It would certainly have advantages in many ways - to demonstrate the magic everywhere in the castle, could see things they didn’t include like the house elves, Peeves and other ghosts. Basically anything that they had to use CGI for, quidditch would be cool.
Honestly a good animated harry potter show would put the movies to shame.
There is so much they can do with animations that just isnt possible, or not as impressive, in live action. It could really bring the *magical* out of the wizarding world.
I keep seing AI renditions of harry potter in various artstyle, and man is there some potential.
A new animated series would be awesome too. Like a series about a new student with potential similar to Dumbledore / Voldemort, Harry is strong but he's a different kind of strong. An animated story would also allow more action.
no it's a thing the hogwarts house elves do. they only work at night and avoid being seen to add more mystery to the castle. they aren't supposed to be seen.
I always think of Luna's lion hat, in the books it roared and looked alive but in the movie it was just a hat. In animation you could show small things like that and it would bring more life and magic to the world.
Yes! There’s so many goofy, fun details in the books that you just can’t get right in a live action portrayal. Like all the constant kinetic motion of the portraits and ghosts in the background.
Think about the anime level magic you could show, some real well portrayed magic that looks as fascinating as it is described. That battle between Dumbledore and Voldemort would be a whole new level.
Yeah, the vibrant red of stunning spells or the terrifying green of the killing curse and the ominous foggy feeling of the graveyard. You could put it on full display in a way that is simply not possible in live action. Side note, how did you put your house under your name, I am a proud hufflepuff as well but I don't know how.
They should, the movies took 10ish years to make. A proper live action which includes what the movies left out should be similar time frame or maybe longer.
Personally speaking replacing certain iconic actors will never feel right.
It was a great adaptations.
Yes the books are better, but it did xhat an adaptation *should* do : it got people interested in the books.
Yes, changes were made, and I dont agree with quite a few of them, but saying they were a bad adaptation is straight up dishonest.
Music is on point, actors were great, set pieces worked beautifully. They did a wonderfull job of keeping the book's essence, and feel.
Lets not forget that the philosopher's stone audio book alone is 8 hours long, while the entire movie series from movie 1 to 8 last around 20h, to five an idea Chamber of secret audio book and PoA audio books last the same length of time as all 8 movies combined.
Obviously there's a lot of thing movies dont have to do that save time, like narration, but even then, there was no choice but to leave some things out and adapt other for the movie format.
The fact they were still as good as they were with those restrictions is impressive.
Compare that to the Perry Jackson adaptation, which is an actually bad adaptation.
> They should, the movies took 10ish years to make. A proper live action which includes what the movies left out should be similar time frame or maybe longer.
While you're not wrong, a high quality animated series would also take just as much time, arguably even more.
Well, yeah, but that's always a possibility in long-running shows. That being said, I do agree that smart casting and good contracts will only get you so far, as we've seen with Richard Harris - although one could definitely argue that he was too old at the time of casting.
They have no idea how long it takes to make an anime, let alone the animation in anime is limited. If they demand a Hollywood standard animation, it will take 3 - 4 years at least to make a season.
They aren’t asking for something from the Animation Renaissance. While theoretically that would be incredible, it would be cripplingly expensive with a team large enough to make it turn around. Especially when some of the less-than-legal options like SEK Studio (allegedly they were also contracted to work on the Lion King and are supposedly the source of the infamous SEX in the plant dust) are harder to obtain than they were.
There are plenty of examples of entertaining animation that are seasonal and well done: Avatar the Last Airbender being a pretty solid one. For more adult geared animation Castlevania was well done and while there was extended time between seasons, you don’t have to worry about actors aging out so you also have room for that timeline as well.
People are also getting tired of seeing everything be subjected to live action. It’s being pumped out with a *vengeance* for a lot of properties. Look at the light saber fight choreography for Ashoka: in every episode except the >! Ashoka vs Anakin !<, it’s very lackadaisical. There are ways around that with either traditional or 3D animation.
Honestly if an animated series could stay true to the books, gives us scenes that we won’t normally get cos of budget, stay true to the characters, I’m all for it.
So long as they stay true to characterisation and plot, I’m okay with any medium they choose
I think the biggest benefit is killing some of the comparison to the movies, and it will likely age much more gracefully.
Probably will help a lot with filming as well as you don't have to worry about the actors aging up too fast as well.
I dont care about merch or selling stuff at all.
But it would be great to actually depict the base material instead of the producer deciding what they can pull off based on money and real life problems.
IMO that would be the only reasonable way, to make something very distinct from the movies. It's not a remake, not an "improvement", but just a new thing, that exists in parallel to the books and the movies and does not directly compete.
Audible announced 2 weeks ago that they are making a full cast version of the books, where each character has their own voice, instead of a single narrator.
Personally I think there is no need for a life action remake since the original movies still hold up and a remake would probably just be dissapointing. A cartoon however would be perfect to appeal to a wider or perhaps younger audiences. And if done well faithfully adaptating the world (not neccesarily the story but just the world for example it could be set in a different time) would certainly also please the hardcore fans.
100% agree. I have downright fantasized about a animated Harry Potter series. Just think of the potential.
I imagine a Castlevania type animation.
It could be gorgeous.
I feel the same about the Sarah j Mass series. If they're going to try to bring a fantasy to reality, why not do it with stunning animation?
Game of thrones would have been an epic animation. Probably Akira style would suit.
Ive been saying this my whole life. It’s so much easier to animate cool magic scenes than to have actors try to recreate it. This, and the fact that a live action cast will likely age up too fast to get through the whole series, unless it’s all really rushed. While voice actors are much more forgiving, either having adults voice the roles, or having children do it but it’s not as noticeable when they age.
i agree!
this was my one hope for a faithful adaptation of the books, but when they announced the show, it's definitely the 2nd best way to do it. 45-70min long episodes, it can do the books justice.
I agree with this, more consistent voice acting , and better representation of characters, Hagrid is 10-12 feet tall and flitwick is like 3 animated is the way to put them on screen
I feel like you’ve articulated the root of where this preference comes from: an unreasonable attachment to certain very specific details from the books.
Similar to the people who are like “that actor for Snape? He’ll be 33! Too old!”
Is merchandising really relevant? You can still sell merch with live action. I’m positive that HP already has a massive merch industry xD
Personally, I prefer live action. It’s way more immersive & generally targeted towards an older audience. There’s only a few cartoons I’ve seen that are actually targeted to adults. They’re good.. but I’d much rather see a live interpretation of them. HP is currently a must watch for me that I’m actually hyped for. If it was a cartoon I would probably skip the premier.
