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[Lights and Waves]

Beyond AKIRA (which already seems to be in the pipeline), which anime do you think is next up in line to be whitewashed adapted by Hollywood?

With 90s kids coming into full adulthood and having lots of spending money, I'm thinking we're not too far from a Gundam adaptation. What I'm really rooting for though is a Netflix version of:

That looks like:

And not like:

 

[Lulubop]

Attack on Titan

 

[5taquitos]

Dragonball Evolution 2

 

[collige]

There's a Battle Angel Alita adaptation happening right now and I will be furious if

Spoiler

when

they fuck it up.

I've still got some hope that we'll end up getting an Evangelion movie with WETA doing effects.

Live action FMA would probably make bank.

 

[Nakazato]

Attack on Titan

This one will likely happen

Would love Sword art online just the 1st half of season 1

 

[Kuro]

Vampire Hunter D starring Huge Jackedman

 

[UnemployedVillain]

Rurouni Kenshin -> Wondering Knight Kent
Set in medieval Europe

 

[lightskintwin]

One punch man.

 

[LiK]

Naruto

 

[SpaceWolf]

 

[Meier]

Robotech has been kicking around as a project for many years with Toby Maguire wanting to produce and work on it. But Gundam has no real prospects as a film and was never that successful here on a grander scale than hardcore fans.

I think that given the success of Power Rangers, Sailor Moon would be a good option. A lot of non-anime fans loved this show as a kid/teen. I know my wife did.

There's a Battle Angel Alita adaptation happening right now and I will be furious if

Spoiler

when

they fuck it up.

It's coming out next summer finally and has a pretty decent cast/crew. It's a shame Lacey Chabert never got to play the role -- she really had the look down perfectly. Rosa Salazar is sort of a weird casting and I'll always be a little annoyed by her due to her character on Parenthood.

http://www.hsx.com/security/view/ALITA

 

[Violence Jack]

I kept hoping for an Evangelion adaptation for about 12 years now. I don't think it'll ever happen.

Battle Angel Alita is probably next, but I kept hearing rumors about Cowboy Bebop being made someday.

Vampire Hunter D starring Huge Jackedman

I thought that was basically his design for Van Helsing.

 

[wamberz1]

I see OP already covered it but

Start from the beginning.

Giant robots + space war. Whats not to love.

 

[fredrancour]

Attack on Titan

i was just about to ask if we'd heard of Hollywood going after this yet.

other shows I've seen reach beyond typical anime fans included gurren lagann (too absurd, not betting on it), madoka (don't see it happening but hollywood trying to make Madoka YA edition would be hilarious), one-punch man (maybe one day, a superhero comedy is a thing that could work), berserk (probably too R-rated).

Still betting on attack on titan or another shot at DBZ before anything else.

edit: oh right gundam exists. that'd be nuts.

 

[Rembrandt]

Cowboy Bebop finally.

 

[Host Samurai]

Goldenboy

 

[joe2187]

I feel like ive been waiting on MONSTER forever now.

 

[wamberz1]

Attack on Titan

Given it's absurd popularity and the fact that most of the characters are not Japanese (meaning they could circumvent the controversy) I think this has a good shot.

I feel like ive been waiting on MONSTER forever now.

Would have to be a TV show, I don't really think it could work as a movie.

 

[ZealousD]

There's actually a few popular animes that they could do without worrying about whitewashing issues. Trigun. Fullmetal Alchemist. Cowboy Bebop? (Now that I think about it, I'm not sure what race Spike is?)

And for some reason, I'm now imagining Vash the Stampede being played by Johnny Depp?

 

[Sephzilla]

Considering Kaiju movies on the rise again I think someone will look at Gundam and try to adapt that under the idea of "it's close enough"

 

[Lights and Waves]

Attack on Titan would be awesome, but I lowkey want a series that's already wrapped up so that they don't have to try and make shit up along the way.

 

[Magwik]

Maybe Hollywood can somewhat redeem SAO

 

[Aaronrules380]

I see OP already covered it but

Start from the beginning.

Giant robots + space war. Whats not to love.

Gundam could actually work too, all you'd really need to do is cut out some of the weirder Tominoisms like the little kids who were always on the ship

 

[kurahador]

Parasyte...I hope. Would make a good scifi horror thriller.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

I hope it's Attack on Titan or Fullmetal Alchemist so we can have a big fight about whitewashing franchises that obviously have taken their aesthetic from European culture. But I thrive on fuckery.

