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Depends on the source material.
Some anime just would never work as live action. Others would require a big budget that you aren't going to get. The rest... well it depends on how well the adaptation is done. Usually they screw it up even when it should have been good.
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2013-05-07, 09:10 | Link #22 |
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When an anime gets adapted into live-action (Japanese) it tends to get hilariously cheesy acting. I still remember the live-action Sailor Moon.
I would imagine that a live-action (Japanese) Madoka Magica or Nanoha would be much the same - Just incredible cheesy acting turning it into something of a self-parody. I suppose it might be good for a laugh, but I'm not sure if this is how I want to see some of my favorite anime characters. As for Hollywood, its track record with anime (which is what is most pertinent here, imo) is a mixed bag at best. I'd like to see Hollywood effectively pull off something like Cowboy Bebop or Ghost in the Shell before it even considers something more culturally Japanese like Madoka Magica or Lyrical Nanoha.
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Still I enjoyed the live-action version enough to watch the movie sequels. By the second film, though, I had reached my limits with Uena Juri's portrayal of Nodame. The mugging was simply too much to take. However I thought Tamaki Hiroshi did an excellent job portraying Chiaki, even if my daughter thought he wasn't handsome enough to play the role! The live-action adaptation of Bartender is more of a mixed bag. The producers felt the need to up the romantic content of the story by creating a stronger relationship between Ryuu and Miwa than we see in the anime. (She has an obvious crush on Ryuu, but his professional discretion keeps him from acknowledging it or any feelings he might have for her as well.) In this case I enjoyed the anime more because it focused directly on the patrons' stories which are the heart and soul of this show. The Ryuu/Miwa relationship is a distraction. My third venture into live-action adaptations lasted about half an episode. noitaminA decided to release Moyashimon as a live-action show after airing the anime a couple of years before. Once again it was the mugging that pushed me away. I knew before the first episode finished that I would not be able to watch this version and have not tried again since.
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2013-05-11, 16:11 | Link #24 |
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The only decent adaptation I've seen is the Death Note movies. Those actors were cast perfectly and they did it in a way that didn't come across as too cartoony.
xxxholic was okay though personally I didn't like Emo Watanuki and the girl who played Himawari too much. However, the actors for Domeki and especially Yuuko were spot on. Ouran was total FAIL though. They made it waaaaaaaaaaay too cartoony. That seriously disappointed me. The only anime series that I can see working in live action at the moment is UtaPri; hell, they can just cast whatever boyband is in at the moment in Japan or if it's set in the West, cast those kids from One Direction or whatever boygroup is in right now and BOOM there's a hit.
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2013-05-15, 21:48 | Link #27 |
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Speaking of "Anime to Live-Action":
“One Anime Movie You Wish Hollywood Would Make”: http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2013/0...od-would-make/ Cool-looking poster, but I wonder if it would do well as a live-action flick? |
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2013-05-15, 22:42 | Link #30 | |
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I'd probably choose Clannad as the most obvious anime to make live action. However, I think Madoka could work with a high quality Hollywood production, just restore some of the Christian references that were obscured in the Japanese version. Heck, the Sayaka and Kyoko arc is basically an evangelical tale of sin and damnation, with the ending being a passion play.
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I'm talking relatively, here. Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell are not at all outside "the American experience". Their major protagonists are very much in-line with what you tend to see for major protagonists in action/sci-fi Hollywood movies.
Kaname Madoka? Much less so. I'm certainly not saying there's no chance that Hollywood could do a decent Madoka live-action film, but I'd like to see it handle something relatively easy (for its sensibilities) first. As for Attack on Titan - After watching five episodes of that, I think a streamlined version of the story could work well in Hollywood movie format. You'd have to give Eren and Mikasa more witty lines, and maybe create a hot, steamy romance somewhere, but the rest of it is very compatible with modern Hollywood sensibilities when it comes to action movies. Heck, Episode 3 is like a "boot camp with an overbearing drill sergeant" scene taken straight out of a Hollywood movie focusing heavily on the US military. And in fact, Hollywood might be overdue for another "big monster" movie.
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2013-05-16, 12:27 | Link #36 |
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1) puke
2) troll OR be totally surprised that it was unexpectedly awesome ... and I had to suffer the former, when a favorite novel became a LA-film (Boogiepop Phantom) Thankfully, the works that I love are too controversial for theatrical releases
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