[Question] Foreign works adapted to Anime

[SuitUp]

I just remember, there was a Supernatural adaptation not too long ago, maybe 5 years? Well, either way, you don't get much more foreign than that

[RDNexus]

So it seems...

[GreyZone]

Well there was the "opposite" case with All You Need Is Kill being (more or less) being adapted into an American movie.

[RDNexus]

Yeah, cases of japanese stories being adapted to western movie is not unusual, despite not having clear examples on top of my mind to mention here right now...

[SeijiSensei]

I don't know if I'd say it is "not unusual." The best-known American example is The Magnificent Seven, a Western based on Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, and that's over fifty years old. Back when cigarette advertising was allowed on TV, Elmer Bernstein's rousing opening for Magnificent Seven was the theme song for Marlboros. When I first watched the film in 1969 or so, I was surprised to hear the Marlboro theme.

I don't watch much in the way of monster or superhero movies so maybe there are some there that I don't know about. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within grossed $32 million in the US and $85 million worldwide, considerably short of the estimated production cost of $137 million. It had a built-in audience of FF fans though.

[Sackett]

Closest thing I can think of is Megatokyo...

Which is published as a manga in Japan...

[RDNexus]

Thanks to that, Sackett, I ended up searching for OEM and OELN, with a few interesting results

[Sackett]

Originally Posted by xrick

Thanks to that, Sackett, I ended up searching for OEM and OELN, with a few interesting results

? "Original Equipment Manufacturer?"

Sorry, afraid I don't recognize those acronyms...

[RDNexus]

I didn't too, until yesterday. I thought people here knew, sorry.
OEM = Original English-language Manga
OELN = Original English-language Light Novel

[Darthtabby]

Wasn't there an Anne of Green Gables adaptation at some point? For some reason that novel is really popular in Japan.

Originally Posted by BWTraveller

As was Kiki's Delivery Service, though that's older by a bit. Sadly, I don't know of many recent works that've been made into anime. I've thought for a long while that someone should do that with the Belgariad, as well as a couple other sci-fi/fantasy works, but as far as productions that've actually happen there are sadly few these days.

Are you sure you want to see Ce'Nedra portrayed by Rie Kugimiya?

[Sackett]

Originally Posted by Darthtabby

Wasn't there an Anne of Green Gables adaptation at some point? For some reason that novel is really popular in Japan.



Are you sure you want to see Ce'Nedra portrayed by Rie Kugimiya?

All my yes!

[0cean]

So we're looking for anime based on a story from outside of Japan and also we're excluding the stories from before, let's say 1950. Also, superhero* stuff is excluded.

That leaves us with:

[2006] Gedo Senki based on Earthsea (1964)
[2014] Omoide no Marnie based on When Marnie Was There (1967)
[2014] Sanzoku no Musume Ronja based on Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (1981)
[2017] Mary to Majo no Hana based on The Little Broomstick (1971)


*for people interested in superhero/comic book stuff:

[1996] Mutant Turtles: Choujin Densetsu Hen
[2008] Batman Gotham Knight
[2010] Iron Man
[2010] Wolverine
[2011] Blade
[2011] X-Men
[2017] Marvel Future Avengers
[2018] Batman Ninja

[RDNexus]

Thanks for the intel, I honestly thought nobody would ever again notice this thread (and/or other authored by me )

[0cean]

Occasionally, I browse the custom requests and give input on interesting sounding topics. It's a treasure trove for ideas.

[RDNexus]

I have other threads in the Custom Requests, you're free to check them if you want