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I understand your sentiments Anon. All obsessive anime watchers feel the same, which is why we watch anime regardless of the manga anyway, but that doesn't mean we agree with the anime. I know a lot of adaptations with amazing animation but utterly ruined story and thus it is lacking but again, it is only promotional material and they have limitations, so you can't really blame them either but you tend to want at least some level of quality right?

I can make a list of "good" anime, with good music, animation, VA, colours, sfx and all the rest, but sadly they fail to bring out the story of the source material and here is a thing most anime-only fans would say "I watch the anime cause I don't like reading manga" and they miss out on so much. For one thing, they are immersed in an inaccurate version and another they miss out on crucial plot details and character development which they never even knew existed. Also leaving out plot points and adding in filler can seriously obscure someone's impression of a series. I find that some complaints in adaptations in particular to be limited to the anime and are not in the actual source and thus all complaints about the story are lost once the books are read.

Here's how an otaku does it. Find a series. Read the manga and/or Light Novels. THEN watch the anime.(you can do the reverse but the anime tends to leave a more lasting impression so be warned) Then proceed to buy the games, other adaptations and spin-off manga etc. of said series.