Live Action Evangelion Not April Fools’ After All?
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Apr 6, 2009 19:49 JST
- Tags: Actress, Cosplay, Evangelion, Live Action, Marketing
It has been reported that the jolly April 1st Evangelion poll held by Yahoo! Japan, in which users were given the chance to select which actors they felt most appropriate for a supposed Evangelion live action movie production, may not be so fanciful after all.
Yahoo! Japan initially asked visitors to vote for the cast that they would most like to see featured in the “live action adaptation”; this was soon identified as an April 1st event.
However, Asahi TV later confirmed that they would be going ahead with the production of live action images, using the top voted cast if they could manage it.
This will not be a movie though; instead it appears a short casting clip or photo shoot using the cast (presumably cosplaying) is intended, strictly as part of the promotion of the upcoming animated feature.
As of now, the highest voted actors and their likenesses are as follows:
Via ITMedia.
We have to wonder whether a live action adaptation is not at the back of their minds after all…
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They should put Kipi as Asuka, boy would I love to see her in a red plug suit.
I just came off of Gendo's picture.
heh, that guy playing gendo ikari looks like dr. house.
omg, horikita maki and erika toda... hope they can play the role.
fuck! ive never heard of any of these actors. but holy shit abe looks like gendo!
Using Japanese actors~?? (O_O)
AWESOOMMEEEE~!! (O_o)b
there's this old footage of Sharan Q on Asayan.
one of the finalists is Abe Natsumi and they tell her she looks like Rei Ayanami.
she really does with that haircut but the way she talks seems dead on. she doesn't know what the hell they are talking about
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Meiut46SvjE
that was when she was 16.
nacchi now is way different.
I've seen everyone of those actors in a role that could fit their current assigned role! I don't know all of them very well though..
I know Horikita Maki could be an excellent mysterious and dark Rei (although she doesn't like those roles as she mentioned in Nobuta wo Produce I think XD)
Hiroshi Abe will be a perfect fit, since he's used playing bossy to very obnoxious roles that the Gendou role will ask of him.
The last and only role I've seen Matsuyuki Yasuko in was to be a rather vulgar bitch who's drunk on death metal...so if she can get in Ritsuko's character I guess she could do it lol.
Matsushima Nanako was the main support character in the live action adaptation of GTO, so I guess she can do another like that~
The rest are those that I know what they did but can't put a finger how they acted. Hope they're good XD
Me want Aya Ueto as Maya Ibuki and Joe Odagiri as Ryoji Kaji.
Is it JAV?
None of them look remotely close due to mismatched hair/eye color.
wait a minute....REI Ayanami= Maki??
Most of the time Ayanami is nude(much of her clones usually) right???
Horita Maki nude *drools*
Thats why she would make an excellent choice for Rei. Looking forward to see 'more' of her ;)
Other than Japanese Drama, if you are a J-Horror fan like me, you will recognize Maki from the movie 'Chakushin Ari 3' (aka One Missed Call 3). She was one of the two protagonists, and was probably her motion picture debut.
jeezus christ
i did a search for ayanami rei on yahoo images and there's this really fucked up cosplay guy
Maki playing Rei good choice not so sure about Toda Erika though i hated her in Nobuta Wo Produce
柚木ティナ + bleached hair for asuka, problem solved.
i just realized that with hair dye and proper costumes, this would be BEYOND AWESOME
With that cast, I'd watch it. Fuck yes to Kimiri Ryunosuke, Hiroshi Abe and Matsushima Nanako.
Don't forget about evangelion units. As I know, japaneese haven't got any money to make great sfx. plastic or 3ds_max angels? No way... Hollywood cjuld do it more professional and make over 9k sfx. Hovever, this jap casting = win
Go watch 20th Century Boys before accusing them of not knowing to do a live action 3D movie
Maria Ozawa should play Misato
lol
NNOOOOOOO not maki.