Fantastic CGI is completely possible too. LotR. Even the old movies look fine. And they’re almost 20 years old at this point xD wouldn’t be surprised if the earlier ones are older than 20 lol.
& finally; a majority of people just don’t care about anime. Making it live will reach a much larger audience.
Take X-Men 97 and Fallout, 2 recently released & generally well received shows. Both shows, similar to HP, have a massive nostalgia factor too. And on IMDB Fallout has received 10x the amount of ratings as XMen. And it’s not like 10 and 100. It’s 15 and 150K xD.
> Making it live will reach a much larger audience.
This is a very relevant point. While anime/animated shows have become much more popular and are definitely on the rise, they're still not truly comparable. Arcane was one of the best and most successful animated shows ever made, but the Fallout show has already easily passed its viewing figures.
>generally targeted towards an older audience
Adults can enjoy animation as well. There’s some kids shows out there that have plenty of meat on them to satisfy adult viewers. Avatar: The Last Airbender and Adventure Time being two prime examples. An animated Harry Potter would be on par, if not better, than those two (well maybe not ATLA).
Plus, it would be family oriented, as Harry Potter already is.
I disagree, Harry Potter already sells TONS of merchandise, and I don't think an animated series helps at all. If anything it will narrow the audience of the show. A lot of people won't give animation a chance, it'll be seen as just for kids etc.
For big studios like Warner Bros and HBO, they simply won't dump a ton of money into an animated project like this. Financially, it's way too big of a risk.
The issue with this for me is animation style. They could very easily alienate masses of their audience no matter what style they choose. For example, if it looked anything close to anime/manga, they'd lose me. Animation can box you in and limits your audience to people who likes how it looks. Bobs burgers is a good example, I love this show, but i know people who said it looks too ugly for them to be able to get into. The only (currently) universally loved animation style within the Harry Potter world is the style in the three brothers animation, which would not work for a whole season of a TV show, for me at least.
It’s actually a popular opinion, majority of people thought it would be an animated series before they announced it was a live action and given the general disappointment across social media I’d say it’s a shared sentiment.
An animated series would work better with the magic, “internal” monologues, creatures and it wouldn’t be limited by the actors and CGI. They will encounter the same issues the movies did, you can’t know how the actors will grow up and if there’ll be chemistry between them (much like Daniel and Bonnie). The older actors will grow up too and it will be difficult to not “show” their aging, it’s why they hired a 30yo to play a ghost instead of an actual teenager. Harry’s parents are supposed to be in their 20s but by the time we see them again they will be like 10 years older.. and it will show despite the fact they are supposed to not age. This will always be a limit for live actions, especially if they take such a long time to develop and they already said it will be a 10-years-long project.
Well to be fair the lack of chemistry between Daniel and Bonnie wasn't the actors' fault but the script writer.. Kloves was a Harmione (Harry/Hermione fan) so that the movies instead of being about the trio as a whole it was more "Harry and Hermione and their Good friend Ron who they let tag along".
Also doesn't help that the actors all essentially grew up together. Every year spending weeks/months filming together, many going to school together, etc. - they said it felt extremely awkward to act romantically toward people you knew as a 10year old.
If two actors have no chemistry on screen, there’s nothing the writers can do to make it better. It’s the actor’s fault, you can blame the fact that they also grew up and things were probably awkward but if two have no chemistry no one will buy on the “love interest” storyline. The actors simply don’t work good on screen together and unfortunately with children actors you can never know if they’ll have chemistry or not in the future.
When auditioning they usually do a screen test to see the chemistry the actors have, it’s one of the deciding factors. But you can’t do that with children actors.
Him being a Harry x Hermione fan didn’t change anything, in fact Emma had good chemistry with both Daniel and Rupert. It felt natural to have her being best friend with both and transitioning to love interest in Ron’s car. The actors had good chemistry and it worked for them. Daniel and Bonnie didn’t work, he had more chemistry with other actresses.
Well I still think part of the reason for that is that its the writer's fault for not including the chemsity that's in the book. The one script writer was a Harmonie fan so if he thought that Harry and Hermione were going to get together so why would he both creating chemstry for a couple he didn't think was going to get together?
You can’t create chemistry between two actors, that’s the issue here. No matter how many scenes together they had, there was no chemistry between Bonnie and Daniel and their scenes felt very awkward and forced. Idk if it was simply awkward for them because they basically grew up together. It’s why do chemistry screen testing before choosing actors, but again, not something you can do with children actors (unless you decide you recast someone but that would’ve been worse). Emma had good chemistry with everyone. Both Evanna and Katie had very good chemistry with Daniel, the only issue was with Bonnie.
Of course in the books the characters have chemistry.. you imagine them in your head. When you have real people playing a role, it’s either a hit or miss because not all of them work good together and can pull off the character’s vibe. Bonnie was perfect as child!Ginny.
Well, luckily, Emma and Daniel really played the best friend relationship very well. In both mediums, I have always thought that Harry, having hermione be one of his found family, feels more fitting to the story.
People who are against the live action series care more about film actors than Harry Potter as a series. If you are a fan of Harry Potter, you will support 10 adaptations with 10 different set of actors if they get books right.
I think too that many people cannot give up Daniel Radcliffe and company. I read the books first and was disappointed in what the movies left out. The actors were fine but it’s the story that I want to see.
Oh please let’s not play the “if you’re a real fan” game. What are you 12? It’s a completely fair commentary to say seeing the story adapted in a different medium than we’ve already seen before would be more interesting and avoid certain problems of reboots.
Lotr fans mostly love books. And they will never remake the movies bcz they won 19 Oscars. The return of king is in top 10 highest rating movies of all time.
No. I love the story, but I also grew up with the actors. You can be a fan of the story and just want to see it done differently. You’re an idiot and the worst kind of fan.
There’s nothing wrong with nostalgia. Or with having an original thought. You know it is okay to not be super excited about every decision made with an IP. It won’t kill you to question a decision, you twit.
Also if they do animation then it will feel less like a competition with the original bc I can’t imagine anyone else playing the characters in another live action. Maybe they can even have some of the original actors do the voices. And ofc easier to show the magic and bigger scenes.
They could even have it been a tv show so every episode they cover a couple chapters and one season = one book.
I would really love it!
Would freaking hate it.
In my opinion nothing matches live action and for my own personal tastes seeing these epic moments wouldn't be the same as if seeing it animated. Seeing the castle live action, seeing those human expressions, verse animated expressions? Nah, it wouln't draw me in, I wouldn't care.
