Anime to Live Action Casting
Quite a few anime are being turned into live action movies, or have been recently. I thought it was about time I got your thoughts on the matter. I could do an opinion poll, but that discourages original answers. I could just ask you what you think, but you could do that on any post. I wanted to do something fun.
Time for a game.
How it works
I’ll select an anime. It may or may not have been made as a live action movie already.
Then I’ll ask you to cast the actors for the live action movie. Not the whole cast, just a few of the main characters. Though you can cast more characters from that anime if you’d like.
There are a couple of casting categories. Serious, Humorous, Hollywood and Anti-Casta
- Serious: The actor that you think is best for the part.
- Humorous: Joke casting, so go for the laughs.
- Hollywood: Who you think Hollywood would cast. This isn’t applicable if there has already been a Hollywood version, like Speed Racer.
- Anti-Casta: The actor that you think would be the worst possible choice.
I’ll let you know which casting category I’m looking for. You can do any of ‘em, but if you play along there might be something in it for you.
Why play along?
Free stuff.
I’ve got way too much manga sitting around that I’ll never read again. Stuff that I bought to review or just didn’t like. I’m not going to be reading it anymore, but you can.
I’ll pick a few of the comments I like best and they get free stuff. The free manga will be randomly selected. That means I just grab something. So don’t bother with “Can I have (random manga name) ?”, because it won’t work. Those clever or insightful enough to receive something will get whatever is on top of the pile.
What do you think?
I think this could be fun. Is there anything missing though? Should I make any changes before I post the first anime to cast?
Anime, Opinions, Fun Stuff, Contests, Manga, Free Stuff, Free Manga, Free, Live Action Anime, Speed Racer, Casting
April 28th, 2008 at 10:10 am
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April 29th, 2008 at 9:36 am
sounds like a fun idea
April 29th, 2008 at 10:05 am
I hope it will be. It’s the sort of thing I have fun doing.
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