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Dop.L



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 11, 2025 4:31 pm Reply with quote
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but there's part of me that hopes that someone will throw Hiroshi Nagahama a bone and let him revisit his own take on the series.


I've always felt that if I somehow became incredibly wealthy, rather than spending money on being vile to people I'd fund all the anime I wanted. The second season of Flowers of Evil. The second season of Stars Align, The second season of Kamisama Dolls, and a full length adaptation of Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou. Things like that, As well as other good deeds.
Sadly, I am not even slightly wealthy, so this remains a pipe-dream.
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Ming Yi



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 11, 2025 10:02 pm Reply with quote
I find the disdain in "live-action manga adaptations" discussions a bit weird because there have always been live-action adaptations of manga. There have been so many films based on the series as well as television dramas. I also can't help but make the comparison with how popular K-dramas have been lately, and with J-dramas based on manga getting even more popular internationally, that might have encouraged Kodansha to pursue it further.
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Beatdigga



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 11, 2025 10:32 pm Reply with quote
Adapting more grounded works is probably the best initial move to prove their pipeline system works without spending a small fortune on what it would take for a live action Seven Deadly Sins. It would also result in a lot less eye rolling over who gets cast as Elizabeth.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 12, 2025 1:11 am Reply with quote
What would distinguish a Vagabond live-action adaptation from a direct adaptation of the source material, Eiji Yoshikawa's novel Musashi?
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Dr. Wily



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But to avoid those Marvel-esque pitfalls, I believe Kodansha Studios should avoid trying to adapt any of the publishers' greatest titles. AKIRA, Attack on Titan, Ghost in the Shell, Vinland Saga—all off the table.


Sadly I do not think they will have the impulse control to stop themselves from doing Attack On Titan. It just feels like too much of a slam dunk: it's recent (enough) to have a built-in audience, it has a bunch of big action setpieces with chances for the CGI Hollywood loves to throw at the screen, and it gives them the opportunity to cast a bunch of white people without having some kind of Scarlett Johansson Ghost In The Shell whitewashing mini-controversy. The only real roadblock I see with it, and it is a pretty big one, would be the extremely awkward racial stuff in the later parts. But if they just do one movie, they wouldn't have to worry about any of that.
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