Happy New Year!

This week's post comes from our member VawX. Let's assume you find a good completed series that has both an anime adaptation and a manga adaptation. With all other things being equal (such as quality, plot, etc), which media would you consume? I left out choices between which one was the original adaptation or which got farther in the plot, so this is just between the merits of still images vs. moving images.

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Question: What's your favorite villainous laugh?
Choices:
Ohohohoho - votes: 939 (7.6%)
Fufufufu - votes: 1507 (12.2%)
Hahaha - votes: 191 (1.5%)
Heheh - votes: 154 (1.2%)
Ahahaha - votes: 206 (1.7%)
Muahahaha - votes: 972 (7.9%)
Mwahahaha - votes: 923 (7.5%)
Kekekeke - votes: 707 (5.7%)
Hyuk hyuk hyuk - votes: 187 (1.5%)
Woah oh oh - votes: 38 (0.3%)
A true villain instills fear with a mere smirk - votes: 6247 (50.7%)
Other - votes: 261 (2.1%)
There were 12332 total votes.
The poll ended: January 1st 2016

I guess the smirk option is a bit unfair... I'm wondering what would've won if I took out that choice. Although "Fufufufu" did win of the other choices!

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Depends.
But, if I'm short on time, I'll Watch anime first, read manga later.
Otherwise I'll go with what I get my hands on first, by that I mean, What(Anime or Manga) I've found first while hunting for something new to Read or Watch.

@lambchopsil - Unfair! Maybe. But, in norm, most people always love(and choose) the coolest way of doing things. And that doesn't go otherwise for Badass Masterminds(or random regular thugs on the streets maybe).

Last edited by MinatoAce at 11:20 pm, Jan 1 2016

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The question is, is only the manga "reportedly good", or the anime as well? If the anime is good, I'll just watch it, and screw the manga. But if the anime has bad reviews, then I will never watch it, and just read the manga. I would never do both, unless the anime ended before the manga did. Then I'd just pick up the manga where the anime left off.

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Read manga first, then IF it seems like it could be a good anime and/or I've heard good things about the anime, I watch the anime later. Not directly after reading the manga, a few months to years later usually.

Lots of things factor into this one, for me, so I can't really vote on the poll.

1. Which is the original medium? I prefer the original.

2. The primary genre(s). If it's action/adventure, sports, supernatural/fantasy, horror, sci-fi, or mystery, I opt for the anime. If it's romance, slice-of-life, school-life or comedy, the manga.

3. If there are too many episodes in the anime (ie: more than 1-3 25-episode seasons or its equivalent), I'd go for the manga because my bandwidth usage has a monthly limit.

Though there are exceptions to all the above, they're the general points I go by when deciding between the manga and the anime, provided they both follow the same plot. If the plot differs, of course, it's a no-brainer: I go for the one with the better plot.

Last edited by calstine at 5:38 am, Jan 2 2016

It depends which was first. If it was a manga, I'd read it first and maybe watch the anime later. If it was an anime, I would probably skip the manga.

same with calstine, I prefer the original medium.
I find many titles have better story and more enjoyable in their original medium.
e.g. Fullmetal Alchemist.
The first anime adaption is good in its way but still cannot beat the completed story of the manga version. Thankfully they made FMAB, one of the best adaption.

Many anime titles nowadays adapted from ongoing manga series, and I don't really like it.
First, they tend to end the anime in one season with new storyline (mostly not a good one) which left a bad impression for me.
Second, sometimes they do really want to continue with the same plot as the manga, so I have to endure the pain of waiting until the chapters are enough to be made into another anime.
Third, they've already aired the first season but then it isn't well received so there would be no second season TwT

Ahh. the pain of wanting to watch and read at the same time TwT

Smirking isn´t as badass as some of you think as it is usually a trope underlings and half-strong characters engage in so i as you all the question Why So Serious?

Our overlord left out the option which is the originating source so i have to sustain this time. Manga is the superior medium of the 2 as imagination and skill are usually the only budgetary constrain with comics but that doesn´t relay help me so i can only repeat that the source wins in 98% of all cases in any medium.

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I generally watch the anime and if it is good enough I also read the manga, light novel and visual novel...
It does happen that I stumble upon a great manga and read it without even knowing there is an anime, YKK is a good example. It isn't something I check for, I check for the medium I want at that time and don't really care about original version.

Anime, since I enjoy hearing voice acting and music. I often find English subtitles more enjoyable to read than the manga translations.

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No choices are suitable for me:

Read or watch adaptation (whichever it is) first, the original later.

Few of you realize what "all other things being equal" means or have read my initial news post

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I always watch the anime first, and then, if I like the anime I'll read the manga.
Some mangas don't have animes, most of them actually, so it depends... if it's a manga I like or a mangaka I like, I read the manga before watching the anime.

I have read the Ceteris paribus wiki and a few series as Monster fit the bill of being truly equal but i will still go for the source first which may vary so i still consider the poll to be flawed by design despite your note.

Edit: And we all forgot about novels! Half of the site is dedicated to them by now...

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For a new series that has both id usually "Watch anime first, read manga later". I would do this cause reading the manga first is always more of a gamble. This is cause the manga version is usually done better them the anime (cause they arent always faithful to the manga). Some time the anime does the light novel adaptation better than the manga though. Over all this means that if i read a great manga than go to the anime, if it doesnt do things right or undercuts the manga, than i usually get mad or disappointed. Its easier to watch the anime then read a better manga than vise versa.

A few recent examples of why it sucks to do the opposite is the mangas of Tokyo Ghoul, Akame Ga Kill and Gate Jietai Tatakeri. These are 3 that i read right before the anime came out and was amazed by how great is was. This mad my expectations for the anime really high. All for it to come crashing down once i watched the anime. Tokyo ghouls first series skipped a bunch of stuff and its second series completely butchered it. Akame ga kill strayed from the manga for a lesser outcome and Gate completely remade the series into a cookie cutter, moe harem manga when it was way more. These are examples of how reading the manga first might ruin an anime. The opposite usually wouldnt affect me that much. Id just be like "oh this would have been better".