Disney usually makes the stories more upbeat. In original stories, there can be a lot of gloom and doom. But Disney brightens them up. Like in 'Beauty and the Beast', the original story has a more austere and less romantic feel. Disney added more color, made the Beast more likeable earlier in the story, and of course, put in those great musical numbers.
Disney modifies the pacing of the original stories. Original stories may have a slow - building, more meandering plot. Disney speeds things up, cuts out some of the more drawn - out parts. For example, in many original fairy tales, there are long descriptions of settings or characters' inner thoughts. Disney streamlines this and focuses on the action and the relationships between characters. This makes the story more engaging for a modern audience, especially children who have shorter attention spans.
Disney alters the characters a great deal compared to the original stories. In the original 'Aladdin' story, Aladdin is a much more morally ambiguous character. But Disney turned him into a more heroic and charming young man. They also create new characters in Disney versions that don't exist in the original stories, like the genie in Aladdin, which has become one of the most iconic Disney characters. This is to add more humor and entertainment value to the story.
Disney often gives the characters different personalities. In the original 'The Little Mermaid', Ariel is more of a tragic figure, but Disney's Ariel is more adventurous and spunky. They also adjust the relationships between characters. In some original stories, the relationships are more complex and less clear - cut. Disney simplifies them to make it easier for the audience to understand. For example, in their version of 'Sleeping Beauty', the relationship between the prince and Aurora is very straightforward, while in the original, there could be more to it.
No, it doesn't. The anime adaptation of Parasyte had to make some cuts. There are parts in the manga that are not in the anime. The anime is still great, but if you want the complete story, you need to read the manga. It has more details about the characters' backstories, more in - depth exploration of the parasyte society, and additional sub - plots that add more richness to the overall story.
Anime adaptations usually adapt the visual novel's art style to some extent. They may also cut out some of the more text - heavy parts of the visual novel. In the case of 'Steins; Gate', they focused on the most exciting and important parts of the time - travel mystery. They also adapt the character designs to be more suitable for animation, like making the characters more expressive in motion compared to the static images in the visual novel.
In adapting novels to TV series, they sometimes have to make tough choices due to time constraints. 'The Lord of the Rings' TV series will likely have to streamline Tolkien's very detailed lore. They might focus on a particular set of characters or storylines more than others. In 'His Dark Materials', the adaptation had to translate the complex world - building of the novels into a visual medium. This involved creating the daemons in a way that was both true to the books and engaging on screen. And with 'The Umbrella Academy', they had to simplify some of the more convoluted comic - book - like plotlines to make it accessible to a TV audience.
The manga adaptation is quite faithful. It retains most of the key elements and plotlines from the original story.
The Overlord manga closely follows the original. There are occasional tweaks, but they don't significantly impact the plot or the essence of the story. Fans generally appreciate how closely it adheres to the source.
Not much. The Berserk manga mostly sticks close to the original concepts and storylines.
It varies. Some parts are very close, while others have some noticeable differences.
Often, fanfiction focuses on aspects that might not be fully explored in the original. In the case of 'human instrumentality project fanfiction', it could expand on the psychological impacts that were only hinted at in the original source.
In 'taken by the dark side fanfiction', the focus is often more on the internal struggle of the characters being influenced by the dark side. While the original source material might touch on this, the fanfiction dives deeper. For example, it might explore the psychological impact in more detail.