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[Krev]

I always thought Steins;Gate could work pretty well. You'd probably have to change some characters and remove the otaku-centric stuff, but it could definitely work. Probably be super cheap, too, and it lends itself well to that drip feed of little mysteries and conspiracies and stuff.

Definitely this one. The concept would make for a brilliant low budget sci-fi show.

 

[Skittles]

I could see gungrave and maybe trigun working out

 

[Aaron-Lagann]

I could see gungrave and maybe trigun working out

I don't think any show with a character named "Brilliant Dynamites Neon" is ever gonna air on mainstream television, and changing those names would ruin the fun of the show.

 

[ninjabat]

Attack on Titan on HBO.

 

[Siegcram]

Attack on Titan on HBO.

God no. Waste of everyone's time and money.

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Attack on Titan on HBO.

How about no.

 

[Defuser]

Gintama.

Change the modern samurai country to modern medieval country. All the dick jokes, poop jokes and all those controversy stuff fits right well.

 

[Hero Prinny]

Battle royale wouls work. I guess theyd just have to change the highschool part cause you know how sensitive america is about shit like that but besides that theyd be golden. Also hbo or gtfo

 

[Lulubop]

A number of Urasawa's stuff.

kaiji.

I would say sanctuary but Japanese politics are kinda pivotal.

 

[Jaeger]

The trick is to do something that wouldn't require too many, or any heavy special effects. Death Note works in this regard.

 

[Slayven]

Garo

 

[Nightbird]

Gintama.

Change the modern samurai country to modern medieval country. All the dick jokes, poop jokes and all those controversy stuff fits right well.

I like you.


MY vote would be Great Teacher Onizuka, but i think there is already a Live-Adaption of that

 

[Renzoku]

Bebop. With the right cast it would be amazing.

[Firefly comments go here]

 

[Ratrat]

Panty and Stocking
Kill la Kill

 

[blakep267]

Well any slice of life or HS live show would be fairly easy to do. Gimme Your Lie in April with all the imagery and wffects when Kousei is battling his mothers influence.

Also somebody mentioned Durarara. But I think the barrier would be you'd have to make the ages of the 3 mains older like 18. The whole being gang leaders at 14 is kinda dumb. But the shows many characters is interesting.


Ot but I want a no game no life movie

 

[Ban Puncher]

I want to see an American television series of Grave of the Fireflies.

 

[Randam]

Like others said, Monster is perfect. Biggest question is who will play Mumei.

whom?

 

[New002]

Monster. Obviously.

This was my first thought.

 

[shadow_shogun]

Monster. Obviously.

Yup. Black Lagoon and Berserk as well.

 

[Epcott]

GTO or Gokusen as Highschool dramas on Fox (replace Yakuza with Mafia if need be).

GITS:SAC as a crime drama on CBS

Fullmetal Alchemist as a fantasy/war drama on HBO.

Tokyo Ghoul directed by Brian Fuller for Showtime.

Cowboy Bebop as a SyFy show similar to Firefly mixed with Defiance? (LoL no)

 

[orioto]

I've always been surprised Ranma 1/2 never inspired anything cause it's gold pitch for comedy..

 

[Rad-]

Darker than Black. Superpowers pull viewers.

 

[teruterubozu]

Welcome to the NHK
Starring some neck beard.

 

[John Kowalski]

LOTGH, but i don't know if the political commentary would fly in the US.

 

[Ushay]

BERSERK

With a top budget behind it, I could see it being a big hit too with it's ultra violent themes and the anti hero. Would be epic indeed.

 

[Siegcram]

BERSERK

With a top budget behind it, I could see it being a big hit too with it's ultra violent themes and the anti hero. Would be epic indeed.

Berserk is like GoT on the most violent steroids possible. Not even HBO would touch that with a ten-foot pole.

 

[Parakeetman]

Monster. Obviously.

Pretty much

Battle royale wouls work. I guess theyd just have to change the highschool part cause you know how sensitive america is about shit like that but besides that theyd be golden. Also hbo or gtfo

While not the same, Hunger Games pretty much filled that role in a lot of ways.

 

[dbztrk]

Urotsukidōji

Your avatar works so well with your post.

 

[Wiseblade]

BERSERK

With a top budget behind it, I could see it being a big hit too with it's ultra violent themes and the anti hero. Would be epic indeed.

