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Ok, guys. Which do you guys like better, the Bleach manga, or the Bleach anime? For me, it'd be the manga, because the artwork has more style than the anime's artwork, there is more humor in the manga, and sometimes the tv show can be a little boring. So what do you guys think?

Manga>Anime

I seem to almost always prefer the original work over the remakes. In this case, the manga is the original work. I have found that the manga has a better flow to it. Also, adding "filler" is never a good thing in my eyes. I've yet to see any filler anime that is able to meet the bar that the original stories set.

Oh, the manga I suppose. I generally prefer the original material as well.

The anime's enjoyable however, although I'm a bit miffed that they condensed certain scenes down and removed potential foreshadowing. Good to know that they are finally getting back to animating manga material.

definitely the manga. i find that i enjoy the original series more than the anime. also, i tend to like action sequences in manga more than in anime. finally, i think i like the manga more because i read it before the anime and the anime sorta fell a little below my expectations.

Even without my preference for reading over watching and original material over adaptations and setting aside the filler... the manga. I feel the first part of the anime is really rather good. But at some point (around the time Ichigo fights Zaraki) I started to feel as though the anime was being stretched. Just a few seconds longer of a pause or panning on an action shot, but the overall effect is to make the viewing experience less enjoyable.

Anime,

Admittedly, the bounto arc sucked, but I say don't judge a good anime by its filler. Mainly what it comes down to is presenation, its still images and text vs moving images, sound, voices, and music. To give an illustration.

[spoiler]During Renji and Byakuya's figh, Byakuya imprisons Renji with the light prison, you hear Renji panic, he knows its over, the lights begin the dim, the music kicks in, Byakuya with the coldest of glares unleashes Senbonzakura as the petals swirl around Abarai's doomed body to the sound of a divine melody and SPLAT!!, its awesome, awe-inspiring, and [/spoiler]

its something still images and text just can't make up for. The human mind can concieve many things, but the ability create unique melodies is a rare gift, simply concieving new music in your mind to go along with the scene your reading is not going to happen. So yeah, to me music makes all the difference. As we witness whats happening to the characters in any expressive art, we can only empathize so much because were not there, its not actually happening, but music bridges to gap so to speak, bringing out the full emotion of the scene.

Manga... it had no filler.

finally, i think i like the manga more because i read it before the anime and the anime sorta fell a little below my expectations.

I'm the same way, too.