Worst manga to anime adaptation
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…you're not serious, are you?
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@Violinist of Hameln
Wait,wait,hooooold it!Are you suggesting that Yasuhiro Imagawa made something bad?
I refuse to believe such an outrageous statement.As such,I willnot watch this Hameln or whatever it is in order to keep up my illusions of Imagawa's status as the perfect God of OVER THE TOP.
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Granted he didn't even direct that but still.
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First one that popped into my mind was the older series of Yami no Matsuei (Descendants of Darkness) which is definitely not following the trend of Shounen series I've seen listed…
For a more current/shounen one, I'd have to go with D.Gray-Man, just in the early episodes. Since the manga itself changes art styles/plots/etc., there wasn't anything that could save the ending part of an anime adaptation, however the beginning episodes chose to omit a number of things - small things, but ones that had an impact later. I remember them animating the main character's hair short to begin with even though he was supposed to have it bitten off in a fight. Details like that I find important - such as in the new HunterxHunter that did pay attention to this with Kurapika. There's only so much you can leave out before the audience is making confused faces at the screen because they don't remember what made them want to watch the show.
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Hoshin Engi will always have a special place in my heart just for this. Seriously.
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Would you mind elaborating on Houshin Engi? I've seen the anime but have not read the manga. I remember really enjoying the first half or so, but then it started falling apart.
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The 2001 Hellsing TV series.
It took the entire Genre of the series and shifted it. The original is Action, Horror, Comedy with some Drama thrown in. They made it Drama, Horror, Action without any comedy at all.
Everything is all about angst and pathos. They shifted the entire focus to Seras and her "I'm a vampire now" angst, getting used to her vampire powers and refusing to drink blood so as not to lose her humanity. Her refusing to drink in the manga wasn't treated so angsty, it was just a fact that got thrown out there every once in a while, and that was it. There were never any long paused moments where she pondered it or fought her nature like in the TV series.
Case-in-point, in the TV series, Seras is calm cool and collected before the fight with Anderson. Manga and OVA, she goes nuts, gives into her vampiric urges, and begins to gleefully slaughter the ghouls.
Then, of course, they ran out of Material and started winging it at episode 7, leading to the worst filler enemy ever. Not a single One Piece, Naruto, or Bleach filler character will ever be as horrifying as Incognito. Vampire from Africa who is NAKED FOR SOME REASON!…
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don't remind us of that purple naked retard
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@Violinist of Hameln
Wait,wait,hooooold it!Are you suggesting that Yasuhiro Imagawa made something bad?
I refuse to believe such an outrageous statement.As such,I willnot watch this Hameln or whatever it is in order to keep up my illusions of Imagawa's status as the perfect God of OVER THE TOP.
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Granted he didn't even direct that but still.
It wasn't that badly directed, but it was hardly animated at all.
Still frame galore. There were some episodes that hardly moved at all.Imagawa didn't direct it, he scripted it.
The series cut out most of the humor from the source material and made it uber serious, completely deviating from the manga.
Not only that, but the second half of the series was canceled, so they crammed the story tight, even using large time-skips not in the manga. -
This is going to come down to a matter of opinion, but I think when you sacrifice the theme of the original source, you're making a bad adaptation. Not a bad anime, just a bad adaptation.
I don't agree with this logic, though I once did. If we follow such a train of thought, humourous omake are inappropriate and insulting to a source material that's relatively grimdark.
Anime is anime, and manga is manga, they should be judged against other anime/manga and not against one another. That doesn't mean they can't, there's a certain degree of overlap between storytelling techniques where they can be compared, but it's not really fair. Generally, the original work will always be better, and an original visual novel/anime will be superior to a manga spin-off.
OT…I can't think of many manga to anime adaptions I've found detestable, since manga to anime is relatively rare these days compared with game, VN, light novel adaption or original anime. It's a bit bizarre in that respect.