Hiroshi Ade looks exactly like Gendou. I remeber seeing him in DragonZakura and saying hehe its Gendou.
Well at least Keanu Reeves isn't Shinji.
the one playing gendou sure looks the same lol
I thought Hiroshi Abe was Robert Downey Jr. for a second.
Asuka actress = mega fail!
she looks as german as the pyramids of Giza!
ARGHHHHH
I swear to God, if I see one more obviously Japanese actress as a suggestion for Asuka...
Asuka is 3/4 Caucasian. She should have at most a hint of Asian features.
This is one of the only good things about the fact that if there is eventually an EVA live-action adaptation, it's an American company that will be handling it.
nah, Weta one is made of fail already. The design looks too Tolkien and the characthers... Anno is right to remake the story as he saw fit
i can't resist commenting on this...NANAKO MATSUSHIMA and HIROSHI ABE!! I'm so gonna see this...definitely!!
lol, Abe is so freaking Gendo. Pretty good choices, I say. The venture reminds me of the brief pieces of live action with the voice actors that was in EoE: Renewal.
That aside, I look forward to seeing this commercial.
FUCK THIS IS AWESOME.
Too bad Erika isn't white. But Erika and Maki?
Fucking awesome.
I could have sworn I saw the Weta character designs for a live action last year...
http://features.cgsociety.org/story.php?story_id=1901
Hiroshi Abe reminds me of Hugh Laurie for some reason...
This cannot Phail!
Holy hell, the actor voted to play Gendou is PERFECT! The facial construction, the expression, everything. All he needs is Gendou glasses and a rugged beard and he's instantly recognizable by any Evangelion fan!
He's too young and handsome to play Gendou in my opinion. If he plays a young Gendou then maybe.
no trust me, I've seen him in like 3 dramas, he's a really great actor. He was great in Dragonzakura, Kekkon dekinai otoko for instance.
yeah, he was with KimuTaku in Hero
+ "Hero" if I remember correctly..
at this Dorama he play as public prosecutor..
Abe isn't too young. He's about the right age. Gendo isn't some elderly infirm. Abe has a pretty imposing presence and I think he'll fit the role really well.
Gendo's 48. Abe is 40 something but he looks like he's in his 30s. Plus I never saw Gendou as an overly attractive man.
Hiroshi as Gendou really fits.
Nanako?
TOO OLD!!!!!!!!
Go away!
The starring is good-looking too!!!
wow,thats some killer line up
its almost as powerful as ocean 11
they r good but cant they hav actors actuly be lik the role they r trying 2 play, blond chick is suposed 2 b amarican or something so let an amarican or who ever play her and that should go the same for the others 2
yo dude. Blond chick is Jap yo. Never watch eva yo?
who's that playing rei? never heard of her...
she's kinda cute though.
doesn't look that cute to me :\
the one playing asuka seems a lot more cute, judging only from these images
PS: shinji's father cosplayer is spot on
She is but she has a special charm I guess not appealing to everyone she has short hair and very cute like.
woah never heard of Horikita Maki...guess your no Drama watcher
DX I love Maki-chwuan. She hasnt starred in many but made lots of side roles and important ones. Seeing her as Rei is like awesomeness,I love Rei and Maki. I was so happy seeing in my ex fav, drama Densha Otoko as his lil sister. (noticed when rewatched)Then she's in Trick movie 2 which Trick is my fav, jdrama I was so happy. I also love Nobuta wo produce. and many...
i hever watch any drama that she starred in. i've heard of the others though
She's very popular in the Japanese Drama scene at the moment (or at least the past year). Starred in Hanazakari no Kimi Tachi e, Nobuta wo Produce, Kurosagi, among others... Very cute girl but unfortunately she's often used poorly (given no acting direction etc) which has her come across as a bit bland in some of her recent stuff... I'm sure she'd make a great Rei tho
I hate to disagree but she has been given acting directions. If you see many makings of some series/movies she's often told how to do it many times. But yes recently she's been getting more weird roles... kinda hard for her to step up so much.
