Live Action Ranma Cast in Costume

Three of those four live action adaptations were western adaptations for western audiences. I've enjoyed a number of Japanese live action adaptations over the years. While the live action Sailor Moon and Cutey Honey suffer a lot from trying to stage fights between characters you sub out for masked stunt fighters, the series kept the heart of the original.

Series like the live action GTO, Hana Yori Dango and Gokusen series were very well done but because they don't have magical girls and are simple comedies or romantic comedies it wasn't difficult to bring to TV.

Movies like the live action Death Note and Gantz with movie budgets and lengths (versus X 1/2 episodes on a TV series budget), could get closer to the actual story including the non human characters and special effects.

Instead it looks as if Neo Manhattan is about to explode with the western adaptation of Akira. I really don't expect to succeed any better than DragonBall, Fist of the Northstar or the first Guyver film.

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