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Have these live-action adaptations ever worked out well?
I remember some years ago when people online were genuinely excited about an Akira remake made in the US. Sounded like the worst idea of all time to me.
Akira literally cannot exist outside of Japan because the story is tied to Japan and its history so closely that removing it from that setting changes the entire meaning of the story. Some a-holes just watched the animated film, scratched their chins and said "yeah, cyberpunk is hip again and this has a following that will pay for anything related to it. Hire some underpaid loser to write a screenplay for an Americanized version of it." Then when it bombs the producers go "Oh well, I guess the source material sucked."
Maybe they will cast Samuel L Jackson as Akira.
When the goddamn Guyver from 1991 is the best Americanized live-action of a manga/anime out there... You know you should just stop making them. After all, even the Japanese live-action adaptations suck.
I remember some years ago when people online were genuinely excited about an Akira remake made in the US. Sounded like the worst idea of all time to me.
Akira literally cannot exist outside of Japan because the story is tied to Japan and its history so closely that removing it from that setting changes the entire meaning of the story. Some a-holes just watched the animated film, scratched their chins and said "yeah, cyberpunk is hip again and this has a following that will pay for anything related to it. Hire some underpaid loser to write a screenplay for an Americanized version of it." Then when it bombs the producers go "Oh well, I guess the source material sucked."
Maybe they will cast Samuel L Jackson as Akira.
When the goddamn Guyver from 1991 is the best Americanized live-action of a manga/anime out there... You know you should just stop making them. After all, even the Japanese live-action adaptations suck.