Adapting manga, visual and light novels into anime is a fraught process at the best of times, and some titles have become notorious for making a mess of things – though yet others are simply notorious for having snobbish or obsessive fans who resent new arrivals or so much as the slightest change to the original story.
Anime fans supply a ranking of the original works they most strongly prefer to the anime adaptations.
1. The World Only God Knows
2. Seitokai no Ichizon
3. School Rumble
4. One Piece
5. To Aru Majutsu no Index
6. Haruhi
7. Full Metal Alchemist
8. Slam Dunk
9. Blue Exorcist
10. Hidan no Aria
11. Shakugan no Shana
12. Black Butler
13. K-ON!
14. Gintama
15. Bleach
16. Hitman Reborn
17. Kore wa Zombie Desuka?
18. Natsu no Arashi!
19. Hayate no Gotoku
20. Dragon Ball
21. Naruto
22. Majutsushi Orphen
23. Full Metal Panic
24. Tsubasa Chronicle
25. Record of Lodoss War
There is of course much scope for liking both anime and original, but still strongly preferring the original…
Hey, you forgot To LOVE-ru. That anime is just a random mashup of chapters from the manga. Plot isn’t streamlined at all.
Why would One Piece be on this list? Except for being way behind the manga it’s not that bad and it follows the story pretty good.. I even left the manga for the anime at some point not seeing that much of a difference.
What about berserk or gantz?
What teh f♥♥k people.
No Higurashi or Umineko? For shame.
Rosario + Vampire