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Oct 14, 2016 9:32 PM
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Say in a parallel universe, anime can be made into live-action well, which ones do you think would work the best?

1-Attack on Titan(western version). Fact of the matter is, western studios have better effects, and more races to fit the story better. They'd have to go strictly by the anime though(main gripe with Jap version)

2-Mirai Nikki(western/Jap version?) Everything about this anime screams western movies. Zombieland? The Hunger Games? Teen horror? The part where it'd have to have some Japanese influence, is the psychotic thriller part(and battle royale, which Japs do better as well), and the fact that it takes place in Japan. Because of the culture barrier, IMO it's impossible, but if it weren't for the barrier, this would be all too possible.

3-Evangelion(western/Jap version?) This is 100% feasible, no matter how you look at it. It's just possible. We have all of the effects to do it, and we're tuned for explosions. Westerners love melodrama, and so all of our actors are tuned to it. However, this has some dementia that put this anime over the top. If they could get the right team, I'd say do it.

4- Sword Art Online. Yes, I know there's an actual live-action series in development. I know it's going to suck. But it's really all too easy. Most of the characters fit pretty stock archetypes. The only thing westerners aren't suited to is Tsunderes, and I'm sure some lady could pull off Asuna, and then some Japanese style overdramatic attitude would have to be taught for Kirito. Effects-wise, it's also all too easy. Just getting the UI set up is half the battle, and some convincing Hollywood graphics for enemies, as well as Hollywood level environments, which are all strong points for SAO and Hollywood studios. There's nothing about this anime that isn't feasible, although, I know we'll fuck it up somehow.

5- Fate/stay night. This, like Evangelion, is 100% feasible. It just is. The story is simple enough at it's core, but has tons of backstory they can choose to delve into, or not, depending on how long the series would be. Effects-wise, everything is possible. Westerners just suck at action and are tuned to explosions, and duck, run, and gun action... But to say that Fate's effects can't be done is just hogwash. If western studios had a bit of common sense, they'd already be doing a movie with Fate-style action. Fact of the matter, is we don't have it, because most studios are idiots. If a director had the balls to create this series, it would change Hollywood style action forever. Fight scenes in all fantasy/sci-fi would never be the same.

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1- Dragonball Z. There's no way to do most of these characters.
2- Kill la Kill- I've heard people say KLK should be live action, but for the same reason DBZ is impossible, I'd say KLK is impossible.
3- Most harem/slice of life. Eccentricity is a real trait, I just don't think actors have the same level as anime characters. I might have friends that seem to resemble these anime at times, but Hollywood has a very different definition. So actual actors doing it? Impossible.
4- Pure Romance- Western society sucks at romance. Case in point, Twilight, 50 Shades of Grey. Point made. Maybe Japs could pull it off? Doubt it, though.

Anyway, those are the best and worst candidates I've come up with. I know they won't happen(except SAO, which I'm crossing fingers for not sucking immensely), but it's what I could come up with. Got any you wish they'd do (correctly)?
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None, It usually comes out bad and I don't think the Anime you mentioned would be any different.
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None, It usually comes out bad and I don't think the Anime you mentioned would be any different.


I think Fate and Evangelion are totally feasible. There's just enough western style for a studio to pull it off right. Copy/pasting the anime. The others, would get fucked up, but I'm just looking at it from a merit perspective.
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Baccano: It is pretty much a western gangster movie already.
Girls Und Panzer: This is just me wanting to see real girls battling in real tanks. Practical effects tank drifting needs to be done.

It has been a long time since I watched Attack on Titan, but isn't everyone white with Mikasa being half-asian. It is less, they have more races, but more they have more of the primary one.
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I could totally see a live-action Trigun or Cowboy Bebop. Hell, I'd go into them with moderate expectations just because they could translate to live-action so well. Probably Steins;Gate too.
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Baccano: It is pretty much a western gangster movie already.
Girls Und Panzer: This is just me wanting to see real girls battling in real tanks. Practical effects tank drifting needs to be done.

It has been a long time since I watched Attack on Titan, but isn't everyone white with Mikasa being half-asian. It is less, they have more races, but more they have more of the primary one.


Pretty much for Attack on Titan, that's what I meant, they could fit the aesthetic better. The Japanese movie is a good proof of concept that a good movie is totally possible, but the one they made just wasn't it. The Titans looked real, and some of the effects looked real as well, but not all of them. Westerners could have a ball with that series.
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Just don't do SAO, please, I know that's gonna be shit... I'm happy that it has a S1

You do have SAO in there, yet you don't want Harem/Ecchi to have a Live Action...

