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@@jakushkadarkstalker6278---Hey I hadn't heard of the movie either. It was my brother who told me it was an anime. Glad I went to see it. And I really hope we see a sequel one day.
To be fair, if Dragon Ball Evolution wasn't made, Toriyama wouldn't have gotten out of retirement and made Battle of Gods, Resurrection F, Dragon Ball Super, DBS Broly and Super Hero.
I just don't understand how people in the editing room and studio executives looked at the final cut of Dragonball Evolution and thought "yeah this looks good, fans will love it" 🤦
What’s hilarious is that the live action Dragon Ball movie was originally set to be the first of a series of live-action films, with the sequel adapting the Dragon Ball Z anime. Thankfully the sequels were cancelled due to the box office disaster. Akira Toriyama wouldn’t want his legacy to be butchered by Hollywood.
Hey if Dragonball Evolution wasn't made we wouldn"t have Dragonball super. Since Akira Toriyama hated the movie so much it inspired him to make Dragonball super.
@@RedXlV Yet because of this butchered adaption Akira Toriyama is now very hesitant to allow a live action along with a lot of legendary manga artist. Like Oda he took a big risk by allowing a live action One Piece well he did supervise it so that's a plus.
Bio booster armor Guyver is one of my favorite anime from the 80s. It’s a shame that it’s been forgotten. Out of control was never even released on DVD.
While the first American live-action adaption of Bio-Booster Armor Guyver did suck, it's sequel Guyver 2: Dark Hero which had actor/martial artist/stuntman David Hayter who later been known as the long-running VA of Solid Snake in MGS1, 2, 4, and Big Boss/Naked Snake in MGS 3 and a writer for some of the best Sci-Fi/Action films as the lead role of Sean Boswell/Guyver Unit-01 was actually good yes the sequel actually felt like what a properly made American live-action adaption of Bio-Booster Armor Guyver should be, and it did so well that as David revealed in a interview that New Line Cinema actually came to him and offered him the chance to reprise the role of Sean/Guyver Unit-01 for a third film and he accepted however Guyver 3 was hit with so many problems during pre-production that by the time the film was ready to begin with production New Line Cinema's time with the rights with sci-fi/horror/action Manga/Anime ran out.
This list is just reminding me of how the live action One Piece should not have worked as well as it did. Thank God one of my favorite series wasn’t butchered.
I'm with you on this movie. I was halfway through the movie and was thinking "this feels like an anime", only to do some Google after I left to see that it was base off an anime.
I really enjoyed ghost in the shell live action movie more then Alita battle angel. Fantastic job on the video watch mojo. Honourable mention of black butler live action movie made me check out the anime also check out the manga series love it.
#9 I didn't and don't see the "Controversy" of casting Scarlett Johannson #1 The best anime adaptation ever made. (which is not a high bar to clear). Sucks that we didn't get a sequel.
Dragonball Evolution and Cowboy Bebop are the huge offenses to me... On the flip side, some of these I didn't know had live adaptations: Assassination Classroom, Mob Psycho 100 and Speed Racer
the same with Saint Seiya (knights of the zodiac) I know that these anime wasn't popular in USA but here in Latin America it is considered a classic at the level of Dragon ball.
The only good live action movies or television and based on anime are really just Alice in borderland, One piece, and kakegurui. All the other shows or movies that people have tried in America that people have been trying to make money off of Japan live action directors trying to make money off of the main anime it's just really effing annoying and should just stop trying.
@10:39, two words: Rinko Kikuchi. @16:51, I LIKED Speed Racer even though it could have been executed better. What about: "Space Battleship Yamato"? "Crying Freeman"? "Fist of the North Star"? "Fullmetal Alchemist"? "Black Butler"?
The only thing about Death Note (2017) that was remotely good about it, was Willem Dafoe as Ryuk. That was an exelent casting choice. I grew up watching the Raimi Spider-Man Trilogy, and I've never forgotten how freaky he was as the Green Goblin.
I'm surprised Fullmetal Alchemist wasn't on the list. Or rather, did anyone actually want a Fullmetal Alchemist movie? I saw some of Cowboy Bebop but i couldn't continue after the second episode. As for Dragonball Evolution, I saw the movie on HBO. That movie was an insult to Dragon Ball. Fun fact: Justin Chatwin and Emmy Rossum who starred in that movie are also on the series Shameless.
Alita Battle Angel's movie was actually much better than the anime It had a more fleshed-out story, with deeply explored characters and better/more iconic moments The eyes didn't bother me at all, I don't understand why people dislike it 😂
I like the guyver 2 more than the first one because it was closer in terms that it was rated r it was gory, plus respected the lore more. Major plus it has David hayter aka solid snake in it.
A lot of people do, they're a lot better than WatchMojo is portraying them as here. Not perfect, but still pretty good for live-action! _Alita_ in particular actually makes you feel like you're watching an anime series (not as much as _One Piece_ live-action, but still), which is honestly a big compliment for an adaptation.
