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Cowboy Bebop, most of us otaku know the anime well and have probably seen it more times than we can count. That’s because the space drama was perfection with flawless writing and animation that still holds up decades later. Netflix clearly loved Cowboy Bebop as well and was more than willing to show that admiration by making a live-action series…which was cancelled after just one season of ten episodes. Sadly, many live-action adaptations are met with hate by otaku and we can understand why here at Honey’s Anime as they just fail to live up to the original source material’s quality. That’s why we truly believe that anime live-action adaptations are doomed to fail…
Watching Ken Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul unleash vampire-like powers is always a neat visual. Even watching Goku power-up for ten episodes makes our eyes magnetize to our TVs to see that beautiful animation only Toei Animation can produce. However, all of these cool things main characters can do is because they are from anime worlds. In the real world, we sadly lack the power to make energy beams from our hands and that’s reflected even stronger in some live-action adaptations that just didn’t meet the mark.
Both Tokyo Ghoul and Dragon Ball Z had live-action adaptation films made and both were met with severe criticism. While Tokyo Ghoul did significantly better—the writing was strong and battles had some cool effects—the same can’t be said of Dragonball Evolution. Still considered one of the absolute worst anime live-action movies ever made, Dragonball Evolution showed why humans should never try to power up and use ki-blasts. The super-cool abilities we see in anime just can’t be mirrored in the real waking world and that is because we sadly aren’t super Saiyan warriors.
Raise your hand if you were excited for the live-action anime adaptation of Cowboy Bebop. We can guarantee if we had 100 anime fans in one room, the number of hands raised would be quite low. That being said, with the recent petition to resurrect the live-action Cowboy Bebop series going strong with over 100k names, maybe…just maybe live-action series will one day work and be loved.
That being said, do you readers think live-action adaptations are good or bad? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below! For even more anime news, reviews and articles, keep it locked here at Honey’s Anime!
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