| Most live-action adaptations are questionable and, in some cases, outright garbage. I believe that most manga either wouldn’t work as live-action or simply don’t need an adaptation. However, I’m interested in which ones could work if given a great cast, proper resources, and a director who understands the material (which is very rare as I can see) A good example of a well-executed adaptation is Alice in Borderland. While many fans disliked how much was cut from the manga, I think that as both an adaptation and a standalone series, it works. People who haven’t read the manga still enjoyed it, and most importantly, it didn’t try to be the manga, it focused on being a strong TV show. This is the reason why most live-action adaptations fail. They try too hard to replicate the manga instead of translating it into a format that suits live-action storytelling. The genres I believe would work best in live-action are historical, mystery, romance (not all of them tho), and horror. Horror Horror is an underwhelming genre in anime, and I believe it has far more potential in live-action especially when it comes to psychological horror and gore stories. A great director, proper cinematography, and practical effects could make horror manga work. Examples: Gantz (If given a great director and a big budget, it could be incredible.) Homunculus Anything written by Masaya Hokazono (his works are visually horrifying and could translate well I would say even more and that they wouldn’t work as an anime) Corpse Party (While not a manga, it would work great as a horror film) Historical Historical manga is, in my opinion, the easiest to adapt into live-action. Many of them require a very specific visual style to work in anime, which is rare to find. Modern anime tends to have a “clean” aesthetic, making it difficult to capture the raw and textured feel that certain historical manga need. Live-action, however, can easily capture it. Examples: Vagabond (I just started reading it, but I cannot imagine an anime adaptation that would do it justice. However, I can see it working as a Shōgun-level TV series.) Otoyomegatari (A Bride’s Story) (Would work in both anime and live-action, but I would argue that it would work better as an live adaptation .) Innocent (It would never reach the level of the manga’s artwork, but I could see it being adapted in a Nosferatu style, focusing on its dark, surreal visuals.) Romance There have actually been some solid romance live-action adaptations, so I believe this genre can work—though not all romance manga would translate well. Lastly Im gonna name some Japanese directors that can do it because I notice that I didn’t talk about them at all Takashi Miike(He made Odishon that all I need to say) Hideo Nakata(He would do justice to corpse party) Ryusuke Hamaguchi What is your thoughts? About live adaptation and directors who can make it work |
kirA_-_ said: it didn’t try to be the manga, it focused on being a strong TV show. This is the reason why most live-action adaptations fail. They try too hard to replicate the manga instead of translating it into a format that suits live-action storytelling. I would like to see a live-action Five Star Stories made with this in mind. Combining fantasy, space opera, and mecha, such an adaptation would be challenging but not impossible. kirA_-_ said: Historical Live-action allows for a Candy Candy adaptation to be made without using manga designs. This is important because the manga's writer and artist refuse to cooperate on anything after their falling out. |
| その目だれの目？ |
| I hate to break it to you but Homunculus already has a live-action adaptation, and not a good one. Monster by Naoki Urasawa - I believe there was a project in development with Guillermo del Toro set to direct but it never took off. Assuming it's made in Hollywood I wonder if the setting would change from Germany to the United States? I don't know if "John Liebert" has the same ring to it that "Johann Liebert" does Eden: It's an Endless World! by Hiroki Endo - It primarily takes place in South America and the cast is already pretty diverse so you wouldn't have to worry about Hollywood "Light Turner"-ifying the cast (that is, changing a mostly Japanese cast to reflect the racial makeup of the United States like Adam Wingard's Death Note adaptation infamously did). Billy Bat by Naoki Urasawa - One of Urasawa's more underrated works. Aspergirl by Souhachi Hagimoto & Renji Morita - As someone on the spectrum I felt very "seen" by this manga and I could imagine the concept working well for a romantic comedy. |
Some of you never watched Bakugan Battle Brawlers on TeleToon in 2008 and it shows. |
Reply to ryan77999
I hate to break it to you but Homunculus already has a live-action adaptation, and not a good one.
