Anime & the Ongoing manga(what's this all about?)

[agc161]

as you may know, most(Not all) anime you see today is based on an ongoing manga that is probably is not going to end anytime soon.these stories are often adapted into anime form where they try to adapt as much material as possible.

these shows can usually be grouped in these categories:

1)Anime that has ended while the manga still continues to be published and not everything made it into the anime(Gantz,Get backers &elemental gerard are some examples of this)

2)Anime that is ongoing just like the manga(Adapting everything into animated form)Naruto,bleach, one piece fit into this category

3)Anime where all the manga material has been succsesfully adapated into the show(the first two dragon Ball series and yugioh)

what factors cause these different types of anime to appear? how long do animation studios wait before making an series based on a manga?and what makes animators cut or change certain elements when going for an animated adaptation?

(Longest post EVER!.Anyway, just thought this would make a decent topic for disscusion):)

[The Xenos]

I heard how Gantz had a tacked on ending from a friend. Rather glad I didn't check out more of it. The manga was interesting. Then again, it somewhat started to drag.

That first one I guess could be separated into sub catigories. a) Series that left it open for where the manga was going or when it finishes. or b) Anime that made up a different ending before the manga ended.

Hellsing and Fullmetal Alchemist also come to mind for made up endings. Oh yeah, Trigun too. The animes diverged from the manga and make up an ending. Though oddly enough Hellsing is being redone now as a series of movies / OVA (direct to video series) that will follow the manga more closely.

Planetes is interesting. I don't know if the manga was done when the anime came out, but it too diverged from the manga. On that I actually liked both.

[Pikachu]

Marketing, distribution, key demographics, and over-all appeal are the biggest factors in Anime.

As you know animation is quite expensive, so producers in Japan typically select only the most lucrative franchises. That said, there is a whole slew of underdogs which get animated too. But the quality of the animation will be greatly dependent on the budget and return.

For example, the first two seasons of Naruto has so-so animation. But by season three it becomes high end OVA quality, and by season seven it is feature animation quality. This has to do greatly with the rapid growth in popularity and awareness of a relatively late bloomer manga franchise. Naruto didn't truly gain awareness in Japan until around volume 12 of the manga. After it became a hit, then Suiesha (mother publishing company) pored more money into marketing it, and that included boosting the anime, ensuring a full run to the series plus some.

Filler arcs, or those wacky side stories in Anime, come from the animators catching up to the original manga, which takes longer to produce. Alternate endings often are made by the studio to maintain the 'television' standard quota, as Japan has strict 'television airing' rules, these films must meet the requirements, and as such, the ending needs to come one way or another. This often results in a 're-write' to meet broadcasting requirements.

As for other series... well sometimes the studio loses money on the project because of a huge dive in popularity -meaning it loses its appeal when the fads or fan base shift. Sometimes it is the manga-ka's fault as certain artists get lazy and wait too long between volumes before they produce the next chapter. So while the project stagnates the animation company (not to mention publisher) loses money, and so it is cheaper to dump the project and greenlight a new more lucrative series.

After all television is a business, whether you're an animation or not, and if your show is not making any money nobody is getting paid, and if no artists get paid then they don't make art. Damn finicky punk artists! There are many more factors which come into play too, but the bottom line is it takes a ton of man power to pull off animating the epic manga stories in their entirety... and sometimes the money runs out.

Anywayz... these are a few reasons why this happens.

Pika! :cool:

[K.O.V.G]

Studio Gonzo Got Gantz it was for 26 episodes long and was poorly done, Now with Hellsing the anime was done poorly but since it got really poplular they decided to do Ova of it more based of the manga.

The same Happen with Kenshin The anime fillers were so bad that they completely cancelled the show. That meant that Enishi did not appear in the anime but he did appear the OVA.


What I'm trying to get at is that it all depends on the studio and popularity of any particular series.