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Post by cesmith on Jun 7, 2005 17:09:29 GMT -5
We all know that the anime and manga of a series may have differences. As a writer, how do you decide which information you will use? Is the manga the only source you consider canon? What would happen if you based a story on information from the series and the manga comes out and contradicts that information?
I guess I am curious about this because I just read the second volume of Tactics, finally, and in it I found that Sugino is actually a female and Myu is a male. In the anime Sugino is a male and Myu is a female. I know of at least one fan fiction that requires the anime sexes be correct. How would you deal with this difference? Or would you?
What are some of the major differences in your favorite fandoms between the anime and manga? Are there any? Do they ever create problems for you when you are writing?
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Post by KarotsaMused on Jun 7, 2005 19:32:38 GMT -5
^^;; When an anime and manga have severe discrepancies, it seems that one must pick either one or the other to be gospel.
Or, in the case of Saiyuki most notably, one can move a timeline around to fit both stories in (I've seen fictions that put the Kami-sama arc of the manga right after the Homura arc of the anime and pulled it off reasonably well).
Usually I go with what I prefer, and in some cases it is the anime over the manga, I admit. It's all a matter of personal preference, and if you add in the author's notes which canon you base your work upon it shouldn't be too bad. Normally, depending on the difference, readers can pick up on which gospel is yours by context clues.
If the manga happens to contradict a fiction, one either edits or dives under the wonderful fanfiction umbrella of AU. It's a safeguard for writing an offshoot of an ongoing story. And really, to what sort of strict standards can a fanfiction author really hold him or herself? It's fanfiction and can go anywhere it wishes.
Sometimes I find discrepancies amusing. The difference between the Sins of the Fullmetal Alchemist anime and manga, the disappearing character of Pip in Hellsing being replaced by Fargason in the anime even though the organization still employs mercenaries (and, well, the whole there-aren't-any-nazis! thing too), the importance of Nami in the early stages of One Piece as it varies between anime (she's there from episode one) and manga (We don't want you until after we know Zolo, bee-yotch!), et cetera.
It really doesn't bother me so long as I pick which one I prefer. And I normally stick to that one to get into the groove of things. But amalgamating anime and manga is also useful, especially if the series is a bunch of incidents between which time could elapse to allow for multiple varying storylines (and that one ties most particularly into Saiyuki). Mmmyep. ^^
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