Both have their pros and cons. In anime, you can get kick-ass animation, good soundtrack and COLOR. In manga, you can get better story and character development, since you don't have to squeeze everything into 26 episodes. Me, I prefer manga.

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yeah it sucks that they stopped:|

 

 

 

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well im not very in this... but i think i prefer anime because of the good animation we usually see in that type.

Manga is good too specially because of the story.. but as an overall i prefer anime.

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Manga is the beginning of almost all anime, and anime is the more detailed and active medium. It's pretty obvious that anime is better...

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I prefer anime to manga. Just look at the Evangelion manga. So different from the anime, and it's been about 3 years since book 8 came out! I'm still waiting for book 9, but I don't think it's coming out any time soon. I'd rather watch the anime, which I can actually get all of, then read the manga and waiting for so long for a new volume.

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I have to agree with ShetenshiSenshi and St. Michael on this one, I prefer anime. I've seen manga but I don't really have the time to go buy it. Besides, most anime's free and can present the same stuff in manga with more multimedia.

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What is the difference? They're both cartoons right?

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Anime- Better graphics than the original Manga. Made to be more comical and interesting.

Manga- Some strange drawings at times. You'd understand more storylines. You could see the original story and the author's thoughts.

I'd go with Manga. I have some Japanese Manga here. I use it to study my Japanese. Plus, in Manga, you'd see those times when the Anime strays far from the original storyline.

You see, I'm a big fan of originalism (I'm not sure if there's such a word)
If an anime was originally titled Daa! Daa! Daa! (it's true) I'd stick to it. Some people from Italy who translated changed it to UFO Baby. (I was furious)

Plus I don't like those Dubbed anime. I'd stick to the original voices. I can't stand people straying from the original. It just might be me, but I believe in this strongly.

*hides from alter ego*

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Well there is a really fine line you walk between the two. I really like both of them so i guess i will bring it down to the pros and cons.

Anime:

Pros: Voice Acting - Having voices for the character is always nice, it gives some feeling that that character is real.
Music - The must gives the perfect setting, and really engroses you into the show.
Animation - Being animated, it explains how the daggar is thrown, or how a sword is turned, so your not left with a blank spot between a sword in the air, and then an arm cut off.

Cons: Dialect - Translating from Japanese to english can leave some holes and timing issues. What takes a minute and a half to greet somebody, it has been condencd to a couple of seconds, leaving a dead spot.
Story Line- If the manga came first, the Anime doesnt always follow it, so there are sometimes some strong deviations that are really noticiable.

Manga:

Pros: Story - The stories have to be really indepth, and make you feel like your there, to keep you interested in the story.
Art - Well if your going to be reading, there might as well be some preaty pictures for you to look at while your doing so to keep you entertained, right?

Cons: Plots - Sometimes the plots leave you wandering what happened, and sometimes if you miss a book or two, your left behind and once again wandering what happened.
Animation - the lacking of animation mean just black and white pictures for you to look at, sometimes straining your eyes.


I picked Animation...

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hmmmmmm i do like anime alot but i would have to say manga i can read them and i don't have to worry about everyone sayin somethin about me watchin it anyways the manga show more of what happends in the anime so ya

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