was drawn by a 5-year-old)
Cowboy Bebop (no manga could possibly capture the feeling; they tried twice)

...meanwhile, I'd say the manga and anime versions of the following are directly on-par with one another:
Chobits
Saikano
Gunslinger Girl
GTO

Gunslinger Girls, whether manga or anime are both awesome! -hugs his boxsets, manga, and Henrietta wallscroll- Sadly ADV closed down and reopened as that other company before releasing the final volume of the manga, now until its picked up or finished by their new name company I will have to bear with an incomplete Manga series ( CURSE YOU ADV!!! )

[Keiichi-chan]

Foolish Humon, on Jan 12 2010, 03:07 PM, said:

There is not a single series that I can think of where the anime is better than the manga.

the first season of soul eater is better in anime form.
i think scryed is way better in anime form as well. it's definitely rare because in japan the anime is
more of a spin-off than meant to stand on its own. not to mention manga versions usually are much campier and
childish and waaaay less subtle. the good anime series are usually the ones not based on manga, or based on
mediocre manga so there's more room for improvement.

i honestly liked the beck anime more than the manga for the most part, too. the director just had so much style
and he took a shonen and made it deeper and subtler and basically turned it into a seinen series.

[Rini]

Shoujo Sect=Better as a manga.

[TaiyakiOni]

rini, on Jan 20 2010, 01:53 PM, said:

Shoujo Sect=Better as a manga.

-nod nod-

Shoujo manga is supreme.

[Sir Viver]

Keiichi-chan, on Jan 20 2010, 01:47 PM, said:

the first season of soul eater is better in anime form.
i think scryed is way better in anime form as well. it's definitely rare because in japan the anime is
more of a spin-off than meant to stand on its own. not to mention manga versions usually are much campier and
childish and waaaay less subtle. the good anime series are usually the ones not based on manga, or based on
mediocre manga so there's more room for improvement.

i honestly liked the beck anime more than the manga for the most part, too. the director just had so much style
and he took a shonen and made it deeper and subtler and basically turned it into a seinen series.

Seconding Scryed. Can't believe I forgot that one. The manga just felt incredibly bland to me, like it didn't know what direction it wanted to go in. The anime series got crap done, with a pretty epic finale. (albeit a very "WTF?" ending) King of Bandits Jing, I would say, also fares better as an anime.

Additionally, pretty much any manga based on an anime (when such an oddity occurs; the Cowboy Bebop manga is like the poster child for this) turns out poorly. See my list. Crap, I should have added the Shakugan no Shana manga to that, too. Enjoyed the animu, but the manga adaptation was very underwhelming.

This post has been edited by Sir Viver: 20 January 2010 - 06:21 PM

[TaiyakiOni]

Sir Viver, on Jan 20 2010, 06:17 PM, said:

Seconding Scryed. Can't believe I forgot that one. The manga just felt incredibly bland to me, like it didn't know what direction it wanted to go in. The anime series got crap done, with a pretty epic finale. (albeit a very "WTF?" ending) King of Bandits Jing, I would say, also fares better as an anime.

Additionally, pretty much any manga based on an anime (when such an oddity occurs; the Cowboy Bebop manga is like the poster child for this) turns out poorly. See my list. Crap, I should have added the Shakugan no Shana manga to that, too. Enjoyed the animu, but the manga adaptation was very underwhelming.

I have disagree with the latter statement BECAUSE again, Neon Genesis Evangelion manga rocked hard, and it was based off the anime ( thank you Gainax ). Also I really like the Shana manga as well.

I think it depends on certain series whether the manga is better than the anime adaptation no matter which came first.

Personally I like Abenobashi Magical Shopping Arcade in anime form more than manga ( again, thank you Gainax ).

[Sir Viver]

TaiyakiZero, on Jan 20 2010, 10:31 PM, said:

I have disagree with the latter statement BECAUSE again, Neon Genesis Evangelion manga rocked hard

Even though the manga skipped like half of the Angels, and somehow managed to make things even more confusing than the anime? (if that's possible) I felt as though you had to watch the anime as a prerequisite to "get" the manga, which incidentally is a reversal of the prerequisite process for Ghost in the Shell movie. (i.e. you had to read the manga AND all those little notes at the end of the book just to understand the film... thank god the Stand Alone Complex series toned it down to make it a tad more enjoyable for non-Shirow diehards)

This post has been edited by Sir Viver: 21 January 2010 - 06:11 AM

[excel excel]

Gintama. I read the manga. But the anime is more livelier and funny. It makes fun of itself, the creator, and any Japanese pop culture reference you can think of.

[Voxx]

excel excel, on Jan 21 2010, 07:57 AM, said:

Gintama. I read the manga. But the anime is more livelier and funny. It makes fun of itself, the creator, and any Japanese pop culture reference you can think of.

I watch and read Gintama and I love both! I do love the anime more because it follows the manga very well and its like you said "more livelier" and Gintokis voice actor is awesome. I love his voice! =3