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This Week in Anime - When Does an Anime Need a Reboot?

I'm sure I'll catch heat for this...but has there ever been a lauded reboot that you all just bounced off of?

I LOVED the 2001 Fruits Basket, despite the fact that it ends only partway through the manga...it was emotionally satisfying and exceptionally well directed.

At most times, when an anime gets a reboot, the original dub cast was replaced and a new cast come in like with Shaman king 2021.

If I were going to nominate a series that deserves a reboot it would be Claymore. The original series ended abruptly because the manga was continuing. In fact, it continued for a number of years after the anime was released in 2006.

Of course, like you said, it likely depends on what you watched/read first, and people are allowed their preferences. The 2019 anime is still one of the few reboots I've enjoyed since it adapts the manga in full and sticks closer to how it was originally told, which I think is a good story in itself.

I've liked almost all of the reboots I've seen so they've been a net positive for me!
Some of them aren't talked about enough though like Dragon Quest Dai no Daibouken which was a very solid battle shonen with consistent animation. Guess it was too by the book for most people unfortunately.

BadNewsBlues wrote:

Not if the animation or other elements have aged poorly they are. Still remember people actually getting bothered by the Shaman King reboot getting rid of Chocolove’s big lips even with many of these people being aware of why they changed it.

See, I'm the opposite, that's generally one of the main reasons I find reboots and remakes to be awful on average. Censorship in general sucks. It's one of the worst things about modern reboots. Even stuff like Dragonball Kai was toned down considerably compared to the original and that wasn't even a true remake but they still felt the need to remove blood and tone down other violent stuff in the new airing. And Super was even more tame which makes me wonder how Daima will even be. It makes me wonder how the One Piece will be handled if it's not airing in a late night slot. Will Luffy still get porcupined by Don Krieg's spikes and become a bloody mess? I guess we'll see.

I suppose this is an example of when and why some people do consider the remake as 'replacing' the original, or at least hoping that it does. They don't like certain types of content in media so they're fine with pretending the old version doesn't exist anymore and the new 'updated' version is the only one that matters or is relevant if said content is removed. Although in general anime is generally censored compared to the original manga. Even the 2001 Shaman King anime heavily altered Chocolove's backstory even if they kept his design. In the end if someone wants the true experience, read the original manga, light novel, video game, or whatever the adaption is based on. Although I do find it a bit silly when people try to herald a more censored version of a work as the 'true version' and try to ignore the original source material.

Promised Neverland made some really weird decisions with missing out on one of the best characters in the series. Deadman Wonderland also missed a plot important character and changed a few things. I feel like these are enough for reboots.

At the very least, the last couple of episodes would have to be reconned entirely in order to make a sequel, and I think a different visual approach to the action scenes (which were somewhat limited on animation) could be interesting.

It also does that thing where instead of using thin black line art, the lines are actually a desaturated shade of brownish grey. Thin BLACK lines, as in actual black lines make everything pop which is why cartoons like secret of nimh or FMA 2003 look so good. I don't care if its weird to say, I've loved how good thin black lines and matte/celshaded colours looked since I was a child (and I noticed because it looks f***king good, not because I'm eccentric or something). People say "black compliments everything" for a reason. Thin brown lines look nowhere near as good as thin black line art.

My biggest wish is a Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle reboot. It's my favorite manga and the Bee Train adaptation doesn't give it justice at all! Half of it is filler and it has a lot of censorship to fit into a kid's timeslot as to cash into Cardcaptor Sakura's success. It also looks really bad even for the time and while the OST is great by itself, its usage in the show is subpar.
You know the adaptation is bad when Clamp themselves asked for the cancellation of the planned third season!

I suspect CLAMP's time as a phenomenon has passed.