I'm considering just reading the manga.

[DBZAOTA482]

Yes, I talked about dropping the anime before but this time it's for real.

I don't want to hate the anime I really don't but it keeps giving me reasons to do so. Between the illogical power scaling, lousy characterization (Goku, Chi-Chi, Frost are prime examples), mediocre-to-bad animation, and blatant pandering... it's a real bummer. I know the anime adaptations were always flawed compared to the manga but Toei would learn from their past mistakes however they instead multiplied them by 10 fold.

The manga, on the other hand, suffers almost none of the aforementioned problem. It honestly feels much closer to Toriyama's original image than the cheap imitation of it Toei has going on. Akira Toriyama even said Toyotaro and his manga is the true successor to his heavy-hitting manga while he publically complained the anime.

But as a die-hard Dragon Ball fan, I feel obligated to anything with Toriyama's label on it (especially with people pressuring me to like the anime) but even I have limits.

 

[Let's Go Fearless!]

Does reading a chapter of a manga is more entertaining than the anime?

 

[Fantastische Hure]

Yes, it is.

 

[Papasmurf]

I do think the manga is the better product in spite of having mediocre action and panel placement, but I never took the anime that seriously and it has some fairly entertaining bits. It is inconsistent on the level of Boo arc filler though. (lol Vegeta can't beat Super Boo with Goku to back him up but he bested SSJ3 Gotenks)

 

[withheldforprivacy]

Yes, I talked about dropping the anime before but this time it's for real.

I don't want to hate the anime I really don't but it keeps giving me reasons to do so. Between the illogical power scaling, lousy characterization (Goku, Chi-Chi, Frost are prime examples), mediocre-to-bad animation, and blatant pandering... it's a real bummer. I know the anime adaptations were always flawed compared to the manga but Toei would learn from their past mistakes however they instead multiplied them by 10 fold.

The manga, on the other hand, suffers almost none of the aforementioned problem. It honestly feels much closer to Toriyama's original image than the cheap imitation of it Toei has going on. Akira Toriyama even said Toyotaro and his manga is the true successor to his heavy-hitting manga while he publically complained the anime.

But as a die-hard Dragon Ball fan, I feel obligated to anything with Toriyama's label on it (especially with people pressuring me to like the anime) but even I have limits.

Forget both anime and manga. Read Salagir's Dragonball Multiverse, the true sequel of DBZ.

 

[Void]

Multiverse fell off a cliff when all the specials started.

 

[Jerk Store]

I should read the manga, but I just love them pretty movin' pictures too much!

 

[Let's Go Fearless!]

Yes, I talked about dropping the anime before but this time it's for real.

I don't want to hate the anime I really don't but it keeps giving me reasons to do so. Between the illogical power scaling, lousy characterization (Goku, Chi-Chi, Frost are prime examples), mediocre-to-bad animation, and blatant pandering... it's a real bummer. I know the anime adaptations were always flawed compared to the manga but Toei would learn from their past mistakes however they instead multiplied them by 10 fold.

The manga, on the other hand, suffers almost none of the aforementioned problem. It honestly feels much closer to Toriyama's original image than the cheap imitation of it Toei has going on. Akira Toriyama even said Toyotaro and his manga is the true successor to his heavy-hitting manga while he publically complained the anime.

But as a die-hard Dragon Ball fan, I feel obligated to anything with Toriyama's label on it (especially with people pressuring me to like the anime) but even I have limits.

Forget both anime and manga. Read Salagir's Dragonball Multiverse, the true sequel of DBZ.

Toriyama's product is the true canon and sequel.