I love Bleach so much so that I have a combination of Ichigo's hollow mask and combat pass tattooed on my leg. When I saw the live action adaptation of Bleach on Netflix I tried to watch it, but I only got about 5 minutes in before I had to turn it off cuz I didn't like it. Then they ended up trying to dub it later and it still didn't work. I'll just stick with the anime version.
Dragonball Evolution failed because Stephen Chow(Kung Fu Hustle, great film see it) didn't direct and was not allowed to submit any ideas. Instead we got the guy that directed two Final Destination films and Jet Li's The One to call action and some guy named Ben Ramsey(who had never written anything before) to pen the script.
Hey, I don't know what you're going through or what's happened to you but I do know that your situation is temporary. I care about you and I genuinely hope you're doing okay. You got this no matter what it is you're facing. Know that there is still hope and that there is still love. You're going to make it. My life isn't perfect either you're not alone you've never been alone. There is so much light that's going to come to your life. You got this. WE got this. 💗
I don't think anyone has said it, but One Piece. No one wanted it, no one asked for it, and now we cannot wait for season 2 as the creators did everything to make it work. Granted there are parts in which people dislike or don't work well, but it was still a fantastic time. Looking forward to season 2.
Crucify me, but I loved the live-action COWBOY BEBOP Especially Daniella Pineda I know her version of Faye wasn't faithful at all, but I loved her in her own way She was cute, funny and energetic
I blame AVI ARAD for the failure of the live-action GHOST IN THE SHELL He ruined the same way he ruined TASM2 If he really helms NARUTO, it will suffer the same fate
Hey, WatchMojo. Can you please do a list of the 30 Cutest Girls in Anime? Here's a couple of examples of these adorable cinnamon rolls you guys should mention. Examples: Sumi Sakurasawa (Rent-A-Girlfriend) Eri (My Hero Academia) Anya Forger (Spy x Family) The Platelets (Cells At Work!) Filo (The Rising of the Shield Hero) Chibiusa (Sailor Moon series) Yoshino Himekawa (Date A Live) Kanna Kamui (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid) Chiyo Mihama (Azumanga Daioh) Wendy Marvell (Fairy Tail)
Honorable mention: Komi Can't Communicate. Technically, this aired before the actual anime, but I feel no one asked for a live action adaptation. And like with Kaguya-Sama, the problem is not with the writing, but the style used. The dialogue and jokes are clearly meant for a more ‘animated’ series, and I'm glad the anime exists as this is how Komi-San should be expected for those who don’t have access to the manga.
There were no race problems in Ghost in the Shell. Scarlett Johansen was a great pick, and the only people who had a problem with it were activists, not fans. She's a machine and being hidden from her past--obviously there's no reason for her race as a flesh human and as a machine should match.
How about all of them? Film studios need to realize a simple concept- if the source material was great, then don't try to f it up with bad live action. Instead, focus on remastering classics for the current age and keep those that are still stunning ALONE.
I have seen a trailer for "Speed Racer" when I was little, but didn't know the name of the movie. I have also seen a trailer for "Alita: Battlr Angel". had no idea the other movies on this list came out. They all seem great. Also, I thought the live action One Piece would be one of them. The guy's hairdo in the live action Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is a different hair color compared to the anime.
I would've liked a proper adaptation of Cowboy Bebop and Dragon Ball. It's a shame the one's we got were just plain awful. Ghost in the Shell i watched and didn't hate it. Wasn't anything special. Scarlett Johansson i thought was fine. Alita i hadn't even heard of. Read some reviews and saw the trailer and thought i'd give it a watch. Really enjoyed it. Irony there that number 1 was the best film out of all of them and it really was the one i wanted the least.
Sorry, but I EXTREMELY disagree with you number one ! "Alita" is very good !! I am looking forward to the possible part 2 !!! ( what abou a list like that with the GOOD adaptations ?? My number one goes to "Yamato"... and "Guntz" must be on the list .
Netflix's Cowboy Bebop was a huge disappointment. John Cho and Mustafa Shakir were amazing as Spike and Jet, and they kept Yoko Kanno as a composer, but that was it. They did an amazing job with One Piece though.
And the reason One Piece succeeded is because they captured the tone of the series, practically everybody was perfectly cast, & it respected the source material. I’m still mad at how Vicious was done dirty in that live action.
@@Phanthief95 Yes, thank you! They made Vicious into a spoiled, whiny child. Even worse made Julia to be a typical damsel in distress instead of a femme fatale like she was in the anime. And to add further disrespect, they made Faye sex crazy.
