Anime vs Manga

[NarutoNineTails]

I read some manga chapters that I have seen in anime and it sux. It is so much better to rewatch the episodes. I think I would regret it later if I went ahead by reading the manga rather than waiting for the anime episodes. I think that anime's animation, voice actors and the music make it worthwhile to wait.

[Lukasz]

naruto anime is better than manga. story the same, special effects, music, sound, voices, music again, makes anime sooo cool.
I love manga too but it is worse than anime. but it is funnier sometimes than anime (example: when gai appears after lee's and sasuke's fight before chunnin exam. kakashi's team reaction was so awsome funny :) )
And i can go with manga to bathroom so..... :P

[DonkeyBalls]

Id agree, im not one for manga, it takes away from the action and is a letdown for me, I think the anime is much better then the manga.

[nawar]

the future manga chapters have ALLOT more to offer then the previous ( in my opninion ) but i like manga better becouse it doenst drag as much as the anime....and it keeps you more in suspense

[NarutoNineTails]

Suspense aspect really doesn't change from the manga to anime since the story line is the same. I would say anime can better convey suspense because of the reasons mentioned already.

[DonkeyBalls]

Maybe its just me but reading never keeps me in suspense.

[thompkinsbrian]

I HATE NARUTO

j/k

i like both the manga and anime both have good things and drawbacks.

[snaily sohma]

Hm....both are great, but im gonna go with anime.

[Murchie]

Anime

I'm more into watching things rather than reading it.

[koji_alpha]

I like the anime up til about the beginning of the Tsunade Arc, now it just seems to drag. Maybe because the arc itself sort of drags...oh well. The current manga is great, I love reading it.

[L2Mc]

Manga, art doesn't flucuate between good and bad. but mostly, it comes out faster.

[KeyserSozei]

who actually voted i hate naruto

well then again.. he spelt it Nauto maybe he caught that and voted it because it doesn't mean anything ..
lol either good eye or... you bastard! .. lol jk

[thompkinsbrian]

if you read my post you would see that it is I tht have voted that

[KeyserSozei]

oh sorry =D
i'm lazy to read all of the posts..
i've read over 1000 in the past 3 hours alone..
i'm getting tired

[SillyNaruto]

I agree that the manga has much better art. I actually got started on the manga and swtiched to anime, and i had to say at first i was really dissappointed with the way everyone was drawn, especially Sasuke. I got used to it, but if you look at the manga everyone looks much better.

But i prefer the anime. I like watching something better then reading it, especially if its exactly the same.

[KeyserSozei]

he's totally right...
the manga is usually better in all
cases... but when it comes down to it..
the actuall anime is way better in intensity along with the addictiveness

[Aurora Dark]

I like the anime, because it enhances the fighting scenes quite a bit. Seeing them in full color and animation, and hearing the music just makes it all more intense.

However... the manga tends to make certain things pass by faster.. which is something I enjoy, because I don't like "waiting" for something to happen. I'd rather read 5 pages to know what happens, than to watch 20 minutes of the anime to find out.
Also, I like the artwork of the manga.. some of the characters seem to have more personality than in the anime.

I can't say I prefer one over the other, just depends on what I'm looking for.. character things, the manga; action, the anime.

So I voted both :)

[KeyserSozei]

that's true!!
i hate those scenes where it's sooooo slow
and your like saying in your head
"Hurry up and do it!"
but the manga is much quicker in these instances.
the anime irritates you with the suspense over and over parts..

[Morpheus]

I think both are different art expressions. An anime is more complex to develop, its music, voice acting, animation. It can't be compared. I would like the anime to be more like the manga drawings. Sometimes the animators just seem to be doing a poor job: bad drawings, cheap animation. For example, Orochimaru's battle with Sarutobi was donee with strange drawings and POOR animation, I am sure it could have been much much better. With a great anime like Naruto, that's a crime. Quality shouldn't be changing like that. Not with Naruto, which is so popular. That doesn't happen in Inuyasha, why It has to happen in Naruto? :? An anime is much more than a manga (much more artistic expressions in one), but things has to be done well, like are done on the Naruto manga.