Historically, I've never been able to stand the OP anime. Since OP got shifted out of prime time, it's just annoyed me, and it's all on the direction. I've been watching Pretty Cure that aired alongside OP and they're all comparatively good (although, PC can cut corners with stock footage).
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I don't agree with this logic, though I once did. If we follow such a train of thought, humourous omake are inappropriate and insulting to a source material that's relatively grimdark.
An omake isn't telling the main plot and story, so I don't think that counts in this discussion. If the protagonist is a pacifist in a manga, and in the anime he's a serial killer, then I feel that is a bad adaptation of the manga.
Is it a bad anime? No. Is it insulting the manga? Not necessarily. But if you're going to change a crucial aspect of the story, then why not make your own story?
Bad adaptations cause confusion in discussions that should never happen.
Don't get me wrong here, regardless of how accurate an adaptation is does not dictate the quality of the series. Some people prefer 2000 FMA series to the manga itself.
And with good reason, it's produced very well.
Hell, I even remember reading people enjoying that the Yu Yu hakusho anime cut out that final last mission. A bad adaption /= a bad anime
But I thought we were discussing manga adaptation, so I thought its only fair to call out the most inaccurate interpretations (which I would in turn call them the "worst" adaptation because a major aspect was changed).
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An omake isn't telling the main plot and story, so I don't think that counts in this discussion. If the protagonist is a pacifist in a manga, and in the anime he's a serial killer, then I feel that is a bad adaptation of the manga.
How are you determining what's the main plot/story? If you didn't have the manga as reference, you wouldn't be able to. Take Record of Lodoss War the TV anime…each episode was followed by a short omake that retold that very episode in a comedic light, recasting the characters in different roles and keeping some characters around long after they died. Without knowing the anime, you wouldn't know the Lodoss omake weren't Lodoss because they went by the same name.
But if you're going to change a crucial aspect of the story, then why not make your own story?
Because it's easier to edit another person's work than make something completely from scratch. My disagreement with this is you're not really taking into consideration the writer of the "adapted" work. Buronson basically tore up the mythos of Hokuto no Ken for the last big part of the manga, by introducing the new Hokuto Army and Kenshiro's blood brothers. Why did he have to degrade HnK doing this, and instead started a new manga? Because the attitude that the change was negative is fan-rooted, and entirely based on opinion of what they liked/didn't like.
Another example is Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira. Otomo wrote the manga and directed the anime, but I see the anime panned a lot (when nostalgia glasses are taken off) compared to the manga. The anime hatred is exaggerated in light that "another" version exists, and the fact that Otomo wrote both (thus, by conventional logic, dictating both are canon to their respective universes) is irrelevant because those who reject the anime will do so anyway, no matter who wrote it.
Bad adaptations cause confusion in discussions that should never happen.
Don't get me wrong here, regardless of how accurate an adaptation is does not dictate the quality of the series. Some people prefer 2000 FMA series to the manga itself.
And with good reason, it's produced very well.
Hell, I even remember reading people enjoying that the Yu Yu hakusho anime cut out that final last mission. A bad adaption /= a bad anime
But I thought we were discussing manga adaptation, so I thought its only fair to call out the most inaccurate interpretations (which I would in turn call them the "worst" adaptation because a major aspect was changed).
You're sending mixed messages, here.
I have no idea what you mean by a "bad adaption". You bring up reversing a protagonist's role, which is inaccurate to the manga, but cite it as an example of "bad", yet bring up fans of 1st FMA anime which deviated quite a bit from where the manga ended up.
I think what you mean to say is that a good adaption is, in general, an accurate one. This is agreeable because an accurate adaption most closely mimics the original author's writing ability, so there's less variation in the anime's final product. An original arc for the anime could be good if a famous, reknown screen-writer were tackling it, but more often than not the original author's going to be better. The original Hellsing anime was inaccurate, and the original scenario writers somehow managed to be even worse than Kohta Hirano, so the final product was a bit gross.
