As we all know, there’s a lot of manga out there (as well as light novels, games, etc) that gets turned into anime. Sometimes there’s a great manga we’ve read and we want to see how it’ll turn out as an anime; other times we like the anime and want to get the manga it’s based on, often to get more of the story beyond where the anime version stops. Haters of fillers, of course, see the manga as canon, or “the real story,” although original anime productions often have manga spin-offs as well.
But something I’ve noticed about myself, is that I often tend to stick to just one version of a story and generally put off, or never get around to reading or watching the other. Maybe because I already know what will happen or just want to move on to something new. For example, having read manga like xxxholic, Tsubasa, Death Note, and HunterXHunter, I have never gotten around to the the anime. I also did not get very far with stuff like Hayate and Shugo Chara in anime form either, maybe because I expect too much filler. With anime like Naruto, Bleach, and numerous others of that kind, I was never inspired to read the same material again as a manga, even if it’s supposed to be better. I would only bother with titles like that if, like Claymore, the anime and manga really start to diverge after a certain point and go beyond where the anime ends. I saw the Honey and Clover manga in a store the other day, but I didn’t really feel like reading it because the anime is what’s fixed in my mind now.
But there are exceptions. I happily watched the Peach girl anime even after reading all the manga and I’m interested in Genshiken both manga and anime (but then, the added jokes in the anime Genshiken are very entertaining!) In general, though, I have such a backlog anyway that there have to be some very compelling reasons to revist the same story, even if its in a different media presentation. Do you feel the same way?
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I like reading manga and seeing get adapted into anime form (like Deadman wonderland, I mean, pplz, hurry up!), but then like Vampire Knight, the anime sometimes ruins it because the pictures are worse or everything’s just totally weird. So anime without manga are usually better for me lols
Usually just one…I mean, it’s pointlessly expensive to follow both.
I don’t have particular bias on manga or anime (or game) versions of any property. Whatever I like to consume, I consume. A distinction though on genres. Most of the time, I follow ‘both’ anime and manga when it comes to shoujo, where examples of divergence are quite dominant. On shounen, I tend to only read the manga, because shounen anime are long-ass and too slow. On eroge/bishoujo games and the like, I try to play (some of) the game, but it isn’t a necessity.
I do admit though that my manga viewing is at a low, mostly fanscanlations are not as updated as fansubs in the less popular series that I happen to like.
I’m stick to one medium for my stories. I usually prefer the animated version, because I don’t get on with manga (reading it on screen is unpleasant; buying it in hardcopy is also unpleasant, and liable to leave me with no money for food).
Yeah, I usually just stick to the anime. That’s because I barely read any manga :P
I did want to get ahead on Bleach however… and now that I think about it, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei might have been better in manga form.
I tend to stick to one or the other, generally because it’s not economically possible for me to follow both. There are a few instances where I’ll follow both but it has to be among my top favorite series. In those cases, it’s less for plot/character differences and more for collection.
For the most part, I stick with the Manga because my 20$/month allowance can afford more manga then anime dvds (Plus, I feel unless I really want a series, 4 eps/dvd is insane), and I can keep up with the releases for the most part. Unless, of course, the series hasn’t been licenced in which I sometimes do both. Right now I’m actually ahead of my Shugo Chara mangas, since I’m keeping up for the most part. I started to buy some of the Negima anime DVDs, but I’m really staying with the manga more. Haruhi and Lucky*Star Mangas didn’t come out in the US before their anime release (And there’s still no word on the Haruhi one, if I remember correctly, just the Lucky*Star 4-komas), so it’s not like I could have really understood them (And then there’s the fact friends would want to borrow xD).
It depends on what…for example I’m currently reading Flame of Recca…and I have no intention to ever try to watch the anime. I also am still reading vampire knight and I can’t watch the anime, (same goes with Shugo Chara lol)
On the other hand, I think the Pretear anime was way better than the manga
I like watching an anime more than reading the manga of the same show. But when I finish an anime or want to know “spoilers” I’ll start reading the manga. But if I start reading in the middle of watching the same anime then I get confused by the differences and disparate timelines… o.O
Good Naruto, you look kinda cool there.