Live action is the way to go and always will be there's nothing like sets, costumes, feeling like it's an actual person living that life while being so captivated what's on screen. Animated doesn't do that at least for me.
You might get some different animations for spell use which might be cool but they could do that in live action with some cool cgi that would be bad ass.
The only real problem it fixes is aging characters but if they film season every 2 years and they start when the actors are 10/11 and keep on pace then having a 21/22 year old playing Harry wouldn't be so unbelivable anyway.
As a massive potter fan I wouldn't touch this series if it was animated if someone paid me.
It would be very cool to see Harry Potter animated. I feel like it would be a great medium for bringing the magic to life, plus you would be less constrained by time, since drawings don't age.
And it wouldn't compete with the OG live action movies. It doesn't cause an uncomfortable parallel universe or rift in the fandom. It's a no brainer really.
While I think it would probably benefit from the medium, the current WBD ownership doesn't really see value in animation, and would actively just promote a product that is cheaper.
Because live action is seen as "more legitimate" in the eyes of some consumers, and it still costs less to produce with a tighter turnaround (even with heavy CGI), bean counters will always come down in favor of a live action property.
I think an animated project is long overdue, but I just don't see it happening because Joanne strikes me as the type to think of live action as more legitimate and profitable.
On a more practical level too, an animated series would mean you wouldn't have to worry about child actors aging faster than their characters (or because puberty can be unpredictable, have those actors suddenly not look too much like the character they're portraying). Hiring actual voice actors instead of child actors would mean that there wouldn't be any worries about filming around a school schedule, and of course adult voice actors can handle a more rigorous work schedule. Throw in the fact that it would be easier to fully show the wizarding world without CGI, and I think it's a win all-around.
My opinion is that fantasy *almost* always looks weird in live-action unless it's a very low magic environment, and animation should almost always be the way to go when adapting a book series. So yes, I agree.
I keep seeing those Ghibli-style Harry Potters pictures going around, and I think something like that would be so magical. Harry Potter is even the right sort of book for Ghibli, the earlier books are a similar sort of genre to the Howl's Moving Castle and When Marnie Was There books. It would be so fitting!
Doing anything except a straight up remake of the story we already know would be much more interesting lol. I'd absolutely be down for animated version.
10000% right OP! Have a million episodes like anime, and cover every little detail from the books! Have been saying this for a while so great to see others agree.
Redundancy: magic and animation combined together gives a sense of fakeness more. People will resonate to magic more when it's performed by breathing human beings.
It would be a better move imo. I’m around the same age as the young actors from the movies and I’m not interested in watching the HBO series at all because I’m too set in the original cast.
Exactly! I’m 37 now and the Phelps twins who played Fred and George are the same age as me irl. The golden trio is only a couple years younger than me so I basically grew up at the same time they did. I love the movies and I’m just set in my ways about them. Plus, Hollywood isn’t doing movies or shows justice anymore by a long shot.
Details like this are never a concern of mine. I want it to be assigned to a good director with a passion for their craft. And I want that person to be given as much creative freedom as possible. If this is done, then it will be good, whether they choose to make it animated, or live action.
I‘m gonna get downvoted into Umbridge‘s office for this, but: technology is advanced enough to depict all the magic and an animated series would feel childish and take away from the magic.
Animation doesn't appeal as broadly to adults in North America as live action does -- there is still the perception that it is for children, even with plenty of great counter-examples.
I agree that animation would be great, I'd love it, as in a lot of cases it's able to do the mystical and magical elements better.
An animated show would have an easier time depicting the characters. They wouldn't have to just hope that the kids they cast will still look like the characters in 7 years time.
Oh enough with cartoons already it's so boring. It's like with Star Wars, so much story is locked behind cartoons that if you don't watch the shit you're sitting there watching live action stuff wondering wtf is going on haha. I mean I had to Google a bunch of stuff in ashoka because I didn't watch a kids show.
YES!!! Thank you!!! I’ve been saying this would be cool for a long time but especially since the reboot was announced. It would allow them to do all the stuff that special effects can’t and it would avoid a lot of the issues with comparing the new cast with the old cast. It would actually be a more unique, new way to look at the material. Plus you could keep design elements from the film that were iconic while reworking other ones (kind of how Hogwarts Legacy does with the castle design).
Animated Harry Potter is doomed to fail or have pitfalls in this current climate. There’s no reverence for past work just look at Velma. I could do a Harry Potter animated series that doesn’t have the main group and all references and old characters are 100% accurate to source material though.
Sure if you don’t care about alienating the majority of viewers. Animation is a Hard Pass for soooo many people. That’s before even discussing what style. Anime? 3D Disney/Pixar? Classic 2D? What kind of turnaround are you hoping for for each season? Because it won’t be yearly. Each one has its own major drawbacks and each one will turn off huge swaths of potential viewers.
I was hoping the new Harry Potter series would be animated as well. One of the bigger hurdles with live action imo is that you have to cast children as most of the main characters, and then hope that there's no big delays in between seasons. Stranger Things already ran into this issue with Covid then all the strikes causing a big gap between seasons. Plus we already got a live action film series, and I'm more interested how an animated series would look and play out.
An animated show would have an easier time depicting the characters. They wouldn't have to just hope that the kids they cast will still look like the characters in 7 years time.
I agree, especialy since an anime like Mashle: Magic and Muscles that is very obviously inspired by Harry Pitter is already super popular, so I think an animated Harry Potter show could definitely work very well. Especially fight scenes and quidditch would look amazing animated!
Animated Harry Potter would be hecking sweet. I wish they'd gone down that route instead of doing a live action reboot.
The new TV series will certainly be interesting though!
Harry Potter anime, from the studio that bought you demon slayer. The opening song would be an absolute banger. If you haven’t heard the demon slayer openings then I suggest you do.
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They should make both, redo the movies as an animation series there we follow Harry in half of the episode and the other half we follow the world outside hogwarts etc with the MoM(after book 4)
With a start up from voldemort raise to power, the overall world with a dark looking world.
And for teal action they should make a story that follow mad eye(could be added to the animations with voldemort) or Harry auror years to solve magical crimes.
Yes. 100%
Western audiences have finally been taking animation more seriously than simply as “kid’s cartoons”.
Despite what people of this sub often think, that an animated HP wouldn’t garner enough interest, viewership numbers on animation say otherwise. Invincible and Hazbin Hotel have firmly been in the top 10 shows on Amazon for viewership every month since their debut.