It got lucky was an understatement. The actors did a GREAT job and the tone was done right by people who actually love the source material. That’s saying a lot. Aside from how involved Oda has been
Alita Battle-Angel is the best by far. It's not great or anything, but it is enjoyable if you like CGI fight scenes. and I'm guessing, UA-cam won't allow you all to show footage of Bleach, One piece, Pokémon, and my personal favorite Samurai X. Even with its controversies and inconsistencies, it's still the best one of all the anime movie adaptations shown here.
First Disney went down the dark path of making live action remakes, and now Japan. Just when I was hoping Japan would stay on the good path of 2D hand-drawn animation. Well, there's still Ireland with their new studio, Cartoon Saloon. P.S. Should've added One Piece to this list.
The worst live action adaptation definitely was Dragon Ball Evolution. I saw a little bit of it on TV once and I just turned it off because it was abysmal. Though funny thing is...a former friend of mine actually kinda liked it for some reason. The best live action adaptation for me? Yeah I'm gonna be biased and say it was Bungo Stray Dogs: Beast. The graphics may have been cheesy but the fact that the script was co-written by Asagiri himself and the cast was done by the stage actors, it more than made up for it. Though it didn't follow the novel exactly, I still loved the new direction that it took especially when it put more focus on Oda and gave us some insight of how Chuuya handled...what happened at the end. Even an inclusion of a certain anemic rat villain was really awesome too. It wasn't perfect by any means but it was still a movie that I waited months for.
It feels contradictory having Death Note that high up. I think plenty of people asked for a Death Note adaptation. It wasn't a terrible idea considering that it focuses on psychological drama rather than action, so as a concept it's not doomed to failed. Having it above something as ridiculous as Jojo's Bizarre Adventure makes this list just weird.
I’m kind of sad that they didn’t even mention the Fist of the North Star Live action from the 90’s. I m not sure who in the heck ask for that because I don’t think any of the fans of the anime asked for it.
What about Devilman? I hoped for this Movie to be in this List. That was.... a special Movie lol. Even if the CIG was 2004, it had some sick world ending scenario at the end what blew my mind back then. But after that scene, the Movie was fairly bad. It was so bad in fact, everyone forgot about it.
Once again, you gloss over the fact that people in Japan actually LOVED Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell. All the "controversy" was here in the West. Japanese fans only objected to the changes in the story. They supported her in that role because she actually LOOKS like the character.
We already have one for Gantz; it was done by Japan as 2 films and a CGI film and written by the author of the series. Highly recommend you check them out. As far as Claymore, we need a better/complete adaptation as anime first. Guyver on the other hand is a guilty pleasure for me, especially the sequel Dark Hero with David Hayter (Solid Snake of Metal Gear).
Main stream media is always looking for a controversy and if they can't find one they make one up. Major in Ghost in a Shell isn't even Japanese in the manga or anime.
How was what happened with Ghost in the Shell idiotic? How is it idiotic that the CREATOR of the OG manga and therefore Major signed off on Scarlett Johanson in the role? In fact he said was perfect in the role because Major ISN'T Japanese. Major isn't even her real name. Major has no race because she isn't human. No the media just had to override him because Japanese people are problematic and they needed fake outrage.
Knights of the Zodiac probably went bad only cause of like The Last Airbender (film to Avatar). Trying to squish a whole season into a single movie is a bad idea. Turning a movie into a series instead is sometimes ok, as it allow to expand to the story, so long it doesn't get off track or drags out. So that's why for KotZ. I'm not saying it's the worst, I'm saying on why its listed here.
That movie got bad because of the poor direction (Masami Kurumada choose a director who didn't even allowed Mackenyu to study the role of Seiya and wanted to make another story which ended up worst than the CGI reboot) and writing, the cast was fine and the CGI wasn't bad. The guy who directed clash of the titans (Louis Letterier) is a huge fan of saint seiya and he inspired in it to create the armor for the movie, he should've been the one directing it
It just a thriller cause theres something creep up inside the dark Micheal Jackson is dead tho so it's just the thriller thriller night ain't no ones gonna save u from the get up get up tonight
DB Evolution should've been 1. 2 would be on Cowboy Bebop with how bad it was. Alita: Battle Angel was fun to watch even without knowing anything about it's origins. Hoped for a sequel after it's ending. Speed Racer was fine for me
Which ones did we ask for though, I'm drawing a blank... I like the live action Alita: Battle Angel, Speed Racer, and Cowboy Bebop though. The worst I've seen was probably the Blood: The Last Vampire and Kite live action movies.
I remember watching the live action version of The Guyver and being appalled at the cluster fuck they had created. They shifted the story to America, made Sho Fukamachi American and basically nothing like the original protagonist, and the effects were bad enough that it made the Power Rangers look like Star Wars. You know it is a total failure when the movie's highlights are J.J. Walker turning into a Zoanoid and Mark Hamill's CIA agent turned into what appeared to be a giant cockroach.
I 100% LOVED Alita, and can't wait for the second one!!! Now people may not have asked for the Guyver, but you loved that second one though, didn't you?!
