Seeking guidance on weather I should watch or not

Spice and Wolf (light novel)

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Should I watch without watching precious content of this series

Yes, You should watch it without prior knowledge of previous content .

No, You shouldn't watch it without prior knowledge of previous content

Apr 3, 9:08 AM

Zark_42

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Hello Guys You see I don't watched the OG Version of this anime although I Planned to watch it but since this Come out of blue(for me) so I wondering can I watch it without any problems or should I go through OG previous contents, it's just that the moment I landed on this series I got High Hopes and expectations for someone reason without my knowledge and I was so excited but unable to watch it because it got over 3 season or something and I was preoccupied with verious things including caughting up with some of the Animes which I left behind unfinished and new ongoing seasonal animes and some Watchlist, etc, and There was personal stuff which I had a great struggle with which almost made me quit Anime for a while, like reasearch and stuff like that, so I am now kind of okay and need to catch up some unfinished Animes so when I saw the announcement about the remake I just wanted to confirm on weather I should watch or not since its technically a remake, so I don't have to have have prior knowledge of previous content right.?

Thank You

Have a Great Day

Peace

Apr 3, 9:11 AM

E-Satie

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Just watch the remake you don't need to watch OG.

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Apr 3, 9:16 AM

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First time watcher here. Loved the first episode and the whole atmosphere and dynamics it brought between characters. Since it’s a remake, you don’t need to see anything before this. Enjoy!

Apr 3, 9:23 AM

mobxmentality

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you dont need to watch the OG since as far as i know the remake will be a closer adaptation of the LN as the original (the OG skipped some things i think) and most likely will adapt further than the original has

Apr 3, 9:25 AM

rohan121

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It does not matter either way if you seen the og or not. It did not pull a fmab skipping through early parts expressed better in fma 2003.

Apr 3, 9:25 AM

Astrid_Bear

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Just watch new one, it is pretty good and you don’t need og

Apr 3, 9:26 AM

LostSpectre

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It's literally a more faithful remake, so no, you don't need to watch the original.

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Apr 3, 9:28 AM

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If you haven't watched the OG version then you I believe you would enjoy this new version more :)

You don't need to watch the OG~

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Apr 3, 9:55 AM

Zark_42

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OK guys thanks you everyone I will watch it.

Apr 3, 9:58 AM

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Piromysl

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This is readaptation, so you don't need to watch anything else at all. On top of that, first episode was very positively received and I and many other consider this adaptation to be an improvement. At least so far.

Apr 3, 10:00 AM

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Zark_42

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Reply to E-Satie

Just watch the remake you don't need to watch OG.

@E-Satie Thanks I will watch it.

It's just that I didn't watched the OG of Fruits basket but watched the remake and there was a lot of things like some says og was better than the remake (Personal I Loved The Remake pretty damn hard especially Haru's story) and since it's in similar situation so I was thinking about watching this or OG thanks for the guidance.

Apr 3, 10:00 AM

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Zark_42

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Reply to E-Satie

Just watch the remake you don't need to watch OG.

Apr 3, 10:02 AM

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Zark_42

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Reply to Burgergakusei

First time watcher here. Loved the first episode and the whole atmosphere and dynamics it brought between characters. Since it’s a remake, you don’t need to see anything before this. Enjoy!

@Burgergakusei Thanks I will check it out.

Apr 3, 10:03 AM

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Zark_42

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Reply to mobxmentality

@mobxmentality Okay, thank you for your guidance.

Apr 3, 10:04 AM

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Zark_42

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Reply to rohan121

It does not matter either way if you seen the og or not. It did not pull a fmab skipping through early parts expressed better in fma 2003.

@rohan121 okay, I will sure to check that.

Apr 3, 10:04 AM

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Zark_42

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Reply to Piromysl

@Piromysl Thanks.

Apr 3, 10:05 AM

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Zark_42

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Reply to Astrid_Bear

Just watch new one, it is pretty good and you don’t need og

@Astrid_Bear Okey, Thank You.

Apr 3, 10:05 AM

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Zark_42

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It's literally a more faithful remake, so no, you don't need to watch the original.

