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Which anime needs the FMA Brotherhood treatment most?
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They make up their own ending of course! What could go wrong?
I'd rather they just stop after adapting whatever new material there is.
You can easily do 100+ episodes with the material available so far.
Imagine One Piece cut down to 400 episodes.
Or Bleach down to 200. Watching a documentary of that editing process would be like drinking a fine bottle of wine.
Shaman King
Directed by the same guy who did the original FMA, does the same thing midway through the series and totally makes up the second half to avoid overtaking the manga.
Directed by the same guy who did the original FMA, does the same thing midway through the series and totally makes up the second half to avoid overtaking the manga.
Although I've yet to see the current anime, it seems that Houshin Engi (Soul Hunters) still needs a proper adaptation since the reviews seem to imply they are speeding through it again.
Also, History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi needs the rest of its manga adapted. The anime only covered up to chapter 143 in the manga, there are 583 chapters overall.
Edit: Oh man Shaman King would be great too. Forgot all about it.
Also, History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi needs the rest of its manga adapted. The anime only covered up to chapter 143 in the manga, there are 583 chapters overall.
Edit: Oh man Shaman King would be great too. Forgot all about it.
Stuff like Naruto, Claymore, Bleach, Eyeshield, Gantz, don't really deserve it. All have such an amazing fucking drop in quality anyways. Kenshin is the only one that would finish on a great arc. Or ones like Berserk that largely have gone no where since.
Ones that I feel deserve it.
Fate/Stay Night - They gave the update to UWB and Heaven's Feel, but Night definitely feels like the proper conclusion to Zero. It would be great to see it done fittingly.
Ones that I feel deserve it.
Fate/Stay Night - They gave the update to UWB and Heaven's Feel, but Night definitely feels like the proper conclusion to Zero. It would be great to see it done fittingly.
Fuck that, the filler is the best part about Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon S is incredibly dark too.
Crystal was basically a straight manga adaptation and it was ass.
Not! was disappointing. Fans must have been angry that instead of adapting the other chapters of the manga, they focused on the spin-off.
Shame the original one bombed in Japan though. Soul Eater, despite its flaws, was great.
Sailor Moon Crystal is that. And sadly, it just shows a big weakness the manga had: character development. Yes, it has a better plot but it goes so fast that the girls don't have time to shine by themselves.
The Soul Eater responses are interesting. I never read the manga but did enjoy the anime, though the first five episodes are horrible. It gets pretty neat after that.
For the Brotherhood treatment, I say Ruroni Kenshin, though didn't they do a movie that was most of the third arc? his backstory? That was cool. I liked that.
For the Kai treatment, Inuyasha. Cut that down to around a hundred episodes and you're golden.
For the Brotherhood treatment, I say Ruroni Kenshin, though didn't they do a movie that was most of the third arc? his backstory? That was cool. I liked that.
For the Kai treatment, Inuyasha. Cut that down to around a hundred episodes and you're golden.
What you want is Dragon Ball Kai (editing out filler) and HunterxHunter 2011/Hellsing Ultimate (covering the same material in a new series that continues onward to new material not present in the original anime) respectively. Not Brotherhood.
The thing that makes Fullmetal 03 somewhat unique among manga adaptations is the entire second half is completely new unlike a lot of series that have a gecko ending where the last few episodes make a unique ending while the preceding stuff is relatively faithful.
In that case you might as well do what Blue Exorcist did and make a sequel anime disregarding the gecko ending.
FMA 03 actual has quite a few additions and changes in the first half of the series to the material that connects strongly to second half. It's why it's very much its own thing from the beginning.
The thing that makes Fullmetal 03 somewhat unique among manga adaptations is the entire second half is completely new unlike a lot of series that have a gecko ending where the last few episodes make a unique ending while the preceding stuff is relatively faithful.
In that case you might as well do what Blue Exorcist did and make a sequel anime disregarding the gecko ending.
FMA 03 actual has quite a few additions and changes in the first half of the series to the material that connects strongly to second half. It's why it's very much its own thing from the beginning.
Berserk
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Take it slow, do one episode or two a year. Start from the beginning and do the Golden Age proper, and just run it through to the end. Wash the taste of the above away.
