Live action Sailor Moon is unironically great. Has a budget of about $10 but it does some really fun things with the characters and uses certain worldbuilding elements in much more interesting ways.
all I know about live action sailor moon is luna is a stuffed animal and mercury becomes evil for a bit, at least one of those sounds like a reason to give it a chance
also, summer time rendering is on hulu now apparently and oh boy that was a first episode in more ways than one
all I know about live action sailor moon is luna is a stuffed animal and mercury becomes evil for a bit, at least one of those sounds like a reason to give it a chance
also, summer time rendering is on hulu now apparently and oh boy that was a first episode in more ways than one
The Evil Mercury thing is exactly what I meant, and they never take it far, it lasts for like two(really good) episodes, then it's back to cartwheeling shenanigans.
Oh, and Zoicite is a pianist now for some reason, and the Kunzite relationship is completely out the window. (So's the Nephrite/Naru one, if I recall...)
The Dark Kingdom really get the short end of the stick, even though Beryl's depiction is one of the great performances of our time.
Okay, and the basketball episode is hype, I'll give it that.
No anime has ever benefitted from translation to live action.
The Gokusen live action show is incredible. A lot of other dramas/comedies work great, it's mostly things that require special effects or makeup that look hilarious.
(I'll also stand by Death Note having a better ending in live action, and Bleach being like 1000x better than it had any right to be, but still not as good as the anime).
Trying to think. I might actually prefer live-action Alita? Like, for the portion it covered, anyway.
Heres the thing live action versions of anime can be severely hit or miss.
Go Look at the live action Mob Psycho 100.
Bad actors, no SFX budget, terrible scripts.
Sentai generally gets a pass though since the wackiness is a feature not a bug
Sentai, like Precure and Kamen Rider, have an enormous advantage, as the big three Toei shows, in that most things are handled by the same decades old crew, so there's a basic quality level that is kept constant. On live action in particular, as anybody that watched live action super hero shows the last decade or so can tell you, turns out that making action scenes, specially with super powers, that do not drop suspension of disbelief is hard.
Heres the thing live action versions of anime can be severely hit or miss.
Go Look at the live action Mob Psycho 100.
Bad actors, no SFX budget, terrible scripts.
Sentai generally gets a pass though since the wackiness is a feature not a bug
Sentai, like Precure and Kamen Rider, have an enormous advantage, as the big three Toei shows, in that most things are handled by the same decades old crew, so there's a basic quality level that is kept constant. On live action in particular, as anybody that watched live action super hero shows the last decade or so can tell you, turns out that making action scenes, specially with super powers, that do not drop suspension of disbelief is hard.
If memory serves, this one was directed by a long time Ultra director too, so also a lot of experience working at incorporating the two scales (Heisei and Reiwa ultra has gotten particularly good at working the two together)
I rather like Onimai. It's very much a story about being able to be better. To do better.
Studio Bind is 2 for 2 as far as I'm concerned. They seem to have a type of story they like.
So Im Trans I get what its going for in that regard and it seems the main character eventually admits that much but like that first episode is not great.
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I rather like Onimai. It's very much a story about being able to be better. To do better.
Studio Bind is 2 for 2 as far as I'm concerned. They seem to have a type of story they like.
So Im Trans I get what its going for in that regard and it seems the main character eventually admits that much but like that first episode is not great.
I get it.
On the other hand the people who are basically degenerate neets that these shows are aimed at wouldn't notice it otherwise.
You bait degenerates with degeneracy. Then drip feed them a message.
I would actually really like onimai what with a lot of the gender themes, the concept of resetting your childhood and trying again, and healing crippling introvertion with friends and family.
But goddamn does this writer feel the need to cram his fetish garbage into every episode and it just sours me every time it shows up.
I was pleasantly surprised at how Blue Period handled a maybe trans character. I kept cringing waiting for the bad swing, but at least in what the anime got through it held up ok. The main character continually refuses to call her by the name she wants to go by and clearly doesn't get it. But over time realizes she's going through some heavy stuff and basically admits to not getting it, but also wants to be supportive and there to help and listen. I say maybe because I think I read the mangaka denied they were, and I'm not caught up on the manga. But my expectations were very low.
I was pleasantly surprised at how Blue Period handled a maybe trans character. I kept cringing waiting for the bad swing, but at least in what the anime got through it held up ok. The main character continually refuses to call her by the name she wants to go by and clearly doesn't get it. But over time realizes she's going through some heavy stuff and basically admits to not getting it, but also wants to be supportive and there to help and listen. I say maybe because I think I read the mangaka denied they were, and I'm not caught up on the manga. But my expectations were very low.
Regarding Yuka:
I loved Yuka ever since her intro when we find out that the school dress code only thought to mandate that officially male students wear the jacket. So she grabs hold of that loophole and wears the boy's jacket with a skirt. Yatora is definitely a dick for not using her preferred name, but I think he mostly just seems confused - Yuka goes with a new feminine name and the skirt, but is also still using masculine pronouns.
Later on in the manga (don't think the anime ever gets this far) Yuka and Yatora get a lot closer, and have some heart-to-hearts about, among other things, Yuka's gender identity. She's switching to using feminine pronouns, but she still identifies as basically gender queer, trying to decide if she's trans or a femme gay man or what. She talks to Yatora about how figuring out her gender identity has been a lifelong, ongoing struggle for her, and there's also a couple of pretty dark chapters about her home life and the abuse she faces because of her refusal to fit into a cis-male gender role.
