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Netflix's Live Adaptation of Yu Yu Hakusho
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Werewolf Jones
Member
Just watch the anime.
Javthusiast
Banned
As far as I know it at least is a japanese production with the people behind Alice in Borderland doing it.
Still I rather have that budget go to an anime remake instead.
Still I rather have that budget go to an anime remake instead.
ChuckeRearmed
Member
Another trash adaptation
Heimdall_Xtreme
Hermen Hulst Fanclub's #1 Member
Another Cowboy Bebop Case.
Dont touch her.
Dont touch her.
Labolas
Member
Javthusiast
Banned
Another Cowboy Bebop Case.
Dont touch her.
Quality of the show itself aside, you really think japan won't cast a cute and pretty japanese actress in the role?
Then you don't know the japanese industry mate. xD
DragoonWalker
Member
Netflix, doing to classic anime what Disney did to their animated canon. This is what happens when you have execs who aren't creative and don't understand the magic of 2D animation.
AREYOUOKAY?
Member
So how long will this one last?
TaylorSwiftFan
Member
Death Note
Cowboy Bebop
What’s the next live action adaptation of an anime to bite the dust? One Piece or this?
Cowboy Bebop
What’s the next live action adaptation of an anime to bite the dust? One Piece or this?
gamescoltsfan
Banned
Give me the money!
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
Please fucking stop with the live action Anime shit. Just remake the anime with better budgets. Stop trying to bring to life something that was always meant to be on a page or in 2D animation. And yeah I get that the MCU made a fortune doing that, but comics translate to live action FAR better than anime. Comics have always had a bit of believability in them even in their wildest moments. Meanwhile the whole point of most anime is to breathe life into something that is inherently unbelievable and silly. Something abstract. Something weird. That doesn't translate to the live screen very well without pissing all over the original material.
Just let the things exist on their own or do a remaster if you really wanna make bank. Stop trying to adapt things to the live screen that were never meant to be there. All you are doing is setting money on fire, wasting everyone's time, and more importantly pissing off the fans of the series in the process.
Just let the things exist on their own or do a remaster if you really wanna make bank. Stop trying to adapt things to the live screen that were never meant to be there. All you are doing is setting money on fire, wasting everyone's time, and more importantly pissing off the fans of the series in the process.
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BaneIsPain
Member
It seems japanese casting. It should be on par with other live action anime japanese production.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Welcome to the streaming age. Everything will be adapted. Nothing will have soul. It'll all be terrible.
chromhound
Member
why not make a sequel to the anime...
ForAcademicPurposes
Gold Member
I'll just leave this here.
Little Mac
Member
They are going to fucking destroy every anime I loved as a kid before they go bankrupt, aren't they? Dark tournament saga was sooooo amazing as a kid. This is like anti-nostalgia.
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Fbh
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How many of these will they have to cancel after 1 season to realize no one wants them?
To be fair I do think there are a few anime (and specially manga) that could work in live action. Like Monster, Real, maybe Planetes, etc.
But Netflix is like "nah, lets adapt the ones with wacky characters and over the top fights that are 100% guaranteed to look ridiculous in live action"
To be fair I do think there are a few anime (and specially manga) that could work in live action. Like Monster, Real, maybe Planetes, etc.
But Netflix is like "nah, lets adapt the ones with wacky characters and over the top fights that are 100% guaranteed to look ridiculous in live action"
newtypepilot
Member
netflix will not stop until it has ruined every anime franchise in existence
March Climber
Member
OP went for the clickbait option instead of providing all of the facts. I guess for the GAF likes? Spoiler: It's a Japanese production.
epicstream.com
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Yu Yu Hakusho Live-Action Netflix Release Date
Check out all the latest info about the Yu Yu Hakusho live-action release date. Release Dates are speculative unless clearly stated otherwise.
Netflix’s Live Action ‘Yu Yu Hakusho’ Has Found Its Lead Actor
Netflix has found their Yusuke Urameshi for their new series for the live-action Yu Yu Hakusho series.
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thefool
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Maybe we're lucky and tuesday is the beginning of the end of this shitty ass platform.
Werewolf Jones
Member
Japanese production doesn't mean good either by the way.
March Climber
Member
Japanese productions have a better batting average than the American ones, which is the point.
I can only name two American anime adaptations that were faithful enough to be considered good and for one of them barely half of the audience likes it.
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Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
As someone who recently tried to get into anime...
FUUUUU... THAT.
Anime has such a giant barrier to entry with all it's weird quirks + tone that a huge percentage of people will never give it a chance.
Y'all should be excited that "normal people" might be able to give this story a shot now.
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
Yeah that's the most annoying part out of all of this bullshit that Netflix and others keep doing. They are trying to adapt the wonky stuff because they are edgy or popular.
What they should be doing is trying to adapt the Slice of Life stuff. Which there is a LARGE very successful collection to choose from. There is also a large selection of horror and mystery to choose from. Even some of the Harem stuff could end up being a funny romcom kind of vibe with the right cast and director. It would even be cheaper thanks to the lack of CGI required.
But no let's dump millions into adapting something that is iconic, will need CGI all over the place, and almost guaranteed to fail.
