A rant about manga vs. anime.

[quatrina]

So, I'm wondering if liking manga more than anime makes me a bitch. It irritates me far more than it should that the majority of fans don't even touch a series until there's a shiny new anime out for it, and that the general consensus seems to be "omfg, anime is soooo much better!!!1" and "manga is boring because there's no color :(". I sometimes

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[distorted_r]

Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but here's the deal with me: I don't download manga, I usually buy it. It is more out of habit then anything else and I don't really like to just download everything. Not that I find fault in the people who do, I just don't. So for me watching the anime is cheaper, especially since I have netflix

[quatrina]

That is at least more honest than probably 90% of people who watch anime...I only buy things if I really like them, otherwise I just go for the unofficial stuff floating around on the internets. I'm almost certain most people just download everything and prefer anime because it's colorful and moves and makes noise. :p And I kind of think if it's hard to tell characters apart, that's failure on the part of the creator...I can't think of any series I really like where I have that problem

[distorted_r]

Thanks. Nah, I don't prefer it because of the pretty pictures. XD I think people who feel that way are just narrow minded. It's just a time/money/concentration thing for me. Although, I must say it is as hard watching subbed anime as it is reading manga for me, which pretty much proves it. There's no doubting that quite a bit of manga is better the anime, mostly because it tends to condense the plot, like Gravitation and Yami no Matsuei.

Oh, some of them are just really, really hard to tell. Like Wild Adapter. Omg, I love it to death, but it is really really hard to tell some people apart. The only way I can truly tell the difference between Tokito and Kubto is the glasses. XD And Gravitation is hard to because of the constant hair style changes.. And Earthian! Omg, it has little to no shading and although the art is pretty, everyone pretty much looks the damn same.

I think Netflix is worth the money, but probably only if you are a big movie watcher as well as anime.

[quatrina]

Aw, I've been wanting to get Wild Adapter, since I'm like, in love with that artist's style. I also want one of her artbooks so I can drool all over it. XD But I guess for now I'll just content myself with my Saiyuki. ♥

I tried reading Gravitation once...like, sitting around in bookstores. It didn't hold my interest somehow, but maybe someday I'll try again. :D; I've never read Earthian at all though.

I'm not so big on movies, but there are a few I'd like to see...but my mom watches stuff a lot too, so maybe between the two of us it'd be worth it. Maybe I'll ask her about it later.

[tenshi_kenken]

I think you should rant more about the FMA anime, because reading it makes me know I'm not the only one who can't stand it compared to the manga! Though, I guess people would like it more if they haven't even touched the books, haha.

[quatrina]

omg you shouldn't tempt me. XD Because I'll totally do it. There are so many things epically wrong with that series.

[onewaystair]

I have more or less completely stopped watching anime series. The animation is terrible, there's too much filler and stupid plot changes, and usually additional fanservice, which I don't like to begin with, regardless of which gender it's targeting. I don't like taking up computer space and time downloading subbed episodes as soon as they come out.

Reasons I prefer manga:

I read manga quickly.
The art is almost always better in manga than in anime.
The plot is usually better in manga than it is in anime.
The manga, if its existence precedes that of the anime, is closer to the artist's and writer's intentions for the story.
I think black and white comics are awesome.
I can go through at my own pace. For instance, in manga like Hikaru no Go and Death Note, there's a lot of ruminating on strategy. I can read the dialog and enjoy the art, then move on. In equivalent anime, I'm forced to sit and stare at these scenes for sometimes upwards of five minutes, which I find boring even when I don't already know what happens

[quatrina]

omg I'm not sure I could deal with watching Death Note even though I'd kind of like to...just sitting there listening to everybody's internal monologues has got to be all sorts of exciting. Except not. XD

There are usually only two or three anime series I follow at any time, and they are usually ones I've already gone through the original source with. Often at least one is out of morbid curiosity. At the moment it's Kuroshitsuji (morbid curiosity status) and Tales of the Abyss (which I haven't even been watching, but it seems like an okay adaptation so far), and now the new FMA just started, and I have to pay attention to that to see if they go fix everything. XD;