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'Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!' Live-Action film announced, slated for release May 15
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This is certainly not the property I expected to see go live-action. The whole power of the show is the animation.
That sounds like an even weirder idea than these usually are with how much the entire show is about animation.
Right? Kanamori and Asakusa are supposed to look like total dorks, that's part of the appeal of it. Instead they've cast literal idols.
The actresses are too generic and do a disservice to the designs from the show.
For once we get an anime with some personality for its female cast and they ruin it.
For once we get an anime with some personality for its female cast and they ruin it.
Very interested in how they'll be able to convey the imagination stuff in live action. It's a series about MAKING animation and what the anime studios go through to make anime, so live action is still a pretty viable way to go about this (just obviously not as imaginative as the anime and manga)
Seems like something that would be tough to replicate well in live-action without a big budget, but the casting appears to be spot-on!
They look just like really generic girls next door actresses. I mean there's really only so much you can do or expect when casting with real people -- there isn't a huge audience for unattractive actors. I don't think the actresses are especially pretty nor do I think the characters on the show are unattractive. They're just normal girls. As long as one of them is notably taller then I think that's fine. I guess a case could be made that Mizusaki isn't pretty enough or at least that she looks too old.
Not really, it just depends on how effectively they can convey the imagination parts. My guess is that it won't be done very well due to budget constraints, but it -could- be done well.
All three are members of an AKB-like idol group, so there's probably some cross-promotion deal happening here.
Not really. It's a show about everything that happens in anime production, not just animation.
They look like models on that poster. Definitely a different vibe than what the anime seems to be going for, to say the least.
I love what I'm seeing of the anime's artstyle though, so I'm definitely checking that one out.
Edit: ..looks like I missed out on the fact that Yuasa had a new anime. Currently airing. Blessed. 😭
I love what I'm seeing of the anime's artstyle though, so I'm definitely checking that one out.
Edit: ..looks like I missed out on the fact that Yuasa had a new anime. Currently airing. Blessed. 😭
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That's a little unfair to the mangaka. :P
Wikipedia says a live-action TV show is starting in April as well.. does anyone know if they're using the same actresses for that as well? Talk about a property blowing up in a big way!
Hopefully he's not reading this
It's true though
Well the show has been absolutely amazing so far and already a contender for Anime of the Year. I'm now pretty interested in the original manga, and could see this live action adaptation being worthwhile in its own way.
As long as the characters remain as wierd and quirky but passionate as they are in the show/manga I'll definitely enjoy it.
As long as the characters remain as wierd and quirky but passionate as they are in the show/manga I'll definitely enjoy it.
I don't agree that a live action adaptation can't do what the animated adaptation can do. It'll just have a harder time reproducing the calvin & hobbes trips into the imagination that make the current show so electrifying to watch.
I don't expect to like it as much as the show but it's probably not going to be bad. I can think of worse things to adapt to live action than a story about 3 sharply-defined characters with unique personalities, strengths, vulnerabilities and unambiguous ambition without a shred of the typical anime bullshit you have to climb over to see.
I don't expect to like it as much as the show but it's probably not going to be bad. I can think of worse things to adapt to live action than a story about 3 sharply-defined characters with unique personalities, strengths, vulnerabilities and unambiguous ambition without a shred of the typical anime bullshit you have to climb over to see.
Your typical live-action anime/manga adaptation. Cast a bunch of conventionally-attractive talent (not necessarily actors) from a talent factory in the roles.
This approach is far from unique to anime/manga adaptations.
