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Arcademan:
Now, we're all frowning lately from BeeTrain's treatment of Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle. With that in mind, have there been other animes that you have been disappointed with from their manga counterparts? Feel free to discuss and express your views and counterviews on those chosen and why you agree and/ or disagree with not so faithful translations of manga to video.

Rekall:
FMA.

*dodges objects being thrown at her*

Compared to the manga it just isn't as good.

Also any anime based off a CLAMP manga. The only reason I liked Season 1 of the TRC anime was becasue I watched it before reading the manga.  With all the others I tried watching them after the manga and was just disappointed.

Jeannette:
Hmm,  well, continuing  with CLAMP, the X anime was pretty disappointing. The animation at points was awful, and they cut out too much of the story I think. The ending seemed contrived, and they made Fuuma seem less of a psycho who kills people to fulfill their wishes and more of a psycho who just kills people- thought the movie is a million times worse in that respect. I have to admit they did a -wonderful- job portraying Rainbow Bridge, but the aftermath of Rainbow Bridge wasn't so well-done. Of course, in the movie Show contentSubaru and Seishirou get killed off ten minutes into it. ><
Also with Clamp- the CGT anime had too much Nagisa. But then again I hate Nagisa. So yeah. xd But seriously- was the ridiculous amnesia episode really necessary?

In the opposite direction, I actually find the Revolutionary Girl Utena anime far preferable to the manga.

Arcademan:
For me, I would have to say 'Rurouni Kenshin' later on in the series. The first 2 seasons were well done and followed the manga very close (keep in mind, I bought the manga after watching the anime series). The third and fourth season seem to steer away from the concept of the original story. Only later on did I find out after buying the manga that it was totally different. While the manga retained its storyline and charm, the anime had storylines involving of all things...magic. Truly not satisfied with the end but at least the first half of Kenshin was and still is a good watch.

nefadol:
I agree on FMA, it was good when I watched it, but over time its appeal has greatly waned.  I love the manga to death though, Arakawa is such a detail freak.  Besides, I wish the Xing characters had been animated, or the sea of blood for that matter. >_<

I personally think that the xxxHolic anime was a pretty well done Clamp adaption, it captured what I like about  the series (the individual stories, not the crossovers).  If only the animation had been a bit more consistent, but it's still leaps and bounds better than Tsubasa.

[edit] - Yes, the X anime pales in comparison to the manga.  Most of the parts of the manga that I loved were omitted and the ones that did remain were misrepresented.  Show contentSubaru's blinding and Seishirou's death in the same episode?  Injuries of that severity don't heal that quickly!  Subaru was in the hospital for quite a while and was close to death in the manga, it didn't make any sense in the anime.  The Tokyo Babylon parallels being cut also annoyed me.

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