Bets on the next Hollywood Anime adaptation?

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I actually think adapting naruto would be fairly easy.

The first movie starts out with the 9 tails destruction. Fast forward to naruto being mischievous. He graduates from the academy and is out on team 7 with kakashi. They do small missions before going on the escort mission. Then they run into zabuza. 2 fights. Kakashi vs Zabuza rd 1. Then Kakashi vs zabuza rd 2, and Narusasu vs Haku. Yadda yadda yadda. Movie end with team 7 getting the message for the chuunin exams
 
Cowboy Bebop + Tiger & Bunny are probably some of the few that could survive the Hollywood process and retain most of their charm.

Of the two I think Bebop will be the only one that gets made though.

a lot of people are saying AnT but I don't know how faithfully they could adapt it while still keeping it PG-13 (because I don't really see Hollywood planning to adapt anything they can't pitch at that rating).

FMA could probably get a decent shot, but there is no way they could tell any of its story in a single film. Then again, they are always looking for franchises so maybe that would work in its favour. Also I don't know if they would be able to convey Ishbal/Ishval with any of the subtlety it needs (especially in current political climate).
 
I'd love a Fullmetal Alchemist movie or miniseries.

I honestly think you could abridge the first anime series and get something really awesome thematically from it without losing much. The second series (and manga) introduces so many new characters and has so much happen that I can't really see it working as a movie. A full blown series? For sure.
 
Lights and Waves said:
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:
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Not that I disagree or anything, a Western made Sailor Moon with a full Asian cast and setting would be awesome, but I honestly wouldn't mind seeing a fully westernized version with the classic dub names and such (I'm really nostalgic for that classic dub). Not only could you avoid a whitewashing scenario in having a white girl playing Serena instead of Usagi, but you could add a little more diversity to the team. Rei could still be Asian. Someone like Amy (Ami) or Lita (Motoko) could be Latino. Etc. I dunno, what would people think of that setup?

Anyway, Outlaw Star could be fun, but I can't help but imagine but see people calling it a Guardians of the Galaxy ripoff. The two are remarkably similar.

I'd vote for Black Lagoon. It's already fairly grounded. I can see the likes of John Cho as Rock, Idris Elba as Dutch, and the girl from Kingsman and Star Trek Beyond as Revy.
 
Fullmetal Alchemist is pretty adaptable for Hollywood or an even better fit as an R-rated Netflix show, Ed and Al wouldn't have any casting controversy, and you could have a diverse cast with all of the roles outside of the two of them. Could cast anyone as the Seven Sins and the military crew (Mustang, Hawkeye, Armstrong, etc). Plus you've got Ling and Scar who are of asian and middle eastern ethnicity (Xian Empire and Ishvalans).

The alternate universe 20th century setting would reel in a lot of audiences, as long as the balance of drama and comedy is correct. And make sure the alchemy looks good and the effects are used properly.
 
Psycho Pass would work fine as a Hollywood movie. Maybe change some characters and story but the premise itself would translate fine. Some of the better anime sci fi I've seen.
 
I honestly thought it would be Death Note before netflix happened. A good concept that you can change at will that shouldn't really cost too much make.

Wonder if GITS does poorly if it'll put the kibosh an any inclinations of anime adaptions for another while.
 
disappeared said:
I wonder how or if Millennium Actress would work.
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To be completely fair, I think it could work well as a western reinterpretation. A story of an old actress recalling her long career and the lines blurring between reality and cinema actually seems ripe for adaptation. Sounds Hollywood as hell actually. It would lose the very specific japanese historical elements via translation, but those could be reinterpreted through American history.
 
FriendlyGoat said:
To be completely fair, I think it could work well as a western reinterpretation. A story of an old actress recalling her long career and the lines blurring between reality and cinema actually seems ripe for adaptation. Sounds Hollywood as hell actually. It would lose the very specific japanese historical elements via translation, but those could be reinterpreted through American history.
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I think the part of the problem with adapting a lot of Satoshi Kon's stuff into live action is it kind of defeats the point. He used animation in such a profound and expressive manner that few rarely ever did that I find turning his films into live action kind of betrays the point to some extent. Yeah you can tell the same story in live action but it wasn't just the story that made Millennium Actress such an incredible movie.
 
Angelus Errare said:
Tokyo Ghoul starring Taylor Kitsch as Ken Kennedy.
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We'll do it direct to video and save some money

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Attack on Titan, but then everyone will get mad when Eren Jaeger isn't Japanese. ;)

wamberz1 said:
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.



