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Any Anime whose source material is better?

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I tend to prefer anime in most cases- but I also want to get the full experience from a story. So what are some anime whose source material is better hence I should read/play it it.
I digged some and most people said
Pandora Hearts, Tokyo Ghoul. If there are more let me know.

Removed 5y
The manga was my childhood, but the anime is complete trash.
MegaMan NT Warrior
CModel 5y
Golden Kamuy
OppaiEmperor 5y
Yakusoku no Neverland Season 2: Just read the manga. I can't stress that enough. The fact that the score dropped from an 8.32 in the beginning of January to now a pathetic 5.96 on MAL is all you need to know about it.

Yakusoku no Neverland 2

Sauce: https://myanimelist.net/anime/39617/Yakusoku_no_Neverland_2nd_Season?q=yakusoku&cat=anime
- siddhant26 5y
  Yeah the collapse was pretty shocking. I will go for the source for sure.
- gwenvis 5y
  it's not like the source material is even all that good but i still don't understand how they destroyed the adaptation so much.
- Removed 5y
  How bold of you to put a link to My Anime list in Anilist
Removed 5y
Tower of God
Kazahana 5y
The movie is still good, but it just skipped a lot:
Umibe no tranger

I love the anime with whole of my heart, but the manga omg:
Noragami

The animation of the anime is godtier, the story meh. So yea ofc the manhwa is better:
God of High School
This does also count for Tower of God and Noblesse (although I haven't seen the anime of those).
redDawn12 5y
This was probably repeated already and ik its low hanging fruit but Promised Neverland S2
mrmooshe 5y
Higurashi (VN) and Umineko are two good examples.
Higurashi is regarded as a good anime but the VN is much better because of the time it takes to flesh out the characters and specific point of view narrative.
Umineko's adaptation is really bad but the VN is an amazing experience.
Both can be found on steam.
- siddhant26 5y
  Cool to see a VN Fan, I do have them carted will purchase them next month
Weeble 5y
Death Note
A Silent Voice
- alohsin 5y
  woah. you're the first i've seen say the death note manga is better than the anime. care to say how?
  Weeble 5y
  i think that the manga has more detail when it comes to certain things and details, though i will admit that the scene in the anime that goes on before L's death (that wasn't in the manga) is pretty fuckin good
  alohsin 5y
  okay, i’ll read it one day cause i really love the anime. thanks!
  Weeble 5y
  also i might add, i prefer the black and white drawings over the full color animation tbh
  bagelandcoffee 5y
  and i was over here thinking i was the only one who prefers black & white drawings
  continue this thread →
Dimmadeezy 5y
Berserk
The Berserk manga is an absolute masterpiece.

Kenpuu Denki Berserk
The 1997 adaptation is my personal favorite anime of all time, even with it's flaws.

Berserk
Berserk 2
The 2016 Berserk adaptation is without question one of the worst anime I've ever seen. Period.
- VIsForVector 5y
  Is the 1997 adaptation worth watching even if I have not read the manga?
  Dimmadeezy 5y
  100%. That's actually how I was introduced to Berserk in the first place.
  
  I watched the 1997 anime (which ends on a massive cliffhanger) and immediately went to read the manga because I had to know what happens next. The 1997 anime cuts out some material, but nothing too major. If you're interested in checking out the anime, I'd highly recommend it.
  
  Also, the soundtrack is AMAZING. It does such a good job of setting the atmosphere for the series, I genuinely can't imagine reading the Berserk manga without listening to the old 1997 ost along with it. Kentaro Miura (creator of Berserk) even admitted to listening to the soundtrack from the 1997 anime while he writes new chapters. If that's not an endorsement, I don't know what is.
  VIsForVector 5y
  Okay fair enough you have sold me.
  Dimmadeezy 5y
  Enjoy!
Kanochiiii 5y
Tonikaku Kawaii
I really liked the anime but the manga is even better
Duvet 5y
Medaka Box
slabdrill 5y
The answer is... most things that have a source material. It is pretty rare that you find an anime that is actually better than the source for someone who enjoys both mediums equally (most lighthearted sol is better as anime probably)

There are very few things that I've actually seen both the anime and the source material of; I usually only one or the other.
One show I did see both of (with manga > anime) is Ura Sekai Picnic.
I was also told by a friend to try the visual novel of SteinsGate, as it's supposed to be much better than the anime.
Removed 5y
Fullmetal Alchemist

The manga is objectively better than both of the anime’s. The original has a lackluster ending and is boring to sit thru. The Brotherhood version has comedy during serious moments and it’s still boring. The manga is better because the plot has no humor, pacing depends on the person and characters have more personality to them.
laveil 5y
Tokyo Ghoul

Definitely. First season wasn't that bad I guess, but Tokyo Ghoul Root A was genuinely awful. I don't think I've ever gotten actually mad watching anime before, but Root A really did it for me.
sranime2011 5y
Berserk
It's kinda shocking how much better it is in the manga
Juble 5y
at least top 5 best fictional piece every made

One Piece
hentaimomoko 5y
Most of them tbh but here are some of my top picks for manga > anime
Citrus
Tokyo Ghoul
Elfen Lied
Bloom Into You
A Silent Voice
The last two anime adaptations are pretty spot on though
MustardVampire 5y
Sankarea Undying Love
The Promised Neverland
Akuma no Riddle Riddle Story of Devil
Battle Angel Alita
Chibi Vampire
TenQ 5y
My youth romantic comedy is wrong as I expected
Anime adaptation was trash since it cut out way to much of Yukino's interludes and Hachiman's simpmonologues
Slam Dunk
Anime didn't cover the best arc
CamTheCritic 5y
nearly every single one lmao
HotTakesCharlie 5y
A Certain Magical Index
Railgun got a good adaptation, I can't speak for Accelerator since I haven't read its manga, but Index's adaption was nearly abysmal. Its low budget shows throughout, with poor animation and pacing, which culminates in Season 3 where J.C.Staff squeezed ~10 volumes of the light novel (around 2000-3000 pages of content) into 26 episodes.

It's a shame, because the Raildex world is fascinating, and Kamachi Kazuma wrote such an intriguing story with a cool MC just for it to be turned into a generic harem anime with a boring self-insert protag. It's especially sad since its sister series Railgun was clearly given more budget despite being a side story.

The music is still pretty great, and the voice acting is well done considering the circumstances (I think Accelerator was Nobuhiko Okamoto's breakthrough role, and my personal favourite voicework of all time), but once you've got a feel for how the characters speak, reading the novel is 100x better.
ContentContent 5y
pretty much any manga adaptation
orin 5y
tenkuu shinpan
ModChan 4y
The thread "series where the manga is better than the anime?" and it's comments have been merged into this thread.

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- Removed 4y
  i know anime adaptations are good too, but i wanna which shows i should read instead of watch for a better experience
Abraham05 4y
Ajin
Nerimuriya 4y
Tokyo Ghoul
Babilonw 4y
Gantz
Deadman Wonderland
Soul Eater
for soul eater i would recomend to watch the anime till cap 36 and continue the maga in cap 38
- Waterlilliy 4y
  I love Soul Eater! The first volume looks a little off but the longer the manga goes on the better it gets.
Erfan 4y
Berserk
One Piece
OnePunch Man
TheHeartPirates 4y
every manga is better than the anime if the source is a manga most of the times
- ManRandom 4y
  So is it "every manga" or is it "most of the times"?
hnnnhnng 4y
Soul eater and death note

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