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Out of all the cartoons and animes with ample amount of source for movies and being as though Movies with Cgi and makeup are unbelievale now Is there any certain shows you think would turn out to be a good live action movie
One of my personal favs would be Witch Hunter Robin or a Ninja Scroll. It would have good plot movement from the show and its not too CGI heavy
Even now that they are doing a live action Transformers it shows that maybe movies like The Big O and Gundams arent that out of our reach
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Hmmmmm ........ I know Aeon Flux has been done so,
Cartoon - Teen Titans or Kim Possible
Anime - Revolutionary Girl Utena or Gasaraki
That's just off the top of my head.
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They've been working on a Live DBZ. *rolls eyes*
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they should make escaflowne into a live action movie. that'd be hella awesome. especially if they stay close to the show and not the animated movie (which was not that good.)
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Porco Rosso live action or death!
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TRANSFORMERS!!!!
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Personally, I'd like to see America take a chance on big-screen animation with a deep anime-style plot. Animation is so undervalued in this country.
For an anime, I would love to see FLCL done in a way that would be suited to live action, but still in the same spirit. Cowboy Bebop would also be very interesting if they could do it right.
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Bebop and Samurai Champloo would be pretty neat in a live-action version, but I think it kind of betrays the whole feeling of the anime. Sure, it would look nice, and assuming there was a good storyline behind it, be pretty kickass, but part of the reason to watch anime is the differences and similarities to reality.
Also, they've claimed to be working on a live-action DBZ since I cared about that show. What's that, 5, maybe 6 years now? I doubt that's happening.
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"Wicked City" was turned into a live action film, not so superior.
Great Teacher Onizuka was a live action film, and was pretty good!
Lessee.....
The Guyver, Sailor Moon... oodles of others I'm sure.
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Well, think of all the domestic comics that have been made into rather "successful" movies (successful in terms of box office revenue).
Spiderman's opening week record was only topped by Pirates of the Carribean 2, Sin City was wildly popular, Superman's doing well in the theaters, etc etc.
IMO, some of the adaptations were poorly done. The Hulk wasn't anything spectacular, and neither was The Prisoner (shrug).
And I dare ANYONE, ANYONE... to find an actor to play Spike Spiegel who would meet Cowboy Bebop fan expectation.
PS: Sailormoon Live Action exists, and it was just... a hilarious flop.
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Kugai: There is no way they'd be able to find any chick actor cool enough to play KP.
I would like to see (Sorcerous Stabber) Orphen as a live-action. That guy is so hot. They could make it all noir and shit.
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Kugai: There is no way they'd be able to find any chick actor cool enough to play KP.
I would like to see (Sorcerous Stabber) Orphen as a live-action. That guy is so hot. They could make it all noir and shit.
Probably could if they wwre to take a gamble and look for an unknown Actress.
*Sudden Brainstorm* What about Noir as a Live Action Film? Or the two Ghost In The Shell Films? :D
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Futurama like whoa.
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Hulk was awesome. Read Ebert's review (which I readily agree with) and you'll realize why I see it as one of the best comic book movies.
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Oh, shit. The sailor moon live action series was hilarious in a way something never should be. If only they were doing it to make fun of anime series, rather than imitate them.
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Live-action Sailor Moon is both highly amusing and absolutly terrifying. My friend likened it to a terrible car accident - you want to look away but you just can't.
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They've been working on a Live DBZ. *rolls eyes*
Working on? Check the martial arts section in a video store. It's there already. There's also a live-action Gundam movie but it blows. There's like, 5 minutes of total gundam footage. This is why I do not like live-action versions of anime or cartoons. They completely miss the mark.
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I could see Perfect Blue being done live action.
I myself would love to see Daria live action.
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I don't know about Ninja Scroll
that huge rock dude would be rather annoying to make
but then again they did make a Fantastic 4 movie, which was terrible, but they made the Thing
so hmmm
damnit
who would play Jubei?
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They should do live action versions of some real old-school anime films. Vampire Hunter D or Fist of the North Star.
I was watching Vampire Hunter D last night and actually thinking it would make a great live action film.
