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Originally Posted by jwfort
some animes like naruto for example should never be done. But like Nodame Cantabile is originally a manga/anime, but they did a drama for it, and it was awesome beyond all words. Animes with lots of action and special effects wouldn't make a good live action, unless you have an unlimited budget and can afford great effects.
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That's my view on it as well. Sailor Moon as a LA was awful because it had a tiny budget so they just couldn't pull off the effects well enough. Everything was cheezy plastic- they even had an unanimated stuffed toy as Luna. I mean, even Sabrina the Teenage Witch managed better than that!
Death Note was actually pretty good, in comparison. Ryuk was quite well animated, although some of the acting was a little squiffy. A few others have been Ok. Not amazing, just Ok. Lovely Complex was a good laugh. Tenipuri was lolzy, but not cringeworthy. I don't mind the look of the Girl Who Leapt Through Time trailer, but the story seems different, so I wonder how they've changed it. Trouble is, these LA versions have to live up to a) an already popular original, b) add a little something to it, or else it's not worth the bother and c) compete with a large variety of much slicker films and TV shows. That's a pretty tall order and I imagine a lot of producers don't think it's worth it, not when you're only appealing to a bunch of quite picky fans. Which is probably why Dragonball was a flop. They tried to expand it to a general audience, but failed miserably because they lost everything that was good about the original and alienated all the people who would have loved it for nostalgia's sake.
I do hate the Americanization a lot of these anime are getting though. Hack special affects and cheap actors is tolerable in comparison to a complete bastardization of the story just to make it appeal in America.
EDIT: Sakuran was a great piece of cinematography though! I had no idea that was even an anime/manga originally.