Quote: yesilmavi wrote:
I've read authors notes saying the have only watched the anime, or only read the manga, or done both and see/are using the anime as their primary source.
Or are using the manga as their primary source.
But a lot of writers do not give this info. (or at least i don't remember them giving this info) So I'm making an educated guess.
's right. And I think it's hard to complain about folks basing stuff off,
say, the anime rather than manga.
It may not be, creatively speaking, the creator's original vision (whatever it may be)...but it is
what's out there on sale or on TV, it's official in all the ways that matter. While Trek fans might like to insist Star Trek V doesn't exist, the
fact is...well, it does. The movie was made, there's DVDs being sold of it today, there's really no taking it
back in that sense.
Back to the point, though. I'm curious - how many people have actually read the Ranma 1/2 manga? I certain't haven't. I've watched some of the anime - it was on cable a while back. I'd
argue you'd need to be a really big fan to track the manga down...beg, borrow, or purchase it. Most of the people reading (and writing) Ranma fanfiction
probably haven't.
Can you blame folks for that?
-- Acyl