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Weazul-chan
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back when one of my best friends was still in college and I was hanging around with her and a group of others from her college that loved anime regularly we had a consensus among ourselves about what anime would make for a great live action movie if done by the right people. top of the list was Cowboy Bebop, followed by Trigun, then Hellsing. part of the group also thought OutLaw Star would make for a great live action, too.
there was also a general consensus that as far as hard fantasy titles went, if done well The Slayers could make for a great movie or TV series. while the Lodoss stuff was epic and could be done great as a series of epic movies we deemed it too Tolkien-esque to make it without being called out as a Lord of the Ring clone then deemed Rune Soldier to be just not quite right for a general Western audience to get movie treatment. as for stuff outside what was discussed by that group either because we hadn't gotten to it yet or it wasn't out yet, I'd love to see a cinematic adaption of Crest of the Stars, altho I admit it would probably at best wind up a sci-fi cult favorite. Full Metal Panic has been mentioned as something possibly happening and I think it would make a great choice to adapt into live action. but most of all I would love to see Scrapped Princess get a good live action movie adaption. it has a level of epicness that would make for a good summer hit, enough humor to keep it from getting too dull, enough action to keep it interesting, and the whole setting that seems at first to be straight from fantasy but later lands right in science fiction land could be a great gimmick for marketing it. |
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Kimani
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Chobits could be quite workable, they may need to change where the boot disc slot is located.
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ultimafullmetal
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Live action Trigun, but not a movie. It could do well as a 1-hour long t.v. series I think. Same for Black Lagoon.
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Reibooi
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I will just add my two cents to this whole episode.
If Fruits Basket does get off the ground and actually gets made I think they should cast Laura Bailey as Toru(or whatever they will call her if her name is changed) As she is a actress and could do it. She doesn't look to different so she could play her in that aspect. And alot of fans of the manga/show(more on the show side) know her as Toru because...well she did the dub and did a really good job. As far as anime that could be done as a Movie I would like to add Read or Die to the list. The main reason is it's really hard to screw up. Really just cast the right person as Yomiko(which could really be anyone who isn't super model level but still pleasant looking and can do a British accent) Make sure she has her powers and then just really they could just either adapt the OVA story or just make up another random one. It's look would lend itself well to being done in live action with people still able to easily say I know who that is and so on and so forth. |
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mglittlerobin
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Nice to know they do NOT want to mess up Cowboy Bebop and I do hope they don't mess up Fruits Basket as well.
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ittoujuu
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This was a really interesting ANNCast, featuring the largest amount of factual information I've yet heard about the Cowboy Bebop movie project, which is often so phantom-like in attempts to verify what the heck is going on. Thanks, Joshua and Zac, for an informative time.
I can't help but take a stab at an anime that would make a cool live-action film adaptation, and I think I have a good one. It would require some re-working, sort of on the level of "replicate Death Note, but move the setting to the U.S. and make the characters not Japanese" that you'd have to do for a U.S. film project of that title, but I think it's got the goods. That title is Masakazu Katsura's D.N.A.^2. In the future, mankind is suffering the effects of over-population, and the massive drain on space, food, and resources that entails. A governmental bureau in charge of genetic analysis has studied the problem from their own angle and found that the roots of the problem lie hundreds of years in the past...in our current age, where one guy, possessing a miraculous combination of qualities, managed to charm and sleep with hundreds of women, many of whom bore male children with the same qualities - basically, an irresistable, irresponsible playboy, on a grand scale, genetically rooted. This bureau, in cooperation with the bureau of Time Management, decides to send a single "DNA Operator" back to that point in time, with a bullet loaded with genetic material that will alter that original male's DNA, stripping out the factors that caused him to be a root of overpopulation. The spunky Karin, as the chosen operator, holds fast to a modest dream of a nice home, cute pet, and a great husband (none of which she has yet, as a dedicated careerist), and she goes back in time and meets the guy who was the cause of it all - only to find that not only is he not suave and cool, he's actually kind of a dork, and can barely keep his composure around a woman (in the original, he would actually vomit if he was too sexually aroused; that would very likely need to be modified...). But she sweet-talks him into going out for coffee, and pulls her gun on him at the table, shooting him with the bullet, which causes the guy to pass out, as Karin flees the scene back to her pod. Communicating with her superiors in the future via her pod's viewscreen, she finds that not only has the future not changed, but the bullet she shot her mark with was, in fact, full of genetic alteration material that, if left uncorrected, will turn this relatively normal guy into a mega-playboy who would go on to father countless children as "gifted" as their progenitor. Both Karin and her superiors suspect foul play - the correct genetic alteration bullet was swapped with a different one, and the original (a custom job that can't be easily replicated) can't be found. But who would sabotage the project, and why? And what of our witless hero, now destined to break the hearts of countless women? Will he make it out in one piece? And will DNA Operator Karin be able to resist his unintentionally-homegrown charms and complete her mission? Your cheesy movie-amalgam pitch would be: "It's like Gattaca meets Minority Report meets X-Men meets American Pie." That's a lot of meetings. The manga is, to my knowledge, not available in North America. The anime is out of print, but should probably still be available in some places. It's like...12 regular episodes, and 3 OAV episodes that give the story more closure (only small bits of which would be useful for the overall process of concocting a feature film plot). Well...I think it has potential, so long as it's an adaptation and not a "live-action re-shooting of exactly the manga/anime plot." If they can make that many Resident Evil movies, bad as they are, and they still make money, there's no reason a film like this, which is much more interesting (IMO) and has the advantage of strong comedic potential alongside its sci-fi action parts, couldn't perform admirably too. |
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machetecat
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FRUITS BASKET?! Are you going to do a similar route to the anime? End it at volume 6? I can't IMAGINE a movie for that series working well beyond that volume.
