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What film or story would you like to see as an anime?
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skikes said:The Vampire Chronicles would be a f*cking amazing anime!
If you mean Anne Rice's books then I agree that would rock, another good series of books that would make a good anime is david gemmels adventure books or maybe even terry pratchet (Imagine how weird the japanesse could make his already weird series of disk world books LOL) 8)
When I first noticed this thread nothing came to mind then yesterday I reminded of a book I bought my mother some years ago which she still hasn''t read and it occured to me that it might work made into an anime, or manga presentation:
Cervantes: Don Quixote
That opened the floodgates:
The GBA games Golden Sun and Golden Sun II: The Lost Age either as an adaptation or continuation.
From the Eagle comic Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future, and Tales of the Trigan Empire From the pages of Look and Learn
The classic BBC radio series from the 1950s Journey into Space
and the less well known series from the early 80s Earthsearch.
At least two of Iain M.Banks's "Culture" novels: Player of Games and Consider Phlebas, and possibily some others particularly, although its structure would make it a challange, Use of Weapons.
Vernor Vinge: A Fire Upon the Deep (more hard SF)
Paula Radcliffe: The Mysteries of Udolfo (probably the archetypal gothic novel)
Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast trilogy
I'll probably think of more later on.
Cervantes: Don Quixote
That opened the floodgates:
The GBA games Golden Sun and Golden Sun II: The Lost Age either as an adaptation or continuation.
From the Eagle comic Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future, and Tales of the Trigan Empire From the pages of Look and Learn
The classic BBC radio series from the 1950s Journey into Space
and the less well known series from the early 80s Earthsearch.
At least two of Iain M.Banks's "Culture" novels: Player of Games and Consider Phlebas, and possibily some others particularly, although its structure would make it a challange, Use of Weapons.
Vernor Vinge: A Fire Upon the Deep (more hard SF)
Paula Radcliffe: The Mysteries of Udolfo (probably the archetypal gothic novel)
Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast trilogy
I'll probably think of more later on.
hopeful_monster
Thousand Master
That would work.Ginji said:The GBA games Golden Sun and Golden Sun II: The Lost Age either as an adaptation or continuation.
Also
Niel Gamien - Sandman
Image's Walking Dead
Terry Prachett (not sure which one)
AVP
Red Dwarf (if you could get the actor's to VA)
Good Omens was co-written with Terry Pratchett and I think it is his best book. I think it would work as anime better than most of the Discworld stories.McIcy said:Neil Gamiens - 'Good Omens' and 'Neverwhere'
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is borderline. An anime adaptation of that could improve on the film (which was ok but nothing more and I've had no inclination to watch it again) and do things that tv series couldn't do but I'm not sure if it isn't best left as a radio series. If it was made into an anime it would have to based on the original radio scripts.
Ginji said:Good Omens was co-written with Terry Pratchett and I think it is his best book. I think it would work as anime better than most of the Discworld stories.McIcy said:Neil Gamiens - 'Good Omens' and 'Neverwhere'
The mix of comedy and story would be brilliant for an anime, especially with characters like Crawley and when Adam is describing his dog
I'd forgotten that scene but it has been over ten years since I read the book. Crawley (I think he changed his name to Crowley) is one of Pratchett's best characters, along with Death and Rhincewind, and I can imagine him and Astrophales(I think that was the name of his angelic opposite number) going chibi or super-deformed at certain parts of the story.McIcy said:[Good Omens] The mix of comedy and story would be brilliant for an anime, especially with characters like Crawley and when Adam is describing his dog
FinalFan3 said:Battle Royale!! They made a manga... can't believe there's not an anime!
I think i would get bored of it, especially because it would mean it would have to be about 50 episodes.
To go into full depth, I'd say there'd be at least... twenty-six, not fifty.Jayme said:FinalFan3 said:Battle Royale!! They made a manga... can't believe there's not an anime!
I think i would get bored of it, especially because it would mean it would have to be about 50 episodes.
An OAV of Zelda: Ocarina of Time would be well received, on my end. Majora's Mask, similarly, would make make me weep tears of joy. In my eyes, it should be a charming melange of lucid animation and expression. Given Zelda's popularity in Japan, though, I'm not too hopeful.
Lupus Inu said:To go into full depth, I'd say there'd be at least... twenty-six, not fifty.Jayme said:FinalFan3 said:Battle Royale!! They made a manga... can't believe there's not an anime!
I think i would get bored of it, especially because it would mean it would have to be about 50 episodes.
I was just working of the basis of a 15 tankobon story, with Death Note 12 tankobons is 37 episodes; Monster is a 18 tankobon story is 72 episodes.
I still think 50ish episodes is about right.
I'd rather not have Battle Royale based upon the manga, since the manga... to put it nicely - it's utter crap. The novel adaptation into an anime would suffice.Jayme said:I was just working of the basis of a 15 tankobon story, with Death Note 12 tankobons is 37 episodes; Monster is a 18 tankobon story is 72 episodes.
I still think 50ish episodes is about right.
Lupus Inu said:I'd rather not have Battle Royale based upon the manga, since the manga... to put it nicely - it's utter crap. The novel adaptation into an anime would suffice.Jayme said:I was just working of the basis of a 15 tankobon story, with Death Note 12 tankobons is 37 episodes; Monster is a 18 tankobon story is 72 episodes.
I still think 50ish episodes is about right.
Erm the Manga is just the novel turned into a manga. If you read the novel and then the manga there’s only about 2 major plot changes. Although I agree Tokyopop messed it up in translation. But that’s a whole other discussion.
Lupus Inu said:So that side story with the Boxer and Mitsuko is in the novel? Since that... really wasn't needed.
Erm yeah its mentioned if I remember rightly. In fact the whole reason she's so twisted is a lot worse in the novel. If they had put that in the manga I doubt it would have been licensed :?