| There's pretty often threads asking what manga/LN people would most want to get adapted into an anime, but I almost never see them about western media crossing the boundary. I know it's nothing new to anime, since there's adaptations of classic novels, spin-offs of American games, and alternate takes on Marvel and DC superheroes. Now the quality on these releases is a whole different discussion, but assuming it would be GOOD and handled by a studio you like/trust, what piece of western media would you most like to see in anime? It can be anything from a straight adaptation, to an alternate take on the series, or an original spinoff or sidestory set within an established universe. For me personally, it'd either be an action focused Titanfall OVA series or a Star Wars TV series focusing on pilots and space battles, kinda like the Rogue Squadron games and novels. |
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| Great question. Lemme think. Mortal Kombat as an anime would be nice. Gory action anime with martial arts fighting. The Mask as an absurd physical comedy. Japanese can put it off as well. Good ol Kill Bill. Katana wielding badass woman is seeking revenge. Standart anime stuff. Punisher. Again, a ruthless anti-hero with a tragic story, it'd be a nice seinen anime. Prince of Persia. History, time manipulation and fantasy. What can you ask for more? Mad Max. I don't know why, it has potential. |
| I would like to have SU made with the same atetion to action as OPM and Mob, but other than that I don't think that the things I like would translate well as anime. (I mean, I'm would watch the Shrek anime, but I'm not saying it would be a good idea XD) |
N04L1TYFeb 24, 2020 3:04 PM
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| Obviously the greatest pieces of world literature, such as the Iliad and BTS wattpad fanfics. |
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| I think Lexx could be a pretty cool action science fiction ecchi in anime form tbh |
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| I want to see Studio Trigger animate their own season of Doctor Who. Preferably original stories but with whichever of the modern Doctors they want. I'd love to see 13 given the proper chance to shine that I don't think she's received these past two seasons. |
| I'd love to see a 13 Reasons Why anime adaptation |
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| One of the shitty story-based western cartoons that came out recently Like steven universe or 12 forever. Think of it as a right of passage. |
| I've surpassed your limit! |
A_Sad_Dust_Cloud said: Wouldnt it be better to animate the episodes the BBC burned though?I want to see Studio Trigger animate their own season of Doctor Who. Preferably original stories but with whichever of the modern Doctors they want. I'd love to see 13 given the proper chance to shine that I don't think she's received these past two seasons. Id much rather Japan do Doctor Who though regardless of era since they'd probably respect the material more unlike how Moffat made Hartnell's first Doctor a bigot for no reason |
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| I don't think I'd want to see any Western Properties touched by Japan to be made into Anime. Most of what they touch ends up being fucking terrible. All the Marvel Anime they did in the late 2000's were bad. It's the same with Hollywood and how everything they touch that's based on Anime is fucking awful. |
Esquirtit said: I myself can't wait to see the bathtub scene animated and the seiyuu being given directions to moan throughout it. I'd love to see a 13 Reasons Why anime adaptation |
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Zeroflamez said: I don't think I'd want to see any Western Properties touched by Japan to be made into Anime. Most of what they touch ends up being fucking terrible. All the Marvel Anime they did in the late 2000's were bad. It's the same with Hollywood and how everything they touch that's based on Anime is fucking awful. Nippon Animation has adapted a lot of Western litterature to what seems a good result. |
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Kosmonaut said: Esquirtit said: I myself can't wait to see the bathtub scene animated and the seiyuu being given directions to moan throughout it. I'd love to see a 13 Reasons Why anime adaptation I haven't seen it lol, it's for girls. So yeah, no wonder you've seen it and are part of the (probably) very few here who have. Guess I'll have to watch it now if it's Kosmo approved. |
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| We need a crossover of Captain Underpants and Amelia Bedelia in anime form |
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Esquirtit said: I read it, but didn't watch it, because reading girls' books is manlier than watching some numale netflix show. Kosmonaut said: I myself can't wait to see the bathtub scene animated and the seiyuu being given directions to moan throughout it. I haven't seen it lol, it's for girls. So yeah, no wonder you've seen it and are part of the (probably) very few here who have. Guess I'll have to watch it now if it's Kosmo approved. |
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| I've wanted an anime like Law & Order for years, so why not...let's dream of an anime version of Law & Order. Complete with all the seriousness and realism and detective work and well-researched legal maneuvering. |
