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Goo Poll: Live-Action Manga/Anime Adaptations That Worked

The Japanese portal site Goo asked its readers which live-action adaptations of manga or anime titles they liked. The poll ranked thirty-eight live-action films, and the Death Note live-action adaptations received the most votes.

Rank	Manga/Anime	Author/Original Creator	Comparative Score
1	Death Note	Tsugumi Ohba / Takeshi Obata	100
2	Umizaru	Shuho Sato	89.0
3	Rookies	Masanori Morita	50.2
4	NANA	Ai Yazawa	40.0
5	Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro	Shigeru Mizuki	30.6
6	Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler	Nobuyuki Fukumoto	30.4
7	Gantz	Hiroya Oku	29.7
8	Ping Pong	Taiyo Matsumoto	28.7
9	Yatterman	Tatsuo Yoshida	27.8
10	Dororo	Osamu Tezuka	26.6
11	Detroit Metal City	Kiminori Wakasugi	24.9
12	Touch	Mitsuru Adachi	22.7
13	Honey and Clover	Chika Umino	22.7
14	Ashita no Joe	Tetsuya Chiba	21.5
15	Kimi ni Todoke	Karuho Shiina	20.6
16	Azumi	Yū Koyama	17.9
17	Satorare	Makoto Satō	17.2
18	20th Century Boys	Naoki Urasawa	14.4
19	Cutey Honey	Gō Nagai	14.1
20	Paradise Kiss	Ai Yazawa	12.4
21	Beck	Harold Sakuishi	9.1
22	The Legend of Kamui	Sanpei Shirato	8.9
23	Lovely Complex	Aya Nakahara	8.4
24	Solanin	Inio Asano	7.7
25	Saru Lock	Naoki Serizawa	6.2
26	Space Battleship Yamato	Leiji Matsumoto	5.0
27	Prince of Tennis	Takeshi Konomi	4.5
28	Jigyaku no Uta	Yoshiie Gōda	4.5
29	High School Debut	Kazune Kawahara	4.5
30	Dragon Head	Minetarō Mochizuki	4.3
31	Casshern	Tatsuo Yoshida	2.9
32	Koi no Mon	Jun Hanyunyuu	2.9
33	Cromartie High School	Eiji Nonaka	2.4
34	Dragon Ball	Akira Toriyama	2.4
35	Jigoku Koshien	Gatarō Man	1.9
36	Rinjin 13-gō	Santa Inoue	1.7
37	Sakigake!! Otoko Juku	Akira Miyashita	1.4
38	Boys on the Run	Kengo Hanazawa	1.4

Earlier this year, the market research firm Oricon also conducted a survey to determine which manga respondents thought received successful live-action adaptations. Nodame Cantabile, Hana Yori Dango, and Jin were the top three choices. The Japanese portal site Cobs Online conducted a similar poll, asking users which manga should not be made into live-action films. One Piece received a majority of votes in that poll.

Source: Goo Ranking via Ota-News

Update: The scores for the results are weighted relative to the top vote-getter.