How would anyone like a live action TV show of Fullmetal Alchemist? I’m currently working on one. I’ve written a script for the pilot episode, but I need to get it professionally polished and I need help getting someone to produce it. I really want to get the author involved but I don’t know how to get in touch with her since she lives in Japan.
Jojo, Alita, Ghost in Shell, Assassination Classroom and One Piece Live action were greatest i ever saw as the creater of Ghost in Shell doesn't gave a damn about MC race and how much the creater was involved in One Piece
I never realized Attack On Titan movie got rid of half of THE most important characters in the story😂. That’s what happens when you make a movie too soon before the manga or show is over lol
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Everytime I hear about anime I fart😂😂😂
@@mr.fartman for one , nobody asked or cares if you do. Your comment is really immature
@@mr.fartman then why are you here
Lol not really. All these live adapts suck
@@mr.fartman how is this even funny? I don't get it 😕
I liked the live-action Alita Battle-Angel. It helps compel me to see part of the original anime. I hope it gets a sequel, eventually.
It was the movie we didn't knew we wanted ❤
@@Badasspredator---Couldn't agree with you more friend
It was surprisingly good considering I had never heard of it before the announcement of the movie.
@@jakushkadarkstalker6278---Hey I hadn't heard of the movie either. It was my brother who told me it was an anime. Glad I went to see it. And I really hope we see a sequel one day.
Nobody ask for Dragon Ball Evolution
Anime sucks😂😂😂
@@mr.fartman just like your stupid spams
@@jimbo9208 exactly he is attention seeking and he needs to stop
To be fair, if Dragon Ball Evolution wasn't made, Toriyama wouldn't have gotten out of retirement and made Battle of Gods, Resurrection F, Dragon Ball Super, DBS Broly and Super Hero.
I believe the story was 20th Century Fox was about to lose licensing to DragonBall so they wanted to make money off of it before a deadline.
I just don't understand how people in the editing room and studio executives looked at the final cut of Dragonball Evolution and thought "yeah this looks good, fans will love it" 🤦
I never really liked anime😂😂😂
@@mr.fartmanTHEN WHY DID YOU COMMENT ABOUT IT YOU BOT
@mr.fartman why did you comment about it then?
@@Sanguine808 because he is just a BOT and a spammer who doesn't have anything else to do with his life 🙄
Correction: A LOT of people asked for a live-action Attack on Titan. They just... wanted a better one.
Not just AOT but mostly all anime were wanted to be better one, except the first one is so damn good!
What’s hilarious is that the live action Dragon Ball movie was originally set to be the first of a series of live-action films, with the sequel adapting the Dragon Ball Z anime. Thankfully the sequels were cancelled due to the box office disaster.
Akira Toriyama wouldn’t want his legacy to be butchered by Hollywood.
If it actually does happen, who do you think would play as Vegeta?
Hey if Dragonball Evolution wasn't made we wouldn"t have Dragonball super. Since Akira Toriyama hated the movie so much it inspired him to make Dragonball super.
@@DejaVuae86 The fact that it was *so bad* that it got Akira Toriyama to actually care about Dragon Ball again is really amazing.
@@RedXlV Yet because of this butchered adaption Akira Toriyama is now very hesitant to allow a live action along with a lot of legendary manga artist. Like Oda he took a big risk by allowing a live action One Piece well he did supervise it so that's a plus.
Speed Racer was amazing. I supported when it came out, and I still support it now
I'm also surprised Casshern wasn't on this list. People hated it
To be fair, some of these live action anime adaptation had a every opportunity to be great. It was just handled by the wrong filmmakers 🤷
in case of Alita and One Piece , i disagree
@@SirsasthNigam. I thought Cowboy Bebop was perfect for an adaptation. Then One Piece came out and is another smash hit adaptation!
Knights of the Zodiac (Saint Seiya) is a great example, it should've been directed by Louis Letterier
My country had Voltes V: Legacy last year.
Alita battle Angel is a cult classic it’s got a decent fan base and they’re even negotiating for a sequel right now. Let’s not sleep on it just yet.
I remember Alita being announced as a kid. It was released when I was already an Adult. It wasn't really bad but they have many years to nail it
Bio booster armor Guyver is one of my favorite anime from the 80s. It’s a shame that it’s been forgotten. Out of control was never even released on DVD.
While the first American live-action adaption of Bio-Booster Armor Guyver did suck, it's sequel Guyver 2: Dark Hero which had actor/martial artist/stuntman David Hayter who later been known as the long-running VA of Solid Snake in MGS1, 2, 4, and Big Boss/Naked Snake in MGS 3 and a writer for some of the best Sci-Fi/Action films as the lead role of Sean Boswell/Guyver Unit-01 was actually good yes the sequel actually felt like what a properly made American live-action adaption of Bio-Booster Armor Guyver should be, and it did so well that as David revealed in a interview that New Line Cinema actually came to him and offered him the chance to reprise the role of Sean/Guyver Unit-01 for a third film and he accepted however Guyver 3 was hit with so many problems during pre-production that by the time the film was ready to begin with production New Line Cinema's time with the rights with sci-fi/horror/action Manga/Anime ran out.
