What's more important, Plot or Characters?
both.
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characters are supposed to drive the plot
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Black haired anime girls.
Madoka has neither. What am I looking at here?
Characters after all they drive the plot
Anime plots are never, ever good.
So characters are the only things they can makr interesting.
Anime characters are never, ever good.
So plots are the only things they can make interesting.
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The characters are what move the plot
The plot is what defines the characters
Badly posed question
Characters because its what you connect with the most
But plot is still important otherwise your show's/story's/characters' goals are moot and flaccid.
Still, a bad or lacking plot can be saved by some entertaining people.
You must be an utter dunce if you believe that Madoka is a plot-driven anime.
Then post some
They aren't exclusive entities you dumb fuck.
Madoka has shit characters and shit plot.
Aesthetic value and themes.
The only people who think that the most important things are plot and characters are retards who can't understand how art works and probably think that TAS is a good reviewer.
Evangelion has neither. What am I looking at here?
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Setting.
That's only how it is in contemporary stories. Before Marvel Comics popularized the 'character arc' thing, most stories were externally driven. Think Conan stumbling into adventure, or all those British "I've found myself in the moon/sea/earth's core!" isekai.
Flat stories can work, they just aren't popular nowadays.
Evangelion has a plot and characters. The generic moeshit on the left has neither. What's your point?
Most anime plots nowadays are following similar structure. A “good” plot is entirely dependent on execution.
Same thing with characters, the entire medium is stagnating character wise because there can never be any original characters. “Good” is also dependent on execution.
Both are important, but I’d rather take good characters and a simple plot over shitty ones and a complex plot.