Would have to be a TV show, I don't really think it could work as a movie.
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There's literally one Asian character and her being Asian (while everyone else isn't) is a plot point. They kind of have the problem that the title is Engrish, but it's kind of stuck. Maybe they'd just call it "TITAN"
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The thing they're more likely to mess up is making Mikasa a super skinny hollywood model type, when Mikasa is supposed to be buff as fuck.
 
HStallion said:
I think the part of the problem with adapting a lot of Satoshi Kon's stuff into live action is it kind of defeats the point. He used animation in such a profound and expressive manner that few rarely ever did that I find turning his films into live action kind of betrays the point to some extent. Yeah you can tell the same story in live action but it wasn't just the story that made Millennium Actress such an incredible movie.
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Totally agree with this. You could recapture elements of the story, but not the essence that makes the film special.

Honestly I would extend it to other stuff like Oshii's work on GitS, there was never any way they would recapture what really made that movie special. It wasn't the story or action that made it an important work of the medium (which, IMO, while interesting aren't that profound and aren't what stuck with me), but the specific mood Oshii captured as best encapsulated in the shelling and city montage scenes.
 
HStallion said:
I think the part of the problem with adapting a lot of Satoshi Kon's stuff into live action is it kind of defeats the point. He used animation in such a profound and expressive manner that few rarely ever did that I find turning his films into live action kind of betrays the point to some extent. Yeah you can tell the same story in live action but it wasn't just the story that made Millennium Actress such an incredible movie.
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Absolutely.

I was kind of half-joking about Paprika anyway. That movie and Millennium Actress and hell most of Kon's work is so effective because it takes such advantage of animation as a medium.
 
Angry Grimace said:
There's literally one Asian character and her being Asian (while everyone else isn't) is a plot point. They kind of have the problem that the title is Engrish, but it's kind of stuck. Maybe they'd just call it "TITAN"
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The thing they're more likely to mess up is making Mikasa a super skinny hollywood model type, when Mikasa is supposed to be buff as fuck.
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True, can't think of an actress ever pumping up to the point where they had a full six pack

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Anime should just stay anime. It never translates well.

How about Jin-Roh? That could actually be done without looking like an embarrassing mess that appeals to no one and bleeds money.
 
Malreyn said:
A reboot of The Guyver ....because we need MORE Mark Hamill!
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I don't think Mark Hamill would be in a new Guyver movie just because. That said I'd love it but only if they went R rated for it. None of this PG 13 shit. The Guyver should be gutting people with elbow blades, punching right through bodies with his fist and generally fucking up monsters left in right in gruesome ways.

.JayZii said:
Anime should just stay anime. It never translates well.

How about Jin-Roh? That could actually be done without looking like an embarrassing mess that appeals to no one and bleeds money.
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This is actually one of the few anime movies I think would really work as a live action adaptation. Its still incredibly relevant even to this day and a lot of the imagery could easily work in the realm of live action. Its also an incredible movie and story and I'd love more people to be exposed to it in some manner.
 
Song of Saya (Saya no Uta), just because)
But, actually, one guy is (supposedly and, APPARENTLY) is doing a live-action adaptation:
 
Probably something that would be ruined by running it through the Hollywood machine.

So definitely not Cowboy Bebop since we can't have nice things.
 
One Piece Saga. Heavily "condensed" of course.

First film can be Luffy finding all of his crew-mates and facing off against Crocodile.

Second film is the Water 7 Saga.

Third is the Marineford War.

Forth film is
timeskip
to Dressrosa Saga.
 
I would love a well-done FMA (not Brotherhood, the original anime series) movie or TV series.

Kaiterra said:
I won't accept Amuro Ray without his proper Canadian accent
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They should just dub Brad Swaile and Michael Kopsa over whoever they get to portray Amuro and Char.
 
CadetMahoney said:
ctrl-f + Bible Black

Also with white people.

Afro Samurai, starring Dan Akroyd.
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I am aware of this.

Also although it would be white washed to hell and back I feel like Samurai Champloo could work kinda well...but you would need to nail the feel/style. And resurrect Nujabes.

Nausicaa by Disney could be the goat.
 
BossDarkseid said:
I am aware of this.

Also although it would be white washed to hell and back I feel like Samurai Champloo could work kinda well...but you would need to nail the feel/style. And resurrect Nujabes.

Nausicaa by Disney could be the goat.
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I can't wait for the funny and stupid animal companion for Nausicaa and the pop culture jokes.
 
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