Why do some anime series change the story?

Elvis

Elvis

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Why do you think some anime series change the story from the manga (to a certain degree)? What are the main reasons that determine that anime director and writers to not stick to the original story?
 
Well, I guess it varies.

One of the most common reason is that many try to make an anime adaptation while the manga is 'hot' to cash in the interest. They start working in their animated version before the manga is concluded so they have to improvise once they catch up with the manga.

The simple explanation is that comic is difficult to just convert into animation as it is and have it work. Manga is a slower work that takes a lot of time to publish each volume. It usually has short chapters and can depend on secondary characters and subplots, while the anime needs to keep things more contained. They usually have a main goal and the episode plot so they need to alter a bit the times when some things take place or how they take place in order to fit with this. They also tend to either get rid of weak characters and have other more relevant ones be the ones taking their actions instead. Sometimes the anime will decide to make a new character to spice things up and facilitate the creation of mini-plots.

Sometimes, it is better to get the characters and what the story is going for instead of just the plot, so some of the adaptations with changes have been well received. Some studios might be trying to shoe-horn a formula in order to get more viewers, with mixed results.
 
Kaynil said:
Well, I guess it varies.

One of the most common reason is that many try to make an anime adaptation while the manga is 'hot' to cash in the interest. They start working in their animated version before the manga is concluded so they have to improvise once they catch up with the manga.

The simple explanation is that comic is difficult to just convert into animation as it is and have it work. Manga is a slower work that takes a lot of time to publish each volume. It usually has short chapters and can depend on secondary characters and subplots, while the anime needs to keep things more contained. They usually have a main goal and the episode plot so they need to alter a bit the times when some things take place or how they take place in order to fit with this. They also tend to either get rid of weak characters and have other more relevant ones be the ones taking their actions instead. Sometimes the anime will decide to make a new character to spice things up and facilitate the creation of mini-plots.

Sometimes, it is better to get the characters and what the story is going for instead of just the plot, so some of the adaptations with changes have been well received. Some studios might be trying to shoe-horn a formula in order to get more viewers, with mixed results.
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Anime is hard to make or so I have heard. I think it's east to draw 20 pages in a week but difficult to make 20 minutes episode with them. That's why they change the story
 
I think it can vary. I agree with Kaynil about they're trying to cash in.

One other thing that I thought about was maybe the original story that they had thought out before sounded better in their head than it did when they actually put it down on paper or in an episode. So they had to make changes to it to make it better or to make it fit.
 

You should be a newbie or someone who is trying to talk without knowing anything about anime senpai.
You should know that things like that don't occur in popular or any other anime in general
 
ItachiSasuke said:
You should be a newbie or someone who is trying to talk without knowing anything about anime senpai.
You should know that things like that don't occur in popular or any other anime in general
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Go easy on him or her. May be they are trying to just chat with others?
 
I don't like when people try to talk about anime when they don't know anything about it. But I don't want them to hurt but I want them to keep their mouths shut too.
 
Somethings just don't work out animated or the creator wants some things changed. But I know some anime that have changed things for no reason, which only irks the fan base.
 
Well when they adapt it I assume they are just given the rights to the series so there isn't anything stopping them form doing it how they want.
 
i don't get it entirely. they have copyrights to their story and that can voice their disassociation to them and make them get back to the story line but they won't do it
 
Maybe it has something to do with the Manga . not all the Manga are altered for anime.  anime have high Expectations when compared to Manga that might be the reason
 
really? anime got high expectations?
and i really didn't expect that star and that surprised me lol. i don't think so.
 
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