How does anime compare to live action films and series?

Mr7Beans said:
Nowadays.
TV series >>> Anime >>>>>>>>>> Movies.

jal90 said:
Films can go much further than anime, but not because of inherent medium limitations, but due to the limited social and cultural context of anime. You have movies from all over the world, but you only have Japanese anime. Even if the level of creativity is equal the amount of themes and points of view will be naturally bigger in something that has a worldwide production.

Quality is an individual trait, and you can't effectively put a whole medium to define it.

FGAU1912 said:

there is more veitaion in mainstrem anime then hollywood mainstrem movie holiywood has never has an EVA or Lain Utena perfect blue yes im in using mainsstrem hollywood not arthouse[ i hate the word becuase art house is a way of hollywood way of cutting how moveis that are diffrent from mainstream]

SetsukoHara said:
There is more to movies than Hollywood.

jal90 said:
FGAU, I see your point, but I'm not even talking about mainstream. I'm talking about the medium as a whole, that is, everything that fits the label of "anime" and "film". And Hollywood is only a part, a very relevant one of course, but you still have European, Bollywood, Nollywood, Japanese and Korean cinema... and a lot more. There are not geographic or cultural limits to movies.

And I'm saying this while I defend that Miyazaki is the best filmmaker ever. Heck, anime and film are not even exclusive terms.

CursedDanger said:
While I like anime I just don't feel as a whole it's quite up to the standard of film.

Khaoscontrol said:
I can't compare the two, anime and live-action are two completely different sources of media in my mind, and I watch plenty of both.

Live-action based on anime, however, is usually pretty terrible, save the few alright ones like Death Note and Mushishi.

Zergneedsfood said:
Books > Everything. :P

Uh, as far as the topic is concerned, I think in general the films I watch have been of greater quality than the anime I generally watch.

romagia said:
its easier to make high-concept animated series

FGAU1912 said:

more buget shoudl = possibale higher concept

hybreezy said:
Every major live action movie release this year is a sequel or a remake

snore

DrGeroCreation said:
So far but Interstellar, Guardians of the Galaxy, Maleficient, Jupiter Ascending haven't been released yet. Also Transcendence is a major live action movie released this year that isn't a sequel or remake.

hybreezy said:


Interstellar could be okay, though I don't really find Nolan films that remarkable since Memento. GotG could be solid, but most Marvel movies are just bad commercials for the Avengers (with like two exceptions). Maleficent is a product of one of the worst trends in Hollywood right now where they make an edgy spin on a fairy tale. And Jupiter Ascending ironically looks like Snow White and the Huntsman in Space....but I'd give a fair shake at I guses.

Godzilla is the only typical Hollywood movie that looks interesting to me this year...and it's based on a Japanese franchise.

DrGeroCreation said:
Dark Knight and Inception were pretty good and they are Nolan films. I wouldn't say the Marvel movies are just bad commercials because they help to contribute to the whole Marvel universe and help to fit everything together. The most interesting to me this year are Transcendence, Xmen Days of Future Past (on of my fav stories from the comics) and Guardians of the Galaxy. Godzilla is just a remake.

Shrabster said:
There are very few anime I'd pit against the best of cinema but I'd have no problem doing it either. Anime is my favorite medium but on a whole it's still the weaker medium due to the reasons already stated. I can list quite a few talented individuals in the movie industry and only a handful when it comes to anime, which is unfortunate. I mean there's Miyazaki, Kon, Oshii, and... not much else. Don't get me wrong, cinema has more than it's fair share of crap but overall it is still more consistent than anime. Oh, and fuck live action television shows, they are all shit to average without exception.

Fusion_ha said:
Well I've heard that the Death Note live-action films are better than the Death Note anime.

jpem said:
Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, True Detective, etc? Plenty of Live Action TV shows that aren't black and white. They aren't nearly as try hard deep as shows like EVA or Lain either.

FGAU1912 said:
Hollywood make somthing like EVA lain utena Tutu GINGA EI den[ and dont say star was or star treak are like it] there ver much black and white and less realsictsc than Ginga ei den becuase of that war if you look ay 99% of all histosy s not black and white its not good vs evil like in them its like it is in Ginga ei den very very gray

UnoPuntoCinco said:
Watchmen

FGAU1912 said:


that was an aful apation worse than most anime adpations ever hav e been or ever will be it took two diffrent DVD cuts to get a proper version that closer to the sorces of that

FGAU1912 said:
Hollywood make somthing like EVA lain utena Tutu GINGA EI den[ and dont say star was or star treak are like it] there ver much black and white and less realsictsc than Ginga ei den becuase of that war if you look ay 99% of all histosy s not black and white its not good vs evil like in them its like it is in Ginga ei den very very gray

UnoPuntoCinco said:
How is it awful? It's very, very loyal to the comic book

Higashi_no_Kaze said:


Yeah.... no?
I do like both, but there are significant differences all over and the Graphic Novel is miles better.