Darker and Edgier/Anime and Manga: Difference between revisions

* The 1980's remake of [[Kimba the White Lion]] by Osamu Tezuka.

* The original [[Light Novel|novels]] that the ''[[Slayers]]'' anime is based on, while still fairly comical, are far more violent and grim. A particular spell, "Ragnut Rushavna", is gruesome to the point that no other media has had it: The spell involves the victim to be turned into a giant hunk of flesh that is eaten repeatedly by snakes over and over again until the caster of the spell is detained. The characters themselves, other than [[Red Headed Heroine|Lina]] ironically, are less humorous and blase than they are in the games or the anime.

** Speaking of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' went from the brainwashing cult of season 2 to the way darker tone of season 3. It started out with new main characters as usual and a seemingly tame (at least compared to season 2) [[Disc One Final Boss|villain]] until he gets defeated relatively quickly and then the series gets much darker including the characters {{spoiler|dying when they lose a duel, at least that's what they are told}}, the main character getting tricked into releasing his [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Superpowered Evil Side]] and {{spoiler|killing some of his remaining friends}}, and the [[The Man Behind the Man]]/[[Stalker with a Crush]]/[[Hidden Agenda Villain]] possessing the main character's best friend. Although [[4Kids! Entertainment]] ruined season 3's dark tone in the dub, watching the Japanese version makes the dark tone obvious.

* Little known fact: ''[[Akira]]'' was conceived as a Darker and Edgier retelling of ''[[Gigantor]]''.

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