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I don't understand why people hope this fails? Everyone complains that "Hollywood" does a bad job with anime adaptations, shouldn't we want it to be good?

It's not that they hope it fails, it's that they don't see how it can succeed. A lot of Adaptation Decay has already been associated with this movie, whether some of it is true is still left to be determined, but when lies and truth come together they can sow paranoia and pessimism.

"Set in New Manhattan, the cyberpunk sci-fi epic follows the leader of a biker gang who must save his friend, discovered with potentially destructive psychokinetic abilities, from government medical experiments."

One word could've changed everything for me.

The only thing I want to see in this thread is now Zac Efron as Light lol.

Not that I love R-rated movies or anything but the fact that Akira will be watered down to PG-13 is possibly a bigger reason for me to not watch this than the "New Manhatta" thing. Or maybe both factors are equally horrible.

What the hell is wrong with you people?

What's with all the hate? It's AKIRA. Manga was amazing, anime changed a lot of things but was still great, very few people complain about that. Now, we finally get a live-action adaptation and everyone hates it before the movie even started to film. What the hell? You guys WANT it to fail? You WANT to see Warner Bross burn? Do you even hear yourself?

It's a damn Hollywood movie. Of course that remake will be set in fucking America and have Americans in it, not Japanese. But why does that even matter? Have you guys even read Akira? Neo Tokyo or New Manhatan, it's all the same shit. Why does it even matter if character is called Tetsuo or Travis? It's not like Asian actors are any better than Americans either... because they are not.

I am looking forward to hearing more about this movie, and I am sure it's the same for many Akira fans.

It's going to be better than the anime at least.

Manhattan? why is it always in america... no they'll stick with white actors because it'll appeal to a larger audience.. money hungry fucks... more the reason to hate americans

Lol this ^

But that's cool I suppose..not sure how it'll work out until I see it.

Live action-adaptation is unnecessary are best, Here's whats gonna happen the script is gonna get written by about 50 different people all of which people never even heard of Akira, to the point where it's even unrecognizable as having anything to do with Akira other then in name only

Then your gonna get some no name director who's also never heard of Akira and cast a bunch a fucks who could give a shit less about the script or the source material.



Because it's like claiming to make a movie about vikings but it takes place in America and all the vikings are played by flavor of the month American teen heart throbs. It's bullshit white washing.

Also you're basically saying "okay change it to the point it's not even Akira anymore" whats the point of adapting some thing if your not gonna respect the source material and just throw everything that identify it out the window, Just make a original movie and stop hacking up original works just for the sake of brand recognition and pandering.

and are you saying there are no good Asian actors? Are you retarded for just a delusional racist?



Good job being the lowest common denominator and the reason originality and intelligence is practically non existent in Hollywood today. Good to know their are people who enjoy getting treated like an idiot just so some one else can make a quick buck off them.

Also I'm sure DBZ fans and Aeon Flux fans where super excited when Hollywood turn their favorite anime in to shit for the sake of money.

Akira Live Action can't be done. There's no way a bunch of American actors are going to pull off the raw emotions needed for the two lead roles.

Just buy the Akira Movie Blu-ray release and forget all about this live action crap.

Lol at all the complainers. If its not even close to the original, why complain? Its not really trying to be an adaption, so why treat it as such? Ah, you say because its being labeled as an adaption? Well, that's Hollywood for ya. They've been doing things their own way for years. That is to say, if Hollywood gets their hands on something, its going to be Hollywood-ized, no matter how you look at it, so don't go expecting anything else.

That aside, this movie will probably be another generic Hollywood production. Sigh, what happened to the good ole days of American film? So, SO many bad movies from them as of late. Honestly Hollywood is in a far worse state than the anime industry at the moment, far worse.

This will epic fail. This will be has bad as Dragonball, if not worst.

I feel your pain, but this is the anime fanbase. We are one of the greatest examples of Unpleasable Fanbase and They Changed it Now it Sucks to have ever existed. Change something slightly so that it isn't COMPLETELY JAPANESE and you'd better be sleeping with one eye open, cuz they're coming with pitchforks.


Is this something actually confirmed or are you talking out your ass? Because I haven't seen any reason to assume that. Due to the fact that the movie has only just been greenlit, I'll assume the latter.

I was hoping someone would post this lol

I'm curious how this will end up.
This is the first time I've heard of it.

Recent news is the budget was lowered, not that great of a sign, in-and-of itself.

I don't mind the "New Manhatten" part, this is America we're talking about, so not a big problem for me.

At any rate, someone mentioned Dragonball Evolution at some point, which did look like more of a joke than an adaptation. I do hope they don't do that to Akira. That said though, Akira is by far much more of a respected adult-oriented title than something like the Dragonball series.

We'll see where this goes...

...Really? How is that even an argument? How are people like you and him arguing that the only reason most people abhor this news is because they are purist? How are you two ignoring the number of shitty Hollywood adaptations that have been out in the past five years. Those movies that take familiar names and concepts and edit them to the point that they can't even be called the same thing.

Movies, I might add, that aren't just panned by fans but critics alike.

I used Weabos for a clear example.
If you're complaining because it's changed.
You're a fucking weabo.

"IT NO BE JAPAN NO MORE IT NO GOOD INSTANT FAIL AKWAI NO DESU KITTY"

This movie hasn't even been produced yet. If you're going to judge it based on an assumption regardless of how much weight the assumption has in past experiences...
You're a fool.

You may be a right fool in the future but a fool non the less. And a weabo one too. So thats like double crappy.

/couldn't give a fuck about 'validity'

@Sabinlerose
You don't even need to have past experiences with live-actions, some anime wouldn't fit if they were made live-action.

Guess what's one of 'em...

Um.
NOTHING. The potential is infinite. Anything can be done right if it's done right.

There isn't a trailer yet.
Once THAT exists then opinions can begin to be formed.
I personally highly doubt this will live up to the movie. And it shouldn't be trying to.
Doesn't mean it can't be good, still have soul, and still retain the same feel.
But I won't bother forming an opinion until this thing actually exists soooo.

Lookit Lord of the Rings.
It's a crappy adaption of the books but it's an absolutely brilliantly done movie that's going to stand the test of time.

Being worried about it is one thing, but people in here (and other places like CR) are complaining for the most biased reasons and saying the most immature things. Hoping it will fail? Set in New Manhattan, so it's doomed to fail? Because it's not in Japan. No Asian actors, so it has to fail, because only Asians can act. Right.

And for the comparisons, again, I can understand being worried about how it will turn out, but it's also not fair to compare it to something like Dragonball: Evolution, since Dragonball was geared towards a much younger audience from the beginning. The extreme pessimism so early in the game doesn't give us anime fans a very good name.

I don't know what fanbase you think you're a part of. This is the group of people who hear the word "dub" and run for the hills.