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theEugAbides
Joined: 09 Dec 2021
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2026 4:43 pm |
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Netflix loves to go all out to ruin live adaptions of anime, their becoming the USA boll of live action anime
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Maciste
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2026 4:49 pm |
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Ugh, no thanks. I don't think they could ever get it right.
| Quote: | | Live-action One Piece and Cowboy Bebop executive producer Becky Clements told Variety that Tomorrow Studios plans to bring in a "major recording artist early to help establish the show's sound" since the original had a hip-hop score as a defining feature. |
Bring in fresh talent, artists who understand the matter and have the right vibe for that kind of project. Push some indie/unknown artists.
As it reads right now, this has written failure all over it.
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GATSU
Joined: 03 Jan 2002
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2026 4:58 pm |
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Why? There's no audience for Champloo, even in Japan.
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samuelp
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2026 5:15 pm |
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| GATSU wrote: | | Why? There's no audience for Champloo, even in Japan. |
I'm pretty sure this is not correct (well, it's true there's no audience in Japan, but there's definitely an audience in the US), you might want to think about why it _seems_ to you that there's no audience.
That being said it does scream "someone's pet project" about it...
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GATSU
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2026 5:24 pm |
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samuel: No audience, because they can't Americanize the cultural elements like Shogun, CTHD, or EEAAO.
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Wizardizar
Joined: 24 Jun 2024
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2026 5:34 pm |
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| GATSU wrote: | | samuel: No audience, because they can't Americanize the cultural elements like Shogun, CTHD, or EEAAO. |
Yeah, that's why no one in America watches anime.....?
Also let's not act like Champloo didn't get some of its own influence from American culture.
Anyways, I'll judge it on its own merit whenever it comes out. Cowboy Bebop live action wasn't great, but people seem to like One Piece, so who knows.
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GATSU
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2026 5:47 pm |
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Wizard: Only certain anime/manga work in a Hollywood context. And you mean if it comes out.
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penguintruth
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2026 6:11 pm |
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If it's like the CB adaptation, I'll pass.
Then again, Rurouni Kenshin received a good live-action adaptation, so maybe Samurai Champloo is possible.
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Top Gun
Joined: 28 Sep 2007
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2026 6:25 pm |
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| theEugAbides wrote: | | Netflix loves to go all out to ruin live adaptions of anime, their becoming the USA boll of live action anime |
You mean like the wildly-successful and critically-acclaimed One Piece adaptation?
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residentgrigo
Joined: 23 Dec 2007
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2026 6:31 pm |
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I like both seasons of OP by this studio but this is a bad idea and Shinichiro Watanabe himself has become a liability. I would love to be proven wrong but Samurai Champloo feels much harder to get right than Cowboy Bebop, which I deemed unwatchable.
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Beatdigga
Joined: 26 Oct 2003
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2026 7:19 pm |
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One Piece succeeded by committing to the bit to an almost slavish degree. I don’t think they will with Champloo given its firm history with 2000s hip hop culture slamming into Jidaigeki tropes.
And I love Champloo, but I feel like they would be better off getting something more of a spectacle with themes that aren’t part of a specific style.
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Dr. Wily
Joined: 09 Nov 2007
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2026 7:48 pm |
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Welp, here's hoping for more of a One Piece than a Bebop. Hopefully Watanabe being more involved steers in that direction.
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Covnam
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2026 9:50 pm |
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I haven't seen either, but based on how they've been received, I'm surprised to learn that the same studio produced both the Bebop and One Piece live actions adaptations.
From what I remember of it, I imagine that Samurai Champloo should be an easier series to adapt, at least on paper.
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deathfromabove1993
Joined: 23 May 2009
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2026 10:03 pm |
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Yeah, because the Cowboy Bebop live-action series did so well. /s
Idk. I mean good luck to them, but yeah... we'll see I guess.
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FlamingFirewire
Joined: 03 Jun 2013
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2026 11:16 pm |
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Regardless of what they do, I hope they have some sort of nod to, or at least an In Memorium mention to Nujabes - he might not be around anymore, but his work is what I most associate to the work, even if he was only a part of the tapestry of the show's sounds capes.
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