2016-01-16, 09:23 | Link #25 |
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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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.
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Cross Game - I need more
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: I've moved around the American West. I've lived in Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Oklahoma
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Sorry, afraid I don't recognize those acronyms...
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2016-01-25, 22:00 | Link #30 | |
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Join Date: Jul 2009
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Wasn't there an Anne of Green Gables adaptation at some point? For some reason that novel is really popular in Japan.
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2018-05-11, 02:46 | Link #32 |
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Join Date: Oct 2017
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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
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