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Is you liked Akira, Metropolis is worth checking out

[quote=razormana]@djmaxaaron
Have you seen One Punch man, not the redraw done by a proper artist, i am talking about the original, it is horrendous art.[/quote]

When I read it, I still know what's happening, and somehow the horrid art makes it funnier. So it gets a pass from me

[quote=razormana]@djmaxaaron
Have you seen One Punch man, not the redraw done by a proper artist, i am talking about the original, it is horrendous art.[/quote]

LOL yeah I've seen the original. What are you saying, it's creativity drawing outside of the panels

When I want to see a fight dramatized to a higher extent, an anime will usually get the job done. Similarly, when a dramatic scene in a more ordinary manga (slice of life, etc.) needs good soundtracks, the anime will usually get it right. Everything else in the anime is usually a waste of time and more efficiently conveyed in the manga.

I haven't read that many Manga series. I consider Naruto a good adaptation despite it's fillers and occasional poor animation quality. The sound tracks in Naruto are absolutely brilliant, the voice cast as well (except for Hashirama). Berserk is another series that adapted quite well, the movies were also enjoyable. I really liked the Bakuman manga, and the anime gave me the same feeling when I watched it.

@djmaxaaron
Have you seen One Punch man, not the redraw done by a proper artist, i am talking about the original, it is horrendous art.

Generally, I have mixed feelings. If the manga is complete and word is that a full adaptation of it will be done, I'm super excited. If the manga is still ongoing and there's little word about it... I'm still excited, but scared they'll skip important arcs to "catch up" or will go with an anime original ending. Both of which are terrible decisions 99% of the time.

Some specifics of the first 3 that came to mind.

FMA: still one of my favourite manga. The original anime (which I watched twice, once before reading the manga and once after) was pretty much perfect until it diverged. Brotherhood, on the other hand, had uneven pacing, a slightly disappointing soundtrack (and often poor music placement), and it missed all of those little details/scenes that make me hold the manga in such high regard. For a reboot that was supposed to be faithful from start to finish, it didn't live up to my expectations.

Rurouni Kenshin: the first arc had some unnecessary filler that actually turned me away, but then I gave it a second chance and discovered that the second arc (the Kyoto arc) was absolute perfection, probably even surpassing the manga in some instances because of the amazing soundtrack. And then Studio Deen came along and ruined the rest of the series with filler, which was awful and resulted in a huge decline in popularity, and that's why the final arc didn't get a full adaptation at the time. Trust and Betrayal, also done by Studio Deen, drained all the lighthearted moments from the manga version of the events, and put a classy seinen feel to it. So while the tone of Trust and Betrayal isn't very faithful, it still manages to be much better. But then Studio Deen comes ut with another OVA, Reflection, which is so unfaithful in so many ways that I could write an essay on it. Though as bad as it was, the soundtrack was still amazing.

Baby Steps: the first season managed to capture most of the manga's charm and was paced wonderfully. Baby Steps is exactly as its name implies, so I was impressed by the move to actually keep the baby steps pace that makes Ei-chan's character development so rewarding to watch. The low budget dragged it down a lot though, so when it looked bad, it looked really bad. But in the few episodes where the budget came through, the motions were incredibly fluid, the form was really accurate, and it actually made me want to go play tennis. Can't wait for season 2.

koe no kotachi anime confirmed to just be a film

usually manga is adapted much better than vns and Lns

I don't care if it doesn't happen the exact way of the manga.. it's not enjoyable reading manga. The only time I read a manga is if the Anime episode was so good I need to know what happens next

[quote=djmaxaaron]Works like berserk, vagabond, one punch man, or oyasumi punpun rarely ever get anime adaptations because the art is so well done. It would take a lot more effort to produce that level of work so considering berserk actually got one was surprising in it of itself[/quote]

i think the Berserk TV designs were perfectly fine, it just had the misfortune of being old (so animation would never reach today's peaks) and having a low budget. i don't think it would be a realistic expectation to see the stitching on Guts' cape as if the show were one of Miura's two-page spreads...but i would definitely like the action to be less stiff and have less of it occur off-screen. the movies, conversely, look amazing but sacrifice important story parts and rely on some garish cg. i suppose it comes down to my enjoyment of the series being primarily story-based. more than anything i want to see that story and those characters moving and talking and serviceable art would be fine as an accompaniment. honestly it comes down to the fact that animation and manga are just two different media. because manga is comprised of stills, it thrives on detail and artistry. animation is about motion and fluidity and also sound design/acting. so expectations should always be adjusted accordingly.

[quote=Deciduous]i could be wrong but i don't think very many manga i read get adaptations. or they're the sort of manga that i don't care much about in the first place so an adaptation is w/e.
Berserk has yet to get a very good adaptation, considering the tv series was half-animated and the movies had bad cg/plot cuts. the ongoing JoJo's adaptation is probably the best example of an adaptation in recent memory. the animators "get" the source material, convey it well, and they add/cut/paste things in such a way that is faithful and also indistinguishable from something the author would do. it also benefits greatly from the atmosphere color/motion/sound can create, and the staff uses those factors impeccably. Parasyte is one i'm conflicted on, as i feel a lot of the details i liked were sacrificed in favor of "updating" the story to the current time and also to gain mass appeal.[/quote]

Works like berserk, vagabond, one punch man, or oyasumi punpun rarely ever get anime adaptations because the art is so well done. It would take a lot more effort to produce that level of work so considering berserk actually got one was surprising in it of itself

Cliffhangers are more interesting than the anime itself, episodes drag out, fillers are bad

i could be wrong but i don't think very many manga i read get adaptations. or they're the sort of manga that i don't care much about in the first place so an adaptation is w/e.
Berserk has yet to get a very good adaptation, considering the tv series was half-animated and the movies had bad cg/plot cuts. the ongoing JoJo's adaptation is probably the best example of an adaptation in recent memory. the animators "get" the source material, convey it well, and they add/cut/paste things in such a way that is faithful and also indistinguishable from something the author would do. it also benefits greatly from the atmosphere color/motion/sound can create, and the staff uses those factors impeccably. Parasyte is one i'm conflicted on, as i feel a lot of the details i liked were sacrificed in favor of "updating" the story to the current time and also to gain mass appeal.

e: there's also a third category of "manga i read and loved, but haven't seen the adaptation or see no need to watch the adaptation"

@djmaxaaron i know what you mean. some adaptations are plain horrible due to filler episodes or by going completely in a different direction.

@osmund no. why?

have you seen metropolis ? the 2001 anime

Some are adapted horribly, others pretty well it just depends on how closely they follow the story or if the anime original ending is acceptable.