25 April 2006, 10:38 AM
sorry if this has been brought up, but i was wondering what people are thinking about animes being turned into movies? the two that i'm thinking of specifically are evangelion and battle angel alita at the moment. i don't know who's helming NGE or anything. all i really know is that weta's been working on it for a while now. as for BAA, i think it's fairly common knowledge that james cameron is directing and that he plans to make alita a fully cg character in a live action environment. the year for release that's been mentioned is 2009.
i know that anime has a growing fandom in the states, but is anyone ambivalent about the U.S. taking something that's distinctly not ours and trying to make it ours? i'm curious about the transition that the shows will have to make and what changes are going to happen because they'll be marketing it to an american audience initially, not it being released in japan and then being brought over to the states.
also, the whole live action thing? the mechas, the angels, the designs. it's a tall order i think. and i'm wondering if part of the appeal of anime is that it is animation where people have/look/do things that aren't possible in real life.
thoughts?
i know that anime has a growing fandom in the states, but is anyone ambivalent about the U.S. taking something that's distinctly not ours and trying to make it ours? i'm curious about the transition that the shows will have to make and what changes are going to happen because they'll be marketing it to an american audience initially, not it being released in japan and then being brought over to the states.
also, the whole live action thing? the mechas, the angels, the designs. it's a tall order i think. and i'm wondering if part of the appeal of anime is that it is animation where people have/look/do things that aren't possible in real life.
thoughts?