Re: Weekly Oricon Comic Rankings
As much as I hate anime butchering manga, isn't that the fault of the mangaka? All they have to do is insist that the studio respect the material or they can't animate it. Don't just give it to the first studio that asks. Didn't Mashima do the same with FT? Rave was cut short so he was bitter. That's why FT took so long to get one. And that despite its flaws, it remains true to the source material.
This pretty much. The mangakas have very little or no control over the animated version of their works. Or I should say the ones who aren't noted successes don't. Their involvement starts with their name on the opening and ends there too. A few might interject and insist on certain voice actors, and some companies might ask them how certain scenes should be done, but these are exceptions more than the norm. When the anime --and subsequently the manga get really popular, then you might see involvement that actually matters. Otherwise? They're basically fans of the anime too.I think the publisher has the right to choose which studio to do animation, not mangaka.