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Vampire Hunter D
M-M-M-MONSTER WIN(in, in, in)
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And I dare ANYONE, ANYONE... to find an actor to play Spike Spiegel who would meet Cowboy Bebop fan expectation.
Vincent Ventresca.
Go watch the sci-fi channel series from a few years back "Invisible Man". He's already Spike Spiegel.
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i'd totally go see cowboy bebop live action.
and flcl. yeah.
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A few years ago, there was a huge announcement that Neon Genesis Evangelion would be remade as a live-action feature. A press release on that very subject was released jointly by ADV, Gainax and Weta, which did the special effects for the Lord of the Rings movies.
ADV even released some conceptual drawings for the upcoming NGE film. But nothing came of it other than the announcement.
One of my choices for a live-action anime (other than Eva) is a rather odd one: Please Save My Earth. The manga was an epic, but the anime tried to condense the plot down to 6 half-hour episodes. It could have been much better.
I want to see PSME done live.
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i think cowboy bebop would be easiest to make into live action....except maybe some of the space scenes, ships etc. but with computers these days, it prolly wouldnt that hard. samurai champloo would also be cool to see live action but i cant imagine any real people playing those characters. i can picture actors doing the bebop cast but for some reason i cant imagine it for champloo.
i'd like to see a sequel/spinoff/follow up /or something to FLCL done in live action, but i'd hate to see the actual show re-done as live action. i'm pretty sure that would be blasphemy of some sort.
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I could also see Hellsing with Jonny Depp as Alucard. The only problem would be throwing together decent film-length plots. If they used the atmosphere and music from the series together with the action from the manga though...sheeet.
FLCL would never work as live action. Sorry.
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Live-Action EVA.
Robin Williams is interested in it. I have zero faith in it now.
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"Voices of a Distant Star"
A great 30-minute sci-fi romance drama from Makoto Shinkai that could easily be expanded into a feature-length film. For it to work, however, you'd have to get Shinkai to sign off on it.
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I haven't had too much exposure to Anime but am a general fan.
I'd like to see perhaps a live Trigun movie and perhaps a Love Hina one. Kind of a more natural anime and wouldn't be too hard to translate onto film.
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Trigun might work. You could easily chop it down by removing subplots, isolated incidents and whatnot. I'm not quite sure how the Gung-ho guns would come across on the screen though, and you'd have trouble finding someone who could play Vash properly.
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Personally I'd axe the whole "goofy" Vash thing, or tone it down a bit at least. I much preferred the more serious side of Trigun.
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I think goofy Vash is important to serious Vash. He's still kind of a kid. He's just the biggest badass of a kid ever.
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I could also see Hellsing with Jonny Depp as Alucard.
Seriously? I think Mr Depp is way too overused. He's got his one big memorable cult character in Jack Sparrow, give someone else a go! (The fact that they cast his as Red, the romantic interest, in Chocolat disappoints me, I thought he'd be better as the brooding Priest, and that Red would be a strapping bear of a gypsy with a mass of auburn curls.)
I think Alucard would need to be someone seven feet tall and alarmingly skinny, with a hella sickly complexion and a hideous expression that I just can't see Johnny working with.
It would also work very well in a Sin-City type of style... imagine it shot-for-shot from the Manga.
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christian bale? we know he can do skinny from the machinist. and we know he can do crazy/badass from equilibrium and batman begins.
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Rumblings from teh intarwubs suggest that a Neon Genesis Evangelion live-action film is in pre-production even as we speak.
I have no link, sadly. this is coming off random idle chatter with one of my mates.
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It would also work very well in a Sin-City type of style... imagine it shot-for-shot from the Manga.
It looks like the new OVA is being done shot for shot. It used to be on Youtube before they instituted the shorter film length rules. And, let me say: action scenes fucking rule, character development sucks. Improving the pacing and character arcs was the one thing the series really did right.
I was basing my idea of how Depp would do as Alucard more off Edward Scissorhands and Sleepy Hollow. Bale might work, but it's got to be someone who looks natural in the hair and clothes. I was talking on the subject with the gf lasty night. We agreed Depp would be good, but couldn't really think up anyone else, though I think Bale might actually have been mentioned as a possible Alexander Anderson.
Actually, he'd do a good Anderson.
