I agree and disagree with slip. If I've already started on an anime I don't usually attempt to pick/find a manga on it. If I haven't I'll be more tempted to go look for the manga....... -opens mouth to talk but closes it- ......... I suppose a good example of this was rosario+vampire. They said the manga was better then the show but I never made the effort to go find the manga since I watched season 1 and 2. As for dubs. If I watched something in english first. I stick with english, same goes for japanese. I did however lulz at the ouran highschool thing where the guy who played edward elric in the english version of FMA, plays the blond guy up there. However I like the original for OHSHC. I like both english and japanese for FMA. I like english better since I'm not paying attenion to the subtitles every four seconds.