From Death Note, Bleach, and Full Metal Alchemist, we’ve already seen a number of the world’s most popular anime titles adapted into live-action series and films on Netflix. With many more adaptations on the way, we’ll be keeping track of all of the anime adaptations coming to Netflix in 2022 and beyond.
Here are the 15 Live-Action Anime Adaptations You Didn’t Know Were Coming. While Death Note has already had live-action movies and tv series and movies released in Japan, the American version is set to premiere on August 25 on Netflix.
Here's your full preview at all of the exciting new anime movies & TV shows coming to Netflix in 2022 and beyond.
Live-action and anime have rarely gone together well, but still, just about every major Hollywood studio is trying to jump in on anime with live-action remakes these days. Would you have ever thought that an Alita movie would make $400 million at the box office? Imagine what a good Naruto or Attack on Titan movie could do.
Despite the controversies, anime fans will be surprised to know that many of their treasured anime have been live-action production for several years. Although some are stuck in the proverbial “production hell”, others have been fast-tracked and are hitting the big screen very soon.
10 Live-Action Anime Adaptations That Don't Deserve The HateNANA (2005-2006) ... Blade of the Immortal (2017) ... My Love Story!! ... Kingdom (2019) ... Death Note (2006) ... From Me To You (2010) ... From Today, It's My Turn (2018) ... Rurouni Kenshin Film Series (2012-2021)More items...•
10 Best Anime Movies of 2022Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie.Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero.One Piece Film Red.Suzume no Tojimari.Detective Conan The Bride of Halloween.That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Movie. ... Fruits Basket: Prelude.Bubble.More items...•
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Upcoming animeName & DescriptionPremiere dateZannen na Ikimono Jiten (movie)2022-07-08Aikatsu! 10th Story ~Mirai e no Starway~ (movie)2022-07-15Gekijō-ban Aikatsu Planet! (movie)2022-07-15One Piece Film Red (movie 15)2022-08-0616 more rows
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Based on the manga written & illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge, Demon Slayer: Mugen Train is the most successful Japanese movie in history. It holds all the box-office records to its name as it collected more than $500 million worldwide becoming the highest-grossing anime movie of 2020.
It will be surprising to know that Miraculous Ladybug is very close be being called an anime, despite the show being set in France. This is because of Miraculous's relations to Japanese animation, which makes a strong case for it being labeled as anime.
According to the survey, more than 6,000 anime are produced, and more than 3,200 anime are aired on television. Also, about 60% of the all animations broadcasted in the world are made in Japan.
Simulcasts on Crunchyroll continuing from the Spring 2022 anime season are One Piece, BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS, Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai, Digimon Ghost Game, Case Closed (Detective Conan), Kingdom Season 4, Aoashi, A Couple of Cuckoos, Shadowverse Flame, Love All Play, and Delicious Party Pretty Cure.
16 Best Anime of 2022Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Season 2)JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Season 5)My Dress-Up Darling.The Orbital Children.Ranking of Kings. ... Kaguya-sama: Love Is War -Ultra Romantic- (Season 3)Rust-Eater Bisco.World's End Harem.More items...•
So, like Mugen Train, Jujutsu Kaisen 0 is also canon. It's adapted straight from the manga. But unlike Mugen Train, and as its title slyly implies, Jujutsu Kaisen 0 is a prequel.
Praised for its ridiculous comedy and biting pop culture/anime parodies , the science fantasy anime Gintama has gained a very loyal fan base. Premiering in 2005, the series produced several sequels and movies with the latest iteration of the anime currently airing. The anime is set in an alternate late-Edo period where aliens called Amanta have taken control of Japan and banned the use of swords in the country, leaving the samurai powerless against them. To make ends meet, former samurai Gintoki Sakata starts an odd jobs company employing teens Shinpachi Shimura and Kagura.
Regarded as one of the top horror anime ever made, Tokyo Ghoul explores the on-going battle between humans and the ghouls that must eat them to survive. The series protagonist, Ken Kaneki, becomes the victim of ghoul Rize Kamishiro. After a fatal accident, Kaneki’s life is saved after receiving transplanted organs from Rize, leaving him a half-ghoul. He must now learn to survive in the ghoul world while keeping his new status a secret from his human friends.
The original 1984 version of Voltron spawned from source material from two other anime: Beast King GoLion and Armored Fleet Dairugger XV. With no ability to translate the Japanese dialogue to English, series creators John Teichmann and Peter Keefe created a new backstory and dialogue for its run in the United States. The series ultimately became a hit with audiences and led to subsequent projects, including additional movies and the 2016 Netflix reboot.
Based on the manga of the same name, the anime follows the adventure of a different family member in each season. The latest series, Diamond Is Unbreakable, focuses on Josuke Higashikata, the illegitimate son of Joseph Joestar. This series will serve as the focus of the upcoming live action adaptation.
