Anime Vs. Manga!

[Cookie]

I prefer manga. I want that guy to finish Zombie Powder for me .

[Marshall Banana]

Inuyasha is way more enjoyable as an anime (except in English), and since I've been reading the manga to find out what happens after episode 167, I've been wanting to see the rest animated, too. I really like the ending, myself, even though it's more of a cliff-hanger than an ending, but I have a hard time believing that we've seen the last of Inuyasha anime, anyway. <3

I think anime spoils me. I have a hard time reading manga if I've already seen its anime counterpart. =(

[Araciel]

the hell's the difference

[Mirage]

Manga = comics, anime = animation.

[NeoCracker]

I loved X's ending in the anime myself.

[Ishin Ookami]

Inuyasha is way more enjoyable as an anime (except in English), and since I've been reading the manga to find out what happens after episode 167, I've been wanting to see the rest animated, too. I really like the ending, myself, even though it's more of a cliff-hanger than an ending, but I have a hard time believing that we've seen the last of Inuyasha anime, anyway. <3

I think anime spoils me. I have a hard time reading manga if I've already seen its anime counterpart. =(

The anime does have it's moments where it surppasses the manga. I mean where else are you gonna find InuYasha and Kagome squaring off with 50 foot tall chibi versions of themselves. That was one of the best damn filler eps of all time IMO.

But then there are times when the anime REALLY falls short. InuYasha's fight with the leader of the schinintai was butchered in the Anime, and felt way too contrived as opposed to the impressive way ol puppy ears bested him in the manga. and Kikyo for the first fifty or so episodes was just way too evil. The manga showed her much more tormented and complicated. Also IY in the anime always seems to prefer kikyo, in the manga it's almost always been obvious that while he has feelings for kikyo, he almost always chooses Kagome in the end. Which I do like better as it's obvious that IY and Kagome are likely to wind up together at the end.

the anime studios seem to have a notorious affiliation with ty, half-ass endings to unfinished mangas. Note FMA.

Ah hell, watch GTO sometime. The anime did a bang up job making the anime TV safe while still keeping the gritty and very adult tone of the manga intact, not to mention the pee your pants funny humor and intricate character development. Then they go ahead and destroy all that good work with the final three episodes. I was on the verge of tearing my hair out as you could literally hear them giving up on doing anything decent halfway through episode 41, and just working to shut it down.

I loved X's ending in the anime myself.

Movie or TV series?

The tv series I didn't like the ending. Kamui never really grew out of the shock of Fuma's betrayal, and fulfilled his prophesy that he would be the one to choose the fate of the earth. In the end he fell pray to his consequences and felt way to weak. Espescially when one of his own betrayed him and tried to kill him and he had to be saved by his friend.

The movie, didn't have half the character development and focused story, but I like it better because the battles fought in it FELT like the apoccalypse was going down. Tokyo was a wreck by the end. Also I do like that Kamui actually chose his fate, even at the cost of his own heart at the end. It felt like he rose above the consequences around him, which is what the Ten no Ryu represents, and established that though essentially weak, humanity CAN indeed choose to overcome difficulty. The movies ending I felt stayed far more true to the themes of X, which I think are awesome.

[Roto13]

I prefer manga to anime. And western comic books to manga because it's generally better looking.

[NeoCracker]

The TV series. I don't see what was wrong with it myself. IF your friend suddenly betrayed you and tried to destroy the world, I highly dought the shock of that will ever be go away. And it wasn't that Kamui felt he was weak, the person he was fighting was his friend, and he believed that Fuma had the strength to overcome this power that turned him into the dragon of Earth, and in the end Kamui was right. Through his sacrifice Fuma was able to regain his true self, and thus they defeated teh Dragons of earth.

[Ishin Ookami]

The TV series. I don't see what was wrong with it myself. IF your friend suddenly betrayed you and tried to destroy the world, I highly dought the shock of that will ever be go away. And it wasn't that Kamui felt he was weak, the person he was fighting was his friend, and he believed that Fuma had the strength to overcome this power that turned him into the dragon of Earth, and in the end Kamui was right. Through his sacrifice Fuma was able to regain his true self, and thus they defeated teh Dragons of earth.

That I don't have a problem with, but that ending runs counter clockwise to what the Ten no Ryu (dragons of heaven) believe. The Chi no ryu (dragons of earth) believe that mankind is inherrantly corrupt, weak, and flawed. It is these flaws that are killing the earth slowly, making it impossible for the planet to support all life, and that the human race must be exterminated because it will never redeem itself.

The Ten No Ryu believe that though inherently flawed, humanity CAN overcome difficulty and CHOOSE their own destiny, thus showing there is hope for both humanity and the earth, without the need for Genocide.

Which is why the ending lacks. All through out the series we've been hearing about the fundamental strength of humanity that the Chi no ruy have given up on, only to have Kamui utterly surrender himself to his fate instead of choosing it, according to the Dragon he became.

The theme of destiny Vs free will also collapses here, because Hinoto could fortell that Kamui would be betrayed, that he would fight Fuma, but not who would win because THAT was all a matter of choice, Kamui's choice. Yet Kamui doesn't really grow to fulfill that choice, and chooses to sacrifice himself. Which is fairly lame. I also didn't like how various members of the various dragons survived. since they were ALL supposed to die, not just have their powers broken. Thus causing the themes of Free will Vs Destiny to utterly collapse into a puddle of plot contrivance.

