Which do you enjoy more: Anime or Manga

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Re: Which do you enjoy more: Anime or Manga

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I enjoy both Anime and Manga, obsessed with both actually :oops:.
However, I enjoy manga just a little more because not every manga gets turned into an anime and there's alot of good reads.
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I definitely enjoy both! Manga for when I want to get ahead of the story, and anime for the presentation in animation, music, voice acting, etc. Both have their separate charms and pluses!
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I enjoy anime better than manga as i can watch it whenever and wherever i want on my phone which is always with me at anytime.
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Anime is great to see it all happen, but manga gets into the details pretty well. It's also nice to see the illustrations up close.
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Post by White Dragon »

They both have their own merits and demerits. Some series like One Piece, I like both manga and anime versions. Some short series, I prefer their Anime. Some short series, I prefer their manga.

It all depends on how well done the Anime is, in choosing manga or anime of the same series.
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I prefer reading manga. It's a lot more visually appealing to me than anime.
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Sadly, I don't read manga. I'm not very into comics but I do love watching Japanese anime!
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I've only watched anime but most of my friends that read manga prefer manga because of the easy of availability. Since I haven't read manga I think I'd go for anime
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I definitely prefer anime. It's just more immersive and I tend to remember the plot and the characters better. I only read the manga if I've already finished the anime and I get to relive some of my favorite scenes in a different format, but I love that I know how dynamic those scenes looked like in the anime.
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I prefer manga, as I generally prefer books to movies or TV adaptations. The only disadvantage of manga, in my opinion, is there are so many volumes in a series it can be hard to find them all.
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I like both anime and manga. I agree that you can control the pacing with manga and you can see much more details than in the anime. However, from time to time, if the story pacing is good, I'm willing to watch anime.
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I love anime more than manga.
Anime storylines are always intriguing in terms of visually viewing it.
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Angela Stripes wrote: 17 Aug 2017, 22:14 I enjoy anime more for the visual aspect. I can get into the story, characters, and themes more hearing the voice inflections and seeing the color choices rather than reading manga.
Exactly!
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I love Manga, as they provide more details into the story that get omitted in the Anime productions.
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I prefer manga as the manga is typically the original story without any of the filler that is put into the anime. There is nothing worse than when a popular anime catches up to the manga and goes on entire filler arcs. I mean, that's what got InuYasha and Rurouni Kenshin cancelled before the manga was finished. I did love the Final Act for InuYasha though and how they just killed off like everyone in the first 3 episodes! Hahaha.

I also read through the manga MUCH faster than I watch the anime.
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