Basically, doing nothing but being mysterious would suit her nicely.
And Toda Erika as the fiery Asuka sounds really fine. Ah~ I am jealous of the lead actor if they really do use them
I LOOOOVE ERika Toda! I would stick my meat in a jar of her sweat she's soo hot! Only the sexy firey best for my girl Asuka! Rei looks like a cutie! and I'd totally want to get drunk with Misato! Excellent choices!
Seriously, never heard of her?
you must've been living in underground XD
WHAT? No Americanization? Amazing! This could turn out awesome.
Eh, doubt it. Death Note wasn't all that great, Higurashi was pretty lackluster, I see no reason why Eva will break the mold. I've said it in another article, I'll say it again, live action adaptations are fucking stupid. No one is going to bitch about Asuka not even being half German? Ritsuko going from a gaijin look to dark haired Japanese? People were so quick to point out loldragonball barely having any Asian cast members, the opposite does not apply with obviously not Asian characters?
indeed.
Well it's made in Japan.
You know, I've been curious about that: Are manga/anime movies made outside of Hollywood adapted to film better than those made in Hollywood? For example, Initial D, Prince of Tennis, and Death Note were adapted to movies that were produced by Asian film studios. Are those those, or any other examples I didn't list, considered quality made in a general sense of film making?
The only manga/anime adapt movie I like is Cityhunter played by Jackei Chan, very funny.
The only movie I've seen adapted from a manga was Honey and Clover. I think it was a pretty good movie overall.
Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge is a pretty good manga to movie conversion....and Yatterman! is almost identical to the original anime....and its super amazing!
Americanization? oh hell no!!!
Please no hollywood adaptation(aka Dragonball evolution) of this thing Puhleeassseee!!!!
(Abe=Gendo)+(Matsushima=Misato) EPIC WIN
wow~ erika and maki cosplaying >:3
wow~ erika and maki cosplaying >:3
The one playing Rei would be awesome...
this shall be interesting indeed
*Gendo pose*
Proceed...
*gendo pose*
second that...
Is that the actress that played Misa in Death Note playing the goddess that is Asuka Langley Soryu?
Noticed that to, hope the hair does get dyed this time.. or at least a wig ;)
Nothing against her personally, but a non blonde Misa in deathnote felt out of place. Think they should let the cast be decided by the audience every time.. cause this is just perfect!
Yes. I almost came when I saw it
I'm sorry but there are no one in real life who are hot enough to play Rei and Asuka.
No one.
keep living in ur fantasy world...
Compared to your fantasy of Rei and Asuka in real life?
I can name a few, especially to Asuka but then I'd get a lot of fanboys saying otherwise.
well hold ur judgements until u see them in plug suits >=D
That and a little padding and voila!
we don't need those padding please...
let's keep our DFC the way they are please...
Rei and Asuka DFCs? You lost me.
Those plug suits are tight
he certainly never really watched eva and the episode of thermal expansion. And please, fukken stop it with this DFC stuff. It's getting old
wow~ erika and maki cosplaying >:3
I noe, i noe, i got u the 2nd time :D
damn, abe = gendou...just need the beard and a bit makeup to make him look a bit older and some fix on the hair...even the face shape is the same...
WHUT ?! Gendô got the whole women crew in his bed !!
Not a bad choice, actually.
horikita maki acted as densha otoko's little sister ;)
yeah noticed when I rewatched.
This looks great for a AV!!!!
....wut...?
LOL
Now that, I would pay money to see.
Live Action.... Oh come on. Is there really someone who likes this shit? -.-
I LOVE HORIKITA MAKI!!!! I hope this is true !! <333 Watched all her series so far! And own all the photobooks ^^ <3
Yasuko Matsuyuki and Erika Toda are pretty good for this.