Nurarihyon no Mago

[Dark Dragon]

I just got done with this and i have to agree with everything said so far. It's pretty much as if the director went "We need to somehow make a truly horrible adaptation without going completely anime original."

Just like DBZ said, they cut out quite a few minor scenes that really helped with the character's development. One major example was when Rikuo first accepted his night form and declare the acceptance of the heir title to the clan. anime it was essentially him begging the clan for forgive Gyuki. In the manga, Rikuo tricked the Cyclop into showing insubordination which alienated him from the rest and gives the impression that Rikuo is quite intelligent and cunning. It makes him seem much less like the normal idiot human and more like someone deserving of the title of the third.

What really pissed me off was that after deciding to cut all these scenes, they had a total of 2 recaps and 3-4 episodes that was either mostly or completely fillers. If there was so much damn room for that much fillers in the story, why bother cutting out stuffs in the first place. Was the animation team so incompetent that they couldn't accurately predict which episodes was going to feature which contents? Needless to say, most of the damage has been done. This is getting a second season but i'm really doubt that it'll be much better than this one if they continue to cut bit and pieces out of the original work.