[Sxy n Jts]

For me, reading manga than watching anime is totally boring.... 8)

Anime is better than manga. I like live actions!!!!

[Lukasz]

i agree. that's why i watch then i read :)
sasukes is much cooler in manga than in anime
but kyuubi and naruto are much better in anime than in manga :)

[sakura711]

Yeah, there are times that a character looks cooler in manga than in anime and vice-versa. 8)

But I prefer anime because reading manga is boring. 8)

[Sxy n Jts]

Manga is really BORING!!!!!!!!!
So if you don't want to be bored, then watch anime.

[Yamiko Ryu]

Love the manga!!(i read way to much)In the anime they make some things hard to under stand.

[Kyuubi kid]

Well, for me they both involve reading which really sux and the anime does have a lot of boring fillers, whereas the manga keeps going with the story and nonstop action is happening in each chapter, however I tend to lose interest coz its too much reading. So Im gonna say the anime, the sfx and special effects keep me interested.

[regina777]

somebody finally posted this thread- anime versus manga??
many are the fights i have seen

the safest route is to say they both have pros and cons- right? yes they do
just like almost everything in life-

on my part the addition of music, motion, real life elements to manga to make anime just draws to me anime.
similarly is my love for manga during the quiet times i peruse manga

as at now anime has an edge over manga for me even if it goes word for word scene for scene with the manga

[Mousie]

dam if I could only post badash's voice clip abotu how he feels about manga XD. that would be soo awesome...

needless to say.

for me. I like both. and I expect differences in both.

anime gives me ...OST, clips, music videos, and just the fun of hearing what people are saying.

manga...something i'll read. even if its for teh 5th time. but to be honest. XD I get manga just to have it :P BWAHAHAHAH

[regina777]

isnt it obvious-
manga is a contender here whilst anime is the champion- right? :x

[CRtwenty]

I like them both. Though If I had to choose, I'd say I prefer the manga. It looks a lot more polished then the anime, and there are some frames that are just really, really cool.

[XtinctioN*]

I don't know how to read so I like to watch the anime.

[ o_O ]

[RandomGuy]

Well, its kinda funny posting this in the Anime forum because theres gonna be a lot of bias here id think. Anyway though, I like them both except for a few things. The manga is better in that it leaves room for imagination. There are times in the anime where I thought something was gonna be really awesome from reading the manga, cept I was pretty damn disappointed. A few examples are the Zabuza vs Kakashi fight and the Naruto vs Neji fight. If you look at the mangas for those, everything looks waay more intense than the anime (Naruto looks way more fucked up when hes talking back to Neji in the manga and the Kyuubi stuff looks more impressive, not to mention Neji's cursed seal looks lame in the anime).

On the other hand tho, there are times when the anime does stuff perfectly and its much much better to be able to watch that in action than to try to imagine it. For example, the Itachi/Kisame vs Kurenai/Asuma/Kakashi fight and the Drunk Lee vs Kimimaro fight were much more enjoyable watching than reading.

In general tho, I think the manga artwork is better, so thats a huge plus for the manga...And there aren't any annoying fillers.

[NarutoNineTails]

I just started reading the manga (just read gaiden) and agree and disagree with some of you.

I agree that overall manga artwork is better but some of the fighting sequences just aren't as exciting imo. Too many jumps in frames for the manga so you have to sort of guess what Kishimoto was trying to intend. A good example is Shikamaru vs. Tayuya. That was the time when Naruto got first licensed and I read ahead a bit and I was like huh (with the flash bomb)? Then I saw the anime and it made much more visual sense.

The biggest difference for me is the music though. The sound effects and background music is still top class imo.

[RandomGuy]

Heh yea I totally know what you mean. There are several frames during fight scenes where you have no idea what the hells going on.

[CRtwenty]

That's why I always write a weekly fight synopsis in each manga chapter topic. The manga fights actually do make sense, if you take the time to read them through slowly, rather then just skimming.