This list is just reminding me of how the live action One Piece should not have worked as well as it did.
Thank God one of my favorite series wasn’t butchered.
My family really liked Alita. However we were not familiar with the Anime at all so perhaps that had something to do with it.
I'm with you on this movie. I was halfway through the movie and was thinking "this feels like an anime", only to do some Google after I left to see that it was base off an anime.
Same with me, and that goes for Ghost In A Shell too, no idea it was originally an anime
Title : The Unstoppable Anime All-Stars
Main Characters Live Action Actors Wishlist :
1.Naruto Uzumaki(Naruto) = Oakes Fegley
2.Izuku Midoriya(My Hero Academia) = Tom Holland
3.Monkey D Luffy(One Piece) = Inaki Godoy
4.Ichigo Kurosaki(Bleach) = Sota Fukushi
5.Tanjiro Kamado(Demon Slayer) = Manny Jacinto
6.Asta(Black Clover) =Yuki Furukawa
7.Akame(Akame Ga Kill) = Cho Yi-Hyun
8.Asuna Yuuki(Sword Art Online) = Rowan Blanchard
9.Emilia(Re Zero) = Penelope Cruz
10.Megumin(Konosuba) = Emma Stone
11.Maka Albarn(Soul Eater) = Olivia Holt
12.Shinoa Hiiragi(Seraph Of The End) = Maki Horikita
The first two that came to my mind as soon as I saw the video title were Dragon Ball Evolution and the previous Avatar the last airbender
I dont think Avatar The Last Airbender is considered an anime. Its an American cartoon show.
@@scottsummers4234 You’re right. It’s just it also popped up in my mind
I really enjoyed ghost in the shell live action movie more then Alita battle angel. Fantastic job on the video watch mojo. Honourable mention of black butler live action movie made me check out the anime also check out the manga series love it.
Sadly people SHOULD be happy we got Dragon Ball Evolution because it was so bad it got Akira Toriyama to basically come back and make Super.
#9 I didn't and don't see the "Controversy" of casting Scarlett Johannson
#1 The best anime adaptation ever made. (which is not a high bar to clear). Sucks that we didn't get a sequel.
Dragonball Evolution and Cowboy Bebop are the huge offenses to me... On the flip side, some of these I didn't know had live adaptations: Assassination Classroom, Mob Psycho 100 and Speed Racer
Same, only I watched the trailer fo "Speed Racer" when I was little and didn't know the name of the movie.
the same with Saint Seiya (knights of the zodiac)
I know that these anime wasn't popular in USA but here in Latin America it is considered a classic at the level of Dragon ball.
Anyone making a live action adaptation of an anime should consult the manga creator or even the anime creator.
The only good live action movies or television and based on anime are really just Alice in borderland, One piece, and kakegurui. All the other shows or movies that people have tried in America that people have been trying to make money off of Japan live action directors trying to make money off of the main anime it's just really effing annoying and should just stop trying.
I can actually think of a few people that wanted a live action Death Note. All of them wanted Light to be played by Zac Efron
Who tf wanted Zac Efron? Where did u hear this?
@@firefly8589 everywhere. It was too the point that he was actually asked about it
@10:39, two words: Rinko Kikuchi. @16:51, I LIKED Speed Racer even though it could have been executed better. What about: "Space Battleship Yamato"? "Crying Freeman"? "Fist of the North Star"? "Fullmetal Alchemist"? "Black Butler"?
The only thing about Death Note (2017) that was remotely good about it, was Willem Dafoe as Ryuk. That was an exelent casting choice. I grew up watching the Raimi Spider-Man Trilogy, and I've never forgotten how freaky he was as the Green Goblin.
I second that, actually
I'm surprised Fullmetal Alchemist wasn't on the list. Or rather, did anyone actually want a Fullmetal Alchemist movie? I saw some of Cowboy Bebop but i couldn't continue after the second episode. As for Dragonball Evolution, I saw the movie on HBO. That movie was an insult to Dragon Ball. Fun fact: Justin Chatwin and Emmy Rossum who starred in that movie are also on the series Shameless.
Imagine if people don't want an confession then we put live action anime for people who remembering back 🔙 then.
I'm one of the few people that didn't mind Speed Racer.
same.
Alita Battle Angel's movie was actually much better than the anime
It had a more fleshed-out story, with deeply explored characters and better/more iconic moments
The eyes didn't bother me at all, I don't understand why people dislike it 😂
I like the guyver 2 more than the first one because it was closer in terms that it was rated r it was gory, plus respected the lore more. Major plus it has David hayter aka solid snake in it.
