More often than not, an anime adaptation of a manga series is a cause for celebration. The story is now going to be exposed to a much wider audience, fans will get to see all the exciting moments they moved from the original drawings animated in color, and a chunk of the anime-watchers will then go and read the manga.
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That said, some things do change in the adaptation process. And, one thing specifically is that a lot of times the actual art style of the manga or mangaka author is usually changed. So, let’s look at some examples of series that have done this.
6How A Realist Hero Rebuilt The Kingdom
First up is an isekai story calledHow A Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom.In it, a young man by the name of Kazuya Souma is suddenly whisked away to a fantastical world, handed the position of King, and told to fix the country of Elfrieden for the better. Frankly, Souma does a fantastic job. But, the anime not only changes the pacing and line of events from the original light novel and subsequent manga, but it also has an entirely separate style from both of them as well:
There are fans that don’t prefer one style over the other, but most of them tend to have one they adore and the anime is usually not it.
5The Saga Of Tanya The Evil
Youjo Senki,otherwise known asthe Saga of Tanya the Evil, is an interesting case. This story, likeRealist Hero, originally started as a light novel, then a manga adaptation six years later, and finally an anime adaptation three years after that.
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And, along the way, fans developed extreme opinions on each of the three mediums, considering they all had different artists and directing. For example:
Overall, the general consensus seems to be that the manga is the best middle ground for both art style and writing.
4Gate
Yet another example of a series that started as a novel, became a manga series, and was eventually adapted into an anime. And, out of everything so far,Gateprobably has the most differences between the art styles of all three mediums:
None of these are “bad” art styles by any means, and they all have their own unique pros and cons.
3Bungou Stray Dogs
While the art style differences between theBungou Stray Dogsmanga and anime are noticeably enough to warrant it being on this list, it’s sort of the middle-of-the-road example.
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And, the reason for this is simply because the anime is mostly faithful to the style of the characters in the manga, but not the style of the art itself. To elaborate on this a bit more:
To be fair, the difference between the two versions of the story can be found in a lot of different anime adaptations, as these moments of white space or harsh black and white contrasting moments work well on paper but not so much when animated.
2Jujutsu Kaisen
This next example is one where the differences between anime and manga are completely up to the individual as to whether one is better or worse and why.
1Made In Abyss
Funnily enough, for as beautiful as theMade in Abyssfantasy world is in the anime, the actual source material didn’t put nearly as much detail work into the backgrounds or environmental art of the Abyss itself. To compare the two:
And let’s not forget the newest game that came out as well,Binary Star Falling Into Darkness,which is beautiful in an entirely different way.
