A lot of manga readers here can attest that seeing a great manga get ruined by an anime adaptation done wrong, is one of the most painful things to experience.
Reading manga also lets you check out some really unique stories that are a bit too different from a lot of mainstream anime that are unlikely to get an anime adaption even if the stories are great. Rn I’m reading through Kaiju Girl Caramelise which is a romance story about a girl who turns into Godzilla whenever she gets flustered around her crush. It’s a really fun and delightfully weird story so far and I like the creativity it has
The fact that you read that Manga is enough for me to declare you a true man of culture. That thing is peak Manga, and I'll fight anyone that doesn't accept this fact XD.
For those who want to check other series the mangaka has made, Beast of Abigail is also a really good short read. She draws some really amazing Shojo looking manga but she lets her personality run wild
I really think My Hero season 5 is a good example of how adaptations, even if they’re good, can fall short of the manga. The seasons arcs are bogged down with flashbacks and filler, hurting the pace, and bones are forced to focus on movies as well as the main anime, which hurts the anime’s overall quality. The manga however, aside from Horikoshis gorgeous art, is paced fantastically (for the most part), and so arcs like MVA are given all the breathing room they need to be great rather than 6 episodes adapting 4 chapters each, while shorter arcs are not stretched out with unnecessary flashbacks and filler episodes.
@@user-ln7nw3op2u the moment a supposedly world-ending event can be handled by first year high schoolers so unbelievably, im just out. its so stupid. and tha action art has always been near incomprehensible. it had so much potential, and then just turned "scream and beat enemy" to anyone who cares, just read Vigilantes. its what the main manga story should have been, it's so much better
I mean tbf when the MVA was ongoing alot of people hates it as well. The main complaint I heard was that it was too slowly paced. Not like I watch the mha anime right now so I can't say if it's worse than the manga.
"I don't read manga because that's for nerds. I just watch Anime." Sir... I think we are well past nerds at this point, just read the scribbles and be happy
I've always held the opposite position, "I don't watch anime because that's for nerds. I read manga." Being East Asian, not everyone watches anime, but nearly everyone reads manga.
@@kimjack1000 when I first heard that a couple of months ago, my mind was blown. Comics are so unpopular in the west besides Graphic Novels. And after reading the source material for anime, I totally see why, it just works so well as a medium. I grew to really appreciate comics
When I read the Dragon Ball manga the whole "I'm going to destroy this planet in 5 minutes" thing Frieza does makes more sense because the book's actually paced with it in mind. Each shot is a freeze frame in manga, but because of the nature of anime, it can't be that there, but adaptations like DBZ try to show everything from the panels (and more to fill for time because of the continuous weekly schedule it was on). So a 5 minutes battle ends up taking 20 or so episodes. It's a good thing we don't have shows made like that as much now.
I still remember laughing about the fight between the 3rd hokage an orochimaru in naruto, that shit took like 8 episodes of standing in front of one another and grunting to end
@@avitaltagar5726 could have just done: 3rd: "Im'a take your arms." Oro: "Don't you do it!" 3rd: "Im'a do it!" Oro: "Don't. You. D..." 3rd: "Done." *Falls over dead* Oro: *"Shit."*
Don't have shows like that anymore? Dude, One Piece is like on episode 1,000 and they still have those 10+ episode long fights. Also, they're still making new Dragon Ball spinoffs and re reboots.
Recently binged One Punch Man,and even though I heard many people compliment the art I did not expect to be blown away that hard. Sometimes I literally stopped to appreciate all detail Murata put in to it
Hey, there are some people that are just exclusively manga people. A friend of mine does not have a lot of free time, and does a lot of travel for work so manga and regular books are a way that he passes the time on trains and airports.
@@AlabamaNationalChampionsOf2024 as some one that does the same thing, watching anime or tv needs a lot more attention and commitment than reading manga, and I personally find it way more comfortable to read on the way than to watch some thing
@@AlabamaNationalChampionsOf2024 Nope. We're doing little to no screen time until she's at least 4. I only just started giving her some time in 5 minutes or less segments on the odd occasion. You'd be surprised what screen time actually does to the brains of young kids and how it affects how they behave. It's been rather good for all of us really.
Not really mentioned here but there’s also tons of manga that might never get to BE made into anime. Like Shiori experience, which you should all read right now.
@@REIwAlexY Not really. Some will never have an anime and the reason of that can be a combination of lots of things like not being popular at all, being a really old manga and not getting a chance to get an adaptation back in the day (especially when anime was a relatively new medium compared to manga some of those manga, mostly gekiga/seinen manga, didn't get adapted because of either anime not being fully adult stuff until some time back then or just budget issues since anime didn't have that sakuga level animation until 80s) and now being too late to get a new one especially if it's a manga that doesn't fit in to modern anime audience's taste, the controversial nature of the manga (i don't mean just gore and sex but also political reasons for example), simply being too complex and long to adapt, the art style of the manga either in terms of background art or character design being too detailed and realistic to adapt or just the mangaka not wanting an anime to happen lol. I mean some manga let alone being adapted don't even get translated fully. There are so many niche specific to japan's taste kind of manga that will never have a market here. Like there are even manga about the lives of japanese salarymen and business in general. I mean there is a reason people in japan prefer manga to anime. Only outside of japan majority people prefer anime to manga. Because manga actually can appeal to even a normal middle aged adult (this is why in japan adult people who read manga on trains are so common). While most anime are just made for teenagers or otakus. Not much actual adult watches them. Basically the catalogue and variety of manga is much richer in terms of appealing to an older demographic so reading manga is seen a bit more normal. Watching anime is still very much seen as an otaku only thing.
i ended up reading bleach instead of watching it all the way through and i feel like that was the best possible way to go about it. not only to skip over the entire arcs of filler, but because the art style of the manga has aged so much better than the saturated colors of the early-2000s anime. of course i watched important character intros and fight scenes, but on the whole i feel like certain mangas are just meant to remain in a print format.
Nah, i feel like all stories can work in pretty much any medium. But that can on my be achieved when the adaption takes after the source material and takes FULL advantage of the medium its now currently being adapted into. Stuff like Invincible, the beetlejuice musical and one punch mans first season are all pretty great examples of this in action. Bleach’s anime…was definitely NOT one of these cases tho. While some of the anime definitely changed things for the better and for the sake of the actual story. Most of them were done for more “cosmetic” and “””economic””” reasons rather than artistic integrity or anything like that. Put anything under those circumstances regardless of the medium, it’ll fail all the same. The success of an adaption hinges less on the medium itself and more the right people, right time, right money, right circumstances etc. Stuff like DB or bleach weren’t just successful because of the stories, fights, characters and slick designs; it’s because their creators were genuine masters at the craft and would often FULLY take advantage of the medium of manga, all the way to the point where it became a unique and special experience all to its own. If you’re going to be adapting something into a new medium and will actively decide NOT to take advantage of the new medium its coming to like its creator did, than you might as well stop right where you are. As both an artist, storyteller but also manga reader, an underrated aspect is tend to hate about certain anime adaptions are the ones that literally just adapt the manga 1.1, just looking good and consistent all the way round. Nothing new added to better suit the new mediums, no improvements (if there were any necessary for the story to begin with) just nothing, just a regular adaption and nothing. The whole backbone of adapting an anime is supposed to be a huge ad for the og manga AND franchise, why would i want to watch something that’s EXACTLY like the books I already own and can see at anytime (and consume faster)??? Like you said, it honestly ESPECIALLY bites in stuff like bleachs case (though it definitely doesn’t fit the bill of an adaption the matches things 1.1). It stings when you KNOW the og creator took full advantage of the medium but the animated adaptation didn’t. I shouldn’t be getting the same experience from the book but on tv. I should be getting a new experience specifically special that could ONLY be delivered in the way that tv show can. It makes the viewing experience fun, (even if i already read the manga and know what’ll happen next) and all around still fresh and exciting. And also be a perfect motivator to getting me and others to check out the manga and see the differences. Its good from entertainment AND economic perspective. Shit like cromartie high is king of this. Deadass starts its first episode with the mc saying “if you wanna know how got into this situation, you’re literally gonna have to go read the manga” 💀 The search to actually finding and reading the manga to get the context of the opening (and entire series really) made the reveal a BILLION times sweeter vs if i was just spoonfed what happened in the anime’s adaption. It even became one of the fandoms best kept secrets too!!! Fans should be treating adapting a series 1.1 as the bare minimum; *NOT* the standard. Static pictures in a weekly comic book format for 12 year olds and primetime, moving images with audio are not and can never be the same or comparable in any way, so why try it at all? Why not take advantage of the specific strengths you have and seize them?
@@theradionicrevival8068 I feel that it's okay to add in little things to an anime but they should never change things. Unless it was broken all ready in the manga. I love to read. But the whole reason for watching something versus reading it is so that you can see it move and hear the sounds and not have to imagine it inside your head. Make it come alive. Yes take advantage of the medium but don't change from the source. A failed book to movie example Ready Player One. Or the Dark Tower the Gunslinger. I know those aren't on the exact same topic just felt like throwing them out there, lol.
Such a pity. I really wish it had a second season. But alas, it lives with other perfect, absolutely not ruined by shitty seasons anime like Aldenoah Zero and Darker than Black. Such a pity we'll never see a second season. smh.
Light Novels are something I always wanted to try getting into, but have never found a way to find them so that I even can read them. They seem to get translated way way less and my Japanese is no where close to even N5 level. -.- Any suggestions on where to go to read them?
@@TheDarkArcherz Probably because I wasn't really even aware of the light novel sphere until Redo of Healer burst on the scene. I've been a lapsed otaku for the past 8ish years and only just got back into all of this a couple of years ago. Before that. Hack//AI Busters was my first and last exposure to the LN world (and that was when TokyoPop was still a thing so you can do the math on how long ago that was. 😅) I will definitely be looking up the site you mentioned though, thanks. ^^
@@DantoriusD I'll keep that in mind, thanks! Ebooks have become my go to becuase I have rather bad eyes and it's super easy to make what I'm reading large print on an ebook. Subscriptions and costs tend to kill things like this for me more than anything. Modern economy is not very friendly to traditional single income families. 😅
Classroom of the elite is a fantastic light novel. The best one that I have read, way better then anime. Also oregairu as a light novel way better then anime adaptation
I like anime, but over years I've started preferring manga more. Recently read all of Detective Conan in about a month of time. I can't imagine how long I would've spent watching the anime version, even if we take out the fillers.
@@TreyW3y I started watching it in 2017. I’m almost caught up now, about episode 966. Though it took long for me because I ended up taking breaks from the series from time to time.
I started reading jujutsu kaisen before the anime started and let me tell you how SAD I was when I realized that the scenes that hit so hard for me personally, scenes that I had to sit with for a few minutes or teared up a bit at, were nothing more than a quick line and a fleeting moment in the anime. I felt so betrayed that what I thought was important wasn't what everyone else thought was important. It really was the catalyst for me starting to prefer manga over anime.
@@3h3k81yeah, it's the scene where nanami is telling itadori to stay behind. Itadori states "I'm a hindrance, aren't I? Take me with you next time. I hate thinking my comrade died because I wasn't there, because I'm a child. If feel bad saying that" and nanami replies "as long as you're in this line of work there will come a day when you have to also kill someone, but today is not that day. Please understand." And then the panel that got me was nanami stating "being a child is not a crime" while it focuses on itadori looking really helpless and upset. There is SO MUCH to unpack in that scene from how itadori views his capabilities compared to how nanami just wants to protect this kid he just met recently. It just really didn't hit in the anime for anyone it seems (judging how other people react when I watch a reaction/review video) but when I read that scene in the manga I had to pause and sit back for a moment, analyzing moments from my own childhood (obviously not as drastic of situations like itadori) where I thought I knew better than adults and I wanted to force myself to grow up and help, but adults were protecting/stopping me. Scenes like that. There's a couple more I could point out in jjk but most of them are just fleeting moments with no obviously emphasis, but when reading the manga I can put my own emphasis anywhere I want lol
@@Insert_Name_Here99 Thanks for the response. I do remember that scene quite clearly but it honestly didn't hit me much. Felt like it was just there to set up the upcoming conflict in the anime and nothing else. Guess I will have to check out the manga one day to unpack the themes of this series in full.
