As I’ve mentioned before I’m working my out of anime normie territory. I’m currently watching Ah My Goddess (yes I know, but it’s a catchy show) and I know it’s based on a manga so I was wondering if anime adaptations do a better job than here in the west. I know Japan isn’t perfect but it seems like they value the source material a lot more than they do here. Or am I mistaken?
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In The few examples I have read that is generally the case. Although it’s kind of hard to gauge now because in the West they go out of their way to adapt things poorly these days.
I remember back in the DC animated universe they would still do a good job translating the story even if they had to change some things, even making the definitive versions of a lot of characters. I think in Japanese media there’s just more quality control, at least for now.
Here in the west lately there is the phenomenon of showrunners who seem to hate the source material. Thanks! I’ll check those out
I agree about DC animated shows from back in the day.