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?
mo_lave@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Source > Adaptation
Steins;Gate
Clannad
The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan
A Silent Voice
Adaptation > Source
4-komas, typically (Bocchi the Rock, K-on)
Senpai is an Otokonoko
Violet Evergarden
Your Lie in April
Insomniacs After School
Say I Love You (except for episode 12, which I think is anime-original)
Sound Euphonium
pipariturbiini@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
I think Steins;Gate is very subjective. The original visual novel translates quite well into a linear anime format, especially considering it was not hit with the 12 episodes curse like Chaos;Child. You do miss Okabe’s internal monologue, but IMO it is not a probelm.
Steins;Gate 0 however, was impossible to make into a loyal adaptation. They did a good companion for the visual novel though.
mo_lave@reddthat.com 2 months ago
I’m more certain of my opinion in SG:
spoiler
4°C is in the VN
Vibi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I LOVE music anime, especially the ones you listed off. It would feel so off not having the accompanying music with their stories.