Ohhh... I've heard that, Prison School will have one... I'll search in some porn site later.
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I could totally see a live-action Trigun or Cowboy Bebop. Hell, I'd go into them with moderate expectations just because they could translate to live-action so well. Probably Steins;Gate too.
I'm gonna have to check those anime out lol
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_Ako_ said:
Just don't do SAO, please, I know that's gonna be shit... I'm happy that it has a S1

am I the only person who actually enjoyed the second season more? especially the second half?

You do have SAO in there, yet you don't want Harem/Ecchi to have a Live Action...

2D>>>>3D buddy, live action porn is boring anyways
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Darek said:
_Ako_ said:
Just don't do SAO, please, I know that's gonna be shit... I'm happy that it has a S1

am I the only person who actually enjoyed the second season more? especially the second half?

I don't know dude... The anime was kinda, in the middle for me.

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martiooo said:
OtakulSensei said:
None, It usually comes out bad and I don't think the Anime you mentioned would be any different.


I think Fate and Evangelion are totally feasible. There's just enough western style for a studio to pull it off right. Copy/pasting the anime. The others, would get fucked up, but I'm just looking at it from a merit perspective.
I think the visual effects would look cheesy af, but something like Gangsta could possibly work though.
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OtakulSensei said:
martiooo said:


I think Fate and Evangelion are totally feasible. There's just enough western style for a studio to pull it off right. Copy/pasting the anime. The others, would get fucked up, but I'm just looking at it from a merit perspective.
I think the visual effects would look cheesy af, but something like Gangsta could possibly work though.


Possibly. With Fate I think it's just speeding up battle sequences which could turn out really well, or really cheesy. Or did you mean the magic? As far as Eva goes, we've got Transformers looking like real life now, I think we can make an Eva. It'd have to be an extremely high budget studio though(Almost thinking Bay himself, which would make it suck, Disney/Marvel as well, which wouldn't pick it up. The only guy I think could handle it might be Cameron)
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If you have watch some series or movies from Japan, you would know that they are good at drama and horror genres but suck at CG.

I would say Kokoro connect because other shows I can think of will be very weird with real person acts for characters like Hachiman Hikigaya, Taiga Aisaka and Nagisa.
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Monster or Legend of the Galactic Heroes(would need a Game of Thrones Budget) HBO show would fit well
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If you have watch some series or movies from Japan, you would know that they are good at drama and horror genres but suck at CG.

I would say Kokoro connect because other shows I can think of will be very weird with real person acts for characters like Hachiman Hikigaya, Taiga Aisaka and Nagisa.


This is why I said Japs were needed. Westerners are only good at effects IMO...
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Monster or Legend of the Galactic Heroes(would need a Game of Thrones Budget) HBO show would fit well


Still need to finish Monster, but I could see it, totally. Reminded me of a 90's TV show.

Also, I just figured out how unversed I am in anime. I'm getting alot of these down to watch later lol
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NO! PLEASE NO!

All that is great in anime, will become total trash once they goes live action and I never want that....

And AoT is a already shit anyways so I wouldn't mind that...
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NO! PLEASE NO!

All that is great in anime, will become total trash once they goes live action and I never want that....

And AoT is a already shit anyways so I wouldn't mind that...
You could say the same thing with stuff like Marvel, and look how well they turned out after being executed well...even tough we had to go through years of suffering
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martiooo said:
OtakulSensei said:
I think the visual effects would look cheesy af, but something like Gangsta could possibly work though.


Possibly. With Fate I think it's just speeding up battle sequences which could turn out really well, or really cheesy. Or did you mean the magic? As far as Eva goes, we've got Transformers looking like real life now, I think we can make an Eva. It'd have to be an extremely high budget studio though(Almost thinking Bay himself, which would make it suck, Disney/Marvel as well, which wouldn't pick it up. The only guy I think could handle it might be Cameron)
Yeah i was referring to the magic it would look really cheesy
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Fate is practically impossible in a live action, they might be able to make the special effect with CG but they won't be able to capture the insane superhuman movement of the servant which ufotable succeed perfectly and Deen fail horribly at. If they use a CG for the aervant than they need to pull hundred dollar of budget to make it as believable as Davy Jones CG on POTC.
The same case would apply to SAO imo.
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I have no expections for liveaction versions of anime, they always end bad :3
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Those anime who take their plot and character seriously (ergo proxy,monster etc.) can be easily made into good feature films in a hand of a good director.
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Ask this instead: BEST anime you wouldn't want to have a live action adaptation.

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Why the hell do we need live action adaptations for anime???

I would HATE it if they started doing live adaptations of Pixar movies...they're good as they are!

We don't need live adaptations of anime.

