Thursday, 11 July 2024 17:00

Demon Slayer, Bungo Stray Dogs, & the Pacing of Manga Adaptations

Written by Matthew Magnus Lundeen
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These two shows don't have too much in common, but together, they can teach valuable lessons about pacing when adapting manga.

In a retrospective on Batman Arkham Asylum, YouTuber Whitelight articulates a unique problem with the critique of pacing, in that good pacing is hard to define in a teachable way. It demands that some parts be fast, others be slow, both keep ones attention, and for neither to detract from the other, and two popular anime adaptations have wrestled with pacing in unique ways.

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