Why do you prefer manga over anime, /a/?
>>139069402
more variety.
I don't. Most anime are panel for panel recreations of the manga anyway and are therefore better. K-On anime > K-On manga for example
Don't have to worry about poor adaptations, low budget animation, bad VA.
List goes on.
>>139069468
By that logic, manga is better
>>139069468
this only happens to dumb slice of life shows
though seriously, if you're only watching anime, you're missing out, because so many shows are based on manga series that keep running for years and years after their 1 cour anime finished airing
>>139069402
There's more of it.
>>139069402
Production quantity is high, and production costs are lower. Makes it easier to find stuff that Iike.
Plus I can consume at my own pace. Reading speed.
Because there are a lot more good manga than there are good anime.
the art is much better and more true to the artists intended vision
mangas that run in a magazine get color pages too you know
also because the manga is the source material for the anime, and when adaptations get made it's more of a reinterperetation of the source material than a 1:1 replication
>>139069402
There's more of it, and a lot of anime is based off of manga anyway. So since the manga is usually first (unless both the manga and anime are based off a light novel) I can usually get the same story earlier with the manga, which just renders the pool of anime I might watch even smaller. Quite apart from that it's more accessible for me, since I have a shitty internet connection and downloading manga is quicker than anime. I also read pretty quickly, so I can absorb manga faster, which is nice for binging.
>>139069428
This and it's easier to take at your own pace.
>>139069680
Oh, also, manga's easier to translate in addition to being easier to produce, which means the available pool is growing at a faster rate.
>>139069468
The weakness is the in-between frames. They lower the average quality of the art, assuming the source art isn't trash.
>>139069777
>easier to translate
this doesn't mean shit when scanlators are so flaky that they disappear, disband, or otherwise drop your favorite niche manga series without warning, and since there's such a sheer volume of series that go ignored by scanlators, nobody is going to pick up the slack
>>139069402
some anime is great
some manga is great
categorical evaluation only serves to undermine individual productions
>all these newfriends from crunchyroll
go read bakumon, it pretty much explains in detail the process of manga and animeone shot -> manga -> anime
better stories mostly
even as anime adapt the manga not only are the adaptions the tip of the iceberg, being adaptions quite a few things are abridged.
that and it's quicker to get through a chapter of a manga than an episode of an anime
>>139069986
>bakumon
>>139069402
Anime is for bad adaptations, moe/slice of life shit and selling mech toys.
>>139069402
>more variety, fills more niches
>usually better quality and more complete than the adaption
>is usually credited to only one or two people, so quality depends solely on their talent rather than budget and different contributors
>easy on the eyes due to lots of white space, black lines and creative paneling (as compared to western comics)
>easy on the ears because the possibility of a bad OST or voice acting is nil
>you can easily read a series much faster than you can watch it
>can read at your own pace rather than being left at the mercy of the director
>can give your eyes a break without having to pause and unpause or risk missing something
I would say that a great anime can be a better experience than a great manga, but there are more great manga out there.
>>139069986
>not watching mangirl instead since you can do it in only 20 minutes
>>139069402
I just like the format better. Still frames feel like they give more precision in the choice of what's shown, and there's more freedom in the page layout (I guess anime can use split screen and stuff to imitate paneling, but that's not too common), and it goes at the reader's pace instead of one second every second.
>>139069675
>mangas
>>139069468
Isn't K-ON like the worst example there? It goes far beyond simply being a panel for panel recreation. Anime like that are pretty worthless.
>>139069879
But the size of the industries don't even compare.
>>139069986
You seem like a newfag yourself.
>>139069986
people talk about "indie" anime
manga pretty much already is that the mangaka are in the same production process as novelist so whatever idea they come up with, chances are will be created (unless you are from JUMP then the manga has to be DB, it's kinda their policy). Could also talk about doujinshi for those that cannot get their manga professionally published but lack of quality control usually means most of it is porn, gay porn, and 2hu porn.
anime just has to take those series and actually adapt them
A shit ton more variety and actually has an ending, even if some of them do drag on for years. You know how /a/ always complains that there's not enough shows about X, Y, or Z? You can usually find a manga or two about those subjects, if not more.
>board is called /a/ - Anime & Manga
>newfags only watch seasonal anime
pretty shit desu
>>139070433
>"how come there are no horror anime /a/?"