Monster by Naoki Urasawa - I believe there was a project in development with Guillermo del Toro set to direct but it never took off. Assuming it's made in Hollywood I wonder if the setting would change from Germany to the United States? I don't know if "John Liebert" has the same ring to it that "Johann Liebert" does
Eden: It's an Endless World! by Hiroki Endo - It primarily takes place in South America and the cast is already pretty diverse so you wouldn't have to worry about Hollywood "Light Turner"-ifying the cast (that is, changing a mostly Japanese cast to reflect the racial makeup of the United States like Adam Wingard's Death Note adaptation infamously did).
Billy Bat by Naoki Urasawa - One of Urasawa's more underrated works.
Aspergirl by Souhachi Hagimoto & Renji Morita - As someone on the spectrum I felt very "seen" by this manga and I could imagine the concept working well for a romantic comedy.
Monster by Naoki Urasawa - I believe there was a project in development with Guillermo del Toro set to direct but it never took off. Assuming it's made in Hollywood I wonder if the setting would change from Germany to the United States? I don't know if "John Liebert" has the same ring to it that "Johann Liebert" does
Eden: It's an Endless World! by Hiroki Endo - It primarily takes place in South America and the cast is already pretty diverse so you wouldn't have to worry about Hollywood "Light Turner"-ifying the cast (that is, changing a mostly Japanese cast to reflect the racial makeup of the United States like Adam Wingard's Death Note adaptation infamously did).
Billy Bat by Naoki Urasawa - One of Urasawa's more underrated works.
Aspergirl by Souhachi Hagimoto & Renji Morita - As someone on the spectrum I felt very "seen" by this manga and I could imagine the concept working well for a romantic comedy.
| @ryan77999 Eden: It's an Endless World! is too long to compress into a single movie though. As for answer to the OP's question https://myanimelist.net/manga/1456/Shi_ga_Futari_wo_Wakatsu_made It's pretty much Daredevil meets Believe, it would be a better adaptation as American TV series rather than a film and Netflix would be wise to do that. |
Reply to ryan77999
I hate to break it to you but Homunculus already has a live-action adaptation, and not a good one.
Monster by Naoki Urasawa - I believe there was a project in development with Guillermo del Toro set to direct but it never took off. Assuming it's made in Hollywood I wonder if the setting would change from Germany to the United States? I don't know if "John Liebert" has the same ring to it that "Johann Liebert" does
Eden: It's an Endless World! by Hiroki Endo - It primarily takes place in South America and the cast is already pretty diverse so you wouldn't have to worry about Hollywood "Light Turner"-ifying the cast (that is, changing a mostly Japanese cast to reflect the racial makeup of the United States like Adam Wingard's Death Note adaptation infamously did).
Billy Bat by Naoki Urasawa - One of Urasawa's more underrated works.
Aspergirl by Souhachi Hagimoto & Renji Morita - As someone on the spectrum I felt very "seen" by this manga and I could imagine the concept working well for a romantic comedy.
Monster by Naoki Urasawa - I believe there was a project in development with Guillermo del Toro set to direct but it never took off. Assuming it's made in Hollywood I wonder if the setting would change from Germany to the United States? I don't know if "John Liebert" has the same ring to it that "Johann Liebert" does
Eden: It's an Endless World! by Hiroki Endo - It primarily takes place in South America and the cast is already pretty diverse so you wouldn't have to worry about Hollywood "Light Turner"-ifying the cast (that is, changing a mostly Japanese cast to reflect the racial makeup of the United States like Adam Wingard's Death Note adaptation infamously did).
Billy Bat by Naoki Urasawa - One of Urasawa's more underrated works.
