As others have stated, the real issue isn't time, but finding something that still interests you. Reading makes you open minded, not because you read a lot of different topic, but because you become increasingly bored of the tropes your favorite topics use and thus have to either expand your interests, or lower your bars(Oh, super OP MC pulled new magic out of his @$# again... Whooopy! I am totally psyched and not sick of this at all!) in order to keep the hobby.
Reading manga makes me less prone to watch the anime. Simply put, I cannot stand all the details that get cut out of the anime, and the VA are rarely an improvement from my imagination (I listen to subbed, I cannot stand dubbed at all since I instantly associate the characters to the character the VA was dubbing in bleach. Orihime's VA especially stands out, I cannot listen to anything dubbed without her appearing as some lolihag. I understand japanese enough to almost turn subs off, but not well enough to recognize a VA between series. Once I get to that level, I am probably screwed).
In exchange for visual and auditorial details, we loose good portions of world building, character development, and other supporting details. When I saw the anime for
Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo Dorei Majutsu, I was incredibly disappointed the moment they made it to through the gate in ep1. The explanation for what the collars mean was removed, if you read it, you would know just how important the collars are to the story. That said, the anime removed most of the story elements, leaving nothing but the ecchi. This was one of the few ecchi series I had that also had a good story, so I was extremely sensitive to this.
My main complaint with
Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken at the moment is ep 1. Why the hell did that guy run up and stab him? In the manga, he kept running. That was acceptable, we just got in his way which is why we were stabbed. He was running from something (probably the scene of a crime), and the knife was just being used to clear the way. But in the anime.... the stupid guy turns around! This changes everything. He can't be running away from something since after stabbing us, he ran straight back the way he came. It must have been intentional. But... he was aiming at our friend. Why the hell was he after our friend? Why did he not make a follow up attack once his first attack failed (hit the wrong target)? And still, why did he run back the way he came (where several people had seen him and are thus on high alert) instead of pressing on forwards?
My second complaint is too much was visible when Rimuru was blind. Especially with the Veldora encounter. Sure, he was a shadow, but... honestly, did you not know what he was? The manga kept him in a human shape until the end. At the least, we could have gotten a black misty blob instead of an outline of his shape. That killed all notion of suspense and made the reveal extremely dull.
My last complaint is, in general, it has low quality imagery. Ep1&2 were good. The cave was good... and then, the moment we get outside... its bland. I like Slime's story and manga better than Goblin, but Goblin's anime has better imagery than Slime. And for that alone, I like goblins anime better than slime. At least for the first 6 episodes.
Both are on hold.... because I am busy.... oh god!
But I am sidetracked now. Basicly, now that I read, watching happily is near impossible (though, this is a personal problem, not something our culture at large feels). Also, as much as I liked moe/yuri in the past, I don't think I can watch them now (I probably would if I had more time, however, that would also mean I have no life, in the off chance that I even have one now).
I get ~1hr per day of something anime/manga related(watching, reading, writing/commenting). I can get 2-5 more hours if I drop my other hobbies (programming/3d modeling/etc). Except for days I am forced into social events (~1/3 days) or have to clean(I do everything in bulk, takes ~3-5hrs every 5-7 days) in which case 1hr of any of my hobbies would be a luxury.
