Live Action Anime Adaptations Netflix
Live action anime movies have a reputation for being terrible.
Live action anime adaptations netflix. Netflix has been investing into anime big time. This comes after a 2018 announcement that netflix would distribute a live action. There are extremely few situations where hollywood takes on anime find mass success. The company has already produced live action adaptations of properties like death note made high profile acquisitions of.
Live action anime adaptations often feel like extremely risky endeavors especially in america. Mob psycho 100 2018 netflix series the wildly popular psychic action anime has a. This reputation is not unearned anyone who has seen or even heard of the atrocious netflix death note adaptation can see that much. The new series is a further move by netflix to court manga and anime fans.
Whether its whitewashing characters or destroying complex plots in favor of nonsense most live action anime adaptations just dont do a very good job of bringing their source material to life. Oh yeah and lets not forget the last airbender with the original creators. On wednesday the streaming service announced a live action adaptation of popular manga and anime one piece. They got the rights to cowboy bebop live action as well as sword art online.