[Aurora Dark]

I do think some of them are way too jumpy though. There are a few "wth?" moments that occur from time to time, when someone does something awesome and amazing, and I can't tell what it is :P

[y.o.]

I agree w/ that also, the WTF moments in the manga, but I really like the manga cause Ive always liked comics. But I started oppisite I started w/ the anime 1st and went to the manga, I have read way ahead of the anime and cant wait to c some of these fights animated, not to mention I like how the anime makes the fights better than what the manga can possibly do

If I had top chose 1 I would go w/ the anime, but I dont and I like them both equally, i like the fact that I can just read a manga chap at anytime and it doesnt take long at all but I love'em both

[venin]

i go for anime for i stoped reading since it makes anime boring

[y.o.]

I dont c how the manga can make the anime boring iot doesnt make any sence to me if anything it makes me look 4ward to seein those scences in the manga animated and comparing how different they are


Perfect exm: In the manga Zabuza chopped off that guys head (cant remeber his name) but in the anime he cut him and he fell off the bridge!

[Aurora Dark]

I agree w/ that also, the WTF moments in the manga, but I really like the manga cause Ive always liked comics. But I started oppisite I started w/ the anime 1st and went to the manga, I have read way ahead of the anime and cant wait to c some of these fights animated, not to mention I like how the anime makes the fights better than what the manga can possibly do
Same thing for me too :)

The manga is what makes me excited to see the anime :P And I don't watch the fillers, so i just listen for when a certain arc is starting, and those are the eps. of the anime I watch.
I use the manga as a vague guideline, so I know when to get the eps, and which ones I'd rather skip.
(I do this because I have no room for episodes, so I'd only have to delete them after viewing, so it gets tedious :P)

[venin]

when i saw the itachi killing his family it was very boring for me since i knew everything that will happen.....
that is why i stopped reading it is more exiting this way for me

[y.o.]

well I guess that makes since but I dont think that that scene was animated all that great, I think that it should have been animated and showed some of what really happened, I mean that the anime does better than tha manga anyway

[CRtwenty]

Yea, you get a few "WTH?" moments in the manga. A recent one that comes to mind is a fight where somebody catches a kunai in his teeth. It was really hard to tell what had happened, and looked like he'd just had a knife appear in his mouth.

[whoagorgeous]

manga

[NarutoNineTails]

I dont c how the manga can make the anime boring iot doesnt make any sence to me if anything it makes me look 4ward to seein those scences in the manga animated and comparing how different they are


Perfect exm: In the manga Zabuza chopped off that guys head (cant remeber his name) but in the anime he cut him and he fell off the bridge!

I think Venin is trying to imply the surprise factor in the plot line. If you know what is going to happen in advance (due to spoilers for an example) it just isn't as interesting. That is why I tried so hard not to read the manga. It is better to see an event in animation the first time around than reading the manga imo.

[Aurora Dark]

I personally think it's fine enough to be surprised and amazed when I see things happen for the first time in the manga :P

I like the manga more anyway, so I don't really care whether or not the anime surprises me XD

[y.o.]

I have read the manga and been completely awe struck when I seen it in the anime for exsample garra vs kimi, neji vs kido, but espesially naruto vs sauske, I guess that I just dont considered watching it after I know whats going on after I read it to spoil the experience of seeing it animated! to each yours own, I guess!

[NarutoNineTails]

I guess the real question should be, IF the same manga chapter is animated and released at same time which would you see? If Naruto was a finished series and had full versions of both the manga and anime downloaded, which would you see? I would have no doubts that I would choose the anime.

That is the reason why I refused to read the manga and why I HATE spoilers in this section of the forum. That is of course until I could not stand any more of these recent fillers. So bad...it brings down the overall impression of Naruto anime in general.

[regina777]

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Originally posted by NarutoNineTails
I guess the real question should be, IF the same manga chapter is animated and released at same time which would you see? If Naruto was a finished series and had full versions of both the manga and anime downloaded, which would you see? I would have no doubts that I would choose the anime.


