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Magic Knight Rayearth

(Anonymous) 2011-07-30 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Anime tops manga by such a wide margin that I could never understand what people ever saw in the manga.

* the characters are shallow (take manga!Lantis or manga!LaFarga for example - no wonder people think of them as wallpaper...the manga fucks them up to no end. Lantis doesn't actually even get the privilege of facial expressions except in the last few pages and LaFarga is just...there. To look like sexy wallpaper.)
* romance somehow materializes even though the protagonists never actually have more than...two scenes together? Mostly. It just springs on us, in many cases, so suddenly it's scary
* the Magic Knights' relationships with their respective countries (Hikaru-Autozam, Fuu-Fahren, Umi-Chizeta) were made of awesome. Period.
* I could go on...

...but let's not kill the slow loading pages.

The only thing that the manga has going for it is the art.

And frankly even then the remastered version fixes a few things up and manages to look prettier and more real for me.

just like in Sailor Moon anime where the fourteen year old senshi actually managed to look more like fourteen years olds - and not even that much - compared to the manga where the legs never stopped and the bodies seemed to belong in fashion shows. xPPPPPP

Re: Magic Knight Rayearth

(Anonymous) 2011-07-30 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
CLAMP's short stories have severe depth and development issues. I fell head over heels in love with a lot of the MKR characters and ships (OT3!!!), but I gotta admit I'm looking forward to a double 24-episode anime that'll give them the time they need to actually shine.

Re: Magic Knight Rayearth

(Anonymous) 2011-08-01 11:32 am (UTC)(link)
OT3?! I THOUGHT CLAMP FANDOM DIDN'T BELIEVE IN MULTISHIPPING.

You make me so happy, anon.

Re: Magic Knight Rayearth

(Anonymous) 2011-07-31 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
Haven't read the manga or seen the anime but I just got the dvd's so now I'm really looking forward to watching it!

IMO lots of shoujo do better in their anime incarnations than in the original manga.

Re: Magic Knight Rayearth

(Anonymous) 2011-07-31 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh it does! I totally agree. I especially love the second season of MKR, it was really awesome.

The art is beautiful though, that was my favorite CLAMP style.

Re: Magic Knight Rayearth

(Anonymous) 2011-08-01 11:35 am (UTC)(link)
I did like the anime, but the first season really dragged in places, and while the second season was absolutely awesome with the addition of Nova (and the country relationships, definitely), I thought they got a bit heavy-handed with the Lantis/Hikaru. And I was pissed Eagle got killed off.

...I don't remember where I was going with this.
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