Following
the success of its anime, Shin Seiki EVANGELION
is also available in manga format. In my personal opinion, the
manga is far much better, for the story and character development.
Maybe because the anime was made in haste so there are many things
left unsaid. If you are EVANGELION hardcore otaku you have to
read and collect the manga. I guarantee you won't regret, furthermore
the mangaka is also the character designer for the anime, Yoshiyuki
Sadamoto.
The
manga is legally published in Japan by Shounen Ace
from Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. and currently
still running. But since it has just being published in my hometown,
I had only read some of the former issues Y_Y. There are some minor
and major differences in the manga and the anime. Maybe because
of different story maker, in the anime is Hideaki
Anno meanwhile in the manga, it's made by Yoshiyuki
Sadamoto based on the anime series. However, 2 men do not always
have the same point of view. For example, Anno-sensei said that
Shinji
appears to be cold but when you know him better, Shinji is basically
an ordinary teenager. On the contrary, Sadamoto-sensei said that
Shinji may appears like an ordinary teenager but he's actually introvert
and cold. More so, the anime focused on Shinji's behavior changes
meanwhile the manga focused on Shinji's emotional development. However,
I think both the anime and the manga is worthy.
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