Archived If there's one anime you really don't want to see a live-action adaptation, what anime would it be? (anime)
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Archived If there's one anime you really don't want to see a live-action adaptation, what anime would it be? (anime)
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[–] DZPt ago
How is three books adapted to a movie comparable to an animated series being adapted to a live-action series? Or did I fail to infer this question was about movies?
I understand creativity but I disagree that an actor can't be as expressive as an animated character.
Sorry if this seemed confrontational. It seems so when reading it...
[–] chronicdiscord ago
No worries.
I mean it is comparable in the same way you quoted me.
Elements are stripped out for film that are often important. Just look to Ender's Game. Which is a combination of Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow, and does a horrible job of it.
Details of the how and why of events are left behind in taking a book and translating it into a script, then additional details are lost by the actor and director having input on how a character is portrayed then finally an editor has their say on how a character is presented.
Ender went from being a tiny loving child who grew into a hard but empathic young man to being a tween who liked to fight. All his soul was lost.
Taking an anime and moving it into a live action film the one with the creative vision loses complete control. Where Cowboy Bebop allows the director to tell everything at their speed and with every expression made as they want it, an actor could never do exactly what a director wants. Spike could go from a free spirited man with a dark past to just another gun wielding generic hero trope.
Anime directors have a far greater control over their work's details than any director ever will with live action elements.
[–] DZPt ago
Okay my confusion was thinking the live action adaption was a tv series not a movie.