Aspergirl by Souhachi Hagimoto & Renji Morita - As someone on the spectrum I felt very "seen" by this manga and I could imagine the concept working well for a romantic comedy.
| @ryan77999 I never notice that it have wow. I did look at reviews and as I understand they take everything that kind of interesting from manga. Not sure if Im gonna watch it but good to know thanks. I didn’t know that there were a project for Monster too. I would guess that with Guillermo del Toro there would be a change it being shot in Germany. I did see 2 movies of him and both of them were set outside of America. Still an interesting director choice. |
| Gantz live action is already pretty good... |
| None. It's not that it couldn't work, it's just that none of the people in the movie industry are capable to make it work. Nevermind adapting manga, if they could just go back to making decent movies instead of only releasing garbage that would be nice. |
| Counterpoint, shit art manga can become better as live actions. I liked the live action more than its manga source for the following: Higanjima (Thriller, Horror ) Real Onigokko (both and Origin) (Horror, Thriller) Battle Royale (Thriller, suspense, action) Nihonjin no shiranai nihongo (Mainly Comedy) Dragon Zakura (Investiments:?, Psychologic) Minna! Esper Da yo. (Ecchi, Paranormal) Kamen Rider Kuuga (Paranormal mostly) Ichi the Killer Liar Game and Waru were evenly matched. |
   |
| I was also impressed with Alice in Borderland It's one of my favorite manga, and I always considered it unfilmable. But I think Netflix adapted it surprisingly well... Many scenes are almost directly lifted from the manga...  |
Reply to Sasori56483
Counterpoint, shit art manga can become better as live actions.
I liked the live action more than its manga source for the following:
Higanjima (Thriller, Horror )
Real Onigokko (both and Origin) (Horror, Thriller)
Battle Royale (Thriller, suspense, action)
Nihonjin no shiranai nihongo (Mainly Comedy)
Dragon Zakura (Investiments:?, Psychologic)
Minna! Esper Da yo. (Ecchi, Paranormal)
Kamen Rider Kuuga (Paranormal mostly)
Ichi the Killer
Liar Game and Waru were evenly matched.
I liked the live action more than its manga source for the following:
Higanjima (Thriller, Horror )
Real Onigokko (both and Origin) (Horror, Thriller)
Battle Royale (Thriller, suspense, action)
Nihonjin no shiranai nihongo (Mainly Comedy)
Dragon Zakura (Investiments:?, Psychologic)
Minna! Esper Da yo. (Ecchi, Paranormal)
Kamen Rider Kuuga (Paranormal mostly)
Ichi the Killer
Liar Game and Waru were evenly matched.
Sasori56483 said: Battle Royale That one is not based on a manga. |
| その目だれの目？ |
Reply to Lucifrost
Sasori56483 said:
Battle Royale
Battle Royale
That one is not based on a manga.
| @Lucifrost Vagabond is also based on a Novel, but I ain`t gonna crap on its art. |
|
| Normally I like live actions that doenst need a grest show of CGI. Animes of the genre slice of life, romance are the best examples. Kimi no todoke, Bokura ga ita and Nana have great movies/ series. With CGI wee have Full metal alchemist, but meh. Those movies are forgetable. Ruroni kenshin has good adaptions also japanese movies of death note. |
Reply to Lucifrost
kirA_-_ said:
it didn’t try to be the manga, it focused on being a strong TV show. This is the reason why most live-action adaptations fail. They try too hard to replicate the manga instead of translating it into a format that suits live-action storytelling.
it didn’t try to be the manga, it focused on being a strong TV show. This is the reason why most live-action adaptations fail. They try too hard to replicate the manga instead of translating it into a format that suits live-action storytelling.
I would like to see a live-action Five Star Stories made with this in mind. Combining fantasy, space opera, and mecha, such an adaptation would be challenging but not impossible.
kirA_-_ said:
Historical
Historical
Live-action allows for a Candy Candy adaptation to be made without using manga designs. This is important because the manga's writer and artist refuse to cooperate on anything after their falling out.
Lucifrost said: Live-action allows for a Candy Candy adaptation to be made without using manga designs. This is important because the manga's writer and artist refuse to cooperate on anything after their falling out. It has already been made into a live-action version in Korea without permission, but the person who wrote the original proposal apparently had mixed feelings about it, so I don't think it has a chance of being made, even if a formal offer to make a live-action version is submitted to the original creator. Also, I don't think a live-action version without using the manga's design would be a hit. The copyright on “Candy Candy” is more complicated than you think, since it is at a level where it cannot even be rerun. Realistically, if you want the possibility of a live-action or anime remake, it would have to be after the copyright rights have expired completely. At that point, if it can be filmed again and you live to see it, good for you. |
kihelFeb 4, 11:41 PM
        |
| I hesitate to answer this question, because "Cowboy Bebop" should've worked as a live-action series and they completely butchered that, so I don't want to bother listing out any manga series that could be adapted into live-action. That and also manga is already great as is, so I don't need some live-action adaptation. |
 |
Reply to bucciest
I hesitate to answer this question, because "Cowboy Bebop" should've worked as a live-action series and they completely butchered that, so I don't want to bother listing out any manga series that could be adapted into live-action. That and also manga is already great as is, so I don't need some live-action adaptation.