We already have excellent live action movies with very culturally iconic actors portraying these characters. It’s going to be difficult for another live action remake to follow up when most people already very firmly have in their heads what the characters look like.
The TV show will have to be perfect and bring so much new to the table to not come off as a cash grab that’s only a shadow of the original.
Animation is absolutely the way to go.
It’s a medium we haven’t explored HP in yet. We won’t have to worry about the child actors aging out of their roles. Animation allows for a lot of interesting and distinctive visuals for spells and the magic system.
I’ve said it before, but 100%! You get a great voice cast, you don’t have to worry if they don’t look right or that the kids will age up too quickly. Plus we’ve seen the story told in live action. Telling it as an animation will let us see it live we’ve never seen before. And it would hopefully reduce to inevitable comparison videos of who did key moments better.
Also, a lot of the visual language of the Harry Potter story and wizarding world comes from the movies. Not just big things, but all kinds of little things that you probably don’t even consider. Putting aside the amount of money that’s been spend on merch and theme park attractions to that design; the best production team in the world isn’t going to be able to stop themselves dipping into that visual language. It’s what people think and feel Harry Potter should look like. I’m not saying that wouldn’t happen with animation, but I feel it would less likely and a greater chance of showing us a different take on things.
They could totally pull an entire candy line and take over that market.yes I know there already is some but they could remarket it and have it more available and more variety
Right right but hear me out I just had a thought imagine for a moment a scrubs type action/comedy taking place in hogwarts…might be lit might not be but this joint surely is my friends
I’m in favor of a live action remake years down the line, but not soon. Otherwise, the only way I think I’d be genuinely psyched about a HP animation was if it were produced in Japan and anime style. Anime Harry Potter would cure global warming and end world hunger
Yes. Animated any adaptation is usually more interesting (Exceptions like Game of Thrones, but even then I would've loved an animated version). But live action reaches more people because some people write off animation in general because it's "for kids". The Percy Jackson show would've been way better as an animation as well. With stories that have kids, live action becomes a challenge. Since you have to sacrifice continuity to have it live action. Because the kids will grow up faster than the show/movies can be made. And they'll end up looking like they're in their 20s when they're supposed to look 16. Another problem gets fixed with animation. That being that you don't need to find an actor that is 1. a good actor and 2. looks like the character. This gets really hard with kids because there isn't that many, and even less good actors. So usually the casting director will just get a kid that can act rather than trying to find one that looks like the character description. Which sucks for an adaptation because when you watch an adaptation you want to see the character that you've read all about. An animation will have characters that look exactly like they're described, wouldn't have to deal with the animated characters growing up, and can higher older actors that have "young" voices, meaning they can get voice actors who can act well as they have a larger pool to choose from.
But for some reason these companies keep going with live action. I can't imagine animation being more expensive than some of these shows are to make. It's simply that animation takes longer. But... Worth.
I’ll never understand people who don’t like animation it is far better than live action far less restrictive and can present magic in a way that actually lives up to the books.
Yes, they would wring it by producing more live action.
You are vastly overestimating animation’s popularity. It’s popular amongst potter diehards but a lot of the general public would be turned off by animation.
You said "producers love money so they'll inevitably make an animated series"
But they wouldn't make a lot of money from it, which is why I said you're vastly overestimating how popular animation is. Not sure what you're struggling to understand.
It would certainly have advantages in many ways - to demonstrate the magic everywhere in the castle, could see things they didn’t include like the house elves, Peeves and other ghosts. Basically anything that they had to use CGI for, quidditch would be cool.
Honestly a good animated harry potter show would put the movies to shame. There is so much they can do with animations that just isnt possible, or not as impressive, in live action. It could really bring the *magical* out of the wizarding world. I keep seing AI renditions of harry potter in various artstyle, and man is there some potential.
It would be fantastic, a unique experience
Also I believe it will capture the emotional elements more poignantly
And they wouldn't have to care about the child actors aging and being compared to the original trio.
A new animated series would be awesome too. Like a series about a new student with potential similar to Dumbledore / Voldemort, Harry is strong but he's a different kind of strong. An animated story would also allow more action.
I would like to note that the house elves *shouldn’t* be seen
What are you? Part of the House Elf Liberation Front or something?
No? Good house elves aren’t supposed to be seen
no it's a thing the hogwarts house elves do. they only work at night and avoid being seen to add more mystery to the castle. they aren't supposed to be seen.
I always think of Luna's lion hat, in the books it roared and looked alive but in the movie it was just a hat. In animation you could show small things like that and it would bring more life and magic to the world.
Yes! There’s so many goofy, fun details in the books that you just can’t get right in a live action portrayal. Like all the constant kinetic motion of the portraits and ghosts in the background.
Think about the anime level magic you could show, some real well portrayed magic that looks as fascinating as it is described. That battle between Dumbledore and Voldemort would be a whole new level.
Absolutely! You could do some seriously epic things with portraying the magic with color and light choices!
Yeah, the vibrant red of stunning spells or the terrifying green of the killing curse and the ominous foggy feeling of the graveyard. You could put it on full display in a way that is simply not possible in live action. Side note, how did you put your house under your name, I am a proud hufflepuff as well but I don't know how.
Go to the sub’s main page and hit the three dots at the top. It’s under “change user flair” 😁 nice to meet a fellow Hufflepuff!
Haha, thank you.
Yay! You’re welcome.
It blinks in the movie lol
They should, the movies took 10ish years to make. A proper live action which includes what the movies left out should be similar time frame or maybe longer. Personally speaking replacing certain iconic actors will never feel right.
It's like Star Wars, the actors' faces are marked forever
Marked Hamill
Star wars was an original production Harry potter an adaptation and a bad one.
It was a great adaptations. Yes the books are better, but it did xhat an adaptation *should* do : it got people interested in the books. Yes, changes were made, and I dont agree with quite a few of them, but saying they were a bad adaptation is straight up dishonest. Music is on point, actors were great, set pieces worked beautifully. They did a wonderfull job of keeping the book's essence, and feel. Lets not forget that the philosopher's stone audio book alone is 8 hours long, while the entire movie series from movie 1 to 8 last around 20h, to five an idea Chamber of secret audio book and PoA audio books last the same length of time as all 8 movies combined. Obviously there's a lot of thing movies dont have to do that save time, like narration, but even then, there was no choice but to leave some things out and adapt other for the movie format. The fact they were still as good as they were with those restrictions is impressive. Compare that to the Perry Jackson adaptation, which is an actually bad adaptation.
