If you look at these, you will realize One Piece’s slow pacing in some arcs isn’t that bad.
Sometimes, we’re dissatisfied with the adaptation. However, most of the time, it’s not that bad — at least compared to the adaptations of these 5 beloved manga.
The first season of Tokyo Ghoul was pretty solid. It still didn’t really do justice to the amazing manga, but it was good on its own and hard to complain much about. Then Season 2 was anime original, destroying fans’ hopes.
And then it got even worse. :re, the second part of the manga, was adapted with no regard to the skipped content — and also crammed 180+ chapters into two cours. Oh, and it was barely animated by the end. The series definitely deserved better.
Record of Ragnarok (Shuumatsu no Walküre) runs with a crazy premise of historical and mythological figures battling it out with humanity's fate at stake. It’s essentially a giant tournament arc consisting of nothing but fights — and the adaptation didn’t exactly deliver.
The anime of Record of Ragnarok doesn’t really make any significant changes to the story. It’s simply not animated well. When your anime is about action and most of the action is a slideshow, it is not a good adaptation.
Deadman Wonderland might be very edgy, but it is also very entertaining to figure out the mysteries. The anime, though, just kind of… ends without providing any answers.
This makes it feel meaningless and annoying to those unfamiliar with the source material. What was the point in adapting it in the first place?
Negima! Magister Negi Magi (Mahou Sensei Negima!) is a manga by Ken Akamatsu, the mangaka behind the iconic harem series Love Hina. Negima’s multiple adaptations are a mess.
The manga slowly drifts from harem to battle shounen. The first season of the anime is lackluster in the visual department. The second has the iconic Shaft visuals, but has almost nothing to do with the manga.
The rest are OVAs and movies that adapt select parts of the manga — and are impossible to follow unless you’ve read the series in the first place. The sequel manga, UQ Holder, also has an adaptation, which requires reading the original series, and only adapts the prologue. Oof.
Now, Berserk’s first adaptation from 1997 was amazing. Well-made all around, it was received very positively, and fans practically begged for more.
The Golden Age Arc was re-adapted into three movies, but since the original anime already covered them, they weren’t exactly relevant. And then, in 2016, Berserk finally got a sequel… and many fans wished it didn’t.
The new Berserk adaptation was made in horrible CGI and had atrocious sound effects. These were, arguably, the least of its problems, though: it also speedran the story and made it nearly incomprehensible. Fans wanted a proper adaptation on the level of the old anime, and they didn’t get it.
If you look at these, you will realize One Piece’s slow pacing in some arcs isn’t that bad.
Sometimes, we’re dissatisfied with the adaptation. However, most of the time, it’s not that bad — at least compared to the adaptations of these 5 beloved manga.
The first season of Tokyo Ghoul was pretty solid. It still didn’t really do justice to the amazing manga, but it was good on its own and hard to complain much about. Then Season 2 was anime original, destroying fans’ hopes.
And then it got even worse. :re, the second part of the manga, was adapted with no regard to the skipped content — and also crammed 180+ chapters into two cours. Oh, and it was barely animated by the end. The series definitely deserved better.
Record of Ragnarok (Shuumatsu no Walküre) runs with a crazy premise of historical and mythological figures battling it out with humanity's fate at stake. It’s essentially a giant tournament arc consisting of nothing but fights — and the adaptation didn’t exactly deliver.
The anime of Record of Ragnarok doesn’t really make any significant changes to the story. It’s simply not animated well. When your anime is about action and most of the action is a slideshow, it is not a good adaptation.
Deadman Wonderland might be very edgy, but it is also very entertaining to figure out the mysteries. The anime, though, just kind of… ends without providing any answers.
This makes it feel meaningless and annoying to those unfamiliar with the source material. What was the point in adapting it in the first place?
Negima! Magister Negi Magi (Mahou Sensei Negima!) is a manga by Ken Akamatsu, the mangaka behind the iconic harem series Love Hina. Negima’s multiple adaptations are a mess.
The manga slowly drifts from harem to battle shounen. The first season of the anime is lackluster in the visual department. The second has the iconic Shaft visuals, but has almost nothing to do with the manga.
The rest are OVAs and movies that adapt select parts of the manga — and are impossible to follow unless you’ve read the series in the first place. The sequel manga, UQ Holder, also has an adaptation, which requires reading the original series, and only adapts the prologue. Oof.
Now, Berserk’s first adaptation from 1997 was amazing. Well-made all around, it was received very positively, and fans practically begged for more.
The Golden Age Arc was re-adapted into three movies, but since the original anime already covered them, they weren’t exactly relevant. And then, in 2016, Berserk finally got a sequel… and many fans wished it didn’t.
The new Berserk adaptation was made in horrible CGI and had atrocious sound effects. These were, arguably, the least of its problems, though: it also speedran the story and made it nearly incomprehensible. Fans wanted a proper adaptation on the level of the old anime, and they didn’t get it.
