Is The ONE PIECE Anime Better Than The Manga?

[@myotheremailisacat]

"I WANT TO LIVE!" Robin's VAs sold that scene. Elevated it to another level with the amount of pain and emotion they put into that one line.

[@leonglitch]

I disagree on that. For some reason the manga just hits better for me.

[@bomberdawesome]

​@leondaglish2395 You're going to be biased on what you watched first, but the anime was objectively better.

[@leonglitch]

@@bomberdawesome No it's not.

[@nhlanhlahadebe8866]

​@@leonglitch mad skill issue on ur side💀

[@leonglitch]

@@nhlanhlahadebe8866 This is the dumbest time I've heard someone say skill issue. Congrats I guess

[@marcotibayanmalone7158]

The anime really hits the emotional notes perfectly. When I read the manga I'm like aw alright but when I watch the anime? Fountains of tears bro

[@smiley2982]

I agree

[@killerb187r.o.dstunna9]

I get spoilers from the manga all the time before watching anime and I rather that.

[@Patrick.D.Redfield]

Anime is always better in many ways, i love luffy voice so much, i can't feel any emotion just by reading manga.

[@alexguyson129]

yeah absolutely agree can’t wait for the drums of liberation. Got chills just reading it

[@carmineorlando8253]

It's not objective, I think the opposite, the anime is more cringe

[@ichikanozomi2978]

Drunk kaido

[@TKFLam3]

Really? I loved it in the manga. It really translated well?

[@user-li3cx1ir2d]

I feel like it was funnier in the manga, but the quality of the episode is definitely fire

[@triplevital1499]

​@@user-li3cx1ir2dIdk how people perfer manga. That's just me tho

[@muscleman185]

@@triplevital1499the pacing is so much better in the manga however since wano the quality has severely dropped and it’s all so hard to read now the anime is Definitely winning rn

[@SKTEZE.]

The saboody arcapelago arc was peak anime from the animation to the tone and the voice acting u could feel the fear of the straw hats as they where “taken out” one by one the emotions of that arch was just “mwahh”😙

[@bedcookie]

why no one mentioned the Arlong Park walk? 😶 not a single panel on the manga yet has become the most iconic scene from the anime

[@TKFLam3]

The music

[@louiebeni5189]

Imo it's the hype or really emotional things that the anime does better

[@BeegzBomb]

Zoro vs king finish

[@emzaffar2884]

yes

[@denim5667]

the anime has had some great moments so i can hear out alot of moments… but i think the two for me that definitely surpasses the manga was: 1.) episode 1015 2.) luffy punching charlos

[@A-Han74]

1015 no doubt

[@youngknowledgeseeker]

The anime drops the ball when it comes to pacing and "gore", particularly post time skip. The turtle like pacing and censoring/changing of Whitebeard supposed to be completely blitzing Akainu was not cool for me since I had read the manga first. In the manga, WB just EATS the headshot and without hesitation or pause does that crazy side hit to him. No kneeling for ten seconds, lifting akainu for ten seconds, him falling for ten seconds. If I had watched the anime 1st it probably wouldn't have bothered me because it would be for dramatic build up and blah blah, but too late I saw the original first and was really looking forward to that pacing and showing off of WB's greatness. Same for Kaido vs luffy 1st meeting. Kaido absolutely blitzes Luffy, it's such a shocking and quick display of his utter power. No beam struggle punch, no 20 seconds of struggle, just domination of power and speed. EVERYBODY that read the manga was looking forward to that. Ever since Skypeia and the danger of catching up to the manga, the anime has been an utter slave to pacing and there is nothing anyone can ever do about it...

[@KeruptR47]

There is no such thing as pacing in the manga, it's as quick or as slow as you imagine/read it. You interpret that way because oda very rarely puts in traditional movement, and rightfully so why would you on a manga. People who think the manga are better are just "hipsters". I'll admit I didn't start reading until PH but am all the way current now and the anime has been better in most situations.

[@youngknowledgeseeker]

@@KeruptR47 Thanks for your input. 👍

[@chattycat0052]

The most consistent joy I get out of the anime is hearing all of the unique laughs, instead of just reading them. I feel like the sound of all of the unique laughs together would be amazing

[@technos_orphan_obliterator]

Now, the best anime to manga moment is UNDOUBTEDLY Zoro vs King. They took a sequence that lasted a single chapter, and made it one of the greatest pieces of art in animation HISTORY!! Toei literally got a WORD RECORD FOR THAT!