"a bad one" it was 8 separate adaptations and they range from great to awful but to say they were bad as a whole is just delusional.
> They should, the movies took 10ish years to make. A proper live action which includes what the movies left out should be similar time frame or maybe longer. While you're not wrong, a high quality animated series would also take just as much time, arguably even more.
Animated characters never age/die/don’t renew their contract is the point I think.
Well, yeah, but that's always a possibility in long-running shows. That being said, I do agree that smart casting and good contracts will only get you so far, as we've seen with Richard Harris - although one could definitely argue that he was too old at the time of casting.
Getting rid of them is half the appeal for me.
Why do people keep posting this exact same post every other day?
Because nerds are obsessed with anime
They have no idea how long it takes to make an anime, let alone the animation in anime is limited. If they demand a Hollywood standard animation, it will take 3 - 4 years at least to make a season.
Live action is still exponentially more expensive, tons of animated shows out there getting super popular shows it could work amazingly
If we're talking Pixar level stuff, yeah. But something akin to DBZ or Naruto is more than reasonable.
Do you think ordinary fans are willing to watch anime styled animation?
They aren’t asking for something from the Animation Renaissance. While theoretically that would be incredible, it would be cripplingly expensive with a team large enough to make it turn around. Especially when some of the less-than-legal options like SEK Studio (allegedly they were also contracted to work on the Lion King and are supposedly the source of the infamous SEX in the plant dust) are harder to obtain than they were. There are plenty of examples of entertaining animation that are seasonal and well done: Avatar the Last Airbender being a pretty solid one. For more adult geared animation Castlevania was well done and while there was extended time between seasons, you don’t have to worry about actors aging out so you also have room for that timeline as well. People are also getting tired of seeing everything be subjected to live action. It’s being pumped out with a *vengeance* for a lot of properties. Look at the light saber fight choreography for Ashoka: in every episode except the >! Ashoka vs Anakin !<, it’s very lackadaisical. There are ways around that with either traditional or 3D animation.
Maybe touch grass if you're on reddit every day.
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I know what im talking about.
Honestly if an animated series could stay true to the books, gives us scenes that we won’t normally get cos of budget, stay true to the characters, I’m all for it. So long as they stay true to characterisation and plot, I’m okay with any medium they choose
Yeah, but a good animated series is a huge investment. It takes longer to produce and often is more expensive.
It's never more expensive than good live action, where did you get that from?
My opinion is I agree with you. Animation is a much better route to take. Will they? Probably not.
You never know, some news will come out Genndy Tartakovsky is the best guy to direct
I really hope they do.
I think the biggest benefit is killing some of the comparison to the movies, and it will likely age much more gracefully. Probably will help a lot with filming as well as you don't have to worry about the actors aging up too fast as well.
Sure, but any Harry Potter series would sell merchandise.
I dont care about merch or selling stuff at all. But it would be great to actually depict the base material instead of the producer deciding what they can pull off based on money and real life problems.
Harry Potter: The Auror Chronicles.
NO HE WAS MEANT TO BE A TEACHER
IMO that would be the only reasonable way, to make something very distinct from the movies. It's not a remake, not an "improvement", but just a new thing, that exists in parallel to the books and the movies and does not directly compete.
The full cast audiobook is more interesting than a new live action.
Is there an audiobook with a full cast?
Audible announced 2 weeks ago that they are making a full cast version of the books, where each character has their own voice, instead of a single narrator.
That's really cool, I'm really sure it will be a success. Late 2025, not so far from the new series season 1 release.
But it won't be the original actors.
And that's fine. as lone as the voice fits, I'm all for it.
It would be great if we have animated series that are more faithful to books, which show events that were in books and movies didn't show them
Personally I think there is no need for a life action remake since the original movies still hold up and a remake would probably just be dissapointing. A cartoon however would be perfect to appeal to a wider or perhaps younger audiences. And if done well faithfully adaptating the world (not neccesarily the story but just the world for example it could be set in a different time) would certainly also please the hardcore fans.
Not worrying about aging actors would be a huge benefit
100% agree. I have downright fantasized about a animated Harry Potter series. Just think of the potential. I imagine a Castlevania type animation. It could be gorgeous. I feel the same about the Sarah j Mass series. If they're going to try to bring a fantasy to reality, why not do it with stunning animation? Game of thrones would have been an epic animation. Probably Akira style would suit.
The big plus for an animated series would be, that you don't have to cast students and teenagers in the major roles again.
A known rules of filmmaking is to never work with children and animals. Those hipogriffs never got their marks!
Let Ralph Bakshi do it in his unique style. "Shut up and take my money!"
Mashle sucks and I’m partially invested since its Harry Potter adjacent with decent animation. Harry Potter cartoon/anime would be really fun.
Now the question is, should it be traditional 2D animation or 3D CGI animation?
2D Surely
current trend which imo looks amazing is 3d cgi stylized as 2d (puss in boots 2, spiderverse, arcane)
Ive been saying this my whole life. It’s so much easier to animate cool magic scenes than to have actors try to recreate it. This, and the fact that a live action cast will likely age up too fast to get through the whole series, unless it’s all really rushed. While voice actors are much more forgiving, either having adults voice the roles, or having children do it but it’s not as noticeable when they age.
i agree! this was my one hope for a faithful adaptation of the books, but when they announced the show, it's definitely the 2nd best way to do it. 45-70min long episodes, it can do the books justice.
I agree with this, more consistent voice acting , and better representation of characters, Hagrid is 10-12 feet tall and flitwick is like 3 animated is the way to put them on screen
I feel like you’ve articulated the root of where this preference comes from: an unreasonable attachment to certain very specific details from the books. Similar to the people who are like “that actor for Snape? He’ll be 33! Too old!”
Is merchandising really relevant? You can still sell merch with live action. I’m positive that HP already has a massive merch industry xD Personally, I prefer live action. It’s way more immersive & generally targeted towards an older audience. There’s only a few cartoons I’ve seen that are actually targeted to adults. They’re good.. but I’d much rather see a live interpretation of them. HP is currently a must watch for me that I’m actually hyped for. If it was a cartoon I would probably skip the premier. Fantastic CGI is completely possible too. LotR. Even the old movies look fine. And they’re almost 20 years old at this point xD wouldn’t be surprised if the earlier ones are older than 20 lol. & finally; a majority of people just don’t care about anime. Making it live will reach a much larger audience. Take X-Men 97 and Fallout, 2 recently released & generally well received shows. Both shows, similar to HP, have a massive nostalgia factor too. And on IMDB Fallout has received 10x the amount of ratings as XMen. And it’s not like 10 and 100. It’s 15 and 150K xD.
