| (I think there was already a post like this, but I couldn't find it, so...) I'd love to see any Rick Riordan book as an anime. The comedy, world, and characters of each series would make for a great series. Same with "The Queen's Thief" series by Megan Whalen Turner. I think they'd have to do a bit of adjustments since the first book is really slow, but I'd love to see Gen, Attolia, and Eddis in the anime style. And then the big one: any and all Grishaverse book by Leigh Bardugo. (Shadow and Bone trilogy, Six of Crows Duology, Nikolai duology) Gosh, this one is really self-explanatory. The plot would be so perfect to see as anime, and also consider the gorgeous world Leigh created. Can anyone else imagine Heartrender powers in live action? Or what about Kaz? Or Nikolai? It's perfect. (Why am I imagining Yuki Kaji voicing Wylan...) Those are just some of my thoughts. What about everyone else? What books do you think would be a perfect anime? |
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| Literally anything from Brandon Sanderson Jesus Christ reading his books feels like watching anime in the first place. ESPECIALLY The Reckoners I would love to see an anime adapation of The Reckoners omg |
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| I'll go with Codex Alera. I could see it working as an anime. |
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EriitoSenshi said: Literally anything from Brandon Sanderson Jesus Christ reading his books feels like watching anime in the first place. I second this. I've only read Stormlight Archive but it absolutely does feel like an anime. At some point in "Words Of Radiance" I was like "OH. WE'RE IN SHOUJO MANGA NOW. I APROVE!" And then mc becomes super-saiyan at the end. I heard Stormlight is licensed for a movie adaptation and I'm heavily skeptical. Long running animation series would be better for something of this scale. |
| I want to see Time Riders - The Eternal War by Alex Scarrow as an anime. It's about 3 people who work for an unknown agency to prevent time travel destroying history. In this story, Abraham Lincoln followed one of the time travelers back to the present day and a time wave struck and alters the entire history of the US to the state of it still being in the American Civil War. It's a sci-fi thriller mixed with history, time-travel and steampunk. There are also 3 other books in the series |
| The wind on fire trilogy by William Nicholson. I feel like it would translate into an anime far better than a film series or TV series. |
| Moby Dick (I think it has an anime but it's for kids), Lolita (this will stur a lot of controversies) or something by murakami (even the weird comedies from his short stories). |
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| The only books I do remember reading were the giver and the maze runner so def those two, but there are already live action movies for both |
| I think the Belgariad series would make a pretty good anime. I wasn't really a fan of the books, but an adaptation might help to fix some of the problems I had. Either that or it'll make them way way worse, in which case I'll just have some fun laughing at it. |
operationvalkyri said: Lois McMaster Bujold I think the Barrayar books are the more obvious choice unless sci-fi fans are not prepared for another Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu type of show (but with more hardcore sci-fi in it). I wonder if some relatively low budget phycological sci-fi adaptation of Stanisław Lem's Solaris could work out? I am not very content the both live action movie version. A TV series could adapt more of the content...like deeper aspects of it, not simply retell the main story. Also I would like some adaptations from Strugatsky's bothers Noon Universe. I didn't like The Inhabited Island live action adaptation. |
| Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan King killer Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss |
EriitoSenshi said: Literally anything from Brandon Sanderson Jesus Christ reading his books feels like watching anime in the first place. ESPECIALLY The Reckoners I would love to see an anime adapation of The Reckoners omg Keenesleyar said: EriitoSenshi said: Literally anything from Brandon Sanderson Jesus Christ reading his books feels like watching anime in the first place. I second this. I've only read Stormlight Archive but it absolutely does feel like an anime. At some point in "Words Of Radiance" I was like "OH. WE'RE IN SHOUJO MANGA NOW. I APROVE!" And then mc becomes super-saiyan at the end. I heard Stormlight is licensed for a movie adaptation and I'm heavily skeptical. Long running animation series would be better for something of this scale. I agree 100%. I have read everything he has and hasn't published (I have connections) and not only do I believe that they would be awesome anime, I think that they can only be perfectly adapted in an animated form. While I am excited to see what dmg entertainment does with the cosmere films and the other studios with the non-cosmere stuff, I don't think they will be great since so much of his story is told through inner dialogue which only really exists in anime. Also the power system would be near impossible to do well in "real life" but would be a piece of cake in anime. |
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| Anything by Michael Ende would be great! Either Neverending Story, Momo or The Night of Wishes. |
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| I think "The Sword of Truth" could work as an anime |
| https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5941244-rampaging-fuckers-of-everything-on-the-crazy-shitting-planet-of-the-vomit-atmosphere some say it's the goodest of reads |
