There’s an endless debate about the separate merits of anime and manga series, which makes it particularly interesting when an anime adaptation strays away from its complementary source material. By and large, anime adaptations use the original manga as a guided framework on how to tell their story. However, there’s no hardened rule that anime must faithfully adapt their corresponding manga.This schism can irritate the series’ established fandom, but there are also plenty of instances where anime actively improve upon their manga through bold changes and revised ideas. A wildly different anime adaptation doesn’t mean that the original manga should be forgotten, but sometimes a truly unique approach works so well that it becomes hard to complain.Neon Genesis Evangelion is largely heralded as one of anime’s greatest series and much of its strength comes from Hideaki Anno’s radical changes to the nihilistic mecha narrative during its second half. Evangelion’s general premise where dangerous EVA units are used to battle against apocalyptic Angels remains the same, but the manga functions more like a generic mecha action series.RELATED: 10 Anime Adaptations That Don’t Do The Manga Justice
There’s an endless debate about the separate merits of anime and manga series, which makes it particularly interesting when an anime adaptation strays away from its complementary source material. By and large, anime adaptations use the original manga as a guided framework on how to tell their story. However, there’s no hardened rule that anime must faithfully adapt their corresponding manga.
This schism can irritate the series’ established fandom, but there are also plenty of instances where anime actively improve upon their manga through bold changes and revised ideas. A wildly different anime adaptation doesn’t mean that the original manga should be forgotten, but sometimes a truly unique approach works so well that it becomes hard to complain.
Neon Genesis Evangelion is largely heralded as one of anime’s greatest series and much of its strength comes from Hideaki Anno’s radical changes to the nihilistic mecha narrative during its second half. Evangelion‘s general premise where dangerous EVA units are used to battle against apocalyptic Angels remains the same, but the manga functions more like a generic mecha action series.
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