The manga's always been tremendously empathetic to her as a character, I think if the author has pushed back on labeling at all it's more in that sense of "plz don't label her when she's still trying to figure it out herself." But it's most definitely not in the "lol nono all these queer themes are definitely not queer they're just adolescence!" way that we still run into sometimes.
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I was pleasantly surprised at how Blue Period handled a maybe trans character. I kept cringing waiting for the bad swing, but at least in what the anime got through it held up ok. The main character continually refuses to call her by the name she wants to go by and clearly doesn't get it. But over time realizes she's going through some heavy stuff and basically admits to not getting it, but also wants to be supportive and there to help and listen. I say maybe because I think I read the mangaka denied they were, and I'm not caught up on the manga. But my expectations were very low.
Regarding Yuka:
I loved Yuka ever since her intro when we find out that the school dress code only thought to mandate that officially male students wear the jacket. So she grabs hold of that loophole and wears the boy's jacket with a skirt. Yatora is definitely a dick for not using her preferred name, but I think he mostly just seems confused - Yuka goes with a new feminine name and the skirt, but is also still using masculine pronouns.
Later on in the manga (don't think the anime ever gets this far) Yuka and Yatora get a lot closer, and have some heart-to-hearts about, among other things, Yuka's gender identity. She's switching to using feminine pronouns, but she still identifies as basically gender queer, trying to decide if she's trans or a femme gay man or what. She talks to Yatora about how figuring out her gender identity has been a lifelong, ongoing struggle for her, and there's also a couple of pretty dark chapters about her home life and the abuse she faces because of her refusal to fit into a cis-male gender role.
The manga's always been tremendously empathetic to her as a character, I think if the author has pushed back on labeling at all it's more in that sense of "plz don't label her when she's still trying to figure it out herself." But it's most definitely not in the "lol nono all these queer themes are definitely not queer they're just adolescence!" way that we still run into sometimes.
The nude self painting arc is in the anime and it's very well done.
The anime definitely felt like a bit of a speedrun of the manga (Re: Blue Period). I'd only read the first couple of volumes and the anime blew past them.
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Wow, that's an amazing idea. You really could easily fill an entire network between the original subs, the new dub, Crystal, the movies, etc etc...
Come to think of it, has Ami's First Love gotten an official release yet?
Nice:
Still watching sailor moon weeks later
Have you actually seen it? It's really nothing to be excited about.
I might be seeing all of it very soon depending on how things go...
I've seen all of it. It's a hot mess with an occasional neat idea that never gets expanded on.
also, summer time rendering is on hulu now apparently and oh boy that was a first episode in more ways than one
The Evil Mercury thing is exactly what I meant, and they never take it far, it lasts for like two(really good) episodes, then it's back to cartwheeling shenanigans.
Oh, and Zoicite is a pianist now for some reason, and the Kunzite relationship is completely out the window. (So's the Nephrite/Naru one, if I recall...)
The Dark Kingdom really get the short end of the stick, even though Beryl's depiction is one of the great performances of our time.
Okay, and the basketball episode is hype, I'll give it that.
Go Look at the live action Mob Psycho 100.
Bad actors, no SFX budget, terrible scripts.
Sentai generally gets a pass though since the wackiness is a feature not a bug
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The live action Komi actively tried to kill me it's so bad
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The Gokusen live action show is incredible. A lot of other dramas/comedies work great, it's mostly things that require special effects or makeup that look hilarious.
Speed Racer was amazing.
Trying to think. I might actually prefer live-action Alita? Like, for the portion it covered, anyway.
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Sentai, like Precure and Kamen Rider, have an enormous advantage, as the big three Toei shows, in that most things are handled by the same decades old crew, so there's a basic quality level that is kept constant. On live action in particular, as anybody that watched live action super hero shows the last decade or so can tell you, turns out that making action scenes, specially with super powers, that do not drop suspension of disbelief is hard.
Random Twitter account with an example:
If memory serves, this one was directed by a long time Ultra director too, so also a lot of experience working at incorporating the two scales (Heisei and Reiwa ultra has gotten particularly good at working the two together)
And the finished scene:
These shows, the craft that goes into them, it’s just pure film magic
Studio Bind is 2 for 2 as far as I'm concerned. They seem to have a type of story they like.
So Im Trans I get what its going for in that regard and it seems the main character eventually admits that much but like that first episode is not great.
I get it.
On the other hand the people who are basically degenerate neets that these shows are aimed at wouldn't notice it otherwise.
You bait degenerates with degeneracy. Then drip feed them a message.
But goddamn does this writer feel the need to cram his fetish garbage into every episode and it just sours me every time it shows up.
I can't think of many great ways to adapt that without it just looking goofy.
Regarding Yuka:
Later on in the manga (don't think the anime ever gets this far) Yuka and Yatora get a lot closer, and have some heart-to-hearts about, among other things, Yuka's gender identity. She's switching to using feminine pronouns, but she still identifies as basically gender queer, trying to decide if she's trans or a femme gay man or what. She talks to Yatora about how figuring out her gender identity has been a lifelong, ongoing struggle for her, and there's also a couple of pretty dark chapters about her home life and the abuse she faces because of her refusal to fit into a cis-male gender role.
The manga's always been tremendously empathetic to her as a character, I think if the author has pushed back on labeling at all it's more in that sense of "plz don't label her when she's still trying to figure it out herself." But it's most definitely not in the "lol nono all these queer themes are definitely not queer they're just adolescence!" way that we still run into sometimes.
The nude self painting arc is in the anime and it's very well done.
Maybe the anime toned that down I dunno. *shrug*