@LostSpectre Great, Thank You.

Apr 3, 10:06 AM

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Zark_42

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If you haven't watched the OG version then you I believe you would enjoy this new version more :)

You don't need to watch the OG~

@Rinrinka Sure, Thank You.

Apr 3, 11:31 AM

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Zark_42 said:
Hello Guys You see I don't watched the OG Version of this anime although I Planned to watch it but since this Come out of blue(for me) so I wondering can I watch it without any problems or should I go through OG previous contents, it's just that the moment I landed on this series I got High Hopes and expectations for someone reason without my knowledge and I was so excited but unable to watch it because it got over 3 season or something and I was preoccupied with verious things including caughting up with some of the Animes which I left behind unfinished and new ongoing seasonal animes and some Watchlist, etc, and There was personal stuff which I had a great struggle with which almost made me quit Anime for a while, like reasearch and stuff like that, so I am now kind of okay and need to catch up some unfinished Animes so when I saw the announcement about the remake I just wanted to confirm on weather I should watch or not since its technically a remake, so I don't have to have have prior knowledge of previous content right.?

Thank You

Have a Great Day

Peace

It’s whether not weather as a nit pick. This is a remake you don’t need the original but I would listen to the original sound track. This will be 24 episodes and the original is also 24 so I’m guessing it’s finishing what the old did first then continuing the story

Apr 3, 4:09 PM

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Eva_Unit_00

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If you fall in love with it, which I’m sure you will, you can finish the current series and always go back and watch the OG

Apr 3, 4:25 PM

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If you had already watched the original run, then the remake would perform underwhelmingly.

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Apr 3, 4:36 PM

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it's a remake that is more faithful to the LN.

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Apr 4, 3:58 AM

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Personally, I'd say watch the OG anyhow for the experience. While it alters some stuff and leaves out vol 4, as well as ending way too early, it's still an enjoyable, iconic adaptation.

The feel is gonna be different for both due to the art styles and soundtracks not being the same, But nonetheless, the OG is still worth seeing. Only reason not to watch OG is if you don't wanna retread the same ground that the remake will more or less cover also.

Also it's harder to judge atm due to being only 1 episode and we don't know what they plan on doing for the 2nd cour or if they are gonna give a definitive end.

If they include vol 4, but don't finish, stopping at around the same point as the OG anime, then it's gonna depend on how they handle it up to that point. That would be whether they handled adding in an extra story within the same episode count as the classic series and how it affects the pacing and narrative of the of the volumes the OG anime covered. If they don't finish but give more content, then the remake will have more reason to be watched.

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Apr 4, 11:49 PM

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It’s 20 or so minutes. It’s not that deep

Apr 5, 5:43 AM

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MavenTails said:
It’s 20 or so minutes. It’s not that deep

They clearly mean the entire season, which is a lot more than 20 minutes? Even if it's "just 20 minutes a week" that's genuinely a lot of time for some people, life can be busy.

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Apr 5, 7:09 AM

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Render_1 said:

MavenTails said:
It’s 20 or so minutes. It’s not that deep

They clearly mean the entire season, which is a lot more than 20 minutes? Even if it's "just 20 minutes a week" that's genuinely a lot of time for some people, life can be busy.

20 minutes isn’t a lot for anyone. I can guarantee they all have more than 20 minutes of screen time on their phones so time isn’t the issue.

Apr 5, 8:44 AM

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MavenTails said:

Render_1 said:

They clearly mean the entire season, which is a lot more than 20 minutes? Even if it's "just 20 minutes a week" that's genuinely a lot of time for some people, life can be busy.

20 minutes isn’t a lot for anyone. I can guarantee they all have more than 20 minutes of screen time on their phones so time isn’t the issue.

okay, but how many shows are they watching? what other hobbies do they have? I don't watch nearly as much anime as I used to, and that's not because I don't want to, I genuinely don't have time, I'd have to sacrifice something else, either social life, work, education etc, an extra show genuinely can be hard to keep up with.

Obviously they can find time to watch an episode, but it's a pretty reasonable question to ask if they should watch the original first, or at all.

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