After almost three long years, fans of the anime Attack on Titan are finally getting a second season to the hit series (which premieres on April 1). Since the first season, fans have (impatiently) waited and stayed entertained with several OVAs for the anime. In 2015, two live-action movie adaptations were produced in Japan for the series. The two films, Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan: End of World, covered the same material depicted in the original anime. Although the films garnered mixed reviews (and were fairly successful), Warner Bros. is, surprisingly, seeking to secure the rights to make American productions that will serve as the remakes of these two films.
The live-action adaptation of the cyberpunk anime Akira has been a slow process. As we reported last year, it is one of many films stuck in what is called “production hell.” These films are often caught up in legal battles, creative team changes, and production issues.
While Death Note has already had live-action movies and tv series and movies released in Japan, the American version is set to premiere on August 25 on Netflix. Based on the manga of the same name, Death Note explores the journey of Light Yagami (Light Turner in this adaptation) after he finds a supernatural notebook that can kill anyone when their name is written on its pages. The cast includes Nat Wolff as Light, Keith Stanfield as L, and Willem Dafoe as the voice of Ryuk.
Seasons: 2 | Episodes: TBA Studio: Powerhouse Animation Netflix Release Date: TBA
Winner of Shonen Jump+’s “Million Tag” competition, manga author Naoki Fujita’s breakout manga serialization is being adapted into an anime for Netflix. Very little else is known about the adaptation but we can’t wait to learn more soon.
Perhaps the weirdest blockbuster of 2019, Pokemon: Detective Pikachu is the first Pokemon live-action/animation hybrid film. It stars Ryan Reynolds as the voice of a Pikachu who solves mysteries and can speak with a human boy played by Justice Smith. It opens May 10, 2019, one week after Avengers 4. We wonder how well that will work out for its box office success.
threatens to make an American live-action Akira movie. These plans never go through, but it's always being talked about. It probably shouldn't be, though. Effects might be improving all the time, but matching the animated Akira 's visual mastery in live-action would require the sort of budget R-rated movies rarely get. A PG-13 Akira is a terrible idea, and Americanizing a very Japanese story is fraught with complications.
Yes, the motion-captured Alita, played by Rose Salazar, has ridiculous giant anime eyes. It's an odd design choice, though it thankfully looks less creepy in newer trailers than it did in the teaser thanks to making the rest of her features less photorealistic. Produced by James Cameron and directed by Robert Rodriguez, Alita: Battle Angel should be technically impressive if nothing else.
Two Japanese live-action Attack on Titan movies already exist, but they're kind of... not good. Great effects work on the Titans, but otherwise fans generally agree the films are pretty bad. This could be one time Hollywood could improve on what the Japanese studios failed at. Even in terms of casting, this is one of the few anime adaptations where a mostly white cast would be accurate!
Plenty of anime fans watched it just to see how bad it could possibly be. However, Netflix doesn't care what you think of its movies, so long as you watch them.
The closest thing to a good live-action adaptation of Paprika already exists: it's called Inception. Christopher Nolan's blockbuster borrowed ideas and some images from Satoshi Kon's final feature, yet has a wildly different feel. Where Inception is logical and relatively restrained, Paprika is dreamlike in the wildest of ways.
An American version of One Piece could work... if it was animated. Give Rebecca Sugar the rights and the results could be amazing. However, it might be the single worst fit for live-action of any anime. In animation, you can get emotionally invested in its wacky characters. In live-action, a faithful adaptation would look ridiculous and a "grim and gritty" One Piece is the last thing anyone needs.
In fact, it may be the best live-action anime I’ve ever seen. There are actually five Rurouni Kenshin movies, with The Final being the fourth, and the fifth being a prequel called (wait for it) The Beginning. I’ve never read the manga, but I’m told that this film covers the final arc of the story.
There’s more to it than just that, but Rurouni Kenshin: The Final works because it’s that rare instance where a movie takes itself seriously and it actually works.
Fullmetal Alchemist is weird even by anime standards. It’s about a young alchemist named Edward and his younger brother named Alphonse. They try to bring their dead mother back to life through alchemy, but this is a big no-no, and our hero loses a leg and his younger brother unfortunately loses his whole body.
The Belchers' trying to save the restaurant from closing as a sinkhole forms in front of it while the kids try to solve a mystery that could save their family's restaurant.
The untold story of one twelve-year-old's dream to become the world's greatest supervillain.
Several reformed yet misunderstood criminal animals attempt to become good, with some disastrous results along the way.
Two scheming demon brothers, Wendell and Wild, must face their arch-nemesis, the demon-dusting nun Sister Helly, and her two acolytes, the goth teens Kat and Raul.
An action packed animated comedy for all the family inspired by Mel Brooks' timeless classic, Blazing Saddles. Hank, a loveable dog with a head full of dreams about becoming a samurai, sets off in search of his destiny.
On the planet Arus, five pilots learn how to operate lion robots which come together to form a giant mechanical warrior. Feature film based on the TV series.
A look at the creepy world of scary creatures conjured up from the imaginations of children.