I liked the sequel better too.
I loved Bleach!! I couldn’t get through the anime, but the live action was so clear and concise. Loved the cast too
Fingers Crossed for Soul Society Arc!
Excuse me. I was waiting for over 20 years for Alita and literally screamed in the theater when I saw the preview.
It's weird to learn that both of Cowboy Bebop and One Piece Live Action are made by the same studio
I actually like the Speed Racer movie and Alita: Battle Angel.
A lot of people do, they're a lot better than WatchMojo is portraying them as here. Not perfect, but still pretty good for live-action! _Alita_ in particular actually makes you feel like you're watching an anime series (not as much as _One Piece_ live-action, but still), which is honestly a big compliment for an adaptation.
Aww, my friend was in BattleStar Alita he was one of the RollerBall Crew robots. I watched it for him. I actually don't know much about the anime 😅
Thank goodness you didn't mention Rurouni Kenshin or Fullmetal alchemist.
I love Bleach so much so that I have a combination of Ichigo's hollow mask and combat pass tattooed on my leg. When I saw the live action adaptation of Bleach on Netflix I tried to watch it, but I only got about 5 minutes in before I had to turn it off cuz I didn't like it. Then they ended up trying to dub it later and it still didn't work. I'll just stick with the anime version.
Another adaptation no one asked for: Blood: The Last Vampire, original anime movie: 2000, live action remake: 2009.
I actually preferred the live-action to the anime on this one; seen both 3 times and chose to buy the live-action.
Dragonball Evolution failed because Stephen Chow(Kung Fu Hustle, great film see it) didn't direct and was not allowed to submit any ideas. Instead we got the guy that directed two Final Destination films and Jet Li's The One to call action and some guy named Ben Ramsey(who had never written anything before) to pen the script.
Hey, I don't know what you're going through or what's happened to you but I do know that your situation is temporary. I care about you and I genuinely hope you're doing okay. You got this no matter what it is you're facing. Know that there is still hope and that there is still love. You're going to make it. My life isn't perfect either you're not alone you've never been alone. There is so much light that's going to come to your life. You got this. WE got this. 💗
I don't think anyone has said it, but One Piece. No one wanted it, no one asked for it, and now we cannot wait for season 2 as the creators did everything to make it work. Granted there are parts in which people dislike or don't work well, but it was still a fantastic time. Looking forward to season 2.
Crucify me, but I loved the live-action COWBOY BEBOP
Especially Daniella Pineda
I know her version of Faye wasn't faithful at all, but I loved her in her own way
She was cute, funny and energetic
What the f...
@@cruelangel_94 The one person that liked her version of Faye. Maybe its her agent or something.
@@merlyworm Shit taste.
*Netflix's DEATH NOTE*
i loved alita.... cant wait for the next one :)
I blame AVI ARAD for the failure of the live-action GHOST IN THE SHELL
He ruined the same way he ruined TASM2
If he really helms NARUTO, it will suffer the same fate
Everytime I hear about anime I fart😂😂😂
Avi Arad is the moron who's gonna direct the live-action Zelda movie , DAMN
@@mr.fartmanSTOP SPAMMING THAT NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOUR OPINIONS
@@mr.fartmanwe don't need to hear about that.
Hey, WatchMojo. Can you please do a list of the 30 Cutest Girls in Anime? Here's a couple of examples of these adorable cinnamon rolls you guys should mention.
Examples:
Sumi Sakurasawa (Rent-A-Girlfriend)
Eri (My Hero Academia)
Anya Forger (Spy x Family)
The Platelets (Cells At Work!)
Filo (The Rising of the Shield Hero)
Chibiusa (Sailor Moon series)
Yoshino Himekawa (Date A Live)
Kanna Kamui (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid)
Chiyo Mihama (Azumanga Daioh)
Wendy Marvell (Fairy Tail)
I don't care what anyone says about the live-action Assassination Classroom. I would love to see it one day.
Honorable mention: Komi Can't Communicate.
Technically, this aired before the actual anime, but I feel no one asked for a live action adaptation. And like with Kaguya-Sama, the problem is not with the writing, but the style used. The dialogue and jokes are clearly meant for a more ‘animated’ series, and I'm glad the anime exists as this is how Komi-San should be expected for those who don’t have access to the manga.
There were no race problems in Ghost in the Shell. Scarlett Johansen was a great pick, and the only people who had a problem with it were activists, not fans. She's a machine and being hidden from her past--obviously there's no reason for her race as a flesh human and as a machine should match.
what about Akira (TBA) from 1988?
How about all of them? Film studios need to realize a simple concept- if the source material was great, then don't try to f it up with bad live action. Instead, focus on remastering classics for the current age and keep those that are still stunning ALONE.