Honestly? Beyond Battle Angel, I could see something like Cowboy Bebop getting adapted. It's got major clout among anime diehards and I don't think a studio would look at it and think it would be too hard to sell to a Western audience.

 

[Kite]

A Battle Angle Alita movie is already hapening : http://www.slashfilm.com/michelle-rodriguez-alita-battle-angel/

I can't wait for the kerfuffle of a Hispanic actress taking a Asian actress's role~

 

[True Savior]

Full Metal Alchemist is an action/adventure franchise waiting to happen. It fits that hollywood mold.

 

[crooked spin]

When we talk about "Hollywood" are we talking about the global filmmaking industry or are we talking about Hollywood CA where American movies are made for western audiences?

 

[Host Samurai]

What happened to HBO making a Monster series? Did that get canceled?

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

Grave of the Fireflies starring Jai Courtney and Emma Stone as two Japanese orphans during WW2. Directed by Tim Story.

 

[King Gilga]

Fate Zero maybe? Seems easy enough.

One I'd want is Baccano, or Zoids, or Trigun.

TBH I'd take a western white washed live action adaptation over any Japanese live action adaption anytime anyday anywhere.

I see OP already covered it but

Start from the beginning.

Giant robots + space war. Whats not to love.

Wasn't there already a hugely unpopular liveaction white gundam movie?

 

[mrjohill]

Cowboy bebop - it's not even an exclusively Asian anime

 

[sixteen-bit]

Considering Kaiju movies on the rise again I think someone will look at Gundam and try to adapt that under the idea of "it's close enough"

Gundam would be cool but it's so unpopular in the west

 

[Aaronrules380]

When we talk about "Hollywood" are we talking about the global filmmaking industry or are we talking about Hollywood CA where American movies are made for western audiences?

Why would we mean anything but Hollywood if we say Hollywood? Plenty of anime are getting japanese live action adaptations that aren't being talked about here because this is about hollywood

 

[Tom Nook]

Robotech.

 

[CosmicGroinPull]

I see OP already covered it but

Start from the beginning.

Giant robots + space war. Whats not to love.

Nolan doesn't seem interested in making Interstellar 2 tho...

 

[ZealousD]

I hope it's Attack on Titan or Fullmetal Alchemist so we can have a big fight about whitewashing franchises that obviously have taken their aesthetic from European culture. But I thrive on fuckery.

Attack on Titan is very explicit about the races of its characters. Mikasa is the last asian on the planet.

And the main character of Fullmetal Alchemist is blonde and named "Edward". Obviously this character is white.

 

[CrazyDude]

Naruto

Already announced.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

Wasn't there already a hugely unpopular liveaction white gundam movie?

G-Saviour?! You best forget about that

 

[blakep267]

Naruto

Pretty sure naruto was already announced to be getting an adaptation

 

[Aaronrules380]

Robotech.

The idea of any new macros related material ever being released in the west ever again is hilarious

 

[TDLink]

A Battle Angle Alita movie is already hapening : http://www.slashfilm.com/michelle-rodriguez-alita-battle-angel/

I can't wait for the kerfuffle of a Hispanic actress taking a Asian actress's role~

All of this battle angel version is Hispanic. It's Robert rodriguez so no surprise. Personally I'm fine with it.

 

[TheGreatDirector]

I want a big budget tv adaptation of the UC Gundam timeline from the beginning all the way to the end. It'll never happen but I can always dream.

 

[Mark L]

Wicked City.

 

[Lights and Waves]

I hope it's Attack on Titan or Fullmetal Alchemist so we can have a big fight about whitewashing franchises that obviously have taken their aesthetic from European culture. But I thrive on fuckery.

Honestly? Beyond Battle Angel, I could see something like Cowboy Bebop getting adapted. It's got major clout among anime diehards and I don't think a studio would look at it and think it would be too hard to sell to a Western audience.

The cast of Attack on Titan and FMA aren't asian though. Nice try, but please leave your stupidity at the door.

 

[BoosterDuck]

Pokemon

 

[zeemumu]

Battle Angel Alita that Robert Rodriguez is making?

 

[HStallion]

Bible Black or LA blue Girl. White washing wouldn't be an issue for those

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Naruto is going to happen and it's going to be bad.

But I'd like to see how America would do with a show like Reborn! Or Berserk.

Slam Dunk could be an easy adaptation into a live action tv show

 

[Choomp]

Oh man, Attack on Titan is gonna turn into some Divergent/Maze Runner bullshit isn't it