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What are some adaptations with huge disparities in quality between the source and the anime? (ani.social)

submitted 2 months ago by Butts@ani.social to c/anime@ani.social

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This question straddles all three of anime, manga, and light novels, so I figured I'd just drop it in the anime community first. Though if it doesn't belong here, feel free to delete it and I'll go somewhere else.

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I've only been watching anime for a few years. This year, I've started reading manga and LN of some anime I've seen. There are a few titles where I feel like the anime adaptation was just as good and there are some where I feel like it was better. Fortunately, I haven't encountered any cases where I think the anime completely dropped the ball, but I know there probably are some like that.

What are some titles that have huge disparities in quality between its anime adaptation and the source?

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[–] Endmaker@ani.social 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

What are some titles that have huge disparities in quality between its anime adaptation and the source?

Source > Adaptation

One of the recent big-name disappointments would be Chained Soldier (source: manga).

Another prominent one is One Punch Man season 2 (source: manga).

For non big-names, Bofuri season 2 dropped the ball (source: novel).

I also felt that the anime adaptation for Undead Unluck could have been way better (source: manga).

Adaptation > Source

Probably most adaptations involving music, such as K-ON! (source: manga).

There are probably lots more out there but these are just the ones where I have consumed both the adaptations and their source materials.

I find that in most cases, when a non-original anime is crap to me, it is because of a weak story and poorly-written characters. As such, the root cause of the crappiness is the source material.

[–] Butts@ani.social 2 points 2 months ago

Scorching hot take: for last season's ecchi offerings, I liked Chained Soldier more than Akogarete.

OK, mods may now ban me forever.

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