>think of quite a few horror series
>all of them manga
every time I go into an "why doesn't anime have X" thread I always have to remind myself "he's not talking about manga"
>>139070554
Uzumaki is really good
>>139070554
Tell me about it.
>why aren't there more series about college students or working adults?
Fucking 99% of the manga I'm reading isn't about high school kids.
>>139070335
> unless you are from JUMP
If you literally only write for one magazine, then you're going to be limited whether or not it's WSJ. You can get a wide range of ideas published because you have a wide range of magazines and publishers you can peddle your ideas to.
>>139070621what's one of your faves?
>>139069402
I prefer anime over manga personally. I get a lot of enjoyment and appreciation out of the several things anime can have that manga can't have (such as the OST).
no historical series in anime (unless you count Berserk)
>>139070648
Most recent one I read is Ad Astra, about the 2nd Punic war.
I love both. But I prefer Anime simply because when it's done right, it expands on everything I once loved and doubles it.
I prefer reading than hearing the sound of horrible VAs
>>139070621
I read a ton of manga about high schoolers and high school-aged kids, honestly, but I never saw why it should matter. School doesn't even figure in most of them, it's literally just the age range of the MC. Fucking Guts was a high school aged kid during Golden Age.
>>139070891
harder for some to self insert if the kid is 8 years younger than you
>>139070918
But self-inserting is the criticism they use against high school MCs.
lot of qualities that anime has over manga
too bad anime gets most of these qualities wrong
the voice acting doesn't sound right
the coloring removes the details and makes the series look flat
shoestring animation budget
only thing anime usually gets well is the music
>>139070891
It's not the age, it's the setting and the strong correlation between school and shitty pandering that involves schoolgirls
>mahou shoujo
>slice of life
>original anime
>COMPLETE adaptations or shows where one is practically guaranteed
If something that's one of those isn't airing on any day of the week, I'm probably reading manga or least working on my backlog filled with shows that are.
>>139071001
Wasn't anime invented to reduce the cost of animation in the first place?
>>139071159
TV anime got off the ground because Tezuka asked animators to work for unreasonably low pay in order to get funded in the first place, and never got around to paying people decently.
>>139071211
I think he's talking about limited animation and the abandoning of Toei's quest to be Disney.
There's simply more quality drama in manga. Anime is light and fluffy to appeal to a large audience. I like dark and serious stories.
>>139071516
Posts like these are why I always feel a little twinge when I say I prefer manga.
Because I'm a yurifag.
>>139071516
those are too depressing though
>>139071607
I could put in other words and it translates to more variety. More variety means more quality stories. More color of palettes, more themes, more ideas.
>>139071516
that post is stupid
popular series like AgK and SnK you can argue aren't good, but they certainly aren't "light and fluffy"
the colors and digital effect make them look more glossier than the gritty black and white of manga, but the subject matter isn't better because manga is "darker"
Likewise lot of great manga are fluffy as fuck the tone != quality
>>139071674
oh god this
I love the fuck out of yuri manga but yuri anime I can't stand. movements are unnatural, when they kiss it looks and sounds disgusting rather than cute, and overall it just doesn't have the cute feeling that yuri manga has.
though that's probably just my personal preference. That and most "yuri anime" aren't even yuri.
>>139071674
Yeah, I feel you, nigga
>>139071836
>when they kiss it sounds disgusting
holy fuck this
>>139069402
/a/ is full of animeonlyfags.
Manga does overall theme and atmosphere way better.
Like character deaths, tragedies, accidents.
Anime for some reason doesn't have as much impact for any serious settings/tones. When someone dies, most the time I might feel a little bit, but with manga it hits hard.
Can't really explain why.
Anime does comedies and SoL better.
And 4komas are all better as anime.
>>139072012
But you and I are here.
>>139072054
hello friend
>>139072029
Well the music paints a big picture for emotions. Just hearing an emotional song combined with the perfect timing of a scene and the right dialog can make you change emotions instantly. This is one of the reason visual novels are so great. But you don't see it as often in anime because there's not enough quality material out there.
>>139072108
I can definitely agree with that, but like you said it doesn't happen in anime often.
VNs certainly are an emotional wild ride. Especially if they do it right, like using a certain music track during all the good times with a certain person, and then using the same music as they're on their deathbed speaking their last words. You don't think about it consciously, but it hits you hard.
