When anime did it better than the manga
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When anime did it better than the manga
Although I am a bigger fan of DB manga than the anime, I must admit that there are various scenes and moments when anime makes a greater impression. I'm not talking only about animation itself but the whole impression that anime gives. Sometimes a single scream can make us to watch the scene over and over again.
Possibly there are fans who consider whole anime series being better than the manga
Thinking quickly about few examples:
- Goku's first ssj transformation and x20 kaioken against Freeza.
- Vegeta's Final Flash.
- I'm not a fan of fillers, but I like those showing training before TBs and Saiyans' arrival.
Write your moments of the series, that you think were better presented by the anime.
Possibly there are fans who consider whole anime series being better than the manga
Thinking quickly about few examples:
- Goku's first ssj transformation and x20 kaioken against Freeza.
- Vegeta's Final Flash.
- I'm not a fan of fillers, but I like those showing training before TBs and Saiyans' arrival.
Write your moments of the series, that you think were better presented by the anime.
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Personally... never. There are some manga moments that could use some fleshing out, but the anime always takes it too far.
Kai might strike that delicate balance though, but I wouldn't know as I dropped it really early on.
Kai might strike that delicate balance though, but I wouldn't know as I dropped it really early on.
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Nuh-uh. Trunks Special... oh, and Vegeta's self-destruction.Saiga wrote:Personally... never. There are some manga moments that could use some fleshing out, but the anime always takes it too far.
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I don't actually like the Trunks Special.TheDevilsCorpse wrote:Nuh-uh. Trunks Special... oh, and Vegeta's self-destruction.Saiga wrote:Personally... never. There are some manga moments that could use some fleshing out, but the anime always takes it too far.
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Blasphemy. xDSaiga wrote:I don't actually like the Trunks Special.
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I'm not a fan of fillers, but I like those showing training before TBs and Saiyans' arrival
This. I think the Saiyan Saga had it best with the fillers , robots and dinosaurs and all.
Another example, Tenshinhan actually getting to try out the Mafuba.
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I believe the anime did better than the manga at everying pre-Namek.
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In the finale of the Cell Games, when Piccolo, Kuririn, Tenshinhan & Yamcha go to help Gohan and remember how Goku & Gohan influenced their lives goes to the top for me.
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I think it normally comes up when people list their favourite filler scenes (and the podcast went over this too), but the humans and Piccolo flying in to help Gohan when he's having his Kamehameha battle with Cell. Gets me every time.
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Goku meets Goten For the First Time
In the manga, he just points and says "Eh, that my son?!" but in the anime, you get a heartwarming scene that would drive even the manliest of men to tears
Gohan vs Cell (beam struggle)
In the manga, the Z-Senshi just damn themselves as they watch Gohan struggle but in the anime, they talk about how Goku and Gohan influenced their lives and make an effort to help even though the odds are against them
SSJ2 Goku vs. Majin Vegeta
In the manga, it was just a couple panels of punches and kicks but in the anime, it's a worthy rematch between the two pure-blooded Saiyans
In the manga, he just points and says "Eh, that my son?!" but in the anime, you get a heartwarming scene that would drive even the manliest of men to tears
Gohan vs Cell (beam struggle)
In the manga, the Z-Senshi just damn themselves as they watch Gohan struggle but in the anime, they talk about how Goku and Gohan influenced their lives and make an effort to help even though the odds are against them
SSJ2 Goku vs. Majin Vegeta
In the manga, it was just a couple panels of punches and kicks but in the anime, it's a worthy rematch between the two pure-blooded Saiyans
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Re: When anime did it better than the manga
Fight filler. That's about it. Only with good animation studios though.
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Vegeta's last stand against Freeza. In the manga, it's just the one big chi blast (the one that Piccolo says could destroy the planet), whereas in the anime, Vegeta gives an impressive (albeit ineffective) display of his new power. I just love the part where Vegeta launches the barrage of chi blasts that Freeza effortlessly dodges, even taking time to smirk at Piccolo, Gohan, and Kuririn when he appears right in front of them.
I'm also going to echo SS2 Goku vs. Majin Vegeta, Gohan's Kamehameha struggle with Cell, and the Saiyan arc training filler.
Also, I'll add the Daimao filler. Even the Super Holy Water filler helped build the tension in that arc. It's easily my favorite part of the whole series.
I'm also going to echo SS2 Goku vs. Majin Vegeta, Gohan's Kamehameha struggle with Cell, and the Saiyan arc training filler.
Also, I'll add the Daimao filler. Even the Super Holy Water filler helped build the tension in that arc. It's easily my favorite part of the whole series.
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Gohan's SSJ2 transformation in the Cell Games.
