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SO.... who would u pick? Manga? Anime? or any of the others that are there?
Both ^_^ Though I would prefer if they cut lousy filler arcs like Apis out of the anime.
I prefer the manga.
The comic but I do watch an episode or two if I get bored. There isn't such a big difference between them though.
Yeah. I choose he anime cuz you can actually see the things. In the book, they have it still and i the anime… its moving :o. But 4KIDS dubbed it and took all of the blood away. but still anime is good. eventually ill vote for both
Reading the manga, there are no bad voice actors, because you make up the perfect voices yourself. You also make your own pacing, so unless it's extremely rushed or extremely long-winded, you won't feel too slow or too fast. But what's more, the manga is drawn by Oda. I prefer manga.
But One Piece anime is still one of the best manga to anime adaptations, IMO, so in some ways it's better than the manga, namely the superb main cast and the beautiful background music.
Perhaps the ideal form of One Piece to me… would be fillerless anime which is entirely drawn by Oda 
But that's quite impossible.
I prefer the anime more, but thats because I've never been a huge manga fan. I prefer to have motion, sound, etc.
I prefer the anime. The show is exceptionally well done, the seiyuu talent is great, it's well animated & has a grand score (bgm). Sure the filler weighs it down in parts, but the show has a sort of vibrancy that even the slow filler can't dampen.
Though not to discount the manga, it's still the best Jump manga I've ever read.
I just like more the manga because i like reading more than watching a screen…
I like the anime more, because I love to see the character moving, speaking and full colour 
but, there are not much of difference between the story, except maybe fillers (which isn't that bad IMO :P)
i like em both
but the manga is better 
(for me)
Manga. I also put on OP bgm when I read the manga and set it to fit the mood.
Manga. No question. Oda's story pure and simple. Gags come off better, NO FILLER and you can go into the OP world anytime anywhere.
Like most people here, I prefer the manga, but I like to watch the anime as well. To me, they each have their advantages and drawbacks. 
The manga is most definately the biggest inspiration to me, and has affected my drawing and storytelling style a LOT. But of course, the animÃ
is also awesome. It's impressive how closely they are able to "copy" the manga. The Sanji VS Mr. 2 fight was EXACTLY like in the manga, which just makes it even more awesome.
Well, except filler arcs…
You also make your own pacing
I agree on your post but in the comic there is already pacing, you don't have to make it up youself ;). I often find music and voice acting annoying, kinda unnecessary element, and rarely listen music while reading but there're times when they can boost the effect of the story and action. I don't think you need imagination to read a comic though.
Manga still leaves a lot more to the imagination, yet still manages to put the power of its images to the fullest.
Plus, it's the most direct way of getting into Oda's masterful storytelling, and like My Mom V.2 nicely stated it, you can jump into the story any time.
Like.
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I perfer Manga, why? Well no joke here, the Manga is why the Anime is made. Eiichiro Oda was the orginal arthour of One Piece.
He should deserve the respect for his wonderful masterpiece. The Anime screws almost all the orginal storyline Oda has layed out.
Toei adds in filler characters Oda never created and thus have no connection to the real storyline, they change most of the character's personally, they add in filler arcs(Apis, Rainbow Mist, G8 and now Lost Memory Arc) that never existed in Oda's Storyline, they made pointless filler episode (such as Luffy running in and out of Nanohana causing time-complex confusion, Toei is not reliable enouge to follow the orginal material Oda has layed out.)
They sometimes screwed up the timeline(What is Gamion's Island doing there after the Kuro Arc?) So I'll reather read what comes out of the arthour's mind: The Manga
_Originally posted by Shylu+Feb 13 2005, 10:10 AM–>QUOTE(Shylu @ Feb 13 2005, 10:10 AM)Reading the manga, there are no bad voice actors, because you make up the perfect voices yourself.
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@Feb 13 2005, 11:49 AM
Like most people here, I prefer the manga, but I like to watch the anime as well. To me, they each have their advantages and drawbacks.
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Well said, my sentiments exactly. Since the anime drawbacks have already been mentioned, a drawback of the manga would be that it's not in colour ><, and the fighting scenes are better to watch in the anime…._
yea.. true i guess the manga is better. cuz no bad voice actors. lol like SANJI!
The manga. The artwork is just so much better and more expressive. I think I've been able to feel more from Oda's artwork than from the voices in the anime (though the voices do a GREAT job).
@Tony Tony Chopper - Youâ€
re not kidding? :huh: You must mean the Dub anime, because Iâ€ve never heard anyone complain about the Japanese actors.
Originally posted by Marred@Feb 13 2005, 11:00 AM
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yes yes. sorry yeah. i meant the Dub anime Sanji. lol ^_^ thx Marred.
i said manga i like to read it and look at all the prietty pics. but i also like to watch the anime and see all those pritty pics come to life
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i like watching in TV
Originally posted by Marred@Feb 14 2005, 02:01 AM
I thought that the (Jap) voices are quite suitable. :huh:
Oh, I actually love most VAs for One Piece, it's just a general advantage of manga over anime. Sorry if I didn't make myself clear enough.
As good as the anime is, it's always going to suffer from problems inherent in the weekly-shonen-show format - the necessity for filler and slow pacing, and censorship. The manga, on the other hand, is as close to perfect as anything can get.
On the one hand, I feel like the anime is a better experience overall. The voices are generally great, the music always fits, and the bright colors and animation bring an already lively series truly to life. Even the filler episodes, generally, are fun little bits that add to the adventure rather than subtract. Whenever I introduce the series to friends, I use the anime.
