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Main Adaptation Distillation Discussion
- Masaaki Segawa's Basilisk is a manga based off Yamada Futaro's historical novel "Kouga Ninpuchuu", which was so good it won the 2005 Kodansha manga award. Well, when it was adapted into a TV series, the additional Character Development given to almost all the characters on both sides of the Ninja fence made the anime just as good, and sometimes even better than the original manga.
- In addition, Ryu actually gets proper characterization above and beyond being a Heroic Mime, and there is a fair amount of Expanded Universe material from the official artbook (which never got included into the game) that is included as an explicit part of the manga's storyline.
- The NES versions of the Double Dragon games were not straight ports of the original arcade games. The NES versions of the first two games featured more extensive stage designs, focusing more on platform jumping and avoiding traps, as well as happier ending for the second game that is generally preferred over the arcade version's Bittersweet Ending. The third game ditched the gimmicky shopping system by having the extra weapons and characters accessible via a sub-menu instead.
- The NES adaptations of Capcom's Legendary Wings and Section Z are also widely considered superior to their arcade counterparts.
- Contra and Super C for the NES. Both were notably longer, and slightly more forgiving in difficulty than the arcade versions.
- While not considered canon by Falcom, Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys for the PC Engine was widely considered far superior to its Super Famicom counterpart, Mask of the Sun.
- Many Brazilian Soap Operas based on novels, most notably A Escrava Isaura, which is the most exported show of that kind ever (and is extremely popular in Eastern Europe and China).
- The 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon is not only a much closer adaptation of the original comic than the late '80s show; in some ways it actually makes better dramatic sense out of a serial narrative that Eastman and Laird were just pulling out of their butts for the majority of the book's run.
- The TMNT manage to devour their own nonexistent tails with this trope, as the Archie Comics series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures, was decidedly a distillation of the 1980s animated series; it began with a five-part retelling of the cartoon's pilot, then began a continuous narrative that, among other things, explored Krang's backstory and motivation, provided character development for many of the mutants who only made a single appearance on the show (or were only represented in the toy line, like Man Ray and Ace Duck) and put April o'Neil in clothing other than a hideous yellow jumpsuit.
Fanfic
- Shinji and Warhammer 40 K: While not simplying things by any means, Bpen takes most of the best qualities of either (not to mention about a thousand other sources), and rolls them into a story that is basically a new, third canon, distinct from either of the others that inspired it.
Web Comics
Final Fantasy 6 Comic
has been said to be superior to the original script. the creator of the comic has put a lot of work in to making the story flow naturally and the characters stay consistent.
This trope is simplified adaptation, not good adaptation.
has been said to be superior to the original script. the creator of the comic has put a lot of work in to making the story flow naturally and the characters stay consistent.
- The Tsukihime manga is noted for expanding characters without derailing them and fine tuning the emotions of key scenes.