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Unfaithful adaptations of source material

Anime
byjyagan0
Feb 23 2024, 7:23 PM | Updated Mar 26, 11:33 PM
When the anime follows the path of the manga but takes a few detours along the way or decides to change the details and context.
If it makes you go "this isnt how i remember it" then it counts
Arc the Lad
TV, 1999, 26 eps Me:- Author:4
A handful of the episodes adapted the game. Everything else was "original"
Star Ocean EX
TV, 2001, 26 eps Me:- Author:6
I usually don't like remakes of anything but if there was one that desperately needed one, it's this. The manga did a decent job adapting most of the game until it got cancelled but this anime gave up adapting the manga or the game after the second episode which is a bit ironic since the game is very anime influenced so you would think it wouldn't be hard at all to just directly adapt the source.
The only thing 10/10 about this show was the music but i appreciate that there were the dozens of people that got into the franchise through this
Onimusha
ONA, 2023, 8 eps Me:- Author:-
Hakaima Sadamitsu
TV, 2001, 10 eps Me:- Author:4
Can barely call it an adaptation most of the side characters were not in the manga and they really, really toned down the nudity and violence and replaced it with comedy. They turned it from seinen to shounen
Kyoushoku Soukou Guyver (2005)
TV, 2005, 26 eps Me:- Author:5
Rearranging scenes, characters that should be dead in early episodes still alive much longer, filler, just wasted potential all around.
The first adaptation isn't much better either
Seihou Bukyou Outlaw Star
TV, 1998, 24 eps Me:- Author:-
Not bad but the anime kinda speeds through the first half, they stay in the first city way longer in the manga
Zetman
TV, 2012, 13 eps Me:- Author:5
Slayers
TV, 1995, 26 eps Me:- Author:-
Many people prefer the anime but it basically throws the books out after the first couple episodes. Go read the manga if you want the novels in visual form, slayers special manga too
Genocyber
OVA, 1994, 5 eps Me:- Author:-
Only the storyline with the blond girl is the same, none of the rest of the manga was adapted
Eat-Man
TV, 1997, 12 eps Me:- Author:7
Probably won't add any more like this one that didn't adapt any of the manga at all because you can't really call them adaptations they're more like spinoffs
Hoshi no Samidare
TV, 2022, 24 eps Me:- Author:-
Unlike most of these it did adapt the manga but cut out a lot of scenes and the animation wasn't really up to snuff
Rosario to Vampire
TV, 2008, 13 eps Me:- Author:-
Chrno Crusade
TV, 2003, 24 eps Me:- Author:-
Not terrible, but very different than the manga
Pokemon
TV, 1997, 276 eps Me:- Author:-
They be doing things in the anime that you still can't do in the games
RWBY: Hyousetsu Teikoku
TV, 2022, 12 eps Me:- Author:-
Fuuka
TV, 2017, 12 eps Me:- Author:-
Kurokami The Animation
TV, 2009, 23 eps Me:- Author:-
Tokyo Mew Mew
TV, 2002, 52 eps Me:- Author:-
Mahoutsukai Sally
TV, 1966, 109 eps Me:- Author:-
Older comedy shows definitely did filler better back then
Zero no Tsukaima
TV, 2006, 13 eps Me:- Author:-
Akame ga Kill!
TV, 2014, 24 eps Me:- Author:-
Tokyo Ghoul
TV, 2014, 12 eps Me:- Author:-
Muv-Luv Alternative
TV, 2021, 12 eps Me:- Author:-
Rewrite
TV, 2016, 13 eps Me:- Author:-
Umineko no Naku Koro ni
TV, 2009, 26 eps Me:- Author:-
Kenja no Deshi wo Nanoru Kenja
TV, 2022, 12 eps Me:- Author:-
GetBackers
TV, 2002, 49 eps Me:- Author:-
Black Cat
TV, 2005, 23 eps Me:- Author:-
Escaflowne
Movie, 2000, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Super Crooks
ONA, 2021, 13 eps Me:- Author:-
Blue Dragon
TV, 2007, 51 eps Me:- Author:-
Blame! Movie
Movie, 2017, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Tekken
OVA, 1998, 2 eps Me:- Author:-
Hoshi no Kirby
TV, 2001, 100 eps Me:- Author:-
Noblesse
TV, 2020, 13 eps Me:- Author:-
Appleseed Alpha
Movie, 2015, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
The God of High School
TV, 2020, 13 eps Me:- Author:-
Ninja Ryuukenden
OVA, 1991, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Kuroshitsuji
TV, 2008, 24 eps Me:- Author:-
Witchblade
TV, 2006, 24 eps Me:- Author:-
Dragon's Dogma
ONA, 2020, 7 eps Me:- Author:-
Panzer Dragoon
OVA, 1996, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Battle Spirits: Ryuuko no Ken
TV Special, 1993, 1 ep Me:- Author:-
Ikkitousen
TV, 2003, 13 eps Me:- Author:-
Imawa no Kuni no Alice
OVA, 2014, 3 eps Me:- Author:-
The netflix version did a really good job which is saying something considering how bad most netflix adaptations are, it's one of their best in terms of adaptations

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