2)We know who Keiichi's parents are now.  
 
3)We know that in addition to Belldandy's three
  sisters, there are goddesses named Peorth and 
  Rind (among others).   
  
4)We know who Urd's mother is.
 
5) We know that demons can have devils.

Out of all the examples that you gave, I stiil don't
know quite a few.(see above, for number 3 I still have
not read about Rind)

I wonder how long would it take for the TPBs to catch
up to the manga :P  








--- AstroNerdBoy <usr1054@astronerdboy.com> wrote:

> >> I doubt there will be corner-cutting.  There may
> be
> >> some modifications in the anime over the manga,
> but
> >> that's standard practice for all manga-to-anime
> or
> >> novel-to-anime titles. 
> 
> 
> >That's what I meant about corner cutting >.<
> >I hope you're right about going  the "You're Under
> >Arrest" route. 
> 
> Sorry for the delay.
> 
> Anyway, sometimes it makes better sense to modify
> things for the anime over the manga.  For 
> example, in "Fruits Basket", there is a dramatic
> story that covers most of volume 6 of the 
> manga.  The anime covers about 8 volumes of manga
> and all the anime has is 26-episodes.
> 
> So when the anime writers took on the task of
> converting the manga to the anime, using the 
> material from volume 6 as the end of the anime made
> perfect sense.  It made the anime end on a 
> powerful note, yet still left the door open for a
> 2nd series.  
> 
> And I could repeat similar stories for other titles
> as well.  
> 
> With AMS, all they have the greenlight for is
> 26-episodes at present.  However, the anime 
> writers have over 30-volumes of manga to work with. 
> So what do they know that Fujishima-sensei 
> didn't know when he started the series?
> 
> 1) Belldandy has an angel named Blessed Bell (or
> something like that).  
> 
> Blessed Bell wasn't introduced until after Peorth
> came into the manga.  Immediately, we have a 
> retcon issue.  If Belldandy had Blessed Bell all
> along, why didn't she use her before?  And why 
> does she use her non-stop today?
> 
> So the anime writers *could* introduce Blessed Bell
> from the start, but make it so that 
> Belldandy's power restrictions prevent her from
> using Blessed Bell except in emergencies.
> 
> 2) We know who Keiichi's parents are now.  
> 
> 3) We know that in addition to Belldandy's three
> sisters, there are goddesses named Peorth and 
> Rind (among others).  
> 
> 4) We know who Urd's mother is.
> 
> 5) We know that demons can have devils.
> 
> 6) We know that gods and demons are linked to
> prevent them from killing each other.
> 
> And on and on.
> 
> Because the anime writers know all of this stuff,
> they can tighten the continuity a great deal 
> and avoid some of those bad retcon issues.  In
> avoiding retcon issues and knowing things that 
> will happen in the future, the writers can make the
> anime an even better series than the 
> manga.
> 
> That's the way I see it.
> 
> -ANB
> 
> http://www.astronerdboy.com/tenchi/
> 
> 
> 



		
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