Comments on: Criteria for Reviewing Adaptations of Manga into Anime

By: Abi-kun

Abi-kun — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:46:00 +0000

I agree, fillers in One Piece were rubbish but at least they didn’t last long as in Naruto nor they completely f**k up timelines as in Bleach… As for Nodame, well actually anime version was quite close to manga in comparison to live version when some characters were completely changed (Kiyora) and some arcs missed (Chiaki’s family like uncle and his children thus Chiaki’s cousins).

By: animemiz

animemiz — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:05:06 +0000

Wow this is a really well thought out post… I remember learning years ago that anime is meant to promote the manga, since everything has to have a starting point, but as an anime fan, I find that anime appeals to me more than mangas, since they provide voices and music as you say. There is something to judge against.. and no I am not counting dubs here..ie- Tamaki’s English dub=horror.

I always had a favoring toward anime, since it gets me into anime.

Games as anime adaptation are always pretty poorly made – case in point Final Fantasy anime vs. game….which is better?

Fillers are really annoying, must exist to give some time for the manga to catch up or go beyond. Actually because of fillers in Naruto, that killed my love for the series. I actually find the fillers in One Piece pretty useless… but as JP says in terms of marathoning – easier, but kinda of a waste of time.

By: jpmeyer

jpmeyer — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:36:36 +0000

I only read bits and pieces of the Nodame Cantabile manga, but the little bit that I did read made the manga feel like it was about musicIANS while the anime was about music.

Also, while filler is kind of annoying in a weekly show because it can feel like you only got to watch 10 minutes of a show this week, I’ve found that it makes marathoning a show go by really quickly.

By: Jayers

Jayers — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:50:22 +0000

Good list but I think some of the stuff are a bit nit picky.

By: Blowfish

Blowfish — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:33:37 +0000

Great written Post.
Theres nothing i can disagree on.

I think its still hard to be as objective as you stated.Good thing i dont do reviews^^

By: Owen S

Owen S — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:32:57 +0000

Wait, Lucky Star was an adaptation?! I swear I forgot all about it.