Most CLAMP manga's in general are better then the actual animê since usually the anime's adaptions are too rushed not allowing enough time for good character development or not adding enough depth to the plot . Or they change too much in the animê adaption ruining the actual story or making it very hard and confusing to follow .
In my opinion some CLAMP manga's that are better then the animê adaptions :
xxxholic * the animê 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 books . I mean naruto and Fairy Tail are also past 25 books and have over 200 episodes , 4-5 OVA's , and a movie or two and yet Tsuabsa had only around 50 episodes , 1 OVA , and two filmes *
Magic Knight Rayearth * the quality of the animê was terrible and they did not venture much into character development which is what made the magna an enjoyable read . *
X / 2000 * Terrible animê quality and they changed too much of the story making the animê 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 animê a little too obvious and making the animê fell like a cliché amor story *
posted over a year ago
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 rato (His name). I felt the animê 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 mangá mais than the animê but it's there too) but if you're ok with that, I strongly recommend it.
I always read the mangá before I watch animes, but though I have only watched one episode of the animê 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 fãs 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 mangá I tend to be able to 'hear' the characters' voices in my head in a way, so I expected the animê 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 animê was mostly accurate, aside from characters being introduced at different times. Although, the first season of the mangá had way mais story to it.
The segundo season of the animê left the mangá 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 mangá went waaay past the animê and it handled character development much better. The poorly done development in the segundo season left a bad taste in my mouth. I still liked the anime, but it can't compare to the manga.