[@DeClayz]

Luffy climbing the mountains in drum islands is like 3 pages in the manga, and i don't remember how long it was in the anime but i do know they added the scene of him slipping and sliding down a long way, scraping up his hands horribly. Its a scene that is permanently imprinted in my brain

[@adamz.5844]

The Doflamingo laugh and walk.

[@ltvsscandinavia3360]

No one gonna mention Luffy singing the Baka song in Sky Island? That’s worthy of a grammy 🏆🔥

[@dc_kai3055]

To know y’all haven’t been watching the anime for long hurts lol

[@shadowolf2292]

The Wano anime is fantastic in terms of direction, animation, and adding thing that the manga didn't. For example the entirety of Oden's flashback was peak in the anime it felt like a spinoff series and made me love Oden more. Oden vs kaido is still one of my favorite fights in one piece Roger Pirates vs WB pirates is great as well Odens death was perfectly done.

[@Coolanaytor]

since the raid started the quality has dropped off alot tho imo, some of the episodes have been insane 10/10s but there has also been some episodes with horrible pacing bad/reused animation and tons of random flashbacks to stuff that only happened an episode or two ago. i wish this show got a higher budget or more time between episodes or something because the people making it have clearly shown they can do good stuff if given the time and resources

[@michaelcabrera9634]

Most of the fights 😭 prefer them in the anime .. that's why I started watching the anime in the first place.. fights are harder to follow in manga format and fights can only look so good going from splash page to splash page. Animation adds a lot to fights for me for any manga

[@brokenherostudios2556]

hearing the theme song for the straw hats walking up on their enemies never gets old

[@megadumduck4539]

I’m sorry when Luffy first gets to the top of onigashima and sees all the Samarii beaten down from Kaido and hits him with that first Red Roc and says “I’m the one who will beat you and become king of pirates” might be my favorite moment in one piece to date. The look on big mom and Kaidos face was amazing.

[@gilad7279]

The scene where Yamato compares Roger's dream to Luffy's is done perfectly in the anime. From the art direction to the music to the use of colors that scene is my fav in the anime and its done way better than in the manga

[@subscribefornoreason9551]

Croco laugh is the best."ahH ahh Ahh ahh".

[@crystalaxe2440]

zoro vs king in anime was way better

[@jager-hill]

Y’all trippin not watching the anime, literally missing out on the best animation anime has to offer

[@codeless6648]

Animation: godly Pacing: That's probably why

[@ace-studio2032]

​@@codeless6648Pacing is good imo

[@frap9997]

​@@codeless6648pacing not too far from the manga... A one piece episode is like 75% of a manga chapter

[@alfanscholz8663]

Only wano, and the pacing is still terrible.

[@sleeperthoee]

@@alfanscholz8663dressrosa pacing is arguably worse. Fym only wano

[@cadenz7719]

Yeah kinda hit or miss on stuff. Anime gets some of the most emotional stuff down perfectly like the Carlos punch, Robin’s “I want to Live”, and even small things like Bellamy seeing Luffy’s shadow on Jaya. Also most recently King v Zoro was absolutely wild. But manga does do a lot of other thing extremely well. Like end of Dressrosa Luffy v Doflamingo that final punch was supposed to be like Luffy’s final hit on Bluneo fasts and like getting hit with a gun. Then the anime made it a beam struggle, which was fine, but manga Luffy speed is wild and I wish we got to see it animated that way.

[@peeinyoursalad4883]

The anime hits the emotional levels. I mean you can get emotional reading the manga but tell me you don’t imagine the theme songs and music and sounds when you read it. All of those come from the anime. Like I cried a little when (don’t wanna spoil) something happened in chapter 1043, but I know ima be balling when they animate it

[@SoraxasStraeh]

The laughs and overall quality of the voice actors. Music also.