For people who want a really good manga to start with, I recommend Blue period. Its a well crafted manga that follows a punk as he discovers art, and chases after becoming an artist after trying it. There's no big plot holes or moments that you feel like they skip alot of progress. The art is also really fucking good honestly better then I deserve. Its one of favorite manga so there are things that i just discard cuz of my love for it, but its a really solid read read. Read the first 3 chapters if you don't like it by then drop it.
Blue period is insanely hard to read in some chapters please start reading something easier and get a grasp of the dynamic of manga so you could read it without having to look for panel words and actions blue period has long paragraphs and in panels its very easy to get lost I recommend reading 2-3 simple rom com or slice of life before getting deeply into it
I find manga easier to binge but there’s something about seeing scenes voiced and animated. This is the case for To Your Eternity (I was *EXCITED* when they announced an anime for it). Waiting for an Oresama Teacher anime though
Wait until you hit peak bookworm form - when you'll pull crates of books out from under the bed, on top of the wardrobe, in a chest of drawers, stuffed in the attic and in your wardrobe 🤣
@@daniel_rossy_explica TH-cam comments are of a similar nature and quality, as is most of Reddit or any other impersonal chronoagnostic medium of "communication". I would recommend giving his line of advice some thought, even if the specifics of your personal vices differ from the majority. Actually, I should take his advice myself. Typing comments that are unlikely to be seen or cared about by anyone ever isn't very healthy.
@@r3dp9 the thing with twitter is it's entire structure is focused around squeezing as much quick "engagement" as possible and actively encourages the worse aspects of those other sites way more I feel. You can barely even make a coherent conversation with any nuance with twitter's character limit for example. Imo at least. The other sites can be bad too a lot but twitter feels like it just actively does stuff to bring the worst out of internet replies and people as a whole talking to each more than most sites I think. If it werent for all the really good artists and all the internet personalities being there there'd be no reason to use it for me.
Webtoons are doing well too and some great ones are Western-made. UnOrdinary is a take on the MHA "everybody has powers" idea with a hard edge based on cycles of violence, and Lore Olympus is a gorgeous, almost dream-like adaptation of the Hades and Persephone story. Solo Leveling is still the most notable "comic" in the world right now, though. It's jaw-dropping. Even where the story falters-though it's a great story with an engaging protagonist-the art is stunning. Like OPM levels of stunning.
@@SEESBoy-hy8jz Ding ding. While I don't like something like MHA anymore, I at least know it's the work of one guy with some notes from his editors, whereas by contrast Batman is just this enormous mess of several thousand stories and creators, whose ideas on what something should be can often be massively contradictory.
Lately, I've once again fallen in love with One Piece through a special colour version made by Oda's apprentices, and it's honestly gorgeous. The way they've managed to digitally recreate Oda's felt tip colour spread vibe is amazing and makes it worth a complete re-read.
@@kingace6186 Well, most mangaka started out as assistants (including Oda himself), so I do feel like it's more of an apprenticeship than anything else.
As someone who started reading manga about a month or two ago. It is definitely a different experience from watching anime but in a good way. You can see & read everything at your own pace without having to pause and go back if you missed a scene or missed important dialogue. Read the first volume of Chainsaw Man and it felt smooth to read and I couldn’t put it down at all. It kept me engaged from beginning to end. At first I didn’t want to read manga because of spoilers but I can almost say reading the manga is almost better in comparison to watching the anime
Exactly. Would be nice if it was accessible, but it's not. Yeah, I can find shitty fan translations online, or I can watch the actual anime. Which will I choose? Track down individual volumes or watch episodes, hmm. Let's face it, there's a very simple reason why anime is more popular than manga in the west. Can't return to manga if you never started there. And I don't even like reading manga on the computer, official or not. When it comes to books, I'd prefer to have a physical copy in my hands. It's not practical in this instance.
My personal belief is anime is best when the the story was made to be animation. A good manga adaptation into anime is always nice. But My favorite anime is certainly the original content. i do agree more people should read manga. there are so many manga with incredible stories that never even get adapted.
Agreed. Basically most of the time best of what anime has to offer are anime original stuff (or sometimes novel adaptations, not LN btw just regular novels) and best of what manga has to offer are stuff that don't even have an anime or at least don't have a competent one that adapts the whole manga. Very few stuff like monster are good in both mediums (but still the manga is superior because the anime adaptation doesn't use anime medium to it's advantage and is just a copy paste of the manga albeit a very competent and faithfully done one, minus some of it's pacing issues compared to the manga).
there are some exceptions to this, Ping Pong is an incredible adaptation that uses the medium of animation perfectly IMO but i will confess I have not read the manga yet so it could be better lol
Just imagine a manga adaptation of Princess Mononoke or Spirited Away. Doesn't sound that great. Why can't we have stories tailored to the media, instead of milking everything? My personal worst is novel to manga. Overgeared web toon is a travesty, as is The Second Coming of Gluttony.
@@Ohmargod I can easily imagine princess mononoke manga and actually it would probably be million times better than the anime. Just like how nausicaä's manga is way better than it's anime.
Jotaro and dio's fight made alot more sense in the manga, in addition to the "flying" thing being a bit more clear, all of the pauses that take a handful of seconds in universe dont come across as goofy in the manga where as in the anime the ten second pause taking 5 minutes is more noticeable
While from a logic standpoint you're right, it's quicker, easier to absorb information but you can still see the effort put into it, there's something about experiencing anime that I couldn't turn down. It could be the incredible visuals, the osts that really help set the mood or the voice acting that either makes me burst out with laughter or burst into tears. I could never turn it down. I usually just watch what ever people are recommending. If people are saying that the manga did it better then I'll go read the manga then.
To me, Anime is just way more intense which accentuates its high moments. Looking at One Piece as an example it is very clear (to me at least) that the manga is significantly better than the anime. However even with superior artwork, all these awesome subtleties and individual pacing the emotional sucker punches when delivered through manga just don't get to me as much as they do through anime. I could never imagine crying over the pages of a manga but I certainly have come close when watching anime.
@@Razidable In the end, it's personal preference. I've never cried once while watching anime but it was a manga that made me break down into tears. There are some people who find the concept of crying over a fictional work ridiculous.
We def underestimate the influence of music and VAing makes on our experience of any particular series. Manga may often have better pacing, art, flow, etc (ofc not always), but the fact that anime can appeal to 2 of our 5 senses instead of just 1 makes a very significant difference. Of course, this is all dependent on the team working on such anime, and the fact of the matter is that it’s much easier to get consistently good results out of one person than it is out of a group of people. BUT because of that, the potential for quality from a group can exceed the potential for quality by just one person, especially due to everyone being able to specialize in one part of the project rather than covering everything by a single individual.
@@shakthiganesh5117 Such people have never watched Angel Beats. That, and the finale of School Live are consistent tearjerkers for me (even on a rewatch.) I suppose I should also include the nonobvious ones like Parasyte to the list. There exist emotions and personal struggles so universal, that it is nearly impossible to not connect with any story that faithfully portrays them.
In all honesty, I've nearly given up on Anime entirely because of Manga and Light Novels. Reading a chapter or two during my downtime at work is just an overall better experience than binging episodes. The time commitment puts a lot of pressure on that anime to be enjoyable, making those disappointments sting a bit more than they normally would.
Two things: 1: I would love to see a webcomic recommendation video from you, because webcomics have a lot of the bonuses you discussed here (as well as usually being free to read due to their format) but it's often an untapped market because you literally only have word of mouth to go on for finding webcomics and that can make great pieces go unnoticed simply because it hasn't been introduced to the people who would love it. 2: If you ever do decide to do a webcomic recommendation video and you haven't read "Stand Still Stay Silent" yet, read that first before doing the video. Based on your videos, especially your 'the problem with horror anime' video, it's practically tailor-made to your tastes in the thriller/horror genre.
I personally love SSSS, but the author went full Total Depravity and so I nowadays feel really awkward recommending it. At leas for me Minna's religious beliefs retroactively ruined many things that happened in the comic. It's still one of the most visually gorgeous comics out there, tho.
@@kaniini008 Yeah, I agree. SSSS is a good comic, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. I'm not really enjoying the more recent pages either, it has become a bit of a blur to me. Some webcomics that I definitely *do* recommend: -Carciphona, as well as the alternate universe version, Amongst Us. -KILL SIX BILLION DEMONS
Coincidentally, I finally started back reading manga after a few years recently, as a way to pass the time during my work breaks. It actually helps improve my mood, and keeps my mind from wandering towards negative thoughts
You know, it's kinda funny; despite swearing up and down that the One Piece manga is better than the anime for about half my life at this point, it's only recently that I've been trying to make an effort to read more manga. I spent a lot of last year catching up on Komi Can't Communicate and didn't regret a second of it, and I'm currently reading Black Clover and Land of the Lustrous. My plan-to-read list may already be daunting in length, but I will definitely be returning to this video for recommendations!
@@regularoleanimeobserver6577 Aside from what I'm currently reading, I'm planning to read: Gantz Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (starting from part 2 because I've tried to watch the part 1 anime three times now and haven't really gotten into it) Erased A Silent Voice The Promised Neverland Spy X Family Kaiju Number 8 Dorohedoro Blame Elemental Gelade Tokyo Revengers
Its not true that one opieces anime , it can be genuinly great and is made with love and the author there, and the VAs are jus amazing as is the music its just the constant filler and needless making an episode every single episide with no pause by the company that, its too long, i love the voices and music and relatie god filler, but i dont want to nymore, way too long, too much, its even longer than inuyasha which already was long. Personally I mean if there is one pace that cut it down and filler , but i dont wanna, i get thou, if people want to watch, watch one pace site.
@@brainydiode Second time I've been recommended dorohedoro my type of manga is like jjk opm and kaiju no8 a bit dark action amazing characters and good designs with monsters or demons or something
@@brainydiode Looking at that list, I'm guessing you've already read Berserk and JJK. I'd also recommend Dandadan. It's a relatively new manga series that I can only describe as the bastard child of FLCL and JJK raised by JJBA.
Manga is literally the most emotional and intense moments of non-original anime distilled into their purest form, with zero fluff to bog down pacing. Like One Piece is riddled with pacing issues as an anime, not in the Manga! Naruto is borderline torturous with filler, but no the in the Manga!
The One Piece manga is incredible. People say to at least watch the "best moments" in anime form to get the music and voice acting. But it feels inferior every time, mostly because of how drawn out the intended hard hitting moments end up being. Like there is supposed to be an emotional moment yet the anime will take full minutes to do slow pan after slow pan cutting back and forth between characters' faces, with lines being delivered one at a time every like 30 seconds. Completely sucks the emotion out
Fun thing: the very reason why Dragon Ball, which initially struggled against the juggernaut of the 1980s that was Hokuto no Ken/Fist of the North Star, introduced what could be considered the very first martial arts tournament of the world of shonen manga was that Kazuhiko Torishima, Toriyama's editor throughout the decade, suggested he shifted to something that could allow him to show off what he was best at: drawing three-dimensional scenes with an impressive degree of depth and immersion, to contrast with Tetsuo Hara's dynamic right-to-left but rather flat and still drawing and page-building style, and reading the first Tenkaichi Budokai arc, you can definitely see Toriyama's talent for portraying dynamic action in 2D, even with difficult angles and perspectives. Dragon Ball is a must-read, especially since many fans have never even watched the first part of the anime and only know Z, GT and Super.
Really sucks to see most folks refer to Dragon Ball as an "optional gag manga" or as I've seen a lot: "oh yeah the one where Goku is a kid I guess idk"
Cannot believe Geoff talked about Beastars in terms of anime taking advantage of its medium when adapting a unique manga when Land of the Lustrous was right there.