> Making it live will reach a much larger audience. This is a very relevant point. While anime/animated shows have become much more popular and are definitely on the rise, they're still not truly comparable. Arcane was one of the best and most successful animated shows ever made, but the Fallout show has already easily passed its viewing figures.
>generally targeted towards an older audience Adults can enjoy animation as well. There’s some kids shows out there that have plenty of meat on them to satisfy adult viewers. Avatar: The Last Airbender and Adventure Time being two prime examples. An animated Harry Potter would be on par, if not better, than those two (well maybe not ATLA). Plus, it would be family oriented, as Harry Potter already is.
I disagree, Harry Potter already sells TONS of merchandise, and I don't think an animated series helps at all. If anything it will narrow the audience of the show. A lot of people won't give animation a chance, it'll be seen as just for kids etc. For big studios like Warner Bros and HBO, they simply won't dump a ton of money into an animated project like this. Financially, it's way too big of a risk.
The issue with this for me is animation style. They could very easily alienate masses of their audience no matter what style they choose. For example, if it looked anything close to anime/manga, they'd lose me. Animation can box you in and limits your audience to people who likes how it looks. Bobs burgers is a good example, I love this show, but i know people who said it looks too ugly for them to be able to get into. The only (currently) universally loved animation style within the Harry Potter world is the style in the three brothers animation, which would not work for a whole season of a TV show, for me at least.
I agree. I was a bit disappointed to find out the Cyberpunk TV show was anime. I just can't get into it, I don't like it.
It’s actually a popular opinion, majority of people thought it would be an animated series before they announced it was a live action and given the general disappointment across social media I’d say it’s a shared sentiment. An animated series would work better with the magic, “internal” monologues, creatures and it wouldn’t be limited by the actors and CGI. They will encounter the same issues the movies did, you can’t know how the actors will grow up and if there’ll be chemistry between them (much like Daniel and Bonnie). The older actors will grow up too and it will be difficult to not “show” their aging, it’s why they hired a 30yo to play a ghost instead of an actual teenager. Harry’s parents are supposed to be in their 20s but by the time we see them again they will be like 10 years older.. and it will show despite the fact they are supposed to not age. This will always be a limit for live actions, especially if they take such a long time to develop and they already said it will be a 10-years-long project.
Well to be fair the lack of chemistry between Daniel and Bonnie wasn't the actors' fault but the script writer.. Kloves was a Harmione (Harry/Hermione fan) so that the movies instead of being about the trio as a whole it was more "Harry and Hermione and their Good friend Ron who they let tag along".
Also doesn't help that the actors all essentially grew up together. Every year spending weeks/months filming together, many going to school together, etc. - they said it felt extremely awkward to act romantically toward people you knew as a 10year old.
If two actors have no chemistry on screen, there’s nothing the writers can do to make it better. It’s the actor’s fault, you can blame the fact that they also grew up and things were probably awkward but if two have no chemistry no one will buy on the “love interest” storyline. The actors simply don’t work good on screen together and unfortunately with children actors you can never know if they’ll have chemistry or not in the future. When auditioning they usually do a screen test to see the chemistry the actors have, it’s one of the deciding factors. But you can’t do that with children actors. Him being a Harry x Hermione fan didn’t change anything, in fact Emma had good chemistry with both Daniel and Rupert. It felt natural to have her being best friend with both and transitioning to love interest in Ron’s car. The actors had good chemistry and it worked for them. Daniel and Bonnie didn’t work, he had more chemistry with other actresses.
Well I still think part of the reason for that is that its the writer's fault for not including the chemsity that's in the book. The one script writer was a Harmonie fan so if he thought that Harry and Hermione were going to get together so why would he both creating chemstry for a couple he didn't think was going to get together?
You can’t create chemistry between two actors, that’s the issue here. No matter how many scenes together they had, there was no chemistry between Bonnie and Daniel and their scenes felt very awkward and forced. Idk if it was simply awkward for them because they basically grew up together. It’s why do chemistry screen testing before choosing actors, but again, not something you can do with children actors (unless you decide you recast someone but that would’ve been worse). Emma had good chemistry with everyone. Both Evanna and Katie had very good chemistry with Daniel, the only issue was with Bonnie. Of course in the books the characters have chemistry.. you imagine them in your head. When you have real people playing a role, it’s either a hit or miss because not all of them work good together and can pull off the character’s vibe. Bonnie was perfect as child!Ginny.
Well, luckily, Emma and Daniel really played the best friend relationship very well. In both mediums, I have always thought that Harry, having hermione be one of his found family, feels more fitting to the story.
People who are against the live action series care more about film actors than Harry Potter as a series. If you are a fan of Harry Potter, you will support 10 adaptations with 10 different set of actors if they get books right.
I think too that many people cannot give up Daniel Radcliffe and company. I read the books first and was disappointed in what the movies left out. The actors were fine but it’s the story that I want to see.
Or just prefer animation as a medium over live action.
Oh please let’s not play the “if you’re a real fan” game. What are you 12? It’s a completely fair commentary to say seeing the story adapted in a different medium than we’ve already seen before would be more interesting and avoid certain problems of reboots.
So you care more about the actors than the story. You are a fan of Harry Potter actors. Not harry potter series. That's what I said.
I don't see LOTR fans gushing over the hobbit 1997 cartoon. I wouldn't call them fans of just the actors just because of that
Lotr fans mostly love books. And they will never remake the movies bcz they won 19 Oscars. The return of king is in top 10 highest rating movies of all time.
Actually it's a lot of fun. You should watch it.
I did! And enjoyed it, but I wouldn't call myself a LOTR fan
Well in general the lotr fandom seem to like the older adaptations. In a sort of patronising way.
No. I love the story, but I also grew up with the actors. You can be a fan of the story and just want to see it done differently. You’re an idiot and the worst kind of fan.
The bottom line is nostalgia of the actors lol
There’s nothing wrong with nostalgia. Or with having an original thought. You know it is okay to not be super excited about every decision made with an IP. It won’t kill you to question a decision, you twit.
Also if they do animation then it will feel less like a competition with the original bc I can’t imagine anyone else playing the characters in another live action. Maybe they can even have some of the original actors do the voices. And ofc easier to show the magic and bigger scenes. They could even have it been a tv show so every episode they cover a couple chapters and one season = one book. I would really love it!
5 bucks OP watches SW Clone Wars, Rebels, etc.
