Anime that could work as an American television series

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Came in to say Monster. Appears I have been beaten about 100 times.

But anything by Urusawa would be legendary. Especially Pluto.
 
It's not my favourite anime but I think Terror in Resonance could work if the main characters were made a bit older. I can't see a TV series about terrorism happening in the near future though but it could be pretty cool.
 
If you want the show to realistically be successful, you would need a slice of life anime. Anything more than that, and the budget needed for it would be ridiculously huge, so it wouldn't last long, if at all.

But I'd love to see a show like Barakamon and Usagi Drop (1st half, fuck 2nd half, that shit shouldn't exist).
 
Siegcram said:
Might as well say One Piece at that point.
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FMA's story telling is pretty strong when the fillers are removed. It's characters robust and thought out, their growth is believable and the emotion in some scenes is incredible. It's silly at points but can't stay serious and stoic, as that does get boring. One Piece is not on FMA's level.
 
tkscz said:
FMA's story telling is pretty strong when the fillers are removed. It's characters robust and thought out, their growth is believable and the emotion in some scenes is incredible. It's silly at points but can't stay serious and stoic, as that does get boring. One Piece is not on FMA's level.
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I meant that both would require a budget in the trillions to get even close effect-wise.
 
Gunsmith Cats is the one I'd like to see the most. You'd have to tweak Minnie May's character but otherwise I think it'd work great.
 
GMN said:
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.
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This.
 
Monster wins.

It practically pitches itself. Its themes are universal, its length and pacing aligns nicely with the cable TV series / miniseries format, and you can easily attract the right talent. More importantly, it's affordable.
 
Would Hajime no Ippo work as an American TV show? I suppose the setting may get in the way of it though. The Takamura fight would certainly have to be rewritten for it to make sense.
 
Bomber Bob said:
dunno, Ghost in the shell maybe?
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Dunno, would probably be crazily expensive. Or it would look like SyFy-budget crap.

AdrianWerner said:
Higurashi could work wonderfully. Especially if they wouldn't just straight translate it to live action. The game and anime used typical trapings of harem genre and then twisted them into horror. TV series could do the same with teen romance genre.
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Yep. It would work very well in a typical "high school in a small town in the US" setting, since it often devolves into slasher horror.
 
garginator850 said:
None because anime is fucking weird and not to mention complete shit
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You're going to places, Junior.

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Harlock said:
Legend of Galactic Heroes could be a Game of Thrones in space, with a more fast pace story.
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Oh, yeah, totally.

You'd need a pretty large cast, but it'd probably be relatively cheap to produce otherwise---the space battle scenes could probably be cheaply done with most of the focus on the bridge, with the battles implied.

Also get Cumberbatch to play Reunthal.
 
Lots of anime could work as a series , content wise. Some stories lend itself perfectly to a serial-continuum style of storytelling. Bebop is an obvious choice , but at the same time on tv it would lose its visual fair. The same could be said for a lots of other series. Animation is sorta boundless and live action isn't. I think that's the major conflict .

Urasawa (and Tezuka) works would be more fitting. But even Monster with so many different locations , it wouldn't be as easy as it looks.

20th Century Boys i think it would translate smoothly (outside of the entire asian culture aspect)
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Prototype said:
I'd like Berserk on HBO.

It'd be even more brutal love action, hehe.
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It's too brutal for tv. It's just too brutal. And it would look too small on tv. Berserk wont ever see a great adaptation , but if it had one it deserved the big screen and a lot of talent.
 
wildfire said:
Initial D+Hajime no Ippo +Kuruko's Basketball

All 3 need to be reworked in terms of settings and relationship storylines but the stuff revolving around the competitions would remain intact.

All 3 of them will need a very competent set of directors who know how to present the action well.

Any network picking these 3 up would become the sport's drama network instantly.

Hopefully ESPN isn't the one to realize the potential.
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It's actually really surprising that sports drama isn't already a thing

Friday Night Lights is all I can think of really, but the sport was never the focus

I'd go for more of a Slam Dunk or Real as being ripe for adaptation, obviously with an American setting
 
Please stop asking for US remakes of things. I've seen what they do with British TV shows they remake (Just, please, no, stop.....seriously....stop) and I don't want US TV producers to get it into their head that they can make bad versions of anime that then serve to detract from the original.

All you need to do is look at stuff like The Inbetweeners, the IT Crowd, Life on Mars, Gracepoint....and the less said about One Foot In the Grave, or Steptoe and Son the better.

US TV has its own good stuff, and that's fine to import, but please, no more endless remakes....if I want to watch Black Lagoon, Cowboy Bebop, or Ghost in the shell I'll....just do that. These things exist already, and they're good! I don't get why you'd want a 3rd rate knockoff.
 
MrChom said:
Please stop asking for US remakes of things. I've seen what they do with British TV shows they remake (Just, please, no, stop.....seriously....stop) and I don't want US TV producers to get it into their head that they can make bad versions of anime that then serve to detract from the original.
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You're right, Japanese studios are already doing a fine job of that.
 
Nephtis said:
You're right, Japanese studios are already doing a fine job of that.
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Oh in fairness a vast amount of those Live action anime remakes are awful when made in Japan too....because there's no consideration of 1. The teeny tiny budget they have, or 2.The fact you cannot tell a 26 episode show's plot in 110mins.
 
wildfire said:
+Kuruko's Basketball
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Hah! I don't think there's anyway to rework Kuroko to actually be remotely the same in live action. The entire draw of the show is crazy basketball moves, making any of those believable to an American audience isn't gonna work.

I don't think the average NBA fan is gonna get down with
"Misdirection Overflow"
and all the bullshit associated with that.
 
Berserk. I want to see the reactions when they get to the
demon
Griffith episode where he
rapes Casca and forces Guts to watch.

Evangelion on HBO.
 
Aaron-Lagann said:
Hah! I don't think there's anyway to rework Kuroko to actually be remotely the same in live action. The entire draw of the show is crazy basketball moves, making any of those believable to an American audience isn't gonna work.

I don't think the average NBA fan is gonna get down with
"Misdirection Overflow"
and all the bullshit associated with that.
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Kuroko is a just an And-1 Mixtape in fever dream mode.

BeatResetsTheWorld said:
This is just an excuse to have Zoe Saldana in a TV show
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