A lot of what we hate in adaptions are the dreaded "un-necessary change". The author does something for a reason, then the adaption changes something that either 1) obfuscates the original reason and/or 2) doesn't provide a new reason for it. Why did Dio Brando dump a gasoline tanker on Jotaro in the JJBA OVA, when it was a steamroller in the manga? (A: Because steamrollers don't explode!). So, accuracy to the source minimizes the incident of "un-necessary changes", leading to a good adaption.
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How are you determining what's the main plot/story? If you didn't have the manga as reference, you wouldn't be able to. Take Record of Lodoss War the TV anime…each episode was followed by a short omake that retold that very episode in a comedic light, recasting the characters in different roles and keeping some characters around long after they died. Without knowing the anime, you wouldn't know the Lodoss omake weren't Lodoss because they went by the same name.
I've never known of anyone not knowing what an omake was referencing, but okay, even taking that into context, if that was a stand alone adaptation it would be a bad one. Now you have a manga reader who knows Lodoss as one thing, and an anime watcher who knows it as another.
But it doesn't make the omake a bad anime by any means. In fact, its more of a treat for fans of the original work, but I'm quite sure if that parody got animated and the actual series didn't people would be upset.
Because it's easier to edit another person's work than make something completely from scratch. My disagreement with this is you're not really taking into consideration the writer of the "adapted" work. Buronson basically tore up the mythos of Hokuto no Ken for the last big part of the manga, by introducing the new Hokuto Army and Kenshiro's blood brothers. Why did he have to degrade HnK doing this, and instead started a new manga? Because the attitude that the change was negative is fan-rooted, and entirely based on opinion of what they liked/didn't like.
This is going to sound funny, but even if the anime plot changes are better, its still a bad manga adaptation. Not a bad anime, mind you, a bad manga adaptation.
Why?
Manga Reader: Hnk sure turned to crap in the second half
Anime Watcher: What? No, it was awesome.
The anime doesn't show how crappy the actual source material had become, saving the anime, but now its not a proper representation.
And no, that doesn't mean I would want to see the crappy stuff excluded animated. If it makes for a better show, that's fine, but its still no longer an accurate representation of the manga.
But changes that don't need to be made? (Like Kenshin killing Shishio… ugh)
Another example is Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira. Otomo wrote the manga and directed the anime, but I see the anime panned a lot (when nostalgia glasses are taken off) compared to the manga. The anime hatred is exaggerated in light that "another" version exists, and the fact that Otomo wrote both (thus, by conventional logic, dictating both are canon to their respective universes) is irrelevant because those who reject the anime will do so anyway, no matter who wrote it.
But that's not what I'm saying. I don't dislike the anime adaptation from straying from the manga if its a necessary change or its well executed.. but its still inaccurate.
You're sending mixed messages, here.
I have no idea what you mean by a "bad adaption". You bring up reversing a protagonist's role, which is inaccurate to the manga, but cite it as an example of "bad", yet bring up fans of 1st FMA anime which deviated quite a bit from where the manga ended up.
No, I said that right, you're confusing my definition of a bad adaptation. A bad adaptation can still be a GOOD SHOW ( like FMA 2000).
I think what you mean to say is that a good adaption is, in general, an accurate one.
Yeah. But not to be confused with, "If this anime isn't 100 % like the manga its a bad show".
This is agreeable because an accurate adaption most closely mimics the original author's writing ability, so there's less variation in the anime's final product. An original arc for the anime could be good if a famous, reknown screen-writer were tackling it, but more often than not the original author's going to be better. The original Hellsing anime was inaccurate, and the original scenario writers somehow managed to be even worse than Kohta Hirano, so the final product was a bit gross.
A lot of what we hate in adaptions are the dreaded "un-necessary change". The author does something for a reason, then the adaption changes something that either 1) obfuscates the original reason and/or 2) doesn't provide a new reason for it. Why did Dio Brando dump a gasoline tanker on Jotaro in the JJBA OVA, when it was a steamroller in the manga? (A: Because steamrollers don't explode!). So, accuracy to the source minimizes the incident of "un-necessary changes", leading to a good adaption.
