" Manga because if I'm going to be staring at a computer screen or TV, I might as well be playing video games. "
Hahahaha, good point. :P Although you can apply this to anything. I do it to movies. :/ As a result I've only watched like.... one of the 30+ movies I've bought. *sits in corner*
I prefer anime over manga because manga is too cumbersome to collect and maintain. Additionally, I don't have the time (or money) for every related hobby, so I've chosen games and anime. Perhaps one day when everything is available for consumers to download and read on our Ipads (or whatever device is popular) then I'll get back into it and comics in general, but until that happens I'm drawing the line (pun!) at manga. Besides, I prefer these types of stories to be in color.
I don't hate it, I just don't understand it very well and don't think it's for me. I've played some anime-style games (if "Tales of...", "Final Fantasy", and stuff like that counts), and while I enjoy the gameplay I often find myself loathing the over-the-top-style stories and characters.
" I prefer anime over manga because manga is too cumbersome to collect and maintain. Additionally, I don't have the time (or money) for every related hobby, so I've chosen games and anime. Perhaps one day when everything is available for consumers to download and read on our Ipads (or whatever device is popular) then I'll get back into it and comics in general, but until that happens I'm drawing the line (pun!) at manga. Besides, I prefer these types of stories to be in color. "
^^ Totally agree. That actually reminds me of a female friend of mine who was literally running out of space for them. And everytime her mom came in she'd see that the collection had grown and nag her about it (She's Korean :P). Funny stuff.
I prefer anime, but I don't have too much of a problem reading manga. It's just that, if I have the choice, I'll most likely prefer watching and hearing instead of reading.
" I prefer anime, but I don't have too much of a problem reading manga. It's just that, if I have the choice, I'll most likely prefer watching and hearing instead of reading. "
Right I totally agree. I even took that tack with The Lord of the Rings books vs the movies. The books were good but I prefer to see the beautiful scenery and epic battle scenes. The films were just better in that regard IMHO.
Manga. Everything drawn and written in the manga is put there by hand by the author. Everything you see and interpret went straight from the author's mind to their hand to the image on the paper, their exact expression of what they visualized and thought up. It's a far more personal and unadulterated conveyance of the fiction.
I enjoy anime for the moments that it manages to give a new and more in-depth perspective on things you read in the manga, or better yet manages to make something that was good in the manga far grander and more amazing than it could ever be within the confines of a bunch of black and white stills with text bubbles. However, due to budget and content constraints more than anything else, anime also has a tendency to not quite capture the same tone or awe or pacing, or whatever, that made some scene or another so good in the manga. How often and to what magnitude this happens varies from anime to anime (and studio to studio), but in most cases it's enough that it feels like a bastardized, or at least just not quite as pure, version of the fiction in terms of the quality with which it's presented and conveyed.
That doesn't necessarily make it bad, though, and the moments that the anime equals or transcends the presentation of the manga make it worthwhile to me. I just have more reverence for and attachment to the manga, generally speaking.
Manga. Everything drawn and written in the manga is put there by hand by the author. Everything you see and interpret went straight from the author's mind to their hand to the image on the paper, their exact expression of what they visualized and thought up. It's a far more personal and unadulterated conveyance of the fiction.
I enjoy anime for the moments that it manages to give a new and more in-depth perspective on things you read in the manga, or better yet manages to make something that was good in the manga far grander and more amazing than it could ever be within the confines of a bunch of black and white stills with text bubbles. However, due to budget and content constraints more than anything else, anime also has a tendency to not quite capture the same tone or awe or pacing, or whatever, that made some scene or another so good in the manga. How often and to what magnitude this happens varies from anime to anime (and studio to studio), but in most cases it's enough that it feels like a bastardized, or at least just not quite as pure, version of the fiction in terms of the quality with which it's presented and conveyed.
That doesn't necessarily make it bad, though, and the moments that the anime equals or transcends the presentation of the manga make it worthwhile to me. I just have more reverence for and attachment to the manga, generally speaking.
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HOLY CRAP dude. That is one heck of an argument for manga. I never thought of it that way. You're almost convincing me to go give some manga a shot. lol.
Manga. Pretty much because it usually finishes what it started unlike the anime series they sometimes spawn. E.g. Air Gear, Tenjho Tenge, Kare Kano etc
And manga doesn't have shitty fillers. E.g. Naruto and Bleach
" Manga. Pretty much because it usually finishes what it started unlike the anime series they sometimes spawn. E.g. Air Gear, Tenjho Tenge, Kare Kano etc And manga doesn't have shitty fillers. E.g. Naruto and Bleach "
Ah very interesting. I've heard much complaining about the filler episodes from those that do watch anime.
