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Aug 17, 2023 4:23 PM
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I get that this is a really generic question but I genuinely want to know which is the better way of experiencing this series 
Aug 17, 2023 4:27 PM
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Manga. Art is better and the cg in the anime is kinda jarring.
Aug 17, 2023 4:30 PM
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Anime, the fluid fight scenes don't really come out in manga form, imo.
Aug 17, 2023 5:20 PM
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Both valid options, up to your medium of choice
Aug 17, 2023 5:48 PM
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When it comes to a truly great anime, then the answer should always be anime. 
If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that.
Aug 17, 2023 5:49 PM
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I prefer the Manga. I think the pacing is better and the art looks really good too.
But unlike other seinen (coughs* kingdom coughs again* berserk) the anime is well adapted and very comparable to the Manga...

Obviously season 3 won't drop for another year or more so Manga also allows you to catch up sooner..
Aug 17, 2023 5:55 PM
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Anime better, manga does like 2 small panels better, thatโ€™s it.
The right mindset when watching an anime is hoping that it will break your top 10
Aug 17, 2023 6:11 PM
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both have there strengths and flaws really.... it all boils down to what you actually prefer....
Aug 17, 2023 6:42 PM
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Anime. Season 2 is one of the best adaptations I've seen in a long time; the visual quality, the sound, the extra content, it has everything you can ask for from an anime
Aug 17, 2023 6:54 PM

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The answers are so divided, damn.

I own only the first three volumes of the manga so I cannot comment accurately but my motto is that moving pictures are better than still pictures.
Aug 17, 2023 7:05 PM
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Anime. Just a great adaptation that gives more to Vinland saga than the manga does
Aug 17, 2023 7:12 PM
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Mar 2023
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For me it's a manga but I think it's just because I like the medium better, this is a great adaptation.
Aug 17, 2023 7:15 PM
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itโ€™s a excellent manga with an excellent adaptation. If you read a lot of manga and prefer to experience it that way then do that if you are used to anime and prefer it then do that. this is one of the only series Iโ€™ll say this for but seriously pick your preference
Aug 17, 2023 7:19 PM
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anime adaptation is 1:1

manga is more detailed, the original

so itโ€™s up to you really
Aug 17, 2023 7:40 PM
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BOTH
consider them two individual experiences, both amazing
Aug 17, 2023 8:38 PM
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tristanxbidinger said:
I get that this is a really generic question but I genuinely want to know which is the better way of experiencing this series 

The anime, definitely! ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿคฉ
Aug 17, 2023 8:56 PM

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Season 1: Anime

Season 2: Manga
Aug 17, 2023 10:53 PM
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both the anime anime and the manga is so good. but manga has awesome presentation of art and story
Aug 18, 2023 1:51 AM
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The manga panels are beautifully drawn and there is more darkness than in the anime. However, in anime, the fight scenes are easier to watch and have more emotion. Manga for the story and beautiful panels, anime for the fight scenes and action
Aug 18, 2023 2:15 AM

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I dont like reading/books and manga in general so anime is always the better choice imo.
Aug 18, 2023 3:11 AM
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omonray said:
Manga. Art is better and the cg in the anime is kinda jarring.

The anime barely uses cg?
Aug 18, 2023 3:12 AM
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DiscipleOfKreia said:
Season 1: Anime

Season 2: Manga

I honestly think anime is better for s2, with what they did by fleshing out Einar
Aug 18, 2023 3:13 AM
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Just watch the anime, then read the manga. The anime (s1-2) only covers to ch 100 and thereโ€™s 204 chapters
Aug 18, 2023 4:08 AM
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anime, why didn't I read the manga
Aug 18, 2023 4:14 AM
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LostSpectre said:
When it comes to a truly great anime, then the answer should always be anime. 

What does that even means ahahah?!
Aug 18, 2023 4:46 AM
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The anime is a 10/10. can't comment on the manga
Aug 18, 2023 4:47 AM
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thogro99 said:
I prefer the Manga. I think the pacing is better and the art looks really good too.
But unlike other seinen (coughs* kingdom coughs again* berserk) the anime is well adapted and very comparable to the Manga...

Obviously season 3 won't drop for another year or more so Manga also allows you to catch up sooner..

what are you talking about? the 1997 Berserk anime is awesome!
Aug 18, 2023 7:23 AM
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both, cuz it's the first dark seinen that has good animation in recent times...
Aug 18, 2023 8:36 AM
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I personally prefer the anime
Aug 18, 2023 10:21 AM
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Anyone who says manga over anime isnโ€™t a true fan because as far as Iโ€™ve seen the manga and animeโ€™s are usually slightly different but itโ€™s mostly the same as reasing books and Watching the movies, of course the books are gonna be jam packed with details and the little things youโ€™d probably miss if you just watched the movies, one perfect example is the Percy Jackson books when I was younger I read most of them after watching the movies, I had just gotten into reading and ohhh boy the books make you feel as youโ€™re there watching the story unfold whereas the movies are slightly shittier donโ€™t get me wrong I loved the movies Iโ€™m just giving an example that when u read the source materials for something itโ€™s usually filled with details and other lil things that donโ€™t get passed onto the production part, therefore reading and watching are Two completely different things and anyone who says otherwise if a nolife virgin.
Aug 18, 2023 11:00 AM
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peterross said:
thogro99 said:
I prefer the Manga. I think the pacing is better and the art looks really good too.
But unlike other seinen (coughs* kingdom coughs again* berserk) the anime is well adapted and very comparable to the Manga...

