Manga vs. Anime

I think you made a good point about how the anime 
is drawn out too long.  In the early episodes of 
Dragon Ball Z, the story moves along at a good 
pace and there is a good amount of progression in 
each episode.  Once the series became a hit, the 
studios had to create full episodes with not much 
happening in them (*thinks of LONG serquences of 
characters just staring at each other ready to 
fight...*).

The after seeing a bit of the anime, I looked at 
the manga for Dragon Ball.  I found the manga to 
be superior to the anime in almost every way.  
First of all, the story moves along at a perfect 
pace.  Second, the art is ALWAYS top-notch.  I 
feel that the style of animation used by a couple 
of the studios that did Dragon Ball Z is rushed 
and choppy (only SOME episodes).

If the manga has a downfall it is only because of 
the medium's limits.  Some scenes in Dragon Ball 
just have more impact because they can animate it 
and add a soundtrack.  

Anyway, I didn't plan on writing this much on the 
subject... but I guess I got carried away (bored 
in between classes).  

-Graham