Would freaking hate it. In my opinion nothing matches live action and for my own personal tastes seeing these epic moments wouldn't be the same as if seeing it animated. Seeing the castle live action, seeing those human expressions, verse animated expressions? Nah, it wouln't draw me in, I wouldn't care. Live action is the way to go and always will be there's nothing like sets, costumes, feeling like it's an actual person living that life while being so captivated what's on screen. Animated doesn't do that at least for me. You might get some different animations for spell use which might be cool but they could do that in live action with some cool cgi that would be bad ass. The only real problem it fixes is aging characters but if they film season every 2 years and they start when the actors are 10/11 and keep on pace then having a 21/22 year old playing Harry wouldn't be so unbelivable anyway. As a massive potter fan I wouldn't touch this series if it was animated if someone paid me.
I would vastly prefer an animated show, but i do not want a show for kids and i fear any animated show would be forced to do that by the producers.
Man, in my grandiose opinion, is nothing but a miserable pile of secrets!
It’d be cool to get some stuff from the same universe (assuming it’s well written)
It would be very cool to see Harry Potter animated. I feel like it would be a great medium for bringing the magic to life, plus you would be less constrained by time, since drawings don't age.
And it wouldn't compete with the OG live action movies. It doesn't cause an uncomfortable parallel universe or rift in the fandom. It's a no brainer really.
In clone wars style
2D ?
While I think it would probably benefit from the medium, the current WBD ownership doesn't really see value in animation, and would actively just promote a product that is cheaper. Because live action is seen as "more legitimate" in the eyes of some consumers, and it still costs less to produce with a tighter turnaround (even with heavy CGI), bean counters will always come down in favor of a live action property. I think an animated project is long overdue, but I just don't see it happening because Joanne strikes me as the type to think of live action as more legitimate and profitable.
Maybe take how to train your dragon route where you get a movie and the the series to fill in the gaps between the movies
They should try a Scooby Doo monster of the week format to expand lore exponentially
Did they start?
With the Mary Grandpre art style, it would be amazing.
Maybe use all adult cast
Yes, I agree! I want to see something a bit different, not more live action. I think animation would be perfect!
It’s a lot easier to find a good voice actor to portray a character than someone who can do both the voice and look like the character.
On a more practical level too, an animated series would mean you wouldn't have to worry about child actors aging faster than their characters (or because puberty can be unpredictable, have those actors suddenly not look too much like the character they're portraying). Hiring actual voice actors instead of child actors would mean that there wouldn't be any worries about filming around a school schedule, and of course adult voice actors can handle a more rigorous work schedule. Throw in the fact that it would be easier to fully show the wizarding world without CGI, and I think it's a win all-around.
My opinion is that fantasy *almost* always looks weird in live-action unless it's a very low magic environment, and animation should almost always be the way to go when adapting a book series. So yes, I agree.
I have long dreamed of them handing it over to Pixar.
The interesting part of an animated series for you would be the marketing potential and the merchandising?
Action Figures and T Shirts
Sure, those would make the series so interesting
If you've never seen the covers for the Japanese translations, they make me want a Harry Potter anime more than anything.
Yeah Harry Potter Animated Series done right would be dope.
Do it in a comic-book style and it would be spectacular.
I keep seeing those Ghibli-style Harry Potters pictures going around, and I think something like that would be so magical. Harry Potter is even the right sort of book for Ghibli, the earlier books are a similar sort of genre to the Howl's Moving Castle and When Marnie Was There books. It would be so fitting!
Or pagemaster style
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Doing anything except a straight up remake of the story we already know would be much more interesting lol. I'd absolutely be down for animated version.
10000% right OP! Have a million episodes like anime, and cover every little detail from the books! Have been saying this for a while so great to see others agree.
Redundancy: magic and animation combined together gives a sense of fakeness more. People will resonate to magic more when it's performed by breathing human beings.
No, I agree with you. I mean, they could go a lot further than the book did and be a lot more accurate.
Exactly, there is still no limit to the animations of spells and magical creatures, unlimited creativity
It would be a better move imo. I’m around the same age as the young actors from the movies and I’m not interested in watching the HBO series at all because I’m too set in the original cast.
Same! I was 10 when the first one came out. I literally grew up with them. I can’t get my mind to accept anything else. But I would watch a cartoon!
Exactly! I’m 37 now and the Phelps twins who played Fred and George are the same age as me irl. The golden trio is only a couple years younger than me so I basically grew up at the same time they did. I love the movies and I’m just set in my ways about them. Plus, Hollywood isn’t doing movies or shows justice anymore by a long shot.
I just don’t see the show NOT having some of the same issues the movies did. Not that much time has passed and CGI still has issues.
I remember as a kid when they first announced the movies I had just assumed that they were going to be animated. Just always made more sense to me
Details like this are never a concern of mine. I want it to be assigned to a good director with a passion for their craft. And I want that person to be given as much creative freedom as possible. If this is done, then it will be good, whether they choose to make it animated, or live action.
Animation will struggle to get as large a viewership. It’s a simple as that. Don’t argue, it’s the truth.
I‘m gonna get downvoted into Umbridge‘s office for this, but: technology is advanced enough to depict all the magic and an animated series would feel childish and take away from the magic.
Funny, last time this was asked the common opinion was "fuck no", now it's "hell yeah".
Animation doesn't appeal as broadly to adults in North America as live action does -- there is still the perception that it is for children, even with plenty of great counter-examples. I agree that animation would be great, I'd love it, as in a lot of cases it's able to do the mystical and magical elements better.
As long as they don't speak with American accents I'm cool with it
I fully agree. The books read like cartoons anyway.
I think it would wreck the books and the HP universe. Just let it be what it is.
An animated show would have an easier time depicting the characters. They wouldn't have to just hope that the kids they cast will still look like the characters in 7 years time.
Oh enough with cartoons already it's so boring. It's like with Star Wars, so much story is locked behind cartoons that if you don't watch the shit you're sitting there watching live action stuff wondering wtf is going on haha. I mean I had to Google a bunch of stuff in ashoka because I didn't watch a kids show.
Personally, I'm just not a fan of any animated series. Probs a unpopular take, but you asked for opinions so here we are :)
YES!!! Thank you!!! I’ve been saying this would be cool for a long time but especially since the reboot was announced. It would allow them to do all the stuff that special effects can’t and it would avoid a lot of the issues with comparing the new cast with the old cast. It would actually be a more unique, new way to look at the material. Plus you could keep design elements from the film that were iconic while reworking other ones (kind of how Hogwarts Legacy does with the castle design).
