Makoto wrote:Besides, if they did a relaunch of Ranma, they might have to completely redub all of Kunou's lines.
They've always seemed to like doing the occasional live-action adaptation of anime/manga series in Japan, especially if it doesn't require a lot of special effects. Heck, I'm still cringing a bit at the live-action attempts at Conan.
I'm just surprised they haven't attempted a live-action version of K-On! - or at least, that I've heard.
Meh... I've seen Live action Maison Ikkoku...
I've also seen Live action You're Under Arrest. In all honesty, while the little of that I did
watch came across as a bit cheesy... it did not seem overly bad.
Live action Sailor Moon was a complete and utter turnoff for me though... I watched I think two episodes before deciding it was a waste of time. And plot wise it is notihng like either anime or manga... So I would expect the same cringe worthiness here given what is known of the plot.
The trick is... live action sort of defeats the reasons I watch anime... I like the details and artwork and efforts that go into it... the nonhuman but human looking chracters... live action completely removes that aspect for me... as such there is very little anime indeed I would want to see live action.
About the only compromize I would make is CGI characters... like the final fantasy movie... yeah the one nearly all final fantasy gamers hated...