D.Gray-Man

[masamuneehs]

Guess this show isn't getting much of a following.

this anime adaptation is very mediocre if you ask me. the manga is awesome, and something just seems to have gotten lost in the transition. this has made the entire D.Gray-Man anime experience downright disappointing for me, and if manga-readers aren't bumping and promoting the show, you can't expect it to gain any sort of popularity on a forum.

i can't tell if the shame is that the creators didn't do a good job adapting it for anime or if it's just the kind of story and cast of characters that you're better off leaving in purely written format... i think it's the former.

[animus]

I always just thought the manga was only passable atleast. It didn't warrant watching the anime for me.

[Hiwatari]

this anime adaptation is very mediocre if you ask me. the manga is awesome, and something just seems to have gotten lost in the transition. this has made the entire D.Gray-Man anime experience downright disappointing for me, and if manga-readers aren't bumping and promoting the show, you can't expect it to gain any sort of popularity on a forum.

i can't tell if the shame is that the creators didn't do a good job adapting it for anime or if it's just the kind of story and cast of characters that you're better off leaving in purely written format... i think it's the former.

i agree. the anime seems to lack the touch of its counterpart manga. The pace was sort of slowed down in the anime version of DGM. Especially during the parts where they battled the Noah Clan in the ark and the Generals' battle with Lulubell. In the manga, you'll go "wow" after reading those chapters and you'll feel the adrenaline rush after it. Whereas in the anime, it's not really there. And this was when i read the manga AFTER the episodes were out.

Secondly, i think the background music of DGM has a part to play in it's expression of it's manga counterpart. If you compare it to Bleach, i think the background music in the anime version of DGM fails pretty badly and it didn't bring as much impact as it did with bleach. (watch Diamond Dust Rebellion for instance, bgms were good)