i'm so stupid

[Mae]

I think I'll stick with the anime, thanks all the same.....

A good story is a good story no matter how it's told. I think the media is just a matter of personal taste. I like the anime primarily for the voice actors. I think a good voice actor can add a lot to a character's personality and impact. The voice actor for the Third Hokage was excellent and really made you feel for that character, especially his speech about the village as his family. I also really like the voice actors for Jiraiya, Gaara, and Kakshi (off topic, but I read the voice actor for Kakashi also does Aion in Chrno Chrusade and Gunther in Kyou Kara Mao, a versatile guy). I sometimes like and sometimes dislike the voices for Naruto and Sasuke, and the voice actor for Sakura coul do much better, IMO.

I also enjoy the suspense more in the anime, like the scene with Sasuke and Itachi were both looking for Naruto. In the manga you just turn a page and you know. And I like a good soundtrack. And the fights are better. And.......well, definately anime for me.

[frexeze]

some people seem to be pretty pushy about hw everyone needs to read the manga

[kupalmaru]

I think one of the upside if your watching anime rather than manga is the fighting scene.

A good example is when Nije and Hinata fight it out. I think it has a powerfull scene. When they started sluging, the screen started shaking; you can practically fell the intensity of the fighting.

I think in the manga you cannot experience that intensity.

[Himura_san]

The only downside for the manga is if you get a poor scantalation and you cannot make out certain details, otherwise they are both enjoyable to me.

[RasenDori]

i enjoy the manga more b/c i can appriciate the story telling techneques more since i practically study comic books seeing as how my dream is to write them. i some times curse the anime because they made what i thought was a powerful scene in the manga so lackluster. and the suspense in the manga is great when you take the time to look at each indvidual panel instead of flashing through the page like a lot of readers. i find my self looking a copule of panels thinking "what the hell is going on" then it all comes together on the next page and that is a good feeling
but we all have our opinions....i say that those people that arent reading the manga ive it a try...there are many elements that can overshadow things like voices and music if you can apprciate them

[DarthEnderX]

the manga is 300 times better than the anime, its great to read the manga, for all those that are uncertain about the manga read up to the point the anime is now around chapter 155 or so and you will notice that the manga is 300 times better.

You are wrong. Your so wrong that your kind of like a scarecrow only instead of being stuffed with stray you are stuffed with wrong. I call you Wrongcrow!

[PSJ]

tried reading the manga darth?

[logic]

I had refused to read the manga for so long, due to the urging of my friend.

I wanted to when I first came upon naruto (my first anime), and eas stoked, it was up to around ep 50 at the time I discovered it, and I don't recall where the manga was, but it was far, far ahead.

It took about 4 days to watch all the episodes (no sleep, uggh). And we all know how the eps leave us with cliffhangers, so when I found out there was a manga that could not only give me my naruto fix, but many more instantly, i was stoked.

Again, my friend urged me not to, saying part of the fun is living with the suspense, not knowing what will happen, and enjoying the 'shock' of things.

Well, I listened, and he was right. He recently decided to read the manga, so I followed in his footsteps.

And, I won't spoil, but yes, I found the manga wonderful, ESPECIALLY from 160-220 now.

220 is the most recent chapter I believe, and let me tell you, the only thing about the manga, is it has much, much worse cliffhangers.

Like, I finished reading ch 220 probably 32 hours ago, and I still have butterflies in my stomach, partly because of the cliffhanger.. but mostly because of what's going on in the story.

[Assertn]

thats because a manga chapter covers half as much as an episode.....so battles and such take longer to reach their resolutions, and thus have more suspenseful breaks

[kaigan]

I prefered both. they all have their own good qualities.

[meroko01]

i think reading the manga and watching the anime are two different things .. for example .. in the manga its more emotional because u read it and decipher whats being said .. in the anime u can enjoy fighting/action scenes more and see their moves in detail ..

[DarthEnderX]

tried reading the manga darth?

Yar, I used to get Shonen Jump at my comic store.

The pictures are nicer, but thats to be expected when they don't have to move. Everything else is superior in the anime. Especially the fighting. Excuse me if I think the fight scenes are important in a CARTOON about NINJAS...