Postby Mangafanatic » Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:22 am
I think the reason I cringe at the idea of anime being made in live action movies is because their are so many things a character that is only bound by the creativity of his makers pen can do that a real person (with or without Hollywood magic) just can't do. Furthermore, an director who takes on such a project is simply begging fans to write him hate letters. Afterall, think of all the tumult that surrounds book to movie adaptations. Atleast in a book every person imagines the characters and the actions slightly differently from the next fan, and, therefore, most actors of actresses playing book characters will fit atleast some people's mental image of the characters. But in anime-- everbody has the same character image, and the same image of the way the action should flow, ect. It will be IMPOSSIBLE for any director to put what every fan will be expecting onto film. Poor directors. They're just asking for a bloody nose.
Plus, as sad as it makes me, I think that they're making live action movies because people won't see the anime.
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