I have seen a trailer for "Speed Racer" when I was little, but didn't know the name of the movie. I have also seen a trailer for "Alita: Battlr Angel". had no idea the other movies on this list came out. They all seem great. Also, I thought the live action One Piece would be one of them.
The guy's hairdo in the live action Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is a different hair color compared to the anime.
2006 was better adaptation of Death Note than 2017
Dragon Ball Evo should have been no. 1, hands-down.
I would've liked a proper adaptation of Cowboy Bebop and Dragon Ball. It's a shame the one's we got were just plain awful. Ghost in the Shell i watched and didn't hate it. Wasn't anything special. Scarlett Johansson i thought was fine. Alita i hadn't even heard of. Read some reviews and saw the trailer and thought i'd give it a watch. Really enjoyed it. Irony there that number 1 was the best film out of all of them and it really was the one i wanted the least.
Bruh, I'm surprised that "Dragon Ball Evolution" isn't Number 1 on the list! Even Akira Toriyama himself hates it!
Get ready to add the upcoming Naruto to this list.
Sorry, but I EXTREMELY disagree with you number one ! "Alita" is very good !! I am looking forward to the possible part 2 !!! ( what abou a list like that with the GOOD adaptations ?? My number one goes to "Yamato"... and "Guntz" must be on the list .
Netflix's Cowboy Bebop was a huge disappointment. John Cho and Mustafa Shakir were amazing as Spike and Jet, and they kept Yoko Kanno as a composer, but that was it. They did an amazing job with One Piece though.
And the reason One Piece succeeded is because they captured the tone of the series, practically everybody was perfectly cast, & it respected the source material.
I’m still mad at how Vicious was done dirty in that live action.
@@Phanthief95 Yes, thank you! They made Vicious into a spoiled, whiny child. Even worse made Julia to be a typical damsel in distress instead of a femme fatale like she was in the anime. And to add further disrespect, they made Faye sex crazy.
Nobody wanted a live action One Piece but just like Alita it got lucky
It got lucky was an understatement. The actors did a GREAT job and the tone was done right by people who actually love the source material. That’s saying a lot. Aside from how involved Oda has been
Alita Battle-Angel is the best by far. It's not great or anything, but it is enjoyable if you like CGI fight scenes. and I'm guessing, UA-cam won't allow you all to show footage of Bleach, One piece, Pokémon, and my personal favorite Samurai X. Even with its controversies and inconsistencies, it's still the best one of all the anime movie adaptations shown here.
First Disney went down the dark path of making live action remakes, and now Japan. Just when I was hoping Japan would stay on the good path of 2D hand-drawn animation. Well, there's still Ireland with their new studio, Cartoon Saloon.
P.S. Should've added One Piece to this list.
Actually they (Japan) have been doing that since the late 90's.
The worst live action adaptation definitely was Dragon Ball Evolution. I saw a little bit of it on TV once and I just turned it off because it was abysmal. Though funny thing is...a former friend of mine actually kinda liked it for some reason.
The best live action adaptation for me? Yeah I'm gonna be biased and say it was Bungo Stray Dogs: Beast. The graphics may have been cheesy but the fact that the script was co-written by Asagiri himself and the cast was done by the stage actors, it more than made up for it. Though it didn't follow the novel exactly, I still loved the new direction that it took especially when it put more focus on Oda and gave us some insight of how Chuuya handled...what happened at the end. Even an inclusion of a certain anemic rat villain was really awesome too. It wasn't perfect by any means but it was still a movie that I waited months for.
Technically it wasn't an anime, but it was done in the style of an anime. For that reason I choose Avatar the Last Airbender.
It feels contradictory having Death Note that high up. I think plenty of people asked for a Death Note adaptation. It wasn't a terrible idea considering that it focuses on psychological drama rather than action, so as a concept it's not doomed to failed. Having it above something as ridiculous as Jojo's Bizarre Adventure makes this list just weird.
I’m kind of sad that they didn’t even mention the Fist of the North Star Live action from the 90’s. I m not sure who in the heck ask for that because I don’t think any of the fans of the anime asked for it.
I asked for it . Wait , no I didn't . I blame the cat . 😊 😂
Wait until naurto shows now that's a live action adaptation that nobody wanted.
8:43 come on man this was really good
What about Devilman? I hoped for this Movie to be in this List. That was.... a special Movie lol. Even if the CIG was 2004, it had some sick world ending scenario at the end what blew my mind back then. But after that scene, the Movie was fairly bad. It was so bad in fact, everyone forgot about it.
agreed
Imagine a Devilman movie with Guillermo del Toro and James Wan involved
Anime live action films are either hit or miss. When they hit, they hit it out of the park, when they miss, they miss badly.
Once again, you gloss over the fact that people in Japan actually LOVED Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell. All the "controversy" was here in the West. Japanese fans only objected to the changes in the story. They supported her in that role because she actually LOOKS like the character.