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that will be the real deal
me too-
if given a choice b/n one or the other i will definately go with anime/n one or the other i will definately go with anime

[venin]

well like this ddefinetly anime

[NarutoNineTails]

Well I might have to take back what I said here soon if this hoooorrriiible quality in fillers continue for another 23 weeks...Naruto anime is unfortunately not going to even remain in my all top 20 all time fav. list at this rate.

[regina777]

people will be singing a different tune when the series gets inline with the manga or rather some of the fillers become scintillating episodes well made and crafted but i am pretty sure some of them will have little to know action but pure drama

[Yamiko Ryu]

The manga is not hard to understand :x (Then again i read manga 24/7 and senice who knows when) if you don't understand what happened then how hard is it to look back and see what happened....

[Megamoppy]

I have watched the anime up to 175 and now i just cant take any more FILLER. So despite my original plan of watching the anime then reading the manga i have now read ahead to the actual storyline and its now a releif to know its actually going to get back to being interesting, i understand it needs a gap but it was in danger of losing me and my friends as avid watchers.
There are good and bad points to both formats. The Anime is too drawn out (with flashbacks to things that happend earlier in the same episode) but with brilliantly animated fights and the manga gives the story faster but confusing fights. So i like both in different ways. Sorry to take so long

[KageNaruto]

i like the manga its just so much better. they actually feel like ninja in the manga, unlike the anime where it takes 20 seconds for one attack. hey you can say all you want about having to keep the ep long and wtever, but the manga still ownz, not to mention its more voilent and naruto doesent seem like an idiot nearly as much

[AK47]

i like the manga its just so much better. they actually feel like ninja in the manga, unlike the anime where it takes 20 seconds for one attack. hey you can say all you want about having to keep the ep long and wtever, but the manga still ownz, not to mention its more voilent and naruto doesent seem like an idiot nearly as much
i only like the fight with sasuke and orochimaru in the chuunin exam
that was the only fast paced fight
but manga is better

[andrewc513]

When the same story arc is available in both anime and manga, I prefer to watch the anime. But, I prefer the manga at the moment because there is no Part 2 anime... thats why I've only dedicated my reading time to chapters 239 and up.

[KageNaruto]

i like the manga its just so much better. they actually feel like ninja in the manga, unlike the anime where it takes 20 seconds for one attack. hey you can say all you want about having to keep the ep long and wtever, but the manga still ownz, not to mention its more voilent and naruto doesent seem like an idiot nearly as much
i only like the fight with sasuke and orochimaru in the chuunin exam
that was the only fast paced fight
but manga is better

yeah i agree on that. oro vs sasuke was the best fight in the series so far, if you wanna look at it real ninja--animation wise

[AK47]

yea all that slo mo crap is gay
o wait the one with the demon bros,
i like the speed of that animation, it was cool i thought

[Fool Of Doom]

hmm... well i just put them both because even though manga is faster with fighting, anime looks much cooler

[Drunken_Master_Rock_Lee]

I prefer watching anime cause of the emotion, the japanese voices, and the music. I don't really like the reading in the oposite side than the books in america, it just feel weird.

[AK47]

manga gives you emotion too
you see the character's expressions and all that and set your own mood music
but i like the anime too and the music it goes with

[Valleyman]

I like both the anime and the manga.

[KageNaruto]

so do i but i prefer manga

[sasukepotter]

anime is better when it have fighting and i like to watch sasuke in motion and in anime sasuke in manga did'nt look handsome as in anime(i read it in shonen jump though)

[CRtwenty]

I dunno... I think the characters look cooler in the manga, then in the anime.

[AK47]

yea i like naruto's eyes for some reason
they just look better in the manga
and when kishimoto draws konoha
there is so much detail and everything
eh i don't like reading but it's way better than reading off the subtitles of the anime

[CRtwenty]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v163/CRtwenty/naruto17.jpg

Yea, I really like the detail that goes into the manga.

