General Anime/Manga/Otaku Thread

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Except for Deathnote I've never seen an anime even come close to being as good as the manga. It's only if the anime an original idea, where the manga comes after, that the anime is better.

Exceptions exceptions exceptions everywhere. Depending on the director, the anime can usually be better than the manga because it can take advantage of camera angle, color, and style to enhance both the series story and look. Akyuki Shinbo usually adapts works that completely dominate the manga counterpart that it was based off, and there are others.

If an anime follows to close to the manga though, it will have problems. As much as I like Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, the first 13 episodes are rather shite as it had terrible pacing and it followed the route of the manga and had humor where it didn't work in early scenes. After those 13 however, it started to pick up and become really good.

Oh, and of course, let's not forget the original FMA(2003) anime. It was adapted while the manga was ongoing and deviated from the story of the manga. You know what though? It was still fantastic as it had it's own themes with concentrations on different characters that worked splendid due to the director.

and no, this isn't an insult to either Brotherhood or the 2003 anime, as they are both great. I'd say that Brotherhood had more problems though.

Good for you if a manga series you follow got proper treatment. I have piles of mangas that I read which have been adapted that say otherwise.