This adaptation makes me laugh at other Bad anime adaptations Also this contains spoilers I will try to minimize them but I can only do so much. Please do send me your opinions on anilist private messages. First About the manga. The manga of Record of Ragnarok was one of the first Manga Ive ever read. Although it was very short and the read lasted a couple of hours only I was completely mesmerized by it. The art is insanely addicting and beautiful. The dialogues pack a punch and leave an impact on you. Some of the character designs are weird compared to their mythological counterparts but fit the Manga Perfectly. Keeps you at the edge of your seat when reading it and leaves you wanting more. That was how the Manga left me feeling. How the Anime Compares Note: Ive only watched 3 episodes in full and speedwatched the rest and havent added them to the list since I dont consider speedwatching actual watching. The anime doesnt come close to the manga. The character designs were butchered and do not portray the characters perfectly. The anime doesnt compare the many expressions that Brunhilde makes. 600https://preview.redd.it/1u43ljm4x3071.jpg?width=960crop=smartauto=webps=c130c9a528af586aa951d21648a47b56d895c6f0 The anime has bland faces. The Voice actor does a great character depicting Brunhildes emotions but that effort is wasted over expressionless faces. The anime also butchered the character designs. You just say Brunhilde above and now you can see Brunhilde literally looking more like Baki than any Baki character. 420https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/835351910340231170/855122641837228082/Screenshot20210617201316.png?width=961height=567 Other than that take a look at other fanfavourite characters. 370https://i.redd.it/iur5wkr3mdn61.jpg Poseidon bottom left used to be one of the bestlooking characters in Record of Ragnarok. But they messed his design with a longer than usual nose which feels out of place and Rigid hair which is nowhere as good as the flowy hair he had. Similar issues with Adam middle right. Too long of a nose and a chin which makes him look like a different character. His hair looks way too rigid instead of the flowy hair feminine Adam that we had in the Manga. Yeah I agree that anime cant do the exact same designs as the manga but this is just a mess at this point. Lets talk about Sasaki Kojiro bottom right. His nose is longer than what the manga had which already makes him look off. Similar issues with the hair but its less noticeable in Sasaki. One HUGE by huge I mean Really Huge thing they changed in the anime was his facial expressions. Sasaki in the anime always had an innocent smile which depicted his beauty. While in the anime he looks like one of the evil characters who lust for blood. One reason for this is the eyelashes and the forced smile that he has in the anime. The smile in the Manga Looks much more natural and just feels right. Thor and Lu Bu had issues as well. They were just too rigid in the anime and their expressions were restricted to their faces. They didnt capture the essence of the manga quite right in this fight. Zeus middle left is another thing they messed up huge. We still see the rigid hair like in every character. Other than that they didnt quite capture Zeus comedic design. They changed his face structure which made him seem more normal which he is everything other than. They just couldnt get him right. Pacing issues RoR is already pretty short with barely 50 chapters as Im writing this. And the chapters arent extremely long average around 5060 pages. There isnt much dialogue between characters but rather a lot of narration. The anime overuse reactions from the crowd and the gods and only covers 3 fights around 19 chapters in 12 episodes. They use a lot of unnecessary reactions especially from characters who werent even of much importance in the Manga. Like aphrodite who was only shown like 3 times at maximum in the Manga 450https://i.yt.com/vi/XC9KjWfoA/maxresdefault.jpg Well its pretty clear why they use her too much in the anime. Simply FANSERVICE. Animation issues These are screenshots from the Asgard ArcThors Backstory from episode 2. 380https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/835351910340231170/855127593840672768/Screenshot20210617222039.png?width=1187height=567 420https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/835351910340231170/855127594210820106/Screenshot20210617222014.png?width=1157height=567 On one look it isnt too bad. This arc lasted 5 minutes although it was only a few pages in the Manga. And this whole 5 minutes was a literal slideshow with a compilation of colored pictures they arent even colored just brown and whenever there is an animation Im being honest to god right now It never crossed the 4 frames per second mark I could literally look at every single frame those 5 minutes. https://tenor.com/view/recordofragnarokrorsimplolshuumatsunovalkyriegif20913656 This gif showcases it well. https://tenor.com/view/adamrecordofragnarokgif22018119 https://tenor.com/view/recordofragnarokgoodanimationpowerpointgif22040439 This one too please watch these gifs. They just look choppy rough unnatural and in short bad. Other issues are the whole anime being a CGI fest I have nothing against CGI except when it looks dogshit Every moment they could use CGI they did. 350https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/835351910340231170/855129347879075870/Screenshot20210617164513.png?width=786height=567 More issues are how the subs for the anime were censored When I say censored I mean like something as Vulgar as this above was subbed as This is the perfect moment to smash their smug faces in as they scoff at humans. This isnt the only scene there are countless remarks that got censored like this. Completely lost the impact. Its basically like 4kids censoring. Well thats to be expected from a Netflix Exclusive. Overall a completely dissatisfied watch. It was honestly shit. Couldnt compare to the Manga. Pains to see the first Manga that Ive read get ruined like this. Hope it doesnt happen to your favorite manga. In the end a shit adaptation that shouldnt even exist. A bad studio that shouldnt make anime.