Forum - View topicWhat are your thoughts on live-action adaptions of anime?
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anime racket
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I was curious about what everyone thought about all those
seemingly infamous adaptions of our favorite hobby. You know the ones; Dragonball Evolution, The Death Note movies, et cetera, et cetera. Personally I really think that it all depends on the way the movie is handled. Some live-actions could be better than the anime. One thing's for certain thoughl; a live-action Naruto would be aweful! |
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ClownFREAK
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hahaha i agree, but cant be as bad as dragon ball *shudders*. well first of all after dragon ball i think america needs to stay the #$%$ away from live action anime. i think the first 2 death note movies were excellent i even had non-anime watchers fall in luv with it, i also enjoyed the gantz movie even though ALOT of sh!t they did made me mad i try to look past the weird and dumb changes and just tried to enjoy the movie for what it was and not think too much about what i was hoping for. and i liked DEVILMAN although it was really cheesy it was wierd and trippy which i luv (never watched the anime or read the manga however). i think Air Gear would be a laughable failure live-action but i would so luv to see what the attempt would look like
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TheSwedishElf
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I say it's best left to the Japanese, cause only they seem to be able to do it right.
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TitanXL
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I think they have a better chance when Japan makes them.. Japanese live-action has a lot of anime-esque moments and touches in itself, so a lot can translate over (or maybe it's more accurate to say it's just the Japanese style in general)
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rojse
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The quality of a live-action anime adaptation depends on what anime is being adapted for live-action, just as it does for any movie adapted from another medium. In fact, I have no doubt that some anime would fare better as live-action adaptations, and, providing the right property was selected (one that did not rely on it's setting within Japanese culture and society, and could be easily transplanted into a Western setting) it could fare quite well with Western audiences.
That said, I would prefer that any live-action adaptation of an anime be done by the Japanese, particularly since the themes and ideas in the anime might be misunderstood or omitted by those trying to westernise that anime, and the story of the anime might not work as well in the new setting. And I see no reason why a live-action adaptation of Naruto should be awful. I mean, it's very probable that it would be, but I don't consider that a certainty. |
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anime racket
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That may be so but I for one would have a hard time taking a real person in a bright-orange jumpsuit seriously. |
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EricDent
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If they do them right, they are OK.
The only one that the US has done that was even close to the original IMO is Speed Racer. I am really glad the Akira movie went into developmental heck, cause if they are going to use a 40 something actor for a teen role, they need to be shot IMO. Heck it was pretty bad when they used a 20 something actor for a character who was supposed to be maybe 10 (Dragon Ball). The Japanese do a better job by far, cause they "get it", the US corporate movie studios barely take any chances, and will mess around with stuff for no apparent reason. I kind of hope the Live Action Cowboy Bebop does get made, cause I think the people involved are really interested in doing a good job. Plus IIRC it does have the original creators on board as well. |
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Dorcas_Aurelia
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Do they, though? Granted, I've seen almost no live-action adaptations of anime from either side of the ocean, but the Moyashimon live action was one of the worst pieces of television I've ever seen, and Negima!! Parallel only maintained my interest because I was trying to figure out what was going on without subtitles or knowing Japanese. I disagree with the sentiment that the Japanese studios "get it" more than American studios, because they're after the exact same thing: money. They don't take more risks than an American adaptation, they just change less because they don't have to make cultural adaptations to appeal to the widen the target demographic's familiarity with certain situations. |
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SecretAgent94
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The anime art style simply cannot be replicated with real life people.
Anime should stay anime. |
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TatsuGero23
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I consider anime to be where Marvel use to be. Eventually someone will get the right formula and it'll start to work. Of course it took like 30 years for Marvel live action stuff to finally get good. And live action video game movies still haven't gotten it down. A few hits here and there but still no big blockbuster yet. And DC comics kinda went backwards until the 90s again. And even then they got weird until the 2000's.
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TheSwedishElf
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Short answer: Yes.
American producers don't change tons of stuff for cultural reasons, they do it because they very openly don't give a shit about the fans and would rather do everything their own way, trying instead to please some nonexistant audience of general moviegoers who suddenly care about *insert anime/game here that they couldn't care less about* because now it's a low-budget live-action feature film that has almost nothing to do with the source material. |
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Vegeta1056
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They aren't that great. I'm always skeptical on the adaptation that I'm going to watch. Especially The Last Airbender. *shudders*
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Errinundra
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I'm looking forward to the Sam Raami version of Noir, not only because I loved the original anime but also, if Raami gives it his usual idiosyncratic treatment, it could be very interesting (and fun). I wouldn't want it to be a slavish copy, nor would I like the main characters to try to ape their anime counterparts. On that last point, I think casting would make or break the show, as so much depends upon just two characters and, in particular, Mireille Bouquet.
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Dorcas_Aurelia
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Examples? I'm willing to change my opinion if you can provide a decent one because, as I said, I'm very limited in experience here, but ANN's reviews of the live action Gantz and 20th Century Boys both are underwhelming, and the Gantz movie apparently makes the same types of changes to the plot that American adaptations do. |
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ClownFREAK
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well u could argue that the people that made gantz were "trying" to make it more likeable to westerners seeing as how it was premiered in the US (dubbed) b4 it was premiered in Japan
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