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Fenrin
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How is it that this gets streamlined, but we don't get a theatrical release of an almost surefire adaption like Death Note.
I can only hope now that the Tiger & Bunny adaption saves us all. |
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Emerje
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Heck no! We're trying to avoid another Dragon Ball Evolution, not repeat it. Let's keep the adults playing kids out of this movie and go with actual 12 year olds. Emerje |
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Shadowrun20XX
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Whirlpool, Ninja Warrior and Cherry Blossom are going to totally party down in the Village of the Mist until the exiled lord of the Leaf "Azubaz" and his plucky slamdancer Ukah aim to thwart the trios year end danceparty with a move they wish they had never seen.
Like a train that self derails, this thing writes itself. |
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Lycosyncer
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So Kishimoto himself is now confirming that Lionsgate's live action Naruto movie is in development and that he's already getting himself involved and that he's also doing some pre-production work on it? Sounds interesting that he would get himself involved here but with the Naruto Shippudden anime about to end soon in a few months with Boruto replacing it immediately, Naruto fans will have plenty to sink their teeth into for the next long while.
Anyways, I wonder if Kishimoto will want to be like Rowling and want to have some more control over seeing the script and approve the changes necessary because as much as we can all debate about whether or not the final story is good or not, Kishimoto should realize that what worked in the manga and anime may not translate to live action and sometimes changes are necessary in order to streamline the story. If the film is actually moving forward and not staying in development hell, it's going to be pretty interesting to see who's going to be cast and what changes will have to be made and quite frankly, for the first film, it definitely needs to adapt the Zabuza arc first because that would make a perfect stand alone first film as it establishes everything of what this world is all about and establish the important characters and their dynamics with each other. |
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Lord Oink
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.... you know ninjas are Japanese, right? Having a bunch of white and black people running around in ninja outfits is dumb. I can't take it seriously when they adapt a ninja/samurai themed sentai and have non Asians Power Rangers in ninja and samurai outfits. It's just stupid to me. Everyone in Naruto is Asian, aside from maybe some minor filler character in Part 1. |
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BadNewsBlues
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And?
You must hate Killer B, A, Darui, & Cee if that's the case. |
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Beatdigga
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Ok, so this movie needs at least one Kosugi in a bit role, decent effects...and a completely rewritten ending.
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wonderwomanhero
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No thanks. I refuse to have Michael Pena and Evan Peters running around Neo-Tokyo with their superpowers. |
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Kadmos1
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While the series uses Japanese names, it is not exactly set in Japan. As such, the series using Western and Eastern elements might justify using a mostly white (presumably) cast for the main characters.
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Lord Oink
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Trying to argue Naruto as anything but Japanese is gasping at straws. If Bravely Default gets gutted for having non-Native Americans dressing as Natives, then people better hold this to the same degree of their devious "cultural appropriation"
Dark skinned Japanese people =/= black. Probably the biggest misconception Americans make besides people thinking anime characters are white, despite the fact anime clearly draw white and black people a certain way that differs from other characters.
People say that even when the story takes place in Japan like Death Note and GITS. There is literally no series people wont say that about. |
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Ryo Hazuki
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Trailers for the first two movies have been already leaked:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxTEyQID-9c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Daguz0fapHg |
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BadNewsBlues
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No trying to whine about the producers putting non Asian characters in the roles of characters that were originally Asian is pointless, even if you don't think they should change this the reality of the situation is that going to do this even if people complain about as being "whitewashing".
Bravely Second wasn't criticized for this it was criticized for changing the outfit that had the characters dressing up as Native Americans. Along with a number of other questionable changes to the American/European version of the game.
....having Ninjas being played by non Japanese people isn't "cultural appropriation". That's like arguing having a Buddhist monk being played by a white person.....eventhough their are white Buddhists.
You do know you can have Japanese blood in and appearance wise not look Asian whatsoever. The point is if you're taking issue with Blacks and Whites playing Ninjas in media, you must really don't like those characters I mentioned three of whom don't look remotely asian. Even Naruto himself isn't Asian looking.
They wouldn't make this supposed misconception if most anime characters actually looked more Asian, I can count on one hand the number of mangas and anime I've seen where the entirety of the cast actually looks remotely asian. Naruto isn't one of these series.
Yes and this sometimes be considered stereotypical particularly where blacks are concerned.
The adaptation of Death Note running on Netflix isn't set in Japan....and given the fact that Japan has made a handful of live action adaptations that are set there having it's adaptation follow suit would be redundant.
GITS has a bit of wiggle room particuarly where it's main character is concerned.
Because the reality of the situation is that not all of these series are set in Japan let alone have the country as one of the locations the characters visit. |
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Black Turtle
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My point was more : It's so loosely based on ninja that it's just some type of martial art. In a imaginary world, and with only a faint inspiration, having non asian is not that bad. If it was something fantastic incrusted in real world (like HP, since we already refered to it), I would totally follow you. But there, they have just from the ninja the overall look. They're as much Ninjas as OP main characters are pirates... the concept has been modified so much, that considering they have to be asian to be ninja is stupid. Ninja in Naruto have more in common with Power Rangers than real ninjas. |
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Emerje
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Are ninja Japanese? I mean, the characters in Naruto call themselves ninja, but Japan doesn't exist in the world of Naruto so apparently not. For that matter in this world ninja is just a catchall for any number martial art and occupation, to say nothing of the ninja monsters, demons, and aliens. Even a kid that's basically Bruce Lee with no ninja abilities is still a ninja. That's just the way their world works and their world isn't our world. Diversity will work in this movie, I just hope they don't pull a Last Airbender and try to make every village in the series an approximation of a real world nationality. If they try to make Gaara Middle Eastern just because he lives in the desert and fights with sand there's going to be trouble. Emerje |
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wii800
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i totally agree with you but the biggest question will be, is how many times the naruto actor will say "Believe It" if its not at least 20- 50 times this movie will already trash 
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