| Avatar character is Gabriel from Gabriel DropOut. |
Kosmonaut said: Esquirtit said: I read it, but didn't watch it, because reading girls' books is manlier than watching some numale netflix show. I haven't seen it lol, it's for girls. So yeah, no wonder you've seen it and are part of the (probably) very few here who have. Guess I'll have to watch it now if it's Kosmo approved. True, apparently they edited the bathtub scene (2 years after debut) because it was too much. Girls doing real-life adaptations and shit. Should've watched it when it was hyped, what a stinker. Only anime can save it now. |
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BiDiGiN said: Zeroflamez said: I don't think I'd want to see any Western Properties touched by Japan to be made into Anime. Most of what they touch ends up being fucking terrible. All the Marvel Anime they did in the late 2000's were bad. It's the same with Hollywood and how everything they touch that's based on Anime is fucking awful. Nippon Animation has adapted a lot of Western litterature to what seems a good result. That is true however in recent times a lot of what Japan has tried to adapt from Western Anime have been very meh or just flat out bad. The stuff Nippon put out back in the 70s and 80s appear to look pretty decent, I can't say if they are actually good though cause I haven't watched them but they do seem to be the exception. |
| Homeland could be a pretty solid seinen action imo. Kosmonaut said: Why not make it a monster girl ecchi show? That is appropriate and fits the tone. Esquirtit said: I myself can't wait to see the bathtub scene animated and the seiyuu being given directions to moan throughout it. I'd love to see a 13 Reasons Why anime adaptation |
 Leading biologist Scott Pitnick said: The bigger your 'nads, the smaller your brains |
| Death Gate's Cycle please. I'm desperate to get anything related to it. |
| something like Baywatch would be nice |
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| Raid: Shadow Legends! For the meme. But Hell Boy would also be great. |
| “It is my perception that a true friend never relies on another's dream. A person with the potential to be my true friend must be able to find his reason for life without my help. And, he would have to put his heart and soul into protecting his dream. He would never hesitate to fight for his dream, even against me.” I'm level  on mal-badges. View my badges. |
BallistikJuice said: I want long-running Dark Seinen series that are based on "Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition" instead of those currently popular One-Pieces/Narutos/Bleaches/Hero Academies and other similar crap. God! That sounds sooooooooo rad. But I'd rather just have a good berserk adaptation. |
| “It is my perception that a true friend never relies on another's dream. A person with the potential to be my true friend must be able to find his reason for life without my help. And, he would have to put his heart and soul into protecting his dream. He would never hesitate to fight for his dream, even against me.” I'm level on mal-badges. View my badges. |
| Star Wars Harry Potter The Elder Scrolls games Spider-Man Blade Hitman games Teen Titans |
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| I would like to see an anime adaptation of "The Wire." It'd be a fun watch, I think. |
| An anime version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer would be cool. I'd want this just to see an anime version of 790. |
| “I just spent the last two years thinking that you guys knew more than me about life and I just found out that you guys are just as dumb as me.” “Duh-doy.” “Yeah, duh-doy.” |
| Hmmmmmm, lemme see... Books/Comics: Rivers of London Scott Pilgrim Seconds Movies/TV: Spiderman The Last Kingdom Sherlock Games: Fallout (Specifically NV) Katana Zero DOOM I would hella want to see trigger do their own spin on spiderman and scott pilgrim, I just think they would work really well with trigger's overall style and aesthetic. Also DOOM should totally have a comedy anime where doomguy just nonchalantly annihilates hell's entire populace in a completely deadpan manner. Kinda like one punch man but in hell and with doomguy instead of saitama. |
| If you're reading this and you haven't watched Mob Psycho 100, go watch it and then continue with what you were doing. Also, for the record, JoJo is great, it's fans are not. |
| ^Scott Pilgrim would be fucking amazing, I totally agree. |
| Oh this is interesting. A new adaptation of something I like would be fun, I won't say awesome because we had the Powerpuff Girls anime which was pretty ehhh. Other cartoons: Mighty Max, Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. Something uniquely recognizable with a clear premise that a new creative team could take their own try at. A Harry Potter anime might be fun, as long as it didn't just become a boring rehash like the movies I actually saw. I'm not a big fan myself but I'd like to see the established fandom's reactions. You know there would be high emotions of all kinds. Adaptations of anime-inspired, anime-esque, properties might also be cool. Perhaps Winx Club, or W.I.T.C.H. (there was already a brief manga version of this one), Code Lyoko, or freaking Steven Universe lolololol. |