Besides making our perfect 2D waifus into filthy 3D abominations should be a crime.
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SenpaiJay98 said:
Monster or Legend of the Galactic Heroes(would need a Game of Thrones Budget) HBO show would fit well
Legend of the Galactic Heroes would need a bigger budget than that. Much bigger. You can see the budget limitations in Game of Thrones. I also don't want any cheap Battlestar Galactica CG in my space battles. I'm pretty doubtful HBO's writers would do it right. They would probably try to make it more exciting and insert more intrigue and backstabbing.

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undoubtedly, Bananya

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Fate is practically impossible in a live action, they might be able to make the special effect with CG but they won't be able to capture the insane superhuman movement of the servant which ufotable succeed perfectly and Deen fail horribly at. If they use a CG for the aervant than they need to pull hundred dollar of budget to make it as believable as Davy Jones CG on POTC.
The same case would apply to SAO imo.


The speed is simply well placed motion blur and speeding up the frames. Some scenes would be tough though, like Saber vs Lancer, where it's moving fast as light. The issue is getting the right studio to do it. So many get gamey motion. You'd need some dedicated people, maybe even game artists who deal with motion blur all the time, but I think it's feasible. Magic would be damned easy.
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martiooo said:
tr1ckst3r said:
Fate is practically impossible in a live action, they might be able to make the special effect with CG but they won't be able to capture the insane superhuman movement of the servant which ufotable succeed perfectly and Deen fail horribly at. If they use a CG for the aervant than they need to pull hundred dollar of budget to make it as believable as Davy Jones CG on POTC.
The same case would apply to SAO imo.


The speed is simply well placed motion blur and speeding up the frames. Some scenes would be tough though, like Saber vs Lancer, where it's moving fast as light. The issue is getting the right studio to do it. So many get gamey motion. You'd need some dedicated people, maybe even game artists who deal with motion blur all the time, but I think it's feasible. Magic would be damned easy.
It's not just the speed, it's the overall insane superhuman movement and how fluid it is.
From Saber and Assasin swordplay, Lancer agility and Archer overall movement. It's on a different level of difficulty compared to Superman light speed flying sequence.
How will they capture Saber vs Lancer? Lancer vs Archer both fight? Archer vs Caster? Saber vs Berserker?
The only fight they might able to capture properly is Saber vs Assasin, Gilgamesh vs Berserker.
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Pure Romance- Western society sucks at romance. Case in point, Twilight, 50 Shades of Grey. Point made. Maybe Japs could pull it off? Doubt it, though.


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This is why I said Japs were needed. Westerners are only good at effects IMO...


I hear you, man. I've never seen a good Western romance, nor indeed is anything Western that isn't just special effects worthwhile.

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Monster.

If not, maybe Monogatari, as I'd like to see if it continues to use abstract visuals and fanservice, and if it doesn't, how people will feel about that.
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None. It never works out. Never. And there's no reason it will work out now.
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ImoCho is the only good Live Action.
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hellsing ultimate,cowboy bebop and akira
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Michiko & Hatchin directed by Quentin Tarantino would be amazing.
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Black Lagoon, but then again it was already kind of a hollywood action flick
Monster could also work very well
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Keijo all the way. That movie would be porny quite cool to look at in a different entertainment medium.
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None. Live Action movies are always a bad idea.
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Keijo all the way. That movie would be porny quite cool to look at in a different entertainment medium.

The only cinemas that would be willing to show Keijo would be the kind that are poorly lit and have suspiciously sticky floors.
The kind of cinema Paul Reubens gets caught in high on coke and jacking off.
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I really want to see Akatsuki no Yona be turned into a K-drama.
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Nichijou:

Yuuko - John Cleese
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Mio Naganohara - Richard Ayoade

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Inferno cop is the perfect anime to adapt in live action.

Attack on Titan - already done if I remember correctly.
Fate Stay/night - one of the most boring possible adaptations.
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Monster or Legend of the Galactic Heroes(would need a Game of Thrones Budget) HBO show would fit well
Guglielmo del Toro seems to want to adapt monster but HBO refused
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/10/16/guillermo-del-toro-offers-update-on-status-of-monster-adaptation
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12 Kingdoms if they can find some good pop artists for the monsters and the world.
From the New World got a good concept.
Dennou Coil if Google or any AR carrier want to promote.
A remodeled Roujin Z - a 1991 Sci-fi senior home care, still real nowadays, in fact, too real
Patlabor - Robot Cop
Capeta - for I don't like the arts in manga/anime

Anything can be made, there's no such limitation.
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Inferno cop is the perfect anime to adapt in live action.