In the manga it's just kind of sudden and unceremonious. In the anime, it has the benefit of the bird and "Unmei no Hi".
In the manga it's just kind of sudden and unceremonious. In the anime, it has the benefit of the bird and "Unmei no Hi".
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While I haven't watched the anime in its entirety, I can still pick out a bunch of scenes that I think the anime did better. Well, there's the Bardock and Trunks TV specials, Gokuu's Kaiouken x20, Gokuu and Gohan's first Super Saiyan transformations, extending some battles that really needed extending (like Piccolo vs. Freeza, or SS2 Gokuu vs. Maouji Vegeta), the Saiyan arc training filler, Vegeta's sacrifice, Tenshinhan actually using the Mafuuba against Daimaou, etc.
I think the fluttering bird was kind of stupid (Android #16 meant nothing to him; it was just the tip over the edge at the climax of seeing all his friends get beaten up by the Cell Juniors), but yeah, Unmei no Hi does really add to the scene. It still gives me chills.penguintruth wrote:Gohan's SSJ2 transformation in the Cell Games.
In the manga it's just kind of sudden and unceremonious. In the anime, it has the benefit of the bird and "Unmei no Hi".
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It wasn't just that (he pretty much sees them get brutalized every Saga proceeding), Cell was mentally torturing Gohan the entire fight and his father wasn't there to help him.Piccolo Daimao wrote:I think the fluttering bird was kind of stupid (Android #16 meant nothing to him; it was just the tip over the edge at the climax of seeing all his friends get beaten up by the Cell Juniors), but yeah, Unmei no Hi does really add to the scene. It still gives me chills.penguintruth wrote:Gohan's SSJ2 transformation in the Cell Games.
In the manga it's just kind of sudden and unceremonious. In the anime, it has the benefit of the bird and "Unmei no Hi".
fadeddreams5 wrote:Goku didn't die in GT. The show sucked him off so much, it was impossible to keep him in the world of the living, so he ascended beyond mortality.DBZGTKOSDH wrote:... Haven't we already gotten these in GT? Goku dies, the DBs go away, and the Namekian DBs most likely won't be used again because of the Evil Dragons.
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I see the bird more as being a symbol of Gohan's inner peace being shattered. But I could be reading too much into it.Piccolo Daimao wrote: I think the fluttering bird was kind of stupid (Android #16 meant nothing to him; it was just the tip over the edge at the climax of seeing all his friends get beaten up by the Cell Juniors), but yeah, Unmei no Hi does really add to the scene. It still gives me chills.
Kentai wrote:Son Gokuu is a fascinating character anyway, because he is - at face value, anyway - an idiot savant. The victim of violent head trauma as an infant [...] he's a simple bumpkin with a fair share of brain damage who's natural talents to work out what's wrong compensate for his broad lack of common sense. But he's also a fighter, through and through [...] he fight until he has, in no uncertain terms, beaten his enemy on terms they can both acknowledge. He doesn't want to kill anyone, or even prove that he can win... he just wants to know he can. He's an ineffably charming bastard who's manly leanings were really incendental, and yes, the fact that he was voiced by a squeaky woman made the combination perhaps all the more charming.
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For me, it's pretty much anytime there's amazing music involved and the animation is good. Vegeta's initial attack against Reacoome, Gohan turning Super Saiyan 2, etc. Those are the scenes that make the anime worth at least the occasional look.
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Yeah, I know. It was kind of a package deal.DBZAOTA482 wrote:It wasn't just that (he pretty much sees them get brutalized every Saga proceeding), Cell was mentally torturing Gohan the entire fight and his father wasn't there to help him.
I never read anything much into the bird, and I don't think it was essential to the scene. Just seeing Gohan's shocked face, as the music kicks in, and then he finally explodes with that epic scream.penguintruth wrote:I see the bird more as being a symbol of Gohan's inner peace being shattered. But I could be reading too much into it.Piccolo Daimao wrote:I think the fluttering bird was kind of stupid (Android #16 meant nothing to him; it was just the tip over the edge at the climax of seeing all his friends get beaten up by the Cell Juniors), but yeah, Unmei no Hi does really add to the scene. It still gives me chills.
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Holden Caulfield in [b][i]The Catcher in the Rye[/i][/b] wrote:I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you're dead? Nobody.
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The scene where Kid Buu is stunned that Vegeta refuses to stay down.
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Could you link me to this scene, please? It doesn't sound that amazing.Rocketman wrote:The scene where Kid Buu is stunned that Vegeta refuses to stay down.
Holden Caulfield in [b][i]The Catcher in the Rye[/i][/b] wrote:I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you're dead? Nobody.