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Dec 21, 2024 6:01 AM
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Chainsaw_Heart
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How is this new adaptation going?I never watched the OG one. Is it a good idea to start with this remake or should I watch the OG?
Dec 21, 2024 6:09 AM
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MaxAkumax
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Chainsaw_Heart said:
How is this new adaptation going?I never watched the OG one. Is it a good idea to start with this remake or should I watch the OG?

If you want the anime to stick to the manga, then you should watch the remake. I personally like the remake very much, especially the modern animation. The voice acting is great, and the story is pretty damn good.
However, those stuck in nostalgy will probably tell you to watch the original
Dec 21, 2024 6:55 AM
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FreedomKME
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The old one is better in EVERY aspect. New one is like a generic shonen with shallow drama, horrible art, amateurish direction for really dumb modern audiences. And don't get me started with the music.
Dec 21, 2024 7:16 AM
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Miraz_Un_Nabi
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Chainsaw_Heart said:
How is this new adaptation going?I never watched the OG one. Is it a good idea to start with this remake or should I watch the OG?
See both. The first season of both anime was good, but not extraordinary. And the OG one didn't follow the manga. Filler episodes were more in the first season of OG. You wouldn't find anything special other than some nostalgic OST. And you have to watch 96"s style animation which was not that great then. In this new adaptation, they are fully loyal to manga. And the filler scenes are very few. But this time, the director didn't do justice to the animation and also with OST. But I say it would be a good one for you because you didn't see the OG.
But yeah there will be a very good fight for 2nd season. Don't listen to the other people who are saying it is bad. They are wrong. 2nd season is going great. They have changed the director and this time they are doing really good work than the first season. It is very promising. You cant really expect God-level animation like Ufotable, mappa. Lindenfilms is doing really good work, it really surpasses my expectations this time. The difference from the OG one is that the OG one wanted to show Kenshin with emotion which makes you nostalgic and OST had played role making that anime super great with emotional building. But this time they are following manga, so they are showcasing kenshin as a heroic character. So this time the feelings are different. Yet it is still great.
So, you can watch both. But if you start the OG one, Dont expect that this one will be like the OG one.
Dec 21, 2024 7:50 AM
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-Hyunckel-

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You can begin with this version and later watch the original if you want. Every version have their good things.
Dec 21, 2024 7:55 AM
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Blumarine210
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The original anime fails as an adaptation, if you want to know the canon history just watch this one.
Dec 21, 2024 9:40 AM
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sukisan1
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I personally like both for different reasons, in my opinion the original is so much better even with the old art style I think it looks better and there's a much deeper emotional connection to the characters than in the new one but the new one is faithful to the manga where the og has a ton of fillers. To me the music in the first one makes it 100% better in every way, it gives you such a different experience than with the remake, but I do like how the remake has no fillers
Dec 21, 2024 10:34 AM
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Midio7
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MaxAkumax said:
Chainsaw_Heart said:
How is this new adaptation going?I never watched the OG one. Is it a good idea to start with this remake or should I watch the OG?

If you want the anime to stick to the manga, then you should watch the remake. I personally like the remake very much, especially the modern animation. The voice acting is great, and the story is pretty damn good.
However, those stuck in nostalgy will probably tell you to watch the original

I watched the OG recently so it rly isnt a nostalgia thing, old one rocks
Dec 21, 2024 10:52 AM
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Midio7
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Chainsaw_Heart said:
How is this new adaptation going?I never watched the OG one. Is it a good idea to start with this remake or should I watch the OG?

i probably wouldnt watch the new adaptation if i hadnt seen the OG, and i think the same applies for most people. So this says enough.

OG first and then the new one in the future when you feel like rewatching the series.

Or perhaps the other way, tho first impressions are important, and the OG is better at that
Dec 21, 2024 4:45 PM
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hanyuhi16

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Both have great things. The music in the OG is SUPERB!! OPs, EDs, and even the soundtrack for every moment. The animation is one of the best of the 90s too. The fillers are fun and make you love the characters more.

But the remake is very loyal to the manga, not completely because they added one little thing or other, but veeeery good. After each episode I check my manga and I'm in awe.
Dec 22, 2024 8:08 AM
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Gantz613-EXIT
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Read it first, then watch the 90’s version, then the remake imo.
Dec 22, 2024 8:08 AM
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Gantz613-EXIT
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-Hyunckel- said:
You can begin with this version and later watch the original if you want. Every version have their good things.

Nah don’t do this.
I am enjoying the remake but as someone who’s been a longtime fan, the og stuff is the way to go.

First season of the remake is way too serious.
Dec 22, 2024 7:30 PM
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Miraz_Un_Nabi
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Reply to Gantz613-EXIT
Read it first, then watch the 90’s version, then the remake imo.
@Gantz-613 If you are suggesting him to read the manga first, then why 90's is the 2nd position... They didn't even follow fully the manga
Dec 26, 2024 11:58 AM
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wildhood
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Just watch the remake. It'll become a complete adaptation eventually and is more faithful to the manga and has no fillers. The original is an incomplete adaptation that never adapted the Jinchu arc, and is 45% filler. I do think the 1996 version is timeless though, like almost all anime made during the 90s, because of the traditional animation. But it's on its way to becoming obsolete once the Jinchu arc gets adapted.
wildhoodDec 26, 2024 12:01 PM
Dec 26, 2024 2:58 PM
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StallionXD

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The old one is better in EVERY aspect. New one is like a generic shonen with shallow drama, horrible art, amateurish direction for really dumb modern audiences. And don't get me started with the music.
@FreedomKME holy damn, this dude is posting L takes out the wazoo lol
Sorry if my english is bad (っ˘▽˘)っ~~~
Btw, cry about it.

Dec 27, 2024 9:52 PM
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PurpleMario
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I think this remake is doing a pretty good work, but I still think you should start by the OG.

Both adaptations are different and have their own strong points, but I think the first one is more "emotional" than the new one. The whole Tokyo-arc was treated in a more comedic way I think, which makes the Kyoto-arc hit harder. In the new version I feel characters a bit "shallow" and not as charismatic in comparisson. Still, the story is good enough to make it a great series anyway. In both version.

But as some others mentioned, half of the first anime is just fillers, and even so they didn't adapt the whole manga, which is most likely to occur this time. So my suggestion is to start by the old one and watch it until the end of Kyoto-arc (I still liked the Shimabara-arc, even if it's not canon tho). Then, if you want to know how the story continues from there, you either read the manga or start watching the remake.
Jan 5, 5:15 PM
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RyogiSHIKI7
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You really should live the OG first that is one of the best production EVER in all aspects😊!
Jan 12, 6:38 PM
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Gantz613-EXIT
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Dec 2018
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I personally think both are good but just read it
Jan 12, 6:41 PM
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Gantz613-EXIT
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Miraz_Un_Nabi said:
@Gantz-613 If you are suggesting him to read the manga first, then why 90's is the 2nd position... They didn't even follow fully the manga

Idk? I’m just saying to him do it however you want,
the manga/original work will always be superior
Jan 23, 5:23 PM
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aroelsfc
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the OG is better, the visual is Darker but really suits the genre, for a comparison, please watch both episode when Kenshin vs Saito, that's when i realized the OG is better.

the Remake version has modern visual and too colorful for me, and that's the reason why i don't really like it
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