Pretty much agree with this.
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the Umineko anime wasn't very good in that it ended abruptly without solving the mystery and it left out a ton of really important clues from the VN that would have been necessary to solve the mystery in the first place! I still watch it sometimes and it's what got me interested in Umineko but after reading some of the VNs I have to agree with what a lot of VN fans have said that the anime really left out a lot of the good stuff. Wish it had included more from the VNs.
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An anime changing up the story isn't in itself a bad thing, if the studio has a dang ol' idea what they're doing. The reason it's often treated a short-hand for a terrible adaptation is that it's so totally often the case.
I mean if I were to ignore that it's an adaptation, I"S Pure is charming, if a little rushed, and Wandering Son is excellent for what it does take from the manga. They both do things a little different to the source and that's fine.
… Then there's stuff like Black Cat. It's not only completely different to the source material, it's also really bad, making a mess out of some pretty straight-forward stuff. In fact, that's the worst adaptation right there. Yeah, that's the one
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This is going to sound funny, but even if the anime plot changes are better, its still a bad manga adaptation. Not a bad anime, mind you, a bad manga adaptation.
Why?
Manga Reader: Hnk sure turned to crap in the second half
Anime Watcher: What? No, it was awesome.
The anime doesn't show how crappy the actual source material had become, saving the anime, but now its not a proper representation.
And no, that doesn't mean I would want to see the crappy stuff excluded animated. If it makes for a better show, that's fine, but its still no longer an accurate representation of the manga.
But changes that don't need to be made? (Like Kenshin killing Shishio… ugh)
I feel this is where the subjectivity comes into play. When I watch anime, I want a lot of the story to be visual, because visualizing stuff is what anime has over manga. There's more gross information presented in anime and what I consider to be a good adaption involves translating manga narrative to the eyes.
For example, the JJBA anime is widely regarded as a good anime. But is it a good adaption? Many would say yes. I would say no, that the OVA was much better. The David Pro anime maintains a lot of the narrative dialogue in the manga and substitutes it for visually showing things, unlike what the 1992 OVA did. It's closer to a vomic than an anime, but when you consider its budget, they had to go that route and stylistically it's worked out.
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Blue Exorcist/Ao No Exorcist…
I had high hopes for it, but it's a monthly series and they really should have waited MUCH longer before making an anime adaption... because of it, there was quite a bit of filler in there... and Amaimon vs Rin broke my everything I swear when I saw that sword chip I was like 'WHAT THE FUCK'.
I mean, everything that followed after that was pure filler (somewhat) because the idiots twisted it into a gecko ending, and because they only strayed from the manga plot half way through the series, it makes it almost impossible to do another one for another good few years.
This picture sums it up well...
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Seriously… and one thing happened before it was supposed to [/coughcoughAmaimondemonformcoughcough]
Though for what they did the filler wasn't THAT bad… eheh... but still.The best thing about the anime adaptation, though, if there is one...?
[hide]Scratch that - the best thing in the ENTIRE series of Ao No Exorcist - Mephisto Pheles
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Im kind of irked because of the RAMPANT use of the Word adaption. ITS ADAPTATION.
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Rurouni Kenshin descended into filler hell and never came back.
One Piece turned to junk with the shitty pacing.
Toriko was garbage from day one.
Blade of the Immortal butchered a beautiful manga.
Also any manga adaption that has an 'anime original' end.
See FMA (original) and Soul Eater for more details.Ruroni Kenshin OVAs… ALL OF THEM
Kenshin KILLS Shishio... KENSHIN KILLS SHISHIO … KENSHIN SPLITS SHISHIO'S HEAD IN HALFi :getlost:
Also what the fuck. How could they miss the point of RK so badly?
The whole point of the entire story is Kenshin has vowed to never kill again after the civil war.This is the crux of the plot. Fucking hell.