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Claymore, 100%. The anime was good, but then it just ended. The manga gets so good afterwards it's begging to be fully adapted
The only example I think of similar to Brotherhood where there are lots of changes from the very beginning of the anime and throughout leading to a different ending that comes much sooner is Trigun.
I don't read much manga, certainly not much anymore, not really at all anymore, but from what I've heard, GTO. The last third of the animated series started to go off course a bit and I know the manga continues much longer than the show. The first half of the series is my favorite anime to watch. The interwoven stories, the connection from show to show, the pace is just great.
As great as Soul Eater is canon anime/manga, MHA is way better so I'd prefer they focus on MHA.
Trigun remains surprisingly popular in US anime circles, despite most of the production being full of janky low-budget animation. And the manga ended up going totally off the rails from the anime, so even people that have seen it could find plenty new with a reboot. A well-budgeted Trigun Maximum series should be a no-brainer as a project that would put a lot of butts in seats for a service like Netflix, that's looking for probable hits for their original anime portfolio.
Blade of the Immortal really deserves a much better anime than it got. And again, it's a pretty well-followed license in the US, that's another one Netflix or some other streaming service looking for anime content with an audience already built-in would be wise to look at.
Eyeshield 21 is a good thought, but the episode count is just too much. A new adaptation could certainly be better than the last go-round, but expecting a studio that can deliver anything remotely analogous to the production values of One-punch Man's 13-ep season over the hundred+ episodes a proper ES21 adaptation would require is nuts. Not gonna happen. Best case, just do the Shinryuji arc as a 6-ep OAV or something and go balls-out with the animation.
Also WHY THE FUCK do we not have more than a 2-episode OVA for Battle Angel Alita/Gunnm? This one's long overdue for an extended series.
Blade of the Immortal really deserves a much better anime than it got. And again, it's a pretty well-followed license in the US, that's another one Netflix or some other streaming service looking for anime content with an audience already built-in would be wise to look at.
Eyeshield 21 is a good thought, but the episode count is just too much. A new adaptation could certainly be better than the last go-round, but expecting a studio that can deliver anything remotely analogous to the production values of One-punch Man's 13-ep season over the hundred+ episodes a proper ES21 adaptation would require is nuts. Not gonna happen. Best case, just do the Shinryuji arc as a 6-ep OAV or something and go balls-out with the animation.
Also WHY THE FUCK do we not have more than a 2-episode OVA for Battle Angel Alita/Gunnm? This one's long overdue for an extended series.
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Trigun. The original anime is an unforgettable classic but an adaptation that's closer to the manga with better animation would be welcomed.
One Piece is such a weird response because there's actually TV specials that are basically remakes and heavily abridges some of the classic story arcs. Besides, the daunting length of the orginal series is part of its charm and the filler arc themselves are short and self-contained enough to skip over and the manga is extremely faithful as is. There's not a 80+ episode series of filler like certain other series.
One Piece is such a weird response because there's actually TV specials that are basically remakes and heavily abridges some of the classic story arcs. Besides, the daunting length of the orginal series is part of its charm and the filler arc themselves are short and self-contained enough to skip over and the manga is extremely faithful as is. There's not a 80+ episode series of filler like certain other series.
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YuYu Hakusho. Yes we already have a GOAT anime, but it can be even more GOAT with a modern budget, a newly penned ending from Togashi to fix the Demon King Arc, and in general it would be cool to see a fresher take on the Dark Tournament.
I hope that in my lifetime One Piece ends up getting remade from the ground up with the love and care of a Hunter x Hunter 2011.
Oh man, something like what Madhouse did with HxH for YYH would be fantastic. I know they are making a new OVA but a full remake would be truly awesome.
Yeah. Naruto Pt 1 could be cut down to 100 or so episodes with a kai treatment
Rurouni Kensihin. Without a doubt. The last season of the anime is all filler and the last arc has arguably the best fights.
Gyo or Uzumaki.
The Ito series they did recently wasn't bad but the animation was middling, or either was accurate but lacked the incredible detail of the manga. Which again, aesthetics are a complicated business, capturing the basic look without the attention to detail can be considered good enough for some people but I think his work deserves better.
