which series would work in britain

To be fair Paradox, he did say "these days"; how many of the shows on that list are currently airing for the first time (not to mention viewable without satellite)? There's stuff on there that is 20 years old.
 
"Pure sci-fi shows not listed"

/reads the names of ten+ sci-fi shows

Good shows that are on right now:

Breaking Bad
Mad Men
Juego de tronos
Bones
Warehouse 13
Ringer

And I don't even watch TV, so I'm sure someone who did could name more.
 
For me the best shows on tv are Madmen , Being Human, Fringe, The I.T. Crowd, Family Guy, Russell Howard, Game of Thrones, Top Gear, Doctor who, Merlin, Hustle, True Blood, Chuck, The Big Bang Theory, Dexter, Sppoks, The walking dead, Skins, Supernatrual, Sherlock, Misfits, This Is England, Glee, How I met your mother, New Girl, Pramface.

Seems that there is a lot of good different you just have to look for it.
 
Game of Thrones is awesome I say that as someone who loves the books it's based on but my mum who's never read them before and is somewhat mixed on Fantasy loves it too.
 
Ghostlight_Ross said:
Game of Thrones is awesome I say that as someone who loves the books it's based on but my mum who's never read them before and is somewhat mixed on Fantasy loves it too.
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my nan watches that
 
For someone without Sky, there's not much on TV for me.

Going back to the original topic, personally, I wonder how a show like Rumbling Hearts would do on TV? It's one of those shows where I could imagine it having a large following if it was live action, but not a large one at all with it being anime. Itazura na Kiss is a similar kettle of fish (in fact, doesn't it have a few dramas based on it?).

Basically, do a complete U-turn in who companies target for television airings - if they hadn't learned by now, the majority of teenagers and young adults will not buy. Why not try those channels that air shows targeted at young women and the women who stay at home?

Unfortunately, some of what we would say are the greatest shows recently (like Steins;Gate, Madoka Magica and Tiger & Bunny) wouldn't work here due to relying on knowledge of otaku culture (Steins;Gate), the genre it's completely flipping over (Madoka) or could face problems with Ofcom rules (Tiger & Bunny; while product placement is allowed now, it can't be prominent).
 
Joshawott said:
Unfortunately, some of what we would say are the greatest shows recently (like Steins;Gate, Madoka Magica and Tiger & Bunny) wouldn't work here due to relying on knowledge of otaku culture (Steins;Gate), the genre it's completely flipping over (Madoka) or could face problems with Ofcom rules (Tiger & Bunny; while product placement is allowed now, it can't be prominent).
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I think you're right. I can think of plenty more anime that probably would never get shown in the UK for various reasons.

* Hetalia - Some would argue that it is politically incorrect, and given the recent news that the BBC would never again show It Ain't Half Hot Mum because it is deemed to be too racist for modern viewing, I doubt any British broadcaster would televise it.

* Haruhi Suzumiya - I don't think any UK TV channel would broadcast the Endless Eight.

* Anything with too much fan service because it would probably be considered too adult (although BBC Three would no doubt be tempted).
 
Joshawott said:
Going back to the original topic, personally, I wonder how a show like Rumbling Hearts would do on TV? It's one of those shows where I could imagine it having a large following if it was live action, but not a large one at all with it being anime.
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The live-action option is worth considering, though some artistic liberty would be merited. I expect that some form of ethnic diversity would need to be introduced into the central love triangle, and that either:
  • the central characters would have to be inner-city youths with strong regional accents (if being produced by ITV), or else
  • the central characters would have to be moderately privileged young actors from predominantly independent educational backgrounds, attempting to portray inner-city youths with emulated regional accents (if being produced by the BBC).
Am I no longer au fait with the sociological trends of the broadcasted mainstream?
 
I think Dennou Coil could work as a kids show. Problem is, it is just too short. It also got a bizarrely high rating from the Australian censors.
 
Zin5ki said:
Joshawott said:
Going back to the original topic, personally, I wonder how a show like Rumbling Hearts would do on TV? It's one of those shows where I could imagine it having a large following if it was live action, but not a large one at all with it being anime.
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The live-action option is worth considering, though some artistic liberty would be merited. I expect that some form of ethnic diversity would need to be introduced into the central love triangle, and that either:
  • the central characters would have to be inner-city youths with strong regional accents (if being produced by ITV), or else
  • the central characters would have to be moderately privileged young actors from predominantly independent educational backgrounds, attempting to portray inner-city youths with emulated regional accents (if being produced by the BBC).
Am I no longer au fait with the sociological trends of the broadcasted mainstream?
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If a professional company could be convinced, I would fully support a live-action adaptation of Rumbling Hearts (although possibly using the ending of the OVAs instead? =3). It's one of those shows that would probably have worked better as a live-action than an anime anyway. I also think that an airing of the anime itself wouldn't hurt. MangaUK says slice of life is hard to sell....so why not target it to the audience who likes slice of life stuff? (I know Revelation Films released Rumbling Hearts, but I'm just using what MangaUK said in the context of the genre as a whole).

In fact, Rumbling Hearts in particular has always been on my list of "If granted some kind of miracle, what anime would I adapt into live-action?" behind only Elfen Lied - to see if I could get away with it.
 
I'd have to agree, whilst some more niche shows might work on a channel dedicated as such, to pull in numbers you'd need more open shows; and ones without overtly heavy japanese social references.

Ones that come to mind would be:
Death Note
Beck (this one is pretty translateable regardless of where it's set)
Ghost in the Shell
Black Lagoon
K-On (possibly)

I mean, the trick would be finding stuff you don't have to be overtly heavy on Japanese culture to enjoy, the trick IMO with TV is it's about easy viewing, even when you're talking more serious material, people want to be able to watch it without necessarily having to think too deeply or go look up references etc to get the most out of a show.
You'd need a heavier bias towards this sort of show to pull in viewers and more casual anime fans, and then perhaps have the more 'Japanophile' shows later in the day, in the evening etc, the trick is getting the balance right.

Some of the more casual viewers might progress onto the heavier material, but its likely not going to be that which'd pull in the numbers.
Arguably I think a smaller block of a few hours a week on say Scyfy would be more likely to work (perhaps say 8-11pm on a Sunday), as it wouldnt rely on having to overplay shows and could vary licenses a little more.

It WOULD have to be advertised though or no one would realise :D
 
animefreak17 said:
leave the live action adaptation from animes to the japanese dont you remember what happened to dragonball z
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Completely different genre means completely different ball game. The kind of show Dragonball pretty much meant that a live-action adaptation would have failed from the outset. I would instantly discount something like a Naruto or Bleach film, but I do think that say, a TV drama based on Rumbling Hearts or Itazura na Kiss and similar shows could do really well.

The David Yates Harry Potter films were pretty poor adaptations of the novels (I'd say it's justified to compare them to what J.C. Staff did with Shakugan no Shana), but should that mean we discount all adaptations of books too?

Also, why the hell hasn't Professor Layton & The Eternal Diva received a TV airing yet?
 
rumbling hearts was a hated series of mine but when i found out it had multiple ends i had a changa of mind on the series, to be honest i wish they had like a which way are you going to take the story with the dvd remote then we could of made our own endings if you know what i mean.

anyways what drama animes could work as a live action -

rumbling hearts
case closed * i think this would work for a kids drama *
paranoia agent * without the giant monster thing at the end *
 
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