For me half of the enjoyment i get from anime is the music , voice acting and animation. So sadly manga always feels empty to me. I remember reading silent voice before watching the movie and loving it , but the movies soundtrack , that i still listen to often , great voice acting and beautiful colors took it to a whole different level. The emotions i felt just weren't there when reading the manga.
Yeah that's what most only anime people say and ofc it makes sense. I prefer Manga and I also love everything you said. However, the most important things for a series is narrative, plot, story and pace. Only having what you said without the ones I said cannot make a series good. Having animation and music doesn't make up for a shit plot. Also, only anime watchers miss so many good stories because of shit anime adaptations, it's painful. What I do is, I read manga and if the anime is worth watching, then I do it.
i just got through the bleach manga (new chapter included) and while it's certainly not the best i've read it definitely deserved it's status among the big three
It's been quite the journey Mother's Basement, but its time to bid farewell. I have took your advice and have decided to Reject Anime. I no longer need to watch your videos. Thank you for everything so far. I wish you all the best in your future endeavors. What's that? You still want me to watch? Damn tsundere's. Fine...
I got incredibly excited when you mentioned Dorohedoro. That model is great, but I hope that you can find the time and energy to talk about the story in depth one day!
Manga just evokes stronger emotions visually in a way that anime can't match. Sound design/voices are the only way anime has a shot at matching or surpassing the source in this department, but it doesn't always happen.
How does manga evoke stronger emotions visually? you have to explain more, if your reasoning is that manga still frames look prettier than you are incredibly myopic in terms of your emotions and what can effect them.
I just started reading Manga last month. Everyone was right about the one piece manga being so much better, and I am still thinking about the fantastic ending of girl's last tour that will likely never get an adaptation. Glad I finally gave Manga a shot.
Unfortunately Shoujo Shuumatsu never sold too much to get a true ending, but the anime is a must see too even if you had read the manga first like i did. Why i am crying?
@@matheuskirisame I had watched the anime first, but decided to read the manga after seeing one of the full page illustrations (the one where they're under the moon). I used it as a sort of test to see how much I would like manga, and it well exceeded my expectations. Idk what you're talking about for a true ending, I couldn't think of a more impactful and beautiful way of ending the series (unless you meant for the anime).
Yeah after finishing the Girls' Last Tour anime I watched a video about it that talks about the manga ending and all I could think was how incredible it would have been if the anime had come out later and been a complete adaptation. And knowing that a complete adaptation is now unlikely to ever exist makes me really sad lol :P A similar thing happened after I watched a video about how the Nisekoi manga finishes, though to a lesser extent.
I totally feel you! I watched the Girls' Last Tour anime last year & liked it so much that I read the manga online. Why the anime studio didn't just wait a few more chapters until the manga was finished is just one of those wonders of the universe. The anime ending was one of the dumbest I've ever seen. The manga ending is still something I think about. WOW!
Being a lifelong manga fan who learned French as an adult opened a whole new world to me, the French get such a wider variety of manga than in English and the delay in which they are licensed is usually much shorter (March Comes in like Lion already has 15 volumes in French while the first English volume isn't slated until 2022 and Chihayafuru is over 30 volumes deep). But yes, I totally agree that manga >>> anime overall but funny that you used Gojo as your thumbnail... I think the JJK anime is one that might be better if not at least on par with the manga. Edit: Also an incredible music anime that enhances the source material is Kids on the Slope, HIGHLY recommend!
16:30 I would also put the recently completed "Hell's paradise: jigokuraku" by Yuji Kaku in this grouping. Yuji Kaku worked as a drawing assistant for Tatsuki Fujimoto on both Fire Punch and Chainsaw Man and it shows in the the dark stylized art and battle scenes. The writing is also incredibly top-notch. Its dark, heavy, mature and thought-provoking with a memorable cast of characters. so I highly recommend reading it to anyone and everyone who's interested in supernatural historical fiction with Samurai and Shinobi
Did that a decade ago and have read probably thousands of different manga, some of them are honestly so good that i cant imagine them ever being adapted, as mentioned akira and nausicaa are two of the most genre defining anime of all time and both adaptations pale in comparison to their original material.
@@lucianostrika3328 Alot of good seinen mangas aren't adapted especially the blood and stuff anime doesn't do the art justice but I can't blame the animators for this at all they work their ass off to give whay they could
@@lucianostrika3328 Other than akira and nausicaä (which i highly recommend especially the latter since the movie is nothing like the manga, it only adapts like 1.5 volumes of a 7 volume manga so the manga is way more complex and also gets way darker than the movie) yokohama kaidashi kikou, battle angel alita, the ravages of time (actually a manhua but not that different from manga it is in black&white and is not a webtoon, i think it is way superior to another similar series "kingdom"), lone wolf&cub, oyasumi punpun, solanin, five star stories, the world is mine, eden: it's an endless world, kamigami no itadaki, real, vagabond, 20th century boys, pluto (this will probably get an anime soon though since it was announced way back), billy bat, appleseed, berserk (1997 anime is great but it doesn't adapt the whole thing), blade of the immortal, shigurui (again anime doesn't adapt the whole thing), homunculus, kokou no hito, innocent, phoenix, buddha, message to adolf, ultra heaven, freesia, bakuon rettou, sunny, takemitsu zamurai, hanaotoko, no. 5, nijigahara holograph, a drifting life, all rounder meguru, omoide emanon, samurai executioner, pandora hearts, blame, satoshi kon's opus, downfall, red: living on the edge, haruka na machi e, chichi no koyomi. Also a rather new and ongoing one my home hero is pretty decent too.
This is how I discovered Hellsing: I looked in my brothers' bookshelf and looked at their books I looked at their small manga supply and thought 'WOAH! I didn't know my brothers had manga that wasn't DBZ!' (Which I also read and enjoyed) So, I put the 1 volume of hellsing in my bag and pulled it out at school, my friend actually looked over from her phone (she was playing honkai impact) to see what I was reading I enjoyed that volume soooo much And hellsing is now one of my favourite anime The art style surprised me aswell
My hero academia has some stellar panelling and art along with some cool stuff like shigaraki's speech bubble getting smoother as he develops and in the war arc his strength is so prominent that horikoshi portrayed it as him literally being the panel border as well as making him pop out of the panel
Being an MHA fan: Reading the manga because the anime has been disappointing this season Being a JJK fan: Reading the manga because I can't wait over year to see where the story goes
@@maxwell2428 Same. Jujutsu Kaisen was the most average shounen I think I've ever watched. It didn't do a single bad thing wrong, nor did it knock anything out of the park... except animation which is why I gave it a 6 instead of a 5/10 (5 being completely average).
@@shadowstar2194 yeah I agree with your ranking but I think the reason so many people have it at so high is because only 1 of the big 3 arcs have been done so far and the characters are a lot better compared to SOME other shounens
Not only is Maison Ikkoku one of my all time favorite manga series (or stories in ANY medium, actually), Rumiko Takahashi does some amazing things using the form of the manga/comic ("Sequential Art") medium that just couldn't be done in any other format (video, audio, pure text, etc.)
For about a year now I haven’t even really watched anime. I’ll watch the first couple episodes, just enough to decide if I like it, then go read either the light novel or the manga. It’s worked out pretty well. I’ve enjoyed the stories more than I probably would have if I just watched the anime
When ever I read a manga I’m as excited for it to be animated, I rarely care for seasonal anime’s or anything like that but if I’m reading something already and it’s anime drops for another seasons even if I know what happens I’ll watch it all the same
odd how i always end up enjoying the experience of reading manga more (i read at whatever pace i want, choose music, don’t have to be in a specific setting or mood for) but my anime list is much longer.
@@user-vf2sq6pt7p well yeah but personally it feels too slow in general. like spending an hour to watch only three episodes feels like i’ve spent a lot of time to not get very far. while when reading manga i’m generally faster and can slow down whenever i like
I don't make lists for mangas. I just check on sites like mangadex every now and then. And honestly, most mangas are extremely similar (as most of them are isekai / reborn / exiled from hero's party) Can you recommend me some good manga?
Ever since I awakened to Manhwa with Solo Leveling, I've been reading more manhwa and manga than I have been watching anime. And ever since Tower of God and Noblesse got anime adaptations, I've been eagerly awaiting the day that Solo Leveling gets it's own glorious anime adaption (preferably by Mappa or Ufotable).
The thing is for me is that I HATE repeating things, so I usually have to choose to either watch the anime or read the manga (which I am usually not aware of before the anime adaptation bc I'm a casual anime and manga fan) 😭😑😭
Really needed someone to put that out there or even remind myself. I have to say you delivered all the points and you are doing huge favor to the community. I really appreciate that. You're incredible, thanks!
As a shoujo manga reader you can only read the manga really if you want the full story there are only a handful of shoujo anime that make it more than one season, the revamped Fruits Basket gives me hope that we might get some classic titles fully animated, but yeah when it comes to shoujo and anime you're never gonna get the full experience unless you read the manga
Man... Shit... You are right. I feel like Shoujou used to have a better time and has been falling of over the past couple of decades. Back in the day Inuyasha was just as essential as for the television watcher as DBZ. I feel like it has been a long time since I have seen a longer Shoujou series like Sailor Moon or what have you. It's very depressing. Thanks for that, lol.
The one anime and manga that springs to mind whenever I think of a series taking both mediums to the extremes is Houseki no Kuni/Land of the lustrous. However a reader expiriences the story the anime and manga always one up each other in some way and I love both.
Except that most anime adaptations are just manga but with moving pictures. Cannot speak for anime originals tho besides Cowboy Bebop and Neon Genesis Evangelion
I recently got the official English translation of Osamu Tezuka's "Unico" series that has the entire story contained into a single volume. I got it last Christmas after checking out "The Fantastic Adventures of Unico" and "Unico In The Island Of Magic". Apparently it was crowdfunded due to American fans who grew up on the movies demanded on the original manga getting an english translation. I love the hell out of Unico, please tell me I'm not the only person who owns an English translation of the manga.
Manga and books are nice in that they can take their time to tell a proper story without the constraints of a time slot or trying to get it all done in a certain number of episodes. On the flip side, having the right voice actors and animation can really bring a scene to life that stays with you longer than the manga version. Of course, a lot of anime nowadays are just one-season advertisements for the manga/light novel so sometimes it might be better to just stick the with that instead of wasting your time with the anime.
The first manga I read was full metal alchemist, as it was still releasing. What an incredible experience that was for teenage me. Now I'm 30 and the greatest manga of all time, one that matched my age will never be completed... RIP
The biggest reason I think anime will always have the edge on Manga is music. I don't mind sitting down and reading or the monochromatic visuals, but missing out on the music that punctuates important scenes just flattens the whole experience for me.
Atsushi Ohkubo. He already had weirdly cool ideas in Soul Eater to play with the pages, but the way he's completely destroying the manga limits in Fire Force has been amazing to read in the past years. Panel composition, layouts, the very way he draws pages... it's something so deeply connected to the manga medium that no amazing anime adaptation can fully (or at all) replicate it.
Recently started reading Spy x Family, Chainsaw Man, and Blue Box among others and it's actually such a delightful time. Highlight of my day when I'm not needed at work and I can open up a chapter for a few minutes
@@yunogasai1338 It's delightful so far, it puts me back in an old headspace that's kinda nostalgic and cute. Basically this average player on his school's badminton team falls in love with the star of the girl's basketball team, and due to circumstances she comes to live with him and his family while her family is outta the country. Ultimately the core of the manga so far is about how they learn to treat each other, how to navigate their living situation, and most importantly how they both motivate each other to improve in their fields with the mutual goal of making it to nationals this year in their sports. My initial fear after the first chapter would be that the protagonist would be too insufferable with his infatuation with a nice but blank slate girl, but after the first couple chapters I was pleasantly surprised at how genuine and earnest characters were while having other stuff going on in their lives aside from their romantic interest. Big recommend if you want something cute and sweet with a little bit of depth. There's only 16 chapters out right now so it's still super readable and easy to catch up on 👍
Watching Aria and then reading it is a sublime experience. It's astounding how the big moments hit just as hard in the manga and how you can practically hear the soundtrack as you read it.