However, being as I'm naturally just more of a reading-buff than anything else, I still prefer the manga despite all that.
Both of them.
Definetely.
Even though the anime has some rather horrible fillers,its all good!
In the Anime… they show the back ground and colour so you can
understand One-Piece more clearly. The covers may have been colour... but the whole Anime is gweat!
I love both the manga and anime. They both have thier advantages really. In the anime, we get to see things moving; we hear the characters, get an incredible score(bgm) plus, some of the greatest opening and ending themes. With the manga, you have OP-on-the-Go with no filler; just pure, raw One Piece. There's nothing I love more than pulling out one of my raw mangas in class and looking through it, especially when people see what I'm reading and ask if I understand it. Of course I understand it – it's OP!
Originally posted by StrawHatLuffy@Feb 13 2005, 09:22 PM
Both ^_^ Though I would prefer if they cut lousy filler arcs like Apis out of the anime.
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Agreed :lol:
I wonder why my frnds always ask me what OP is…..
Even though they KNOW!
LOL....
I like both of them. Filler arcs are not bad after all:P
i prefer both they both good.
Definitely the manga. Sometimes I see some details in the anime I missed when reading the manga and I like the anime because of the colours but I hate all the small changes which distort the characters in my opinion.
For example: making Usopp even more of a loser. If I remember correctly, after the fight with Mr. 4/Ms Merry Christmas Usopp & Chopper were announced the winners in the manga (ch. 186) but I think in the anime the "winner" was only Chopper. 
Another example is making Zoro look more competent because he is tough and the audience loves him. In some episode (maybe a filler) Zoro told Nami to do something in regard to navigation 
It has been established that Zoro (and Luffy) on his (their) own would get completely lost. (I assume that Usopp, Sanji and Robin would find their way to the next island but they would never interfere with Nami's duties.) In this scene, Nami was all nodding "yes, sure I do what you want". But Nami is definitely not some submissive little girlie who needs a cool guy giving her advice about her work.
Luckily, I have watched only one episode of the Apis arc and this was more than enough …
I like them both. The manga is great, its the original, and has no filler.
But the anime has the advantage of music and voice acting. All the music and voice acting in the Japanese version is perfect. One Piece is my favorite anime and favorite manga, so they're both good, but give different perspectives.
Manga 100%.
I much prefer the Manga. I hate some of the changes in the anime. Like Gaimon for example
I would say both.
The manga is always a good way to enjoy OP yet the anime adds more fun to it by adding color, movement and voices
We also have great opening and ending songs thanks to anime
Yes i totally agree Knight.. i dont even know why i put Niether.. i wished i can put Edit on a poll.. oh well… i hope anyone is smart enuff NOT TO CHOOSE neither considering that this Forum is for One-Piece lol.
And not for spammers.... "The How" <_<
I wonder if he's banned... we havent heard from him since...
I can't decide, I like both.
I like the anime better then the manga the anime u just look at it the manga u have to read and understand what the picture saids the anime its all there
Since both things have their own advantages I love both equally. The Manga is great because it doesn´t have filler´s that distract you from the main story arc. On the other hand some fillers in the anime help adding a little depth. Best example is Smoker´s flashback in Loguetown where we saw him witnessing Gold Rogers execution. I see Gold Roger totally different then I did it before in the Manga thanks to this episode.
Another advantage of the Manga is that you can consuming the story in your own pace while you can´t do that with a TV episode. The anime on the other hand has great voice actor´s (NOTE: I´ve never seen the english version so far) that fit the characters well and add a lot more personality to them.
The Manga is B&W what often is a quite good thing because lots of the environments look bigger then they do when we see them in the colored anime. Then again the colors are also an advantage of the anime because the Cherry Blossom Mountain looks just so awesome in colors that the Manga counterpart can´t compare to it.
The Anime also has a soundtrack, what is a great thing to support a story.
And a last silly aspect is that it is a lot easier to own One Piece if you pick up the Manga. If you have all issues you can be sure to have nothing missing whereas if I burn every episode that airs over here it will still be the incomplete cut version.
Well just as I said above I like both equally. And do not think that the one disturbs the other with it´s coexistance but that one supports the other.
Take care
I prefer the manga because in Spain the anime is more censurated than the manga. <_< However I like the anime too
Originally posted by Tony Tony Chopper@Feb 15 2005, 09:30 AM
In the Anime… they show the back ground and colour so you can
understand One-Piece more clearly. The covers may have been colour... but the whole Anime is gweat!
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I don't see why color is such a big advantage.
In fact I rather hate the Anime's colors, they are too bland, or frickin pointless(Fullbody and Coby have pink hair?!) and the backgrounds are done all watercolory.
In the manga we have Oda's high detail art, which blurry color aint go nothin on.
Not to mention how badly they draw fiber hats(the strawhat looks…..bad)
Manga by far, by far.
(mind you, I pretty much hate anime adaptions of all mangas aside from early Trigun)
how do u people read the manga u have to concentrate and it takes more then 20 minutes why dont u just watch the anime
It might be the same invisible force which lend us the power to concentrate on capitalizing words.
Color spreads and covers are lovable but I do prefer not having colors in actual story parts though. Granted, there hasn't been ones since a long time. Black and white has it own advantages too, at least when the coloring isn't anything spectacular.
Ouch, Yoska has bite.
I prefer the manga by far, though the anime isn't bad. It's just easier to take in, and you can just sit in peace and enjoy it. You also don't have to worry about filler or inconsistent animation.
