Anime Goes Hollywood

[gloomranger]

I’ll update this bit later, but the point is to catalog and keep track of all the adaptations Hollywood announces of Japanese anime and manga.

Projects Announced:

01/17/17 | Attack on Titan Source
07/19/19 | Battle of the Planets (Science Team Ninja Gatchaman) Source
11/01/21 | Gantz Source
07/05/18 | Gundam Source
09/21/21 | Knights of the Zodiac (Saint Seiya) Souce
06/10/20 | The Promised Neverland Source
06/25/21 | Made in Abyss Source
10/24/18 | My Hero Academia Source
07/21/17 | One Piece Source
07/26/21 | untitled live-action Pokémon TV series Source
09/07/07 | Robotech (Macross) Source
09/27/17 | Your Name Source


Development Hell:

04/12/02 | Akira Source
04/06/09 | Full Metal Panic! Source
07/31/15 | Naruto Source


Cancelled:

05/21/03 | Neon Genesis Evangelion Source

[gloomranger]

Completed Projects:

• Alita: Battle Angel | 2019
• Cowboy Bebop | 2021
• Death Note | 2017
• Detective Pikachu | 2019
• Dragonball Evolution | 2009
• Edge of Tomorrow (All You Need is Kill) | 2014
• Fist of the North Star | 1995
• Ghost in the Shell | 2017
• The Guyver | 1991
• Guyver: Dark Hero | 1994
• Oldboy | 2013
• Speed Racer | 2008

[gloomranger]

https://www.darkhorizons.com/f9-scri...f-the-planets/

“F9: The Fast Saga” and “Kin” scribe Daniel Casey has reportedly been hired to write the feature adaptation of the 1978 Japanese anime series “Battle of the Planets” for AGBO.

Casey will work with AGBO founders and “Avengers: Endgame” directors Joe and Anthony Russo, and original anime series creators Tatsunoko, to explore and expand the IP in-depth.

The plan is to construct the foundation for a screen universe and this feature screenplay will serve as the launchpad for a potential major franchise across multiple forms of media.

[gundamcero]

Should re-name the thread to ignorant Hollywood shits on anime.

[InuYashaCrusade]

Originally Posted by gundamcero

Should re-name the thread to ignorant Hollywood shits on anime.

I wish they'd stay far far away from anime

[kk1]

I don't know about anyone else I like anime because it's animation and NOT live action. Though lately with all the CG I guess the lines are blurring. (Probably why I prefer old Hollywood movies).

[Suikoman444]

There's also G-Saviour, which wasn't Hollywood, but was it was made by a western company. And of course the upcoming Legendary Pictures Gundam movie.

[Gorgon]

Blood: The Last Vampire; (2009)

No, it wasn't great by any means but I still enjoyed most of it.
The Yank girl's non-stop screaming wore thin quickly though.

[gloomranger]

Originally Posted by Suikoman444

There's also G-Saviour, which wasn't Hollywood, but was it was made by a western company. And of course the upcoming Legendary Pictures Gundam movie.

Originally Posted by Gorgon

Blood: The Last Vampire; (2009)

No, it wasn't great by any means but I still enjoyed most of it.
The Yank girl's non-stop screaming wore thin quickly though.

G-Saviour was a Canadian production. I did update the main page though to include the Legendary/Netflix Gundam film. As for the live-action adaptation of Blood: The Last Vampire, it is a Chinese/French co-production. I'm mostly focusing on cataloging past and future American productions.

[Tylerfan]

Don’t forget My Hero Academia, coming from Legendary Entertainment (probably, i dunno, article from 2018)

https://screenrant.com/my-hero-acade...egendary-toho/

[Naiera]

Ew

[MOONPHASE]

Not a movie but Netflix has a Live Action Cowboy Bebop series in the works.

There is also Detective Pikachu. Technically more of a Live Action based off a videogame, but could also count it as a Live-Action Pokémon movie.

Edge Of Tomorrow. Based off a Japanese Manga.

[SpaceDandy]

Consider a cancelled category, with Evangelion Live Action as ADV wanted to.

[unberechenbar]

Had no idea that Old Boy was based on a manga.

[darkness2918]

What about Crying Freeman & Edge of Tomorrow (aka All You Need is Kill).

[professorwho]

I was also going to suggest Crying Freeman, but it's a French-Canadian co-production, so it doesn't meet gloomranger's guidelines for his list.

[Zen_Amako]

What about Kite starring India Eisley and Samuel L. Jackson?

[kevers7290]

Originally Posted by Zen_Amako

What about Kite starring India Eisley and Samuel L. Jackson?

It's a South African production so it doesn't meet the "Hollywood" criteria.

[gloomranger]

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/pok...on-1235026390/

Pokemon Live-Action Series in Early Development at Netflix From ‘Lucifer’s’ Joe Henderson (EXCLUSIVE)

[gloomranger]

https://www.darkhorizons.com/waititi...-wars-updates/

Things are still moving on “Akira” he (Taika Waititi) says and he is “still trying [to make it]. I don’t wanna give up on that.”