Top 25 Inferior Anime Adaptations
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Jul 8, 2011 14:13 JST
- Tags: Adaptations, Comparison, Light Novels, Otaku, Production Controversy, Rankings
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…
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Dagashi Kashi Oral Insertion Anime
Attack on Typing “Take Down Titans With Words!”
Okusama ga Seitokaichou OAD Sensually Sudsy
Phantom World Cute & Deadly
Nami Nude Mod for One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 Surfaces
Subarashii Sekai Pantsu Pilfering Abounds
Angelic Nina Figure
Sankaku App 1.4: Comments & Personal Recommendations
Valkyrie Drive Mermaid BD Works Up A Lather
Megadimension Neptunia VII Not So Disturbingly Sexualised
Cowboy Bebop Figure Skating Out Of This World
Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut Sexier Still
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Top 20 Anime of 2015, According to Non-Japanese Fans
Ayanami Rei Ero-MMD Absolutely Abusive
Naughty Cat Keyhole Lingerie Exposes Serious Pussy
Pokémon Super Bowl Commercial Highly Inspirational…
Evangelion 3.33 PV Provokes Mass Anticipation
Odile Ero-Figure Sheer Tony Quality
Yuika Itano Newcomer AV Promisingly Sexy
Iona Ero-Cosplay by Komugi Taking on Water
Cute Kashima Cosplay Full of Elegance
Umaru Ero-Cosplay by Asami Hamsterific
Goddess of 2ch: “Pink & Soft All The Way!”
Kuroneko Cosplay by Mikehouse Full of Life
Busty Hotaru Cosplay Delightfully Delectable
Adorable Ati Cosplay by Kaieda Kai Kemonomimi Chaos
Momo Velia Deviluke Cosplay Bursting With Bridal Beauty
Skimpy Sonico Cosplay Barely Contained
Kumiko & Reina Cosplay Hardly Blows At All
I think the anime adaptation of TWGOK is quiet good though.
The music is great, the animation is ok and its faithfull to the manga.
The only thing I want to change is the seiyu of Keima. Instead of Hiro Shimono I wanted Jun Fukuyama.
i can picture it now... keima saying "2d is always better than 3D" lelouch style and legion of otaku shouting "ALL HAIL 2D".
HAIL!
By the way, 3D to 2D is also always awful, Adaptations are pointless and the fail.
They did something like that in Mayoi Neko Overrun, only with bloomers...
Wow... that's exactly what I thought when I was reading the manga. I was imagining his voice.
I was reading the TWGOK manga and I don't see what is such a huge difference. In a way it's not the most remarkable manga anyway. Just another gag manga.
Maybe they're angry the anime version didn't get a deluxe Hayate no Gotoku or Sora no Otoshimono level of treatment.
don't get what you mean
Just the animation quality I guess.
TWGOK's 2nd season didn't seem to have the animation quality of the 1st season. They could and probably should have aimed to do more with the original material like the really good manga conversions do. Some episodes in the first season really stood out, for example.
Jun Fukuyama would have been So Perfect!!!
*Crazy Lelouch Voice*
MWAHAHAHA~! THERES NO WAY YOU CAN BEAT 2D YOU 3D PIGS!
lelouch with a harem. THAT i'd watch!
THE WORLD GOD ONLY KNOWS FTW!!!!!
It's true dude! The Manga and Anime pics and story are so goddamn similar!
I never watched the series but I thought a lot of people praise the anime for doing a good job
Way to troll with that Steins;Gate image considering it's not even on the list.
Yozakura Quartet, Dance in the Vampire Bund, Air Gear
all those goes astray and killed the original(and they thought an OVA can save it...)
I'm surprised to see there's no Chaos;Head.
I'm surprised to see there's no Fate/Stay Night
Freezing while an amusing series (well I enjoyed it anyway), wasn't exactly faithful to the manga either.
Skipped and re-arranged certain events which lessened the overall impact that it could've had. Thought that was a bit of a shame.
theres neither fsn nor tsukihime or claymore, but lodoss made it... funky
Claymore was a solid adaptation, if you ignore the ending.
It should be there, the anime is definitely inferior to the VN. Though admittedly the Fate route is the weakest anyway.
I'm surprised there is no Zero No Tsukaima. Then again, the Light Novels are also lame.
Btw, Record of Lodoss War? That's a surprise.
I'm surprised that "fans" can barely go back a season or two for their "Top/Most X" lists, but somehow can go back over a decade for Lodoss. (I'm assuming they mean the TV series and not the 2-decade-old OVAs)
I'm more surprised that the two Negima tv anime aren't on here. The current OADs are wonderful adaptions but the two tv anime were terrible adaptions (though, I'll admit that I liked Negima!? despite all the changes).
I saw the picture and was like "Oh. That's probably going to be in the top 3 of the list."
Artefact is always deceiving us.
Yeah what up with that
I assumed Steins gate picture is there because it is an example of a big change, but it is still just as good, just in a different way.
The visual game is in XBox!
Should have been very hard to make a perfect adaptation for the game, BTW, i prefer some character on the anime over the game(like Daru who looks more realistic). S;G is in my Top5 anime :)
Or finished airing...
A Subliminal message by Artefact perhaps?
again this list sucks, a lot of my favorite animes are here. but considering Madoka is the only thing worth of praising, according to Otakus, I guess is no surprise.
Madoka is not on the list also because it's an original production not based off some existing manga or light novel.
He didn't say that Madoka should be on the list. He said they only praise Madoka and hate everything else.
Mahou Sensei Negima too, that anime crashed, but the manga is still going fine
Another ranking by someone random. I bet Tsukihime would be a baka gaijin mention. "There was a Tsukihime anime?"
Nah, there's certainly no Tsukihime anime
There is Tsukihime anime.
Shingetsutan Tsukihime
What's it called?
Just follow the god damn original and everybody will love you.
So obvious, so simple.
use "yare yare" please! XDD
Say it like it is, Kyon!
Yes! that's it! now just shake your head while doing a facepalm. :)
Plus if it sucks you can just blame the original.(Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei reference anyone?)
I think the only reason they don't is because anime per episode costs waaaay more to produce than a manga chapter. So they alter appearances and some story elements to fit their target demographic better, in order to capitalize profits. In addition some story arcs are to long or to short (even if they are perfect in manga form) to make sense in anime adaption.
Sooner or later more people will have to realize they need to treat anime and manga as two separate beasts; and remember to treat the anime adaption of a manga, or the manga adaption of an anime as 2 separate yet equal stories with no comparison between the two unless they are identical in every respect. Then again the same can be said of books and movies, as they often vary greatly from one another, and yet everyone still complains that the book is better.
LIKE A BOSS
*facepalm XD*
Haruhi does that
How can K-On be on the list? Each chapter was only something like 8 panels long. It'd be like being pissed off at a Charlie Brown episode based off of 1 peanuts strip, obviously something has to change or it'd only be 45 seconds long.
Because the anime turned K-ON! from a simple story about some mildy cute, simply-drawn girls who play music into food for lolicons and anyone afflicted with moe madness. IMHO. Just tweak the art and add to the cuteness factor and you have an anime.
You don't have to do anything to schoolgirls to turn them into food for lolicons.
lately everthing is turned into moeblobs. sigh
objection!
Also the manga designs were cuter... the anime character designs ... ugh... their spines and hands...
They might be referring to fan service, or the lack thereof in the anime.
Yep, let's not forget the missing Mio's shimapan scene...