So Ed's gonna be in the Bebop movie, huh? After listening to this interview, I'm starting to actually get excited for the movie. I didn't expect that. Full Metal Panic would be an AWESOME blockbuster movie, especially if you mixed books 1 and 3. The only thing necessary in the second book was spoiler[they explained how whispered can communicate telepathically, and how dangerous that is]. If you could just get that information passed in the movie somewhere, the ending of book 3 would be AWESOME. I think the Ishbal/Ishval War in the Fullmetal Alchemist manga would make an amazing live action movie, using all the little side stories written and everything. Have a small reference to Ed/Al/ and Win when it focuses on Winry's parents as an easter egg for the fans, but the war and the characters involved would make the most sense as a full-lenght action movie for the FMA universe. I'd like to see a Durarara live action movie, maybe taking place in the US instead of Japan. Focusing on the Dollars concept, it'd be very interesting. And if we're gonna do a Vampire series, for the love of pete, PLEASE do Karin! THAT's a vampire love story that makes a believable unique take on vampires and has a non-creep romance. I also think Black Cat would make a fun movie. |
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Beryl7
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Oh dear.... I've been a fan of Fruits Basket ever since it first came out, but I've always thought that a live-action version would be a terrible idea and it actually makes me rather uncomfortable (mostly due to thinking about the CGI transformations and what not). I think some things should just be left...unexplored. But that's just me.
As far as Cowboy Bebop is concerned, I want to be optimistic; it is certainly being built up to be something extraordinary. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. I don't always support adapting comics/anime/manga to live-action, but since I love Cowboy Bebop, I certainly want whatever the end result is to do well. |
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mdo7
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I haven't listen to the podcast and yet this thread is getting interesting. I'm all for US making anime/manga into live-action movie (hey if Taiwan, Hong Kong, and South Korea can make live-action anime/manga, why can't we do those
 ). I mean sure we had some OK to bad one like Dragonball Evolution, Astroboy, Blood; The Last Vampire, and things like that. But then again the same thing happen to books, and comic book (like for example Batman movies directed by Joel Schumacher, and Steel with Shaq O'Neille). Also Japan sort of remade Spiderman into tokusatsu back in the 70's and there maybe chance that Japan could remake Twilight (no, not in the anime rendition, but a live-action one), so why can't we have the right to adapt anime/manga into American live-action. I would love to see some of our anime/manga made into live-action by American:
Black Lagoon: I would like Robert Rodriguez to direct the film, I feel like this anime has live-action potential. Mobile Suit Gundam: Please don't mention G-Saviour, that one was not the gundam I want to see. I want a good live-action movie version of this. I want it to be close to the anime. Fullmetal Alchemist: There's no way Japan could pull this off as a live-action using all Japanese actor. No, this require western actors and western studio to do this. If Hollywood adapt this into a live-action, please be faithful to the manga and the anime. I would love to see a American version of Itazura na Kiss and Boys over flower maybe in a soap opera or a 1 hour teen drama show. I would also love to see maybe a telenovela adaptation of these 2 manga for the South American market. If South Korea, and Taiwan can do it. Why can't we (North America) and our South American friends take a shot at it. Speaking of South America, I did read it a few years ago that Argentina wanted to adapt Gravitation into live-action, but since then it never happened. I would love to see other countries like Europe to maybe adapt anime/manga into live-action also: Monster: Germany should do a live-action of this since the manga and the anime itself take place in Germany, so it would make sense Germany would do this. Gunslinger Girls: I think Italy should do the live-action version of this since it take place in Italy. I don't know who could play the girls but Claudio Santamaria(from Casino Royale) really fits Jose, and Giancarlo Giannini(also from Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace) would fit Raballo. Trinity Blood: If UK are willing to do this, I want the legendary Hammer Film to do this to make a comeback among horror fans. Hammer Films is famous for their style of horror film back in the 1960's and they are the one that brought modern day horror movie, I would want them to do the live-action Trinity Blood. Right now, I got to listen to the podcast. |
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CareyGrant
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Re: Live action Bebop