I don't see it. There isnt a single channel in the planet that would show the eclipse. At any hour. Even if that wasn't the case, there's there's the ugliness of Guts' nearly being raped as a child.

Battle Royale would work better as a 13 episode anime than a live action western show. Hunger Games is already US-Friendly version of that story. Again, I struggle to think of a channel that would air anything approaching the lighthouse scene.

 

[Apt101]

Back when the vampire motif was really going strong, a limited series of Vampire Hunter: D might made a good one. It wouldn't have had to stay very true to the source material. Maybe even change the name. But fusions of gothic horror and sci-fi were reaping good revenue earlier in the decade. This could have been one of the more unique ones.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

The trick is to do something that wouldn't require too many, or any heavy special effects. Death Note works in this regard.

Hell, Death Note works even if you portray the shinigami as completely human-looking. Could be done on any number of networks.

I have to echo Bebop obviously. I've always wanted a live action adaptation of Trigun, but I think it'd be better as a movie trilogy than a series. I just started Psycho Pass and it seems like it could easily draw in the Minority Report/Person of Interest crowd. I'd love to see HBO tackle NGE just for the spectacle.

 

[NEO0MJ]

whom?

just our friendly mod.

 

[RK9039]

Polar Bear's Cafe would definitely work.

 

[JLynn]

Noir would make a great series.

 

[VAD]

Bakuman with Marvel instead of Shueisha.

 

[Glass Rebel]

Berserk?

 

[Seiniyta]

to aru majutsu no index (A certain magical index) Sure they would have to change some things around but it would be pretty interesting. Especially wiht a proper cgi budget.

 

[Fuu]

Definitely Ghost in the Shell as it's mostly a police procedural show already. Aside from Tachikomas and some of the more outlandish cyborg body scenes it wouldn't even need a crazy budget.

Tokyo Ghoul with less fighting could lead to some interesting results too.

 

[The Smoking Bun]

to aru majutsu no index (A certain magical index) Sure they would have to change some things around but it would be pretty interesting. Especially wiht a proper cgi budget.

Rather adapt "A Rather Scientific Railgun" and turn it into high school version of Eureka!
Could also act as an educational series.

 

[rpmurphy]

Space Brothers

 

[Stitch]

Well Zombie TV shows are popular so maybe Highschool of the dead could work. With less fanservice.

But that's actually the great thing about HOTD, so fuck that.

 

[IpsoFacto]

Trigun, maybe? Sci-fi or not, it's very much a Western.

 

[Loona]

Silver Spoon has a good enough balance between being funny and grounded in reality to work.

 

[geomon]

Ghost in the Shell
Black Lagoon
Jormungand
Psycho-Pass
Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom
Future Diary
Spice and Wolf
Ergo Proxy
Flags
Planetes

 

[Wiktor]

Cowboy Bebop would also work wonderfull as TV show, as long as you could find a lead who can fight.

 

[Brannon]

Battlere royale wouls work. I guess theyd just have to change the highschool part cause you know how sensitive america is about shit like that but besides that theyd be golden. Also hbo or gtfo

Juvenile detention center, BAM. Cut down the criminal element before it matures could be a reason for the government to use. This could totally work.

 

[Brannon]

Polar Bear's Cafe would definitely work.

But we already have Seinfeld!

 

[whatever77]

Why do you think people think "anime is for kids". Thats not the common perception. The issue is people think (rightly even) anime is for weird Japanese taste. Japanese anime is not nearly as popular in other Aisan countries either, compare to 20 years ago.

 

[br0ken_shad0w]

Legend of the Galactic Heroes that is done right would be god-tier.

 

[Basileus777]

Good idea. You can actually handle this as a spin-off without the need of doing what the series did. The parasytes are not only in Japan, right? So just take the premise and involve someone with completely different circumstances than the original protagonist in that mess. Thinking of Shiki, just imagine a woman or man some day realizing that her or his small town is getting weird lately. Some people are off and while nothing of notice seem to happen, the protagonist starts investigating. What at first looks like paranoia and mental illness, gets really bad, when the situation gets so severe that he isn't the only one that starts to see it and people start dying. Further this with the question if humans are so much better than parasytes, parasytes developing emotions, doing experiments, etc.
I think the added layer of paraystes actually having intelligence without being way above humans in that regard can be very interesting and the relationship of the protagonists to these beings could be even more interesting, if he isn't bound to one himself.

The problem would be making it original. On paper it's little different than like a dozen similar Sci-Fi originals.