[@Casual-Yohoho-Enjoyer]

True, no idea how the manga did it but there is nothing they could've done that could replace the music in some moments. Brook's backstory is something I cannot imagine reading, from Laboon's noises, watching his friends leave him, to the final Binks no Sake, the audio part seems so integral to it all Also sogeking's theme

[@joeltapia8516]

What are these guys smoking. The anime out does the manga in many ways except pacing.

[@flamingfrenchfry2877]

Nah they actually mess up some fights ngl. Like some of the fight of luffy Vs Kaido were AMAZING in the manga (like using roc Gatling and match head to head with Kaido) but the anime fucked it up completely

[@flamingfrenchfry2877]

Or how they dragged out the hody Jones fight , or fucked up on the doffy fight. Some episodes were downright unwatchable

[@CoffeeMonster01]

this is the statement of someone who doesn't really read mangas. so keep smoking

[@alfanscholz8663]

LMAO you forgot the artwork, it's so much better in the manga. And pacing is the major reason I dropped the anime.

[@arjundhaliwal8853]

Pacing is literally atrocious. I can’t stand the anime sometimes. They literally pan to show random peoples faces and reactions for like 5 min in the middle of random scenes lol and they don’t even cover a chapter per episode

[@jrocks6969]

the pre time skip anime is best before haki before luffy started going gear 4 , just his characteristics and traits made it so badasss

[@hefttefla4372]

Not even the chapapa. The little song he sings with instructions in it. Peak one piece

[@BigBallsLover6969]

Bro could land a plane on that shiny ahhh dome head

[@PhyzardKiller]

Luffys red roc against kiado is peak one piece literally top 5 best moments in one piece.

[@revanpattiwaelapia2271]

I want to live, 1062, 1015, Chopper Monster point, luffy vs crocodile final, Bink sake, Jinbey introduction in inpel down, liffy vs Lucci

[@JoyFleet]

I have some especially the Kaido vs luffy animation is really good n Gear 5 is gonna exceed that but manga still had that great sense of appeal from Gear 5. Also in alabasta Ace traveling with strawhats scenes were added which were good cus in the manga he goes off very early.

[@bigzubber]

Emotional scenes in anime are almost always better cause I hear them say it and not me, Idk why but I can’t feel bad for a character or a situation in the manga, reading the manga around Brooks introduction and backstory (like chapter 489 I think) isn’t as good as hearing him say/sing it in the anime.

[@NoOne-ky1er]

Manga can never do justice to Bink's Sake. That song elevates the back story

[@thomashenry3103]

There are some moments recently in the anime that are more flushed out than the manga. For example we didn’t realize Ashuradoji died in the manga until after the raid was over. However the anime made it very obvious when he sacrificed himself.

[@murasaki1113]

I’d say if there are moments they’re mostly related to hearing the voices and sounds in the anime, for example: Nico Robin saying “i wanna live” crocodile saying its been a long time “mugiwara” the laughs and specially whenever joy boys laughs and when luffy punches kaido with the OG music in the background. And obviously some of the fight scenes.

[@darkmanx126]

Recently zoro vs king.. sanjis vs queen.. episode 1015 with backstory Ace/Yamato.. there’s so much that was added to spice the manga up.. one of my favorite, the red hawk that started war in wano.. you get more of an emotional feel too since the voice acting is so good

[@KK-vx7st]

The sounddesign is pretty decent and the japanese voice acting is great, those alone add so much. The fights being more fluid is also something that sets anime above manga for me. Its very hard to compare tho because they are literally different media

[@sethsnowden1343]

Dude u smoking crazy stuff, last episodes of wano have been insane, wait till kaido and bigmom vs luffy animation comes out you'll be cracked

[@LilRobeyy]

I either need a part 2 for this or to know what episode of the pod this was

[@KingJH0510]

Luffy vs crocodile gomu gomu no storm You cant beat classical music in an anime fight

[@rifter4478]

I think the anime is better because it's anime. I don't care about the pacing anyway.

[@KingDomCame]

Bro got that mastermind level skull😂😂😂

[@BuddyRIP]

Ennies lobby is an arc that gave constant moments where I loved the anime more than the manga. 2 biggest examples being I want to live and the Merry at the very end

[@syeevetaylor8794]

Y’all don’t even watch the anime ? Definitely changed my perspective on ur guys podcast

[@DEVILS_advocate05]

As a whole the manga will be better to me. But for sure they’re moments. Not whole episodes. Nothing happened, I want to live, the walk, ringing the bell. Etc. to many to remember.

