TRC: Anime vs. Manga

[Hack]

manga of course, it's more detailed

[moezychan]

XD Is there any reason to ask? Does ANYONE prefer the anime? Seriously, though. I almost never prefer the anime over the manga, but I feel this way far more towards Tsubasa and HOLiC. (About the only series where I prefer the anime is Revolutionary Girl Utena... the manga s*cks badly.) As beautiful as the music and VAs are, the animation and adapation are usually awful. I'll continue to watch and even buy it unless it goes even more downhill, just for the very well done parts, but I will always prefer the manga.

I'll admit the poll might have been a bit out of place, but my main goal here, as stated, was so we could dicuss rationally. I've seen a lot of members on the forums say that the anime isn't bad, but don't bother to back up why it isn't bad. I wanted people to state reasons. That was my true goal.

[Rekall]

XD Is there any reason to ask? Does ANYONE prefer the anime? Seriously, though. I almost never prefer the anime over the manga

Ditto.  It's extremely rare for me to watch an anime after I've read the manga anymore because I always end up disappointed that the anime version isn't as good as the manga.

The only times I perfer anime over manga is when the series is based off of something else.  For example Kyou Kara Maou is based off of novels and even though there is now both an anime and a manga I like the anime better (although the manga is also fairly good).  Miene Liebe is another example except it was a video game first instead of a novel (the ML manga is really bad compared to the anime and CD dramas).

[Airashii]

Whoa, it seems that nobody likes the anime...wonder why, BeeTrain?

Anyway, the manga is soooo much better. The detail, their emotions, the funny faces Fai and Kurogane make, it's all unique in the manga. More funny and more violence...hehehehe...^o^.

[Capella]

I voted for the manga, obviously, but everyone has explained the reasons already so I don't feel the need to elaborate. I love the anime music, and there are certain parts I like (Outo and Shara/Shura), but overall there really is no comparison. It doesn't help that I prefer manga to anime as a medium in the first place (I just would rather read, and read over and over again than watch something on a screen).

[tidus_oz]

I voted for manga definitely, but the anime have a lot of good music in it. But the storyline progress in  manga is fast and the story become more complicated. As expected from CLAMP

[xxxholic]

I prefer the anime, just like the rest of the people here. But i am surprised that there are no votes for the anime version of TRC. I totally blame that on BEETRAIN. They certainly did wrecked the whole series for me by editing tons of things that happened in the manga. And to think that they practically made Chii and Kuro canon almost made me freaked out. But i guess i was only looking too deep into things.

All in all, i agree with most of what has been said.

[xOLight_AngelOx]

well i like both and always have

[Chang]

i like both coz they're equally good ^_^

[Møon Li]

I like both... though I would prefer that every detail and the story, was the same way... I mean no changes betwen them.

[TrC_ChRiStI*]

I like both... though I would prefer that every detail and the story, was the same way... I mean no changes betwen them.

hahaha i think both, too but in the other hand the manga is more complete and u can underestand it better , but the anime is more realistic because the caracters are like interesting xD

[Tatasenko]

CLAMP's work can never be equalled by their anime counterpart because there are so many details in the manga that it would be impossible to convey everything on tv support,the productors are forced to do a compression,and it works more or less 

[suzine]

CLAMP's work can never be equalled by their anime counterpart because there are so many details in the manga that it would be impossible to convey everything on tv support,the productors are forced to do a compression,and it works more or less

Heh. It works as "less" in the X TV anime (24 chapters for the whole X storyline+ the tacked-on ending. "Condensed" doesn't begin to cover it).

Voted for the manga, too. While the anime has beautiful music, the manga's far more complex and interesting, IMO.

Plus, BeeTrain, WTF?
1) Baaad fillers, no cookie! If CCS, DBZ and Inuyasha can manage good (and occasionally great) fillers, than so can you! Put a bit of effort into it, willya?

2)  Really, most people aren't that stupid. And anime appeals to people older then 10. You can show blood, drinking and all if it's relevent to the plot or amusing.

[Syaozen]

Manga all the waaay.