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Pacing Issues
Eyeshield
One Piece - Fishman arc to now
MagiAnimation
Air Gear
Flame of Recca
Fairytail
Toriko
Naruto (( As much as I hate on this anime I liked the style of animation…. until the pain fight. then I realized I could draw better…))
Bleach (( see comment above ))
Beelzebul
Arcana famiglia
Btoooom
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So on the videogame side, another forum reminded me of the Arc the Lad anime.
It's based on Arc the Lad 2. The first half is actually pretty solid and faithful; that can land in the best adaptations thread.
The second half is pretty compressed and diverges though. And the anime's ending being the complete opposite of the game's is what lands it here in this thread.In the anime's ending:
Elk (2's viewpoint character) and Lieza (2's initial heroine) become a couple.
Arc (1's hero, as well as hero of second half of 2) and Kukuru (Arc's love interest) SURVIVE.
The world did not get utterly wrecked.In other words, the second half of the anime adaptation turned Player Punch: The Game into…. Not Player Punch: The Game.
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I haven't read OP since the start of Fishman Island, what exactly is happening to earn it universal disdain for its pacing?
Granted, I haven't taken a lot of stock in what I've read…mostly fanboys who think Enies Lobby is the pinnacle of manga storytelling...:/
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I haven't read OP since the start of Fishman Island, what exactly is happening to earn it universal disdain for its pacing?
Filler content that doesn't add any value such as: longer than usual stares and gazes, a 7 minute prelude of what had happened in the previous episode…
things like this
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Blue Exorcist/Ao No Exorcist…
I had high hopes for it, but it's a monthly series and they really should have waited MUCH longer before making an anime adaption... because of it, there was quite a bit of filler in there... and Amaimon vs Rin broke my everything I swear when I saw that sword chip I was like 'WHAT THE FUCK'.
I mean, everything that followed after that was pure filler (somewhat) because the idiots twisted it into a gecko ending, and because they only strayed from the manga plot half way through the series, it makes it almost impossible to do another one for another good few years.
This picture sums it up well...
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Seriously… and one thing happened before it was supposed to [/coughcoughAmaimondemonformcoughcough]
Though for what they did the filler wasn't THAT bad… eheh... but still.The best thing about the anime adaptation, though, if there is one...?
[hide]Scratch that - the best thing in the ENTIRE series of Ao No Exorcist - Mephisto Pheles
No.
Hotlinking.
:/
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Filler content that doesn't add any value such as: longer than usual stares and gazes, a 7 minute prelude of what had happened in the previous episode…
things like this
You mean the anime? Well the anime's always been bad, but the criticism I've heard was about the manga.
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You mean the anime? Well the anime's always been bad, but the criticism I've heard was about the manga.
Oh you were talking about the manga?
It's regular One Piece pace to me.
As some have suggested, few people are becoming disgruntled with the pace because they're stil accustomed to the fast pace of the Marine Ford arc
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I read through this entire thread and no one has mentioned a peep about Go Nagai and what Toei did to HIS work? Talk about a complete overhaul of the original themes, and presentation in order to make it children friendly. It was only until the late 90s when more faithful adaptations were made, I think the biggest offender is probably what they did to Getter Robo.
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You mean the anime? Well the anime's always been bad, but the criticism I've heard was about the manga.
FI was just a lackluster arc in general, though I honestly do believe some people exaggerate its flaws and don't feel like it's the worst arc. The ongoing arc has honestly been vastly superior. That said, the anime did screw up FI even more. Especially with toei missing the entire point of how the Luffy vs Hody fight went down
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Btooom! has the worst censoring ever
not even the Bluray release is safe from it
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I haven't read OP since the start of Fishman Island, what exactly is happening to earn it universal disdain for its pacing?
Granted, I haven't taken a lot of stock in what I've read…mostly fanboys who think Enies Lobby is the pinnacle of manga storytelling...:/
the filler almost made me quit watching.