More like "return to Manhwa" (laughs in Solo Leveling) Also if you're gonna read manga invest in a small tablet. Nothing fancy, but it'll change everything.
I have an extremely large phone and it gets a little cramped sometimes but it works. If u have anything less than a note though I would 100% buy a cheap android tablet.
@@peribow yeah get a cheap Samsung, like one of the less expensive 10 inch Tab A models, you're sorted. Can't play Genshin but it'll display comics and manga just fine
This video came at the perfect time. Not only have I downloaded the Shonen Jumo and have not stopped talking about it, I've also started reading Bakuman (a manga about making manga, from the creators of Death Note.) Awesome work from your mother's basement haha
I turned more towards manga because it doesn't look like Land of the Lustrous will ever get a season 2 and it really deserves it. The anime was beautiful and was faithful to the manga. I'm very happy I continued the story because the manga is amazing, even if the author's hiatus is killing me (no spoilers but the cliffhanger she's left the manga on is the single most heartbreaking thing I have ever read). I'm really glad overall that I've finally turned more towards manga. Toilet Bound Hanako-kun is fantastic and while I like the anime it skipped some crucial arcs and it doesn't look like it will ever get a second season. The Shadows House manga is SPECTACULAR (the anime was good but had an anime only arc so I'm nervous about how a second season would be handled) and Talentless Nana also doesn't seem like it will continue anime wise but the manga is entertaining. I'm really liking The Duke of Death and His Maid anime so I will read the manga eventually. At this point I'm using anime more as a vehicle to find manga. For some reason I can't find the entire Higurashi manga online for free though which sucks, I really don't want to shill out $230 to Amazon to get the full set.
I was so curious to see where the story went after land of the lustrous s1 so I looked it up and yea... dont plan on reading it bc phos was the best part of the show and they just brutalized her character
I feel like the feeling of being overwhelmed is mostly confined to reviewers, just being overstated for videos. it's literally your job to know every anime and which are worth watching. it's like looking at a steam library and stressing over the fact that you haven't played every game or at least tried them out (while simultaneously being subscribed to HumbleBundle).
I love this video, and I’ll be sharing it ASAP. You’ve encapsulated the many reasons why I’ve done pretty much just what the title of the video says. I came years ago to the inevitable conclusion that reading a manga will nearly always be a far better experience than watching an anime based on that manga. Personally, I don’t even watch that much anime anymore, since a good manga is almost guaranteed to be a work of art on a higher plane of existence than an anime adaptation. This shift in my focus has been part of my wider rejection of adaptations in general. I don’t watch a lot of movies, either, since reading a book is nearly always going to be a more engaging ride. In the case of manga, the illustrations have also completely spoiled me for those flat anime frames. Obviously not everyone returning to manga needs to reject anime as much as I have, but I eventually just got tired of adaptations never living up to the source material. For me, there’s no point even acknowledging an adaptation’s existence most of the time.
This only works for some series. Yu Yu Hakusho frankly looks better as an anime than a manga, Outlaw Star's manga never finished, Trigun's manga while longer is more convoluted and it's ending less satisfying than the anime, One Piece's pre time skip anime is perfectly sufficient and the movies look out standing. Kill La Kill doesn't have a manga, neither does Odd Taxi. So while i might prefer some manga, I'm not about to drop anime.
I disagree with One Piece to a certain extent. I notice a massive increase in padding in the anime the moment the Water 7 arc turns to the Enies Lobby arc and it stays that way basically all the way through to Wano
@@samboujaiteh3331 I feel the timeskip is when things got bad since the colors and line work got washed out, violence was toned down and it continued like that for a while after. Water 7 they still hadn't caught up wth the manga, and the coloring and line work is excellent. It was near the War Arc things started to get bad.
In my part of the world it's tough to find Manga. I would never see Bunny Girl Senpai, Violet Evergarden (I think that Anime might be better than Manga) - or on that note ANYTHING by Kyoto Animation. Also A Place Further than Universe. Those are all unavailable in my country. Yeah. I prefer Manga - but it has to be available. Not to mention some titles are Anime original.
@@thepastaprogenitor851 Problems with translation, missing pages, you know the drill. Not to mention I like em legal. But I did read Kimetsu no Yaiba online, I'm not saying that I'm some kind of purist. If it is easily accessible AND legal (I bought books when they were available) - I read Manga. But do you know how gigantic are costs of getting like 30 books to my country compared to 1 show based on them? Yes, Yes, Tankobon, but you know what I mean.
@@jannegrey593 if translations and missing pages are the problem, go to a different site or wait for another group of translators to pick the series up. Also, what does legal even mean? You can find plenty of high quality manga on the internet archive and that place is super legal. Also, what's tankobon?
@@thepastaprogenitor851 Tankobon is a book of manga usually (So if you hear that Anime was adapted from 5 chapters - it means 5 tankobons - they usually have couple chapters within themselves). I've read whole Dragon ball before I watched it. It was better (read uncensored). But it's rarity this days. High quality manga on Internet archive - for free? Or just cheaper than Watching on Crunchyroll etc.? I'll check it out. But I already gave everything I could to buy everything possible from KyoAni (no reasons), so it might be a while.
every suggestion of yours that I've taken has been extraordinary, I will be reading look back as soon as humanly possible -- oh look at that, I've already started it
I should make a video on why I think you shouldn't jump from anime to manga in the middle of a story (as in reading the Dr. Stone manga after the seconds season of the Dr. Stone anime, avoiding all the arcs you "supposedly" watch already).
I usually start reading the manga if I find the anime good and can't wait for the next episode (did this for Sousei no Onmyouji, BNHA, Naruto, Fairy Tail and Jujuts Kaisen, to name a few)
Ngl the potential to read it in short bursts is prolly one of the biggest strengths of manga because you never have to invest too much time or focus to enjoy it while you're let's say waiting for the bus
A lot of manga readers here can attest that seeing a great manga get ruined by an anime adaptation done wrong, is one of the most painful things to experience.
You're an hour late. Though it didn't take long to find you...
True
*The Promise NeverLand fans after watching Season two* : YEP 😐
@@JoshQwerty i’m still not over yuugo 😡😡
Where do you read your manga
No lie, Spy Family is the most wholesome thing I have ever encountered and I love it unconditionally.
Absolutely!
It’s comedic and endearing without it having to try.
Yeah
Remember: knowledge is a swole chihuahua.
some of the best characters and anya is life
Reading manga also lets you check out some really unique stories that are a bit too different from a lot of mainstream anime that are unlikely to get an anime adaption even if the stories are great. Rn I’m reading through Kaiju Girl Caramelise which is a romance story about a girl who turns into Godzilla whenever she gets flustered around her crush. It’s a really fun and delightfully weird story so far and I like the creativity it has
Lmfao that description has me sold
Also some anime’s aren’t as gore heavy as their source material which sucks
The fact that you read that Manga is enough for me to declare you a true man of culture.
That thing is peak Manga, and I'll fight anyone that doesn't accept this fact XD.
Franken Fran is something I never would've experienced if I just stuck with anime. I might be too scared to watch if it ever got one lol.
For those who want to check other series the mangaka has made, Beast of Abigail is also a really good short read. She draws some really amazing Shojo looking manga but she lets her personality run wild
It has finally happened. Reading One Piece has truly broken Geoff, and now, he is a manga reader like the rest of us.
can anyone tell whats the anime at 0:07 ?
@@Hritik9000 Vivy Fluorite Eyes Song. Definitely an anime of the year contender.
@@ShinobiDrip999 Thanks 👍
One of us one of us one of us
@@ryno_8848 have you read Spirit Circle yet? It's so good omg
I really think My Hero season 5 is a good example of how adaptations, even if they’re good, can fall short of the manga. The seasons arcs are bogged down with flashbacks and filler, hurting the pace, and bones are forced to focus on movies as well as the main anime, which hurts the anime’s overall quality. The manga however, aside from Horikoshis gorgeous art, is paced fantastically (for the most part), and so arcs like MVA are given all the breathing room they need to be great rather than 6 episodes adapting 4 chapters each, while shorter arcs are not stretched out with unnecessary flashbacks and filler episodes.
Yeah watching the anime is painful especially knowing the potential of MVA the manga is 100x better
Nah, even the manga is whack lol
@@AllTheArtsy where the manga is now is amazing but it’s your opinion I won’t judge
@@user-ln7nw3op2u the moment a supposedly world-ending event can be handled by first year high schoolers so unbelievably, im just out. its so stupid. and tha action art has always been near incomprehensible. it had so much potential, and then just turned "scream and beat enemy" to anyone who cares, just read Vigilantes. its what the main manga story should have been, it's so much better
I mean tbf when the MVA was ongoing alot of people hates it as well. The main complaint I heard was that it was too slowly paced. Not like I watch the mha anime right now so I can't say if it's worse than the manga.
"I don't read manga because that's for nerds. I just watch Anime."
Sir... I think we are well past nerds at this point, just read the scribbles and be happy
I've always held the opposite position, "I don't watch anime because that's for nerds. I read manga."
Being East Asian, not everyone watches anime, but nearly everyone reads manga.
@@kimjack1000 when I first heard that a couple of months ago, my mind was blown. Comics are so unpopular in the west besides Graphic Novels. And after reading the source material for anime, I totally see why, it just works so well as a medium. I grew to really appreciate comics
When I read the Dragon Ball manga the whole "I'm going to destroy this planet in 5 minutes" thing Frieza does makes more sense because the book's actually paced with it in mind. Each shot is a freeze frame in manga, but because of the nature of anime, it can't be that there, but adaptations like DBZ try to show everything from the panels (and more to fill for time because of the continuous weekly schedule it was on). So a 5 minutes battle ends up taking 20 or so episodes.
It's a good thing we don't have shows made like that as much now.
oh yeah, i forgot that DBZ and DBS wont take 30 years to play out with manga since you're the one pacing it
@@russiancheems2275 Plus Akira Toriyama actually writes fast paced storys while the anime just added a bunch of fluff
I still remember laughing about the fight between the 3rd hokage an orochimaru in naruto, that shit took like 8 episodes of standing in front of one another and grunting to end
@@avitaltagar5726 could have just done:
3rd: "Im'a take your arms."
Oro: "Don't you do it!"
3rd: "Im'a do it!"
Oro: "Don't. You. D..."
3rd: "Done." *Falls over dead*
Oro: *"Shit."*
Don't have shows like that anymore?
Dude, One Piece is like on episode 1,000 and they still have those 10+ episode long fights. Also, they're still making new Dragon Ball spinoffs and re reboots.
Recently binged One Punch Man,and even though I heard many people compliment the art I did not expect to be blown away that hard. Sometimes I literally stopped to appreciate all detail Murata put in to it
Check out Spirit Circle it's really good.
I read the One Punch Man Manga, by One, yes I deserve to be crucified to a post and burnt at the stake.
@@justaneditygangstar It's like having a writer drawer duo, who post their plot storyboards online
The story is kinda hard to follow but try checking out Blame!, I get lost in it's scenes a lot. Plus I love the oversize master edition.
Hey, there are some people that are just exclusively manga people. A friend of mine does not have a lot of free time, and does a lot of travel for work so manga and regular books are a way that he passes the time on trains and airports.
I'm like this too, though in my case it's because I'm a stay home mom and we don't do screen time with the kiddo, but we do a LOT of reading.
@@Snow-Willow your kiddo can’t watch tv? 😧
@@AlabamaNationalChampionsOf2024 as some one that does the same thing, watching anime or tv needs a lot more attention and commitment than reading manga, and I personally find it way more comfortable to read on the way than to watch some thing
@@AlabamaNationalChampionsOf2024 Nope. We're doing little to no screen time until she's at least 4. I only just started giving her some time in 5 minutes or less segments on the odd occasion. You'd be surprised what screen time actually does to the brains of young kids and how it affects how they behave.
It's been rather good for all of us really.
Not really mentioned here but there’s also tons of manga that might never get to BE made into anime. Like Shiori experience, which you should all read right now.