[@robertmackenzie707]

The first red rock in wano was insane

[@malik5531]

The entire arc of Wano

[@Wykes]

I mean there is not a chance in hell they're ignorant to episode 1015 or the more recent 1062-1063 being life-long hardcore One Piece fans. And if you don't think that episode far exceeds the manga then you are going to have one hell of a time convincing the other 99.9% of the fan base.

[@gkevv232]

Every emotional moment in OP is easily displayed in the anime and imo I like when the fights are animated

[@Cethil]

For me was back in whole cake island when luffy said “ without you I can’t be the pirate king” the way he sorta chokes on the “ore wa” made me cry even more during that whole ordeal.

[@tramplinggiant6320]

Zoro seeing the grim reaper

[@irohied1266]

I actually like the anime only issue is pacing and the only real reason I started reading the manga is because of spoilers

[@davidturner9961]

The recent Zoro episode vs king And Luffy kid and law face off with big mom and kaido that first episode was perfect

[@jmlj913]

I used to love the snail phone call noise and they kinda stopped playing it as much

[@ThatOnePieceTalk]

It’s still there. Every call.

[@VenomX27]

Honestly gear 4 was pretty good in the anime and I prefer it in there

[@officialxenothakidd]

How can devil fruit users fight in the rain when the rain comes from the ocean?

[@irontiger021]

Its the the pausing they did with the dude inside Laboon

[@Turk1shCowboy]

That is soo cap dude. The Anime presents all kinds of emotions and Fights a million times better than the manga. The only thing i could think of are the "reveal" moments in the manga. They could be more flashy in the manga.

[@justindwarika2523]

The Going Merry farewell is perfect in the anime

[@soundaholixx]

THE LAUGHS

[@TKFLam3]

When luffy impersonates the crew

[@ShivzDotzTV]

You shouldn't be allowed to speak on one piece if you don't indulge in BOTH

[@Mo-ei7ig]

all of wano is better in the anime. All of marineford is better in the anime. Anime is always gonna be better and more entertaining then black and white panels

[@kiraa454]

nah only some of the fights are better in the anime .imo every thing else the manga takes it

[@hotdogkid9015]

I’m sorry but there is no little pictures ever out performing amazing fights and actual voice acting IN COLOR and the newest episodes look better than any of the Manga put together

[@hgirjiofebunsjbk]

But in manga its not stretched out bc manga is the original work thats why i and lots of ppl like the manga more

[@ChrisControversial]

You sound stupid. I'm not saying that the anime doesn't have it's moments but still pictures have some too. They both have advantages and disadvantages. Some of the manga has panels so detailed you couldn't illustrate that on a television show while the anime has physical moments that can bring out the actions of the characters more

[@CWojcieszak]

How can one person be so wrong? Its like you took all the worst takes in the history of humanity and forcefully fused them into this deformed abomination of an opinion

[@Slayslayslayyy123]

@@hgirjiofebunsjbk read the manga and I don’t feel as much of the emotions I do compared to watching the anime

[@hgirjiofebunsjbk]

@@Slayslayslayyy123 thats the reason for anime but by op you get the worst pacing i am reading the manga version from the beginning now and the way the story lines up is way better

[@wjt2142]

Odens flashback in wano was anime only which included roger and whitebeards clash

[@muscleman185]

Luffy losing his crew at sabody, Goodbye to the going merry, I want to live, Vivi begging everyone to stop fighting, Sanji Vs Queen, Zoro Vs king, Gear 5, Brooks whole story, every time brook sings, all are moments it put the anime over the manga tbh

[@KingMorgh]

I know people don’t typically like them but I usually enjoy the anime only filler episodes. The fillers usually showcase each persons abilities which means you get more Usopp moments and that’s never a bad thing. Usopp has more non-canon moments than canon moments.

[@faisalalharatani4458]

1015 was peak one piece and how it should be adapted. We will see if g5 episode will exceed it, if i hear one dragonball sound effect am out

[@atanaciogarza7176]

Hearing Binks no Sake or Bink's Brew. Chills.

