Super Official Anime Discussion Thread

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pokoko said:

It's definitely true that anime and manga have different strengths and weaknesses and sometimes the material is adjusted for that reason.  My go-to example for this is Chihayafuru.  The anime is so good at showing the actual game being played with an amazing sense of speed and drama.  The manga can't match that.  On the other hand, the manga is incredible for showing individual moments where you just stare at the image and feel what the mangaka is trying to express.  It was much better in that sense than the anime.

I like that image...and I definitely agree with the sentiment. Anime does a lot of stuff better, especially in some shonen action where I can't tell what the hell is going on, but I find manga is almost always superior at capturing character emotion. I can think of dozens of times where a manga panel steamrolled me...only to watch the anime adaptation and feel severely underwhelmed.

Like your example, the manga is the material closest to the author's original intention...and that definitely shows in most cases IMO.

pokoko said:

Oh, and, unpopular though this opinion might be, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo bored me to tears and made me totally lose focus on the case and not care about the characters.  It was one of those books where I found myself not paying attention to what I was reading and I'd have to go back over a paragraph because my attention had slipped.  I haven't seen any of the film versions.

It might be unpopular...but I can't say I disagree with it. There's a reason I never felt motivated to move past the first book. It was a just a good expample of something where I vastly preferred the film over the source material...as rare as that is.