I'm not saying the series sucks entirely, just the ending. Right up until Betrayal the series managed to maintain that balance of Destiny and Free will colliding and conflicting. Sota's being fated to die for the woman he loves, and just choosing the first really hot member of the Ten no ryu he see's being a rather comical example. I just felt the movie handled those themes better overall, as well as giving us a hum dinger of an apocalypse.

[Marshall Banana]

Also IY in the anime always seems to prefer kikyo, in the manga it's almost always been obvious that while he has feelings for kikyo, he almost always chooses Kagome in the end. Which I do like better as it's obvious that IY and Kagome are likely to wind up together at the end.

I think both the manga and anime confuse/annoy me a little/a lot concerning Inuyasha x Kikyou versus Inuyasha x Kagome. Both the manga and anime foreshadow an Inuyasha x Kagome type of ending, and I'm sure that at this point it's set in stone, but occasionally there's an episode or chapter that challenges it. Even after Kikyou's final death - just a few dozen chapters ago - Takahashi was still pitting her against Kagome by suggesting that Inuyasha wanted to follow Kikyou in death, meaning he would leave Kagome behind. This is something that's come up before, but I thought it was resolved years ago!

Oh, Takahashi! This annoys me to no end!

[NeoCracker]

That I don't agree with. He did in fact choose his destiny. He allowed his death to come, not to surrender to destiny, but to give his friend Fuma a chance. He choose the life of his friend over his own, believing his friend could overcome his destiny and save the earth. Kamui had never once surrendered to his fate.

[Ishin Ookami]

Also IY in the anime always seems to prefer kikyo, in the manga it's almost always been obvious that while he has feelings for kikyo, he almost always chooses Kagome in the end. Which I do like better as it's obvious that IY and Kagome are likely to wind up together at the end.

I think both the manga and anime confuse/annoy me a little/a lot concerning Inuyasha x Kikyou versus Inuyasha x Kagome. Both the manga and anime foreshadow an Inuyasha x Kagome type of ending, and I'm sure that at this point it's set in stone, but occasionally there's an episode or chapter that challenges it. Even after Kikyou's final death - just a few dozen chapters ago - Takahashi was still pitting her against Kagome by suggesting that Inuyasha wanted to follow Kikyou in death, meaning he would leave Kagome behind. This is something that's come up before, but I thought it was resolved years ago!

Oh, Takahashi! This annoys me to no end!

well, keep in mind that that particular storyline after kikyos death annoyed just about everyone. Monster of the week rehashing the same events that took place during the schinintai story arc when naraku supposedly killed kikyo. Just with nowhere near as much charisma.

At least the manga has picked up in steam recently. Takahashi has announced that she is now finally ready to end IY, and for the past two to three months the stories have all been top notch. I'm just hoping she maintains this momentum instead of inserting another monster of the week.

[Wolf Kanno]

Damn, this thread took a different turn than I thought... oh well

I'm going to have to disagree with you, Wolf Kanno. Of what the Kare Kano anime covers, I prefer it greatly to the manga. This is simply because the two are almost word-for-word identical, aside from the recaps (but pretty much every anime has recaps, so that's not big deal). For what the anime covers of the manga, I find it so much more enjoyable to watch just because of the kind of energy it has. I only read through the manga to get the rest of the story.

Kare Kano is oddly the only exception for me. I normally prefer the manga over anime, particularly in the cases of X and Angel's Sanctuary. Anime can't get away with everything manga can, and you end up missing out on a lot on the more gruesome stories.

I love the anime but I feel it has certain issues that would hinder the pleasure in watching it from a less patient person. I personally don't care and found the anime to be brilliant and pefectly executed at most points. I still love the scene when Miyazawa confess' her feeling's to Arima by taking his hand during the school meeting. The music, visuals, VA, and flow of the scene was perfect. But I've watched the series with less patient people and they tend to ruin my enjoyment by complaining about the series getting to the point. So it's difficult for me to just tell people to watch it if I don't know there preference or personality.

As for X. I love the manga far more than the movie or TV series. It's just more detailed and well executed IMHO. I like the movie and series as well but the manga to me is just better overall (well except for the fact a new volume gets released every blue moon and the fact I hear that CLAMP has put the series on hiatus becuase of recent world events.:rolleyes2 ).

[LunarWeaver]

I guess it just depends for me. If the anime is good stuff and mostly the same as the manga, then I prefer the anime, but...

The only time I don't is if I come into in too far behind in a very long running series. Something like Naruto already has 50,000 episodes, and I can read the entire manga in half the time it would take me to sit around and watch all that. In the 23 minutes or so it takes to watch one episode, I can get multiple chapters done, so sometimes I just don't want to bother. And I know that has a filler issue too, which is another thing altogether.

[Reles]

I <3 kare kano, I should definitely start reading that again. It was cute.

I can't tell which I like better. Sometimes I have that need to read certain manga that I used to when I was younger, or watch a certain anime. I feel that manga is more informative and I like not having to watch the theme song before every episode. But there are several series that I adore and are used to seeing on the screen, also the thing about anime that attracts me is the music. I definitely get into the anime more when there's background music and sounds. But with anime, I definitely can't watch the kind we have in America that plays on TV, it's too americanized, I can't find that I enjoy it as much. I need the subtitles to make me feel happy, and I need the whole series, not parts cut out to make it more suitable for the younger kids.