Top 10 Mangas That Were Better Than the Anime

Although I prefer the action in the anime, root A doesn't even compare to the manga.

The Plot totally changed...so disappointing. - Undistinguished

The anime's pretty good, to be honest... The animation, the voice acting, the lighting, the tone, the feel, the vibe... But, it's a shame that they had to rush the story so much.

I think that the manga is a lot better than the anime

Agreed

The panel set out, the emotion, just everything about the manga is better

No duh

Everyone knows that manga is released first, it's the canon that the anime is based on. Thus, anime's "augmentation" of the more "condensed" manga. I couldn't care less if manga goes faster, great things are worth savoring for a longer time. Filler gives me more scenes with my favorite characters, the best thing to me, far from "useless". It can elaborate on events mentioned but not previously shown. Manga's only superiority is that the pictures and words "stay" for prolonged viewing. I say: the anime is superior.

I totally disagree. I'm a 'character fancier'. The fillers and flashbacks give me more footage of my favorite characters (who were killed off in the canon, leaving the inferior characters). Extra stories are good, I say the more the merrier. The anime augments canon scenes with more dialogue and fight maneuvers, making them better. Anime always has the advantages of motion, color, real voices and sound effects, and soundtrack music. Manga seems like a condensed version.

The anime is filled with fillers. I mean 10 episodes for just 1 volume that's just nuts

I like this one better, even compared to DBZ. so sad when its ending. The sequel doesn't "kick" as much as original series

1997 Anime was great, but left you wanting more...then CGI happened in 2016. This title should be #1

Top manga. But in anime they skipped story and anime quality is bad

To no1

Bring this to no. 1 - Undistinguished

true

The anime wasn’t horrible but after reading the manga there’s no comparison. The manga was one of my favorite series I’ve ever read

The anime was terrible I can’t believe I hadn’t even read the manga since about five minutes ago

One of the best sports manga ever made

The anime suck but the manga is amazing. I would admit I forgot it exist for a moment and I can't even remember where the story is right now but I remember that it's being so good. I just wish I would be able to finish it one day.

I'm absolutely furious that Lynn just had to kill Lucy/Kaede off when Lucy/Kaede deserves a brighter, better future than ever before and usual so far. She's been through enough already.

The anime is okay and there are some things that the anime does better than the manga and it DID get me into the manga but still. I’m still going to watch the movie coming out in the spring

I loved the manga, but the anime was probably meh at best. My main complaint is that the anime had all the events run in chronological order, but the manga's storyline starting with Train's life as a Sweeper with his past presented in a series of frequent flashbacks just flowed better overall.

Animation

You don’t get the full experience if you don’t read the manga