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FI was just a lackluster arc in general, though I honestly do believe some people exaggerate its flaws and don't feel like it's the worst arc. The ongoing arc has honestly been vastly superior. That said, the anime did screw up FI even more. Especially with toei missing the entire point of how the Luffy vs Hody fight went down
How? Can you elaborate?
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FI was hard to watch. Animation subpar in places where there needed to have a massive impact. And making Hordy tougher than he was in the manga felt all wrong.
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I read through this entire thread and no one has mentioned a peep about Go Nagai and what Toei did to HIS work? Talk about a complete overhaul of the original themes, and presentation in order to make it children friendly. It was only until the late 90s when more faithful adaptations were made, I think the biggest offender is probably what they did to Getter Robo.
Nah,I'd give that title to speedo-wearing blue Devilman.
Also,I thought he got more "proper" adapatations before late 90s.Devilman:Birth was late 80s I think.
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Why is the One Piece anime so bad? Doesn't Oda have some say in it? He must cringe from time to time after seeing some of these episodes.
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The mentality is no doubt something like this:
Us: Episode XYZ only covered fifteen pages of chapter n instead of the whole deal! Why was panel 32 shown from the right instead of the left?! They spent only nine million yen on this episode instead of ten million? What the fuck, Toei!
Japanese Target Audience: Look at how strong Luffy and Zoro were and how funny Usopp was!
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Yeah. Western Fans held up anime to WAY TOO HARD Standards.
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The One Piece anime is a slog now, but I highly doubt it's the worst adaptation out there.
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I may be shot for saying this, but Trigun's Anime adaptation felt lackluster compared to the Manga. Vash and Knives' backstory was much more impacting in the manga (with the introduction of their older sister, Tesla), and it felt a little cheap having Vash and Knives have the same exact power. Plus, why would a humanoid plant need to merge with an artificial firearm to synthesize a massive BWMD (Bio-Weapon of Mass Destruction)? Vash's Angel Arm and Knives' telekinetic knives were much better explained in the manga. Also, Elendira the Crimsonnail was replaced by a guy who got one shotted and then shot himself, Caine the Longshot. Wasted potential there. Also, Livio the Double Fang and Razlo the Trip of Death was an awesome character. A killer mercenary with an even more sadistic, bloodthirsty alter ego. What's not to like? Also, Vash and Legato's fight in the manga was much more brutal, and had much higher stakes. Not to mention the final confrontation with Knives was far more amazing in the Manga than the Anime's.
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Nah,I'd give that title to speedo-wearing blue Devilman.
Also,I thought he got more "proper" adapatations before late 90s.Devilman:Birth was late 80s I think.
Ahhhh Devilman…how the hell did I forget about that one (maybe I blocked it out from my memory). I take back my original statement. This one takes the cake for most butchered take on the author's original idea. It is quite marvel seeing how Toei made such a nasty, brutal serie into a family-friendly one.
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The mentality is no doubt something like this:
Us: Episode XYZ only covered fifteen pages of chapter n instead of the whole deal! Why was panel 32 shown from the right instead of the left?! They spent only nine million yen on this episode instead of ten million? What the fuck, Toei!
Japanese Target Audience: Look at how strong Luffy and Zoro were and how funny Usopp was!
Pretty much this.
Or to put it in another way.
Japanese target audience: Kids and their parents
Western internet audience: Cynical nerds that complain too much.
If the Japanese audience cared as much as the Western internet, ratings would plummet. But they don't, they stay the same.As for bad adaptations, there was that JoJo's Bizarre Adventure OVA that covered about 15% of Stardust Crusaders, and supposedly the Phantom Blood movie was really bad, but nobody can confirm that because it was never released on DVD.
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As for bad adaptations, there was that JoJo's Bizarre Adventure OVA that covered about 15% of Stardust Crusaders, and supposedly the Phantom Blood movie was really bad, but nobody can confirm that because it was never released on DVD.
