Most CLAMP manga's in general are better then the actual アニメ since usually the anime's adaptions are too rushed not allowing enough time for good character development または not adding enough depth to the plot . または they change too much in the アニメ adaption ruining the actual story または making it very hard and confusing to follow .
In my opinion some CLAMP manga's that are better then the アニメ adaptions :
xxxholic * the アニメ skipped a few important details and made the story line too Watanuki oriented *
Tsubasa : Reservoir Chronicles * They rushed the plot too fast and did not give enough episodes for a magna series that has over 25 本 . I mean NARUTO -ナルト- and Fairy Tail are also past 25 本 and have over 200 episodes , 4-5 OVA's , and a movie または two and yet Tsuabsa had only around 50 episodes , 1 OVA , and two 映画 *
Magic Knight Rayearth * the quality of the アニメ was terrible and they did not venture much into character development which is what made the magna an enjoyable read . *
X / 2000 * Terrible アニメ quality and they changed too much of the story making the アニメ it's own version of the magna instead of a proper magna adaption *
Chobits * My only issue with Chobits is that they rushed the story a little bit making the ending of this アニメ a little too obvious and making the アニメ fell like a cliché 愛 story *
posted １年以上前
IKR!!! Like Tsubasa actually didn't end the series in the anime! XXXHOLiC was long enough to finish the series though... But CLAMP is making a new serialized series of XXXHOLiC too...
Clarification. In the English dubbed anyway, they turn Nezumi into ラット (His name). I felt the アニメ rushed some of the most beautiful and important parts of the manga.
It's a story about a 'perfect' city that isn't so perfect under the surface. A boy, Shion, who grew up in it, naive to it's truths until chance brought he and Nezumi into contact. It's hard to explain in just a few words and give it justice. It is shonen ai ish (The マンガ もっと見る than the アニメ but it's there too) but if you're ok with that, I strongly recommend it.
I always read the マンガ before I watch animes, but though I have only watched one episode of the アニメ Fruits Basket, judging from what I've heard it doesn't sound as good as the manga. It missed out loads of characters, many of which played very crucial parts, including one of my favourites, and some aspects of personality seem to have been altered; I asked some Fruits Basket ファン how they felt about Shigure having a darker side, and they didn't know what I was talking about, having only ever seen Shigure in the anime. The voices also sound a lot different to how I imagined; when I read マンガ I tend to be able to 'hear' the characters' voices in my head in a way, so I expected the アニメ voices to be different, but it was mildly disappointing nonetheless in some ways. Maybe that was just me being fussy, but I was somewhat put off watching when I was told that some of my favourite characters were different/not featured in the anime.
Rosario Vampire. The first season of the アニメ was mostly accurate, aside from characters being introduced at different times. Although, the first season of the マンガ had way もっと見る story to it.
The 秒 season of the アニメ left the マンガ behind entirely and turned it into mostly fanservice, while creating it's own half assed story. I don't mind fanservice, but when it get's in the way of the story and character development then it's too much.
All in all the マンガ went waaay past the アニメ and it handled character development much better. The poorly done development in the 秒 season left a bad taste in my mouth. I still liked the anime, but it can't compare to the manga.
