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
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
@@avitaltagar 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.
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.
@@1246-v2t 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.
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.
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
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 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
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 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.
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.
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.
@@daniel_rossy_explica RU-vid 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.
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 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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!
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.
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 🤣
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
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
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
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
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"
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.
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
"I don't like manga cause I don't like to read" Bish if you can't speak Japanese you're still reading the anime (unless ofc you're terribly uncultured). Better to read a good manga than watch another piss-poor, cash-grab, slideshow adaptation.
I like watching anime, but that last point hits hard. They really need to learn how to adapt for anime more. And people say the west needs to improve for animation.
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!
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.
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.
@@なにいってんの-s5e 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?
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!
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 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
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) 😭😑😭
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
"you might think reading is for nerds" imagine being a weeb and thinking you're NOT a nerd lol :'D anyways you're right and should say it. I feel like I'm spending more and more time with manga and less with anime the older I get. There's also better options for LGBT content.
Late to the party but I have a few thoughts on this as well. I don't think Manga is superior to Anime but the simple fact of the matter is that Anime is often a degraded copy of a Manga. The creator likely made all of there decision with the fact that it would be a Manga sitting at the back of their mind. Taking a story made for one medium and trying to adapt it into a new one will always degrade it. I feel like the only way to do this right is for the creator(s) of the original work to be skill in both Manga and Anime production and for them to basically make a new product based off of their original. All of this is to say, I want less adaptation and more anime originals SPECIFICALLY designed for the medium.
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
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.)
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
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.
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 👍
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
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)
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.
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.
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
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
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
@@edlie6541 I’m not a devoted manga reader (only occasionally) , but I believe (for me at least) manga is much easier to get through, so you can read more stories instead of wasting a week on a lengthy anime that turned out to be mediocre at best. Some anime definitely do the manga justice, but sometimes the budget runs dry and the animation gets crappy.
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
@@smjaiteh 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.
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
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 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.
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).
if y'all want a recommend manga (or the chinese ot Vietnamese equivalent, cant remember), something i often go back to is 1/2 prince. great story, not too many chapters, all tied up in a pretty bow. its an older one, and its video game centric with some crossover to real life, especially as the story goes on. great read, it'll take you less than a week to get through
I have already read 1591 chapters of manga this year alone, has it all been greatt? Fuck no, but reading is fun and nothing feels better then seeing a new series start and it becoming a huge phenomenon (look out for Blue Box and Mashle, those two will end up big)
i just checked on my main go to website for manga for how many chapters i've read in the last 4 years total and its above 10k, and thats half of what i read in total at most because i bought a disgusting amount of Manga and read a lot of stuff on other sites. Yes i have problems and yes i read manga every day for multiple hours. the bright side of the whole thing is, i get on average at least 10 chapter updates per day from my ongoing series i read.
Agreed. And it's kinda not even close. Sure the manga lacks voice acting and music but the fact that the manga evokes emotion better even without the advantage of music speaks volumes of the power of manga.
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.
I read manga. My wife only watches anime. I'm often reading arcs and years ahead of the anime we're watching together. Time and time again I've been frustrated as we sit through Fullmetal Alchemist, The Promised Neverland, Tokyo Ghoul, etc because I feel like she's getting a compromised experience. That said, she seems blissful in her ignorance so...
Yeah, most of the anime adaptations (even the good ones) usually are a compromised version of the manga :/ they rarely are better than the source material
I get it, but she probably just enjoys watching it more, so for her reading would compromise the experience. Also normally the wife is the one reading from what I heard. Interesting switcharo
I've never really read any manga despite having read so many books I stopped counting. Maybe its time I give them another chance, especially considering so many of my favorite shows never got fully adapted (or anime original endings. And we don't talk about shows with anime original endings.)
My hero academia has been on and off recently, but the earlier seasons, including season 4, were absolutely amazing with the animated fights and music along with them. I might begin reading the manga alongside the rest of My hero academia in order to appreciate what isn't getting included right now, or to get some more satisfying pacing.