It cut out Speedwagon; that is an unforgivable sin worthy of the deepest circle of hell
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@Cyan:
It cut out Speedwagon; that is an unforgivable sin worthy of the deepest circle of hell
What?! No wonder Araki hated it so much, that is unforgivable!
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Pretty much this.
Or to put it in another way.
Japanese target audience: Kids and their parents
Western internet audience: Cynical nerds that complain too much.Way to place a label on a demographic that you(both) don't quite agree with. Might as well apply this petulant logic on every single person that comments on this thread. But hey, you(both) are only assuming in sheer spite.
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unfortunately the latest one piece episodes have done it for me
it was my favorite anime by far but they have just screwed the animation…the pacing is really one piece style so I have no complaints about that...but the fighting scenes are really bad,the animation in general is really bad.... -
unfortunately the latest one piece episodes have done it for me
it was my favorite anime by far but they have just screwed the animation…the pacing is really one piece style so I have no complaints about that...but the fighting scenes are really bad,the animation in general is really bad....I do have to say since Movie Z and Episode Of Luffy came out the animation has improved ever so slightly… heck... I've been loving it since they now have the people and the time to put more into the animation o u o
There are many reasons for me liking the animation...
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Why can't Studio Pierrot just take over One Piece already.
Whyyyyyyyy.
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Why can't Studio Pierrot just take over One Piece already.
Whyyyyyyyy.
Would you really want long 30+ stretches of filler?
Either way, it's a double edged sword. 1:1 pacing means no filler but the quality majorly suffers, while filler is… filler.
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Would you really want long 30+ stretches of filler?
Either way, it's a double edged sword. 1:1 pacing means no filler but the quality majorly suffers, while filler is… filler.
As long as it's G-8 quality filler I see no issue. We'll probably have to hit filler as it is anyways.
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Would you really want long 30+ stretches of filler?
Either way, it's a double edged sword. 1:1 pacing means no filler but the quality majorly suffers, while filler is… filler.
Filler can be good. Stretching episodes to fit chapters is just asking for trouble.
Also, Studio Pierrot's animation is awesome.
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I really don't care much about animation quality too much (unless the manga artwork was that good) because that is usually a budget restriction that most adaptations just have to deal with and what most of the staff outside upper management has no control over. Especially with assembly-line style anime programs going on for hundreds of episodes every week. It has to be outstandingly shitty to be a major concern for a whole series. However, there are many good series that have otherwise lackluster animation.
My big beef is whether or not the actual content of the anime, namely story and characters, are faithfully adapted in the anime
The 2001 Hellsing TV series.
Seriously, 90% of the anime is not faithful at all. It's definitely a big contender for being one of the worst. It seems to fall into the same trap a lot of series fall into if the respective manga isn't finished–Berserk, FMA (Series 1), Rorouni Kenshin. Serious deviations and omissions from manga canon usually affect how good an anime adaptation is from a manga fan's POV even though they're partially faithful. But stuff like Hellsing just sticks out like a sore thumb by neither notably unfaithful to the manga and by not being good on its own terms
I might also nominate Blade of the Immortal just for being a shittier and neutered version of the manga. Even more telling considering Blade of the Immortal was relatively high profile and garnered awards for its art quality.
I've haven't seen much of the Gantz or Zetman adaptations, though I'm pretty sure they are also deserving of their razzings from what little I did see of each.
I'm sure there are adaptations even worse that rarely get sent or even pirated outside of Japan aside from the most fanatical otaku. Especially considering 9/10 of anime being made these days are adaptations of something. I don't really watch much these days.
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Way to place a label on a demographic that you(both) don't quite agree with. Might as well apply this petulant logic on every single person that comments on this thread. But hey, you(both) are only assuming in sheer spite.
It's true, in case of popular children shows such as One Piece, Pretty Cure, etc, that the vast majority target demographics are…well, children in Japan.
While the Western "anime fandom" is more or less group of geeks.Now, if we're talking about late-night shows largely aimed at otaku in Japan, that's a realm of geekdom on either side of the border.