Nearly all series or movies are second form of an original source. Manga, Light Novels, Visual Novels, and other mediums of stories are given a new life regularly by an animated or live action form. In this Animecast, we dive into the goods and bads of adaptations and confront the unwarranted criticism behind it.

Topics this episode: Types of Source Material, Goods of Adaptations, Bads of Adaptations, Light Novel Hatred, Weighing One Source Heavier Than Another, Judging Shows Against Its Source, Judgement From Passionate Source Material Fans, and Personal Likes/Dislikes of Sources We’ve Read.

The opening song for this episode is the OP for No Game No Life called “This Game” by Konomi Suzuki. The outro is the ED for Spice and Wolf called “The Wolf Whistling Song” by Rocky Chack.