The top franchises that most surprisingly obtained a live action movie adaptation outside of Japan have served as the focus of this new ranking, with one post-apocalyptic series full of action and blood somehow snagging the top spot.
1. Hokuto no Ken (America, 1995)
2. Prince of Tennis (China, 2008)
3. Dragon Ball Evolution (America, 2009)
4. Hayate no Gotoku (Taiwan, 2011)
5. Death Note (America, 2017)
6. Marmalade Boy (Taiwan, 2001)
7. Jin (South Korea, 2012)
8. Yamada Taro Monogatari (Taiwan, 2001)
9. Initial D (Hong Kong, 2005)
10. Chuka Ichiban! (China, 2005)
I thought we agreed that Evolution never happened.
funny part is that movie was an ok goofy comedy if you remove the dragonball name from it.
Kite was really surprising as source material, but of course it looks nothing like what it was supposed to.
Only live action adaptation I’ve enjoyed so far was Liars Game.
Franchise, you say?
All you need is kill.
I think that is the most successful one, other than pokemon movies
Without question. It was not only the most-surprising franchise to receive a foreign live-action adaptation (a modestly successful light novel that got a short manga adaptation), it was also arguably the best. Edge of Tomorrow was fucking awesome, actually much better than the original book itself (I read it, it was comparatively dull and had a REALLY dumb plot twist that I’m delighted they left out of the movie).
some of the live-action are good, like “Initial D” kind a amazing