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I could also see Hellsing with Jonny Depp as Alucard. The only problem would be throwing together decent film-length plots. If they used the atmosphere and music from the series together with the action from the manga though...sheeet.
FLCL would never work as live action. Sorry.
Though Jonny Depp is a good actor and one of my favs, I cant see him being Alucard. Now Crispin Freeman yes. He did the voice we all know. Once you do a voice and get into a role, you know the personality. Alucard also has narrow and sharp facial features ( to play off Vlad Dracula ), as does Crispin Freeman. I think with the proper make-up team Crispin would play the perfect Alucard and really sell the movie. Thats my opinion, but with Alucard, presence is everything. Someone who played the role once, knows his presence.
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Johnny Bravo.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0406890/
If they ever manage to get filming, that is.
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FLCL would work brilliantly if it were done correctly. A good way to shoot it would be putting heavy emphasis on colors.
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FLCL would work brilliantly if it were done correctly. A good way to shoot it would be putting heavy emphasis on colors.
I imagine it as if you were to dump Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Kung Fu Hustle into a blender and then set it on fire.
Trigun might work. You could easily chop it down by removing subplots, isolated incidents and whatnot. I'm not quite sure how the Gung-ho guns would come across on the screen though, and you'd have trouble finding someone who could play Vash properly.
Personally, I think Trigun would be a great trilogy. Part one would be the arc of Meryl and Millie trying to find him and culminating in the fight with Monev the Gale. Part two would be Vash fighting various Gung-Ho Guns and ending with the Fifth Moon Incident. The last would have Wolfwood finding Vash in hiding and then the whole deal with Chapel the Evergreen and Vash's final confrontation with Knives. I think it'd be epic. It would need a really good actor though. I suggest Brad Pitt or Matt Damon.
Rumblings from teh intarwubs suggest that a Neon Genesis Evangelion live-action film is in pre-production even as we speak.
I have no link, sadly. this is coming off random idle chatter with one of my mates.
http://nitti.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=15264
Special effects by WETA.
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Fist of the North Star.
Already been done
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113074/
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Man, I was going to mention that. I've seen (yet have not actually watched) live action tenticle monster hentai. My friends said it was pretty disapointing.
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Personally, I think Trigun would be a great trilogy. Part one would be the arc of Meryl and Millie trying to find him and culminating in the fight with Monev the Gale. Part two would be Vash fighting various Gung-Ho Guns and ending with the Fifth Moon Incident. The last would have Wolfwood finding Vash in hiding and then the whole deal with Chapel the Evergreen and Vash's final confrontation with Knives. I think it'd be epic.
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It would need a really good actor though. I suggest Brad Pitt or Matt Damon.
I hate you.
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Samurai X would be a realistic goal for an anime to live action movie.
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As far as Trigun..which is my absolute favorite anime..I have to say Edward Norton as Vash.
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Johnny Bravo.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0406890/
If they ever manage to get filming, that is.
Is this "uh! do the monkey with me!" Johnny Bravo, Greg Brady Johnny Bravo, or some other Johnny Bravo I haven't heard of yet?
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Personally, I think Trigun would be a great trilogy. Part one would be the arc of Meryl and Millie trying to find him and culminating in the fight with Monev the Gale. Part two would be Vash fighting various Gung-Ho Guns and ending with the Fifth Moon Incident. The last would have Wolfwood finding Vash in hiding and then the whole deal with Chapel the Evergreen and Vash's final confrontation with Knives. I think it'd be epic.
I love you.
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It would need a really good actor though. I suggest Brad Pitt or Matt Damon.
I hate you.
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I think they're good actors, is all. Based on Fight Club, Snatch, Good Will Hunting, and The Talented Mr. Ripley, to name a few.
As far as Trigun..which is my absolute favorite anime..I have to say Edward Norton as Vash.
That would be a good pick, only I have never seen Edward Norton in a comedy, so I don't know how well he could convey the lighthearted aspect of Vash.
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FLCL would work brilliantly if it were done correctly. A good way to shoot it would be putting heavy emphasis on colors.
I imagine it as if you were to dump Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Kung Fu Hustle into a blender and then set it on fire.