I was gonna say Lupin but, I dunno I like parts 2,3,4 a lot. I dunno if I'd change them considering castle cagliostro is important to 2 and 4.
Trigun I'm 50/50 on since I love both but actually prefer the anime by and large.
The Ito series they did recently wasn't bad but the animation was middling, or either was accurate but lacked the incredible detail of the manga. Which again, aesthetics are a complicated business, capturing the basic look without the attention to detail can be considered good enough for some people but I think his work deserves better.
I was gonna say Lupin but, I dunno I like parts 2,3,4 a lot. I dunno if I'd change them considering castle cagliostro is important to 2 and 4.
Trigun I'm 50/50 on since I love both but actually prefer the anime by and large.
Probably any anime that is longer than 50 episodes. Definitely any anime longer than 100 episodes.
Except One Piece.
Except One Piece.
just why?
why was it impossible to make a good anime adaptation of Berserk in the past 20 years?
is it because the writer hasn't finished the story yet and they are saving up all the effort for a complete, high budget project? yes must be that
why was it impossible to make a good anime adaptation of Berserk in the past 20 years?
is it because the writer hasn't finished the story yet and they are saving up all the effort for a complete, high budget project? yes must be that
Katekyo Hitman Reborn, but change the ending monologue into something that does not destroy Tsuna's development
I mean the objective answer to this thread is Berserk.
It's a crime against life itself what they've done with the source material...
It's a crime against life itself what they've done with the source material...
I'll agree with Gunnm. It's the only reason I hope the domestic movie has some success.
I'd like a redo of Appleseed that tried hard to stick to Shirow's style.
Are we limited to only tv series? Because otherwise I'd nominate things like 3x3 eyes, Akira, and Nausicaa.
I'd like someone to finish Kare Kano as well although part of the charm was Gainax so a reboot may not be as good. Fruits Basket too.
On the other hand nobody should finish Usagi Drop.
Oh, also I'd like a non boring Kingdom adaptation.
I'd like a redo of Appleseed that tried hard to stick to Shirow's style.
Are we limited to only tv series? Because otherwise I'd nominate things like 3x3 eyes, Akira, and Nausicaa.
I'd like someone to finish Kare Kano as well although part of the charm was Gainax so a reboot may not be as good. Fruits Basket too.
On the other hand nobody should finish Usagi Drop.
Oh, also I'd like a non boring Kingdom adaptation.
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I wanna say Eyeshield 21, but the back end of the series feels like someone hit the Fast Forward button. By the time you blink, what should be the coolest part of the series is already over.
Bleach would be a waste of time unless Kubo managed to fill in some of the blanks in the anime adaption. Things went from 100 to 0 real quick.
Gantz or Tenjo Tenge would be cool, but some of the later material would be toned down dramatically due to all of the sexual content and excessive violence. Some of the action sequences would be beautiful, though!
Bleach would be a waste of time unless Kubo managed to fill in some of the blanks in the anime adaption. Things went from 100 to 0 real quick.
Gantz or Tenjo Tenge would be cool, but some of the later material would be toned down dramatically due to all of the sexual content and excessive violence. Some of the action sequences would be beautiful, though!
There's no way a new treatment of Yu Yu Hakusho could match the level of talent and animation prowess on display in the original.
Slam Dunk
Flame of Recca
Trigun
Soul Eater
Air Gear (just for how batshit crazy it gets)
Tenjou Tenge (see: Air Gear)
Great Teacher Onizuka (although I'd fear for this)
Claymore
Stay Away
Yu Yu Hakusho - as some have said, they'll never reach the peaks
Rurouni Kenshin - partly above but also...yeah
Hitman Reborn - The manga had no point
Bleach - The final arc is beyond stupid
Flame of Recca
Trigun
Soul Eater
Air Gear (just for how batshit crazy it gets)
Tenjou Tenge (see: Air Gear)
Great Teacher Onizuka (although I'd fear for this)
Claymore
Stay Away
Yu Yu Hakusho - as some have said, they'll never reach the peaks
Rurouni Kenshin - partly above but also...yeah
Hitman Reborn - The manga had no point
Bleach - The final arc is beyond stupid