[AK47]

crap i was gonna post a pic but it was a spoiler damn
here's a link WARNING SPOILER : http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f78/AKim47/?action=view&current=chapter245_05.png
Ilove this pic

[Fool Of Doom]

hmm... looks cool :D

[naruto_guy]

I like the anime because the music give make you get into it. Plus for the manga you have to think and you cant just relax and watch.

[Drunken_Master_Rock_Lee]

No, not really, you gotta read in anime too if you don't understand japanese but i do agree that the music makes a difference.

[KageNaruto]

I like the anime because the music give make you get into it. Plus for the manga you have to think and you cant just relax and watch.

you only have to think if your brain responds 3 seconds late

[AK47]

if you have something called "down syndrome"
then you shouldn' read the manga
...or watch the anime

[sasukepotter]

No, not really, you gotta read in anime too if you don't understand japanese but i do agree that the music makes a difference.

agreed

[NMK]

I read some manga chapters that I have seen in anime and it sux. It is so much better to rewatch the episodes. I think I would regret it later if I went ahead by reading the manga rather than waiting for the anime episodes. I think that anime's animation, voice actors and the music make it worthwhile to wait.

thats just how i think, im reading the manga and watching the anime, though im reading the manga "after" , cause i just dont want to get before the anime. Cause then i'd ruin the long waited "part 2" of naruto :P

[y.o.]

I like the anime because the music give make you get into it. Plus for the manga you have to think and you cant just relax and watch.

Yeah that is a huge advantage of the anime cause it really gets you into what ever is going on, so does the voices!

[narutoIZZAbest]

hmm... i gotta say that both are pretty even now... for me at least

that's cause the anime has so many fillers and even the music can't create a mood for me plus the animation looks different as the episodes go on. they keep changing O_o...

and manga has absolutely no voices and music at all

[CRtwenty]

Yea, but the manga has the cover art, and is a lot more polished looking then the anime.

[Davis]

i voted both,anime has sound and more detail in the fights,while manga has a faster output and gets straight to the point



and if u voted naruto sucks,y r u here?

[Mighty_Frog]

:shock: 2 people actually voted "i hate Naruto"??!! :lol:

I prefer the anime, much better. and reading the manga would just be like a waste of the awesomeness of the anime, because it would spoil it for you, i mean look at the lee-gaara preliminary match, those two episodes had me shivering in my seat with excitement, just reading it and seeing a couple pics of the fight would not excite me nearly as much,
but different people have different opinions so some might prefer to read and spoil the fun so its their loss :D

[CRtwenty]

It's more then a "couple pics" Lee Vs. Gaara took 7 Chapters.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v163/CRtwenty/naruto-10-2-15.jpg

[Mighty_Frog]

7 chaps!!?! wasnt that a little drawn out? I dont think i'd be happy to wait 7 chaps to see the conclusion of a fight, isnt it one chapter per week? anyhow i might turn to the manga soon if fillers dont end.

[andrewc513]

I feel the same way. I never learned my ABCs, but hearing Japanese is a piece of cake. :P

[WhiteFang]

I like them both since I really get in to it watching or reading 8)

As someoen said i think the manga has more suspense, the chapters are much smaller than a episode so most of the times u dont have a clue on what is going to happen next :shock:

The anime is a lot of fun 2, all those battles animations and the musics make it more enjoyable, But u Can also download the OST's and switch musics while reading manga :roll:

[narutoIZZAbest]

Yea, but the manga has the cover art, and is a lot more polished looking then the anime.
yea yea i know-- one of the best things about it. ^_^

[2Pac]

manga and anime is kinda hard to compare. i am bias to anime because i like to animate. and i hate to read but i still like manga just not as much as anime. its basically what u prefer. i prefer anime because im at an aww at how they make an ep per week..........

[andrewc513]

The only downside to anime is that its not good to watch drunk. I've come home many a night at 2am and watched 1 or 2 episodes that just finished. I sleep, wake up, and I cant remember a singly damn thing I watched. o_0 Imagine that...