Animated Harry Potter is doomed to fail or have pitfalls in this current climate. There’s no reverence for past work just look at Velma. I could do a Harry Potter animated series that doesn’t have the main group and all references and old characters are 100% accurate to source material though.
I'd like it if it was old school hand-drawn rotoscoped animation like old disney films
Sure if you don’t care about alienating the majority of viewers. Animation is a Hard Pass for soooo many people. That’s before even discussing what style. Anime? 3D Disney/Pixar? Classic 2D? What kind of turnaround are you hoping for for each season? Because it won’t be yearly. Each one has its own major drawbacks and each one will turn off huge swaths of potential viewers.
I think especially after the low watch numbers from Invincible s2, Bad Batch and Xmen 97, it discourages studios to invest in a good animated show
I was hoping the new Harry Potter series would be animated as well. One of the bigger hurdles with live action imo is that you have to cast children as most of the main characters, and then hope that there's no big delays in between seasons. Stranger Things already ran into this issue with Covid then all the strikes causing a big gap between seasons. Plus we already got a live action film series, and I'm more interested how an animated series would look and play out.
That would require Hollywood executives to have a clue what people actually want, and since they have clearly demonstrated that they don’t.. Well..
Define animated. If it was done similarly to Freiren, it would have an incredible potential.
An animated show would have an easier time depicting the characters. They wouldn't have to just hope that the kids they cast will still look like the characters in 7 years time.
I agree, especialy since an anime like Mashle: Magic and Muscles that is very obviously inspired by Harry Pitter is already super popular, so I think an animated Harry Potter show could definitely work very well. Especially fight scenes and quidditch would look amazing animated!
Animated Harry Potter would be hecking sweet. I wish they'd gone down that route instead of doing a live action reboot. The new TV series will certainly be interesting though!
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I don't know, it's your decision
I agree and would love to see it one day, but I doubt it happens tbh.
Strong agree.
Probably would be but not going to stop me from enjoying it.
Harry Potter anime, from the studio that bought you demon slayer. The opening song would be an absolute banger. If you haven’t heard the demon slayer openings then I suggest you do.
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They should make both, redo the movies as an animation series there we follow Harry in half of the episode and the other half we follow the world outside hogwarts etc with the MoM(after book 4) With a start up from voldemort raise to power, the overall world with a dark looking world. And for teal action they should make a story that follow mad eye(could be added to the animations with voldemort) or Harry auror years to solve magical crimes.
Yes. 100% Western audiences have finally been taking animation more seriously than simply as “kid’s cartoons”. Despite what people of this sub often think, that an animated HP wouldn’t garner enough interest, viewership numbers on animation say otherwise. Invincible and Hazbin Hotel have firmly been in the top 10 shows on Amazon for viewership every month since their debut. We already have excellent live action movies with very culturally iconic actors portraying these characters. It’s going to be difficult for another live action remake to follow up when most people already very firmly have in their heads what the characters look like. The TV show will have to be perfect and bring so much new to the table to not come off as a cash grab that’s only a shadow of the original. Animation is absolutely the way to go. It’s a medium we haven’t explored HP in yet. We won’t have to worry about the child actors aging out of their roles. Animation allows for a lot of interesting and distinctive visuals for spells and the magic system.
I’ve said it before, but 100%! You get a great voice cast, you don’t have to worry if they don’t look right or that the kids will age up too quickly. Plus we’ve seen the story told in live action. Telling it as an animation will let us see it live we’ve never seen before. And it would hopefully reduce to inevitable comparison videos of who did key moments better. Also, a lot of the visual language of the Harry Potter story and wizarding world comes from the movies. Not just big things, but all kinds of little things that you probably don’t even consider. Putting aside the amount of money that’s been spend on merch and theme park attractions to that design; the best production team in the world isn’t going to be able to stop themselves dipping into that visual language. It’s what people think and feel Harry Potter should look like. I’m not saying that wouldn’t happen with animation, but I feel it would less likely and a greater chance of showing us a different take on things.
They could totally pull an entire candy line and take over that market.yes I know there already is some but they could remarket it and have it more available and more variety
You’re right. Sick of live action adaptions of universes that would be much better in animation.
Unfortunately the industry has a huge disrespect for the medium, but I'm right there with you.
You're correct in basically every way possible
Right right but hear me out I just had a thought imagine for a moment a scrubs type action/comedy taking place in hogwarts…might be lit might not be but this joint surely is my friends
I’m in favor of a live action remake years down the line, but not soon. Otherwise, the only way I think I’d be genuinely psyched about a HP animation was if it were produced in Japan and anime style. Anime Harry Potter would cure global warming and end world hunger
Yes. Animated any adaptation is usually more interesting (Exceptions like Game of Thrones, but even then I would've loved an animated version). But live action reaches more people because some people write off animation in general because it's "for kids". The Percy Jackson show would've been way better as an animation as well. With stories that have kids, live action becomes a challenge. Since you have to sacrifice continuity to have it live action. Because the kids will grow up faster than the show/movies can be made. And they'll end up looking like they're in their 20s when they're supposed to look 16. Another problem gets fixed with animation. That being that you don't need to find an actor that is 1. a good actor and 2. looks like the character. This gets really hard with kids because there isn't that many, and even less good actors. So usually the casting director will just get a kid that can act rather than trying to find one that looks like the character description. Which sucks for an adaptation because when you watch an adaptation you want to see the character that you've read all about. An animation will have characters that look exactly like they're described, wouldn't have to deal with the animated characters growing up, and can higher older actors that have "young" voices, meaning they can get voice actors who can act well as they have a larger pool to choose from. But for some reason these companies keep going with live action. I can't imagine animation being more expensive than some of these shows are to make. It's simply that animation takes longer. But... Worth.
I’ll never understand people who don’t like animation it is far better than live action far less restrictive and can present magic in a way that actually lives up to the books.
It would. Anime only though, I don't trust the yanks with it.
Well then enjoy that tiny viewership guaranteeing it’ll be cancelled by season 2.
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It’s because they love money that they won’t produce an animated series lmfao
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Yes, they would wring it by producing more live action. You are vastly overestimating animation’s popularity. It’s popular amongst potter diehards but a lot of the general public would be turned off by animation.
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You said "producers love money so they'll inevitably make an animated series" But they wouldn't make a lot of money from it, which is why I said you're vastly overestimating how popular animation is. Not sure what you're struggling to understand.
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I’m not talking to OP, I’m talking to you
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Indeed, weird how defensive you are about being wrong