I haven't seen any of them, so maybe thats why. but I cannot comprehend how someone could possibly make a good FLCL live-action.
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"Voices of a Distant Star"
A great 30-minute sci-fi romance drama from Makoto Shinkai that could easily be expanded into a feature-length film. For it to work, however, you'd have to get Shinkai to sign off on it.
I can't imagine him selling the rights to it, only to have little to no control over the film process. The Japanese are pretty damn picky when it comes to their own works. If I remember correctly, Shinkai directed, wrote, did his own CG work, and even voice acted the main character himself. That's a lot of pressure for one man, right?
Anyway, I personally think that films which are already fantastic in the animated medium should not be made into live-action, unless it would bring something NEW and fresh to the story. (edit: or open the eyes of biased people who are convinced that all animated films are "kiddish" and therefore "not worth their time.")
(aka not making it just because it would be guaranteed a blockbuster and rake in lots of cash for the movie producers).
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Well..Fight Club was a dark comedy/drama..and Norton was great in Death To Smoochy..plus he looks the part of Vash..so...mmmhmm..
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FLCL would work brilliantly if it were done correctly. A good way to shoot it would be putting heavy emphasis on colors.
I imagine it as if you were to dump Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Kung Fu Hustle into a blender and then set it on fire.
I haven't seen any of them, so maybe thats why. but I cannot comprehend how someone could possibly make a good FLCL live-action.
You sir, need to go out and see some films.
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"Voices of a Distant Star"
A great 30-minute sci-fi romance drama from Makoto Shinkai that could easily be expanded into a feature-length film. For it to work, however, you'd have to get Shinkai to sign off on it.
I can't imagine him selling the rights to it, only to have little to no control over the film process. The Japanese are pretty damn picky when it comes to their own works. If I remember correctly, Shinkai directed, wrote, did his own CG work, and even voice acted the main character himself. That's a lot of pressure for one man, right?
Well, that's the point. The only way to do "Voices" is to put him on quality control, making sure that the version that gets made is one he'd be proud of.
On another note, I just bought the Giant Robo boxed set. Now that would be cool to see done in live-action. Actually, Giant Robo was originally live-action before it became anime, so the movie version I had in mind wouldn't be cheap-ass guy in a suit held up by visible wires as he "flies" over a toy city. No, if they could make Giant Robo as a spectacle that outdoes the visuals of the anime, while also expanding on the characters and showing more of the quiet moments between them, THAT would be something.
The hardest character to cast would be Ginrei. The woman would have to be sweet, sexy, kind, intelligent and lethal all at once.
Interestingly, I love Giant Robo, and I love Makoto Shinkai's work. But I love them for very different reasons. Shinkai's stuff ("Voices," "The Place Promised in Our Early Days") is subtle, quiet drama with very real characters. Giant Robo is WAY over the top, flashy, action-packed with larger-than-life chararacters.
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Rumblings from teh intarwubs suggest that a Neon Genesis Evangelion live-action film is in pre-production even as we speak.
I have no link, sadly. this is coming off random idle chatter with one of my mates.
I have read about this and after finally seeing the entire series and movie, I truly could not be more put off. I think there are certian things that should only be animated and Evangelion is one of those things.
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A few years ago, there was a huge announcement that Neon Genesis Evangelion would be remade as a live-action feature. A press release on that very subject was released jointly by ADV, Gainax and Weta, which did the special effects for the Lord of the Rings movies.
ADV even released some conceptual drawings for the upcoming NGE film. But nothing came of it other than the announcement.
The problem is that WETA is doing the effects, and currently, they're working on the Halo movie. This means they can't hire any actors, because they'll age too much by the time Weta is ready to do the effects. So its stuck in pre-preproduction hell. Also, 3 "A" list directors want in on this movie, and I believe each has at least a few movies in they're queues before they could direct this. Also, I've heard rumors of a fucking huge budget. Like 100 million. Which seems like to much, but even half that would be enough to make a good movie.
Live-Action EVA.
Robin Williams is interested in it. I have zero faith in it now.
This is because he is a gamer and loves anime, especially NGE. One hour photo even had a refrence to it that was put in because he asked for it. Him being interested is just because he's a huge fan.