Yesssss I heard of it from ABDillustrates and decided to check it out. It is *glorious*
but most great (and no i dont mean your weird niche "i promise its good guys" type of great) do become anime eventually.
@@REIwAlexY the reason it wont get adapted us for copyright reasons, not because it isn't good
@@REIwAlexY Not really. Some will never have an anime and the reason of that can be a combination of lots of things like not being popular at all, being a really old manga and not getting a chance to get an adaptation back in the day (especially when anime was a relatively new medium compared to manga some of those manga, mostly gekiga/seinen manga, didn't get adapted because of either anime not being fully adult stuff until some time back then or just budget issues since anime didn't have that sakuga level animation until 80s) and now being too late to get a new one especially if it's a manga that doesn't fit in to modern anime audience's taste, the controversial nature of the manga (i don't mean just gore and sex but also political reasons for example), simply being too complex and long to adapt, the art style of the manga either in terms of background art or character design being too detailed and realistic to adapt or just the mangaka not wanting an anime to happen lol. I mean some manga let alone being adapted don't even get translated fully. There are so many niche specific to japan's taste kind of manga that will never have a market here. Like there are even manga about the lives of japanese salarymen and business in general. I mean there is a reason people in japan prefer manga to anime. Only outside of japan majority people prefer anime to manga. Because manga actually can appeal to even a normal middle aged adult (this is why in japan adult people who read manga on trains are so common). While most anime are just made for teenagers or otakus. Not much actual adult watches them. Basically the catalogue and variety of manga is much richer in terms of appealing to an older demographic so reading manga is seen a bit more normal. Watching anime is still very much seen as an otaku only thing.
For me, this applies to Psyren.
i ended up reading bleach instead of watching it all the way through and i feel like that was the best possible way to go about it. not only to skip over the entire arcs of filler, but because the art style of the manga has aged so much better than the saturated colors of the early-2000s anime. of course i watched important character intros and fight scenes, but on the whole i feel like certain mangas are just meant to remain in a print format.
DBZimran and MrTommo2304 do great content on the Bleach Manga.
MrTommo2304 and DBZimran do great content on the Bleach Manga.
Nah, i feel like all stories can work in pretty much any medium. But that can on my be achieved when the adaption takes after the source material and takes FULL advantage of the medium its now currently being adapted into.
Stuff like Invincible, the beetlejuice musical and one punch mans first season are all pretty great examples of this in action.
Bleach’s anime…was definitely NOT one of these cases tho. While some of the anime definitely changed things for the better and for the sake of the actual story.
Most of them were done for more “cosmetic” and “””economic””” reasons rather than artistic integrity or anything like that.
Put anything under those circumstances regardless of the medium, it’ll fail all the same.
The success of an adaption hinges less on the medium itself and more the right people, right time, right money, right circumstances etc.
Stuff like DB or bleach weren’t just successful because of the stories, fights, characters and slick designs; it’s because their creators were genuine masters at the craft and would often FULLY take advantage of the medium of manga, all the way to the point where it became a unique and special experience all to its own.
If you’re going to be adapting something into a new medium and will actively decide NOT to take advantage of the new medium its coming to like its creator did, than you might as well stop right where you are.
As both an artist, storyteller but also manga reader, an underrated aspect is tend to hate about certain anime adaptions are the ones that literally just adapt the manga 1.1, just looking good and consistent all the way round.
Nothing new added to better suit the new mediums, no improvements (if there were any necessary for the story to begin with) just nothing, just a regular adaption and nothing.
The whole backbone of adapting an anime is supposed to be a huge ad for the og manga AND franchise, why would i want to watch something that’s EXACTLY like the books I already own and can see at anytime (and consume faster)???
Like you said, it honestly ESPECIALLY bites in stuff like bleachs case (though it definitely doesn’t fit the bill of an adaption the matches things 1.1). It stings when you KNOW the og creator took full advantage of the medium but the animated adaptation didn’t.
I shouldn’t be getting the same experience from the book but on tv. I should be getting a new experience specifically special that could ONLY be delivered in the way that tv show can.
It makes the viewing experience fun, (even if i already read the manga and know what’ll happen next) and all around still fresh and exciting.
And also be a perfect motivator to getting me and others to check out the manga and see the differences.
Its good from entertainment AND economic perspective.
Shit like cromartie high is king of this.
Deadass starts its first episode with the mc saying “if you wanna know how got into this situation, you’re literally gonna have to go read the manga” 💀
The search to actually finding and reading the manga to get the context of the opening (and entire series really) made the reveal a BILLION times sweeter vs if i was just spoonfed what happened in the anime’s adaption.
It even became one of the fandoms best kept secrets too!!!
Fans should be treating adapting a series 1.1 as the bare minimum; *NOT* the standard.
Static pictures in a weekly comic book format for 12 year olds and primetime, moving images with audio are not and can never be the same or comparable in any way, so why try it at all? Why not take advantage of the specific strengths you have and seize them?
@@theradionicrevival8068 I feel that it's okay to add in little things to an anime but they should never change things. Unless it was broken all ready in the manga.
I love to read. But the whole reason for watching something versus reading it is so that you can see it move and hear the sounds and not have to imagine it inside your head. Make it come alive. Yes take advantage of the medium but don't change from the source.
A failed book to movie example Ready Player One. Or the Dark Tower the Gunslinger. I know those aren't on the exact same topic just felt like throwing them out there, lol.
Even if you read the manga to the end, I recommend also watching MAPPA's adaptation of TYBW arc. It isn't just page-to-screen.
"you can just watch the only season of The Promised Neverland"
Yes, there is only one season of tpn
Such a pity. I really wish it had a second season. But alas, it lives with other perfect, absolutely not ruined by shitty seasons anime like Aldenoah Zero and Darker than Black.
Such a pity we'll never see a second season. smh.
There is no 2nd season of TPN in Ba Sing Se
Now imagine being a LN reader... Only to see the manga ruin the original LN story and for the anime to further massacre it.
Light Novels are something I always wanted to try getting into, but have never found a way to find them so that I even can read them. They seem to get translated way way less and my Japanese is no where close to even N5 level. -.-
Any suggestions on where to go to read them?
@@TheDarkArcherz Probably because I wasn't really even aware of the light novel sphere until Redo of Healer burst on the scene. I've been a lapsed otaku for the past 8ish years and only just got back into all of this a couple of years ago. Before that. Hack//AI Busters was my first and last exposure to the LN world (and that was when TokyoPop was still a thing so you can do the math on how long ago that was. 😅)
I will definitely be looking up the site you mentioned though, thanks. ^^
@@DantoriusD I'll keep that in mind, thanks! Ebooks have become my go to becuase I have rather bad eyes and it's super easy to make what I'm reading large print on an ebook. Subscriptions and costs tend to kill things like this for me more than anything. Modern economy is not very friendly to traditional single income families. 😅
Classroom of the elite is a fantastic light novel. The best one that I have read, way better then anime. Also oregairu as a light novel way better then anime adaptation
imagine being a WN reader and seeing the LN cut scenes
I like anime, but over years I've started preferring manga more. Recently read all of Detective Conan in about a month of time. I can't imagine how long I would've spent watching the anime version, even if we take out the fillers.
Months. It took me like 2 weeks just to watch all the black organization episodes a while back.
@@shawnjavery damn that's fuken crazy amounts of time
I felt the same when I read One piece. It took me two weeks to the read the manga. I couldn't imagine how long it would have taken to watch the anime.
@@TreyW3y I started watching it in 2017. I’m almost caught up now, about episode 966. Though it took long for me because I ended up taking breaks from the series from time to time.
is detective Conan good?
I started reading jujutsu kaisen before the anime started and let me tell you how SAD I was when I realized that the scenes that hit so hard for me personally, scenes that I had to sit with for a few minutes or teared up a bit at, were nothing more than a quick line and a fleeting moment in the anime. I felt so betrayed that what I thought was important wasn't what everyone else thought was important. It really was the catalyst for me starting to prefer manga over anime.
Mind sharing what is that scene? Really interested to know as I have only seen the anime, but have been meaning to check out the manga.
@@3h3k81yeah, it's the scene where nanami is telling itadori to stay behind. Itadori states "I'm a hindrance, aren't I? Take me with you next time. I hate thinking my comrade died because I wasn't there, because I'm a child. If feel bad saying that" and nanami replies "as long as you're in this line of work there will come a day when you have to also kill someone, but today is not that day. Please understand." And then the panel that got me was nanami stating "being a child is not a crime" while it focuses on itadori looking really helpless and upset. There is SO MUCH to unpack in that scene from how itadori views his capabilities compared to how nanami just wants to protect this kid he just met recently. It just really didn't hit in the anime for anyone it seems (judging how other people react when I watch a reaction/review video) but when I read that scene in the manga I had to pause and sit back for a moment, analyzing moments from my own childhood (obviously not as drastic of situations like itadori) where I thought I knew better than adults and I wanted to force myself to grow up and help, but adults were protecting/stopping me. Scenes like that. There's a couple more I could point out in jjk but most of them are just fleeting moments with no obviously emphasis, but when reading the manga I can put my own emphasis anywhere I want lol
@@Insert_Name_Here99 Thanks for the response. I do remember that scene quite clearly but it honestly didn't hit me much. Felt like it was just there to set up the upcoming conflict in the anime and nothing else. Guess I will have to check out the manga one day to unpack the themes of this series in full.
@@3h3k81 I definitely, 1000% recommend the manga. The art is amazing and things hit HARD when they hit, whether it's a fight or feels
@@Insert_Name_Here99 You have just sold me on the manga lol. Will check it out eventually instead of waiting for the new season. Cheers for the rec✌🏻
let’s be honest though: literally every aspect of K-ON was improved with the anime adaptation
A lot of anime adaptation done right by Kyoto Animation
@@kasyfi5546 KyoAni does beautiful adaptions.
Kyoani doesnt miss
For people who want a really good manga to start with, I recommend Blue period. Its a well crafted manga that follows a punk as he discovers art, and chases after becoming an artist after trying it. There's no big plot holes or moments that you feel like they skip alot of progress. The art is also really fucking good honestly better then I deserve. Its one of favorite manga so there are things that i just discard cuz of my love for it, but its a really solid read read. Read the first 3 chapters if you don't like it by then drop it.
That sounds lovely!
Blue period is insanely hard to read in some chapters please start reading something easier and get a grasp of the dynamic of manga so you could read it without having to look for panel words and actions blue period has long paragraphs and in panels its very easy to get lost I recommend reading 2-3 simple rom com or slice of life before getting deeply into it
@@regularoleanimeobserver6577 maybe tyey should try act-age, it's a great shounen, oh and dandadan too if they want some crazy stuffs and adventures
Blue period has an anime upcoming
Sounds interesting. I'll take a look at this one.
I find manga easier to binge but there’s something about seeing scenes voiced and animated. This is the case for To Your Eternity (I was *EXCITED* when they announced an anime for it). Waiting for an Oresama Teacher anime though
IMO soundtracks play a huge part in it
*Oresama Teacher gang raises*
But then there are moments like in Overlord season 3 where ains killed an entire army.
It tainted the memory of the moment in the novel, really bad.
Where do you read your manga
i have never felt more seen 🥺 usa chan man stans unite
Paused the video and just read "Look Back". Welp, was not expecting to cry today, but thx, man. Just beautiful stuff.
my physical manga addiction has reached a place where I constantly say "I need more shelves" and "I don't have enough space for shelves"
Wait until you hit peak bookworm form - when you'll pull crates of books out from under the bed, on top of the wardrobe, in a chest of drawers, stuffed in the attic and in your wardrobe 🤣
"Remove the cursed bird app from your home screen."
- Mother's Basement 2021
I don't have such app installed on my phone, nor do I have a hotlink to the website on my Firefox markers. So, he's argument fails to convice me.
I don't know why it took me until now to realize he meant Twitter. For some reason, I thought he meant Flappy Bird.
@@daniel_rossy_explica TH-cam comments are of a similar nature and quality, as is most of Reddit or any other impersonal chronoagnostic medium of "communication". I would recommend giving his line of advice some thought, even if the specifics of your personal vices differ from the majority.
