One piece: Manga or Anime

Ehem.

So let me start off this story by saying this all started as a kid/teen, when One Piece released it's first episode in America around nights on Saturdays. Back then I only watched mainstream stuff like Inuyasha, Yu yu Hakusho, ect. So, then came the day One Piece finally aired and I thought to myself, an anime about pirates sound great. Then I watched the opening and was like no. Ever since then I have not seen a single thing on One Piece. Looking back I regret it and now want to watch One Piece because it is apparently too awesome, and now looking at some of the art and the main storyline it does seem rather awesome.

Now then, to be blunt I am an anime man. I always watch my series in anime if I can, or in visual novels. I like animation. I've only read one Manga in my life and it was Mahoraba, only because I was curious what happens afterstory which was never aired as part of the anime.

Yeah yeah I know I should watch it the way I want to, but I want to know which would be better overall, because I was told the manga is better. Is this true?

Please no spoilers like in all other anime/manga threads.

3 day poll, I will start on Saturday.

The manga. Shits epic. 4kids killed any love I could ever have for the anime, and theirs like 500 hours of footage to go through. Its just too far ahead for me to catch up at this point, also I don't really want to watch the same story arcs all over again. I've already read them all.

the manga is a better than the anime but u could do wat i did and watched the anime first then pick up the manga were the anime leaves of. i say this cuz there both pretty close in number anime is like 467 nd manga is 600. but its up to u which u prefer

I choose Manga..
Well things are quite different at my country.. They still maintain the original opening but for the dub, it was the worst dub ever.. The appreciation by local TV toward anime products are still very low and they generalized that all anime are for kids only..
Up until now i still follow One piece on Manga even though i can download it through internet..
SO basically i prefer Manga than Anime cause i think the anime has a lesser art..
I am an Manga guy..

I have to go with the manga on this one. I tried watching the one piece anime, but the opening song and flashbacks to other episodes took up a large chunk of an episode, so it wasn't worth watching to me. I do watch the movies, though.

Isn't there a "both" option?

Well, I read the manga more, but I watch the anime to see a certain arc or see the characters move. Like the Whitebeard saga. Shit is Epic in manga, but seeing them actually move and fight in the anime is even more shit end epic. Plus, the dramatic scenes of One Piece can really move you (unlike some others I could mention), so watching it in the anime is really heartwrenching

The manga is WAAAY more epic, the anime is total shit. Fillers everywhere.

Definitely the manga. I believe the earlier chapters are being rescanned by some random individuals, so the quality won't quite be so bad at the start.

Though you could still watch the movies too, so you kinda get both?

I've watched the anime until the latest episode available then I followed on with the manga because shit was too awesome and I couldn't wait 7 days between each episode... Now I have to wait 7 days for each scan.

But I gotta say, some of the soundtracks in the anime make some scenes even better than they actually are in the manga, so it's really worth it. But I agree with the fillers that are utter shit.

Oh cool; glad to know you've been watching it. It really is amazing.

OT: I would say the manga, only because it progresses a lot faster than the anime and there are a lot of awesome pictures that one might like (eg. Color spread chapter covers). Really though, I say one could go either way when it comes to the series. The One Piece anime is one of the few anime that I can think of that actually follows the original manga verbatim, and has very (very) few filler arcs. The anime is a good choice, though, because it's voice acting is spectacular; Mayumi Tanaka is such an amazing VA and she really brings Luffy's personality to life.

What I do is, I read the manga--all and every chapter--and, if there's a particular scene I want to see animated/voiced, I'll watch that/those episode(s) in specifically.

Manga for me though.

The real Robin is in the manga!!!

I always favor the manga, since anime always have annoying fillers... The only I liked in the anime was Thriller Bark and that was only because Bink's Song was sung lol.

Thanks guys, can't see the results as of now, but looking at the comments I'm guessing manga is winning. Will start one piece tonight in exactly 8 hours. Hopefully I have someone to discuss it with after I catch up.

Edit: manga it is then

Manga. All the way. No question.
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It really depends but the anime could be epic at times such as this.

The anime overdoes EVERYTHING.

Sure it can be ok occasionally and sometimes even enjoyable as shown above.

But when it's every other thing shown, it is just painful to get through.

The manga is a lot more concise about these situations AND still gets the epicness across.

So you get the joke and move on. While in the anime, you get the joke, and then get stuck waiting for it to be fucking over.

The manga is much better but I still watch the anime. Its a good series and I hope it will contiune for a long while.

Manga :D
Simply because I believe it looks better, it's more appealing to me in a sense.
But yeah Manga since it's faster than anime as someone mentioned.