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J.J. Abrams and Paramount Pictures are developing a live-action remake of the hit anime movie Your Name. Wonder what it’ll be like? On Twitter in Japan, people are already predicting just that.
Let’s have a look!
It will probably have big Hollywood stars.
A bit more action.
Certain Japanese culture specific things will have to be replaced. Instead of kuchikamizake, how about Jack Daniels?
The characters will need English names, like “Max.”
More special effects.
And more lens flares.
Instead of “aho” (あほ) or “idiot,” stronger language might appear.
The plot will be reworked. How about a generous use of the words “fuck” and “fucking” and some American flag waving at the end?
It could always take inspiration from Face/Off if the original anime isn’t exciting enough or needs a shoot-out.
It will probably get a different style movie poster.
Another movie poster option.
This tweet is from this summer, but it’s a good reminder of how Hollywood could add in “Danger Zone.” That song is great.
Or, perhaps, the movie poster could be something like this.
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DISCUSSION
Why does Japan not make a live action version?
Kurosawa made a living out of ripping off Shakespeare yet no one cries foul of his movies, they’re just seen as Japanese version of classic tales.
Why does it not work the other way round?
I can see the issue with something like Ghost in the Shell, where they kept the setting and just decided to whitewash the cast; however, with say the live action Death Note, and possibly this, what’s the issue with taking something that’s already been made and changing the setting?
It happens all the time the other way round and no one loses their shit.
Ghibli has a rich tradition of taking Western stories and race changing them, (Howl anyone?).
Surely there’s difference between setting something in say Japan, then hiring all white casts, and simply taking a good story and making a new version?