Actually, I should take his advice myself. Typing comments that are unlikely to be seen or cared about by anyone ever isn't very healthy.
@@r3dp9 Contrary of what it seems, I'm not hooked up to the internet as I was when I was younger. The older I am, the more isolated I become.
@@r3dp9 the thing with twitter is it's entire structure is focused around squeezing as much quick "engagement" as possible and actively encourages the worse aspects of those other sites way more I feel. You can barely even make a coherent conversation with any nuance with twitter's character limit for example. Imo at least. The other sites can be bad too a lot but twitter feels like it just actively does stuff to bring the worst out of internet replies and people as a whole talking to each more than most sites I think. If it werent for all the really good artists and all the internet personalities being there there'd be no reason to use it for me.
I mean… Manga is outselling the Comic Book industry so there is appeal.
Also MHA’s slow pacing in Season 5 did cause the ratings to fall.
True
Because western comics are fucking boring
@@SEESBoy-hy8jz And you don't know where is the start and where is the end.
Webtoons are doing well too and some great ones are Western-made. UnOrdinary is a take on the MHA "everybody has powers" idea with a hard edge based on cycles of violence, and Lore Olympus is a gorgeous, almost dream-like adaptation of the Hades and Persephone story.
Solo Leveling is still the most notable "comic" in the world right now, though. It's jaw-dropping. Even where the story falters-though it's a great story with an engaging protagonist-the art is stunning. Like OPM levels of stunning.
@@SEESBoy-hy8jz Ding ding. While I don't like something like MHA anymore, I at least know it's the work of one guy with some notes from his editors, whereas by contrast Batman is just this enormous mess of several thousand stories and creators, whose ideas on what something should be can often be massively contradictory.
Lately, I've once again fallen in love with One Piece through a special colour version made by Oda's apprentices, and it's honestly gorgeous. The way they've managed to digitally recreate Oda's felt tip colour spread vibe is amazing and makes it worth a complete re-read.
LOL I like how you referred to his manga assistants as "Oda's apprentices". I feel like it gives them the respect they deserve.
@@kingace6186 Well, most mangaka started out as assistants (including Oda himself), so I do feel like it's more of an apprenticeship than anything else.
As someone who started reading manga about a month or two ago. It is definitely a different experience from watching anime but in a good way. You can see & read everything at your own pace without having to pause and go back if you missed a scene or missed important dialogue. Read the first volume of Chainsaw Man and it felt smooth to read and I couldn’t put it down at all. It kept me engaged from beginning to end. At first I didn’t want to read manga because of spoilers but I can almost say reading the manga is almost better in comparison to watching the anime
Me, who has no money and likes to own the manga I read: yeah, makes sense, cannot.
Be inspired by One Piece, my friend.
Shonen Jump's app is only a 1.99 a month.
Me neither man, I just read them online
Exactly.
Would be nice if it was accessible, but it's not. Yeah, I can find shitty fan translations online, or I can watch the actual anime. Which will I choose? Track down individual volumes or watch episodes, hmm.
Let's face it, there's a very simple reason why anime is more popular than manga in the west. Can't return to manga if you never started there.
And I don't even like reading manga on the computer, official or not. When it comes to books, I'd prefer to have a physical copy in my hands. It's not practical in this instance.
libraries aren't totally irrelevant yet
My personal belief is anime is best when the the story was made to be animation. A good manga adaptation into anime is always nice. But My favorite anime is certainly the original content. i do agree more people should read manga. there are so many manga with incredible stories that never even get adapted.
Agreed. Basically most of the time best of what anime has to offer are anime original stuff (or sometimes novel adaptations, not LN btw just regular novels) and best of what manga has to offer are stuff that don't even have an anime or at least don't have a competent one that adapts the whole manga. Very few stuff like monster are good in both mediums (but still the manga is superior because the anime adaptation doesn't use anime medium to it's advantage and is just a copy paste of the manga albeit a very competent and faithfully done one, minus some of it's pacing issues compared to the manga).
Looks at Gurren Lagann and Kill la Kill. "You know, he might have a point."
there are some exceptions to this, Ping Pong is an incredible adaptation that uses the medium of animation perfectly IMO but i will confess I have not read the manga yet so it could be better lol
Just imagine a manga adaptation of Princess Mononoke or Spirited Away. Doesn't sound that great.
Why can't we have stories tailored to the media, instead of milking everything?
My personal worst is novel to manga. Overgeared web toon is a travesty, as is The Second Coming of Gluttony.
@@Ohmargod I can easily imagine princess mononoke manga and actually it would probably be million times better than the anime. Just like how nausicaä's manga is way better than it's anime.
Jotaro and dio's fight made alot more sense in the manga, in addition to the "flying" thing being a bit more clear, all of the pauses that take a handful of seconds in universe dont come across as goofy in the manga where as in the anime the ten second pause taking 5 minutes is more noticeable
Maybe, but ZA WARUDO *BRAUGHPT-TS-TS-TS-TS*
While from a logic standpoint you're right, it's quicker, easier to absorb information but you can still see the effort put into it, there's something about experiencing anime that I couldn't turn down. It could be the incredible visuals, the osts that really help set the mood or the voice acting that either makes me burst out with laughter or burst into tears. I could never turn it down.
I usually just watch what ever people are recommending. If people are saying that the manga did it better then I'll go read the manga then.
Yeah, sometimes I prefer the anime over the manga sometimes it's the opposite.
Demon Slayer's anime is great but the manga is just above average imo.
To me, Anime is just way more intense which accentuates its high moments.
Looking at One Piece as an example it is very clear (to me at least) that the manga is significantly better than the anime. However even with superior artwork, all these awesome subtleties and individual pacing the emotional sucker punches when delivered through manga just don't get to me as much as they do through anime.
I could never imagine crying over the pages of a manga but I certainly have come close when watching anime.
@@Razidable In the end, it's personal preference. I've never cried once while watching anime but it was a manga that made me break down into tears.
There are some people who find the concept of crying over a fictional work ridiculous.
We def underestimate the influence of music and VAing makes on our experience of any particular series. Manga may often have better pacing, art, flow, etc (ofc not always), but the fact that anime can appeal to 2 of our 5 senses instead of just 1 makes a very significant difference. Of course, this is all dependent on the team working on such anime, and the fact of the matter is that it’s much easier to get consistently good results out of one person than it is out of a group of people. BUT because of that, the potential for quality from a group can exceed the potential for quality by just one person, especially due to everyone being able to specialize in one part of the project rather than covering everything by a single individual.
@@shakthiganesh5117
Such people have never watched Angel Beats. That, and the finale of School Live are consistent tearjerkers for me (even on a rewatch.) I suppose I should also include the nonobvious ones like Parasyte to the list.
There exist emotions and personal struggles so universal, that it is nearly impossible to not connect with any story that faithfully portrays them.
In all honesty, I've nearly given up on Anime entirely because of Manga and Light Novels.
Reading a chapter or two during my downtime at work is just an overall better experience than binging episodes. The time commitment puts a lot of pressure on that anime to be enjoyable, making those disappointments sting a bit more than they normally would.
Two things:
1: I would love to see a webcomic recommendation video from you, because webcomics have a lot of the bonuses you discussed here (as well as usually being free to read due to their format) but it's often an untapped market because you literally only have word of mouth to go on for finding webcomics and that can make great pieces go unnoticed simply because it hasn't been introduced to the people who would love it.
2: If you ever do decide to do a webcomic recommendation video and you haven't read "Stand Still Stay Silent" yet, read that first before doing the video. Based on your videos, especially your 'the problem with horror anime' video, it's practically tailor-made to your tastes in the thriller/horror genre.
I haven't read many new webcomics lately, but one I used to really love is Sam and Fuzzy
I personally love SSSS, but the author went full Total Depravity and so I nowadays feel really awkward recommending it. At leas for me Minna's religious beliefs retroactively ruined many things that happened in the comic.
It's still one of the most visually gorgeous comics out there, tho.
@@kaniini008 Yeah, I agree. SSSS is a good comic, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. I'm not really enjoying the more recent pages either, it has become a bit of a blur to me.
Some webcomics that I definitely *do* recommend:
-Carciphona, as well as the alternate universe version, Amongst Us.
-KILL SIX BILLION DEMONS
Some webtoons I would recommend is Bastard, Pigpen and A good day to be a dog
@@Patrickwardt sus amogus
Coincidentally, I finally started back reading manga after a few years recently, as a way to pass the time during my work breaks. It actually helps improve my mood, and keeps my mind from wandering towards negative thoughts
Ok but like can we all just appreciate how consistently amazing Jeff’s videos are
Thank you! I appreciate this comment enough to give you a pass for spelling that with a J
You know, it's kinda funny; despite swearing up and down that the One Piece manga is better than the anime for about half my life at this point, it's only recently that I've been trying to make an effort to read more manga. I spent a lot of last year catching up on Komi Can't Communicate and didn't regret a second of it, and I'm currently reading Black Clover and Land of the Lustrous. My plan-to-read list may already be daunting in length, but I will definitely be returning to this video for recommendations!
Ayo can you please send me your read list I beg🛐 I need one
@@regularoleanimeobserver6577 Aside from what I'm currently reading, I'm planning to read:
Gantz
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (starting from part 2 because I've tried to watch the part 1 anime three times now and haven't really gotten into it)
Erased
A Silent Voice
The Promised Neverland
Spy X Family
Kaiju Number 8
Dorohedoro
Blame
Elemental Gelade
Tokyo Revengers
Its not true that one opieces anime , it can be genuinly great and is made with love and the author there, and the VAs are jus amazing as is the music
its just the constant filler and needless making an episode every single episide with no pause by the company that, its too long, i love the voices and music and relatie god filler, but i dont want to nymore, way too long, too much, its even longer than inuyasha which already was long. Personally
I mean if there is one pace that cut it down and filler , but i dont wanna, i get thou, if people want to watch, watch one pace site.
@@brainydiode Second time I've been recommended dorohedoro my type of manga is like jjk opm and kaiju no8 a bit dark action amazing characters and good designs with monsters or demons or something
@@brainydiode Looking at that list, I'm guessing you've already read Berserk and JJK. I'd also recommend Dandadan. It's a relatively new manga series that I can only describe as the bastard child of FLCL and JJK raised by JJBA.
Manga is literally the most emotional and intense moments of non-original anime distilled into their purest form, with zero fluff to bog down pacing. Like One Piece is riddled with pacing issues as an anime, not in the Manga! Naruto is borderline torturous with filler, but no the in the Manga!
The One Piece manga is incredible. People say to at least watch the "best moments" in anime form to get the music and voice acting. But it feels inferior every time, mostly because of how drawn out the intended hard hitting moments end up being. Like there is supposed to be an emotional moment yet the anime will take full minutes to do slow pan after slow pan cutting back and forth between characters' faces, with lines being delivered one at a time every like 30 seconds. Completely sucks the emotion out
@@Goomyx1492 i will take the katakuri fight or any fight in wano anime version 100% of the time don’t care about pacing or anything
Fun thing: the very reason why Dragon Ball, which initially struggled against the juggernaut of the 1980s that was Hokuto no Ken/Fist of the North Star, introduced what could be considered the very first martial arts tournament of the world of shonen manga was that Kazuhiko Torishima, Toriyama's editor throughout the decade, suggested he shifted to something that could allow him to show off what he was best at: drawing three-dimensional scenes with an impressive degree of depth and immersion, to contrast with Tetsuo Hara's dynamic right-to-left but rather flat and still drawing and page-building style, and reading the first Tenkaichi Budokai arc, you can definitely see Toriyama's talent for portraying dynamic action in 2D, even with difficult angles and perspectives. Dragon Ball is a must-read, especially since many fans have never even watched the first part of the anime and only know Z, GT and Super.
nice
The Dragon Ball manga is a masterpiece and the anime does not even come close to it.
Really sucks to see most folks refer to Dragon Ball as an "optional gag manga" or as I've seen a lot: "oh yeah the one where Goku is a kid I guess idk"
Dragon Ball is a gem.
