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06-14-2008
I'm getting into this real late, but...
Typically, it depends on the type of show. A lot of times, the art and animation in a show adds a lot to the plot, especially if well rendererd CGI backgrounds are used. Particularly, mecha shows come to mind as being better than their manga counterparts (Full Metal Panic). In cases like those, it makes sense to read the manga and watch the anime.
Sometimes, when the art and animation suck, and the plot is directly taken from the manga, I won't even bother with the show. I've only watched about 80 episodes of Bleach, because I'm not that impressed with the animation, and the story is identical to the manga (except the fillers, which I watched and kind of enjoyed). Inuyasha is another example. Before it got ridiculously long, I was regularly reading the manga. There was just no point in watching the show. The animation was C-level, and it wasn't adding anything to the story, so it's kind of redundant.
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