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wow. i've started two GTO threads in one day. i must be obsessed.
as a rule, i generally am more partial to manga than anime, with a few exeptions (i'm not such a fan of nausicaa, but i like miyazaki anime, and while the Fy manga is a little to shojo for my taste, the anime has a flare to it that i like). In the case of Gto, i feel that while the anime butchers a good story into poorly paced episodes, it a one damn good anime. and i would like to think my standards are pretty high. speaking of high, i love it in the theme song video when he swaggers naked out of the bathroom and before you realize that hes just stoned he looks... well... questionable.
that is all.
orochi X
07-06-04, 04:21 AM
I haven't read the manga so I don't know what parts the anime butchers up from the manga, though I would like to get the manga .. just the parts which aren't animated in the anime.
Actually, I had more trouble getting into the manga than I did getting into the anime, and I hated the anime for the first few episodes. Eventually the anime grew on me, and now it's one of my favorites... but I haven't gotten past volume 2 of the manga even now.
In what way is the manga butchered?
i loved the manga from book one. i gues it's just my taste. and them anga might not be butchered, but i am a sort of purist and have to see the manga transfered perfectly to the show.
i loved the manga from book one. i gues it's just my taste. and them anga might not be butchered, but i am a sort of purist and have to see the manga transfered perfectly to the show.
Hmmmm.
But at the same time, what would be the point of watching the anime at all if it weren't different? If you've read the manga, then you know exactly what happens... so why would you waste the time and money to watch the anime?
I guess when you get attached to how the manga portrays things, you want the anime to have the same vision of it. But it can get a bit boring and pointless when things are exactly the same. The manga and anime can use the same source material, but then take it in different directions... and they can both still have successful stories. It's the little changes that can make things interesting.
I get tired of "purists" whining about things not being exactly by the book. :)
Are you telling me you've never read a book or seen a movie multiple times? if i want a new story, i'll read a new manga or watch a new anime. the point of anime-izing a manga is not to get a new look at it, but to see the story you like again, in a new format. if you watch an anime with the hopes of getting it changed, then you're looking for the wrong thing. why not not watch the anime of you did'nt like the sotry enough to see it agian? yeah, there's a thought. :hmmm:
and who's whining? im just posting an opinion.
Are you telling me you've never read a book or seen a movie multiple times?
What the hell does this have to do with anything? Reading a book multiple times, or seeing a movie multiple times, you already know there aren't going to be any changes to it. They're not going to change the book or the movie in between viewings, so your comment is completely irrelevant.
if i want a new story, i'll read a new manga or watch a new anime. the point of anime-izing a manga is not to get a new look at it, but to see the story you like again, in a new format.
That may be the point for you, but that's not necessarily the intention of all the directors who adapt manga into anime. Sure, some series are as similar as possible, but other series have some differences, which is what happens when there are different people behind the helm of two connected projects. If you don't want to see differences, then stick to one medium or the other.
if you watch an anime with the hopes of getting it changed, then you're looking for the wrong thing.
If you watch an anime with hopes of seeing it be exactly the same as the manga, then what's the point? Just read the manga. Save both your money and the money of the anime companies, so that they can create original storylines for once.
and who's whining? im just posting an opinion.
Jeez. Calm down. That's what that smiley face is there for, to show you I was speaking of so-called "purists" as a whole, and not pointing fingers at you. You seem to be a tad bit paranoid.
I just get tired of people always complaining that "they didn't do this the way I wanted it to be done!" If you don't like it, then find a producer, a team of animators, a bunch of musicians, and a handful of voice actors, and go make your own "faithful" reproduction of the source material. Just... stop... complaining.
What the hell does this have to do with anything? Reading a book multiple times, or seeing a movie multiple times, you already know there aren't going to be any changes to it. They're not going to change the book or the movie in between viewings, so your comment is completely irrelevant.
I disagree. if i want changes to the story, i don't see an adapatation i see an OAV. and i realize that they arent going to change the book i read, but the idea is that it has to still be interesting the second time around, and that is why it wouldn't be boring if the anime was translated completely from the book.
That may be the point for you, but that's not necessarily the intention of all the directors who adapt manga into anime. Sure, some series are as similar as possible, but other series have some differences, which is what happens when there are different people behind the helm of two connected projects. If you don't want to see differences, then stick to one medium or the other.
this is why the thread is entitled my opinion of the GTO anime. because this is what I think about it. not what i want to change about it, or what i think everyone should think about it. and i never said i didn't know why there are changes, i just said i prefered it when there aren't.
Jeez. Calm down. That's what that smiley face is there for, to show you I was speaking of so-called "purists" as a whole, and not pointing fingers at you. You seem to be a tad bit paranoid.
please tell me, in what way shape or form, can you tell from my post that i need "calming domn." even if you were speaking of purists as a whole, since i have identified myself as one, your comment obviously applies to me, as well as other people. since that is the case, it is not unreasonable to assume that you were saying hat i was whining, smiley or no, and since you cannot determine my tone of voice or anything of the like from just that message, there is no reason why you should thijnk that i needed calming down. it seems stupid to think that you would percieve that simple arguement as me being upset or anything like that. i was just making a statement.
I just get tired of people always complaining that "they didn't do this the way I wanted it to be done!" If you don't like it, then find a producer, a team of animators, a bunch of musicians, and a handful of voice actors, and go make your own "faithful" reproduction of the source material. Just... stop... complaining.
again, i'm not complaining, i dont want the anime changed, i'm just posting an opinion. thats all.
Of course you're entitled to your opinion.
All I've been trying to say is that keeping an anime strictly by the book could stifle creativity that might breed something even more enjoyable. Having a different vision of the manga can bring out different aspects of the manga and the characters that you wouldn't have seen just from reading it through on your own or having it faithfully reproduced in anime. Just my opinion, but I'd prefer to be able to see others' interpretations of the characters of a manga I loved rather than just to see things laid out exactly as it is in the manga. ... But nevermind.
Dammit all.
I don't know what it is, but there's something about the way you reply that raises my hackles. Since it's probably just a personal hang-up rather than anything you intentionally do, I'll apologize for ruffling your feathers and move on before I stir up any more pointless hostility.
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