Obviously season 3 won't drop for another year or more so Manga also allows you to catch up sooner..

what are you talking about? the 1997 Berserk anime is awesome!

It's not even close to the Manga. It's decent because it's the best we ever got.
Objectively it isn't that great, especially when compared to other works in the late 90's...
Aug 18, 2023 11:52 AM
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Both good but the manga is so fire
Aug 18, 2023 2:01 PM
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thogro99 said:
peterross said:

what are you talking about? the 1997 Berserk anime is awesome!

It's not even close to the Manga. It's decent because it's the best we ever got.
Objectively it isn't that great, especially when compared to other works in the late 90's...

objectively? No... most people that talk about it say good things. it has more 10/10 scores than anything else. objectively is known as a classic.
Aug 18, 2023 3:06 PM
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both are good options in my opinion
Aug 18, 2023 3:59 PM

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thogro99 said:
I prefer the Manga. I think the pacing is better and the art looks really good too.
But unlike other seinen (coughs* kingdom coughs again* berserk) the anime is well adapted and very comparable to the Manga...

Obviously season 3 won't drop for another year or more so Manga also allows you to catch up sooner..

Is Kingdom's adaptation bad?
Aug 18, 2023 6:45 PM
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Kampos said:
thogro99 said:
I prefer the Manga. I think the pacing is better and the art looks really good too.
But unlike other seinen (coughs* kingdom coughs again* berserk) the anime is well adapted and very comparable to the Manga...

Obviously season 3 won't drop for another year or more so Manga also allows you to catch up sooner..

Is Kingdom's adaptation bad?

First 2 seasons were bad for most people.
Every season after season 2 has been less CGI, which is more accepted by the mainstream.
Latest season looks a lot better, however as a whole it is not up to par with the Manga.

As was my main point for bringing up Kingdom and Berserk as examples of butchered anime of classic Manga.
If you love the series you can look beyond those flaws (although some don't)..

I didn't mind the first 2 seasons but it put off a lot of people from starting kingdom, which is a damn shame because Kingdom still doesn't have official English Manga volumes releasing in part due to the way the anime performed outside of Japan...
Aug 18, 2023 6:49 PM

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thogro99 said:
Kampos said:

Is Kingdom's adaptation bad?

First 2 seasons were bad for most people.
Every season after season 2 has been less CGI, which is more accepted by the mainstream.
Latest season looks a lot better, however as a whole it is not up to par with the Manga.

As was my main point for bringing up Kingdom and Berserk as examples of butchered anime of classic Manga.
If you love the series you can look beyond those flaws (although some don't)..

I didn't mind the first 2 seasons but it put off a lot of people from starting kingdom, which is a damn shame because Kingdom still doesn't have official English Manga volumes releasing in part due to the way the anime performed outside of Japan...

Oh, I've never read the manga and was planning to watch the anime. But besides the animation is the adaptation good? (btw is the animation berserk-level of bad?)
Aug 19, 2023 3:56 AM
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Both are masterpieces. Adaptation is perfect so you can watch the Anime first then read the Manga.
Aug 19, 2023 3:59 PM
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I like anime more than manga.

I like Vinlandโ€™s manga more than the anime. Donโ€™t ask me why


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Aug 20, 2023 1:38 PM
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omonray said:
Manga. Art is better and the cg in the anime is kinda jarring.

The anime barely uses cg?

Nah. The battles in the manga look so good then you see the anime battles and youโ€™re like oooooh yucky
Aug 20, 2023 4:01 PM
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Kampos said:
thogro99 said:

First 2 seasons were bad for most people.
Every season after season 2 has been less CGI, which is more accepted by the mainstream.
Latest season looks a lot better, however as a whole it is not up to par with the Manga.

As was my main point for bringing up Kingdom and Berserk as examples of butchered anime of classic Manga.
If you love the series you can look beyond those flaws (although some don't)..

I didn't mind the first 2 seasons but it put off a lot of people from starting kingdom, which is a damn shame because Kingdom still doesn't have official English Manga volumes releasing in part due to the way the anime performed outside of Japan...

Oh, I've never read the manga and was planning to watch the anime. But besides the animation is the adaptation good? (btw is the animation berserk-level of bad?)

The first 2 seasons are CGI heavy. Next seasons are better more traditional, but still contain CGI.
The adaptation is pretty good for the anime as a whole.
If it isnt to your liking reading the Manga for the first two seasons or all of the Manga is never a bad thing...
Aug 20, 2023 4:39 PM
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Anime, the only thing i may prefer from the manga are those moments where the art of the manga is superior to the art of the anime, and the only moment i can think of is when Thorkell makes a soldier paralyze in fear, in the anime it looks kinda dumb but in the manga thorkell looks terrifying
Aug 20, 2023 4:41 PM

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manga and it isn't even close
Aug 20, 2023 7:51 PM
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they both were very good, as I preferred the mangai can't say the anime didn't do great cause it did , so both
Aug 23, 2023 6:11 AM
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MeVike said:
I like anime more than manga.

I like Vinlandโ€™s manga more than the anime. Donโ€™t ask me why

There is no need to ask, it's obvious you are a schizo.
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Sikiklers said:
MeVike said:
I like anime more than manga.

I like Vinlandโ€™s manga more than the anime. Donโ€™t ask me why

There is no need to ask, it's obvious you are a schizo.

Thanks, I try my best.


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