| @bucciest Well Cowboy Bebop was not a manga to begin with and it's not as easy to adapt as you think. |
Reply to Nekoburger
I was also impressed with Alice in Borderland
It's one of my favorite manga, and I always considered it unfilmable. But I think Netflix adapted it surprisingly well...
Many scenes are almost directly lifted from the manga...
It's one of my favorite manga, and I always considered it unfilmable. But I think Netflix adapted it surprisingly well...
Many scenes are almost directly lifted from the manga...
| @Nekoburger my fav. live action. Excited for season 3 :) |
| Well it's all about personal preferences. |
Reply to rey_s9
@Nekoburger my fav. live action. Excited for season 3 :)
| @rey_s9 Well, the problem is that the manga ended with season 2, so they are kinda out of material to adapt. That can be either good or bad. Of course they could choose to adapt Imawa no Kuni no Alice Retry, which is very good and follows the same character, but is only two volumes. Or they could change to an entirely different cast and go for adapting Alice on Border Road. I'm carefully optimistic regarding this one... ;-) |
Reply to JoeChip
@bucciest
Well Cowboy Bebop was not a manga to begin with and it's not as easy to adapt as you think.
Well Cowboy Bebop was not a manga to begin with and it's not as easy to adapt as you think.
| @JoeChip I know that, but it's my reason for why I wouldn't bother having faith in/don't care for live action adaptations of manga series. Sure, there's stuff that I'd assume would have a great live action adaptation (like I did with "Cowboy Bebop"), but I'd likely be proven wrong. |
|
Reply to Nekoburger
@rey_s9 Well, the problem is that the manga ended with season 2, so they are kinda out of material to adapt. That can be either good or bad.
Of course they could choose to adapt Imawa no Kuni no Alice Retry, which is very good and follows the same character, but is only two volumes.
Or they could change to an entirely different cast and go for adapting Alice on Border Road.
I'm carefully optimistic regarding this one... ;-)
Of course they could choose to adapt Imawa no Kuni no Alice Retry, which is very good and follows the same character, but is only two volumes.
Or they could change to an entirely different cast and go for adapting Alice on Border Road.
I'm carefully optimistic regarding this one... ;-)
| @Nekoburger season 3 is here.. Alice in Borderland season 3 Teaser Trailer |
| Well it's all about personal preferences. |
Reply to rey_s9
| @rey_s9 Interesting - thanks. Looks like they're going for making something new rather than adapting more manga. |
Reply to Nekoburger
@rey_s9 Interesting - thanks. Looks like they're going for making something new rather than adapting more manga.
| @Nekoburger Yup, Looks interesting and excited to see new games. |
| Well it's all about personal preferences. |
More topics from this board
» Why is so much new manga isekai and yaoi/yuri?fallout45 - Sep 21 |
8 |
by MadanielFL
»»
2 hours ago |
|
» What are you reading right now? ( 1 2 )nirererin - Jun 24 |
86 |
by GentleRain81
»»
8 hours ago |
|
» Recently Bought Manga, Mahnwa, Manhua, or Light Novels. ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )Maora - Oct 24, 2008 |
6141 |
by GentleRain81
»»
8 hours ago |
|
Sticky: » 2025 Manga Reading Challenge - Sign-Up ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )MRC_mod - Mar 8 |
350 |
by vegangelo
»»
Yesterday, 11:03 AM |
|
» Mangaku Kaijuu JieitaiGinIonSui - Oct 5 |
1 |
by Retro8bit
»»
Oct 5, 8:05 PM |