Attack on Titan - already done if I remember correctly.
Fate Stay/night - one of the most boring possible adaptations.
SenpaiJay98 said:
Monster or Legend of the Galactic Heroes(would need a Game of Thrones Budget) HBO show would fit well
Guglielmo del Toro seems to want to adapt monster but HBO refused
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/10/16/guillermo-del-toro-offers-update-on-status-of-monster-adaptation
I'm still waiting for his "At the mountain of Madness" movie
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For a studio to want to make it good, it would need to have reason to, beyond just every single person doing their job at trying to make it good. You need to have advertising on board with it. Japanese studios won't cut it, because they'll accept that it's niche and therefore the fans will accept some mediocrity to just get live action versions of their favourite anime. It'll also take plenty of money, so the best choices would be ones that could be made in Hollywood. What kind of live action series/film based on anime could make that work?

Something that isn't principally Japanese or very typical of an anime. Something that is already popular with western anime fans and that could appeal to people outside of anime fans. The effects also need to be doable to create it, and not just end up with something that looks bad, so something that can be pulled off with minimal CG--or at least no interaction between CG and reality. It's very hard to mix CG and reality together, especially CG that is supposed to look organic.

The best qualifiers?

Steins;Gate, Psycho-Pass, Death Parade, and Baccano!

Cowboy Bebop could've worked, but that's basically Firefly already. Fate/Zero requires more CG than most, but it can be limited to just backgrounds rather than organic stuff, so it could be possible as well. Effects-wise, you can just compare that one to Chronicles of Shannara.

Steins;Gate could be made on a relatively low budget. Some of the timeshift effects and building the time machine would take the most out of it. Gel bananas would be practical effects, and the cast is pretty small. Kyouma and Kurisu just need to have real good actors.

Psycho-Pass is basically a cop film with a sci-fi twist. It has an intellectual aspect, but can be sold as essentially a cop film, which have often sold well.

Death Parade is very stylish, jazzy (which arose in America), an interesting premise, and not incredibly Japanese. It couldn't be as low-budget as a potential Steins;Gate live action series/film, but it could be close if the studio got creative.

Baccano! takes place in America with all American characters (or ones that immigrated there, at any rate), so it would work best if made in America. It's also basically "The Godfather with superheroes", so it shouldn't be a hard sell for studios. Only issue might be the somewhat confusing storytelling method, but that can be alleviated.
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Best live action anime of all time

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The speed is simply well placed motion blur and speeding up the frames. Some scenes would be tough though, like Saber vs Lancer, where it's moving fast as light. The issue is getting the right studio to do it. So many get gamey motion. You'd need some dedicated people, maybe even game artists who deal with motion blur all the time, but I think it's feasible. Magic would be damned easy.
It's not just the speed, it's the overall insane superhuman movement and how fluid it is.
From Saber and Assasin swordplay, Lancer agility and Archer overall movement. It's on a different level of difficulty compared to Superman light speed flying sequence.
How will they capture Saber vs Lancer? Lancer vs Archer both fight? Archer vs Caster? Saber vs Berserker?
The only fight they might able to capture properly is Saber vs Assasin, Gilgamesh vs Berserker.


Motion blur, sped up frames, and overlapping frames. This doesn't require CG, but it would require extremely dedicated people. It's not been done before(not well, atleast, closest I can think of is The Matrix), I just believe it can be done. VS Berserker is impossible without CG though.

Of course magic would be CG, but that's probably the easiest. We've got good particle effects and stuff.

This is mostly a rant against Western studios for not perfecting this process already. They could have done it over the years, but they haven't, because we're only used to explosions, and duck, run, and gun action. We're very behind on this process, but technically, it's feasible, or near to it.
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zal said:
Inferno cop is the perfect anime to adapt in live action.

Attack on Titan - already done if I remember correctly.
Fate Stay/night - one of the most boring possible adaptations.
SenpaiJay98 said:
Monster or Legend of the Galactic Heroes(would need a Game of Thrones Budget) HBO show would fit well
Guglielmo del Toro seems to want to adapt monster but HBO refused
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/10/16/guillermo-del-toro-offers-update-on-status-of-monster-adaptation


Yeah, Japs did Attack on Titan, which was a great proof of concept for a movie. Here's the rub though, Japs didn't even like it, because:

1- No Female Titan arc
2- No regiments
3- Armin didn't have blonde hair
4- Effects were hit or miss(westerners could do this better, way better)
5- No Levi
6- Second movie had no resemblance to the series
7- etc

Westerners didn't like it because there were no white people(how racist, jk), but to be honest, most of the characters were of German/European descent, aside from Mikasa who's the only known Asian. So if a Western studio picked it up, we could fix what's wrong with the series, and also fit the roles better. The Japs didn't even give Armin blonde hair, and had no Levi(I can hear the screams of a thousand fangirls on that one)
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None. Live Action movies are always a bad idea.
Oldboy was a very good movie. It's a manga, but close enough.

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Ohhh... I've heard that, Prison School will have one... I'll search in some porn site later.


The live-action Prison School is actually streaming on FUNimation; it isn't half-bad.
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