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Netflix’s One Piece Live Action has broken the shackles of the anime live adaptation failures. Production houses and directors were afraid to venture into the anime live adaptations genre after the continuous failures in that genre. After One Piece’s massive success, many have found the confidence to try their luck in the mentioned category.

One of the franchises that was inspired by One Piece Live Action is Gundam. Yoshiyuki Tomino’s masterpiece is 45 years old and will have a live-action movie released soon. Even though Gundam is quite a popular franchise, following One Piece’s footsteps might not be the right thing to do. Netflix has several pros, including the financial backing, which might be difficult for Legendary to match.

Gundam Live Action Could Suffer From Recency Bias Mobile Suit Gundam (Credits: Sunrise)

Recency bias has become common in the 21st century, especially in the entertainment industry. Before One Piece Live Action,...

Live-action anime adaptations have historically had a negative impact on the source material's reputation, but recent successes like Rurouni Kenshin and Alice in Borderland show that proper quality shifts are possible. Filmmakers face challenges in adapting anime due to differences in Western and Eastern sensibilities, as well as the difficulty of translating the anime's unique style, characters, and dialogue to the screen. The success of the live-action Bleach movie and its respect for the source material and audience bodes well for future live-action anime adaptations, with studios now having improved production values and increased positive reception to work with.

The upcoming live-action Naruto movie is the last of the big-three Shōnen Jump anime to receive a live-action adaptation, and with the recent string of live-action adaptation successes, it's safe to say that another beloved anime could get the live-action treatment. In the past, bad live-action anime adaptations typically damaged their...

Recent live-action anime adaptations like One Piece have proven that it is now the best time to adapt more anime into TV shows. TV format offers more time for producers to develop the arcs, characters, and themes of anime adaptations in a more efficient way. The success of One Piece in the TV format suggests that TV might be the new home for live-action anime adaptations.

Neftlix's One Piece success has proven that now is the best time to adapt more anime into live-action TV shows. At one point, it was commonly agreed upon that live-action anime adaptations simply couldn't work due to the genre's Eastern sensibilities and Hollywood's Western tastes being too different. Furthermore, anime primarily thrives on its ability to express its emotions and themes through its unique animation, and many of the fight scenes are considered too difficult to recreate in a real-life context. With critical failures like Dragonball Evolution,...

Plans for a live-action Naruto adaptation are finally moving forward after a long period of no updates, indicating renewed interest in the project. Unlike Netflix's One Piece series, the live-action Naruto adaptation will be a movie, which raises concerns due to the history of disappointing live-action anime movies. One Piece's success as a TV show demonstrates that adapting shonen anime into a series allows for more time to properly develop characters and story arcs, suggesting that Naruto would have been better off as a TV show as well.

Plans for the upcoming live-action Naruto adaptation are moving forward, and the latest updates on the project confirm how lucky One Piece fans were regarding the Netflix series. Based on the original manga series by creator Masashi Kishimoto, Naruto is one of the most successful and influential anime of all time. First announced by Lionsgate in 2015, the live-action adaptation received...

Anime reboots can sometimes be far-fetched ideas since a studio would rather make a new anime series based on a popular manga than produce a completely new version of an already poorly regarded one. If it were so simple, we could have a slew of much-needed reboots, such as Tokyo Ghoul and Rosario Vampire. The good news is that Rurouni Kenshin, a classic anime series that, despite a few shortcomings, emerged as one of the best anime shows, is getting a remake this year.

Even though the Rurouni Kenshin franchise has spanned an anime series with 94 episodes and a highly successful live-action movie series that ended in 2021 with Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning, it is planning to deliver fans with another intriguing one with a rebooted version of the original.

The new reboot, from the creative minds of Strike the Blood and Re: Zero, will retell...

Japanese rock band One Ok Rock was about to embark on a world tour when Covid-19 hit. With the entertainment industry under threat of survival, the band decided to live stream their ‘Field of Wonder’ concert that was viewed simultaneously by 110,000 fans worldwide. This documentary reveals the story behind the massive live stream, through three months of intimate footage in the lead up to the show on October 11, 2020 as well as personal interviews that unravel the history of the members of One Ok Rock and why they came up with this idea.

One Ok Rock’s members are Moriuchi Takahiro, Yamashita Toru, Kohama Ryota and Kanki Tomoya. The band was formed in 2005 and debuted in 2007. Their songs have been featured in all five Rurouni Kenshin live-action movies, including latest theme songs Renegades (Rurouni Kenshin: The Final) and Broken Heart of Gold (Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning).

Launch date: October 21, 2021 exclusively on Netflix.

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The conclusion of what came to be the pentalogy of Rurouni Kenshin live action movies, was another much anticipated film of the year, even though the 4th entry bordered on being disappointing, with the exceptions of a few action scenes. However, and although the ending of the story was essentially known due to the previous film (which I felt should be watched last actually) the final episode is actually quite good, on par with the previous trilogy, at least for the most part.

The story essentially focuses on the beginnings of Kenshin as Hitokiri Battosai, which is portrayed through a series of flashbacks. As the movie starts, Kenshin is already a notorious killer moving in the shadows of Kyoto, according to the orders of Katsura, who leads the Choshu clan, a group of anti-shogun members. Having killed a hundred people since his hiring from Katsura a year ago, Kenshin has...

At a time when viewers around the world remain wary of returning to cinemas, the Shanghai International Film Festival (Siff) once again can’t keep up with local audiences. Demand is so high that viewers are paying enormous sums to get hold of scalped tickets, including more than $300 to see an art house film released more than two decades ago.

The festival sparks an annual online crush as film lovers vie Black Friday-style for its limited tickets the moment they’re released for sale. Siff sold nearly 150,000 tickets within five minutes on the first day of sales in 2019, and more than 100,000 tickets in ten minutes last year, despite occurring as an in-person event just weeks after cinemas reopened for the first time post-covid-19.

With theater capacity still capped at 75%, the event’s 2021 iteration set to run from June 11-20 has proved just as popular, despite the full line-up being announced...