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March Climber
Member
They literally do this, they just don't advertise them as much as the big blockbuster properties like Cowboy Bebop or Yu Yu Hakusho, and for some of them they don't even advertise that they're based on an anime. Here's an example of the former:
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Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
Damn then they need to advertise it better and do more of them.They literally do this, they just don't advertise them as much as the big blockbuster properties like Cowboy Bebop or Yu Yu Hakusho, and for some of them they don't even advertise that they're based on an anime. Here's an example of the former:
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
This is a Japanese production. You will see they don’t fare much better than the West at adapting these properties.
Werewolf Jones
Member
So you're saying there's a stealth pleb filter you couldn't penetrate? Lol. Considering the YYH dub is one of the best out there with how casual but engaging it is.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
You're looking at something out of context. The show is actually pretty good and a follow-up (years later) from the first Resident Evil game/story
March Climber
Member
Some people have already grown too accustomed to it, but I know exactly what you are referring to. Some(only some) of the newer anime have been improving to where the characters are starting to sound more naturalistic instead of overtly cartoonish. Unfortunately, for most American dubs they didn't get this memo and to this very day they still tend to overact the part because of bad voice direction and doing things the old school way.
I had a great, great example of this with a show's trailer I viewed, where a character was literally talking normally in japanese and in the english version they decided to ham it up to 11 and make that same character sound like a funny mascot character for no reason at all. If I manage to find it I'll link it here.
Edit: Still can't find it but here is a close set of examples:
Even for the regular characters you can hear some of the english voice actors putting too much emphasis and expression on their words in a cartoonish way when two people might simply be having a conversation at a relaxed setting. It takes you out of the experience. It makes sense for the actors though because they've been conditioned to voice act this way, because japanese media hasn't really done this style of VO as much as it's doing it now. If this becomes more of a trend, the dubbing acting industry will be needing a shakeup someday. You can't just put cartoon VOs on a project where everyone is speaking seriously and realistically.
Also if anyone reads this, it isn't about dub vs sub, it's about overacting vs not. Black Clover in japanese is horribly overacted but the english version toned things down so I chose that version to listen to.
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0neAnd0nly
Member
Not true.
Alita was amazing, though certainly not a Netflix adaptation - it was a pretty awesome movie.
But yeah, Netflix can peace out!
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GoldenEye Samurai
Gold Member
I couldn’t have said it any better myself. Bravo, bro.
lachesis
Member
Looks like this is going to be another cheap cosplay version like Full Metal Alchemist....
Will have a sliver of hope, but not expecting much from past experiences.
Failed examples are so abundant and common... so it's kinda difficult to keep my hopes on any kind of anime adaptations.
Will have a sliver of hope, but not expecting much from past experiences.
Failed examples are so abundant and common... so it's kinda difficult to keep my hopes on any kind of anime adaptations.
Tams
Member
Which doesn't bode well.
Netflix's live action interpretations are generally not very good. The shit Japanese production companies pump out... literally just cashing in. Edit: as mentioned, fanmade cosplay shit levels of shit.
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Kssio_Aug
Member
Honest question: How many live action adaptations of anime actually ended up being good?
I can't remember a single one. And I don't understand why Netflix keep throwing money at it. I mean, how many people are actually interested in this YuYu Hakusho live action? Or even the Death Note live action. They're not even new and popular anime to the current young generation! And live action always sucks, so me, as an adult have no interest in them either.
Netflix seems so fucking lost...
I can't remember a single one. And I don't understand why Netflix keep throwing money at it. I mean, how many people are actually interested in this YuYu Hakusho live action? Or even the Death Note live action. They're not even new and popular anime to the current young generation! And live action always sucks, so me, as an adult have no interest in them either.
Netflix seems so fucking lost...
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Tams
Member
I think this is partly desparate flailing by them to find a USP now that they've lost many films and several franchises.
And the whole company is based on a mountain of debt that needs a lot of revenue to stop from tumbling.
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OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Kssio_Aug
Member
The problem is that in live action they try to emulate the anime looks. Some anime have amazing plot, that could make great movies or tv shows if adapted well, but when you watch something which characters look that stupid, it's hard to take anything serious.
I can watch, without any issues, a drawn animation with spiked and colored haired characters, and I don't think they look cringe at all. They usually fit their animated world just fine. But if you're doing an adaptation with real life people, then please....... make them look and act like real life people in their daily lives instead of a bunch of cosplayers. It's this dissonance that makes live actions absolutely terrible. It's like the amalgamation of the worse of both worlds.
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Fbh
Member
I think the problem is that to get most anime to work in live action you'd have to take some big liberties. Drastically change character design and costumes, tone down the wackiness and over the top fights, make a more grounded script, cut scenes that just don't work in live action, etc.
But at that point you'll just upset the fans, and if you don't have the fans on board is it really worth it to make an adaptation? Is it worth it to make a grounded One Piece adaptation that looks and sounds nothing like One Piece and which fan will hate? At that point why not just make a new pirate IP like Black Sails instead?.
Instead it seems much smarter to me to adapt things that can work in live action with milder changes. Something like Monster could get a great live action adaptation that pleases fans while being engaging for new audiences