" I prefer anime over manga because manga is too cumbersome to collect and maintain. Additionally, I don't have the time (or money) for every related hobby, so I've chosen games and anime. Perhaps one day when everything is available for consumers to download and read on our Ipads (or whatever device is popular) then I'll get back into it and comics in general, but until that happens I'm drawing the line (pun!) at manga. Besides, I prefer these types of stories to be in color. "
" Manga. Pretty much because it usually finishes what it started unlike the anime series they sometimes spawn. E.g. Air Gear, Tenjho Tenge, Kare Kano etc And manga doesn't have shitty fillers. E.g. Naruto and Bleach "
Ah very interesting. I've heard much complaining about the filler episodes from those that do watch anime. "
Yeah, fillers are usually terrible. The only good one I remember is the Bounto Arc in Bleach. The rest of the Bleach fillers I can remember are pretty bad. I'd tell you to watch a Naruto filler, but I don't hate you lol.
" Manga. Pretty much because it usually finishes what it started unlike the anime series they sometimes spawn. E.g. Air Gear, Tenjho Tenge, Kare Kano etc And manga doesn't have shitty fillers. E.g. Naruto and Bleach "
Ah very interesting. I've heard much complaining about the filler episodes from those that do watch anime. "
Yeah, fillers are usually terrible. The only good one I remember is the Bounto Arc in Bleach. The rest of the Bleach fillers I can remember are pretty bad. I'd tell you to watch a Naruto filler, but I don't hate you lol. "
Hahahaha. I'm actually watching Power Rangers Season 3, and some of the Power Ranger filler episodes are pretty bad too. This season hasn't had too many that were too terrible though.
There was a time when I preferred manga, but as of probably around five months ago I started shifted a lot more heavily into anime. The problem is that I like to purchase my manga, and a lot of the manga that I'm interested in hasn't been localized. On the other hand, virtually all of the anime I'm interested in has been localized, so I wound up buying more anime and less manga as time went on and now it's at the point where I don't purchase manga as often anymore yet I always have a new anime to watch.
I also started following the seasons as their air in Japan which I didn't do at first. So I've just started spending a lot more time on anime that I used to spend on manga.
" There was a time when I preferred manga, but as of probably around five months ago I started shifted a lot more heavily into anime. The problem is that I like to purchase my manga, and a lot of the manga that I'm interested in hasn't been localized. On the other hand, virtually all of the anime I'm interested in has been localized, so I wound up buying more anime and less manga as time went on and now it's at the point where I don't purchase manga as often anymore yet I always have a new anime to watch. I also started following the seasons as their air in Japan which I didn't do at first. So I've just started spending a lot more time on anime that I used to spend on manga. "
Wow that's very interesting. I think it's sad that there is still untranslated manga that hasn't been localized. At this point you'd think that they would have done it, as manga is pretty widespread in readership. I hardly a know a girl who hasn't read at least one manga at some point. Whereas I can think of quite a few people who've never really read a comic book before....
Manga is expensive, especially considering you can finish a book in 2 hours. I just like watching anime, because most of the time I don't have to spend any money.
I like anime a bit more than manga. I agree with the guy above me here, because where I live, buying a lot of manga volumes in one sitting is much more expensive than a single anime season/series box set.
Once again I'm surprised there are so many manga fans. But it's great. :)
I myself am not into Manga or Anime (although it's something I'd like to do I just can't really find the time for it) and even I have owned a few manga books (though they were given to me as presents) and have watched all of Trigun. Which is one of the greatest shows I've ever seen in my life. I've seen it all TWICE. :D
Both. I like reading manga, but I also like seeing the characters moving while they interact with each other. For instance: Soul Eater. I like the anime, but I love the manga too. The manga is also much longer, but the anime is so good that I can't decide which one is better. There are also some series that don't have an anime adaption *cough*PokemonAdventures*cough* that are really good, but don't have one for some reason.
Manga, I don't have a lot of time for animes anymore, I find myself less picky when reading manga as I won't have to go through the fillers and nitpicking the animation/everything, I could just use my imagination to fill in the blanks for manga. This has to do with the fact the series I watch were originally mangas, so it's kind of unfair to just say "animes sucks!", there are some OVAs that are original but I just don't have the time to go through them. Evangelion movie was one of the anime that I think wouldn't be the same if it's originally a manga (though I've yet to see the manga incarnation of the ending, I'm not sure if they're there yet)
I enjoy animes for some series thanks to the music and just different art and direction, where the manga equivalent is lacking in comparison (especially some of the 90s animes like Maison Ikkoku and Orange Road).
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