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| I would want see the spongebob anime get made. |
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| Horatio Hornblower (but as a sci-fi adaptation), Dune, and The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt. |
| The Bible .............. I would love to have Shaft or Ufotable do it. |
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| Something tells me that Jerry Spinelli's Stargirl would be well suited for Kyoto Animation... Anyone else read this book? I haven't read this since middle school lol Esquirtit said: I'd love to see a 13 Reasons Why anime adaptation I wouldn't be surprised if the people behind Magical Girl Site make that a thing. |
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| The 'Xanth Series' by Piers Anthony would translate into an entertaining anime. The Japanese wouldn't do it though, because the majority of their domestic audience won't have a good enough understanding of English to get all the bad puns/play on words. Horses that deliver dreams to people are called Night Mares. Need some new footwear? Just find a Sandal-wood tree and pick out a pair that fits. Leo Frankowski's 'A Boy and His Tank' would be an interesting twist on the Mecha genre. High-Tech tanks with intelligent AI personalities are paired with a human who's ability to see & think in abstract drastically increases their survivability during combat. All military/combat training of the human is done in virtual reality after insertion into the tank. (Picture something similar to how Neo was connected to the Matrix before he was freed). |
 You're never too old to watch anime. If I ever stop watching anime, check my pulse I'm likely dead. I wake up with coffee & anime, I go to sleep with coffee & anime. Sorry if my sarcasm is bad, it's not my first language. |
| From western ? nothing is worth to be made as anime (just my opinion I guess no one will agree). That's why I'm watching anime because most western stuffs are not interesting for me (of course there are lots of movies I like but not worth to make them as anime and from serials nothing good) |
| Would like to atleast see if they could do a better job of an adaption of "The Passage" by Justin Cronin because Fox in america "tried" to make a live action show out of it and by the time they were done the only thing the show and book had in common was the name. |
| Last year I made a topic "Which western webcomics do you think are suitable for anime adaptation?" - https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1772265 So I would be happy about anime adaptions of the webcomics Girl Genius, Stand Still Stand Silent and Gaia (can add more titles). I think that they work well in this medium. |
alshuFeb 26, 2020 5:39 AM
| Legacy of Kain. It's a story of some cool-ass vampires (one being former, now sucking souls) travelling through time creating bunch of paradoxes. Peter Sellers' Pink Panther. Wanna see those nunchucks in slow-motion. |
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Just imagining Xev's boobs in anime form makes me smile. I would love to see a full adaptation of Nabokov's Lolita, it's perfect for japanese audiences. |
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| 'I Dream Of Jeannie' would be interesting! The Story goes something like this: A brilliant (but kinda weebo) young Japanese Student named 'Neru Sono' (a play on the original Protagonist Major Anthony Nelson) who works on School Projects for the Government and their Space Program, while extremely talented, just can't get anything right and life always throws nothing but lemons at him. One day, an overhasted experimental flight in an improvised, self-built Rocketship has him crash-land on a deserted, uncharted Island in the middle of Nowhere. He surely would've perished, hadn't he accidentally freed a centuries-old (but ageless-looking), cute female Genie from a bottle which he thought to be empty and intended to use for a Message. The incredibly grateful and overly energetic Blonde dressed in old-fashioned clothing like directly taken out of '1001 Arabian Nights' now vows to stay by his side forever and fulfil each and every of his deepest and most innert wishes, which he outright declines except only being sent back home immediately. And he thought that was it. But nyaa, it turns out Jeannie - as she coincidentally is named - has shorthandedly moved into his Appartement, turning everything even more upside down than it already was. From that fateful day onward - to say the least - Hilarity ensues... |
HapposamaFeb 25, 2020 1:59 AM
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| Those Elsa and Spiderman videos on youtube, truly the peak of western literature On a serious note id watch an anime adaptation of doom, maybe if it was made by ufotable or bones |
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| Well.. Maybe some historical films, like With Fire and Sword, and like that.. I'd like more history anime in general, including about Europe's history and stuff.. But I guess it wouldn't sell too well in Japan, except if you maybe make it about all countries like Hetalia did or something.. |
| Interview with the Vampire Especially cause it has a manga. |
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