Game/Novel, or anime

lately there seems to be a lot anime adaptation of games and light novel, so do you prefer watch the anime adaptation first, or try to read the novel, or play the game first? since a lot of adaptation tend to fail delivers the original epicness.

this poll will help me decide to read "Remembrances of a Certain Pilot" or watch the movie adoptee first, any suggestion is welcomed

So far...
FSN VN > FSN Anime
Majikoi Vn > Majikoi Anime

... That's all I know.

As for the rest, I just watch the anime. If I really like it then I'll read the manga or whatever.

The key word here is "adaptation". Any adaptation will have a couple of things changed. In the case of a VN like School Days, they only covered one of the possible endings of the VN. Personally I like to read the original content before looking into any adaptations and spin-offs especially in the case of VN's.

I like reading the original because I feel the content is better when it hasn't been modified.

The manga is always better then the anime.



I guess someone can't read.

The original is usually better, so I tend to go for that.

Source is "Always" better than the adaptation.

Each time people talk about this topic, the Tsukihime tragedy always comes to mind. *shudder*.

Unless I'm unaware of the existence of the source of which the Anime is adapted from, I almost always prefer the source. There are some equal grounds though. Steins;Gate for example. I'm playing the visual novel on my itouch and I've already seen the Anime beforehand. So far, I'm split between them. Oh, I can say that I did enjoy the light novel of Welcome to the NHK! more than the Anime, although the Anime contained an event that I thought sustained the series on an epic proportion.

If I didn't know that the anime came from a VN, I would probably just watch it first. Buts its the opposite if I knew that it is from a VN and it has a chance of being translated.

I aways tell people to PLAY the Persona series be for you do anything else.

-1 rep... guess someones hatin' on persona.

Play or read first probably.
But there are a few case where I only watch the anime adaptation, like Amagami.

decided to read first
I have no regret...

Best recent example of something that killed the source, Majikoi. I don't think Majikoi can be Majikoi without those 30 minute H-scenes..., God, Yamato must've let loose like 10 times in the first Yukie one.