The gyver was good I liked alita too😅
My opinion on live action Cowboy Bebop is that was a bad idea from the start.
I see you'd imagine the wide action initial game movie.
Lets start the GGC initiative. We need definitive animes for Guyver Gantz and Claymore
We already have one for Gantz; it was done by Japan as 2 films and a CGI film and written by the author of the series. Highly recommend you check them out. As far as Claymore, we need a better/complete adaptation as anime first. Guyver on the other hand is a guilty pleasure for me, especially the sequel Dark Hero with David Hayter (Solid Snake of Metal Gear).
Main stream media is always looking for a controversy and if they can't find one they make one up. Major in Ghost in a Shell isn't even Japanese in the manga or anime.
A colleague recommended Riki Oh to me. It was glorious.
I thought you'd talk about the live action versions of Gintama, One Piece, or Osomatsu-San.
At least with One Piece it actually succeeded.
How was what happened with Ghost in the Shell idiotic? How is it idiotic that the CREATOR of the OG manga and therefore Major signed off on Scarlett Johanson in the role? In fact he said was perfect in the role because Major ISN'T Japanese. Major isn't even her real name. Major has no race because she isn't human. No the media just had to override him because Japanese people are problematic and they needed fake outrage.
I'm just here to read the comments and eat popcorn for the giggles.
Knights of the Zodiac probably went bad only cause of like The Last Airbender (film to Avatar). Trying to squish a whole season into a single movie is a bad idea. Turning a movie into a series instead is sometimes ok, as it allow to expand to the story, so long it doesn't get off track or drags out. So that's why for KotZ. I'm not saying it's the worst, I'm saying on why its listed here.
That movie got bad because of the poor direction (Masami Kurumada choose a director who didn't even allowed Mackenyu to study the role of Seiya and wanted to make another story which ended up worst than the CGI reboot) and writing, the cast was fine and the CGI wasn't bad. The guy who directed clash of the titans (Louis Letterier) is a huge fan of saint seiya and he inspired in it to create the armor for the movie, he should've been the one directing it
Man, what do you guys have against speed racer anyways?
Ricky O was 🔥! Very over the top! 😂
If demon slayer gets a live action adaption muzan will be Michael Jackson.
It just a thriller cause theres something creep up inside the dark Micheal Jackson is dead tho so it's just the thriller thriller night ain't no ones gonna save u from the get up get up tonight
The Devilman live action is the worst offender of them all
NOBODY asked for ANY live adaptation of any anime. Anime is meant to stay 2d.
I got a live action movie called devil man. And a live action movie if monkey magic where monkey is blonde & it’s in Japanese lol 😂
DB Evolution should've been 1. 2 would be on Cowboy Bebop with how bad it was. Alita: Battle Angel was fun to watch even without knowing anything about it's origins. Hoped for a sequel after it's ending. Speed Racer was fine for me
Which ones did we ask for though, I'm drawing a blank...
I like the live action Alita: Battle Angel, Speed Racer, and Cowboy Bebop though. The worst I've seen was probably the Blood: The Last Vampire and Kite live action movies.
I remember watching the live action version of The Guyver and being appalled at the cluster fuck they had created. They shifted the story to America, made Sho Fukamachi American and basically nothing like the original protagonist, and the effects were bad enough that it made the Power Rangers look like Star Wars. You know it is a total failure when the movie's highlights are J.J. Walker turning into a Zoanoid and Mark Hamill's CIA agent turned into what appeared to be a giant cockroach.
I 100% LOVED Alita, and can't wait for the second one!!! Now people may not have asked for the Guyver, but you loved that second one though, didn't you?!
How would anyone like a live action TV show of Fullmetal Alchemist? I’m currently working on one. I’ve written a script for the pilot episode, but I need to get it professionally polished and I need help getting someone to produce it. I really want to get the author involved but I don’t know how to get in touch with her since she lives in Japan.
I know it's not an anime, but the King of Fighters live movie adaption should get a nod. It's up there with Death Note and Dragonball: Evolution.
3:07 i didnt know this was on Netflix
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Jojo, Alita, Ghost in Shell, Assassination Classroom and One Piece Live action were greatest i ever saw as the creater of Ghost in Shell doesn't gave a damn about MC race and how much the creater was involved in One Piece
Dragonball Evolution and the Death Note will always be the worst for me. I don't care how many years past. They should have never been made.
I was okay with Death Note, helps that I didn't know jack about the anime.
I never realized Attack On Titan movie got rid of half of THE most important characters in the story😂. That’s what happens when you make a movie too soon before the manga or show is over lol
If redo of healer get a live action it would be the best live action of all time.
Fist of the North Star should be #1.
There's a live action Fist of the north star
@@randomreviews4278unfortunately. It was made back in the min 90s by HBO. You can catch it here on YT, it sucks.