Japanese quizzed about why it is they loathe Hollywood’s unending stream of atrocious anime and game adaptations (the likes of Dragonball and Street Fighter naturally being top of the list) provide reasons even the crazy foreigners responsible may be able to comprehend.
The top 5 reasons given and some of the responses:
1. The cast of the original and the movie are totally unalike – 42.9%
“I get the feeling they usually change the characters to fit the actors they want to use.”
“Even domestic adaptations can be dubious, but with overseas tastes they become even more so!”
“At least cast Japanese for Japanese characters…”
2. The hero isn’t Japanese but a foreigner – 39%
“It’s hard to sympathise with a foreigner.”
“If there are foreigners, it ruins your internal image of the characters.”
“They can’t portray the feelings of a Japanese.”
3. It’s totally different to the original – 36.8%
“What’s the point of making them like this. As a fan, you’d rather they didn’t bother.”
“They always ignore the essence of the original.”
“Usually only the title is recognisable.”
4. The characters have had their backgrounds completely altered – 23.7%
“At least leave the characters intact!”
“They totally ignore the originals.”
5. It’s just some action movie now – 19.7%
“It’s nigh on impossible to reproduce an anime in a movie.”
“You just can’t reproduce an anime setting in a live action movie.”
And Akira isn’t even out yet…
why hollywood anime movies are so rubbish?
because anime is rubbish. japan anime is old, tired, and getting predictable and stupid. time for something new.
What Hollywood does to Anime is much like what China does to Hollywood.
Japan is a nation of dwarfs.
Both physical & artistic.
hmm to me the movie sucked cause it didnt follow up the storyline and i only see less of the characters. where’s krillin he’s best friend since childhood i don’t even see him once in the movie. How can they make a movie adaption of DragonBall when its not even following the storylines of DragonBall. Oh yea and one more thing the kame hame ha sucked and manga said that goku got married at the age of 18 so its like so funny cos he kill picolo daimon at the wrong age and in the movie doesnt even show the nimbus(gold flying cloud)
As an american myself, and a movie fan too, I hated what they did to movies like Dragonball and Street fighter. This article seems to assume these movies are loved by the country they came from. They are not. Dragonball, Street Fighter, and many other like it were box office flops BECAUSE they strayed so far from the source material. We know they suck and most of us wonder why they made them that way too.