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Space Pirate Nithiel wrote on 2015-07-27 10:32
The act of watching anime is kind of depressing.
By its nature, the majority(if not all) of anime are based on manga. Unfortunately, this means that 90% of anime will never finish their stories. They will exist until ratings drop, and then the series will end, whether the story is finished or not. And many times the show ends just as the story is getting to the best part.
Sure, you could read the manga to finish the story, but after you've watched the anime reading it just isn't the same.
I don't know, maybe its just me but that seems really depressing. All the unfinished storylines, questions left unanswered, fates left unknown. Will the guy get the girl? Will they save the world? What's the deal with that magical artifact? Will they ever make it home? Why did they have to die? You'll never know, because the ratings dropped so we're ending the series here.
Watching anime is an act of self-hatred. You know it can't possibly end well, but you do it anyway.
:cry:
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Qnjo wrote on 2015-07-27 14:29
Waiting a whole week for next episode is even worse, maybe that'll cheer you up.
Keep in mind that anime is mass-produced in Japan. Most of the series are there simply to boost the sales of source material, not the other way around. But still, 90% is an overstatement. There are many original projects and visual novel adaptations and those are usually complete finished stories - go for them. You can also follow the news and check if there is another season planned.
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Drizzit wrote on 2015-07-28 05:05
Stick to non-manga based anime, or ones where the manga is already finished. They're usually nice and short, just a couple seasons with no filler.
What really depresses me is knowing the Berserk manga will probably never
finish either. :gloom3:
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Sebbies wrote on 2015-07-29 03:23
Quote from Drizzit;1282940:
Stick to non-manga based anime, or ones where the manga is already finished. They're usually nice and short, just a couple seasons with no filler.
Only issue is that anime-original series are in the minority. Out of all the new shows airing this season, only ~8 aren't adaptations. The season before? ~4. The rest were all adaptations of manga/light novels/visual novels/video games.
My own solution (not a real solution) was to start reading (and eventually watching) RAWs.
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GODZILLA wrote on 2015-07-29 04:44
Hardly any giant robot anime have this problem, so just watch those
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Quote from Drizzit;1282940:
What really depresses me is knowing the Berserk manga will probably never
finish either. :gloom3:
Why would that depress you? It'll live on forever with JoJo and One Piece, all having anime/movie adaptations that have zero chance of getting cancelled
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Space Pirate Nithiel wrote on 2015-07-29 10:11
Quote from GODZILLA;1283012:
Hardly any giant robot anime have this problem, so just watch those [Image: http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/047.gif]
Most giant robot anime end with half(or more) of the cast dying, so that's a whole different set of problems. :smoke2:
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Osayidan wrote on 2015-07-29 11:35
Manga kind of has the same issue though, only difference is it's usually ahead of the anime. Still have to wait weekly, and manga takes a lot more breaks than anime does, sometimes going weeks at a time with no update. Then there's some manga that update monthly (or worse).
Manga isn't immune to getting cancelled either. Some manga don't say they got cancelled but they suddenly end in a big rush of events that leaves a lot of unanswered/unresolved points compared to the rest of the manga that you have to conclude the artist either decided to quit, or the publisher forced him to finish up quickly and go home.
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Drizzit wrote on 2015-07-30 02:12
Quote from GODZILLA;1283012:
Hardly any giant robot anime have this problem, so just watch those [Image: http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/047.gif]
Why would that depress you? It'll live on forever with JoJo and One Piece, all having anime/movie adaptations that have zero chance of getting cancelled
Because I want Caska to be cured, and I want Guts to punch Griffith's pretty-boy face in, dammit, and at the rate the manga updates, the author will be dead before either thing happens.
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Sebbies wrote on 2015-07-30 04:23
Quote from Osayidan;1283021:
Manga isn't immune to getting cancelled either. Some manga don't say they got cancelled but they suddenly end in a big rush of events that leaves a lot of unanswered/unresolved points compared to the rest of the manga that you have to conclude the artist either decided to quit, or the publisher forced him to finish up quickly and go home.
Yeah that's terrible. Too many times I've invested in a series that suddenly gets the axe, closing out with an awful ending or sometimes, no ending at all.
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EndlessDreams wrote on 2015-07-30 04:39
I think it doesn't only apply to anime only. It goes for just about a lot of non-anime stuff as well. I seen a lot of non-anime stuff get the axe just because there isn't the ratings to support it.
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Intimacy wrote on 2015-07-30 12:27
And that's why you watch hentai, fully filled plot, engaging storyline, well flushed out and in depth character design and most are done with only 1-2 episodes!
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Osayidan wrote on 2015-07-30 18:15
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And that's why you watch hentai, fully filled plot, engaging storyline, well flushed out and in depth character design and most are done with only 1-2 episodes!
Hentai is useless
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Qnjo wrote on 2015-07-30 21:43
Animated hentai is mostly mainstream, casual crap anyway. The true way to go is doujinshi - those are barely censored and meant for people with more refined taste.
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makoto wrote on 2015-07-31 06:41
i actually prefer manga over anime despite having watched way more anime than having read manga
so i guess this doesnt apply to me
i think anime make good companion pieces to the manga
and also aku no hana
i sure fucking hope to god if they ever make boku wa mari no naka into an anime and its the same shitty rotoscope...