[@luxtrootero3860]

Brook back story, the manga you have the lyrics on the anime you have the full song

[@Canvas19391]

I’d say the anime of Luffy punching the celestial dragon back into manga style was top tier

[@vectorshot3072]

Nah bros head is crazy 😂💀

[@loki350]

Brooke singing and laughing

[@biggie4971]

I liked when ace was telling Yamato about luffy dream showing it back to back of luffy telling ace and sabo fir luffy and roger telling reighley and oden because we didn’t get that in the manga or I don’t remember

[@TrafalgarD.Wat3rLaw]

The animation id fantastic but itll never top the hand crafted masterpiece oda made himself

[@somedude3400]

Merry burning, brook sing binks saki, and king vs zoro HEAVILY outweighs the manga

[@supersonic0003]

Big mom Arc made the biggest difference for me, i've quit reading one piece roughly around the end of big mom. It just wasnt really that appealing anymore + the months inbetween were killing the Vibe even more. This year i've started one piece all over from Episode one and just now have reached Big mom. And i got to admit, that i've never been as hyped for a Villain than her, after her musical introduction. So yeah, the Anime actually adds on to the story.

[@maxxtrollster4730]

Missing out on some of the breathtaking animation in Wano is just criminal to me.

[@alfanscholz8663]

Good animation doesn't make up for horrible pacing

[@NasaMilkMan]

i never understood how black and white pictures and little captions could be better than an entire anime, absolutely insane to me

[@alfanscholz8663]

Better artwork, pacing, and censorship. It's insane to me that anyone's willing to consume 15000 hours worth of content in a single series. For that amount of time, you could have read the whole series two or three times to understand the plot better.

[@johansno5019]

Luffy about to read scene Doflamingo's voice (sub) Kaido fight in anime felt more hype

[@joey-desu]

I feel like most good anime have stronger/better moments than their manga. Not cuz the manga is bad in any way possible but the combination of music + great voice acting + good/smooth animation can make these deep important moments feel way stronger. Im not the biggest manga reader, ive read a couple and still prefer anime simply because the manga ive read never had any moments feel as strong as some of their anime counterparts.

[@truecooler21]

Anime Luffy's Red Roc just blew my brain

[@chukss_]

Luffy singing in skypia is another moment that you couldn’t get on the manga that was hilarious 😂

[@zabeardedwizard8179]

The sniper king song.

[@sauce8767]

For me it was luffy vs Robb Lucci but probably only because of nostalgia

[@cocooneddaoist]

1015 was just badass, and in terms of badass not much compares, even in other anime.

[@Realas199]

I was sad they removes sanji vs smoker It showed sanji dont need armament to attack logia Ans there was no dragon on log town It was sanji using his leg to stop his wepon

[@codyjarvis4557]

😂 I dropped the anime during Marineford. When half of WB’s face wasn’t blown off. Only thing from the anime I acknowledge is the music.

[@rsync9490]

pica's voice doesn't really hit until you watch the voice actors give it a go. Same with big mom stuff.

[@user_anthony]

Binks sake. Aint no way manga does it justice (trust i read) compared to hearing it played either with a happy tempo or the sad one when brook is explaining his backstory. Like you can imagine a happy or sad piano tune, but hearing it with lyrics and music is not comparable

[@Weneedaplague]

Bro look like jack Nicholson's joker bred an alien

[@epic2lax976]

The new animation🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jaybot1988]

Chapapa is such a underrated laugh too 5 in the series easy maybe even top 3

[@shadowolf2292]

I agree with the manga being better in the anime at least before Wano.

[@DripJambe]

Now it clears the manga in every way

[@shadowolf2292]

@@DripJambeabsolutely

[@reiner8373]

What are y’all smoking? The anime looks nice but it’s pacing is still at a drag.

[@alfanscholz8663]

​@@DripJambeabsolutely not

[@pugatomann5012]

i think all of the major fights in current wano, have had animation that is just on another level entirely, along with good pacing. easily outdid those moments in the manga

[@miagi.d.gozaru]

Anytime overtaken comes on is when its worth watching the anime

[@lethrill7347]

bro got cut off lmaooo

[@ontheruntips7242]

Usually moments with extreme emotion the anime does it better. Overall though, i would pick manga over anime.