[KageNaruto]

why the hell would you watch it drunk anyway?

as ive said before i like the manga, and i think the animation the manga gives you is better actually (you know like the movement of the characters you get in your mind)

like i just re-read the kiba vs sakon/ukon and gaara kimi fight and its soooooooooooo much better in the manga

[Masah]

Okay, here's my two cents.

Positive Manga Attributes

Higher quality images of characters.

You can view at your own pace

Requires more imagination

Cool extras, interviews, etc;

Positive Anime Attributes

Voice Acting

Musical Soundtrack

Less work required to view(Yes, I know flipping a page and reading text is SO troublesome.)

More action

Negative Manga Attributes

Cliffhangers(I personally hate them.)

Sometimes hard to understand what's going on.

No musical soundtrack or vocals.

Negative Anime Attributes
Fillers

Sometimes a change in plot(subtle, yet there.)

Less quality images

Sometimes poorly animated fight sequences

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I personally like both, I'm biased I guess because I prefer watching anime fights, but I read manga for storyline and cool extras.

[y.o.]

As far as the the neg effects of mange goes I understand completely, during the action sequence its hard to understand whats going on!!

[KageNaruto]

As far as the the neg effects of mange goes I understand completely, during the action sequence its hard to understand whats going on!!

sometimes but very rarely. for me there were only 3 moments in the entire thing i couldnt understand

[Sol]

I prefer the manga myself. Nice small file size, easy to open and close, small dl time and the story line is much farther then the anime. Plus I can just boot up a pic into paint or photoshop and work on my coloring skills (I suck so dont ask to see one). One thing that I do like about the anime, are some of the fight scene's. Like the fight between Sasuke and Orochimaru was far better in the Anime then in the Manga for me. However I hate the huge file size 700mb+, get a hundred of those and my comp is maxed. I like how I can hold the entire Naruto series and still have room for other things.

[y.o.]

As far as the the neg effects of mange goes I understand completely, during the action sequence its hard to understand whats going on!!

sometimes but very rarely. for me there were only 3 moments in the entire thing i couldnt understand

No ones powers are really explained, nor is the limitaion!

I still dont know what a quincy is capable of, nor a bantou!

And there reitsu, some are so enormously powerful it seems they cant walk down the street w/out bringing evryone to there knees!

And I dont fully understand there swords, and why there are always short cuts that Ichigo keeps doin!

[AK47]

As far as the the neg effects of mange goes I understand completely, during the action sequence its hard to understand whats going on!!

sometimes but very rarely. for me there were only 3 moments in the entire thing i couldnt understand

No ones powers are really explained, nor is the limitaion!

I still dont know what a quincy is capable of, nor a bantou!

And there reitsu, some are so enormously powerful it seems they cant walk down the street w/out bringing evryone to there knees!

And I dont fully understand there swords, and why there are always short cuts that Ichigo keeps doin!
lol why are you talking about bleach all of a sudden

[2Pac]

As far as the the neg effects of mange goes I understand completely, during the action sequence its hard to understand whats going on!!

sometimes but very rarely. for me there were only 3 moments in the entire thing i couldnt understand

No ones powers are really explained, nor is the limitaion!

I still dont know what a quincy is capable of, nor a bantou!

And there reitsu, some are so enormously powerful it seems they cant walk down the street w/out bringing evryone to there knees!

And I dont fully understand there swords, and why there are always short cuts that Ichigo keeps doin!cause its a lazy anime/manga it doesnt want to explain it wants to have a too awesome character and unbelievable things happen. i love Bleach but yaaaaa its turning into a dbz type show

[y.o.]

I feel the same way, that mange/anime had alot of potential and now its like ehh, I dont even watch it much more!

[2Pac]

I feel the same way, that mange/anime had alot of potential and now its like ehh, I dont even watch it much more!yea but where did bleach come from out of this? lmfao

[y.o.]

LOL, I really dont know, I guessed it started gettin compared to naruto!

[Davis]

save it for rhe bleach section