Aion
Time-Traveller
Which would you chose if God/myself came down from paradise and forced the decision upon you?
For an otaku I'm sure it would be the most difficult choice imaginable; even more troublesome than forcing him or herself to buy clothes instead of manga/anime. Let us hope that God is more merciful than myself.
At this moment in time the choice is an easy one for me to make: Manga. I haven't been truly into an anime for a lengthy period...it's been too long for me to long to remember the last 10/10 anime experience. I have the motivation to finish most of what I watch but I lack the sort of drive that allowed me go on 13-26 episode marathons in the past. On the other hand, my manga drive is at the highest it has ever been right now and I'm finding myself reading a ton of it, often spending a good few hours reading when I start.
Manga can never match up to an anime that has a high budget, is faithful and has brilliant direction - black and white pictures vs. motion with colour isn't a fair contest. But very few anime adaptations manage to combine the additional fluff with an accurate representation of the source material, which leads fans who have read the manga first to hate the anime for being different and, depending on what's done, inferior in terms of story, characters and dialogue. With animation studios making as many average series as they do, it's better to just seethe story how the author intended it to be seen.
It would pain me to be unable to watch my favourite anime series (there are some bloody good adaptations out there!). There are many series that aren't based on a manga, such as my #1 anime, and I'd obviously have to forget about those if I went for manga. However, in a situation where only one option can be selected, manga is the clear winner in my mind at this moment in time.
For an otaku I'm sure it would be the most difficult choice imaginable; even more troublesome than forcing him or herself to buy clothes instead of manga/anime. Let us hope that God is more merciful than myself.
At this moment in time the choice is an easy one for me to make: Manga. I haven't been truly into an anime for a lengthy period...it's been too long for me to long to remember the last 10/10 anime experience. I have the motivation to finish most of what I watch but I lack the sort of drive that allowed me go on 13-26 episode marathons in the past. On the other hand, my manga drive is at the highest it has ever been right now and I'm finding myself reading a ton of it, often spending a good few hours reading when I start.
Manga can never match up to an anime that has a high budget, is faithful and has brilliant direction - black and white pictures vs. motion with colour isn't a fair contest. But very few anime adaptations manage to combine the additional fluff with an accurate representation of the source material, which leads fans who have read the manga first to hate the anime for being different and, depending on what's done, inferior in terms of story, characters and dialogue. With animation studios making as many average series as they do, it's better to just seethe story how the author intended it to be seen.
It would pain me to be unable to watch my favourite anime series (there are some bloody good adaptations out there!). There are many series that aren't based on a manga, such as my #1 anime, and I'd obviously have to forget about those if I went for manga. However, in a situation where only one option can be selected, manga is the clear winner in my mind at this moment in time.