Emotions are horribly done in the anime, as with action sequences which are usually one image slightly moving, lol. Most of all, hardly any blood.

Not that I wanna see Syaoran get all bloody or anything, but it just makes the series seem a lot more serious than the anime makes it.

It's also really monotone and that makes it pathetic, really pathetic. I hate Syaoran's voice actor as well. The first episode where he was like crying for help, it was like he wasn't even putting any emotion in it as for the manga it was one of the important scenes of how determined he was.

I hate Bee Train. Period.
I agree, no animator can match CLAMP's beautiful artwork. I witnessed it in front of eyes in AX2006, when meeting them for the autograph. But C'MON, BEE TRAIN?? Ugh. If CLAMP is gonna do a series involving all of their past works into one, it has to be CLAMP that helps animate it and direct it, not freakin Bee Train.

Anyway, I thought CCS went magnificiently well even on its own storyline. I would love to have those animators do tsubasa, but I guess it's too late. The only thing that'd make me happy from the tsubasa anime is if they make like, the other Syaoran with the CCS Syaoran's voice. Then maybe my love for the series will finally kick in for the anime as well. I can't even imagine how they're gonna pull one of Syaoran's incantations with the current seiyuu.

[Tatasenko]

the only thing that is really worthy in the anime are the music,which are totally wonderful,a true opera 
moreover they always match perfectly with the actions,so it helps us bear the mediocre quality of the animation 

[Sailor Yue-chan]

did i vote in this poll? O_o

manga is definalty better. by far. the only part of the anome tath was done good was the movie. tho there was pretty minimal actuion in it, the animation was done far better. the character designs matched the manga designs better than beetrains. (the only beef i have of the movie character designs were the eyes. fai's eyes needed to be bigger and brigher and syaorans needed to be a shade lighter.) otherwise everything, right down to the length of fai's hair was done terrificly. beetrain on the other hand, i dred every second of tokyo, from kamui and kurogane's face off at the start

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i seriosuly doubt we'll see kuro use his technique on kamui like inthe manga. no wall slamming for that fight

  to the current situation its better to leave that kind of thing to the imagination then to see betrain ruin it. (i SEIORNLY hope they atleast gett the GOOD animaters to do tokyo, not the F-Up animaters they had at the start of shura. kamui is cute, but i dont want my first impression of him in the anime to be wonky

[Tatasenko]

Beetrain MUST animated CLEARLY the recent chapter if we ever want to see some wonderful AMV based on Kurogane and Fai  (if they do a awful job,the "Mokona's kidnappers" guild will show them what a "angry fan" means  )

[Tricky]

The manga, obviously because its 100% CLAMP.
The anime belittles the characters and what they go through and ALL of the relationships. They try to come up with something new, a scene done differently, or in the Ashura/Yasha situation more scenes, but it looses the effect and meaning CLAMP originally planned for it.
The anime lacks feeling.
....The soundtrack is good thoguh....

[Renaya]

of course the manga yayy....And I guess others already made the point 

[Mairi]

I'm another one voting for manga. Every single one of my favorite, most adored scenes in the manga were completely omitted from the anime. The characters look strange, move strangely, and lack everything that makes their manga selves endearing. When the anime came out a while ago I was really excited about it, and downloaded the first 3 episodes.

...I only made it through one and a half before getting bored, and I'm a very patient person.

Now, I understand why they've dumbed everything down, but I can't understand the complete lack of quality and characterization in the anime. Even with severe limitations for blood and drinking, I'm sure this could have been handled better. u_u

It's a little difficult for me to word how much more emotion is being expressed through the manga, but (I won't get into spoilers, so don't worry) when chapter 120 hit, I can't believe how much my heart sank at the last page. I was actually very much into a different series at the time and almost forgetting a little about TRC, sadly, but after that chapter I had trouble sleeping that night. I talked about it for the next two weeks. I have seen more episodes of the anime, and it has never had that impact, and never could with the style it has fallen into.

Ahhh, I've talked so much. u_u (Also what I have said has been mentioned in everyone's posts already, so probably this is pointless...)