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| The Tale of the Heike The Makioka Sisters Dogura magura |
| A full adaptation of Tale of Genji would be nice. There are already adaptations of it in anime form but since they are movies I doubt they adapt the nore than 1000 pages in their entirity. Chronicles of the Emerged World by Licia Troisi. It's one of those series that would only work in animation and since Licia Troisi is influenced by anime. |
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| The "Ember Quartet" series by Sabaa Tahir would take anime form really easily. |
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| Terry Pratchett's Discworld-novels have plenty of potential for animated adaptations. Sourcery, Soul Music, Equal Rites and Guards! Guards! at least would make for good films, although some of the parody might get lost in translation. |
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Vilkku92 said: Terry Pratchett's Discworld-novels have plenty of potential for animated adaptations. Sourcery, Soul Music, Equal Rites and Guards! Guards! at least would make for good films, although some of the parody might get lost in translation. Some of them already do (sort of). Soul Music and Wyrd Sisters both have cartoon adapations from the 90's and the Colour of Magic/The Light Fantastic and The Hogfather both had live action TV movies on Sky. |
| A good adaptation of 'metamorphosis' or a long running adaptation of 'mahabharata' by wit studio would be pretty nice. |
 "All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost." |
| Without any doubt The Godfather. I'm a big fan of all mafia things. |
  “The most shameless thing in the world is political power that can be inherited regardless of ability or talent!” |
| There are a lot of series I'd like to see as anime, especially fantasy. But the ones I'd like to see animated the most are The Throne of Glass, Black Jewels, The Others and Court of Thorns and Roses. |
ChroNoiR Episode.0 is the best anime to ever exist Kanae forever in my heart |
| I would love to se Shogun by James Clavell as an anime. My life would be complete. |
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| At last, an interesting topic! I miss the times when certain Japanese studios weren't so isolationist. They didn't hesitate to go out of their comfort zone as they executed many literary adaptations (often in coproduction with foreign animators, as demonstrated with Sanrio's Hoshi no Orpheus, for instance). Motohachi's Nippon Animation commissioning most of the World Theater Masterpiece entries is the perfect illustration of this mindset... I don't think we will see such times again, even at this peak of economic and cultural globalization. Even during the 80s, studios as Tokyo Movie Shinsha turning to international market was perceived with a mixture of skepticism and consternation by most anime producers, who think they will lose a rabbit if they try to chase two at once. It's a bold move, to adapt foreign works that aren't world renowned classics, given that they don't know whether this would please their home audience, and not simply the western one. Besides, I think most studios are too modest in size to have a foreign relationship department whose function is to negotiate around rights and handling of source matter. |
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| Lol, none. Who the hell reads books? |
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| The Lord of the Rings. I want to see more beautiful background arts and special effects for the magic. |
| This might sound stupid but I'd love to see The Witcher, done by ufotable, or Wit studio. |
| Jolyne Kuujou + Steel Ball Run Universe = Billie Eillish |
| Demonata saga by Darren Shan, with colourful environments, a vast array of abilities and as much gore as Corpse Party it would be great as an anime. |
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| And then there were none, Agatha Christie I would honestly love to see some roald dahl books as anime, too. I feel like James and the giant peach would fit well. |
| Is there a middle earth anime? If not there should be since the universe is massive and there are countless possibilities for a good story in the thousands of years of world history that tolkien provided. Just don't make it an isekai. I have nothing against the genre, it just goes against what tolkien intended |
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| I already said one, but I just thought of another. The Hyperion Cantos. As much as I love the way those books looked in my head, I'd love to see how an imaginative director with total creative freedom would bring them to life. Just so long as Dan Simmons doesn't make too much money off of it. He's a bit of a racist shitbag |
| Everyrthing by brando sando, but dont you dare get any of the shit anime tropes in there. |
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| Conan the Barbarian OVAs depicting miscellaneous short stories by Robert E. Howard. Ideally it would have been made when OVAs were still booming for that dark shaded aesthetic. |
The core 10 books of the Dragonlance saga by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Could be a 60 to 100 episode anime series.
They could also adapt the Lost Chronicles trilogy, which fills in the gaps of the first three books, but those stories aren't integral to the overall saga, and could be best seen as a side OVAs like LoGH Gaiden. |
| The great Gatsby and Pride and prejudice. I would generally dig adaptation of realism novel. |
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