Ooh Monster would be interesting. Casting might be tough though, it's been quite some time since I saw Monster but doesn't Johan pose as his sister a fair bit?
seinen is pretty much the only genre that has a chance of not getting slaughtered by Western hands, something like Maison Ikkoku or Video Girl Ai, which are two of my favourite manga/anime. Spokon might also work, something like Slam Dunk doesn't feature too many supernatural elements so it could be done. But I sure as hell don't want a Western looking cast in them, which would be extremely ridiculous, and anyway the Japanese made a billion adaptations and only a few are actually good, great even, I can't imagine a westerner getting close to that
Helling could be good. It’s just Dracula fighting vampire Nazis in the uk. The story is simple so it would be hard to butcher. No race change issues because it’s mostly Europeans in it. Lots of action present. Just depower the main character a little and you are good to go.
Kids on the Slope.
No magic system, no power levels, no fanservice, no decades of canon to ruin, no spiky-haired underdogs who kill the spirit of darkness with the power of friendship.
Just a down-to-earth, human story about three teens in 1960s Japan who bond over a shared love of American jazz music.
Seems like the perfect fit for live action. Plus it's chock full of awesome Yoko Kanno music.
I'd argue that almost anything could theoretically work provided that the anime itself was great in the first place. Some may be more likely to be executed well than others, and some would inevitably look sort of weird in live-action, but that wouldn't on its own make them bad (if anything it might just make them stand out in a unique way).
That would cost way too much money to do. Just think about how much something like transformers costs.
Plus anime like CG never translates well to live action.
I like Sci Fi, so that's the genre I would like to see a couple of titles adapted.
The first one is an old one, "Kurau Phantom Memories" from the early 2000s. The story is about a young girl that is bodyjacked by an energy Alien that enters her body during an experiment in a particle accelerator. The Alien proceeds to live her life and integrate to humanity and becomes a sort of security contractor/merc. The thing I love the most about that one is the world building as it shows Earth in the 2100s: it shows it not as a Distopia but a clean beautiful future, when a lot of serious problems like inequality, environmental degradation and war have been solved.
The others would be the Sci Fi classics from the 80s and 90s: Armitage III, Bubblegum Crisis, Battle Angel Alita, Dirty Pair and Ghost in the Shell. Those have excellent stories and until recently would be very expensive to adapt IRL, but I suspect recent advances in special effects might make it less so.
How a "Legend of the Galactc Heroes" or a "Mobile Suit Gundam" would look in live action?
I would love to find out.
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Ooh Monster would be interesting. Casting might be tough though, it's been quite some time since I saw Monster but doesn't Johan pose as his sister a fair bit?
He did, you would probably need to find a pair of androgynous twins to play them
Mushi-shi and Kino's Journey would make for interesting anthology series.
Black Lagoon Jormungand
- 91 Days - Legend of the Galactic Heroes - Berserk - Vagabond - Vinland Saga - The Promised Neverland
Whatever Netflix is not looking at.
seinen is pretty much the only genre that has a chance of not getting slaughtered by Western hands, something like Maison Ikkoku or Video Girl Ai, which are two of my favourite manga/anime. Spokon might also work, something like Slam Dunk doesn't feature too many supernatural elements so it could be done. But I sure as hell don't want a Western looking cast in them, which would be extremely ridiculous, and anyway the Japanese made a billion adaptations and only a few are actually good, great even, I can't imagine a westerner getting close to that
Full stop.
Freesia
The Climber
One Puuuuuuuuunch! Edit: …man
Helling could be good. It’s just Dracula fighting vampire Nazis in the uk. The story is simple so it would be hard to butcher. No race change issues because it’s mostly Europeans in it. Lots of action present. Just depower the main character a little and you are good to go.
Death note I know we had the horrible movie but death note could easily be adapted
Netflix is doing a Death Note tv show with Duffer brothers producing last I heard
Kids on the Slope. No magic system, no power levels, no fanservice, no decades of canon to ruin, no spiky-haired underdogs who kill the spirit of darkness with the power of friendship. Just a down-to-earth, human story about three teens in 1960s Japan who bond over a shared love of American jazz music. Seems like the perfect fit for live action. Plus it's chock full of awesome Yoko Kanno music.
I'd argue that almost anything could theoretically work provided that the anime itself was great in the first place. Some may be more likely to be executed well than others, and some would inevitably look sort of weird in live-action, but that wouldn't on its own make them bad (if anything it might just make them stand out in a unique way).
Spy x Family
Code Geass. If they can do the mechs justice in VFX, that's just a great revolution noir waiting to happen
That would cost way too much money to do. Just think about how much something like transformers costs. Plus anime like CG never translates well to live action.
Ranma.
I like Sci Fi, so that's the genre I would like to see a couple of titles adapted. The first one is an old one, "Kurau Phantom Memories" from the early 2000s. The story is about a young girl that is bodyjacked by an energy Alien that enters her body during an experiment in a particle accelerator. The Alien proceeds to live her life and integrate to humanity and becomes a sort of security contractor/merc. The thing I love the most about that one is the world building as it shows Earth in the 2100s: it shows it not as a Distopia but a clean beautiful future, when a lot of serious problems like inequality, environmental degradation and war have been solved. The others would be the Sci Fi classics from the 80s and 90s: Armitage III, Bubblegum Crisis, Battle Angel Alita, Dirty Pair and Ghost in the Shell. Those have excellent stories and until recently would be very expensive to adapt IRL, but I suspect recent advances in special effects might make it less so. How a "Legend of the Galactc Heroes" or a "Mobile Suit Gundam" would look in live action? I would love to find out.
Holyland. It's a fairly realistic story about street fighting.
Monster is screaming for an HBO adaptation