Seriously, some of the best of that series is due to editors. It just shows how important they and educated outside opinions can be in general!
Cannot believe Geoff talked about Beastars in terms of anime taking advantage of its medium when adapting a unique manga when Land of the Lustrous was right there.
I wonder how many MHA fans did this after Season 5's slow pacing.
Me I was glad I experience mva before the mediocre endeavour arc
I’m about to switch to the manga cuz holy 💀
@@daddcheerios2302 there's was an episode that covered 1 chapter, is this one piece 😂
@@corruptdr.s6193 endeavor arc isn’t mediocre, it’s just because the anime messed up the timeline and the pacing
@@Benc._.c even in the manga it was. It's just pointless once you consider endeavour never changes...
For me half of the enjoyment i get from anime is the music , voice acting and animation. So sadly manga always feels empty to me. I remember reading silent voice before watching the movie and loving it , but the movies soundtrack , that i still listen to often , great voice acting and beautiful colors took it to a whole different level. The emotions i felt just weren't there when reading the manga.
Yo I like manga but I RARELY read the manga I only do when the anime does not continue
true man i fell the same that anime can pass better emotion than manga does
I usually throw on some music. Obviously sometimes it doesn’t go with the part you are reading right then but it still bumps up the experience for me.
Yeah that's what most only anime people say and ofc it makes sense. I prefer Manga and I also love everything you said. However, the most important things for a series is narrative, plot, story and pace. Only having what you said without the ones I said cannot make a series good. Having animation and music doesn't make up for a shit plot.
Also, only anime watchers miss so many good stories because of shit anime adaptations, it's painful.
What I do is, I read manga and if the anime is worth watching, then I do it.
i just got through the bleach manga (new chapter included) and while it's certainly not the best i've read it definitely deserved it's status among the big three
It's been quite the journey Mother's Basement, but its time to bid farewell. I have took your advice and have decided to Reject Anime. I no longer need to watch your videos. Thank you for everything so far. I wish you all the best in your future endeavors.
What's that? You still want me to watch? Damn tsundere's. Fine...
I got incredibly excited when you mentioned Dorohedoro. That model is great, but I hope that you can find the time and energy to talk about the story in depth one day!
gosh same
Manga just evokes stronger emotions visually in a way that anime can't match. Sound design/voices are the only way anime has a shot at matching or surpassing the source in this department, but it doesn't always happen.
I think why there are so many drama cds in japan
Manga aren't animated so depends on the scene
How does manga evoke stronger emotions visually? you have to explain more, if your reasoning is that manga still frames look prettier than you are incredibly myopic in terms of your emotions and what can effect them.
@@lampad4549 it’s called storytelling mate. You just need acting and music to get you emotional
I just started reading Manga last month. Everyone was right about the one piece manga being so much better, and I am still thinking about the fantastic ending of girl's last tour that will likely never get an adaptation. Glad I finally gave Manga a shot.
Unfortunately Shoujo Shuumatsu never sold too much to get a true ending, but the anime is a must see too even if you had read the manga first like i did.
Why i am crying?
@@matheuskirisame I had watched the anime first, but decided to read the manga after seeing one of the full page illustrations (the one where they're under the moon). I used it as a sort of test to see how much I would like manga, and it well exceeded my expectations.
Idk what you're talking about for a true ending, I couldn't think of a more impactful and beautiful way of ending the series (unless you meant for the anime).
@@DualSaga184 Yeah i talked about the manga anime being the true ending to their last tour, since the anime ends 2 volumes before
Yeah after finishing the Girls' Last Tour anime I watched a video about it that talks about the manga ending and all I could think was how incredible it would have been if the anime had come out later and been a complete adaptation. And knowing that a complete adaptation is now unlikely to ever exist makes me really sad lol :P
A similar thing happened after I watched a video about how the Nisekoi manga finishes, though to a lesser extent.
I totally feel you! I watched the Girls' Last Tour anime last year & liked it so much that I read the manga online.
Why the anime studio didn't just wait a few more chapters until the manga was finished is just one of those wonders of the universe. The anime ending was one of the dumbest I've ever seen. The manga ending is still something I think about. WOW!
Being a lifelong manga fan who learned French as an adult opened a whole new world to me, the French get such a wider variety of manga than in English and the delay in which they are licensed is usually much shorter (March Comes in like Lion already has 15 volumes in French while the first English volume isn't slated until 2022 and Chihayafuru is over 30 volumes deep).
But yes, I totally agree that manga >>> anime overall but funny that you used Gojo as your thumbnail... I think the JJK anime is one that might be better if not at least on par with the manga.
Edit: Also an incredible music anime that enhances the source material is Kids on the Slope, HIGHLY recommend!
Another reason why I should learn French besides French films
Jeff just changed the thumbnail to have Vegeta on it instead of Gojo
16:30 I would also put the recently completed "Hell's paradise: jigokuraku" by Yuji Kaku in this grouping. Yuji Kaku worked as a drawing assistant for Tatsuki Fujimoto on both Fire Punch and Chainsaw Man and it shows in the the dark stylized art and battle scenes. The writing is also incredibly top-notch. Its dark, heavy, mature and thought-provoking with a memorable cast of characters. so I highly recommend reading it to anyone and everyone who's interested in supernatural historical fiction with Samurai and Shinobi
Being caught up with the Mha manga while also watching the anime kind of hurts a little knowing what will happen in the future.
I hear this a lot from folks who've read the Kimetsu no Yaiba manga as well.
Did that a decade ago and have read probably thousands of different manga, some of them are honestly so good that i cant imagine them ever being adapted, as mentioned akira and nausicaa are two of the most genre defining anime of all time and both adaptations pale in comparison to their original material.
@@lucianostrika3328 Depends on your taste. What genres and demographics you prefer?
@@lucianostrika3328 Alot of good seinen mangas aren't adapted especially the blood and stuff anime doesn't do the art justice but I can't blame the animators for this at all they work their ass off to give whay they could
@@lucianostrika3328 Other than akira and nausicaä (which i highly recommend especially the latter since the movie is nothing like the manga, it only adapts like 1.5 volumes of a 7 volume manga so the manga is way more complex and also gets way darker than the movie) yokohama kaidashi kikou, battle angel alita, the ravages of time (actually a manhua but not that different from manga it is in black&white and is not a webtoon, i think it is way superior to another similar series "kingdom"), lone wolf&cub, oyasumi punpun, solanin, five star stories, the world is mine, eden: it's an endless world, kamigami no itadaki, real, vagabond, 20th century boys, pluto (this will probably get an anime soon though since it was announced way back), billy bat, appleseed, berserk (1997 anime is great but it doesn't adapt the whole thing), blade of the immortal, shigurui (again anime doesn't adapt the whole thing), homunculus, kokou no hito, innocent, phoenix, buddha, message to adolf, ultra heaven, freesia, bakuon rettou, sunny, takemitsu zamurai, hanaotoko, no. 5, nijigahara holograph, a drifting life, all rounder meguru, omoide emanon, samurai executioner, pandora hearts, blame, satoshi kon's opus, downfall, red: living on the edge, haruka na machi e, chichi no koyomi. Also a rather new and ongoing one my home hero is pretty decent too.
This is how I discovered Hellsing:
I looked in my brothers' bookshelf and looked at their books
I looked at their small manga supply and thought
'WOAH! I didn't know my brothers had manga that wasn't DBZ!'
(Which I also read and enjoyed)
So, I put the 1 volume of hellsing in my bag and pulled it out at school, my friend actually looked over from her phone (she was playing honkai impact) to see what I was reading
I enjoyed that volume soooo much
And hellsing is now one of my favourite anime
The art style surprised me aswell
My hero academia has some stellar panelling and art along with some cool stuff like shigaraki's speech bubble getting smoother as he develops and in the war arc his strength is so prominent that horikoshi portrayed it as him literally being the panel border as well as making him pop out of the panel
This is the very reason why I love the Twin Star Exorcist manga. The Story. The Art. The Panels!!! The manga hits different!
Being an MHA fan: Reading the manga because the anime has been disappointing this season
Being a JJK fan: Reading the manga because I can't wait over year to see where the story goes
I have heard his things about mha but jjk has been absolute gas for the last 70 chapters
Jjk is wonder-fucking-full
Tbh i started to watch JJK only because i knew studio mappa was going to make it. The story for me was pretty normal for a shonen
@@maxwell2428 Same. Jujutsu Kaisen was the most average shounen I think I've ever watched. It didn't do a single bad thing wrong, nor did it knock anything out of the park... except animation which is why I gave it a 6 instead of a 5/10 (5 being completely average).
@@shadowstar2194 yeah I agree with your ranking but I think the reason so many people have it at so high is because only 1 of the big 3 arcs have been done so far and the characters are a lot better compared to SOME other shounens
I feel like Mashle is extremely underrated. I haven't had a good laugh like that in a while.
18:08 so good to hear zatchbell's mention, I Loved it back when it used to come on TV
Not only is Maison Ikkoku one of my all time favorite manga series (or stories in ANY medium, actually), Rumiko Takahashi does some amazing things using the form of the manga/comic ("Sequential Art") medium that just couldn't be done in any other format (video, audio, pure text, etc.)
For about a year now I haven’t even really watched anime. I’ll watch the first couple episodes, just enough to decide if I like it, then go read either the light novel or the manga. It’s worked out pretty well. I’ve enjoyed the stories more than I probably would have if I just watched the anime
When ever I read a manga I’m as excited for it to be animated, I rarely care for seasonal anime’s or anything like that but if I’m reading something already and it’s anime drops for another seasons even if I know what happens I’ll watch it all the same
I’m watching this video at 7 am. And it sent shivers down my spine multiple times. Good job as always.
Me, an intellectual: "Reject manga, return to light novels"
Reject light novels, return to web novels
Me, an bigger intellectual: “Reject light novels, return to webtoons”
Reject literature, return to symbols on walls
@@venor2612 What remains when web novels are rejected?
@@roc6596 i m a g i n a t i o n
odd how i always end up enjoying the experience of reading manga more (i read at whatever pace i want, choose music, don’t have to be in a specific setting or mood for) but my anime list is much longer.
you can watch at you pace can't you?
Same
@@user-vf2sq6pt7p well yeah but personally it feels too slow in general. like spending an hour to watch only three episodes feels like i’ve spent a lot of time to not get very far. while when reading manga i’m generally faster and can slow down whenever i like
@@acerolalu that's certainly true yeah, one hour you can read some chapters a more info than 3 eps yeah
I don't make lists for mangas. I just check on sites like mangadex every now and then. And honestly, most mangas are extremely similar (as most of them are isekai / reborn / exiled from hero's party)
Can you recommend me some good manga?
I'm very happy you included panels from All You Need Is Kill in this video. Underrated as hell.
Ever since I awakened to Manhwa with Solo Leveling, I've been reading more manhwa and manga than I have been watching anime. And ever since Tower of God and Noblesse got anime adaptations, I've been eagerly awaiting the day that Solo Leveling gets it's own glorious anime adaption (preferably by Mappa or Ufotable).
The thing is for me is that I HATE repeating things, so I usually have to choose to either watch the anime or read the manga (which I am usually not aware of before the anime adaptation bc I'm a casual anime and manga fan) 😭😑😭
What I usually do is watch the anime and if I like the concept enough I'll just pick up where I left off with the manga
I just let a lot of time pass
Title: Reject Anime, Return to manga
Me: *That can't stop me because I can't read*
Really needed someone to put that out there or even remind myself. I have to say you delivered all the points and you are doing huge favor to the community. I really appreciate that. You're incredible, thanks!
As a shoujo manga reader you can only read the manga really if you want the full story there are only a handful of shoujo anime that make it more than one season, the revamped Fruits Basket gives me hope that we might get some classic titles fully animated, but yeah when it comes to shoujo and anime you're never gonna get the full experience unless you read the manga
Man... Shit... You are right. I feel like Shoujou used to have a better time and has been falling of over the past couple of decades. Back in the day Inuyasha was just as essential as for the television watcher as DBZ. I feel like it has been a long time since I have seen a longer Shoujou series like Sailor Moon or what have you. It's very depressing. Thanks for that, lol.