Right now, it's all talk (that's not to say that work isn't being done, however...). They can promise the moon to the fans and to the studio, but until we actually see something concrete, it's still all talk -like how he waffled on the Yoko Kanno involvement question, among others. He's a Salesman and this was a sales pitch to the fans. |
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Big Hed
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I'd love to see that, but I wonder how well it would adapt... more than that, I just want more anime adaptations. |
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Ian K
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Nice show. I've never been too excited about the Cowboy Bebop movie project, it just didn't seem likely to be any good, assuming it came to fruition. However, I think I've finally allowed myself to become a little optimistic, and I'll probably see it if/when it comes out. The Trauma Team TV show also sounds like a lot of fun.
Anyways, since I can never resist sharing my opinions, here are my suggested Hollywood anime adaptations: Great Teacher Onizuka: Mr. Holland's Opus meets Kick-Ass This subversive school comedy brutally mocks the disfunctionality of America's schools while simultaneously paying tribute to the power teachers have to change lives. Isaac O'Neil is reformed punk who has decided to become the Most Awesome Teacher in America. After getting hired at an eccentric Catholic school despite his own poor academic showing, Isaac takes on the worst class of JD's the school has ever seen. He'll fight jocks, humiliate queen bees, argue with the head priest, flirt with a beautiful young novitiate - and teach his students how to be responsible adults after everyone else has given up on them. Baccano: Pulp Fiction meets Jonah Hex during the Prohibition It's the 1930's, and warring gangs rule the streets. They're not just trying to control the market for moonshine though - rumors of the Elixir of Life are floating around, as well as whispers of immortal monsters of all sorts. Inhabiting this environment is an ensamble cast of rogues, mafiosos, cults, and assassins, all with their own agendas, colliding off one another in fractured yet brilliantly constructed narrative. Though dark and violent at times, this movie and its colorful characters never takes itself too seriously, and will leave audiences have audiences begging for more. Darker Than Black: James Bond meets Heroes They call them contractors - people living among us, existing under our very noses, but possessing strange powers beyond what we could imagine. These powers come at a cost, however - contractors have no remorse, no compassion, no feelings for their fellow man; they are governed solely by a cold logic with no room for emotion. This rationality, combined with their abilities, makes them perfect secret agents, and governments all over the world make use of their services. One mixed team of contractors and humans must put aside their distrust for one another and work together to discover the origin of their powers and the true motives of their employers, because something big is about to happen, and the contractors are preparing for war . . . |
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swienke
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You definitely hit that one on the head, although I was going to say "The Bourne movies meet X-men." Not much different I suppose. A DtB movie could be seriously, seriously awesome. As for other anime adaptations... I heard that someone bought the rights to Clover a while ago, but I haven't heard anything about it going into development. I want this. I want it badly. It could make a fantastic bittersweet art house flick, so long as they flesh out the world a little more and don't try and make the ending too happy in order to appeal to a widespread audience. The Index series could also work out pretty well, and they probably wouldn't have to change very much in order for it to work. Ghost Hunt could be really fun too: pitch it as "Ghostbusters meets The Ring" and you might have a real winner on your hands, both with fans and general audiences. |
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vashfanatic
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There's a whole load of series I would nominate for live action mini-series or even ongoing series, but movies? Come on, guys, how much would they have to cut to turn most of these suggestions into a film? A single Monster movie would be a travesty.
The best thing would be to pick a series that has arcs and could be adapted into a first film easily. To which end I vote for Black Lagoon, hands down. I'd love even more to see it done HBO mini-series style, but you could easily convert it into an utterly kickass movie. Now I need to actually listen to the podcast, I suppose... |
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Big Hed
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Hmmm... that's one I hadn't thought of but not a bad idea at all actually; not to mention the episodic nature of the show would alleviate a lot of the pressure associated with creating a faithful adaptation. One could just take the characters and premise and run with it. |
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