@@TheDiabeticGameMaster Inuyasha was shonen, which was probably why it was more accepted, but Sailor Moon was also popular, so who knows.
The one anime and manga that springs to mind whenever I think of a series taking both mediums to the extremes is Houseki no Kuni/Land of the lustrous. However a reader expiriences the story the anime and manga always one up each other in some way and I love both.
Anime has just as many intricacies and details put into its medium, if not more. See the entire concept of eizouken.
Except that most anime adaptations are just manga but with moving pictures. Cannot speak for anime originals tho besides Cowboy Bebop and Neon Genesis Evangelion
I recently got the official English translation of Osamu Tezuka's "Unico" series that has the entire story contained into a single volume. I got it last Christmas after checking out "The Fantastic Adventures of Unico" and "Unico In The Island Of Magic". Apparently it was crowdfunded due to American fans who grew up on the movies demanded on the original manga getting an english translation. I love the hell out of Unico, please tell me I'm not the only person who owns an English translation of the manga.
Manga and books are nice in that they can take their time to tell a proper story without the constraints of a time slot or trying to get it all done in a certain number of episodes. On the flip side, having the right voice actors and animation can really bring a scene to life that stays with you longer than the manga version. Of course, a lot of anime nowadays are just one-season advertisements for the manga/light novel so sometimes it might be better to just stick the with that instead of wasting your time with the anime.
The first manga I read was full metal alchemist, as it was still releasing. What an incredible experience that was for teenage me. Now I'm 30 and the greatest manga of all time, one that matched my age will never be completed... RIP
Why won't it be completed?
Oh
I'm sorry
Berserk not having an ending causes me unimaginable agony
Reject manga, Return to Light novel.
no.
Reject Light Novel, Return to Novel.
@@Aa-tg3fr no it’s reject light novel and return to webnovel
Reject cave wall drawings, return to dirt/sand drawings.
Thankfully more are getting official translations.
The biggest reason I think anime will always have the edge on Manga is music. I don't mind sitting down and reading or the monochromatic visuals, but missing out on the music that punctuates important scenes just flattens the whole experience for me.
Funnily enough certain web novels do have music for certain chapters.
But I enjoy more to listen to my own music during it tbh
I mean I guess, but music isn’t really what gets me invested in anime as I think western movies and television tend to do a better job with it.
@@thomasffrench3639 That's fair, I think there's plenty of Anime that have good soundtracks but it's all subjective at the end of the day.
Atsushi Ohkubo.
He already had weirdly cool ideas in Soul Eater to play with the pages, but the way he's completely destroying the manga limits in Fire Force has been amazing to read in the past years. Panel composition, layouts, the very way he draws pages... it's something so deeply connected to the manga medium that no amazing anime adaptation can fully (or at all) replicate it.
Yeah, gotta give props to Ohkubo! "Soul Eater" was the series that made me into a hardcore weeb.
Recently started reading Spy x Family, Chainsaw Man, and Blue Box among others and it's actually such a delightful time. Highlight of my day when I'm not needed at work and I can open up a chapter for a few minutes
What's Blue Box? It sounds interesting.
@@yunogasai1338 It's delightful so far, it puts me back in an old headspace that's kinda nostalgic and cute. Basically this average player on his school's badminton team falls in love with the star of the girl's basketball team, and due to circumstances she comes to live with him and his family while her family is outta the country. Ultimately the core of the manga so far is about how they learn to treat each other, how to navigate their living situation, and most importantly how they both motivate each other to improve in their fields with the mutual goal of making it to nationals this year in their sports. My initial fear after the first chapter would be that the protagonist would be too insufferable with his infatuation with a nice but blank slate girl, but after the first couple chapters I was pleasantly surprised at how genuine and earnest characters were while having other stuff going on in their lives aside from their romantic interest. Big recommend if you want something cute and sweet with a little bit of depth. There's only 16 chapters out right now so it's still super readable and easy to catch up on 👍
@@SamuraIcarus3 it sounds great!
@@yunogasai1338 It issss! But alas, now I'm finally caught up but there's no new chapter this week so I weep 😅
Manga is the only way we’ll experience the dark continent arc for a long while
Watching Aria and then reading it is a sublime experience. It's astounding how the big moments hit just as hard in the manga and how you can practically hear the soundtrack as you read it.
9:55 Oh, damn. I completely forgot that Lunch was best girl.
Things like Berserk, Vagabond, Real, Pun Pun, and 20th Century Boys make manga essential
More like "return to Manhwa" (laughs in Solo Leveling)
Also if you're gonna read manga invest in a small tablet. Nothing fancy, but it'll change everything.
I have an extremely large phone and it gets a little cramped sometimes but it works. If u have anything less than a note though I would 100% buy a cheap android tablet.
@@peribow yeah get a cheap Samsung, like one of the less expensive 10 inch Tab A models, you're sorted. Can't play Genshin but it'll display comics and manga just fine
thanks for using Launch
I love to see her.
This video came at the perfect time. Not only have I downloaded the Shonen Jumo and have not stopped talking about it, I've also started reading Bakuman (a manga about making manga, from the creators of Death Note.)
Awesome work from your mother's basement haha
I turned more towards manga because it doesn't look like Land of the Lustrous will ever get a season 2 and it really deserves it. The anime was beautiful and was faithful to the manga. I'm very happy I continued the story because the manga is amazing, even if the author's hiatus is killing me (no spoilers but the cliffhanger she's left the manga on is the single most heartbreaking thing I have ever read). I'm really glad overall that I've finally turned more towards manga. Toilet Bound Hanako-kun is fantastic and while I like the anime it skipped some crucial arcs and it doesn't look like it will ever get a second season. The Shadows House manga is SPECTACULAR (the anime was good but had an anime only arc so I'm nervous about how a second season would be handled) and Talentless Nana also doesn't seem like it will continue anime wise but the manga is entertaining. I'm really liking The Duke of Death and His Maid anime so I will read the manga eventually. At this point I'm using anime more as a vehicle to find manga. For some reason I can't find the entire Higurashi manga online for free though which sucks, I really don't want to shill out $230 to Amazon to get the full set.
Talentless Nana is such a great and underrated anime!
Lmao LotL manga is pure depression
I was so curious to see where the story went after land of the lustrous s1 so I looked it up and yea... dont plan on reading it bc phos was the best part of the show and they just brutalized her character
She is on hiatus? I thought that was the end of the manga! I was so sad.
Jolly rancher 3D anime hair awww yiss
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Only the master of all 3 media’s (Light Novel, Manga, Anime) can save us.
I see. A man of culture
You called?
Don't know the difference between heaven and earth
Dude thank you for shouting out Look Back. Holy hell I love it.
I’d honestly love to see a video similar to this discussing Light Novels vs Anime and even Visual Novels vs anime.
I feel like the feeling of being overwhelmed is mostly confined to reviewers, just being overstated for videos. it's literally your job to know every anime and which are worth watching.
it's like looking at a steam library and stressing over the fact that you haven't played every game or at least tried them out (while simultaneously being subscribed to HumbleBundle).
Geoff: return to manga
Me: ha I never left ... but have you checked out the latest light novel?
That describes my entire experience with Japanese media pretty much lmao
I love this video, and I’ll be sharing it ASAP. You’ve encapsulated the many reasons why I’ve done pretty much just what the title of the video says. I came years ago to the inevitable conclusion that reading a manga will nearly always be a far better experience than watching an anime based on that manga.
Personally, I don’t even watch that much anime anymore, since a good manga is almost guaranteed to be a work of art on a higher plane of existence than an anime adaptation. This shift in my focus has been part of my wider rejection of adaptations in general. I don’t watch a lot of movies, either, since reading a book is nearly always going to be a more engaging ride. In the case of manga, the illustrations have also completely spoiled me for those flat anime frames.
Obviously not everyone returning to manga needs to reject anime as much as I have, but I eventually just got tired of adaptations never living up to the source material. For me, there’s no point even acknowledging an adaptation’s existence most of the time.
He talking about cleaning your backlog, me rembering reading all of one piece in seven (exam-)weeks
This only works for some series. Yu Yu Hakusho frankly looks better as an anime than a manga, Outlaw Star's manga never finished, Trigun's manga while longer is more convoluted and it's ending less satisfying than the anime, One Piece's pre time skip anime is perfectly sufficient and the movies look out standing. Kill La Kill doesn't have a manga, neither does Odd Taxi. So while i might prefer some manga, I'm not about to drop anime.
He only did the video for an advertisement
Actually Kill La Kill has it for a long time now
Not to mention mangas like Attack on Titan and Mob Psycho 100 dont even compare to their anime counterparts
I disagree with One Piece to a certain extent. I notice a massive increase in padding in the anime the moment the Water 7 arc turns to the Enies Lobby arc and it stays that way basically all the way through to Wano
@@samboujaiteh3331 I feel the timeskip is when things got bad since the colors and line work got washed out, violence was toned down and it continued like that for a while after. Water 7 they still hadn't caught up wth the manga, and the coloring and line work is excellent. It was near the War Arc things started to get bad.
In my part of the world it's tough to find Manga. I would never see Bunny Girl Senpai, Violet Evergarden (I think that Anime might be better than Manga) - or on that note ANYTHING by Kyoto Animation. Also A Place Further than Universe. Those are all unavailable in my country.
Yeah. I prefer Manga - but it has to be available. Not to mention some titles are Anime original.
Why not read it online?
@@thepastaprogenitor851 Problems with translation, missing pages, you know the drill. Not to mention I like em legal. But I did read Kimetsu no Yaiba online, I'm not saying that I'm some kind of purist. If it is easily accessible AND legal (I bought books when they were available) - I read Manga. But do you know how gigantic are costs of getting like 30 books to my country compared to 1 show based on them? Yes, Yes, Tankobon, but you know what I mean.
@@jannegrey593 if translations and missing pages are the problem, go to a different site or wait for another group of translators to pick the series up. Also, what does legal even mean? You can find plenty of high quality manga on the internet archive and that place is super legal. Also, what's tankobon?
@@thepastaprogenitor851 Tankobon is a book of manga usually (So if you hear that Anime was adapted from 5 chapters - it means 5 tankobons - they usually have couple chapters within themselves). I've read whole Dragon ball before I watched it. It was better (read uncensored). But it's rarity this days. High quality manga on Internet archive - for free? Or just cheaper than Watching on Crunchyroll etc.? I'll check it out. But I already gave everything I could to buy everything possible from KyoAni (no reasons), so it might be a while.
Hard agree on anything Kyoani adapts. I MUCH recommend the dragon maid anime, for example, over its manga. It's like 90% more wholesome.
Halfway through the video and my dude I just have to stop and say you are VERY articulate my guy. God bless.
every suggestion of yours that I've taken has been extraordinary, I will be reading look back as soon as humanly possible -- oh look at that, I've already started it
Manga is legit way to see if the anime version would interest you. They been cases the anime outdo the manga or manga being the best version
I should make a video on why I think you shouldn't jump from anime to manga in the middle of a story (as in reading the Dr. Stone manga after the seconds season of the Dr. Stone anime, avoiding all the arcs you "supposedly" watch already).
I am so happy I started reading manga, it feels so nice to have tons off books and not feel nerdy
I usually start reading the manga if I find the anime good and can't wait for the next episode (did this for Sousei no Onmyouji, BNHA, Naruto, Fairy Tail and Jujuts Kaisen, to name a few)
Same here. I've done it with JJK, One Punch Man, MHA, and Nisekoi
In my opinion, both Anime and Mangá have their strengths and weaknesses, as well as being able to reach different levels of art.
I totally agree with this!
I think it wouldn’t be as much of a problem if we got more anime original series
Ngl the potential to read it in short bursts is prolly one of the biggest strengths of manga because you never have to invest too much time or focus to enjoy it while you're let's say waiting for the bus
"Consider going back to manga"
*me in the corner reading ALL the manga*